More than 1,000 artillery pieces of various calibers roared at the same time, this kind of scene, in the entire history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, almost never heard the constant whistling sound in the air, looking at the forward positions of the Japanese army in front of them, the fireballs generated by the explosion of shells throughout the battlefield, not only the Chinese soldiers, but even the Japanese officers and soldiers defending in the follow-up fortifications, were dumbfounded

Seeing the forward position two kilometers away, before the battle, there were still bunkers, exuding bursts of murderous aura, and the seemingly impregnable front-line position was completely shrouded in a sea of fire in less than five minutes

The impenetrable permanent fortifications, in the face of huge shells, were like toys, and were torn to pieces in an instant

Seeing the scene in front of them, everyone was stunned by the bloody and shocking scene in front of them

In the direction of the south gate of Hankou, as the main direction of attack of the Sixth Corps of the East China Field Army, in the middle of this unprecedented artillery bombardment, not only gathered a howitzer regiment, three field artillery regiments, nine mixed battalions of mountain and field artillery, 27 infantry artillery batteries, plus large and small mortars, a total of more than 500 artillery pieces of various calibers, not only that, but the entire artillery group, with the support of the artillery column directly under the field army, received the support of more than 50 large-caliber howitzers and cannons....

More than 500 guns, large and small, including nearly 100 calibres of more than 100 millimeters, were all aimed at the Japanese army's front line, with a depth of less than 50 meters and a length of less than 2 kilometers

Chen Geng, commander of the Sixth Corps, as a veteran of the battlefield, has always had a combat habit, that is, to move his command headquarters forward as much as possible, and Lin entered the battlefield to command operations Even now, Chen Geng has become a corps commander with 100,000 heavy troops, and this habit has not changed

At this moment, when the artillery fire began to roar, a group of people on a small hillside less than a kilometer from the forefront of the battlefield were holding binoculars and standing in a semi-underground bunker, watching the shelling scene in front of them motionlessly

Seeing the shelling scene in front of him, which he had never seen in his decades of military career, Commander Chen Geng's hands holding the binoculars couldn't help but tremble As for the commanders standing behind him, at this moment, they had already been stunned by the grand shelling scene in front of them

However, in this battlefield where there are hundreds of soldiers who will pay the price of their lives, the commanders with heavy troops in their hands still adjusted their excitement to their old partner Han Liancheng, the chief of staff, at the first time, first put down the binoculars in his hand and said with an excited face to the commander Chen Geng beside him

"Commander, I really didn't expect that I, Han Liancheng, would be able to see the little devils being pressed by our army's artillery fire in my lifetime and see the little devils on the forward positions, under the fierce blows of our artillery fire, I can only lie in the trenches and wait for death, in my heart, but I am extremely happy, this battle is really too happy..."

"Old Han, as an old partner, I don't hide from you that when I saw this unprecedented artillery bombardment in front of me, I only had one thought in my heart, that is, I admired the commander-in-chief, and at the beginning, in addition to a certain mortar, even mountain artillery in our East China Field Army rarely saw one, and now, I don't say that you know it, in a word, it is still a sentence often heard in the troops, follow the commander-in-chief to fight, you will never suffer...."Commander Chen Geng said with a rare smile on his face before the war

"The commander is right... I believe that after such a fierce artillery fire, what can be left of the Japanese forward position, except for a piece of ruins and the minced meat of the little devil, there is nothing left at all I believe that our attacking troops will not be able to find a living little devil except for a pile of minced meat on the Japanese position...."Han Liancheng, the chief of staff, replied very approvingly, and his face was also shrouded in excitement

"The chief of staff is right, this time, although our artillery reserves are very sufficient, there are still many real tough battles behind, so, for these heavy artillery shells that we have not been able to produce ourselves, we can save my orders, five minutes later, the artillery fire began to extend and concentrate all the artillery fire, and a fire barrier was created between the Japanese forward position and the second line of positions to block the possible reinforcements of the Japanese army In addition, after the artillery fire began to extend, the first wave of attacking troops immediately launched an attack and occupied the enemy's forward position..." The corners of Chen Geng's mouth flashed with a sneer, and then he ordered Han Liancheng with a murderous face at Han Liancheng behind him

"Yes, Commander...."Han Liancheng replied with an excited face

Looking at Han Liancheng, who was about to leave, the entire former enemy command headquarters once again set their eyes on the battlefield not far away, and at the same time, a look of expectation was also shown on his face, after all, this was the first round of attack in the entire Wuhan battle, and its success or failure was related to the morale of the entire siege force in the future

A few minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and the artillery fire that shrouded the forward positions of the Japanese army slowly stopped when everyone, staring at a pair of eyes and looking through binoculars, wanted to see the specific situation of the Japanese forward positions after the shelling, a loud charge horn sounded very timely on the battlefield

For a time, more than 2,000 people in the first round of attacking troops, under the cover of a large number of light and heavy machine guns behind them, quickly jumped out of the attack position, holding up bright bayonets, and launched a charge against the forward position that had become a ruin

In an instant, on the battlefield, everyone's eyes were attracted by the offensive scene in front of them

After ten minutes of heavy shelling, the Japanese forward positions, whether they were strong permanent pillboxes or machine-gun bunkers hidden everywhere, had already been reduced to ruins under such fierce artillery fire

As for the Japanese army brigade stationed in these pillboxes, except for some lucky people, who stood on the position with a sluggish face, were blown up into fools, and the remaining soldiers, with no doubt exception, all turned into minced meat, scattered all over the entire position, so that people did not even have a place to stay

As a result, in the face of the overwhelming East China Field Army in front of the position, the entire Japanese forward position, there was hardly any counterattack firepower, of course, the Japanese commander on the second line of defense had already seen the tragic scene of the forward position through the telescope

As the commander of the wing, he believed that if the forward position was not secured, his second-line position would follow closely behind, and when the time came to be fiercely bombarded by the East China Field Army, not only himself, but also an infantry wing and 3,000 soldiers around him, all of them would be like an infantry brigade in front of them, and they would all be turned into minced meat

Thinking of this, the wing commander no longer had any hesitation and immediately transferred a brigade from among his nervous forces to reinforce the forward positions

However, an infantry brigade had just rushed out of its position less than 500 meters before it was intercepted by the East China Field Army's unprecedented artillery fire

The first round of artillery interception, a total of more than 500 shells of various calibers, fell around the nearly 1,000 soldiers without any warning, and for a while, the soldiers' stumps and broken arms, internal organs, like rain, fell from the air one after another, an infantry brigade, before rushing to the forward position, lost more than half...

"Baga, cunning Zhina, how can you have such fierce artillery fire, my first brigade, my first brigade..." Seeing the tragic scene in front of him, the wing captain was heartbroken at the same time, his face, which had already been flushed, scolded loudly at the subordinates in front of him

"Your Excellency Wing Commander, what should I do next...."In the face of the heavy losses of the first brigade, the chief of staff was also anxious, and as soon as the wing commander's voice fell, the chief of staff followed closely and asked

After all, the strength of his own troops is limited, and he has to defend a very wide second-line position, and the current loss is even a little, which will have a fatal impact on the upcoming battle

"Baga, what are you still doing in a daze, don't you see, with the little strength left of our reinforcements, can't you break through the artillery fire of the people at all, order the reinforcements, retreat immediately, retreat immediately, do you want to wipe out an infantry brigade, hurry, retreat immediately..."After glaring fiercely at the chief of staff in front of him, the wing commander roared loudly

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency the Wing Captain is wise...."

A few minutes later, under the close gaze of the chief of staff, the attacking troops successfully retreated, but after the second round of artillery interception by the East China Field Army, the entire infantry brigade, with less than one-third of its troops left, was withdrawn

Of course, all of this was due to the sudden and unprecedented artillery attack of the East China Field Army

"Commander, the Japanese attack force retreated, and we also occupied the enemy's forward position, as expected, the entire forward position, except for dozens of ghost soldiers who were blown up stupidly and had no counterattack ability at all, all the rest turned into a pile of minced meat...."Rushing into the headquarters, Chief of Staff Han Liancheng reported with an excited face

In the face of the huge results, Chen Geng did not show any excitement, but said with a serious face: "Old Han, this is just the beginning According to the report of the headquarters, before dawn, we must stop the attack, so the Japanese army has not much time left for us to order the troops, rest for half an hour, and after half an hour, continue to attack."

"Yes, Commander...."