September 6, 8:50 a.m.

In the position of the artillery brigade more than 10 kilometers north of Xinkou, the 40 huge guns have faded their armor, and the muzzles of the black hole are facing the direction of Xinkou, and the nearly 2,000 artillerymen of the first regiment of the artillery brigade are ready for battle.

Artillery brigade commander Wang Daquan had already looked at the table several times, and division commander Zhang Yunfei's order to the artillery brigade was to start shelling at 8 o'clock in the morning and use up all the shells within two hours.

As early as an hour ago, Wang Daquan had already asked the chief of staff to check the number of artillery shells, and there were more than 11,000 artillery shells, and according to the normal rate of firing two shells per minute, two hours could not complete the task assigned by the division commander in any case.

Finally, at eight o'clock, the artillery of the artillery brigade began the first round of test firing, this time the difficulty of shooting was much lower than the last time, the little devil's defensive position more than ten kilometers away was too big, and the artillerymen could hit the little devil's position with their eyes closed.

Therefore, after the first round of test firing, there was basically no need to adjust the design parameters, and the fighters immediately began the next shooting, and after a while, the artillery of the entire artillery position roared, and the deafening sound came far away.

The artillerymen in the artillery positions have long been wearing earplugs, otherwise such a loud sound on the position would be unbearable even for well-trained veterans.

Because today's task is arduous, the soldiers are loading and firing the cannon as fast as possible, and each cannon, twelve soldiers are working hard, although they are very busy, but they seem to be in an orderly manner.

Frontier observation position, Zhang Yunfei had already arrived there early, holding a telescope to observe the position of the little devil a few kilometers away, Zhang Yunfei had excellent eyesight, and then through the telescope, the situation of the little devil on the opposite side could be seen clearly.

The little devil's position was already filled with gunsmoke, the flames were soaring, and every shell was blowing up a large area of dirt, mixed with the little devil's stumps and broken arms and guns and debris, flying far away, and a huge pit appeared where the shells blew up.

Zhang Yunfei clearly saw that a huge machine-gun bunker with a diameter of more than 20 meters and more than a dozen shooting holes on the little devil's position was directly hit by a shell.

The trenches dug neatly by the little devils, under such heavy shelling, have long been unrecognizable and in disarray.

Little Devil Xinkou Position Headquarters

The two division commanders and several brigade commanders were already sitting there with ugly faces, and the fierce shelling of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side just now, these little devils could no longer hold it.

The commander of a little devil brigade stood respectfully in front of the two division commanders and prayed: "Your Excellency the division commander, let the soldiers on the front line withdraw, the artillery fire of the opposing army is too fierce, if it goes on like this, the soldiers on the position will die, please." After speaking, he bowed deeply.

If the tens of thousands of imperial warriors stationed in the position withdraw from the position, what should the Eighth Route Army take the opportunity to pursue, in that case, the opposite Eighth Route Army will break through the defensive position that it has worked so hard to build.

If the tens of thousands of imperial warriors stationed in the position did not withdraw from the position, the artillery bombardment of the Chinese army was too fierce, and by now, it had been going on for almost thirty minutes, and there was no sign of stopping, and many of the imperial warriors stationed in the position were shattered under the fierce shelling.

Seeing that the two division commanders couldn't make up their minds for a while, a brigade commander next to him cautiously suggested: "Your Excellency, division commander, we might as well send a unit to quietly bypass and sneak attack the artillery position of the Chinese army." ”

"Idiot, don't you see that there are fifty or sixty thousand infantry in the opposite side of the Zhina army alone, so many people to protect, how can we sneak attack." Hearing the bad idea of this brigade commander, one of the commanders of the little devil division was furious and immediately reprimanded.

Seeing that the commander of the division was angry, the commander of the little devil brigade who had just made the suggestion immediately stood up and bent over, shouting again and again, "Hi, hi, Your Excellency the division commander is wise." ”

Just when the two commanders of the little devil division were helpless, a little devil Shaozo hurriedly ran in and ran in a panic, and reported loudly: "Your Excellency the two division commanders, the army on the opposite side of China has begun to extend the shelling. ”

When the two commanders of the little devil division heard this, their faces changed, and they immediately walked out of the headquarters, and the rest of the brigade commanders also followed closely, and this group of little devils came to a nearby high ground, took a telescope and began to observe their defensive positions, and found that the artillery of China had really begun to extend the shelling, and the forward positions that had been shelled by several rounds were already in a mess.

Seeing such a scene, the two of them suddenly felt powerless, and one of the divisions hurriedly said to several brigade commanders next to him: "Quickly send a report to Taiyuan and ask for tactical guidance." ”

Upon hearing this, one of the brigade commanders immediately returned to the headquarters and ordered the signal corps to send a report to Taiyuan.

Shanxi, Taiyuan

A few days ago, the commander of the First Army, Kiyoji Kazuki, had been anxious, and he couldn't sleep for the past few days, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes were deeper, and the bags under his eyes were more obvious.

Since a few days ago, Zhang Yunfei led tens of thousands of troops to the south, Xiangyue Qingji has a big head for a while, this Zhang Yunfei is not good to stay in Datong, what is he doing with so many troops going south, does he want to fight Taiyuan.

However, later, it can be seen from the stop-and-go that Zhang Yunfei's troops were not in a hurry to attack that they should not be coming to attack Taiyuan, but Zhang Yunfei's specific purpose, Guan Xiangyue Qingji has not guessed.

Because he didn't know the specific purpose of Zhang Yunfei's dispatch this time, Kazuki Qingji was anxious and restless. The Art of War: Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, but he is becoming more and more impenetrable and less understanding of Zhang Yunfei.

Just as Xiangyue Qingji was thinking nonsense in the headquarters office, a little devil communication soldier held a telegram in his hand, walked quickly in front of Xiangyue Qingji, stood up and saluted: "Your Excellency Commander, Xinkou has called, it was fiercely shelled by Zhang Yunfei's large-caliber howitzer group at eight o'clock this morning, and suffered heavy casualties, and asked for tactical guidance. ”

Large-caliber howitzer swarms? Baga, how could the Chinese army have a large-caliber howitzer group, although Zhang Yunfei's troops had a large number of artillery in the past, they were all small-caliber Type 92 infantry guns, how could there be large-caliber howitzers this time.

Kazuki Kiyoji pondered for a long time in the office before he said to the signal corps: "Order, Taiyuan Airport will immediately dispatch the air force to support Xinkou and bombard the artillery positions in China. ”

"Hi", the little devil communication soldier immediately put his feet together, stood up and saluted a military salute, then turned around and went out, and hurriedly sent a report to Taiyuan Airport.

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