The first mechanized infantry regiment and two infantry regiments, a total of three regiments, thousands of people and nearly 200 vehicles, formed a front nearly 2,000 meters wide, and slowly approached the position of the little devils.

If there was only a regiment of mechanized infantry, at a distance of only one or two thousand meters, the fighters driving off-road vehicles and armored personnel carriers would have rushed over a long time ago.

This time, because there were two infantry regiments of nearly 5,000 infantry soldiers fighting together, everyone's speed was not fast, and the speed of advance was not much faster than walking, and if it was too fast, the chariot would easily be disconnected from the infantry.

This time, everyone's luck was good, it was precisely because of the slow march that many soldiers' lives were saved.

The commander of the first mechanized infantry regiment, standing at the back of the entire team, watched the huge team of soldiers gradually approaching the position of the little devil, seeing such a huge team, the confidence on the face of the commander of the regiment, such a large force was enough to tear apart the defense line of the little devil.

Next to the commander of the first regiment, there are several off-road vehicles and armored vehicles, and the armored command vehicle of the commander of the first regiment is also parked not far away, here, is the temporary headquarters of the first mechanized infantry regiment, and several combat vehicles of the regimental headquarters are temporarily left here.

Due to the absolute superiority of their own forces, these tanks of the regimental headquarters of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment did not attack with everyone, but stopped at the rear of the team, at a distance of at least two kilometers from the position of the little devils.

This location is very good, not only is it outside the range of the little devil's small-caliber artillery, it is very safe, and the terrain here is at least ten meters higher than the surrounding area, the field of vision is very open, and the surrounding area is an endless plain terrain.

Many commanders of the first regimental headquarters of the mechanized infantry regiment got out of the command vehicle and carefully looked at the situation ahead with binoculars, some were watching the advance of the soldiers with great interest, and some were watching the situation on the position of the little devils in the distance.

Looking at it, suddenly, a lieutenant colonel commander, the deputy commander of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment, saw an artillery position in the rear of the little devil's position, although due to the distance, it was not clear how many guns were on this little devil's artillery position, but looking at the scale, there should be a lot of various artillery pieces.

"Captain! You see, there is a small small devil artillery position there. ”

The deputy head pointed ahead and said loudly.

Hearing this, not only did the commander of the first mechanized infantry regiment immediately take a telescope and look over, but many commanders also took a telescope to look over.

Now, the first mechanized infantry regiment and two infantry regiments, such a huge formation is approaching the imps, and if the imps use a large number of artillery to shell the ranks of the fighters, even if it is a small caliber artillery, it will cause a lot of casualties.

Behind every off-road vehicle and Type 39 armored personnel carrier, at least one or two infantry squads of fighters are followed, and in such an empty flat area, without the protection of armor and fortifications, the shelling of the little devils will bring a lot of trouble to the attacking fighters.

The commander of the first mechanized infantry regiment hurriedly looked at it with a telescope and found that the scale of this little devil's artillery position was still quite large, and it was definitely more than the scale of the artillery position to which an infantry wing belonged.

"Hurry up and give an order to the soldiers in front of you, ordering everyone to pause their advance and stand by in place."

Seeing this abnormal situation, the commander of the first mechanized infantry regiment immediately made a decision and immediately ordered the soldiers to stop first.

Fortunately, all off-road vehicles and armored vehicles had an inter-vehicle radio communication system, and this order was immediately passed on to all the fighters, and after receiving the order, the fighters stopped at least a kilometer in front of the little devil's position.

After giving the order, seeing that the soldiers had stopped, the commander of the first mechanized infantry regiment breathed a sigh of relief, walked quickly to his armored command vehicle, and personally reported the situation to his column commander, Comrade Wu Youqing.

In order to destroy this artillery position, it is necessary to use heavy artillery, and the large-caliber howitzers of the heavy artillery brigade or the artillery regiment directly under the infantry division must be destroyed.

If heavy artillery is used, it must be reported to Comrade Wu Youqing, commander of the column.

On the opposite side, although the artillery positions of the little devils are all mortars and infantry guns, the number is still quite large, and this time in order to launch these poison gas bombs as quickly as possible, the commander of the little devil division specially allocated a lot of mortars and infantry guns to this little devil infantry wing.

There were more than a dozen infantry guns and more than 30 mortars on the artillery position of this little devil, and there were hundreds of poison gas bombs that were carried over, and these poison gas bombs were piled up next to them, and many of them were opened, revealing one poison gas bomb after another.

There were also hundreds of artillerymen on the little devil artillery position, and a large area was densely packed, because the target of the little devil artillery position was too large, two or three kilometers away, and they were all seen by the deputy commander of the first regiment of the mechanical infantry with a telescope.

When the commander of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment reported the situation to Comrade Wu Youqing, commander of the 9th Column, Wu Youqing's armored command vehicle was also heading this way, less than a few hundred meters away from the position of the 1st Regiment.

After receiving the report, Wu Youqing rushed over with a group of high-level officials of the 9th Column, several armored command vehicles, and more than a dozen off-road vehicles.

When he came to this small high ground more than ten meters high, Wu Youqing also took a telescope to look at it himself, and saw the little devil artillery position that exceeded the scale of the artillery position belonging to the ordinary infantry wing.

Is it just to deal with their own attacking troops by concentrating so much artillery on the little devils? Or is there some other ulterior motive?

After thinking about it for a while, Wu Youqing didn't think of any reason, but, no matter what, this little devil's artillery position must be destroyed immediately.

So, Wu Youqing put down the binoculars and immediately asked, "Where is our artillery regiment?" ”

According to the battle plan, in addition to the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Infantry Regiment attacking from the northeast of Tangshan, there was also an artillery regiment directly under the 1st Infantry Division.

"Commander, our artillery regiment has reached the designated position, and now it is building an artillery position, and it is estimated that it will be able to open fire in another ten minutes."

A colonel's staff officer next to him immediately replied respectfully.

"Good! Immediately give an order to the 1st Artillery Regiment, and after 10 minutes, open fire on the position of the little devil in front, and the shelling will take half an hour, not only will I destroy the artillery position of the little devil, but I will blow up the position of the little devil. ”

Wu Youqing's face was heroic and firm.

In the distance, on the position of the little devils.

The wing captain of the little devil was looking ahead with a telescope, and just now, the captain of the little devil was still fantasizing that when he launched hundreds of special bombs, the huge attacking force of the 36th Group Army suffered heavy casualties.

Then, he led his own wing to launch a counter-charge, rushed forward and killed all the troops of the 36th Army, capturing countless chariots and weapons.

Thinking of the joy, the little devil co-captain couldn't help laughing.

However, just as the captain of the little devil wing looked fanciful and laughed proudly, the attacking force of the 36th Group Army, which was attacking on the opposite side, suddenly stopped and stopped at least a thousand meters away from his position.

Seeing such an incredible scene, the captain of the little devil wing was full of consternation, and hurriedly took his telescope and looked carefully.

The captain of the little devil wing watched for several minutes, and his eyes were a little sore, and the troops of the 36th Army in the distance opposite did not have the slightest intention of attacking.

The more I looked, the more anxious the little devil wing captain became, and the more I looked, the more angry the little devil wing captain became, he had worked hard, erected so many artillery, and moved so many special ammunition, but why did the 36th Group Army stop?

Don't you know that soldiers are swift? Don't you know that every minute counts on the battlefield? The captain of the little devil co-captain began to think crankily there.

Not only was the captain of the little devil wing anxious and angry, but the little devils in the entire artillery position also looked very impatient and restless.

In particular, Shaozuo, the little devil who was in charge of directing the launch of the poison gas bomb this time, shouted several times in anger, "Baga", and saw that the poison gas bomb could be fired, and at this critical moment, the 36th Group Army unit on the opposite side actually stopped.

Stop, stop, but what if you stop outside the effective range of all your mortars and infantry guns?

The little devil Shaozuo was in a hurry there, and the more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, almost angry, for several minutes, the troops of the 36th Group Army on the opposite side showed no signs of advancing, and the little devil Shaozuo was almost dumbfounded.

On the position of the little devils, the little devils were anxious and anxious, hoping that this unit of the 36th Group Army on the opposite side would come over.

On the position of the first artillery regiment, the soldiers were methodically making the final preparations before the shelling.

One by one, the 105 mm howitzers, the thick and long barrels have been aimed at the positions of the little devils a few kilometers away, and the shells are also neatly prepared, and there are at least dozens of them next to each gun.

Next to each howitzer, there is already an artillery squad of soldiers, everyone seems calm, carefully adjust the shooting parameters, the barrel has been loaded with shells, it will not be long before the cannon can be fired.

In the open space not far away, there are many army green trucks, neatly lined up in rows, dozens of 105mm howitzers in the artillery position, and also neat rows of cannons, which look very spectacular.

After a few minutes, all the fighters were ready, just waiting for the order, and they were ready to open fire.

At this time, the commander of the artillery regiment looked at his watch and found that the time had come, so the commander shouted: "Fire!" ”

(To be continued)