"Yes, understood, location, southeast area 3, coordinates ......"

Xie Zaoshi put down the phone and grabbed another telephone on the table: "Attention to all guns, three rapid fires, southeast area No. 3, coordinates ......"

"Yes!"

In order to prevent the Japanese from bombing the artillery positions in the city, the twenty-four 150 howitzers of Xie Zaoshi were not placed together, but scattered in several places in the south of the city.

In this way, it will not be served by the Japanese army, and it will be easier to hide and retreat!

This is also what Leng Feng meant, after fighting this battle, they will retreat to Jiangbei overnight, Xie Zaoshi is unwilling, but for the sake of the overall situation.

These twenty-four 150 howitzers are a baby bump for the current National Salvation Division, you know, during the Battle of Songhu, the **** heavy artillery was almost lost.

It's not easy to save a heavy artillery regiment, it's not easy, and the shells are not easy to get, I heard that Shangfeng has already been eyed.

It's just that the heavy artillery regiment is in the hands of the National Salvation Division, and it is still in the enemy-occupied area, so they can't do it.

The Japanese army's Kirin Gate heavy artillery position, Asada Yatamoro Nakasa drank the last sip of coffee, "Orderlies, dinner is ready ......"

Knock Knock......

There was a sudden shrill scream in the sky, and as an old artilleryman, of course Asada Yatamoro could hear it, it was the sound of a Taisho Type 4 150mm howitzer.

A howitzer of this model, the firing range was just enough to reach his heavy artillery position.

"No......" Yatamoro Asada frantically rushed out of the military tent and shouted hoarsely, "Quick." Quick transfer artillery ......"

But his voice was quickly drowned out by the screaming sound that whistled across the air. Twenty-four eighty-pound shells fell. The sound of a violent explosion engulfed him in an instant.

The Japanese artillery positions were too concentrated, although the distance was widened, but relatively speaking, they were still together, and the instantaneous explosion lifted the twelve 14-year-old 105 cannons in front of them, and then the artillery fire extended to the rear, and the twelve 150 cannons also exploded into fireballs in an instant, and the artillerymen had nowhere to hide. In an instant, he was swept away by the air wave generated by the explosion and swallowed by the fireball.

Finally, there were twelve 96-type 150 howitzers, which were originally used as suppressive firepower, but were not used in the Japanese shelling, and they were buried in the fire without even removing their gun jackets!

"What, the artillery positions were devastated, what's going on?" Major General Katayama received the report and was taken aback, how could the location of the artillery positions be known to the Shina Army?

Even if they knew that the artillery position was near the Qilin Gate. But without specific directions and coordinates, their artillery could not accurately destroy their own artillery positions.

Not to mention that now it is a whole heavy artillery wing. Thirty-six heavy guns were lost almost all at once, isn't that too evil?

"Asada this incompetent guy, how did he command?"

"General, as long as our artillery attacks, the Chinese army will know the location of our artillery, but how do they know it accurately......

"Check, go and check, immediately telegraph to the commander of the Fujita Division, our department has encountered fierce resistance from the Shina Army, and the heavy artillery wing has suffered heavy losses, ask for tactical guidance, ask for tactical guidance!"

"Hay!"

"What, the 11th Wing of the Field Heavy Artillery was heavily damaged by the artillery of the Shina Army, all the artillery was lost, and the captain of the Asada Wing was killed?" Fujita Susumu, commander of the 3rd Division, who was sitting at the Tangshan Headquarters, was shocked when he received a report from the front.

"The commander of the Katayama Brigade reported that the attack on Zhongshan Gate should be postponed, if there is no artillery support, if the attack is strong, I am afraid that the casualties will be too great......

"Bastard, his 5th Brigade has thousands of elites, can't he even take a small forward position?" Fujita Jin scolded angrily, obviously very dissatisfied with Major General Riichiro Katayama's fear of the enemy.

When did the generals of the Great Japanese Empire become so timid?

"Division commander, now that it is dark, attack at this time, the cunning and cunning ...... of the 'Yaksha' of the Chinese army" The chief of staff, Toshio Osa, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and whispered.

"What do you want to say?"

"What does it mean to stop the offensive first, wait for the Ninth Division to come up, and early tomorrow morning, ask the aircraft to reconnoiter at low altitude to figure out the deployment of the Chinese Army, and then attack?"

"Do you have to wait for the navy to clear the channel to Nanjing before encircling Nanjing?" Fujita Jin roared angrily, "The six generals of Shun Hata gave us three days, and if we don't take Nanjing City in three days, we will all go to the military court!" ”

"Hay, got it!" The cold sweat from the nose of the Taren Toshio came down.

Outside the Zhongshan Gate, under the cover of Japanese artillery fire, the forward position was already full of holes, and the Japanese army waded through the minefield and launched repeated charges against the position.

In addition to the frontal attack, the Japanese army also used a brigade to cooperate with the feint, and the battle was extremely fierce.

Even without heavy artillery, the number of Japanese artillery was more than that of the National Salvation Division, and field artillery and infantry artillery were used in turn, bombing, so that the second detachment of the National Salvation Division, now numbered the 39st Regiment of the New 39th Brigade, was very difficult to deal with.

The front line only had one battalion of troops, and the casualties were close to one-third in half an hour, while the Japanese did not seem to have suffered many casualties.

Except for those who guessed the mines and were injured by mistake, the casualties were far lower than those of the National Salvation Division.

This is still because it is the defending side of the city, built under the auspices of Leng Feng, a large number of underground bunkers, forming a dark fire point, the Japanese army is not prepared at all, otherwise, it is really not easy to repel the attack of the Japanese army.

It is an indisputable fact that the quality of the soldiers on both sides is not at the same level, and this cannot be changed in a short period of time.

There is no way to train soldiers in war, and what general does not cherish the lives of his soldiers?

The artillery fire reflected the sky!

Ju Youlin was under tremendous pressure to hold the walled position until noon tomorrow, and without heavy artillery support, relying on their limited artillery support, this was a great test of the ability of the front-line commanders.

"Report, the Japanese army has broken through the defense line of Guandi Temple, and our department is concentrating on recapturing it!"

"Tell the battalion commander to recapture the Guandi Temple at all costs, tell him to lose the Guandi Temple at all costs, and he will go to the deputy commander to ask for guilt!"

"Yes!"

"Strengthen the artillery battalion in the direction of Guandi Temple, and let the commander of the first battalion organize a death squad to cooperate with them to recapture Guandi Temple!" Say, Ju Youlin, and call the herald again.

The stubborn resistance of the Chinese army was beyond the expectations of Major General Katayama, who did not expect that in such a short period of time, a patchwork Chinese army would actually build such a tight front, and the combination of light and heavy weapons was so reasonable, extending backwards to the moat, forming a certain depth.

The special underground fire bunker caused the greatest casualties to the charging Japanese troops, and it always inadvertently formed a strangling fire network in front of the position.

And the timing was also very good, almost waiting for his own soldiers to rush to the front of the formation before shooting.

From the beginning of the attack, neither the Japanese nor the staff of the 5th Brigade had figured out how many such underground bunker-style firepower points had been buried under the Chinese troops in front of them under their blocking positions!

Major General Katayama scolded angrily, the Chinese obviously used the cement and steel bars of the Japanese army to pour these underground forts, otherwise, if it is a civil fort, as long as a 75 mm mountain cannon will be knocked out, but now, several consecutive cannons may not be able to knock out these underground bunkers.

This must be reinforced with reinforced concrete, and there must be engineers among the Chinese who are proficient in the construction of underground forts, otherwise, they would never build these underground forts so strongly.

The Chinese occupied Nanjing for less than two days?

How did they do it, the construction of these dark forts is a lot of work, even professional sappers, it will take three days to complete at the earliest, not to mention that the cement still has time to set?

If they were given time, would they be able to build a fortification made entirely of reinforced concrete?

Leng Feng knew that in the face of the Japanese army, whose soldiers were far superior to his own, the National Salvation Division on defense could only think of other ways to deal with it.

To build some underground bunker firepower points, the project is not very large, but the workload is larger, it doesn't matter, we have people and manpower, which offsets the disadvantage of large workload.

As long as these underground bunkers are built, the Japanese army wants to pass, which becomes a hurdle that they must overcome, and this underground bunker can also be used as an anti-artillery hole, which can be said to be a fort for two purposes.

Therefore, in the depth of the front line, Leng Feng built such underground fire bunkers at various nodes linking the trenches, firstly, to hide the firepower points so that the Japanese army could not see them, and secondly, once the Japanese artillery was covered and bombed, they could be dodged at any time, greatly reducing casualties.

In addition to the underground type, there is also a semi-underground bunker, this cold front is much more trouble-free, and it uses a brick and wood structure, which is mainly used to confuse the Japanese army.

In this way, one set on the ground and one underground, as soon as the war began, the Japanese army immediately suffered.

In fact, this is very simple, people who have combat experience can think of it, but it is not easy to do this, first of all, there must be two major materials, steel and cement, cement is easy to do, there is a cement factory in Nanjing, steel bar is not easy to say, how much steel is produced in the country a year?

This is also thanks to the Japanese, if they hadn't gotten a large number of steel bars, Leng Feng would have wanted to build these underground bunkers, and it would be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

"Okay, okay, Lao Ju, you fought very well, you have to be so big, don't expose the firepower point all at once, your goal is to prevent the Japanese army from advancing quickly to the city wall, yes, yes, casualties I know, the Ninth Division is also approaching the Zhonghua Gate, pay attention to the Japanese army's sneak attack......"

"What about the casualties over there?"

"The casualties of the first battalion are close to one-third, and the Japanese side is roughly the same, he has already transferred the second battalion, and the first battalion will come down to eat and rest, the Japanese army will not easily admit defeat, I think they will still attack." Leng Feng said.

"Isn't it possible to organize a surprise attack?"

"We have just knocked out their heavy artillery wing, and there is a sneak attack on Tangshan first, the Japanese army must be vigilant, this kind of thing can not be repeated, and besides, our target is not here." Leng Feng thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Well, you've figured it out to the Japanese, and I'm going to learn from you." Qiu Qingquan said with a smile.

"The master is praised!"

(To be continued.) )

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