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Chapter 1348 Meteor Storm

At five o'clock in the morning, the 170th Division's attack on the Japanese troops on the front line of Mafang officially began. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Tong led the 1st Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the Artillery Regiment directly under the division to sneak to the rear of the Japanese army's blocking position located two kilometers north of Mafang Town. Less than a kilometer away from the Japanese defense line, there was a small dry river, and it is said that this stream, which originated from the Yalu Mountain in the north and would not be interrupted in all seasons, gradually decreased after the September 18 Incident, and simply stopped flowing after the establishment of the Hebei East African Armed Zone. According to the local people, the *** people deliberately invaded China and cut off the dragon vein of Yahu Mountain, and the spiritual spring at the source was devoid of living water, and the small river naturally lost its vitality.

Li Tong lay on his stomach in the grass on the riverbank, carefully raised his binoculars, and carefully observed the movements of the Japanese troops in front. I saw that within more than 400 meters of Guogezhuang in front of the right, cannonballs continued to rise, and then flew towards the southeast sky, and there was a dull explosion faintly in the night.

"Let's get started!" Li Tong turned his head, raised his hand, and signaled to the gunners of the twenty-five mortars lined up on the riverbed.

Five seconds later, the scream of a shell sounded violently, and it landed exactly where the Japanese kept flying shells, blowing up the unprepared Japanese artillery position to the ground and filling the smoke with gunsmoke.

Before the Japanese artillery came to their senses, another mortar shell rolled down, blowing up the devil artillery who was lying on the ground and observing the direction of the shell.

There was almost no pause, and the third piece of artillery shells fell on the artillery position on the other side, blowing up the Japanese troops who were adjusting the muzzles, and the stumps flew sideways, and the dust flying all over the sky had not yet fallen, and the fourth mortar shell fell on the same place, and the Japanese artillery positions were in confusion.

After four rounds of shelling, the light and dexterous mortars were put away, the firecrackers were lit and thrown into six oil drums, and in the sound of "crackling", Li Tong shouted "withdraw", and then slid down the river embankment and ran north along the riverbed at a speed of 100 meters.

In less than a minute, Japanese shells rained down like a storm, and violent explosions and smoke rose into the sky. At the same time, the light and heavy machine guns on the Japanese positions also began to fire, and dense bullets swept through the air, causing smoke and dust to rise on the riverbank, and grass and trees flew horizontally.

After five minutes of shelling, the Japanese mobilized the forces of two brigades and pressed towards the riverbank.

While Li Tong led the team to attack the Japanese artillery position, another feint force led by Fang Tianming also carried out a fierce bombardment of the Japanese defense line, which also attracted a coordinated counterattack by the Japanese infantry and artillery, which attracted a lot of attention from the Japanese army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sui Kang led the main force of the 170th Division and quietly drove the troops into a place 500 meters away from the Japanese position, especially the convoy composed of 50 military trucks, which made everyone pinch a cold sweat in their palms. God forbid, because of the incessant sound of gunfire, the Japanese did not notice Suikang's audacity, and soon the 170th Division formed a formation along the banks of the dry creek facing the enemy.

Sui Kang quietly arranged the artillery unit in the woods west of Liyang Village, and 50 "rocket artillery mounts" were arranged in a zigzag shape, and the gunners calibrated the correct angle, and 600 rockets were placed on them. At the same time, 100 "explosive bag ejectors" were prepared, and pieces of explosives were placed in place.

At 10 o'clock at 5:10, with an order, one rocket after another was ignited, and one after another flames rose into the sky, dragging beautiful smoke, flying towards the target, and the whistling sound of "shhh......hhhhhh

The troops on the north and south flanks of the Japanese line, which were spreading out in offensive formation, were stunned by the sudden whistling, they did not know what was coming from the screams, and looked up at the sky above Mafang Town in amazement.

I saw these strange shells, dragging their long tails like broom stars, flying into the 150-mm howitzer position of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Field Heavy Artillery arranged north of Mafang Town with extremely clear trajectory. The entire night sky was lit up by the light of the rockets, and the sky was dyed red.

600 rockets were like a storm, accompanied by screams and screams, as well as a huge roar, dazzling firelight, swept the Japanese artillery position, a section of the trench was filled with dirt rolled up by the strong shock wave, so that the barbed wire fence that protected the role of the artillery position was overturned into the air, the masonry flew, the flames rose, countless stumps and broken arms and dirt, soared into the air, an area of nearly one square kilometer, all were violently exploding and burning, like the next firestorm in the sky!

Hardly without hesitation, the second attack was again launched, this time targeting the wing-level mountain and field artillery positions exposed on both flanks of the Japanese army.

In order to facilitate the supply of ammunition, the Japanese army placed the three artillery positions of the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and the artillery wing attached to the two divisions within 4 kilometers north and south of Mafang Town, which happened to be within the range of rocket attack in the center. In the mortar attack of the 170th Division, which was responsible for the feint attack on both flanks, the two artillery wings suffered a lot of losses, and then saw the devastating blow of the friendly troops, they were stunned for a while before they came to their senses, and hurriedly adjusted the muzzles, but unfortunately the rockets had already fallen on their heads.

The rockets came from hellfire, and everywhere they went, barbed wire, improvised ramparts, and rubble flew and crumbled. The most terrifying thing is that the rockets added with calcium, barium, magnesium powder, and magnesium-aluminum alloy powder were concentrated on a large scale and exploded and burned in a certain section of the artillery position, forming a vacuum in the air above that section of the position, causing the soldiers who escaped the rocket attack to suffocate to death.

The deafening explosion continued for more than ten minutes, until all the rockets had completed ten salvos, and then fell silent.

The Japanese artillery positions, after being patronized by rockets like a raging storm, once again triggered the explosion of ammunition depots, as if they had been subjected to hurricane scenery, and everywhere showed a terrible scene of catastrophe.

The mutilated corpses of soldiers killed in the explosion were everywhere in a radius of several square kilometers, but the steel cannons were preserved a lot because this simple rocket did not usually cause shrapnel damage after a bomb exploded.

Many superstitious Japanese officers and soldiers near the artillery position, after several rounds of rocket salvos, were frightened by this strange scene and knelt on the ground, bowing to the eastern sky, praying that their god Amaterasu could appear and dispel the magic used by the squadron.

Of course, the commander of the Japanese army did not think that this was some kind of magic, and seeing such heavy losses in the artillery and the troops under his command who were affected by the disaster of the pond fish, he immediately mobilized his troops and attacked with all his strength to eliminate the mysterious artillery unit of the squadron.

At this moment, the Japanese army's defensive line, which it thought was impregnable, began to loosen.

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"In the end, it is An Jiajun, there is still room to fight back at this time, it's amazing!"

As soon as Hiroshi Ishikawa saw the shelling suddenly stop, and then heard the violent explosions coming from the western sky, he knew that things were repeating.

However, for the Japanese army at this time, even without the help of artillery, Ishikawa Koichi was confident that the Anjia army would be completely annihilated, after all, the other side was already a tired army, and if the opponent could not be eliminated in such a situation, then the occupation of China could only be a dream that could never be achieved.

Honma Masaharu had already regained his elegant demeanor when he had the upper hand, and when he saw that Koichi Ishikawa was transferring troops, he hurriedly leaned over and asked:

"Ishikawa-kun, what should I do now?"

Ishikawa Hao nodded slightly, waved his hand vigorously towards the mountain where An Jiajun was located: "Honma-kun, give the order to attack!" Concentrate the forces of our two divisions and regiments, and break down the defense line of the Anjia army in one fell swoop, and we will soon win this battle! ”

"Is that really the case? That's great! Honma Masaharu was overjoyed and immediately ordered the staff officers to give the order for an all-out attack.

Soon, five or six flares rose in the sky, and a deafening sound of "onboarding" was heard at the western foot of Panshan Mountain, and the Japanese troops rushed like a tide to the positions of the squadron that had already been riddled with holes in the shelling, and the fiercest battle since the encounter began.

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Chiang Kai-shek stayed up all night, Xianghe was lost, Pinggu was lost, Sanhe was lost, Tongxian was lost, Yanjiao was lost, Xia Mat was lost, and Huangcun was lost, and bad news came one after another.

By 5 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army entered Beiping City from Tongxian and Daxing respectively, and engaged in fierce battles with the defenders. Before that, the theater command and the North Parallel Battalion had just been transferred, and if they were one step late, several lieutenant generals and generals might be blocked by the Japanese army in Beiping City.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was holding an emergency military meeting, immediately called Wang Jiashan, Minister of Railways, but received a reply that the railway capacity was tight and that it was impossible to dispatch trains in time.

Wang Jiashan complained: "In the past few days, traitors have wreaked havoc along Jinpu Road and Pinghan Road, attacked trains many times, blasted railway bridges, and frequently interrupted the operation of Pinghan Road and Jinpu Road. Under the current circumstances, a large number of special trains will be dispatched to Bengbu to load troops to the north in a short period of time. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was a little displeased, and forced himself to ask angrily: "Can you temporarily put aside all the affairs at hand and go all out to deal with the transfer of troops?" Now that the war in North China is tense and there is no vital force to replenish it, our army will fall into an extremely passive situation. ”

Wang Jiashan smiled bitterly: "Jiegong, the problem now is not something we can do if we want to, how much time does it take to transfer trains from Pinghan Road?" What about the supplies along Pinghan Road and Jinpu Road? Are there other troops who were ordered to be transported to Shijiazhuang and Baoding? In addition, with the rapid deterioration of the situation in Pingjin and Tianjin, a large number of people have bought train tickets to escape the fighting, what if their needs cannot be met and riots break out? All of these have to be considered comprehensively! ”

"How long will it take for the train to be called in at the latest? Please give me an exact time! Chiang Kai-shek asked with a tense face.

Wang Jiashan calculated in his heart, and said: "It will take ten days at the earliest, and the train cannot fully meet the demand, so I have to make a few more trips." ”

"If the New Second Army can't go north in time, causing North China to fall into the hands of *** people, who will bear this responsibility?" Chiang Kai-shek asked sharply.

"Even if I am replaced, I will have one thing to say and two to say." Wang Jiashan met Chiang Kai-shek's gaze without fear.

Now Chiang Kai-shek had no choice, so he turned to Shen Feng and said: "Feng Dao, you go back first, and I will coordinate well to see how to solve this matter." Tell An Yi to recuperate, anti-Japanese resistance is not an overnight thing, I can wait for it to be slowly figured out, and everything will get better when my body is better. ”

"Yes!"

Shen Fengdao saw that Chiang Kai-shek had indeed done his best, no longer reluctantly, and left with a salute.