There was a dead silence on the walled front.

It was more desolate and dilapidated than it had been two months earlier, crisscrossed by old and new trenches, with barbed wire, barricades and anti-tank trenches seven or eight meters deep in front of them.

At 4:37, the Japanese army was less than two kilometers away from the city wall, and immediately launched an attack formation, and a Japanese major general, surrounded by many Japanese officers, came to the front of the formation, observed the Chinese position, and kept pointing and pointing, obviously discussing the offensive strategy.

"Report, we found a minefield in front of the positions of the China!"

"Landmines, mines again, if we want to attack, we must clear them, otherwise, it will be difficult for our soldiers to rush in front of the opposing position." A Japanese staff officer whispered.

"That's right, the efficiency of manual demining is too slow, but we don't have a demining vehicle, so we can only use blasting demining ......"

"Bring in sappers and prepare for mine clearance!"

"Hay!"

Under the periscope of the position, the observation post discovered that the Japanese army had begun to clear the mines, and immediately reported it to the headquarters on the city wall through the telephone set up in the forward position.

"If the Japanese army wants to attack, it must at least clear an attack channel two kilometers long and fifty meters wide, without such a large area, their troops cannot deploy an attack formation......"

"Well, yes, keep watching."

"Lao Ju, you see, judging from the direction of demining selected by the Japanese army, their first step is to occupy this hillside on the left side of the forward position, so that they can form a fire suppression on this area, and which unit is guarding this hillside?"

"A platoon of three companies of one battalion."

"Add two light machine guns and one heavy machine gun to them, and don't expose the ...... of fire at once"

"Okay, I understand, Xiao Li, transfer two light machine guns and one heavy machine gun to Guo Xiaozi of the third company of the first battalion!" Ju Youlin immediately ordered.

"Yes."

"It was now more than an hour before dark, and we all knew that the Japanese army was now in a hurry to retake Nanjing. Take advantage of their impatience and teach them a good lesson, what about you, take it easy when you fight, don't hit too hard, this time our target is their artillery position. Leng Feng said.

Knock out the Japanese artillery positions first. This is also the established strategy of Leng Feng, as long as the artillery is knocked out, after dark, the Japanese army is a toothless tiger, and it is easy not to move.

Of course, the target of the cold front was the field heavy artillery wing of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army had already arrived in Tangshan, and in addition to Shunroku Hata flying to the front to hold an emergency operational meeting to clarify the choice of commander for the recapture of Nanjing, there was also the 11th Wing of the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery Regiment waiting behind. Urgently dispatched from Shanghai.

The Chinese army in the city of Nanjing robbed the heavy artillery of the Japanese army and formed a heavy artillery regiment, if the Japanese army did not have the corresponding equipment, then with Nanjing's ammunition reserves, even if the Japanese army could recover Nanjing, it would suffer heavy losses!

Therefore, the 11th Wing of the Field Heavy Artillery was hurriedly transferred, loaded by train overnight, and pulled to the Tangshan front. It was attached to the 3rd Division's offensive operations against Nanjing.

In addition to the 11th Field Heavy Artillery Wing, the 3rd Division had its own field artillery wing. Mountain artillery brigades and armored vehicle squadrons and other heavy fire equipment.

If he hadn't occupied Nanjing and seized most of the weapons and equipment of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, Leng Feng really wouldn't have the confidence to fight against the two powerful field divisions of the Japanese Army in Nanjing.

Even so, the National Salvation Division is still at a disadvantage, and can only rely on geographical advantages and people to level the disadvantages of both sides.

The efficiency of demining by the Japanese sappers was still very fast, without any interference. A brigade of engineers quickly advanced and swept out a passage 50 meters wide and 500 meters long in less than half an hour.

Of course, there is still a long way to go before the forward position of the National Salvation Division.

"The Japanese army is already 1,500 meters away from our army's position!"

"Probe, report!"

"Yes!"

"It seems that it won't be long before the Japanese army can attack." Leng Feng raised his left hand. After looking at the time, at 5:08 a.m., in half an hour, it is estimated that the Japanese army will be able to enter the firing range of the forward position.

The minefield is arranged close to the position of the National Salvation Division, which is relatively dense, after all, once the battle starts, it is impossible for the Japanese sappers to lay mines so leisurely.

"Tell the front line that once the Japanese are in firing range, the heavy machine gunners will give me a shot aimed at the Japanese sappers."

"We shot first, didn't that expose the point of fire?"

"If they use the method of blasting and demining, then the mine array we set up in front of the position will have no effect, expose one or two fire points, and kill their sappers, we will still make money, so they will easily not dare to go to the minefield to charge." Leng Feng explained.

"It makes sense, tell the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Youcai, and let him command flexibly."

"When it comes to fighting, I want to reiterate a discipline, commanders do not wait to leave their command posts easily, especially commanders at and above the battalion level, and those who leave their posts without authorization will be found and dealt with if they are discovered." Leng Feng raised his head solemnly and said seriously.

Major General Katayama seemed to be very satisfied with the speed of the sappers' demining, and ordered the infantry to come closer, pressing up step by step, and the field heavy artillery wing at Kirin Gate behind had also removed its gun jackets, adjusted its gun positions, and waited for orders.

Asada Yatamoro Nakasa was in his headquarters, ordered the orderlies to make him a cup of good coffee, sat on the marching horse with Erlang's legs crossed, and took a small sip, and a pair of eyes flashed a beast-like cold light from time to time under the round lenses.

"Captain, the phone has been connected!"

"Got it, put the phone in front of me!" Asada smiled slightly and commanded.

"Hay!"

Tick Bell Bell ......

"Moximosi, Hay!"

Xiuxiu......

The orange-red trajectory pierced the sky, brutal and gorgeous.

On the forward position, hearing this piercing scream, the experienced veterans immediately pulled the recruits around them to the nearby anti-artillery holes, the old with the new, and the chaos was orderly.

Shells rained down, there was a violent explosion on the forward position, and the soldiers on the position barely had a chance to raise their heads.

The last 800 meters!

Japanese sappers began blasting demining, and a series of explosions sounded in front of the position with a dozen rockets.

"Machine gunners, quick, Japanese sappers!"

At the forward position, Leng Feng personally inspected it. And the design excavated a large number of underground bunkers, and at this time, the design mouth of the bunker was pushed open.

Lined up, four light and heavy machine guns spewed out four tongues of fire.

The Japanese sappers who rushed to the front to blast and clear the mines were completely defenseless, and they were suddenly beaten like gourds all over the ground, screaming incessantly. Heavy casualties.

"Baga, the people of China actually built an underground fire fortress in such a short period of time?" Major General Katayama jumped up from his maza in shock.

In order to speed up the demining, he sent almost all the sappers he brought, and this one photo, a squadron of sappers was almost lost.

Without sappers, how can he clear mines?

Is it possible to let your soldiers charge through the minefield?

"Artillery, blast out the heavy machine gun bunker of the Chinese army for me!" Major General Katayama ordered.

Six Type 94 90-mm light mortars lined up in front of the position, loaded, fired!

Dodo......

Boom...... A violent explosion exploded over the underground bunker. The shooting inside came to an abrupt halt.

The charging Japanese troops suddenly shouted!

Of course, the shelling of the positions of the National Salvation Division by the Japanese heavy artillery behind him did not stop, and in order to show the strength of the artillery of the Imperial Japan, Asada Nakasa also extended the barrage attack on the walled position of the National Salvation Division!

Hundreds of pounds of shells fell, exploded violently, and the ground could explode at least four or five deep craters, and a violent vibration came, and the whole city of Nanjing trembled. Shake.

"Deputy Commander Leng. It's not safe here, so you might as well go back to Headquarters. "The fortified positions were ravaged by Japanese shells. . It's even more dilapidated than before.

Although Ju Youlin's headquarters was reinforced, when a shell came down, violent vibrations came, and the reinforced steel bars made an unbearable sound.

Although the probability of two shells falling at the same point is very low, if there is really another shell, Ju Youlin's command may really blow up.

"It's fine. The devils haven't reached the city wall yet, what are you afraid of, the first round of shelling will not last long, twenty minutes at most, so don't be afraid, brothers. If you want to believe in the anti-artillery holes we built, we have used all the reinforced concrete left by the Japanese in Nanjing, and we can't stop their shells? ”

Although it was only less than two days, at the first moment of occupying Nanjing City, Leng Feng began to build the fortifications of Nanjing City, of course, there was no time for systematic planning and demonstration, but fortunately, he had an understanding of the inside and outside of Nanjing City before this, plus Qiu Qingquan, an engineer, and Zhou Xue, an expert in the city fortress group.

Three stinkers, one Zhuge Liang on top, Nanjing's city fortifications are more beautiful than in the past, that is definitely not good, there is no need for façade work, and there is no time.

But as far as the fortifications are concerned, it is definitely much harder than before, and if it weren't for the rush of time, it is estimated that it could have been done better.

There is one point, that is, Leng Feng has no shortage of labor in his hands, and as soon as he heard that he was going to defend the city and repair the fortifications, the young people in the safety zone all signed up with a roar.

Of course, these people were also the last to evacuate to Jiangbei, and many of them died under the bombing of Japanese planes.

The fortifications in the city are still being repaired, of course, some are not visible on the ground, and the use of the civil air defense fortifications and underground pipe network system in the city will transform Nanjing into an underground city that can be freely connected.

Of course, this is unrealistic, because the time is too short, and if Leng Feng had been allowed to command the defense of Nanjing, the cost of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing would have been more than that.

The longer the battle dragged on on the city walls, the more prepared the street fighting work became, and the greater the damage that could be inflicted on the Japanese army!

The quality of the Japanese army is indeed very powerful, under the field war, the Japanese army is indeed one of the few strong armies in this era, some people have commented that if Japan is armed with German equipment, maybe the results of World War II may have to be rewritten.

The Japanese army's will to fight and individual combat ability do have something that you have to admire, of course, their cruelty and cold-bloodedness are to be spurned.

The ballistics in the sky are still cruel and beautiful, the masonry and tiles on the ground are constantly being blown apart, thrown into the sky by air waves, and occasionally stumps and broken arms can be seen.

War is brutal and irrational.

If it were not for the resistance to aggression, who would want to suffer such great destruction and ravages in their homeland, their own city. What about it?

There is no way for man to be free and dignified!

If you don't even want freedom and dignity, then what's the point of living in this world, and those who want to enslave others will eventually be spurned by history.

"I'm standing here, don't worry, the bullets and shells that kill me in this world haven't been made yet!" Leng Feng gently brushed away the dust on the map on the table and said calmly.

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief!"

"I said, just stand here and see how you beat these **** little devils in front of me back!"

"Yes, beat the **** little devil back!" An angry roar erupted from within the Command!

The shelling did not end, and began to extend deep into the city, but fortunately, the people in the city were almost evacuated, and all the institutions that could go underground were also put underground.

The Japanese shells were nothing more than bombing the city worse and more broken.

It doesn't matter, it's broken, it's broken, later we rebuild, and we will build better and more beautiful cities, the backbone of the Chinese will never grovel to the invaders.

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief, the cannonade has stopped!" Suddenly, the feeling of the ground shaking was gone, and the sound of the explosion was no longer audible, and I thought it was an auditory hallucination, but later I realized that the sound of the cannon had really stopped.

"Tell the front line that the Japanese army is coming, and you must be calm and don't panic." Leng Feng calmly ordered.

"Yes!"

"Lao Ju, I know, I'm here with you, and you're uncomfortable, so I'd better go back."

"Deputy Commander Leng, what are you talking about, with you sitting here, my heart has been set a lot, who doesn't know that you are the Dinghai Divine Needle of our National Salvation Division?" Ju Youlin said with a smile.

"I'm still going to have the Poseidon Needle, I still have a bunch of things over there, I'll leave it to you here, I'm leaving." Leng Feng beckoned, "Wei Quan, let's go." ”

Guo Weiquan pursed his lips and smiled, his own official's aura was too great, and in this city wall headquarters, everyone respected his opinion, which made Ju Youlin, the city wall commander, a little at a loss.

Leng Feng also saw that Ju Youlin's ability was there, and if he always gave orders by himself, there would be nothing to do with him.

Leng Feng still trusts Ju Youlin's ability, not to mention that with Liang Dong's assistance, he can also rest assured that he will deal with other things.

In fact, Leng Feng still wants to personally command the offensive and defensive battles of the city wall, but his identity is different now, and his position is different, and some things cannot be ignored.

Outside the Zhongshan Gate, a large brigade of the Japanese army set up a charging formation and launched an assault on the forward position!

The earth-shattering shouts resounded in the sky.

A tragic bloody battle of attack and defense is inevitable.

"Chief, the Japanese heavy artillery position has been determined, and the location is in the ......"

"Immediately inform Xie Zaoshi to give me the heavy artillery position of the Japanese army!" Leng Feng ordered heavily.

"Yes!"

The little devil has suffered so many losses, and the problem of underestimating the enemy has not changed, do you really think that if you put the artillery position in the back, you will not be able to find it?

The Yaksha task force originally had an important skill, which was to detect and guide artillery behind enemy lines to destroy important targets of the opposing side, and this heavy artillery position was an important target.

After the Japanese attacked, they didn't immediately move their positions, wasn't this waiting to be bombed?

(To be continued.) )