After arriving at the Hutuo River Bridge, tens of thousands of elite marines of the Japanese army, under the leadership and command of Chuan An Wensan, quickly dispatched a force of 3,000 people, equipped with a number of tanks and armored vehicles, with the support of artillery.

began to attack the north position of the Longya garrison regiment, and most of the artillery carried by the devils were 70mm Type 92 infantry guns and field artillery.

In addition, the 35mm tank gun on the tank car, although the power is not large, but the number is large.

Hundreds of artillery pieces were fired at the same time, and the momentum was still very amazing at first glance.

Hundreds of shells were like a meteor shower, dragging out long scarlet flames, and smashing down on the position of the first battalion of the Dragon's Tooth Garrison Regiment.

The shells hit the ground, and there was a series of violent explosions on the landing.

Immediately after that, a cloud of fire wrapped in billowing smoke rose into the air, obscuring the sky and the sun.

Ma Liuhou, who was still on the position, shook his head, shook off the dust that fell on his head, turned his head and ordered the herald beside him: "Order the artillery battalion, open fire immediately, give me a fierce return fire, and let the little devil taste the power of our artillery fire!" ”

The herald responded with a bang, and immediately bent his waist and ran along the trench, braving the continuous artillery fire of the Japanese army, to the regimental headquarters south of the bridge.

Because the devils also needed the Hutuo River Bridge to communicate with their mechanized troops, the Japanese artillery coverage was only limited to the north of the bridge, and did not extend to the center of the bridge and the south bank of the bridge.

It didn't take long for the herald to return to the south bank and convey the order to the Krupp artillery battalion, which was in full array.

Dozens of 75mm Krupp guns immediately opened fire, and rows of shells with piercing screeches and long scarlet tails flew over the Hutuo River bridge and flew down in the direction of the Japanese positions.

Chuan An Wensan, who was waiting for the troops to attack, looked up in surprise, only to see a ball of fire in the sky covering the sky and roaring, and he couldn't help but change his face and said in a deep voice: "Baga Yalu, it's the shells of the damned China Army, order the attacking troops, pay attention to the anti-artillery, and then order the artillery troops to find a way to destroy them!" ”

Chief of Staff Takeshita turned around and left, and at this time, the shells of the Longya Artillery Battalion had already smashed down, and the forward position of the Japanese army was instantly shrouded in a sea of fire and gunsmoke.

In the midst of the shaking of the earth, Kawayasu Wenzo's orders reached the hands of his attacking infantry group and artillery and tank troops, however, after observing the devil's artillery for a while, he came to a depressing conclusion.

That is, the position of the artillery group of the Dragon's Tooth Column on the opposite bank was located outside the effective coverage range of their artillery fire, and the Japanese artillery could not destroy it.

After receiving this news, Chuan An Wensan was a little unwilling, gritted his teeth and said: "Damn, order the troops to attack immediately and quickly engage the enemy in close combat, so that we don't have to worry about being covered by the enemy's artillery fire, and in addition, I request the fleet headquarters to send a carrier-based aircraft group to quickly send air support to our department."

I estimate that this Hutuo River bridge should be the most difficult line of defense faced by the imperial army, and it is also the last line of defense that the Chinese army leans on as a barrier, and I am afraid that the first attack will not be effective.

Therefore, the 3rd Wing was ordered to make preparations in advance, and if the 1st Wing failed in its attack, it would immediately take the opportunity to launch an attack after the arrival of our carrier-based aircraft group and the fire strike on the enemy's position, and strive to seize the position of the Zhina Army on the north bank of the Hutuo River, and then directly attack the south of the bridge, so as to prevent the Zhina Army from seeing that the situation was not good and destroying the Hutuo River bridge. ”

Chief of Staff Takeshita hurriedly bowed his head and responded, "Hai! ”

The Japanese offensive soon began, and the elite of more than 3,000 marines of its first wing, under the cover of more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles, rushed through the smoke layer caused by the explosion of the shells, and rushed quickly towards the position of the first battalion.

Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang noticed the devil's actions and immediately ordered: "Brothers, the devil is coming, give me a hard beating, don't let a devil come over, the gun is in the people, swear to live and die with the position!" Kill! ”

For a time, nearly 1,000 officers and men of the first battalion opened fire one after another, and dense gunfire rang out one after another, and rows of hot bullets whizzed through the air and shot at the Japanese charging crowd.

When he landed, some of the devil soldiers were knocked to the ground, and some bullets hit the devil's armored vehicles and tanks, bursting out a series of dazzling sparks.

However, this devil was clearly different from the average Japanese army, they quickly scattered in all directions, running and advancing in a zigzag line, and some people hid directly behind their tanks and armored vehicles, and raised their guns and fired as they followed.

At a distance of 200 meters, the shooting accuracy of the Japanese army can reach more than 90 percent, not to mention that this is a more rigorously trained Japanese elite marine corps.

Although there are not many automatic firearms of the devils, the shooting efficiency is high and terrifying, some devil sharpshooters almost miss a shot, and every time a bullet is fired, a dragon's tooth warrior will fall in response.

Not long after the fierce battle began, the devils advanced one or two hundred meters, and they were already less than one hundred and fifty meters away from the position of the first battalion.

Fortunately, most of the soldiers of the garrison regiment are elite veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, and they are relatively well-equipped, with general-purpose machine guns, submachine guns, mortars, grenadiers, everything, and ammunition is also very sufficient.

So while paying a lot of casualties for himself, he also caused great damage to the devil.

In particular, the artillery fire network composed of mortars, general-purpose machine guns and grenadiers made the devils have nothing to hide, and under the terrifying rate of fire of Hitler's chainsaw, no matter how fast they run, no matter how good the evasion tactics are, the devil soldiers will not escape the fate of being beaten into a honeycomb.

And the high-explosive grenades fired by the 60mm German mortars also caused great damage to the devil's tanks and armored vehicles.

Unlike German and Soviet-style tanks, which have thick skin and flesh, the tanks and armored vehicles of the little devils can only withstand the bombardment of ordinary guns and grenade shrapnel, but they cannot withstand the impact of mortars and grenadier shells.

Even a few grenades can destroy it, and the MG34 general-purpose machine gun has a certain chance of penetrating a defensive armor if it concentrates fire on a certain part of the armor for a long time.

Of course, the gunners at the level of the Dragon's Tooth Company Platoon, while killing some tanks and armored vehicles of the Devils, were also sniped by the Devils' rifle marksmen, and the losses were very heavy.

In the first head-to-head confrontation, the two sides were almost evenly matched, but you must know that this is only one of the devil's troops, and there are still a large number of main forces behind, and the devil occupies an absolute superiority in troops, as well as the air force advantage of a more powerful naval carrier-based air group.

Moreover, the devil is in an offensive posture, the Dragon's Tooth Garrison is in a defensive posture relying on the fortifications, and the two sides are tied, which means that the combat effectiveness of this Japanese army is still stronger, and there should be only an absolute ace such as the Guard Regiment in the Dragon's Tooth Column that can compete with it in the field!