Chapter 1171: Tug of War
"Retreat, retreat quickly, me retreat, don't you hear!" The artillery commander yelled at his soldiers.
The artillerymen looked at their guns with reluctance, and everyone knew that this was the last time they would look at them. The planes of the devils are coming, and soon these guns will be blown up to scrap metal. Their cherished childlike artillery was about to say goodbye to them.
"You go, I don't go, I want to be with it, I don't go!" An artilleryman cried and clung to the hot artillery, refusing to let go no matter how much he tried to persuade him.
Seeing that the devil's plane was getting closer and closer, the artillery commander rushed over like an arrow, kicked the soldier holding the cannon away, and yelled at him: "Damn, you think you are the only one who can't bear the artillery?" Which one here isn't an artilleryman with the blood of an artillery unit, you think you're going to howl? Now it's an order for us to retreat, do you know what a order is? The order is that after the order is issued, your life no longer belongs to you, but to our entire army! ”
The artillery commander looked at the soldiers lying on the ground crying, and the corners of his eyes were a little sour. But the whistling of the devil's plane was already very harsh, and the shouts of friendly troops could be heard in the distance, calling for them to evacuate to safety quickly.
"All the dead people, huh? Why don't you carry him away and stay here waiting for the little devil to blow him up? It doesn't matter if the artillery is gone, we can still build it. But if there are no people, who will our artillery units rely on in the future! ”
The artillery commander roared: "Give me the, I don't want to see you here for a moment!" ”
The artillerymen left with tears in their eyes, looking at the Japanese bombers rushing into the air with hatred, and a raging anger ignited.
"Bomb the artillery positions of the Chinese army first, don't let them move away!" In the air, the commander of the Japanese Air Force coldly gave orders in his fighters.
Suddenly, hundreds of Japanese bombers divided into three formations and swooped down towards the artillery positions behind the positions of the First Army. Aerial bombs fell from the sky, marking a strange trajectory and smashing down to the ground.
More than 300 artillery pieces were instantly caught in the fire, and the powerful explosive force instantly tore the solid artillery into countless steel shards, and flew away fiercely in all directions.
The Japanese bombers carried out three rounds of dive bombardment on the artillery positions in succession, until it was determined that there was not a single intact artillery on the artillery positions of the People's Liberation Army.
On the other side, fighter formations swept across the entire front of the First Army. They split into two formations and fired frantically into the position from the left and right.
The heavy machine guns and other equipment in the trenches that the First Army had no time to withdraw into were all beaten to scrap metal under the frantic strafing of the devils, and the smoke billowed above the trenches, and the flames immediately burned, and the long trenches seemed to be bathed in flames.
In the distance, at the Japanese position, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers shouted and screamed when they saw this scene, and kept shouting hooray, cheering for the planes in the sky, and paying tribute to the emperor they couldn't see at all.
"Commander Xiangyue is really thoughtful, the reinforcements of the aircraft are so timely!" Gu Chengyong laughed proudly: "The people of China have a few amazing monster weapons, but do they dare to take them out now?" If they touch our powerful Japanese air forces, even if they take them out, they will definitely be shot down! ”
"Your Excellency General, the Air Force has blown up the artillery positions of the People's Liberation Army." At this time, a devil hurriedly reported to Gu Chengyong.
Gu Chengyong's eyes lit up, and he laughed and said: "Great, without artillery, the People's Liberation Army is like a poisonous snake without teeth." We can beat them casually, and we can whip them with cannon fire alone! ”
"There is no reaction from the positions of the people of China now, and sure enough, our aviation force is still strong. As soon as he appeared, he made all the people of China a shrunken turtle! Another devil officer laughed triumphantly.
The devils around them crossed their waists one after another, looking at the PLA positions that were being bombed indiscriminately on the opposite side with mockery. They are like clowns who have fallen into a well, and as soon as their enemies get into the slightest predicament, they immediately show that they get carried away.
"Go and order the forward troops to prepare, as soon as the air force leaves, we will immediately launch the fiercest attack! The military might of the Imperial Japanese Army will be re-manifested today by our Central China Dispatch Army! Gu Chengyong yelled.
"Hay!" The proud devils roared one after another, arrogant to the point of no return.
Japanese planes bombed the air in turn, completely targeting the positions of the First Army.
Half an hour later, starting from the position of the First Army, all the way back a kilometer has been swept by the devil's plane.
The main striking points were the forward trenches of the First Army, and then the artillery positions that had been blown up.
The crazy devil air force screamed on the plane, as if they could crush the entire PLA by attacking alone.
Forty minutes later, after all the bullets had been dumped, the devil plane circled in the air in a bravaful circle, and began to return as if demonstrating.
The positions of the First Army were completely encircled by fire, and although the Japanese planes withdrew, the threat they faced did not disappear.
Gao Dong emerged from a small col behind the position, where he had just been bombed by the Japanese. However, an air-raid shelter was dug in advance in the col, and although it was not large, it was enough to cope with the enemy's bombardment.
Gao Dong, Hu Xinghan and others hurriedly rushed to a high ground, raised their binoculars and looked at the Japanese position opposite. I saw that a large number of devils urgently mobilized after their air force left, and they had already begun to prepare for the final attack.
"It's good to come!" Gao Dong laughed and said: "The little devils must now think that we have suffered heavy losses, but they will never think that our trenches are better dug than the trenches, and they are so strong that they can withstand the bombardment twice!" ”
Hu Xinghan sighed: "It's just so passively beaten, it's not like the style of our First Army, we are all good at charging into battle, just now I heard Yang Fei's guy scolding-mother!" ”
Gao Dong shook his head with a smile after hearing this: "First lure the enemy deep, there are so many devils, if we want to swallow them all, we must take them to the ambush circle we designed." When the time comes, when you fight, you just don't let go of a devil! ”
Hu Xinghan's eyes flashed coldly: "If the devils fall into our hands, can they still let them escape?" Tell them to throw their lives here! ”
"Alright, now is not the time for. The devil is coming, let Huang Youde's second army come to support! Gao Dong said.
"Well, go and call them at once. Fighting tigers is still a brother! Hu Xinghan smiled and turned to leave.
The Second Army was in the rear of the First Army, less than a kilometer away. Huang Youde was always waiting for Gao Dong's message, and after receiving the order at this moment, he did not hesitate to command the entire army to attack and rush to the position of the First Army.
At this time, the strength of the three divisions of the Japanese army had already launched a charge on the positions of the First Army on all fronts. The long line stretched horizontally for almost two kilometers, but tens of thousands of people charged together, and within two kilometers it still seemed to be crowded with people, and it seemed that there would never be an end in sight.
And this is still the first echelon, they have just set off less than three minutes, and the strength of close to three divisions has launched a charge.
Gu Chengyong couldn't wait, he wanted to completely crush the PLA that had already been bombed with heavy losses with the tactics of crowds, and then fight all the way to the border to destroy all the attempts of the PLA.
The devil roared and rushed towards the position of the First Army, everyone's eyes were blood-red, like a monster about to eat people, looking at the position of the First Army with flames burning.
After approaching 500 meters, the exchange of fire ensued. The position of the First Army spouted countless roaring flames, forming a huge barrage in the air, and swept fiercely towards the attacking devils.
And just a moment later, reinforcements from the Second Army had arrived. Joined the first army's blockade, and immediately became even more lethal to the devils.
But the devil's determination to attack this time was very strong, no matter how fierce the PLA's firepower was, they were suppressed again and again, but they still stood up again and again and continued to charge.
The two sides launched a tug-of-war, and Gao Dong personally commanded the rear army, strictly ordering the troops not to retreat a single step.
Although he knew that the result of his order would be to make countless soldiers fall on this battlefield forever. In the absence of heavy fire support, fighting devils with artillery is tantamount to sending soldiers to death.
But in order to make this scene more realistic, let the devils completely believe that they are going to stay here. Even if he sacrificed himself, he wouldn't frown.
"Chief of Staff, the devil has launched his seventeenth charge. Our losses are very large, Yang Fei's division alone has a quarter of the casualties, and this number is still increasing! "An officer ran to report to Gao Dong.
Huang Youde and Hu Xinghan have gone to the front line in person and fought on the front line with the soldiers.
Countless artillery fire smashed towards the position, and Gao Dong could see many soldiers struggling to survive in the artillery fire, one after another falling in a pool of blood.
"Ordered, the whole army retreated. Ren Minjian's second division used as a cover and immediately retreated! Gao Dong clenched his fists tightly and roared to order.
After two full hours of fierce fighting, the PLA began to retreat. The Second Army withdrew from the battlefield first, followed by the main forces of the First Army. Only Ren Minjian's second division was still blocking the enemy's attack, but it was also fighting and retreating, obviously not wanting to continue to consume.
Gu Chengyong had been observing the situation on the battlefield, and at this moment, seeing that the PLA was retreating in an orderly manner, a cold smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Order the whole army to launch a general attack, fight all the way to the border, and drive all the people back to Shanxi!" Gu Chengyong roared.