WHEN THE TWELVE 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS OF THE MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY BRIGADE WERE ERECTED, SEVEN INFANTRY SQUADRONS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY BEGAN TO CROSS THE RIVER.

Thousands of devil soldiers began to cross the river with weapons in their hands, probably aware that there was a high possibility of an ambush by Chinese troops on the other side, and they acted very cautiously.

On the north bank of the Lan River were Fu Tao's second battalion, Sun Ziyuan's third battalion, and Wang Kunyao's supplementary battalion, of which six mortars of the machine gun company of Wang Kunyao's supplementary battalion were directly deployed on the river defense position.

When the Japanese army appeared on the south bank of the Lanhe River, Fu Tao personally came to the front line to observe the situation.

After he saw thousands of Japanese soldiers begin to cross the river, Fu Tao immediately ordered his troops to prepare for battle.

"Battalion commander, the little devil has thousands of devil soldiers crossing the river at the same time, this scene is a little weird, even if the little devil commander is stupid, they should send troops to test it."

The commander of the fifth company of the second battalion was lying beside Fu Tao, he put down the binoculars in his hand, and said with a puzzled expression.

Two defensive positions were set up on the north bank of the Lan River, the first line of defensive positions was reinforced by Fu Tao's second battalion and Sun Ziyuan's third battalion, and the second line of troops was garrisoned by three companies of the supplementary battalion, and three companies of the supplementary battalion were also used as reserves.

Hearing the fifth company commander's doubts, Fu Tao nodded silently, and he also noticed that this matter was a little abnormal.

"Don't move the eighth and twelfth companies, the seventh and eleventh companies use light machine guns and grenadiers to fight, let's see what conspiracy the little devils have."

Fu Tao immediately gave an order, the 8th Company of the 2nd Battalion and the 12th Company of the 3rd Battalion were two machine gun companies, and they were armed with mountain artillery and heavy machine guns.

Fu Tao, who suspected that the Japanese army had any conspiracy, did not expose his heavy firepower, but instead asked the two infantry companies deployed at the far ends of the position to shoot and test what the conspiracy of the devil soldiers was.

The 7th and 11th companies belonged to the 2nd and 3rd battalions respectively, and the two infantry companies were equipped with two heavy machine guns, 18 light machine guns, 18 grenadiers, and more than 200 Type 38 rifles.

Fu Tao's order soon began to reach the ears of the two company commanders, and the 7th and 11th companies, which were deployed at the east and west ends of the position, quickly prepared for battle.

The devil soldiers had already entered the center of the river, and several Japanese squadron leaders were holding binoculars to observe.

After noticing nothing unusual, the devil soldiers continued to advance, and as the Japanese soldiers continued to advance, the two company commanders who received the order silently calculated the distance.

When the devil soldiers were only more than 200 meters away from their position, the two company commanders began to give orders to open fire.

"Da Da Da!" The first to fire were two heavy machine guns, and the Type 92 heavy machine guns began to fire bullets one after another.

Rows of unprepared devil soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and the clear river water immediately became bright red and blood-stained.

Immediately eighteen light machine guns, eighteen grenadiers, and more than two hundred rifles began to fire.

Bullets rained down on the Japanese soldiers, and dozens of people were killed on the spot by the devil soldiers, who had no defensive shelter.

Especially when miniature grenades exploded in the river, and one ghost soldier after another was hit by shrapnel.

Although the river was not deep, the Japanese could not set up grenadiers and light machine guns, and the Japanese riflemen could only shoot in a standing position.

But the little devils were not stupid, and some of the ammunitionmen quickly began to erect the brackets of the light machine guns on their shoulders, and the Japanese light machine guns began to counterattack.

The counterattack of the devil soldiers, who were hit by the half-crossing, did not pose much threat to the 7th and 11th companies, but when the Japanese mountain artillery brigade began to fire, the 7th and 11th companies suffered serious losses.

Twelve mountain guns began to fire shells, one by one the shells accurately smashed on the position, three light machine guns were blown up on the spot, more than a dozen soldiers were killed on the spot, and the twelve mountain guns jointly organized an artillery bombardment, such a blow was not something that ordinary troops could withstand.

The Japanese artillery had the ability to shoot accurately, and they were able to accurately fire each shell at the intended target.

Under the cover of Japanese artillery, thousands of devil soldiers frantically moved towards the north bank of the Lanhe River.

Fu Tao also saw the dependence of the Japanese army at this time, and the twelve mountain guns brought a lot of pressure to the Chinese troops.

"Li Jiaxin, can you hit the Japanese mountain artillery." Fu Tao immediately called Li Jiaxin, the company commander of the supplementary battalion machine gun company, and he hurriedly asked.

"The distance is about more than two thousand meters, which is within the firing range of mortars, but the opponent's artillery occupies an advantage in numbers and performance, and I am afraid that our mortars will not be able to suppress the opponent."

Li Jiaxin said with a slight embarrassment, the 82MM mortar wants to engage in an artillery battle with the 75MM mountain artillery, and it is obviously a loss.

"Attract their artillery first, the fire on the position can't be completely destroyed by them." Fu Tao immediately gave the order.

Li Jiaxin nodded, and he immediately returned to the mortar position he had set up, and then six mortars began to fire.

The artillery of both sides launched an artillery battle, but all Li Jiaxin could do was attract the Japanese artillery and want to destroy the opponent's artillery, which was obviously impossible for six mortars.

At the same time, in the regimental headquarters of the 1st regiment was prepared.

After hearing the sound of artillery, Sun Weiguo's brows were tightly furrowed, he could hear from the sound of artillery, the Japanese artillery had strengthened a lot, and after a while, Sun Weiguo realized that the Japanese army had dispatched an artillery brigade.

"THE OTHER PARTY SHOULD HAVE TWELVE 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS, REGIMENT COMMANDER, IT SEEMS THAT THE LITTLE DEVIL IS DETERMINED TO CAPTURE LAN COUNTY THIS TIME." Zhao Lerong said with a smile.

Sun Weiguo nodded, and after hesitating for a moment, he immediately went to the artillery position, and he wanted to personally direct the artillery to fight.

THE ARTILLERY POSITION HAS SIX 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS OF THE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF THE FIRST INDEPENDENT REGIMENT, EIGHT 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS OF THE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF THE RESERVE, AND EIGHT 75MM FIELD GUNS OF THE EIGHTH ARTILLERY BATTALION.

If you want to command these artillery battles, you can only come here if Sun Weiguo comes here in person.

The artillery position was behind the regimental headquarters of the 1st Reserve Regiment, and twenty-two guns were scattered around, and the artillery was still clad in artillery clothing.

Sun Weiguo came to the artillery position, and the artillery officers immediately came to Sun Weiguo, and they had already heard the sound of artillery in front.

"COMMANDER SUN, THE LITTLE DEVIL HAS TWELVE 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS, IT SHOULD BE ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND METERS AWAY FROM HERE, IF WE WANT TO ACCURATELY HIT THE OPPONENT'S ARTILLERY, I'M AFRAID WE HAVE TO SEND OFFICERS TO THE FRONT LINE TO OBSERVE, IF WE CAN GO DEEP BEHIND THE ENEMY TO UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION OF THE JAPANESE ARTILLERY IS THE BEST."

The major battalion commander of the Eighth Artillery Battalion came to Sun Weiguo, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and said in a solemn tone.

At this time, Zheng Jingjing, the company commander of the artillery company, also came to Sun Weiguo's side, and he nodded, obviously agreeing with the opinion of the battalion commander of the major.

The effect of close-range shelling can be seen through binoculars and artillery mirrors, but long-distance shelling requires knowing the specific location of the opponent.