"Boom, boom, boom......"

There was a dense explosion, and the ground shook.

The situation on the defensive position of the little devils can be seen clearly not only by many little devils on the city wall, but also by many soldiers of the 36th Group Army.

I saw that a 155-millimeter howitzer accurately hit the defensive position west of the little devil's city, and the little devil's defensive position suddenly flew sideways with sand and gravel, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled.

I saw that a howitzer hit a bunker of the little devil, and after a violent explosion, the cement structure of the bunker suddenly seemed to be crumbling, as long as there was another shell, this bunker would definitely be reimbursed.

Some of the little devils in the bunker were shocked by the huge explosion so that the corners of their mouths bled and their eardrums ruptured, and several people were shocked to death.

The watchtowers built by several little devils collapsed with a bang under the blow of a howitzer, and the little devils inside were obviously either killed or buried alive.

Under such a fierce shelling, the little devils in the anti-artillery holes were basically pale, and there were only bursts of buzzing in their ears, and they couldn't hear anything.

Many little devils couldn't hold on anymore and actually fainted, and there were also some little devils who couldn't stand it anymore and vomited there.

There are also some little devil anti-artillery holes, which have cracked after being hit by several howitzers in a row, and may collapse in a short time.

The little devils on the city wall, seeing the miserable scene on their own position, were so angry that they almost vomited blood, but these little devils were very helpless.

The artillery fire of the 36th Army was too fierce.

In the distance, the soldiers of the 36th Group Army saw their artillery show their might and blow the little devil to the ground. Many soldiers, with happy faces, watched with great interest the wonderful shelling on the position of the little devils in the distance.

A large number of soldiers of the 36th Army are ready to attack, and in the direction of the west of the city, tens of thousands of soldiers are already in position, as soon as the artillery stops, the soldiers will begin to attack the city.

Also participating in the siege were two tank regiments and two mechanized infantry regiments, which would take the lead and rush to the positions of the little devils, and behind these four regiments, there were fighters of several infantry regiments.

At this time, not only were a large number of soldiers watching the shelling with great interest, but the two column commanders were also holding binoculars to enjoy the performance of more than 200 155-mm howitzers.

Now the shelling has only started for a few minutes, and a large number of fortifications on the little devil's defensive position have been blown away, and the shelling time is half an hour, and everyone is looking forward to seeing the tragic scene of the little devil's defensive position after the shelling.

In the city of Zhangjiakou.

The deafening sound of cannons outside the city continued to reach the ears of the little devils in the city, and these cannons were like heavy hammers, beating the little devils, and many of the little devils felt extremely uncomfortable, but there was no good way.

Now, the little devils can only withstand the artillery fire of the 36th Group Army, the little devils' planes are basically lost, and the little mountain artillery equipped by the two divisions of the little devils cannot be displayed at all.

The two division commanders of the little devils, walking around the headquarters, were not only very anxious in their hearts, but also felt powerless, such a fierce shelling outside the city, although they did not see the specific shelling situation, but just listening to this sound, the defensive troops outside the city must have suffered great casualties......

At the same time that the 6th and 8th columns fiercely shelled Zhangjiakou, the 1st column also began to launch a fierce artillery bombardment on the Zhengtai Road, and also launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the little devils.

Wang Haiyang, the commander of the 1st Column, led more than 30,000 people of the 1st Column to move along Zhengtai Road to the defense line of the little devils, and it was the 54th Division, a second-class division of the little devils, that blocked the 1st column.

Zhengtai Road connects Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang, due to the war, the current Zhengtai Road has long been not open to traffic, the two sides control a section, this section near Taiyuan is the control range of the [***] team, the section near Shijiazhuang, is the control range of the little devil.

The current location of the 1st column is in the edge of the Taihang Mountain, dozens of kilometers ahead, it is Jingjing County, and then it can enter North China, and it is Shijiazhuang.

Less than two kilometers in front of the 1st Column, there was the defensive position of the little devils, and seeing the appearance of so many soldiers of the 36th Group Army, the little devils were already like a great enemy, waiting for the attack of the 1st Column in their own positions.

The little devils of the 54th Division knew too little about the 1st Column, and they thought that the 36th Army would be the first to launch a large-scale charge, just like the [***] troops and the Eighth Route Army troops encountered before.

The commander of the 54th Division, Taro Imai, also thought so, and Taro Imai knew that the 36th Army had a heavy artillery group, but last night, Taro Imai received information that a large number of troops of the 36th Group Army had appeared in the direction of Zhangjiakou, numbering at least 60,000 or 70,000.

The heavy artillery group of the 36th Group Army must be in Zhangjiakou, and the size of the 36th Group Army is far less than 60,000 or 70,000 people, and Imai Taro thinks that 80% of this unit is not equipped with heavy artillery groups.

Heavy artillery groups are scarce resources, and the entire North China Front currently has only two heavy artillery brigades, and Imai Taro believes that it is impossible for the 36th Group Army to have such a large number of heavy artillery groups.

Therefore, in the face of a possible attack by more than 30,000 people in the 1st column, Imai Taro put more than half of his troops in defensive positions, and only used less than half of his troops as reserves.

The 54th Division of the little devils has never fought with the 36th Group Army, although the 54th Division is only a second-class division, but the little devils are all arrogant, and most of the little devils are not afraid of the 1st column opposite, but think in their hearts, I want to have a good meeting with the troops of the 36th Group Army today.

Many little devil officers also thought in their hearts, today they must tell the opposite squadron that the imperial army is invincible.

The genius is bright, many little devils are ready for battle, a straight crooked machine gun, a straight Type 92 heavy machine gun, have been erected, the idea of the little devil is to just wait for the soldiers of the 36th Group Army to rush up, so that they can use the fortifications they have built in advance, and hit these charging squadrons.

But will the fighters rush to the positions of the little devils in the first place?

Obviously, no, as is customary, the shelling will start first.

The three artillery positions of the 1st Column were already prepared, the 1st Column had a heavy artillery brigade armed with 60 155-mm howitzers, and two artillery regiments, each armed with dozens of 105-mm howitzers.

Three artillery positions, several kilometers from the little devil defensive positions, using the time of the night, the fighters were ready, and now they can shell.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the three artillery positions of the 1st Column also began to fire at the defensive positions of the 54th Division of the Little Devils, and more than 100 heavy guns roared in unison.

Suddenly, the little devil's position was full of earth, and there were violent explosions everywhere.

Most of the fortifications of the little devils are civil structures, and a small part are cement structures, and such fortifications have no problem defending against the shelling of small-caliber artillery, such as 60-mm mortars, Type 92 infantry guns, etc.

But the 1st column shelled three heavy artillery groups this time, and the smallest caliber was 105 mm howitzers, such a large caliber of heavy artillery, the little devils did not expect at all, those improvised civil fortifications, under such a fierce shelling, suddenly in a mess.

Many little devil trenches were blown up, many little devil machine gun points were blown up, many little devil bunkers were overturned, and a large number of little devils were killed.

The 54th Division is just a newly formed division half a year ago, and it has only fought a few small-scale local battles with the backward [***] or the Eighth Route Army before, and the shelling of such a scale almost collapsed the little devils.

On the position of the little devils, violent explosions came and went, many little devils were pale, trembling, and hid in the trenches with their heads tightly in their arms, or behind sandbags, some of the little devils who were scared stupid, and even ran around with their heads in their arms, but these little devils, without exception, were killed in a short time.

On the position of the little devils, there are big pits everywhere, and there are stumps and broken arms of the little devils everywhere, and the appearance is unbearable, a hell on earth.

The little devils paid a heavy price for their arrogance.

The commander of the little devil's division, looking at his defensive position, was actually bombarded on such a large scale, which greatly surprised him, and the little devil's division held the binoculars with his hands, trembling slightly, and his face was pale.

At this time, the commander of the little devil division almost vomited blood in his heart, most of his division, under such fierce artillery fire, with these simple fortifications, would definitely not last long.

The commander of the Little Devil Division was full of remorse in his heart, and thought in his heart, how could he be so careless at that time and actually put so many troops on these defensive positions.

Distance.

Wang Haiyang, commander of the 1st Column, was also greatly surprised to see that the artillery had achieved such a good artillery bombardment effect.

Now that the sky is getting brighter, with the help of binoculars, you can clearly see the situation of the little devil's position in front, Wang Haiyang estimates that there are at least tens of thousands of people on the little devil's defensive position.

So many little devils let their artillery shelling, it's really a lot of money.

(To be continued)