The reaction of the advance force in Harbin greatly exceeded the expectations of the Kwantung Army. The artillery bombardment had stopped in Qiqihar, so that the approaching reconnaissance planes could not find the enemy's artillery position, and the Japanese judged that the advance army had placed the direction of attack in Harbin, which was closer to Xinjing.

At the call of Ononomiyaji, the 'Umezu Mijiro', who was personally sitting in Xinjing, while moving Mukden's planes to this side, ordered the two divisions of Mukden to stop entering the pass, move towards Xinjing, and reinforce the Harbin defense line, and at the same time, let Onomiya Mijiji find a way to contain the opponent's antiaircraft artillery at all costs and create an opportunity for the bombing of the planes.

He had already seen that if the artillery of the advance army was not knocked out, the advance army would most likely break through the defensive line and tear the entire line of defense along those criss-crossing passages.

Dong Ku's movements were really a bit big, and his posture was clearly to break into the defensive line, defeat the defenders in one fell swoop, and swing Xinjing.

And Dong Ku did exactly this kind of action, if the Japanese army really didn't come back and didn't put all his energy into fighting him in this war of attrition, he would wave his army to Xinjing, and if he couldn't get in, he would scare the Kwantung Army to death. And once he breaks through the defensive line, he will encircle the Japanese army in Lao Zhao's place, and the army can really take Xinjing if it advances south, even if there is no aircraft support.

At this time, the Japanese position was in pain, and the dense shell covering and firing was good, affecting them at a depth of less than two or three meters, but the opponent's ineffective shot at a fixed point directly shook the soldiers close to the front line to death, making the transportation of corpses in the tunnel a problem, and several blowers responsible for exchanging air were damaged, making the air in the dusty tunnel dirty.

Even so, they did not dare not approach the front line, did not dare not guard the machine guns, in case the other side blew up the tunnel, they really did not have the confidence to block the other side's fierce attack.

Dong Ku didn't have to wait fifteen minutes. Another batch of bombers flew in. This time, the formation of bombers and attack aircraft was always loitering around the perimeter, that is, not close to the area where smoke clouds were floating in the distance, and it was obvious that the enemy had broken through in one fell swoop after waiting for the consumption of shells here to open the gap. Destroy positions.

Hearing the report of the fighters on the listening machine, the enemy plane was not in front, Dong Ku ordered: "Attack the troops!" ”

As Junko conveyed the order, the four companies in charge of the attack, which had already approached, quickly rushed to the position under the cover of the crater when the Japanese artillery fire weakened.

"The enemy is attacking!!"

The Japanese soldiers, who were dizzy from the distant explosion, still saw the attacking figure flashing in the smoke of gunpowder, shouting, and the machine gun clicked.

As soon as the machine guns rang out, the attacking fighters lay down in the craters. No longer moves.

As they lay on their stomachs, there was a whimper, followed by a loud sound of the earth shaking, and as the earth shook, twenty or thirty tongues of fire disappeared.

"Withdraw!"

At the same time as the air wave rolled, the soldiers who were constipated four or five miles away retreated one after another, leaving the lying position at a speed of 100 meters, when the second explosion came. He had returned to his previous hiding place and lay down.

They just got down on their stomachs. In a dense whistling sound, Japanese artillery shells fell overwhelmingly, covering the entire position and the front line, and there were hundreds of artillery bombardments.

The situation was the same with the four offensive lines, and only a second or two after the fighters retreated, the shells flew over.

"Knock out these positions!!"

Dong Ku calmly ordered.

And with it. Quickly calculate the opponent's trajectory and find three targets that can be attacked, and then the waiting cannon begins to set the elements and reload. With a loud roar, the projectiles flew through the rain of shells flying from the opponent and swooped straight towards the three targets.

Rumble!!

There was an earth-shattering bang, and less than ten kilometers in the distance, three huge fireballs wrapped in thick smoke rose into the sky, and the earth shook, and the ground of three thirty 120 cannons and 220 howitzers there was destroyed, and the effective fire caused the shells of the position to detonate, leveling that piece to the ground.

"Continue to bombard the front line, or the original route! Attack troops ready! ”

Dong Ku ordered at the moment when the explosion sounded.

"Do a good job of guarding the second line of defense, and continue to stick to the first line of defense!"

Onomiya ordered with a gloomy face, ready to abandon the first line of defense. He is also calculating, if he can't do it, he will abandon the first line of defense, use the hidden six 120 cannon and 220 howitzer positions to eliminate the enemy rushing up, and love that first line of defense to blow up completely.

But in this way, the other side will not be able to stand, and they will not want to reoccupy it, and after there is no cover, it will become a buffer zone, and it will be convenient for the enemy's artillery to move forward again.

Dong Ku's shelling forced Onomiya to make all kinds of preparations, and after the three nearby artillery positions were destroyed, the Japanese long-range 105 cannon heavy artillery began to roar again, and the shells fell behind the positions of the advance army's shelling, blocking the possible charge.

After the planes in the sky circled for a few minutes, they could not resist Onomiyaji's urging, and some of the attack planes began to reduce their altitude, trying to see if the other side reacted to intercept.

Unfortunately, after they lowered their altitude, they found that there were still smoke clouds in the distance, and it was obvious that the entire airspace was blocked by them.

After receiving the report from "Ogasawara Shuo", he did not give the order to attack, but ordered all the planes to return, and gave Ono Miyaji a direct order by phone, telling him to hold out for five hours no matter what, no matter how heavy the losses were, and wait for all the planes in Mukden to arrive before attacking. And reinforcements, already on the way.

When Dong Ku received the withdrawal of the enemy plane, he pondered it and ordered: "Open up four more offensive routes, and then open after opening!" ”

With his order, the mountain and field artillery, which covered the attack, also stopped shelling and joined the ranks of opening a line of charge.

In the bursts of explosions, the Japanese positions were in flames, and the sight there was almost zero, and although the Japanese troops below were not killed by the small-caliber shells of the mountain artillery, they were also dizzy and frightened, and they opened fire regardless of it.

Hearing the sound of dense gunfire from the opposite position, Dong Kuzhi said that the Japanese army was a little overwhelmed.

After firing a group of guns one at a time, they did not wait for the area to be covered by the Japanese long-range artillery fire, and then turned the muzzles of the guns and continued to open up the charging route.

At the moment when the artillery bombardment was intensive, the Japanese army could no longer care about hiding and tucking away, and it was able to reach this side from a distance, and in the absence of 105 cannons, all the artillery positions that could not reach 15 kilometers were fired, and the dense shells poured down, covering the entire forward position of the Japanese army, and there was no difference.

"Oh yes! I knew that I wouldn't waste shells to blow up the barbed wire......"

Junko looked at the fire in the distance and muttered quietly.

"Stop shelling!"

Dong Ku ordered the shelling to be stopped when the enemy was roughly in full swing.

After the shelling on this side stopped, the observer quickly calculated the impact point and the sound of the shells flying, and estimated the position of the enemy's artillery positions.

Soon, several positions were marked one by one, but unfortunately, a dozen artillery positions could not reach any of them. If there is no place to put the anti-aircraft artillery position in the Qiannuo position, not to mention, the enemy will be able to reach him, and it will not be the situation that Dong Ku wants.

The Japanese bombardment lasted for more than ten minutes, and after the shelling stopped here, it slowly stopped.

The Japanese had just weakened their firepower, and Dong Ku again ordered the artillery to be fired.

So, one morning, Dong Ku and the Japanese army launched rounds of artillery bombardment, and the shells were also consumed in truckloads and vehicles. At this time, it is the strength of the real competition and the logistics and transportation of the competition.

Junko looked at the flickering fire in the distance and asked puzzledly: "Captain, we are completely sure to rush into the position, why don't we attack, but always feint?" Is it just to consume the opponent's shells? ”

Dong Ku glanced at Shunzi, who was a little breathless, and said patiently: "Since our move is to contain the enemy, then, the other party's consumption is several times ours, so that the artillery shells transported to the Guannai will be reduced, no more, three consecutive days of bombardment, this position has been abandoned without seizing, and the other party can't afford to consume ammunition alone." The most important thing is to make the other side feel that we mean to attack, and if they don't transfer all the planes in the afternoon, then we will really attack until we advance to the vicinity of their new capital. ”

"Oh......"

Junzi understood, Dong Ku was still worried about eating the planes of the opponent's defense and consuming their air power.

He understands that the production speed and cost of aircraft are countless times that of artillery, and the cost of anti-aircraft artillery is lower, and if it is used to exchange for the opponent's aircraft, it will directly hurt the opponent's roots.

The intensive bombardment on Dong Ku's side, Lao Zhao's there has been no movement since the shelling stopped. He knew Dong Ku's plan, and he also knew that after Lu Dao knocked out the other party's plane, the situation would change.

It's just that neither of them thought that the plane that consumed Mukden and Xinjing would hurt the Japanese at the root and change the situation, but it was not the result they wanted.

Onomiya 2 also gritted his teeth in the intensive bombardment, all the shells of 105 heavy artillery and 120 cannon and 220 howitzers kept coming over, according to the order of the command, using shells to reduce the upper and outer parts of the soldiers, and using shells to block the opponent's footsteps, preparing for the upcoming destruction battle.

At the same time, we are stepping up preparations for the upcoming big war. In the tunnel, the Japanese army was nervously busy, enduring violent shocks in the loud roar, and kept busy. As long as it wasn't a potent shot overhead, they could resist.

Dong Ku and Junzi didn't realize that the crisis was coming, and they didn't expect the Japanese army to think of a way to deal with their position.

In Xinjing, all the planes had been gathered, and with the exception of the more than 200 planes in Terauchi Shouichi, they had concentrated almost all the planes in Manchuria in Harbin, ready to destroy the opponent's position in one fell swoop.

As time passed quickly, in the midst of the artillery battle, noon passed quietly.

"Ogasawara Shuo" heard that it was ready, waved his hand and ordered: "The plane is divided into seven groups, each group is ten minutes apart, take off!" (To be continued......)