When Shimono Ichiho came to the attack position with Gu Shoufu, the more than 1,000 troops in charge of the attack had all been prepared.

All the devil's rifles have been loaded with bayonets, and more than a thousand snow-white bayonets glow with a chilling light.

As soon as Gu Shoufu arrived, a captain hurriedly ran over, suddenly stood up and saluted: "General! The assault forces are combat-ready and ready to go into battle! Your Excellency the General, please give orders! ”

"Yo Xi!" Gu Shoufu nodded happily, and then turned his head to Shimono Kazuho behind him and said, "Shimono-kun, immediately notify the artillery wing, immediately open fire, and prepare to attack!" ”

"Hay!" Shimono Yihuo bowed his head in response, and then turned around and whispered an order to an accompanying guard behind him, and the accompanying guard also nodded hurriedly in response, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

"After the artillery bombardment ended, the assault troops immediately attacked, and this time it was necessary to take Huaiyuan County in one fell swoop." After the accompanying guards left, Gu Shoufu commanded the captain in front of him again.

"Hai, I understand!" The captain of the devil group bowed his head sharply.

In less than ten minutes, the artillery position behind the devil's sortie position sounded a deafening shelling sound in vain, and Gu Shoufu stood on the sortie position and raised his head, and he could even see the sky above his head, the scarlet fireballs whistling through the air.

In a rapid scream, dozens of shells fell on the city defense positions of the Third Division.............

"Boom, boom, boom......!" An earth-shattering explosion followed, and a cloud of explosion burst into flames and billowing smoke, splashing in all directions, and then tumbling into the air.

From time to time, the Tiger Ben soldiers who were sticking to the city were hit by wanton shrapnel and blast waves, and they were blown up to a blur of flesh and blood on the spot.

In the city, the headquarters of the third division.

Li Jupeng and Wu Dingwen also heard the deafening roaring sound of artillery outside the city, Wu Dingwen walked to the courtyard of the division headquarters and looked in the direction of the cannon, and said to Li Jupeng who came out a little anxiously: "Division, the attack of the army has started again, listen to this cannon, it should be the 75 artillery group of the devil, should we withdraw the defensive troops at the head of the city, instead of being bombed at the head of the city, it is better to put the devils into the city and fight with them in the streets!" ”

"No, as long as the reinforcements have arrived, we still have to go out of the city to counterattack, if we put the devil into the city, it will not be so easy to get out when the time comes." Li Jupeng vetoed on the spot.

"What then? With such fierce artillery fire from the devils, the casualties of the troops are very heavy! Wu Dingwen said anxiously.

Li Jupeng pondered for a while and asked, "How many shells do we have in our artillery regiment?" ”

Wu Dingwen thought for a while and replied: "These days, our ammunition is consumed very quickly, especially the shells, and now I estimate that there is still at most half a base for each cannon." ”

"Half a cardinal?" Li Jupeng muttered: "Order the artillery regiment to fire the artillery immediately, shoot up the shells, and not leave a single shot, but there is one thing, that is, you must kill the enemy's 75 artillery group for me!" ”

"All light? What will we do to resist the devil's attack in the future? The devils outside the city don't have only one Sixth Division, in addition to it, there is also a 114th Division! Wu Dingwen said urgently.

"As far as I know, this 114th Division has just been rebuilt, its combat effectiveness is limited, and its artillery scale is not comparable to that of the Sixth Division, so as long as we kill the main artillery force of the Sixth Division, not to mention that you don't forget, we only need to hold on for five hours, and after five hours, reinforcements will arrive, and then we will be able to get supplies again. Li Jupeng said.

"Well, I'll call the artillery regiment right away!" Wu Dingwen nodded, turned around and walked towards the house.

Soon, the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters of the Third Division received Li Jupeng's order, and dozens of German-style 105mm howitzers began to calibrate and shoot under the influence of the artillerymen, and loaded shells.

After some preparations, the dozens of howitzers of the artillery regiment were all prepared, and with the order of the artillery commander, dozens of howitzers were fired one after another.

"Tom tom tom ............tom" A dull sound of cannon ejection rang out one after another, and dozens of shells roared through the sky under the flames, smashing towards the devil's artillery position.

Immediately, a deafening explosion sounded in the direction of the devil's position, and dazzling fires rose into the sky.

On the sortie position of the Sixth Division, Gu Shoufu was so startled by the violent explosion behind him that he hurriedly jumped up, and said angrily: "Baga Yalu, what's going on?" ”

"Your Excellency General, it's the artillery fire of the people of China who retaliate!" Kazuho Shimono, who was behind him, replied.

"Didn't the shells of the people of China run out of shells before?" Gu Shoufu said angrily.

"This, this is exactly the cunning of the Zhina people, since we besieged Huaiyuan County, they have not used artillery units again, it is obvious that it was premeditated!" Shimono Kazuho said with a bitter face.

"Baga, the people of China are cunning and dripping!" Gu Shoufu beat his chest and stomped his feet and roared: "Hurry up and order the artillery wing to transfer, hurry up!" ”

Just as Gu Shoufu's words fell, the deafening sound of artillery bombardment sounded again in the city in the distance, and Shimono Yihuo looked up, and said miserably in his heart: "I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Gu Shoufu's eyes were red at the moment, and he had almost burst out, if the shelling just now was a test launch of the Tiger Ben Army, then this shelling was a real one.

As Gu Shoufu and Shimono Kazuho expected, the shelling of the Tiger Ben Army was very accurate, most of the shells hit the target, and the devil artillery position, which had been in a panic just now, turned into a sea of fire in an instant.

Everywhere were bombed fragmented artillery parts and the mutilated corpses of devil soldiers, and some devils' bodies were engulfed in flames and began to burn brightly, and a disgusting smell of meat mixed with the choking smell of gunpowder began to diffuse.

"Your Excellency, General, the artillery wing is finished." Shimono Kazuho looked back at the artillery position that had turned into a sea of fire, and turned his head to the division commander Gu Shoufu with a pale face.

Gu Shoufu was silent for a while, and finally waved his hand helplessly: "Order the attacking troops and cancel the attack." ”

"Hay!" Shimono Ichiho breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, nodded in response immediately, turned around and strode forward.

At the head of the city, the officers and men of the Third Division, who had suffered heavy casualties, could not help but start cheering loudly when they saw that the artillery bombardment of the devils was suppressed by their own artillery units, and there was no more movement.

…………………… Half an hour later, the 6th Division was temporarily at the divisional headquarters.

In a burst of heavy footsteps, Shimono Kazuho had already walked in, and Gu Shoufu asked head-on: "Shimono-kun, how is the loss of the artillery wing?" ”

Shimono Yihuo bowed his head with a heavy face and replied: "General Hui, the artillery wing, the artillery loss is two-thirds, the artillery loss is more than half, and the most serious thing is that many of our shells have been killed, and the entire artillery wing can be said to be seriously injured." ”

"Yaga Yalu!" Gu Shoufu's face turned blue with anger, and he slapped the table fiercely and roared: "Damn Zhina, if the aviation unit of the imperial army is still there, why should you be afraid of their artillery threat!" ”

While the two were talking, suddenly a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded, and the two looked back at the same time, and a communication boy walked in hurriedly with a look.

Xiang Xiang two of them suddenly retracted their feet and saluted: "Report to Your Excellency the General, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, and the scouts report that a large number of reinforcements from the Zhina Army are coming from the direction of Mengcheng. ”

"What? A large number of reinforcements? How many troops are there? Gu Shoufu was shocked and asked.

"The exact number of people is unknown, but there should be at least two regiments!" Communicator Shaozo replied.

"Two regiments?" Gu Shoufu and Shimono Yihuo both gasped at the same time, they naturally knew the establishment of the Tiger Army, no less than two regiments, that is, most of the division's strength, and now the artillery units directly under the Sixth Division relied on had lost the ability to continue fighting because of excessive losses, while the powerful artillery units of the Tiger Army in the city still existed.

What makes Gu Shoufu and them jealous the most is that the Tiger Ben Army still has reinforcements to reinforce Huaiyuan at the moment, could it be that the Imperial Army has been defeated in the Xuzhou Battlefield and the Yingzhou Battlefield?

If this is the case, then it is meaningless for the Sixth Division and the 114th Division to fight again, and the Sixth Division seems to have the upper hand at this time, encircling Huaiyuan County, but it also has its own Achilles' heel, that is, the logistics supply is seriously insufficient, and it lacks the ability to continue to attack.

"General, what are we going to do?" Shimono asked anxiously. In fact, "order the troops, alternately cover to retreat to the south of the Huai River, and if the people of China pursue, they can blow up the Huai River Bridge if necessary!" Gu Shoufu immediately said.

Previously, he was full of confidence and wanted to annihilate the Tiger Ben Army in Huaiyuan City in one fell swoop, and then wave his division to smash the Tiger Ben Army's northern Anhui base area, but the artillery unit was heavily damaged, and the Tiger Ben Army reinforcements arrived, this series of changes completely crushed his confidence, and reason told him that he must take advantage of the fact that the Tiger Ben Army reinforcements have not arrived, and quickly withdraw to the south of the Huai River, otherwise the consequences may be unimaginable.

"Hay!" Communication Shaozuo hurriedly bowed his head in response, and immediately turned around and was ordered to leave.

"General, I'll inform the 114th Division!" After the communication Shaozo left, Shimono Ichiho said to Gu Shoufu.

"Well, go ahead." Gu Shoufu looked very frustrated and waved his hand, at this time, Gu Shoufu felt quite powerless, a series of advantages that the imperial army had at the beginning were now gone in front of the Tiger Army, except for sighing, Gu Shoufu really couldn't think of why?

(To be continued)