"Report to the company commander, the No. 1 gun position is ready, the No. 2 running position is ready, and the No. 5 gun position is ready."

"Okay, pay attention to the various artillery positions, first come to the assembly position of the little devil with ten rounds of rapid fire, and open fire," the artillery company commander ordered loudly. At the same time, the small yellow flag in his hand was also waved down by himself.

"Boom, boom, boom" Five huge roars sounded over the position. Five cannons, no test firing. With the wave of the command flag in the hand of the company commander, they all let out a roar. With a whistling sound that broke through the air, immediately after, the assembly place of the Yue army fell into a sea of fire. The five shells were like eyes, and they landed accurately in the attack formation of the army, setting off five pieces of blood rain. In an instant, five large holes appeared in the attack formation of a squadron of little devils, and more than a dozen little devils were ruthlessly torn to pieces.

"Baga is our cannon, the Eighth Route Army actually used our cannon to hit us fast, disperse and hide, fast" saw the imperial warriors who were quickly lying on the ground. The squadron leader who came to reinforce couldn't help but exclaim. Immediately reacted and asked the soldiers lying on the ground to disperse.

However, the ten-round rapid fire of the artillery battery was not jealous either. Just when the little devil lying on the ground, under the order of his commander, got up from the ground and prepared to disperse and hide. Another whistling sound of breaking through the air reached everyone's ears. This time, without the commander's reminder, those veterans who survived from the sea of blood immediately held their heads and lay on the ground.

"Boom, boom" and five more shells fell in the formation of the little devils who were scattering. However, since the little devils were all lying on the ground, it did not cause them much damage. However, there was another result, as two of the shells landed exactly next to the two heavy machine guns. In an instant, the heavy machine gun was blown into a pile of parts by the heavy artillery fire. At the same time, several machine gunners, who were lying next to the heavy machine gun, were also torn to shreds.

"Okay, good fight" Seeing the attack formation that the Yue army had just formed, after a few rounds of artillery fire from his own artillery, he fell into chaos, and even the two heavy machine guns were blown to pieces, Li Yong shouted excitedly. You must know that since I joined the Red Army, I have been pressed and beaten by the enemy's artillery fire, and now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Communicator, convey the order to the artillerymen in the back. Let's just say that they fought well, and after the war, I will personally ask the commander for credit to them. Also, tell the artillery company commander not to save shells for me, and when we win this battle, there will be shells. Tell him that the harder his artillery battery hits, the less pressure the infantry in front will be, and the fewer casualties among the fighters. Go and deliver the order right away. The regiment commander Li Yong ordered the correspondent behind him.

"Yes, regimental commander" After speaking, the communicator turned around and ran towards the artillery position behind him.

When the commander of the artillery company learned of his results from the order of the communicator, he was not much less in mood than the regiment commander Li Yong, who was on the front line. When I heard that the regiment commander wanted to take credit for himself, and let himself not save shells. I was already excited, but I was even more excited at this time.

In addition to ordering the five cannons that are being fired to speed up the firing. At the same time, the two companies that had come to assist in the construction of their artillery positions were asked to continue the transfer of the remaining eight artillery pieces under the guidance of some artillery personnel. Slowly, as the fighters began firing the sixth round of shells, another more powerful field gun joined the shelling.

Shells in groups of six rained down on the starting positions of the little devils. And at this time, the little devil finally hid the taste of being shelled, facing the raindrops of shells. All he could do was to hold his head and lie on the ground, while praying to Amaterasu that the shells would not fall on his side.

However, at this time, he was on Chinese soil, how could Amaterasu take care of him, and one shell, as if he had eyes, landed exactly beside the little devil, next to the heavy machine gun. In short, this time God was on the side of the reader, and the dense shells were almost inmissible, and the explosion of each shell would take the life of at least one little devil.

Finally, the ten rapid fire prescribed by the artillery company commander was completed. With the efforts of the soldiers, more than 60 shells hit the position of the little devils in the shortest time, causing the greatest lethality to the army.

"Bageya Road" saw that the artillery of the Eighth Route Army stopped. The squadron leader spit out the dirt that had just choked on his mouth, and scolded loudly, "Nakata-kun, immediately count the casualties of the troops, and hope that the Eighth Route Army will not launch another artillery bombardment." Otherwise, one of our reinforced squadrons, without the offensive of the Eighth Route Army, would be completely torn apart by heavy artillery fire. The squadron leader ordered to the deputy captain beside him. At the same time, there was a burst of emotion at the sky.

Soon, a dismal casualty data was reported to the ears of the squadron leader.

"Your Excellency, Captain, in the shelling just now, a total of 82 Imperial Warriors were shattered, and 40 Imperial Warriors were seriously injured and could not participate in the next battle. In addition, His Excellency Wing Commander reinforced the 12 heavy machine guns of our squadron, and now only 5 are left to use. "The deputy captain, Lieutenant Nakata, reported the shocking news to the captain in front of him.

"Baga, hateful China, I will kill you all" thought of one of his squadrons, which had not yet officially attacked, and lost most of it in the enemy's artillery fire. The squadron leader could no longer bear the anger in his heart, pulled out his command knife, and scolded loudly.

However, although he was angry, he still maintained a certain amount of sanity. He did not attack blindly like the other officers of the army.

"Nakata-kun, now we only have a squad of offensive strength left, you say, what should we do next, is to preserve our strength, and retreat now. Or continue to attack until our forces are exhausted. The squadron leader looked at the deputy captain next to him and asked.

"Hi Captain, I think we should retire as soon as possible. Bring the surviving Imperial warriors back to the Wing Headquarters immediately and keep the Wing Headquarters safe. Lieutenant Nakata thought for a moment and said cautiously.

"Well, please give me a reason, otherwise, we have no reason to withdraw our troops, and after losing so many warriors of the Empire, Your Excellency the Wing Captain will definitely not spare us." The squadron leader cast a puzzled look at Lieutenant Nakata beside him.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Captain. From the shelling just now. We can know that the Eighth Route Army captured all the equipment of our entire artillery brigade. And in the artillery positions, we also stored enough ammunition. Now it seems that the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army have fully accepted these weapons and ammunition and used them in the defense of their positions. It can be said that without the support of aircraft and artillery, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side is already several times higher than ours, and we have lost all advantages. If we continue to charge, we have no intention of burying the lives of the soldiers, and it will not do anything at all. It is better to wait for the remaining soldiers to meet the wing headquarters to assist the wing command to break through. The vice-captain explained.

"Yo Xi, what Nakata-kun said is very reasonable. Yo Xi, now order the troops to retreat immediately and retreat to the wing headquarters. After listening to the explanation of the deputy captain, Lieutenant Nakata, the squadron leader also believes that retiring now is the best way for now. Since the decision was made, there was no reason for such a long time, and the order to retreat was immediately given to his soldiers.

As a result, a reinforced squadron reinforced from the headquarters of the Yue Army Wing had not yet formally exchanged fire with the second battalion defending here, and retreated back in embarrassment with nearly 100 corpses of its own. The soldiers of the second battalion, who had been preparing on the position for a long time, couldn't help but scold.

In front of the second battalion, a reinforced squadron of little devils retreated, and the battle of the first battalion had indeed just begun. At this time, the two captains of the army were very clear that if they could not break through the artillery position that had just been occupied by the Eighth Route Army in front of them. Then he and his hundreds of soldiers will be completely alone, and will eventually be wiped out by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, this mixed brigade, which was composed of the remnants of the two brigades and the medium machine gun squadron, showed its strong combat effectiveness at the beginning of the battle. It put a lot of pressure on the first battalion of the defending position, and almost broke through the position held by the first battalion.

In particular, the captain of the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Army, although his own brigade suffered heavy losses in the two battles of attacking the high ground. However, this further deepened his understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, when the mixed brigade set off, the captain of the second brigade kept an eye on the Eighth Route Army, which was building a defensive position on the artillery position.

Of course, while paying attention to the Eighth Route Army, the battle that had just taken place on the other side of the artillery position was also seen by the captain of the Second Brigade of the Chinese Army. When the captain saw through the telescope, an elite imperial army that strengthened the squadron had lost almost half of its strength in less than a few minutes under the intensive artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. In the end, before the official exchange of fire with the troops of the Eighth Route Army, they retreated in embarrassment.

And what surprised me was not the retreat of the imperial army, but the reaction ability of the Eighth Route Army. In such a short period of time, the Eighth Route Army completely annihilated all the artillery personnel and quickly collected the captured artillery for its own use. The whole process of raiding the artillery positions seemed so clean and neat, and it was obvious that the commander of the Eighth Route Army had made careful arrangements.

However, what worried the captain the most was the dozen or so cannons on the artillery position. Thinking that the Eighth Route Army would use more than a dozen cannons to bomb its own soldiers indiscriminately, the captain was afraid for a while. Therefore, before the troops reached the attack position, the second brigade commander ordered all the soldiers to form an attack formation in a skirmishment line. It was forbidden to march in a concentrated manner, and in addition, all heavy machine guns had to be dispersed.

In this way, the 6 mountain guns prepared by the artillery company were like hitting cotton. Although the soldiers desperately fired the shells, the effect of the shelling was really minimal, except for the little devil who was directly hit, basically did not cause much casualties to him. Gradually, the commander of the artillery company, under the order of the regiment commander Li Yong, abandoned this method of fighting with a waste of ammunition.

At this time, the mixed brigade of more than 800 people had arrived less than 400 meters away from the position. Dozens of heavy machine guns of heavy machine gun squadrons began to disperse their positions. The soldiers, under the command of commanders at all levels, lined up in skirmish lines, ready to attack at any time.

Finally, the heavy machine gun used by the army as cover rang out, and a rain of bullets composed of more than a dozen tongues of fire instantly hit the position. Because the little devil is condescending, coupled with the army's accurate marksmanship. Therefore, they hit the heavy machine guns in their hands accurately and skillfully. The dense bullets clung to the edge of the trenches, and as soon as the fighters showed their heads, they were sure to be hit. Just now, several soldiers were killed in the heavy machine gun fire of the Japanese army.

"Damn, what kind of battle is this, before I fought with the little devil, there was a sacrifice" Seeing more than a dozen soldiers lying in a pool of blood, the first battalion commander said bitterly, but in the face of such a situation, he had no choice. Of course, the complaints of the first battalion commander were also heard by Li Yong, the regiment commander who came to observe the enemy's situation. However, after understanding the situation, Li Yong, as the head of the regiment, also frowned.

"Regiment commander, you must find a way to kill the little devil's heavy machine gun, otherwise the soldiers will not be able to show their heads at all, how can this blocking battle be fought" Seeing the regiment commander frowning and coming to the position of his first battalion, the battalion commander hurriedly went over and suggested.

"I know that. However, if you look at the heavy machine gun positions of the Japanese army, how do you let the artillery fight, do you need a heavy machine gun? Li Yong pointed to the little devil's heavy machine gun position and said.

"yes, let's just knock it out, anyway, what we have now is cannonballs. Correspondent, correspondent "The head of the regiment shouted from his senses.

"Here, regiment commander, what's the task?" the correspondent asked, seeing the regiment commander with an excited face.

"Well, immediately convey the order to the artillery company commander, and ask him to give me the heavy machine gun position of the devil, even if I use up all the captured shells, I must destroy the enemy's heavy machine gun position." The head of the regiment, Li Yong, said loudly.

"Yes, regiment commander, promise to complete the task," said the communicator, turning away from the front-line position and running quickly towards the artillery position.

"Company Commander Li Company Commander Li" Soon, the shouts of the communicators were heard from the artillery positions.

"Eh, it's Comrade Xiao Zhang, is there any task for the regiment commander?" Company Commander Li, who heard the shouting, looked in the direction of the shouting and saw that the communicators around the regiment commander were looking for him back and forth on the position, and Company Commander Li hurriedly ran over.

"Yes, Company Commander Li. The regimental commander ordered the artillery company to open fire immediately, and even if all the captured shells were gone, the heavy machine-gun positions of the devils should be destroyed. Seeing Company Commander Li, the correspondent Xiao Wang hurriedly said the regiment commander's order.

"Hehe, finally waited for the order to fire. Comrade Xiao Wang, if you go back and tell the regiment commander, you will say that the artillery company will guarantee the completion of the task. Lian Chang Li replied with a confident face.

As for the reason why Company Commander Li is so confident, there is a reason. Ever since the shelling had almost zero results, Company Commander Li began to think about the reasons for such a result. Thinking about it, there is only one reason, that is, the fire density of one's own artillery is too low, and there are only 5 shells per shell, which is simply not enough to achieve the expected fire coverage.

Company Commander Li, who knew the reason, immediately began to change the status quo. After drawing out a large number of troops, with the help of two infantry companies, the guns of the remaining seven mountain field guns were all directed towards the attack position of the mixed brigade of the Japanese army. At this time, there was a whole battalion of 12 mountain field guns aimed at the arrogant heavy machine gun position.

As the company commander of the artillery company, he believed that the fire density of 12 shells at a time would definitely be able to give a big blow to the scattered little devils. Therefore, after receiving the order, the company commander quickly ordered all the artillery personnel to take place and start loading the cannon in their hands.

"Attention to each artillery position, the six guns are an artillery cluster, and the all-out shelling of the heavy machine gun positions of the Yue army will definitely destroy the heavy machine gun positions of the Yue army in the shortest possible time. Now open fire," Company Commander Li violently moved the little yellow flag in his hand. Suddenly, several loud roars sounded over the entire artillery position. Twelve shells, with a loud whistling sound, flew towards the two heavy machine gun positions of the Japanese army.

The 12 shells of the "Boom Boom" fell around the two heavy machine guns, and the loud explosions drowned out all the sounds on the battlefield. The two heavy machine gun positions of the Yue army also fell into a sea of fire in the sound of these huge explosions, and the heavy machine guns that were still arrogantly spitting tongues of fire just now were all dumb at this time.

"Haha, I missed, the artillery company is really good and continue to fight me" Seeing that the two heavy machine gun positions of the Yue army were submerged in their own artillery fire, Li Yong, a regiment commander who was paying attention to the every move of the Yue army's position, shouted excitedly.

And the remaining soldiers of the heavy machine gun squadron of the Yue Army were indeed taken aback by the violent explosion in front of them. Seeing two heavy machine guns and several machine gun shooters, they were instantly drowned in the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. Everyone couldn't help but show a look of horror, and everyone's eyes were all looking at their commander, the captain of the second brigade.

"Baga immediately shoots to suppress the firepower of the Eighth Route Army, and the infantry, immediately launch a charge, if we can't rush through the position of the Eighth Route Army in front of us, we will all die here. Kill to give" The second captain pulled out his command knife and ordered loudly.

So, under the coercion of the commander, the soldiers of the machine gun squadron could only continue to fire in fear. And they had to fire while carrying the shells that could fall at any time. In this way, it also led to a decline in the firing accuracy of the army's heavy machine guns. A soldier lying in the trench with his head down can finally raise his head and use the weapons in his hand to teach these little devils a lesson.

(To be continued)