As soon as Qiao Youhua arrived, Zhao Youde, deputy commander of the Third Division, Zheng Yunshan, commander of the guard regiment, Zhao Tiezhu, deputy commander and commander of the cavalry reconnaissance battalion, and others rushed over after hearing the news and accompanied him to inspect his position and fortifications.

Suddenly, the sound of tom-tom shelling sounded outside the position, followed by a burst of shells whistling through the dawn sky, dragging a series of scorching tail flames towards the frontal position of the Third Division.

Zheng Yunshan, Zhao Youde, Zhao Tiezhu and others changed their faces greatly, and they all reminded urgently: "Commander, be careful, it's the enemy's shelling!" ”

Qiao Youhua waved his hand to stop everyone's panic and said, "Don't be nervous, it's just the bombardment of the Type 92 infantry artillery, it's not that terrible." ”

As the saying goes, recruits are afraid of artillery, and veterans are afraid of machine guns, especially heavy ones.

The rumbling of cannons and the earth-shaking scene can indeed cause great deterrence to the recruits who have just entered the battlefield, but for Qiao Youhua, who has been in battle for a long time, there is not much deterrence at all.

With experience, Qiao Youhua directly heard the caliber and power of the artillery used by the other party from the sound of the devil's cannon.

This kind of infantry artillery is only more powerful than mortars, with a caliber of only 70 millimeters, and even if it is fired at a salvo of 100 guns, its power cannot catch up with the bombardment of 20 heavy artillery guns with a caliber of more than 150 mm.

In fact, the reason why Zhao Youde and the others were so nervous was because they were worried about Qiao Youhua's safety. If Qiao Youhua was not here, he would never be so nervous, but would be very calm, so as to boost the morale of his soldiers and soldiers.

Boom, boom, boom, a violent explosion fell on the position of the third division, and one of the shells landed about ten meters away from Qiao Youhua and them.

The blast wave of the explosion set off debris of soil, grass and trees all over the sky, and it rained like a rain on Qiao Youhua and their heads, but Qiao Youhua and the others were unmoved, and they did not lie down and hide at all, but continued to move along the trench.

While walking, Qiao Youhua commanded: "Deputy Division Commander Zhao, Yunshan, don't follow me, just go back to your respective command posts immediately, the little devil suddenly shelled, and he will definitely attack next."

Obviously, you want to catch us off guard, so you go back and command and deploy the defenses and prepare for the battle. ”

"Yes!" Zheng Yunshan, Zhao Youde and others responded in unison, and immediately turned around and trotted all the way towards their command post.

Bang!

The devil's shelling continued, and shells continued to fall into their own positions and explode, Li Yansan, who was following behind Qiao Youhua, was a little worried and persuaded: "Commander, it's too dangerous here, let's go back!" ”

Qiao Youhua nodded and said, "Wait a minute." ”

After speaking, he came to the depths of a communication trench, where there were two trenches in front and back, surrounded by his own soldiers who were lying in the fortifications with loaded guns and ammunition, hiding from the Japanese shelling.

Seeing Qiao Youhua coming, they all cast puzzled and excited glances at Qiao Youhua, puzzled, they didn't know what Qiao Youhua was doing when he appeared at this time?

What is exciting is that as an ordinary soldier, they saw the big hero in their minds, the god of anti-Japanese war, and they were also at the forefront of the artillery fire and danger.

This invisibly increased the admiration and love of the majority of ordinary soldiers for Qiao Youhua, the commander.

Qiao Youhua's eyes were like torches, and the soldiers around him were all in their hearts, and they couldn't help but hold their breath, waiting for Qiao Youhua to follow, as if the earth-shattering shell explosions around them could not affect them.

After Qiao Youhua's eyes looked around, he said in a voice full of masculine breath: "Brothers, the war is imminent, Qiao Mou has come to the front line to inspect and visit everyone, here, I have a few words to say." ”

After a pause, Qiao Youhua continued: "Now, our attacking troops have surrounded Taiyuan City, and the siege is imminent, and the enemy's reinforcements are also arriving at this time, with a large number of troops, several times that of our reinforcements.

So, as you can imagine, you will be attacked by the fiercest of the enemy, and I want to say to you that we are going south, and we have paid a lot of blood and sacrifice along the way, and we are about to win the final victory.

As long as Taiyuan is captured, there will be no major war in Shanxi in the future, and tens of millions of Sanjin fathers and elders will usher in complete liberation, and they will no longer have to suffer from the oppression of Japanese devils and traitors and lackeys.

Now this qiē is based on the premise of whether you can block the enemy's reinforcements, therefore, as the commander-in-chief of the dragon's tooth column, I order you to resolutely block the attack, and buy time for the siege troops at any cost to recover Taiyuan!

I'm sure you'll be able to accomplish the task I've given you, won't you? ”

"Swear to the death, never retreat! Swear to live and die with the position! ”

"Swear to the death, never retreat! Swear to live and die with the position! ”

"Swear to the death, never retreat! Swear to live and die with the position! ”

First, there were dozens of soldiers around, then it spread to hundreds, thousands, and finally tens of thousands of dragontooth officers and soldiers on the entire position were infected, although they didn't know why, but they all roared in unison.

Under the bombardment of the Japanese army's roaring artillery fire, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the dragon tooth shouted hysterically in their throats.

The huge sound wave gathered together, almost overshadowing the Japanese artillery sound, and for a while, the morale of the blocking troops on the blocking position was greatly boosted!

Thirty minutes later, the Japanese artillery bombardment finally ended, and before the gunpowder smoke and artillery fire had completely dissipated, about 3,000 Japanese soldiers and puppet troops, led by a group of Japanese puppet army officers, launched an attack on the defense line of the Dragon's Tooth Column all over the mountains and fields.

Yesterday's three attacks failed miserably, and the Japanese army suffered a great blow, and after resting for the night, they came with a vengeful rage, and the momentum was fierce and murderous.

After boosting the morale of the officers and soldiers on the front line, Qiao Youhua took Li Yansan and others to leave the front line, as the top front-line commander of this anti-Japanese armed force, Qiao Youhua understood that if it was not necessary, what he should do was not to take the lead and go to the front line.

Instead, he returned to his own command post, sat in command, and coordinated the overall situation.

After learning of the Japanese army's large-scale attack, Zhao Youde held a telescope to watch the enemy situation in front of the position, and at the same time turned his head to several of his subordinates behind him and ordered: "Pass my order, all regiments and battalions are ready for battle, and when the enemy enters the firing range, they will immediately open fire."

Give me a hard beating for these little Japans! Don't let down the Commander's expectations of us! ”

Several officers answered in unison, and each turned to take orders to make a call, and the order was quickly conveyed.

The soldiers on the forward position were all holding their breath, holding their guns, waiting for the Japanese puppet army to enter the range of their weapons.

Some of the grassroots officers who supervised the battle at the front received orders from their superiors and ordered with their fists: "Brothers, the command has an order, when the enemy enters our firing range, immediately open fire and hit the little devils fiercely!" ”