As a result, the 36 105-mm mountain guns of the Heavy Artillery Regiment, with the efforts of all the artillerymen, completed the artillery positions in the shortest possible time, and all the black holes and muzzles were pointed at the positions of the rear guard wing of the Chinese army a few kilometers away. And the shell just now was a shell that was test-fired by the mountain artillery group.

"Report to the regiment commander, the firing of all artillery has been adjusted, and the artillery can be fired at any time, please ask the regiment commander for instructions." Just when Chen Guangrong, the command then arrived at the heavy howitzer to set up the position. The commander of the first battalion, who served as the temporary commander of the mountain artillery group, ran in front of Chen Guangrong and reported loudly.

"Okay, according to the division commander's intention, it is necessary to use a quick knife to cut through the mess and quickly solve these more than 10,000 little devils. The order, the mountain artillery group, carried out ten rapid fire at the positions of the Yue army, destroyed all the civil fortifications temporarily built by the Yue army, and killed and injured a large number of their living forces. Now fire. Chen Guangrong nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered loudly.

"Yes, regiment commander" Less than a minute after the battalion commander left, a earth-shattering roar sounded from the position of the mountain artillery cluster. Under the command of the soldiers, 36 heavy mountain guns, neatly arranged in three rows, began to roar one after another at the positions of the army. At the same time, the entire artillery position was completely enveloped in white smoke from the shelling.

However, the hundreds of artillerymen on the artillery position did not feel any discomfort because of the choking smoke around them. Next to the hot artillery, an artilleryman withdrew the hot shell shells from the chamber of the gun shirtless, and then quickly pushed a brand new shell into the chamber, ready to fire again.

The entire artillery position, everywhere was a busy scene. Each artilleryman is to use his best strength, as much as possible with the artillery in front of him, to eliminate the little devils a few kilometers away, and reduce the burden on the infantry brothers. However, compared with the heat on the artillery position of the mountain artillery group, the position of the army is also a sea of fire.

After being hit by 36 heavy artillery shells at the same time, although the remaining thousands of little devils on the position, under the command of the wing commander, they were well hidden in the trench half a meter deep, or lying on the ground. However, it was heavy artillery shells that fell on their positions, not mortar shells with fragments as the main lethality.

Although they were hidden in the trenches, with the explosion of one shell, the little devil with the center of the bullet and a radius of ten meters. No matter where they hid, without exception, they were all shocked to death by the huge air wave and roar generated by the explosion of the cannonballs.

The first round of firing from the mountain artillery cluster alone inflicted losses on the densely formed Yue army, at least one squadron of the Yue army. However, the artillery shelling continued. Although those surviving little devils, listening to the earth-shattering explosion, lying in the trenches couldn't help but tremble all over, praying to their Amaterasu Okami. However, their prayers had no effect, and the accurate cannonballs continued to fall next to them. Reapers their lives.

Finally, five minutes passed, and a total of 360 shells, with the efforts of the artillerymen, were fired into the small position of the Japanese army with their fastest firing speed. With the explosion of the last shell, the smoke of gunpowder on the Japanese army position began to slowly dissipate.

As the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, Shen Qinghua has been raising the telescope in his hand since the beginning of the artillery bombardment, observing every move on the position of the army. I saw that after intensive artillery fire on the position of the Japanese army, which was still flat just now, hundreds of craters with a depth of one meter appeared at this time. Everywhere there was the scorched earth from the flames from the explosion of the shells, and the corpses were constantly burning.

Similarly, the captain of the Yue Army, who was lucky enough to not be hit, also got up from the trench with trembling all over his body with the help of the guard troops, and slowly put the telescope in front of his eyes with a pair of trembling hands. The same miserable picture came into his eyes.

"One of my wings. Hurry up, wake up all the surviving soldiers immediately, after the shelling, the Eighth Route Army will definitely attack, "The captain of the Eight Grid Tooth Road" said the army captain, and roared loudly at the soldiers around him. Immediately, the soldiers gathered around the wing commander, with the wing commander as the center, quickly dispersed and began to search for the surviving soldiers on the position.

Finally, the hard work paid off. Amid the search and shouting of the guards, soldiers slowly appeared, escaping from the trenches that had been blown into ruins. One or two soon, on the huge position, nearly a thousand little devils appeared. A wing of more than 3,000 little devils lost two-thirds of the shelling just now.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army is very powerful, hurry up, order the remaining soldiers to enter the position immediately, and the attack of the Eighth Route Army will start quickly." The captain of the army was too late to carry out the sadness, and ordered loudly.

But at this moment. Just when all the surviving little devils, at the command of the wing commander, all stood up from the trenches that had been blown into ruins. A smile appeared on the face of the commander-in-chief, Shen Qinghua. "Order all mortars to fire five rounds at the positions of the army, be fast"

At the moment of "all the same," behind the brigade commander Shen Qinghua, the artillery positions of more than 60 mortars of the seven main regiments were concentrated, and the sound of a series of dull mortar guns ejecting the chambers sounded. Dozens of shells, with a huge whistling sound, smashed directly into the position of the Japanese army a few hundred meters away.

"Ah, how can there be artillery bombardment in Baga, Bage Yalu, hide immediately." Hearing the whistling sound of cannonballs reaching his ears again, the wing commander couldn't help but be taken aback and ordered loudly. However, just as his words fell, the little devils who had just gotten up from the ruins had not yet reacted from the shock. More than 60 shells fell in the group of devils, and there was a huge explosion.

"Boom, boom, boom" a dense explosion sounded. More than sixty shells, and the dense fragments produced by the explosion at the same time, are like the Grim Reaper one by one, constantly reapering the lives of all the little devils in front of him. A soldier who had not yet reacted from the shelling just now immediately let out a scream in this dense rain of bullets and fell in a pool of blood.

"Baga, Bageyalu, the Eighth Route Army is very cunning, how can they be like this, why are there still shelling" looked at the explosions that sounded one after another around him. The co-captain's face immediately turned white, and he asked rhetorically in disbelief.

Five shells fired rapidly, and for these rapid-fire mortars, it took less than a minute to complete. A minute later, the sound of the cannon stopped. Once again, after more than 300 rounds of artillery shells and intensive shelling, the Yue army once again lost nearly half of its troops. There were less than 500 remnants left, and they were looking at everything in front of them in disbelief.

"Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army Bage Yalu" got the loss of his own troops, and the wing commander roared loudly again. However, there was no time for him to continue thinking at this time, because the attack of the warriors had already begun.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, comrades, rush and kill devils, avenge the sacrificed comrades, kill" A red-eyed soldier sounded with the sound of the charging horn. Immediately, he raised the rifle with the bayonet in his hand and launched a charge at the position of the Japanese army, which had been blown into ruins by artillery fire.

The remaining remnants of more than 500 soldiers, besieged by more than 10,000 warriors, barely put up any resistance, and were covered by the dense crowd. "Long live long live" As the captain of the army was killed by the soldiers, the entire battlefield immediately remembered the roar of the soldiers.

"Haha, division commander, Shen Qinghua and Shen Brigade Commander, with the support of the artillery of the heavy artillery regiment, led the soldiers to annihilate the remaining more than 3,000 people of the army guard wing almost at any cost. Hehe, I really didn't expect that the power of the heavy artillery regiment was so great, as soon as they arrived, all the problems would be solved. Wang Benqing took the telegram that Shen Qinghua had just sent, and said with excitement on his face.

"Well, these heavy artillery pieces are also one of the weapons that the army can use to run rampant on the land of China. Now it can be said that in terms of artillery fire, our reading division no longer has any disadvantage compared with the army. Perhaps, in some respects, we still have a lot of advantages as readers. Order the soldiers to rest immediately, and in a few hours, we will pack up the largest remaining brigade of the Kwantung Army. Division Commander Liu Hua ordered in high spirits.

"Yes, Commander"

Different from Liu Hua's high spirits is the brigade commander of the army. As the gunfire of the artillery and baggage soldiers in the middle stopped, the brigade commander already knew that his artillery and baggage troops were all finished. Even more important, the Air Force reinforced itself. What he didn't expect was that the planes of the Great Empire, which had been rampant in the Chinese sky all along, were wiped out under a few blows of intensive artillery fire from the Reading Division. In addition to being shocked, the brigade commander had an incredible face.

Because, everything that happened here today, almost everything, deeply hit his confidence, and made him reacquaint himself with the Eighth Route Army in front of him, and the reading division in front of him was not an ordinary Eighth Route Army unit. It is a unit with combat effectiveness and firepower that is no less than that of the Imperial Army.

With the earth-shattering roar on his flank. The brigade commander, who was unanimously restless, knew that it must be the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army that was threatening. Listening to the sound of shells exploding several kilometers away, the brigade commander knew even more clearly that a wing of his rearguard, more than 5,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army, and all the jade shattered sooner or later.

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is very powerful. Ordered, all troops immediately stopped the offensive, reduced their forces, built ring fortifications, prepared for defensive operations, and hurried "thinking that there was no need for them to continue the offensive." The brigade commander wisely ordered his troops to dig fortifications before the enemy could attack.

Strive to be able to build a complete set of fortifications when the Eighth Route Army attacks. Because he believed that although the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was extremely strong in combat. However, with the heroic fighting spirit of the Imperial Army, the nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command will definitely be able to hold out for at least two days.

So, on the huge battlefield, after a whole afternoon of fighting, it finally slowly quieted down. Nearly 10,000 little devils, under the command of commanders at all levels, began to dig various fortifications and prepare for the last resistance. And the soldiers, except for the wounded, all the rest were quietly eating dinner, waiting for the final moment of attack.

Just when everyone was anxiously waiting, the reinforcements that division commander Liu Hua was looking forward to finally arrived at the battlefield. Yang Jinghua, commander of the armored regiment, and He Zhiyuan, Yu Ming, and Wu Tao, commanders of the three reading regiments of the second division. Chen Guangrong, commander of the Heavy Artillery Regiment, and all the cadres at and above the regimental level of the entire column directly under him gathered in a small headquarters where Liu Hua was located to hold a final operational meeting.

"Brigade Commander Wang, let me first introduce to you the current situation of the army." Division Commander Liu Hua looked at all the people attending the meeting and nodded. He ordered to Wang Benqing, the temporary chief of staff beside him.

"Yes, Commander. Comrades, according to reconnaissance, there are still more than 8,000 people left in the Yue army in our encirclement, all of whom are the most elite Kwantung Army. Thankfully, however, these little devils don't have any heavy weapons other than mortars and heavy machine guns. At the same time, these more than 8,000 little devils, under the command of the commander of the brigade of the major general of the Yue Army, are digging all kinds of ring fortifications within a radius of 10 kilometers, preparing to do the final battle of trapped beasts. That's all there is to it. Wang Benqing stood up and introduced briefly.

"Haha, division commander, as long as the little devils don't have the support of artillery, they are nothing. Division commander, you can give an order, my heavy artillery regiment will definitely use artillery to blow up all these little devils on their own positions. As soon as Wang Benqing's words were finished, Chen Guangrong, the head of the heavy artillery regiment, said with excitement on his face.

"Well, don't worry, the soldiers of the directly subordinate column have all gone through an afternoon of fighting and need to rest. The soldiers of the three reading regiments of the second division also need to rest. My decision was to time the attack in the early hours of the evening. At that time, it was the most exhausting time for the army. However, despite this battle, we will definitely be able to win. However, we must try to reduce the casualties of the fighters as much as possible. Commander Chen, how is your heavy artillery regiment prepared? Liu Hua nodded and asked.

"Report to the regimental commander, the heavy artillery regiment is all ready and ready to open fire. In order to eliminate these little devils faster, the heavy artillery regiment concentrated a total of 36 heavy mountain guns, 12 150mm heavy howitzers, and 12 105mm heavy howitzers. 12 75-mm field guns, all aimed at the positions of the Japanese army. When the time comes, it will be enough for these little devils to drink a pot. Chen Guangrong of the artillery regiment replied loudly.

And after listening to Chen Guangrong's words, everyone below was stunned and gasped. Because, what they didn't expect was that after only two years of development, the heavy artillery regiment of the division headquarters had developed to such a scale. With this equipment, it is enough to form a heavy artillery brigade.

"Yes, good job. When the time comes, use the heavy artillery in your hand to clean up these little devils. Commander Yang, how is your armored regiment preparing now, can you launch an attack at any time? Liu Hua was very satisfied with the current strength of the heavy artillery regiment and looked at Yang Jinghua, the commander of the armored regiment next to him.

"Report to the regiment commander, all 21 tanks have moved in place, and as soon as the order arrives, they can immediately launch an attack on the army. When the time comes, let the army have a good taste of the power of our tank unit of the Reading Division. Yang Jinghua replied loudly.

"Okay, now I command. After the general offensive began, all the artillery units carried out a 10-minute artillery attack on the positions held by the Japanese army, destroying all the surface positions of the Japanese army and killing and wounding a large number of their living forces. Subsequently, the armored regiment immediately launched a surprise attack on the positions of the Yue army, and the 1st Regiment, 2nd Regiment, and 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Division followed closely behind and launched an attack on the Yue army. This time, three of your regiments are tasked with the main attack. Immediately behind the armored regiment, expand the results of the battle, and destroy all the remaining forces of the army. Liu Hua paused, glanced at the dozens of cadres sitting in front of him, and then ordered.

"The directly subordinate columns, with brigades as units, launched attacks from the left flank, right flank, and rear of the army. When the time comes, each brigade cannot let go of a little devil and completely annihilate all the troops in the encirclement. The air defense regiment must pay attention to air defense to prevent the little devils from jumping over the wall in a hurry and sending planes to disrupt the attack of the fighters. In addition, after receiving the order, the regiments immediately returned to their positions with their troops, and the units launched an attack on time at one o'clock in the morning. I hope that everyone will work together to annihilate the remaining more than 8,000 little devils before dawn. Zhang Hua ordered loudly.

"Yes, division commander, I promise to complete the task" As soon as Liu Hua's words fell, all the cadres in the command headquarters stood up almost at the same time and replied loudly. In particular, the commanders of the three reading regiments of the 2nd Division, who had just arrived for reinforcements, gave a particularly loud answer after learning that their troops were the main attackers.

"Okay, let's go our separate ways." Liu Hua nodded and ordered. Soon, dozens of cadres stood up one after another, walked out of the headquarters one after another, and began to run in the direction of their own troops.

In the darkness of the night, after a few hours of rest, the fighters had almost regained their strength. Coupled with a sumptuous dinner in the evening, each soldier was energetic with his own weapons on his back, under the command of his regimental commander, quickly moved to his combat position, and made the final preparations before the battle.

(To be continued)