The artillery regiment of the 3rd Division of Longya opened full firepower, and soon suppressed the firepower of the 10th Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army.

The situation was urgently transmitted back to the city of Jinan, the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army.

When the division commander Sasaki heard the news, he was shocked and angry, and immediately shouted: "Immediately transfer all the artillery wings of the imperial army to bombard the Chinese army on the other side with all your might, and you must suppress it." ”

The chief of staff, Major General Umemura Takema, bowed his head to receive the order, and said: "Your Excellency, please be calm, the 10th Artillery Wing has prepared a hot air balloon to observe the accurate location of the enemy's artillery position, as long as it can find the accurate location and coordinates of the enemy's artillery position, it can carry out a fatal blow to it." ”

"According to the report of the forward command post, the artillery fire of the people on the other side of the bank is so fierce, I am afraid that it will be difficult to compete with only one 10th artillery wing, so it is better to send the reinforced artillery wing in the city to concentrate on the advantages and completely wipe out the artillery units of the Chinese army." Sasaki said viciously: "As long as their artillery threat is eliminated, even if there are 100,000 people in China, they will never want to cross the Yellow River!" ”

"Hay! Your Excellency the General is wise! Plum Village Bamboo Horse bowed his head sharply and praised, and immediately turned around and strode away with his saber on his shoulder.

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Soon, the Japanese artillery who had received the order finally poured out of the nest and drove straight to the bank of the Yellow River from the north gate of Jinan.

At the same time, the 10th Artillery Wing, which had been engaged in a fierce artillery battle with the 3rd Division of Longya on the bank of the river, was unwilling to be suppressed by the enemy's artillery fire, so it took out the hot air balloon for their observation.

As a huge hot air balloon rose into the air, and finally exceeded the thickness of the billowing smoke, the Japanese observer on it condescendedly took in the situation on the other side, and then began to report the precise coordinates and directions to the artillery on the ground by radio.

After a while, the Japanese artillery adjusted the firing angle and opened fire again.

Dozens of shells passed through the smoke screen, pierced the sky, flew over the Yellow River, and smashed down viciously, but this time the Japanese shells seemed to have eyes, and accurately landed on the artillery position of the 3rd Division Artillery Regiment.

A violent explosion raged, and the powerful shock wave overturned the two 75mm Krupp guns and blew them out, and more than a dozen dragon tooth artillerymen around the two guns, and the ammunition men were naturally not spared, and they were all blown out one after another, either dead or disabled.

"What's going on?" The battalion commander who commanded the artillery regiment was also startled by the sudden shells, damn, how could the little devil's shells hit so accurately, you must know that the two sides are several kilometers apart, and if there are no accurate coordinates, it is impossible for the shells to hit the opponent's artillery positions.

Occasionally, some shells fell, and it was just an accident with a very low probability, but such an explosion, dozens of shells, obviously it was absolutely impossible to be an accident.

In addition to being frightened, he also hurriedly operated the high-magnification lookpiece for artillery, and first observed the Japanese positions on the opposite bank, but all he saw was the smoke and fire generated by the explosion of his own artillery shells, and he could not see anything.

In this case, it is impossible for the other side to see their own situation clearly, right? Except from the sky, yes, heavenly!

The lieutenant colonel battalion commander suddenly raised his lookout scope, and after some searching, he finally found the target that looked very narrow above the smoke and dust.

Now I finally saw it clearly, and suddenly said: "It turned out to be a hot air balloon, Lao Tzu understands, the little devil is really ****** insidious!" ”

Letting go of the lookout scope, he immediately said to a herald beside him: "That is a report to the regiment commander and the division headquarters, that is, the Japanese artillery used hot air balloons to peek into the specific position of our artillery positions, and now we are suffering from the enemy's precision artillery fire, and we ask the division headquarters to send an air defense regiment to support as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes!" The herald hurriedly saluted, turned and ran towards the radio.

Qihe County, the former enemy headquarters of the Third Division.

Wu Ming was greeting Ma Yunlong and Cheng Youming, the chief and deputy commanders of the heavy artillery brigade, and after receiving Qiao Youhua's order, the two of them led the heavy artillery brigade to march at full speed, and finally rushed to the front line of Qihe first.

After the two sides saluted each other and exchanged pleasantries, Wu Ming solemnly invited Ma Yunlong and Cheng Youming to say: "Brigade Commander Ma, Deputy Brigade Commander Cheng, please go to my headquarters to rest for a while, drink some hot tea to warm up, this day is freezing." ”

Cheng Youming immediately said: "The battle situation is urgent, Division Commander Wu should not be polite, in this way, let our brigade commander accompany you to the command headquarters, and I will lead all units of the heavy artillery brigade to the front line immediately, build artillery positions, and wait for your instructions at any time." With our brigade commander here, it is much easier for us to communicate with each other. ”

Wu Ming nodded happily and said, "That's okay, Deputy Brigade Commander Cheng is hard." ”

Cheng Youming said: "It's all about fighting devils against Japan, and it's not hard to protect the family and defend the country!" After speaking, he saluted Wu Ming and Ma Yunlong again and said, "Two leaders, farewell!" ”

Wu Ming and Ma Yunlong nodded, watched Cheng Youming turn around and get into the jeep, and then led the huge convoy of the entire heavy artillery brigade to the front.

"Yunlong, you heavy artillery travel, come fast enough! It was even earlier than Liu Jianhua's tank armored brigade to arrive! Wu Ming put his arm around Ma Yunlong's shoulders, and the two walked towards the division headquarters together, smiling as they walked.

"You need Master Wu, brother, I dare not go all out to come!" Ma Yunlong joked that Ma Yunlong is also the old man of the Dragon Tooth Column, and he joined in the defense of Nanjing at the beginning, so he and Qiao Youhua have a deep relationship.

"Haha, that's enough for brothers!" Wu Ming laughed heartily.

Just as they were about to enter the division headquarters, the deputy division commander Zhao Youde suddenly rushed out of it, and when he saw Wu Ming, he immediately saluted and said: "Division commander, you came just in time, the forward command post of the artillery regiment reported that the enemy's artillery used hot air balloons to peek into the specific position of our artillery positions, and now our artillery regiment has been hit by the enemy's accurate artillery fire and suffered great losses."

The artillery regiment asked us to send the air defense regiment to support it quickly! ”

"Hot air balloons?" Wu Ming was taken aback, and immediately said: "Then immediately order the Ma side, rate the air defense regiment to rush to support, don't be reluctant to give up ammunition, this battle, all the ammunition is enough, no matter what, shoot down that hot air balloon raised by a son of a bitch!" ”

"However, division commander, the air defense regiment is responsible for the air defense work of the division headquarters and other command organs, and if it is transferred, we will have no air defense force here, what if the devil plane comes to attack the air!" Zhao Youde said.

Wu Ming just wanted to speak, but Ma Yunlong suddenly took the lead and said: "Division Commander Wu, let's do it, our heavy artillery brigade is also equipped with an air defense regiment, and the task of shooting little devils to observe balloons will be handed over to them!" ”