Wang Qinglong straightened his waist and stood behind a gun emplacement, he felt the violent genes hidden in his body becoming more and more active in the explosion, he liked to watch the enemy turn powder in the explosion.

When the shelling was over, the artillerymen were busy removing the remaining gunpowder residue from the barrel of the gun that had just finished firing a round of shells, otherwise the damage to the barrel would be great.

"Reload!"

Following the orders of the gun commanders, four burly and sturdy loaders, each holding a tong, together clamped a 203-mm shell weighing nearly 100 kilograms and put it on the loading trolley, and one loader immediately used the feeding rod to push the shell into the chamber of the flattened 203-mm heavy howitzer.

The other gunner quickly closed the running bolt, and the men were already so skilled that they fully met the requirements of the training syllabus to be completed in one minute.

", the second line of defense of the target Japanese army! Aim for the target! ”

"Put!" With the order of the commander of the artillery regiment, twenty-six 203-mm heavy howitzers immediately raised their heads and aimed at the front.

"Boom, Boom, Boom ............"

The entire artillery position seemed to have thousands of drums beating at the same time, and the artillerymen felt that the ground under their feet was shaking. Even with earplugs, they felt a tingling pain in their eardrums, and they opened their mouths wide one by one to better protect their hearing. Destruction manifests itself in nature as natural disasters. In humanity, it manifests itself as war. Whether we admit it or not, since the ape became our distant ancestor. Peace is just a luxury on the table of history", but war has become a commonplace that accompanies the exhibition of human existence. The commonality between nature and society is that childbirth is accompanied by severe pain, and destruction gives birth to new life.

Whether it is to unleash destruction or create a world, a new strange and bright will be erected. The introduction of modern technology to kill the machine of warfare. It is certainly more horrible, more beautiful, more brutal and more wonderful than the reinvention of nature.

Twenty-six heavy grenades were fired after they were fired. It was connected into an impenetrable loud sound. Mixed with the screech of a cannonball. At this time, the second line of Japanese positions was completely enveloped in clusters of white smoke and orange fire.

When this batch of shells fell into the follow-up positions of the Japanese with a piercing roar. Artillery observers could see a huge cloud of smoke and death rising from the Japanese position. The rapidly expanding cloud of smoke soared into the sky for hundreds of meters, and the fragmented remains that were blown up in the smoke cloud were almost thrown hundreds of meters away, and the Japanese trenches that had been hit by the shells collapsed.

The heavy artillery fire smashed the second line of defense to pieces within fifteen minutes," the division commander, Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima, was forcibly dragged back to the anti-artillery hole of the headquarters by his men. Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima sat silently in the anti-artillery hole, his face was pale, his ears were pierced by the deafening sound of artillery, and the people in the cave could no longer hear anything, and the only thing they could do was to pray not to be directly hit by large-caliber artillery fire.

"Six regiments, attack!" With the order of the regiment commander Wang Changqing, the remaining infantry battalion of the sixth regiment also jumped out of the trench and rushed to the second trench with the two infantry battalions of the first wave of assault.

As the shelling stopped, the staff officers of the 27th Division in the anti-artillery hole knew that the charge of the Chinese people on the opposite side was coming. Without saying a word, they immediately pulled Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima out of the artillery hole and ran towards the last line of defense.

Before he could run two hundred meters away, he heard that the killing was getting closer and closer, and Kenta Nakajima didn't forget to look back when he ran. The situation that he saw made Kenta Nakajima's heart more and more cold, "The Chinese are slaughtering the soldiers of the empire like killing pigs, especially the kind of automatic weapon firepower and its ferocity, the 38 rifle that the empire is proud of is like a burning stick at all, and the long body of the spear is not a wooden stick in the narrow trench."

Niu Gensheng jumped into the collapsed trench with the third company, and said with a bag in his mouth: "The Fourth Artillery Division has also fought hard, what is this?" It's a pile of minced meat. There's no way to count the results, so let's put them together? ”

"Woo" heard this, "A recruit on the side finally couldn't help but vomit.

Niu Gensheng shook his head helplessly, "Wang Xiaoguo, you kid doesn't fight for a little bit, you've been a soldier for a few months, and you can't stand this little scene, if you go to Siberia, it won't scare your kid to death." ”

"Bang! Bang! From time to time, the voice sounded next to him, and it was the comrades-in-arms next to him who were clearing out those wounded soldiers. Before departure, the officers gave special instructions that prisoners below the rank of minor were not needed unless there were special circumstances.

"Boy, have you finished throwing up?" Niu Gensheng glanced at Wang Guoxiao, who had just spit it out, pulled out the "MI911 Browning pistol" in his waist, and handed it to him, "Take it, it's time for you recruits to practice your courage." Damn, just now in the first line of defense, you didn't even fire a shot, this is not good, you have to remember, courage is practiced! Wang Guoxiao held the Browning pistol in his hand, his body trembled even more, he slowly took the pistol and hurriedly walked forward.

After a while, there were several voices in front, the unique dull sound of MI911 and the howl of Wang Guoxiao.

The attack of the 102nd Division lasted only three hours, and the two lines of defense of the Japanese 27th Division were broken in succession, which made Lieutenant General Kenta Nakajima, the commander of the 27th Division, who was in charge of the defense of this area, extremely frustrated. He didn't know how long the third line of defense would be able to withstand the pace of the Chinese army, and although he had placed two wings on this line, and the trenches on the line were the strongest and most attentive, he was not sure in his mind whether he could hold the line.

Taking a breath, he said to the communications staff officer: "Send a telegram to the headquarters!" "At 9:40 a.m. today, our unit was under heavy artillery fire from China, and the intensity of the artillery fire was unprecedented. Although the officers and men have not changed their loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor in the slightest, the disparity in strength between the enemy and us is so great that it may be difficult for our troops to resist it. ”

The North China Garrison Army Headquarters" reported that the Rehe side had sent an urgent report that they were under all-out attack by the Chahar army in three directions: Dage Town, Datan and Yatai Mountain, "and the situation is critical." ”

A report stunned Tada Jun and the staff officers in the headquarters who were smiling happily in the direction of the Lugou Bridge.

"Yaga! Abominable Chahar government, abominable Su Tong! Tada's face was suddenly difficult to look at, when all his good mood was destroyed.

"What's going on now?" Seeing Tada Jun's green face, a combat staff officer hurriedly asked.

"The 3rd Armored Division and the 5th Infantry Division of China attacked Yataishan and Datan respectively, while the 102nd Infantry Division of Hu Lian attacked Dage Town. Their attacks were so fierce that Yataishan has now been missed, and all but a small part of the 18,000-strong security force has surrendered. And the town of Datan and Okoku were now also in danger under the fierce attack of the Chinese people, and the commanders of the 20th Independent Brigade and the Nakajima Kenta Division sent telegrams respectively requesting urgent tactical guidance. ”

"Your Excellency Commander, the attack of the people of China is too fierce, let's shoot the troops for reinforcements, right?" The chief of staff, Lieutenant General Tatsumi Kusaba, hurriedly said.

"It's too late!" Tada Jun shook his head sadly, then turned around and ordered: "Order the 20th Independent Brigade and the 27th Division to retreat in the direction of Chengde immediately, and we must defend Chengde to the death." ”

"Hey!" , the communications staff officer bowed and immediately left.

"Order Okamura Ninji to speed up the attack, and you must capture Beiping for me!" There was a frenzy in Tada Jun's words, he knew that if he didn't capture Beiping as soon as possible, he would definitely not be able to deploy troops to support Rehe. As soon as Rehe is lost, the board of the base camp will definitely fall on him first.

Today's fierce attack by the Japanese army at the Lugou Bridge in Beiping shattered Song Zheyuan's illusion of peace talks, and he immediately mobilized Zhao Dengyu's 109th Brigade to rush to the aid of the Lugou Bridge.

After Zhao Dengyu led his troops to Lugou Bridge, the Second Division led by Okamura Ningji also arrived at the same time. Okamura then ordered the 30th (Takada) Wing to attack.

The Second Division was formed in 1888 in the Sendai area of Japan, and its supply area was also in Sendai, so it was also called the Sendai Division. It belongs to one of the permanent divisions of Japan, because most of the soldiers of this division come from the northeast of Japan, where the natural conditions are poor and the people are fierce, so its combat effectiveness is very strong.

The 109th Brigade led by Zhao Dengyu had very poor weapons, most of them were made in Hanyang and old sleeves, there were only two light machine guns per company, and the soldiers had only a few dozen bullets. Therefore, the battle was very hard, "and by the evening the troops had been reduced by more than 2,000 men.

After nightfall, Zhao Dengyu felt that there were too many Japanese troops with inferior weapons and firepower, and decided to send a broadsword team to attack the Japanese garrison at night. He convened a meeting of the regiment commanders and battalion commanders and decided to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and attack the enemy camp at night. He said excitedly: "Resisting Japan and saving the country is the duty of a soldier, raising soldiers to work hard for a day, serving the country for a while, and only by not being afraid of sacrifice" can we win glory for the country.

At the meeting, Zhao Dengyu decided to personally lead the Dadao team to attack the station of the Second Division at night, and he personally selected 500 warriors who dared to die. When the broadsword team assembled, Song Zheyuan also came to see him off in person, and when he walked to the front of the team, the five hundred warriors were ready to go.

Looking at these five hundred warriors, Song Zheyuan's eyes turned red, he knew that after this battle, not many of these five hundred warriors would be able to come back, and it was not impossible that even the entire army would be wiped out.

Song Zheyuan solemnly saluted the warriors and said loudly: "Brothers, how difficult and dangerous it is to go here, I, Song someone, only wish everyone to kill more devils!" ", "Kill the devil!" ”

"Kill the devil!" , a high-pitched roar shook the sky