Although the 3rd Division was not equipped with tanks before, the artillery regiment, like several other divisions, was equipped with all 75mm German Krupp howitzers.

With the order of Wang Daniu, commander of the artillery regiment of the Third Division, more than a dozen Krupp guns of one battalion opened fire one after another, and more than a dozen shells rose into the air one after another, dragging dazzling red flames through the sky and flying towards the Japanese positions on the opposite bank.

Soon, on the Japanese positions on the opposite bank, there were clusters of red light rising from the ground, followed by violent explosions, and finally clouds of smoke billowing into the air, soaring into the sky.

The Japanese position, which was originally calm and had no clues, suddenly became noisy, and the miserable howls of some devils and wounded soldiers, and the angry scolding and shouting of the rescuers rang out.

"Keep shelling for me, blow up those little devils on the other side of the donkey day!" A battalion commander of the artillery regiment, holding a telescope to take in the situation on the other side, felt that it was not enough, and ordered to continue firing artillery.

More than a dozen Krupp guns had already completed all preparations for a new round of shelling, and at this time, the order was given, and the firing ropes were immediately pulled.

Tom tom tom ...... The muffled sound of a cannon ejection resounded again, and more than a dozen shells wrapped in flames flew away again at a speed of nearly a kilometer per second, towards the Japanese positions on the opposite bank.

Soon, a dazzling burst of fire rose from the ground on the Japanese position, soaring into the sky, followed by billowing smoke, and the rumbling explosion resounded in all directions, and dozens of Japanese puppet soldiers were killed and injured on the spot.

The news of the artillery attack on the front line soon spread to the headquarters of the Japanese 10th Division in Jinan City, and the division commanders, Lieutenant General Sasaki Zhiyi and Takema Umemura, all subconsciously thought that this was the rhythm of the Dragon's Tooth Column to launch an attack!

Umemura Takema said immediately: "Your Excellency General, you can order our artillery wing, together with the artillery units in the front, to immediately give the Chinese army a powerful artillery counterattack, how can we, the Imperial Japanese Army, lose to them in the battle!" Moreover, only artillery countermeasures could suppress the Chinese army, thus preventing them from calmly crossing the river and attacking. ”

Sasaki nodded happily: "Yo Xi, the chief of staff is reasonable, and immediately order the 10th Artillery Wing to open fire and fight back fiercely!" ”

It is worth mentioning that because the 10th Division is responsible for the defense of the entire northern Lubei region and along the Yellow River, it is particularly important for the Japanese devils, so the 10th Division is exceptionally strengthened and equipped with two artillery wings.

In addition, the Japanese army in Jinan also had several tank squadrons, plus the four directly subordinate wings of cavalry, artillery, baggage, and engineering that the original division was equipped with, and the strength of the 10th division was much stronger than that of the general A division.

The Japanese troops stationed at the front of the Yellow River Railway Bridge were the 10th Infantry Wing of the 40th Division, in addition to 5,000 puppet troops to protect their left and right flanks.

In terms of artillery, in addition to the 10th Field Artillery Wing, which is directly under the division and regimental headquarters, there is also the 40th Infantry Wing and several artillery squadrons (battalions) of the Imperial Allied Army.

There are nearly 100 large and small artillery pieces in total, and of course, only the 75mm field guns equipped by the 10th Field Artillery Wing can threaten the artillery regiment of the 3rd Division of Longya on the opposite bank.

Most of the artillery under the control of the other Imperial Allied Army and the 40th Infantry Wing was equipped with short-range artillery such as 70mm Type 92 infantry guns and 60mm mortars.

Therefore, when the counterattack order of the 10th Division Headquarters was issued, only the 36 field guns of the 10th Artillery Wing were really capable of carrying out the artillery counterattack order.

With the wave of the command flag of the commander of the Japanese artillery wing, the Japanese artillery that had already been prepared took action one after another, and the next moment, 36 artillery pieces spit out a group of dazzling tongues of fire, and one shell after another rose into the air, drawing a dazzling arc in the air, flying over the turbulent Yellow River, and viciously smashing towards the north bank.

Boom Boom! A deafening explosion then landed on the north bank of the Yellow River, and in an instant, flames erupted in all directions, and clouds of smoke rose from the ground.

Several forward observation posts deployed by the 3rd Division on the front line were instantly shrouded in flames and thick smoke, and the observation sentries lay down with their heads in their hands to dodge, but some people were unfortunately hit by stray bullets and died heroically on the spot.

Before the observation sentries could catch their breath, the second round of artillery bombardment by the devils came again, and in the firelight, the observation posts of dragon's teeth were unfortunately hit by explosions, and the civil fortifications under the bunkers were blown to pieces and flew all over the sky.

One by one, the sentries were blown to a bloody pulp and died heroically.

"Division commander, the little devil fired at them, the artillery fire was quite fierce, the forward observation post was almost destroyed, and the sentinels suffered heavy losses." In Qihe County, after putting down the call from the front, Wang Daniu, the commander of the artillery regiment, immediately turned around and reported to Wu Ming.

"Then why do you ask anything, fire all your strength at Lao Tzu, what? Fuck it! Wu Ming scolded in a loud voice.

Wang Daniu hurriedly stepped forward to respond, turned around and personally called the artillery regiment, and as soon as the deputy commander of the regiment who commanded the battle on his behalf answered the phone, Wang Daniu said with a split head and face: "The division has an order, fire the cannon with all your might, and bombard the little devil raised by his bitch!" ”

"Yes!" The deputy commander of the artillery regiment immediately hung up the phone and turned around and ordered all the artillery of the regiment to open fire at once, raining shells on the Japanese troops on the opposite bank.

At this time, the artillery fire of the devils had begun to extend, and there were shells one after another smashing on the sortie position located behind the forward observation post, here, the two sappers of the third division were cooperating with a battalion of combat troops, urgently digging and building fortifications near the river, after all, if the attack was going to be carried out next, the closer the sortie site was to the river, the better.

Many sappers and fighters were forced to hide in imperfect fortifications, and did not even dare to raise their heads, at this moment, the three main artillery battalions of their own artillery regiment, nearly 50mm Krupp howitzers, all opened fire one after another.

The first batch of artillery shells flew to the Japanese positions on the opposite bank like a cover of the sky, and soon a more dazzling red light flashed on the opposite bank, followed by a big explosion that shook the ground and shook the mountains, and after the explosion, a thick burst of smoke and dust completely enveloped the entire Japanese position on the south bank.

The artillery regiment's shelling did not stop there, the first round of shells just landed and exploded, the second round of salvo fire was sent out again, and the cycle continued, and soon, hundreds of tons of steel shells were poured on the Japanese puppet positions on the south bank.

The well-hidden artillery positions of the Japanese army even suffered a few shells, and several Type 92 infantry guns were blown up, and more than 20 artillery men were killed and wounded.

Under the influence of dense smoke and dust, the Japanese artillery observers could no longer see the situation on the opposite shore clearly, and could not provide accurate coordinates and directions for their own artillery.