"Baga, impossible, absolutely impossible. Even the artillery wing of our division is not equipped with 150-mm heavy artillery, how can the Eighth Route Army have such powerful heavy artillery, absolutely impossible. It must be that you are lying about the military situation, it must be" Looking at the squadron leader's affirmative answer in front of him, the captain still had an incredible face and roared loudly.

"Hi, Captain. Just now, a total of 36 imperial warriors died under the heavy artillery bombardment, please give an order immediately to order all the imperial warriors in the bunker to retreat immediately, the bunker we built cannot resist the shelling of the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army at all" The squadron leader persuaded with an anxious face.

However, it was already too late at this time, and at this moment, according to the accuracy of the first shot, the 12 heavy guns that had slightly adjusted the firing angle had already begun to pour heavy artillery shells weighing dozens of kilograms towards the two hills at their fastest speed, before the little devils on the position could react.

"Woo woo" A huge whistling sound of breaking through the air reached the ears of every little devil on the position, and six shells, with a huge whistling sound, flew towards one of the hilltop positions of the army.

"Your Excellency Captain, be careful, boom, boom" A deafening explosion sounded on the position of the squadron leader before the squadron leader's words fell. The six calibrated shells landed accurately on the positions of the Japanese army. In the middle of the position, six huge deep craters with a depth of up to two meters were blown up. Even the captain of the headquarters was shocked by the huge explosion caused by the shells.

"Block, immediately order all the imperial soldiers in the bunker to retreat, block signal troops, immediately send a report to the wing commander in the county, our army was shelled by the 150 mm heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army, the troops suffered heavy casualties, request for support, ask for support and send a report quickly" The captain who got up from the ground, looked at the chaotic command post, and roared loudly at the several soldiers in front of him who were already in a panic.

"Hi, Your Excellency Captain," the signal soldier turned around and began to use a radio in front of him to send a report to the headquarters of the county wing a few miles away. Soon, the wing commander received a battle report from the front.

"Nani, Chief of Staff, the explosion on the front line was caused by the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army, and it was a 150-mm heavy artillery Baga, how could it be, even the regular Kuomintang troops were not equipped with this kind of heavy howitzer, how could the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army have it, where did they get this kind of heavy artillery, Baga, it must be that the front-line troops can't stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and they are lying about the military situation" Listening to the continuous explosions outside the city, looking at the telegram he had just gotten in his hand, the wing captain asked in disbelief.

"Hi, Your Excellency Wing Commander, there may be a situation you don't know yet. This Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army once completely annihilated the Sakai Brigade, and was called the Fifth Division of the Imperial Army. And this unit used the heavy equipment captured in the two units to form their first heavy artillery regiment, which not only had 150 mm heavy guns, but also 105 mm howitzers, as for the mountain and field artillery can be said to be countless. According to the information of Tegaoke, the number of artillery equipped by this reading division is enough to be equivalent to the equipment of our two A divisions. The chief of staff hastened to explain.

"Yaga Itagaki Seishiro is not a warrior of the Empire, how can he have such a powerful heavy weapon captured by the reader? Baga, now that the Eighth Route Army has such powerful heavy weapons, then our county seat, our city defense. block, the chief of staff immediately gave the order to the four squadrons of the imperial army in Wulong Mountain and Fushan to retreat, and I can't let the imperial soldiers under my command be shattered in the enemy's artillery fire like this" The wing commander with a shocked face quickly reacted. He commanded loudly to the chief of staff waiting for orders in front of him.

However, by this time ten minutes had passed since the beginning of the shelling by the Reading Division. And in these ten minutes, the entire artillery battalion, in just three minutes, hit 60 heavy artillery shells on two hills. With the cessation of artillery fire, the entire position of the Japanese army can be said to have been blown into a mess, although there were only 30 shells, but it caused astonishing damage and lethality on the Japanese army's position.

As far as the eye can see, the entire mountain, except for dozens of little devils who were lucky enough to survive, the rest were either directly torn to pieces by powerful shells, not even a little scum left, or were shocked to death in the bunker or trench. Even those who were not directly shocked to death were stunned in the bunker by this huge shockwave. As for the command posts on the two hills of the Yue Army, they were all impartial and unlucky, and they were directly hit by a shell. A dozen little devils in the entire command post, along with the group leader and a squadron leader, were buried in the headquarters that had become a ruin.

"Tick-tock-tick" Just as the artillery fire had stopped, a loud charge horn sounded at the foot of the two highlands. The strength of the two infantry battalions, under the cover of dense machine-gun fire at the foot of the hill, quickly charged the position that had become a ruin. I hope that before the army on the top of the mountain can react from the shelling just now, I can rush into the true meaning of the army and start a melee battle with the little devil.

However, it was not expected by everyone. The two attacking troops, attacking all the way, rushed into the position of the Japanese army without encountering any attack. Maybe the little devils who were guarding the position were also dumbfounded by the artillery fire just now. Looking at the Eighth Route Army, which was rushing to the top of the hill and getting closer and closer, not only did not open fire, but under the command of a commander, raised the rifle with the bayonet in his hand and launched a counter-charge against the two battalions.

It turned out that it was not that the little devils did not shoot at the Eighth Route Army, but that almost all their light and heavy machine guns were buried in the bunker in the shelling just now. Without the cover of machine guns, in the face of the dense firepower network of the Eighth Route Army at the foot of the mountain, if they return fire, they will undoubtedly become a live target for the soldiers. Before they met the attacking Eighth Route Army, they would fall in a pool of blood. However, if the two armies were to fight with bayonets, the Eighth Route Army would lose this firepower advantage. And he will also rely on his excellent assassination skills to eliminate the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side as much as possible.

However, the fighters who rushed up, will it be so easy to fight bayonets with little devils? You must know that this unit is a unit of the Reading Division, and in the words of the division commander Liu Hua, there is no need to talk to them about humanitarianism at all to deal with these little devils who are inferior to beasts. As a soldier, you have to think of ways to kill all the enemies who have invaded China, and there will be no one left.

In the face of more than 100 little devils who were swarming towards him, the battalion commander who led the team not only did not have any fear, but showed a smile: "Order, all machine gunners move forward, ready to shoot, and all of them open fire" A dense rain of bullets was shot out by the soldiers. More than a hundred little devils looked at the Eighth Route Army in front of them in disbelief, completely ignoring the rules and firing at themselves. With a hint of unwillingness, one after another fell in a pool of blood.

"Comrades, rush to the position and mend a knife to each of the little devils, the old rule, don't leave a living mouth. Messenger, send a signal to the division commander that the enemy positions have already been occupied by our troops. Looking at the more than a hundred little devils lying in a pool of blood, the battalion commander did not have any pity, and commanded loudly to the soldiers behind him.

"Yes," the battalion commander's correspondent replied loudly. At the same time, he pulled out a flare gun and fired a bright flare at the sky.

"Bang Bang" two bright flares, drawn with beautiful curves, flew into the sky. swore an oath that two heights, four squadrons, and nearly a thousand little devils, all of whom were wiped out by our army.

"Report to the division commander, I have received a telegram from Political Commissar Zhao, the troops almost did not encounter any resistance, and went to annihilate all the defenders on the two heights, as for the number of enemies destroyed, because many little devils were directly buried in the bunker, and they are still being counted. However, if nothing else, more than a thousand little devils should be wiped out. Chief of Staff Li Qing took a copy of the good news that Zhao Dahe had just sent and said loudly.

"Okay, it's a good fight, it only took less than an hour to eliminate nearly a thousand little devils, it's too good. Ordering the artillery positions to be ready to provide fire support to the front line at any time, Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua immediately led his troops to attack and went straight to Yangquan County to destroy all the strongholds arranged on the outskirts of the county, and it was best to annihilate them completely. In addition, the coordinates of the shelling can be provided to the heavy artillery battalion at any time, and artillery support can be requested. "For the troops to occupy the two heights so quickly, it can be said that it was unexpected by Liu Hua. However, after the excitement, Liu Hua did not forget the next combat mission tonight. Facing the chief of staff in front of him, he ordered loudly.

"Yes, division commander" With the departure of the chief of staff, the first brigade of the directly subordinate column, under the leadership of the brigade commander Shen Qinghua, went straight to the county seat of Huanxian County a few miles away. However, in less than half an hour of the rapid march of the troops, the group of fortifications lined with pillboxes outside the county appeared in Shen Qinghua's field of vision.

Through the telescope, he saw the shooting holes of the black holes in the bunker turret, and the brigade commander Shen Qinghua didn't know if there were little devils stationed in the running building. Because, the impact of the bombardment of the heavy artillery battalion just now on him was too profound, and he was afraid that the little devil would take the initiative to retreat after learning that the reading master was carrying heavy artillery.

"Commander Hou, order a company, bring explosives bags, and carry out a tentative attack to see if there are any little devils in the bunker turret in front of you, so as to prevent the little devils from escaping. In addition, the 2nd and 3rd regiments made a roundabout outflanking attack from the two flanks of the enemy's artillery tower. If these little devils in the bunker group don't retreat, then our brigade will give him a wrap round, and none of them can be spared. Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua ordered loudly.

"Yes, brigade commander" said to do it, and the troops of the two regiments, under the leadership of their respective regimental commanders, quickly broke away from the regiment that was preparing for a frontal attack, and moved towards the two flanks of the enemy's pillbox group. At the same time, the soldiers of a company were also sent out by the head of Hou Guoying. Carrying bags of explosives, the soldiers slowly advanced to the stronghold of the Japanese army a few hundred meters away under the cover of heavy machine gun fire.

"Baga, Your Excellency Captain, what does the Eighth Route Army want to do, do they want to surround our entire bunker group?" Among all the bunker groups, in one of the tallest central running buildings, a junior officer of the army and four captains were holding up the binoculars in their hands, watching every move of the brigade a few hundred meters away. When they saw the two roundabout units of the 1st Brigade, a captain and squadron leader said with a look of incredulity.

"Yo Xi, gentlemen, if nothing else, the Eighth Route Army outside must want to eat all the imperial soldiers of one of our brigades with their own strength of several thousand people. However, I just don't know if he has such a good mouth, you must know that we are the most elite Kwantung Army in this empire" Captain Shaozo nodded, and said with a mocking face.

"Hahaha Captain, this time we must let the so-called reading master on the other side have a good taste of the power of our Imperial Kwantung Army. Let our stronghold be covered with the corpses of the Eighth Route Army in front of us, and give our colleagues a good look at the combat effectiveness of our Kwantung Army" Hearing the captain's words, several squadron leaders burst into laughter, and one of the squadron leaders said with confidence on his face.

It turned out that in order not to affect the combat effectiveness of the troops and the period of the county garrison, the commander of the army in the county town did not publicize the news that the Eighth Route Army was carrying heavy artillery. Therefore, the little devils outside the city, when they saw thousands of readers, did not have any panic, but their faces were full of pride, and they released the price of heavy casualties for the readers.

"Yo Xi, I hope that this time you will work together to give as many kills as possible to the Reading Master. Now that the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack, the princes will immediately return to their combat positions, and report any situation immediately. The captain nodded, commanding loudly.

"Hi Captain," several squadron leaders replied loudly. One by one, they left the captain's office with confidence on their faces and returned to the defensive area of their squadron.

Just as all the little devils had just entered their combat positions, a company of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army had already entered their range. However, these arrogant little devils did not rush to fire. Instead, at the sound of an order from a squad leader, he waited until more than a hundred fighters attacked to a distance of only 50 meters from them before giving the order to open fire.

Although, in the process of attacking, each soldier was as cautious as possible, and when he heard the sound of gunshots, he lay on the ground as fast as he could. However, seven or eight crossfire nets fired from different pillbox turrets and from different heights still took the lives of dozens of fighters in an instant. What's more, the explosive bag that a soldier was holding in his arms, which was not biased or slanted, was hit by a machine-gun bullet.

"Boom" A huge fireball was generated in the offensive formation of the fighters, and this warrior, along with several people around him, was torn to shreds. Seeing that his company was about to lose more than half of its casualties in just an instant, the company commander who led the team no longer had any hesitation, and immediately ordered the remaining soldiers to ignite the explosive bag in their hands and throw it out with all their might. The only remaining dozens of fighters, under the cover of the smoke from the explosion of the explosive pack, retreated back in embarrassment with the remains of the sacrificed soldiers.

"Damn, the little devil is so ruthless that he lost more than half of his life like this, I'm really unwilling." Looking at the soldiers of one of his own companies, in just a few minutes, they lost more than half of them, and those who had no record were beaten back by the little devils with a burst of random guns. Hou Guoying, the head of the regiment, couldn't help but scold

"Hehe, Commander Hou, although we have sacrificed dozens of soldiers. However, the sacrifice was worth it. The sacrifice of the soldiers just now, at least let us know that according to a brigade of little devils in the store, they have not yet withdrawn. How about it, have the second and third regiments already detoured back into place? Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua did not feel unhappy, but said with excitement on his face.

"Report to the brigade commander, the two roundabout troops are now in place, and a brigade of the army has been completely surrounded by our army." A communications staff officer came to Shen Qinghua with two telegrams and reported loudly.

"Okay, immediately notify the accompanying artillery observer and ask him to report the coordinates of the shelling to our artillery cluster and request artillery support. Today, I'm going to bury all these little devils in their turtle shells. Brigade Commander Shen Qinghua ordered loudly.

"Yes, brigade commander" At Shen Qinghua's order, the accompanying artillery observers immediately reported the coordinates that needed to be shelled to the artillery positions several kilometers away as soon as possible. With the coordinates of the shelling, 12 heavy guns on the artillery position, as well as 12 mountain guns of the 1st division, almost at the same time, adjusted their muzzles and prepared for the shelling.

As soon as the order to "let off boom" was given, two loud noises were remembered on the artillery position. A howitzer shell and a 75-millimeter mountain artillery shell, with a huge whistling sound, broke through the air, directly turned over the two high ground in front of them, and flew towards the pillbox group of the Yuejun army a few kilometers away.

"Boom" Two huge explosions sounded. Two huge explosions were heard in the group of little devil bunkers. Hearing the explosion of the shell, Zhang Hua hurriedly raised the telescope in his hand. In the cluster of enemy pillboxes a few hundred meters away, two huge fireballs burst out at once. As for a pillbox that was directly hit by a powerful howitzer shell, in an instant, it turned into a pile of ruins.

(To be continued)