After a day of preparation, Fengcheng, which had been ravaged by the artillery fire of the Liaodong Army for a day, had changed greatly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The huge gaps that were blown out were all blocked by the third division with sandbags.

The city stomp that was blown up was also built by the Third Division with sandbags to build a one-meter-high breastwork.

In addition, the walls with no end in sight are also piled up with sandbag walls that are more than one meter high.

It had only one effect, and that was to weaken as much as possible the powerful lethality that the Japanese artillery could bring.

After the battle began, the cannonballs that fell on the walls under the protection of these sandbags, no matter how powerful, could only kill the defenders in the area between the two sandbag walls.

As for other places, because of the sandbag wall, it was impossible for either the fragments of the shells or the powerful air waves generated by the explosion of the shells to cross and kill the defenders in other places.

The Second Division was ready to defend the city, and under the continuous attacks of the cavalry regiment along the way, the road that could have been completed in one day, and more than 20,000 Japanese troops who walked for two days finally saw the city wall of Fengcheng.

Seeing that there was no battle in the direction of Fengcheng, the entire county was very quiet, and the city gates were also tightly closed.

The commanders of the two divisions knew at a guess that Fengcheng had been taken by the Liaodong Army.

Thinking of the large amount of supplies, weapons and ammunition that the General Headquarters had hoarded in Fengcheng, the two divisions that were sure that Fengcheng had fallen made a decision just by looking at each other.

"Taking advantage of the fact that the Liaodong Army had just taken Fengcheng and had not yet gained a stable foothold, it immediately launched an attack on the Liaodong Army to recapture Fengcheng, especially the large amount of materials, weapons and ammunition that the General Headquarters had hoarded in Fengcheng.

Raised the binoculars and carefully looked at the stubbornness of the sandbags piled up everywhere a few hundred meters away. The eyes of the division commander, Lieutenant General Matsumoto, lit up immediately.

said to Lieutenant General Sakata beside him: "Look at the Fengcheng city wall, those gaps that were blown up by the Liaodong Army, although there are sandbags. But those sandbags were no match for the original bricks. A few shells hit it, and these sandbags will definitely be blown open as soon as possible......"

"Yo West...... Matsumoto-kun, your eyes are too vicious to see the weakness of the defenders so quickly. Lieutenant General Sakata replied with an approving face.

"My idea is to hit all the artillery and shell the walls for half an hour. Then two infantry wings were sent to attack and take the city walls in one fell swoop. Recapture the supplies, weapons and ammunition in Fengcheng and Fengcheng ......"

Lieutenant General Matsumoto thought about it and affirmed: "Just fight like this, take advantage of the Liaodong Army's unstable foothold in Fengcheng, and recapture Fengcheng in one fell swoop." ”

After speaking, Lieutenant General Matsumoto directly ordered the chief of staff behind him: "Immediately order two artillery wings to build artillery positions." An hour later. Half-hour artillery strikes on the defenders...... Infantry, get ready for the attack. As soon as the shelling stopped, the attacking troops of the two wings immediately launched an attack, striving to take Fengcheng in one attack. “

Every move of the Japanese army outside the city fell into the eyes of the scouts of the Liaodong Army. In particular, the two artillery wings, which are equipped with nearly 100 artillery pieces, are such a big target, and the Japanese can't hide it even if they want to.

No, the two wings had just found an open space suitable for artillery positions and began to build artillery positions.

This position was sent to Zhong Hu and Zhang Shaozeng.

"Chief of Staff, the artillery positions selected by the Japanese army are the same as the positions you deduced, which saves us a lot of trouble!" After reading the information, Zhong Hu's face was directly covered with excitement, and he sighed to Zhang Shaozeng.

Zhang Shaozeng was not too excited. replied in a calm tone: "There are nearly 100 field guns in the two artillery wings of the Japanese army, and the place where they need it must be very large. Looking at the terrain around Fengcheng, the position selected by the Japanese army can be placed with a hundred field guns at a time......"

Zhong Hu waved his hand directly and said, "Chief of Staff, don't be modest. It's your credit to you, and if it were me, it would be impossible to deduce the location of the Japanese artillery positions......"

Speaking of this, Zhong Hu continued to sigh: "You don't know, just because you deduced this position in advance, we have at least thirty percent more chances to win in the battle with the two artillery wings of the Japanese army......

Zhang Shaozeng smiled. No more dwelling on this issue.

In a few seconds, the smile on his face was replaced by seriousness, and he asked Zhong Hu: "Division commander, we have a few artillery positions." Did you conduct a test firing of the selected artillery positions of the Japanese army, as I suggested yesterday......"

"Of course......" Zhong Hu's face also became serious, and he replied without thinking about it.

"The brothers all know that their abilities are not as good as the Japanese, so none of the brothers are lazy in the various preparations you have proposed. Everything is ready to go. As for the artillery test firing, I personally supervised it......"

"Now, our four regiments, several field artillery battalions, mountain artillery companies, and more than 200 artillery pieces have all been aimed at the artillery positions being built by the Japanese army, and they are all aimed accurately. Not to mention anything else, I can still guarantee a ninety percent hit rate in the first round of artillery fire......"

"This time, I will definitely let the artillery of the two artillery wings of the Japanese army be blown into scrap metal by us as soon as they fire......"

Zhong Hu's assurance made Zhang Shaozeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, even so, Zhang Shaozeng was still not at ease.

Because, this artillery battle is too important for yourself.

If you win, you will be able to return to the army and regain the reuse of the commander. If you lose, you will be refrigerated by the commander forever, unless you take the initiative to leave the Liaodong Army.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhang Shaozeng still decided to go to the artillery position in person and personally command the entire artillery battle.

"Division commander, in order to avoid accidents, I want to personally squat on the position of the second regiment......"

"The position of the second regiment is outside the range of the Japanese field artillery, and it is equipped with 105 mm password howitzers, which are extremely powerful. As long as the 2nd Regiment is successfully fought, the victory of the entire artillery battle will belong to us......."

The victory or loss of this artillery battle is also very important to Zhong Hu. At the same time, Zhong Hu also knew that Zhang Shaozeng's battlefield adaptability was above him. Therefore, Zhong Hu agreed without thinking about it......

"Yes, our specific counterattack time is set as the time when the Japanese army fires artillery. The sooner the artillery was fired, the losses of the Fengcheng Second Division would be less. As soon as the Japanese artillery fires, all our positions will open fire on the Japanese artillery positions together, so as not to give them time to counterattack......"

"Yes, division commander......" Zhang Shaozeng commanded loudly.

At this moment, Zhang Shaozeng suddenly thought of something? hurriedly reminded: "Also, although we have made full preparations for the entire artillery battle, no one dares to guarantee that there will be no accidents in the middle. ”

"If, after the start of the artillery battle, the Japanese have the opportunity to counterattack us. The artillery positions that were counterattacked by the Japanese artillery must not be able to fight hard with the Japanese army, and we cannot fight them......"

"For us, people are more important than guns. No matter which artillery position, as long as it is counterattacked by Japanese artillery, the gunners will immediately withdraw and leave the artillery ......"

Zhong Hu replied thoughtfully: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, I understand all this......"

More than 200 artillery pieces of the Liaodong Army were ready to fire.

Lieutenant General Matsumoto, who waited for an hour, finally waited for the news that the artillery could shell.

Lieutenant General Matsumoto, who was still listless just now, immediately became energetic.

Staring at the Fengcheng city wall in the distance, he ordered with a murderous face: "Yo Xi, all artillery units, immediately open artillery ......" (to be continued. )