readx; At 1 o'clock in the morning, Seya Kai personally appeared in Taierzhuang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After receiving the report, Major General Urashiro Sukita, who was inspecting the preparations for the artillery bombardment, quickly rushed back to the headquarters and saluted each other, and after Urashiro Sukita reported the plan to Kei Seya.

"Your Excellency Commander, our department plans to bombard the position of China with high intensity for half an hour and destroy the position of China in one fell swoop!" Tsumida Raishiro, who has a large number of artillery pieces of all kinds, said confidently: "Half an hour later, the artillery fire extended to cover the rear positions of China, and at the same time, two hundred smoke pipes of our army fired smoke screens and poison gas at the same time, completely eliminating the defenders of the Taierzhuang position!" ”

The wind is blowing in a faint northerly direction.

"Yo Xi!" Seya Kai nodded with satisfaction, looked at his watch and said to the respectful Tsukita Raishiro, "The shelling is on time at half past 1, and I'm waiting here for the good news of Sukita Raijun!" ”

While the Yue army was making preparations for the shelling, the Chinese defenders' positions in Taierzhuang were making final preparations.

The position of the 1st battalion and 1 company was at the forefront of the whole army.

Ma Wang, the commander of the 1st Company, lay on the edge of the trench and carefully observed the movement of the position of the army on the opposite bank.

There was still no movement in the army's position. "Fortunately, it seems that the devils will not attack!" Mawang muttered to himself.

"Company commander, look! What is that? Unconsciously, Ma Wang, who was thinking about the number, was awakened by the exclamation of the soldiers around him!

When I looked closely, I saw a huge thing slowly rising thousands of meters north of Taierzhuang. "What is this? Can you still fly? The soldiers sitting in the trenches stood up and looked curiously at the rising object in the distance.

Ma Wang, who was experienced in combat, was shocked in his heart, he had seen this thing in previous battles, although he didn't know what the name was, but he knew that it was used by devils to correct the shelling.

"The devil is going to shell, hide quickly!" Mawang's roar shocked the soldiers who were still pointing, and the scene the day before yesterday had become a nightmare for many soldiers.

At this time, alarm gunshots rang out one after another on various positions, and the positions of the Chinese defenders fell into a panic, and all the officers and soldiers were looking for a place where they thought they were safe.

At the moment when the minute hand pointed to thirty, the commander of the position of the 6th Artillery Brigade, who had long been holding the microphone on standby, heard the shout of Ryoshiro Sukita: "Attack! ”

The commander, who hastily lowered the microphone, signaled to the signalman to begin.

With the waving of the signal flag in the air, the gunners of the 30 guns that served as the school firing simultaneously pulled the gun ropes, and in the huge roar, 30 flames roared and flew towards the south bank of Taierzhuang.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Amid the sound of continuous explosions, thirty orange fireballs rose into the air around the Chinese defenders' positions.

The regimental headquarters of the 186th Regiment, which was located south of Taierzhuang, was hit by a 120-millimeter grenade that missed the fire in the first round of test firing, and the regimental headquarters built with dozens of whole logs collapsed with a bang, and Wang Guanwu and more than 10 staff officers who were inside were all crushed under the rubble.

The terrified guards moved the burning wood like crazy and found the unconscious Crown Five under a corpse.

It turned out that at the moment of the explosion, a staff officer beside Wang Guanwu pounced on him and used his body to withstand the impact of those woods for Guanwu!

The three artillery school shooters on the observation balloon carefully observed the explosion point, and a series of data were transmitted through the telephone connected to the gun position: "75-mm gun 0-01 dense position, 105-mm gun 0-02 dense position, 120-mm gun."

The second salvo of the thirty guns fired at the corrected angle, and thirty brilliant fireworks with the kiss of death rose over the Chinese defenders' positions.

Several grenades that fell into the trenches exploded, mixed with incessant screams, and pimples of sand and gravel flew up one after another, and the fragile flesh and blood bodies were swept into the air, and then turned into a rain of mud and stone mixed with blood mist to the ground.

Using these 30 guns as the base gun, more than 170 guns of various calibers of the 6th Artillery Brigade of the Chinese Army were fired at full speed.

Balls of flames erupted from the muzzles of the cannons, and swept towards the Chinese defenders' positions like meteors in the air!

In an instant, the entire Taierzhuang position was trembling terribly, the sound of thunderous explosions was undulating, everywhere was shrouded in churning smoke and fire, the entire ground was plunged into a raging sea of fire, and the raging air waves were rolling everywhere!

Patches of bombs roared to the ground, orange flames rose on the ground, fireworks swept and spread out with air waves, raging shrapnel flew in all directions, devouring all targets within the killing range, yellow flames rose into the sky, the sky was illuminated like a blood-red "boom" at sunset, and in the continuous explosion sound, wave after wave of invisible sound was like a hammer, smashing at the officers and soldiers in the trenches. Many officers and men at the center of the explosion had suddenly bloodshot eyes, dizzy heads, and their bodies were even more violently hit by the violent and raging invisible sound waves that bounced back into the traffic trenches, and they were fiercely pressed against the bottom of the trenches.

In the violent explosion, the officers and soldiers around those explosion points were torn to pieces without even having time to scream, and some officers and soldiers were directly hit by the grenades, and were blown into blood and minced flesh and flew in all directions.

The position was littered with gun parts, scattered pieces of flesh and blood, charred corpses.

Ma Wang, who was lying in the trench with his mouth wide open, looked up in despair, and the originally dim sky was now illuminated by the bullet marks in the sky that flashed with blazing flames.

Fortunately, the focus of the army's artillery bombardment was still the Taierzhuang position, and the forward position was the safest, and the recruits who had been shelled the day before yesterday also learned to control their inner fears with their will.

At this time, the Taierzhuang position became a purgatory on earth, and everywhere the dense grenades went was a churning sea of fire, and not many trees were ignited by the fire, and the violent explosion made the whole earth tremble terribly, and the trees fell down in the explosion, burning into scorched wood in the skyrocketing fire. Entire trenches collapsed in front of the brutal shock wave, and fire points made of huge stones were reduced to ruins like castles made of sand under the power of 240-mm grenade explosions.

The Taierzhuang position, where all the fortifications were completely destroyed, was still subjected to large-scale bombardment by the Japanese army!

120 mm, 150 mm, and 240 mm grenades ploughed the ravaged hill over and over again with a shrill whistling, and countless corpses, countless human limbs, along with gravel and dirt, flew into the sky and turned into flesh and blood.

"Order the artillery battalion to strike back immediately!" Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, who was holding a joint meeting, quickly issued a counterattack order to the division's artillery battalion after learning that Taierzhuang had encountered the most critical juncture!

The artillery battalion that received the order quickly launched a counterattack, and twenty-four 75-mm mountain guns of the Taisho six-year model fired revenge grenades at the north of Taierzhuang! However, since the firing range of this 75-mm mountain gun is only more than 2,000 meters, it is simply unable to hit the artillery positions of the Chinese army that are 4,000 meters away.

Under their guidance, the three artillery school shooters on the observation balloon quickly discovered the counterattack artillery positions of the Chinese defenders, and under their guidance, the army concentrated 12 150-mm howitzers and three 240-mm heavy howitzers to launch an artillery attack on the Chinese artillery who dared to counterattack.

The artillery fire of the Japanese army was annihilated one by one.

The Chinese artillerymen, who could only shoot at the infantry positions of the Japanese army, did not abandon their artillery and retreat because the artillery fire of the Japanese army began to move towards their positions!

These artillerymen, who were determined to use their own sacrifices to eliminate a few more devils for the infantry brothers, played at a super level, and the best result in peacetime was five rounds per minute, but now it has reached eight rounds per minute.

The ammunition men continuously sent grenades to the gun position, and the deputy gunner quickly stuffed the grenades into the shells, and the tongue of revenge in the "bang" sound rushed to the north of Taierzhuang River.

After the bombardment began, the officers and men hiding in the trenches climbed up to their positions one after another, enjoyed the artillery performance, and when they saw the smoke of gunpowder in the entire Chinese position, they sang "Jun's Generation" under the leadership of several officers!

"Blow up the pig!" A diminutive soldier shouted, and the soldiers around him were about to respond.

Dozens of flames smashed into this group of carried away devils with a sharp whistling sound, and "boom" clusters of orange fireballs rose into the air on the position of the army.

The chanting soldier had only time to scream before he and his thirty companions were dismembered by sharp shrapnel that was tens of meters in space.

The rest of the officers and soldiers stared blankly at the blood splashing in the air, flying with severed hands and broken arms, they did not expect that the Chinese artillery would dare to fight back in front of such powerful artillery fire.

When another round of whistling came from far and near, the officers and men screamed and threw themselves into the trenches. Amid the deafening explosions, some officers and men who were relatively slow to evacuate and had no time to evacuate fell in pools of blood.

The first to be destroyed was the artillery battalion directly under the 31st Division, and when the deputy gunners stuffed the tenth grenade into the breech, the "hissing" sound that can only be seen when breaking through the air at high speed reached the ears of the gunners.

None of the gunners who knew what this meant dodged, and they calmly pulled the gun rope in their hands!

"Boom!" "Boom!" The sound sounded at the same time, and the gunners who fired the last grenade were hit into a honeycomb by countless screaming sharp shrapnel flying everywhere, and when the second round of artillery fire was covered, there was no longer a single officer and soldier standing in the position of the artillery battalion directly under the 31st Division, and the blood-stained twist-shaped mountain guns were dumped on the ground among the broken flesh. The original place full of grenades left only a deep crater, and the blood that the ground had not had time to absorb gathered into several blood streams that slowly flowed to the crater.

The other two artillery battalion positions, which understood what had happened, were still roaring, angry grenades scrambling to complete their righteous judgment.

The officers and men who were lying in the trench with their heads in their arms were silently chanting that the great god blessed themselves, and a few officers and soldiers may have eaten bad stomachs, and they actually let out a stinky fart at this time. It may be that Amaterasu blames them for their impure hearts and did not bless them, but the few grenades that fell into the trenches all found those officers and soldiers who farted at a critical moment.

"No!" In the midst of the screams, lightning flashed, and although the shock wave and shrapnel in the semi-enclosed trench had a smaller killing range, the lethality was greater, and the officers and soldiers directly turned into a pile of flesh and blood, and they also piggybacked on more than a dozen officers and soldiers on the side.

The head of a soldier was cut off by sharp shrapnel, and the head and mouth of the flying head were still moving, and his eyes were full of anger, maybe he was scolding that companion for why he farted when he was chanting Amaterasu, and he also lost his surname!

When the artillery battalion position directly under the 31st Division rose up with black and red pillars of fire, Chi Fengcheng picked up the microphone and wanted to call through the position of the battalion directly under the division, ready to let them transfer and preserve their strength!

After calling a few times, he couldn't get through, Zhang Yanchuan put down the microphone weakly, he knew what the fate of the artillery battalion under his direct command was.

Chi Fengcheng looked sadly at the only artillery position that was still struggling to fight back

The artillery battalion position was filled with gunpowder smoke, and because of the rapid firing, the eight 75-mm mountain guns were already emitting green smoke, and when the deputy gunner, who had reached the limit of his physical strength, stuffed another grenade into the barrel of the gun, the sweat beads on his face dripped on the gun's body, and he only heard the sound of "zi" and turned into water vapor.

The high-intensity transportation has exhausted the physical strength of the ammunition operators, and all the officers and men of the battalion headquarters have joined the ranks of transporting ammunition, and the telephones of the empty battalion headquarters have been ringing non-stop.

Gao Fei, who moved to the southern pass of the Taierzhuang defense line, silently looked at the artillery fire, and behind him were more than a thousand officers and soldiers with resolute expressions, and the exaggerated heavy firepower was waiting for its opportunity.

When the third huge column of smoke rose into the sky, all the Chinese counterattack artillery fire in front disappeared, and the artillery fire that had lasted for almost half an hour was still going on.

"Commander-in-chief, when are we going to go?" Wang Chongxian, who had just woken up, asked softly, his trembling voice reflecting the anger in his heart

Gao Fei, who has experienced this tragic scene many times, still keeps his calm, he is waiting, waiting for an opportunity that can not only deal a heavy blow to the army, but also ensure the safety of the troops!

After emergency medical treatment by military doctors, Wang Guanwu woke up from a coma. Pushing the guard's hand away, Crown Five climbed up from the stretcher with a stinging pain in his head.

The continuous explosions from the rear position told the crown five devils that they could attack at any time: "What is the situation ahead? ”

An officer with his arms tied hurriedly said, "Regiment commander, all communications have been cut off, and the deputy regiment commander has led the guard company to reinforcements!" ”

Hearing this, the crown was even more impatient and asked, "Are reinforcements coming?" ”

"This" the officer hesitated, and shook his head silently. Wang Guanwu looked at the rear position in a trance, and felt bitter in his heart. Under such an unprecedented and fierce shelling, the troops should also be struggling at this time, and now they can only survive this on their own.

"How many troops do we have?" The crown five turned to the officer and asked.

The officer's face darkened, and tears slid down silently, "Regiment commander, there are only more than 300 people left in the troops directly under the regiment headquarters who can still fight!" ”

For example, the crown that was slammed with a heavy fist darkened his eyes, and his feet were soft and he almost fell, although he knew that under such an artillery bombardment, the losses would be very large, but he did not expect that the nearly 1,000 directly subordinate troops of the regiment headquarters would lose more than half!

"Captain, are you alright?" The officer hurriedly grabbed the crown five with one hand.

Knowing that now was not the time to be sad, the angina of the crown five gently broke away from the officer's hand and gave a categorical order, "Gather the troops immediately!" After thinking for a while, he said: "Staff Officer Li, wait for you to go to the general headquarters and tell the commander-in-chief, and the Taierzhuang position will be handed over to them!" ”

Two sparse columns of officers and soldiers quickly stood in front of Wang Guanwu, many of them were stained with blood, some of them had their own and some of their companions, but everyone's eyes were more angry than sad.

The five crowns, who had not mobilized much, roared angrily: "Brothers, we must now go to reinforce the brothers in front!" ”

After saying this, Wang Guan walked towards the Taierzhuang River without looking back, and none of the more than 300 officers and soldiers hesitated to follow, and the staff officer Li solemnly saluted with his uninjured left hand with tears in his eyes, and only rushed to the general headquarters until the crowd disappeared into the smoke of gunpowder.

Lieutenant Colonel Deng Mingyuan, deputy commander of the 186th Regiment, led 91 officers and men of the guard company to jump and crawl through the messy position.

The further he went, the heavier Deng Mingyuan's mood became! The heavy casualties on the Taierzhuang position are nothing compared to their own regiment!

Deng Mingyuan, who had entered the 186th regiment's guard position, felt like he was in hell, and the entire position was filled with choking gunsmoke, which was the ubiquitous pungent smell of blood and the strange smell of meat.

The trenches were completely nowhere to be found, and were littered with human limbs, entrails, and parts of various weapons, and everywhere there were craters littered with corpses with missing arms and legs, some of which had been burned to the ground and were reduced to a pile of ashes.

Deng Mingyuan, who understood what was going on with the strange smell of meat, had a tumbling stomach for a while, desperately holding back the thought of wanting to vomit, and the faces of the officers and soldiers behind him all changed greatly, and a few officers and soldiers even vomited out with a wow, and all the officers and soldiers could no longer control the tears gushing out.

After passing through two lines of defense with only corpses in a row, Deng Mingyuan's steps were already heavily covered with lead, and the worry on his face became heavier. "Are the brethren all finished?" The officers and soldiers who followed him were already crying bitterly.

With a tear, Deng Mingyuan rushed towards the last line of defense of the 186th Regiment!

When the artillery fire finally shifted, the soldiers of the 186th Regiment, who had suffered the least losses, moved into their positions under the command of the officers.

Ma Wang, who knew that he had only lost three soldiers, was not a little happy, because the first battalion he was in was not the focus of the army's artillery bombardment, the loss was not large, and what about the second and third battalions behind? Thinking of the unprecedented shelling just now, Mawang couldn't help but sweat for the second and third battalions in the shelling center.

"Company commander, why hasn't the devil come yet?" A sergeant lying next to him asked a troubled Mawang a ridiculous question.

glared fiercely at the sergeant who didn't know what to say, Ma Wang also looked at the calm Taierzhuang River in confusion, the devil didn't take the opportunity to attack!

"Could this be another test of the devil's firepower?" This idea flashed in Ma Wang's mind and was immediately denied, this kind of shelling at any cost could not be just a simple test of firepower!

So what the hell are the devils waiting for?

Just as Ma Wang looked more closely at the still quiet position of the army on the shore of the North Mountain with a question mark on his head, there was a burst of cheers from behind the position. Turning his head, he saw that hundreds of figures in the smoke were rapidly leaping towards the trenches.

"Good! Reinforcements are coming! The sergeant cried out excitedly. Amid the cheers of the officers and men of the first battalion, nearly 500 officers and men jumped into the trenches one after another.

Ma Wang, who was also excited, pulled a wheezing second lieutenant who jumped next to him: "Brothers, it's so good! "I didn't expect the lieutenant to cry bitterly!

(To be continued)