Qiao Anbang was sitting in the jeep and devouring dinner, and the deputy brigade commander Qiao Anguo walked over quickly from a distance and said: "Anbang, all regiments have been prepared, and the artillery positions of the artillery battalion have also been constructed, and they can shell the devils at any time. "Then attack." Qiao Anbang put the last mouthful of steamed buns in his hand into his mouth and drank water, while saying indifferently: "The artillery battalion shelled for half an hour, and first smashed the devil's position." Tell the attacking troops that this group of devils in front of us came on a rapid march by boat, it is completely a light army, it is impossible to have heavy weapons, and their first goal is the anti-tank trenches built by the devils outside the position, first fill in those anti-tank trenches, pave the way for the armored company to assault, and then launch a general attack! ”

In the past, Qiao Anbang was still anxious about whether he could rush to the front of the army and pass through Huzhou, but now he was still preempted by the devils.

At this time, the soldiers of the Tiger Brigade are like arrows, and the back road is cut off, and they don't need Qiao Anbang to motivate and encourage them too much, and they will also fight to the death in order to break through.

Moreover, according to the analysis of the situation of the 18th Division rushing to the ground, now the devils in Huzhou can have two wings, and they are still a lone army without auxiliary arms such as logistics baggage and artillery wings, not long ago, the Huben Brigade and the 18th Division fought several times, at that time, the Huben Brigade was able to calmly deal with the 18th Division in the face of a full division, not to mention the incomplete 18th Division in Huzhou County?

Therefore, Qiao Anbang also relaxed his tense nerves, as long as the Tiger Brigade could defeat the 18th Division before the main force of the Central China Front Army was encircled, it would be able to calmly break through.

"Well, I'll arrange it right away." Qiao Anguo nodded.

The shelling soon began, and 30 105mm howitzers of the artillery battalion and hundreds of artillery batteries of various types of artillery under the direct jurisdiction of the infantry regiments immediately opened fire one after another.

"Boom...... Bang......! Hundreds of shells of various calibers fell into the positions of the Japanese army with a long tail flame, and exploded violently.

The dazzling light of the fire enveloped the entire army position in an instant, and from time to time there were devil soldiers who let out a terrible howl in the firelight. The severed limbs and dirt and wood chips were thrown high with billowing smoke, and then smashed to the ground.

The entire position of the Yue army was plunged into an endless sea of fire in an instant, and it was very spectacular from a distance.

On the sortie positions of the various regiments of the Tiger Brigade, thousands of infantry were already ready for battle. However, the artillery battalion's shelling lasted for a full 20 minutes and continued, and the entire position of the Japanese army had already been plowed back and forth several times by artillery fire, and the entire position was already in pieces.

"Tuanza, let the brigade raise the shells, if the bombardment continues, our assault team will become a corpse collection team." A commando member of the regiment said to Kong Xiangjie, the commander of the regiment who planned to personally lead the charge.

"Boy, the little devil is not as simple as you think, cheer me up, I can't be careless when I charge, otherwise I will regret losing my life." Kong Xiangjie reprimanded coldly.

"Yes!" The commando hurriedly whispered, not daring to say anything.

At the head of Huzhou County, the commander of the 18th Division, Sadao Nakajima, and the chief of staff, Megumi Koto, were observing the enemy situation at the head of the city surrounded by a group of guards.

Xiao Fuji Hui next to him scolded angrily: "Baga Yalu, the people of China are really crazy, they didn't even try to attack, and they carried out fierce shelling of the imperial army's position for so long at one time, could it be that all their shells grew out of the land?!" ”

It's no wonder that Megumi Koto is so angry, and the 18th Division will not even try to attack, so it will frantically carry out fierce artillery bombardment on the enemy for nearly half an hour, right?

After all, it is an island country, with a lack of resources, and all kinds of strategic materials need to be imported, especially as long as the steel needed for artillery shells needs to be imported from the United States, so artillery shells are very expensive for Yue himself.

At least the 18th Division could be reluctant to carry out such a massive artillery bombardment under unknown circumstances.

"General, the shelling of the people of China has stopped!" Megumi Koto's words fell, and another devil chief of staff pointed ahead in surprise and said to Nakajima Sadao.

"It looks like the Shina are about to attack." Sadao Nakajima immediately said coldly: "Order the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Brigades of the 35th Wing to immediately enter the position and prepare to attack!" "Nakajima Sadao is still very cunning, since he fought with the Tiger Brigade, he has experience, this time he did not put the main force of the 35th Wing on the position, but only deployed an infantry brigade on the position.

"Hay!" Megumi Koto and the others hurriedly bowed their heads in response, and then took the order one after another.

At the same time, at the sortie position of the Tiger Brigade, Kong Xiangjie suddenly raised the submachine gun in his hand and shouted: "Commando, follow me!" Rush up, kill all the little devils, rush! ”

"Kill...... Come on! More than 200 commandos immediately shouted in unison, and they followed Kong Xiangjie and swarmed towards the position of the army.

The next moment, the main infantry of each regiment also broke out into a mountain of shouts, and thousands of officers and soldiers followed the assault team and rushed towards the devil's position.

In the middle of the ranks, there were many fighters who did not carry weapons, but a sapper shovel each, and their task was to fill the anti-tank trenches of the devils and pave the way for the armored units.

Thousands of officers and men of the Huben Brigade rushed to the position full of gunsmoke like a flood that burst the embankment, and when they approached the position of the army almost 500 meters, the position was still deadly silent.

When they were not blocked, the officers and men became even more excited, and they quickened their pace and continued to rush forward.

At the same time, a large group of devils had quietly entered the position, listening to the deafening shouts from the front, the devil soldiers raised the steel guns in their hands with indifferent expressions, and thousands of muzzles were silently aimed at the front.

Soon Kong Xiangjie's assault team rushed to within two hundred meters of the devil's position, and at this moment, the originally dead and silent position of the Yue army suddenly erupted in dense gunfire.

A dense rain of bullets suddenly came head-on, and the dozen or so commandos who rushed to the front were shot on the spot and fell in a pool of blood.

"Brothers, rush! When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, kill! Kong Xiangjie was slightly startled, and then roared loudly. The submachine gun in his hand was even more "da-da-da" and swept violently.

(To be continued)