The muzzle of the black hole shook up, the barrel pointed diagonally to the sky, and the artillery entered a state of readiness. In front of a heavy artillery, an officer shouted at the top of his voice: "Brothers, during this time, the Japanese artillery has been unscrupulous and indiscriminately bombarded. Everyone has long been suffocated, and it's our turn to vent. You look at this pile of shells, and the upper peak has asked us to finish it in half an hour. Don't worry about not having enough shells, this time Shangfeng has prepared enough shells for us ・・・・・・. ”

It was quiet in the theater command, and everyone was holding their breath and waiting anxiously. At this time, Bai Chongxi stared at the pocket watch in his hand and said: "Reconfirm the location of the Japanese heavy artillery position, there can be no mistake." Soon the combat staff officer repeated it, and there was silence in the headquarters again. Because the Japanese army learned that the artillery positions of the defenders had been destroyed, the Japanese heavy artillery was deployed in front of the formation and carried out artillery support in a grand manner, so the location of the Japanese artillery positions was already well known to the headquarters.

"Commander, it's time!" The chief of staff reminded. Bai Chongxi shouted loudly: "Order to start shelling!" "Three red flares rose into the sky. Suddenly, the heavy artillery began to roar, and the cannonballs were very dazzling in the sky of Foxiao. At this time, the Japanese artillery positions were quiet, and the artillerymen were resting in the tents without any alertness. The Japanese heavy artillery positions formed a three-row formation, which was to increase the effect of intensive strikes. However, the intensive deployment of Japanese heavy artillery positions also caused devastating blows and buried their own graves.

When the first shells landed on the artillery positions, the Japanese artillerymen woke up from their sleep. To be precise, the quality of the Japanese artillery was first-class, they did not panic, but ran to the gun emplacements one after another, and the best way at this time was to counterattack. But where did the Japanese artillery think that the enemy's artillery fire was so dense, and it was still heavy artillery. Shells were overwhelmingly smashed on the artillery positions, and the artillery positions were suddenly covered in smoke and dust, and the sound of huge explosions was deafening.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the middle of the artillery position, followed by a series of explosions. It turned out that the ammunition of the Japanese army was hit, causing an earth-shattering chain explosion. Since the enemy did not have the ability to counterattack artillery, in order to increase the efficiency of artillery bombardment, the Japanese army concentrated the position of storing shells in the middle, which could quickly deliver shells to the surrounding artillery, but the ammunition was hit and then caused a large explosion, which accelerated the destruction of the Japanese heavy artillery position. In the first 10 minutes, several Japanese artillery guns returned fire, but after 20 minutes, the Japanese artillery positions were in a sea of fire, and smoke billowed to cover the sky.

At the beginning of the shelling, the commander of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, Masao Nakamura, was awakened in his sleep. "Report, the heavy artillery position was suddenly hit by heavy enemy fire! Judging by the explosion, it was heavy artillery! A subordinate reported urgently. Masao Nakamura is sleepy-eyed and hardly believes it's true. In desperation, he ran out of the room disheveled, raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the heavy artillery position. At this moment, a louder explosion was heard from the heavy artillery position, and smoke rose into the sky. Nakamura Masao knew in his heart that it was apparently the ammunition of the heavy artillery position that had been hit.

The situation was critical, Nakamura Masao hurriedly entered the command headquarters, and the headquarters was in chaos, and a combat staff officer pulled his throat to communicate with the heavy artillery position, but the other party did not hear back. "Report, the division commander asked, what happened!" Masao Nakamura hurriedly took the phone. The division commander, Akito Nakamura, was taken aback after hearing the report and said: "The enemy's heavy artillery has dealt a devastating blow to the artillery position, and there is no doubt that the enemy's reinforcements have come up. Immediately telegraph to the headquarters and request rapid reinforcements from the Air Force! Order the 21 Brigade to strengthen the defense and prevent the enemy from counterattacking! ”

In the theater headquarters, an operational staff officer reported: "Report, after half an hour of bombardment, the Japanese heavy artillery position was bombarded by a devastating blow according to the report of the observation post, and all the Japanese artillery was dumbfounded. "Order artillery fire to hit the Japanese pontoon bridges on the Yongjiang River, and be sure to blow up all the Japanese pontoon bridges and cut off the Japanese troops on both sides of the strait. The theater garrison was ordered to be dispatched to cooperate with the defending troops to eliminate all Japanese troops on the north bank of the Yong River. At this moment, Bai Chongxi's nervous mood relaxed.

As soon as the division commander Akito Nakamura had finished his deployment, he received a report from Nakamura Masao: Four pontoon bridges on the Yongjiang River had been blown up, and the troops on the north bank were in danger. Akito Nakamura realized that the disaster was coming, and ordered Nakamura Masao to hurry up and repair the pontoon bridge to meet the withdrawal of Japanese troops on the north bank to the south bank. However, more sinister news followed, making Nakamura Akito stunned, and the Dawangtan Light and Heavy Wing reported that a large number of enemy tanks and armored fighting vehicles were found!

Dawangtan is a small village, and after the Japanese occupied it, the people of the village took refuge and fled. At present, it has become a logistics base for the Japanese army, and military supplies, weapons and ammunition transported from Qinzhou are hoarded here, and then military supplies are delivered to the war zone. In the morning, a patrol cavalry of the Japanese army appeared on the west side of Dawangtan and took up the patrol mission. Suddenly, there was a rumbling motor from the west, and the Japanese patrol cavalry immediately stopped advancing and raised their eyes to the west. It was a hilly area, and only its sound was nowhere to be seen, and the Japanese patrol soldiers showed confused expressions.

At this time, the Japanese patrol cavalry was not aware of the danger in the slightest, and they could not understand why there was a sound of motors shaking the earth on the west side. "It's a tank, our tank is coming up!" A Japanese soldier shouted excitedly. I saw a tank revealed, followed by a second and a third ・・・・・・. "Is this the new tank of the Great Japanese Empire?" A Japanese soldier muttered. At this moment, the first tank stopped moving, and then smoke from the muzzle of the gun was heard, and a 45-mm tank shell exploded dozens of meters away from the Japanese patrol.

The horses were first frightened and neighed. "It's the tanks of the Chinese army, retreat quickly." The Japanese squad leader shouted loudly. The Japanese patrol fled towards the village as quickly as another shell exploded next to one of the Japanese cavalrymen, who were dismounted. The light and heavy wing of the 5th Division of the Japanese army has a strength of about 3,000 people, and yesterday 500 people escorted supplies to the front line and did not return, and there were 2,500 Japanese troops at Dawangtan at this time. Although the light and heavy wings of the Japanese army were transport units, they were quite effective in combat, and their individual quality was not inferior to that of field infantry wings.

The light and heavy wing of the Japanese army was lacking in heavy weapons because it was a unit specifically responsible for battlefield supply. The commander of the Japanese wing was shocked to hear that there was a sneak attack by the tanks of the Shina army on the west side, and he was not worried at first. When the Japanese army was deployed, the wing commander found that the enemy was actually an armored unit, which was not trivial. The commander of the Japanese army quickly reported to the division headquarters and organized a defense. At this time. The tanks of the 5th Army were fanned out from the west and southwest, with armored fighting vehicles following behind, and infantry at the rear.

The commander of the Japanese division, Akito Nakamura, was shocked when he received the report that enemy tanks and a large number of armored fighting vehicles appeared in the rear. "We were fooled, the enemy suddenly hit with heavy artillery, and a large number of enemy tanks and fighting vehicles appeared at Dawangtan. It seems that all the air strikes destroy are false targets. Immediately send a telegram requesting the air force to quickly support the enemy tanks. The 9th Brigade was ordered to reinforce Dawangtan, and the 21st Brigade was ordered to retreat to the division headquarters. "Your Excellency, General! The enemy suddenly launched a large-scale attack on the 38th Division last night, with a very clear purpose, that is, to eat us! "The chief of staff analyzed.

"If you want to eat us, the enemy's appetite is too great, as long as the 38th Division occupies Fengting, we will have no worries." "The 38th Division reported that the 228th and 229th Wings were frequently attacked on the way north, and if we couldn't get to Fengting in time, our situation would not be good." "There is nothing to worry about, the Chinese army has always been fighting in a tiger's head, it really can't be done, we retreat to the east, and there is no problem with safe evacuation." At this time, Nakamura Akito thought that the Shina army was beyond its strength, and it was simply whimsical to want to eat the powerful 5th Division.

However, the commander in Guangzhou, Guzhuang Ganlang, did not think so, and the slightest apprehension at the beginning of the war was actually fulfilled. Many strange phenomena are now clear, it turns out that all the enemy's moves are for the 5th Division, and the feeling of being fooled makes Furujo Kanro realize the great danger. "Order the Army Aviation Wing, dispatch all bombers, and be sure to block the onslaught of enemy armored forces. The 38th Division was ordered to occupy Fengting as soon as possible and the 5th Division to retreat south. Ordered Nakamura Akito to go south as soon as possible and withdraw to the Kaedei line. ”

"Your Excellency General, Tadashi Sato, commander of the 38th Division, reported that although the enemy's attack force is not many, it is very tenacious, and the 228th Wing and the 229th Wing will have to reach Fengting at midnight at the earliest, and if the enemy army appears in Fengting, the 5th Division is in danger of being surrounded." "I'm worried about that, too, but Akito Nakamura doesn't necessarily see that. If the situation was unfavorable, the 5th Division had to retreat eastward. The 1st Guards Division was ordered to send a wing to occupy Lingshan County and, if necessary, to meet the 5th Division. ”

The tanks quickly broke through the rudimentary defensive positions of the Japanese troops, and the machine guns of the armored vehicles opened heavy fire. At this time, Ouyang Jian stood on the armored car and exposed half of his body, and saw that the tanks and armored vehicles were breaking through the Japanese position: "Order the infantry to follow the tanks and armored vehicles into the village, and they must fight and rush violently, and they can't give the Japanese army any chance to breathe." The anti-aircraft machine gun company was ordered to seize the high point on the right and prepare for air defense. "The rapid attack of the tank and tank groups is unstoppable, not to mention that the light and heavy wings of the Japanese army cannot be stopped, even the field infantry wings with superior combat strength cannot be stopped.

The order was given, the infantry regiment soldiers attacked, the tanks and fighting vehicles had cleared the obstacles in front, and the infantry charge almost wiped out the remnants of the enemy. The light and heavy wings of the Japanese army were overwhelmed and gradually retreated westward. At this time, there was a roar in the sky, and a large number of Japanese bombers arrived on the battlefield. At this time, a large number of fighters suddenly appeared in the northern sky, bravely killing the Japanese bombers. The Japanese continued air raids and were not intercepted by enemy fighters at all, so Japanese fighters rarely sorted.

The Japanese only dispatched bombers, not fighters. Suddenly intercepted by fighter planes, the Japanese bombers immediately panicked, and the bombing effect naturally dropped greatly. The number of fighters of the Chinese army participating in the war this time is about 100, which are deployed at airports in Guilin and southern Hunan. Although the number of fighters is limited, they are all the latest Hawker monoplane fighters produced by the United States, and their combat performance has been greatly improved, and they have a complete fight against the Japanese Type 97 bombers. The guns roared in the sky, and the iron streams on the ground rolled and the Japanese troops fled in confusion, forming a three-dimensional battle scene.