"Attention units!" Artillery Director Guo picked up the loudspeaker and shouted calmly.

"Position 1 received!"

"Received at Position 2!"

"Position 3 received!"

……

"The target is the Japanese position at the crossing, and adjust the shooting target by yourself! In addition, prepare nine shells, in the order of which they are fired in the order of four blasting shells, three high-explosive shells, and two smoke bombs! ”

Because several positions are scattered, the azimuth coordinates can only be adjusted by themselves. Fortunately, this time the elite of the artillery are transferred, and this little work is not a problem.

It wasn't long before there was a clicking sound on the radio.

"Position 1 is ready, please instruct!"

"Position No. 2 is ready, please instruct!"

……

"Good! Remember, withdraw when you're done. Ready, put! ”

With Director Guo's order, one shell after another roared towards the Guantai Ferry. The Japanese position, which had been calm just now, suddenly exploded like a pot, and was quickly covered by the dust and smoke of the explosion.

"One company, one on!" Under the personal leadership of Kang Jianfei, commander of the first battalion of the 33rd Brigade, the soldiers of the first company quickly rushed forward. Their target is the vacant land south of Guantai Village and north of the ferry port.

In the past, there were both Japanese fortifications and some fortifications repaired by the second battalion, which are now abandoned. Capturing this position directly threatens the ferry, greatly reducing the attack distance and attack time.

"Yaga! This group of bastards dares to take the initiative to provoke us, quickly notify the artillery to destroy the Chinese people! "The Japanese officers on the south bank were furious by the sudden shelling. They did not expect that the Chinese artillery would dare to do it under the nose of the Japanese heavy artillery, and it was a mortar that they thought was incomparably weak.

"Uday!" Due to the fact that the shooting target is marked in advance. After receiving the notification, the Japanese heavy artillery located in the rear quickly reacted. Boom Boom Boom ...... Several 150 howitzers fired at the same time, and the shells whistled through the air, fiercely and accurately smashing on several positions where the 97th Army had just opened fire.

"Onboard!" The Japanese soon raised tethered balloons on the south bank, and they couldn't help but cheer when they saw the effect of the shelling.

"Phew!" The commander of the first mortar company spat and hurriedly evacuated along the traffic trench with his subordinates. They had already left their previous positions before the Japanese shelling, so the shelling just now was blind to those eight or nine shells.

"His grandmother's, the little devil's fortifications are really strong, and the violent explosion yesterday didn't collapse!" In the south of Guantai Village, the commander of a company stretched out his hand and patted the trench, and said excitedly.

This is far away from the place where the materials were buried in Guantai Village. So it was not directly destroyed. But the remnants of the Japanese soldiers in the fortifications were all shocked to death. The Japanese did not have time to clean up the ferry after taking it, and the soldiers had to move the corpses aside with a gloomy face.

Battalion Commander Kang looked around for a moment and said, "Let the brothers move quickly, and be sure to take full control of this place before the Japanese army reacts." Be prepared to be counterattacked by the Japanese army! ”

The commander of the first company hurriedly said: "Yes." Camp! ”

After cleaning up the corpse and some obstacles. The fighters quickly spread out inside the fortifications in small groups. Some of the personnel also infiltrated the fortifications previously built by the 2nd Battalion. That place is closer to the Guantai ferry port. Even the voices of the Japanese soldiers could be heard clearly.

A soldier secretly looked at the Japanese soldiers in front of him who were rescuing the wounded, and said in a low voice: "Squad leader, why is the little devil only shrinking at the ferry." It's so close that they don't see it occupied. ”

The squad leader observed for a while and said, "It should be that there are not enough troops!" Don't talk, immediately reinforce the fortifications, move lightly, and be fast! The camp said, the little devil will fight back if he doesn't do it! ”

In fact, there are many reasons why the Japanese army did not occupy this position, in addition to the insufficient troops, trying to lengthen the attack distance of the 97th Army is also an aspect. However, the Japanese army did not expect that the soldiers would dare to risk heavy artillery bombardment and enter such a position so close to the Guantai ferry.

A Japanese officer is looking north with a telescope, he is Masao Okamoto, the leader of the 3rd Brigade of the 15th Wing of the Japanese Army. Staff officer Ogasawara Misui persuaded: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, this place is too close to the enemy-controlled area, you better go back to the command post!" Just leave the scouts here to observe. ”

Masao Okamoto said: "Ogasawara-kun, I suspect that the Shina army has entered the blank space ahead! Otherwise, those smoke screens just now are too puzzling. ”

Ogasawara Sansui thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency is reasonable, I suggest that you immediately request tactical guidance from the field heavy artillery on the south bank. ”

Masao Okamoto nodded and said, "Yo Sai! Yours, go and ask His Excellency the Wing Commander for advice immediately! ”

Ogasawara hurriedly said, "Hay! He also gave a military salute. It stands to reason that you can't salute on the battlefield, especially when you're on the front line. But the Japanese army did not have the awareness of anti-snipers at this time, and everything was strictly in accordance with the drill code.

At this time, the senior marksman of the first company had already set his eyes on Okamoto, and he excitedly picked up his rifle, and the bullet was already loaded with a clear click.

"Li Zhenguo, what do you want to do?" At this critical moment, Camp Commander Kang suddenly shouted in a low voice behind him. Li Zhenguo was one of the first batch of high-ranking marksmen in the company platoon, and had made great contributions in the 33rd Regiment's 3rd Battalion and 9th Company, and in the battle of Changle Village.

After being upgraded to a brigade, the unit was reorganized. Many of the former company platoon high-ranking shooters were transferred to the sniper company, and Li Zhenguo was also transferred from the third battalion and the ninth company to the first battalion and one company, and is currently the most powerful sniper in the 33rd Brigade.

Li Zhenguo was startled, looked back, and saw that it was the battalion commander who came, and immediately smiled, revealing two rows of snow-white front teeth like a signboard (referring to my brother Shunyoer's style).

Camp Commander Kang was immediately knocked down by this simple smile, and said helplessly: "Didn't I explain it to you, don't expose the target!" Do you have long ears? ”

Li Zhenguo said excitedly: "Yingzuo, I, I found a devil official!" ”

Camp Commander Kang picked up the binoculars and secretly observed, just in time to see the little star on Masao Okamoto's shoulder, and said, "Yo, it's still a young man!" ”

Li Zhenguo hurriedly said: "Camp." To fight or not to fight? If you don't fight again, you won't have a chance! ”

Camp Commander Kang hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, let him go first!" ”

Li Zhenguo snorted and left in a huff. The first company commander happened to come over and greeted him, but he didn't pay attention to it, making the first company commander inexplicable.

He pointed to Li Zhenguo's back and said, "Yingzuo, what kind of donkey temper do these two poles have?" ”

Battalion Commander Kang smiled bitterly: "He found a devil official, I didn't let him fight!" ”

The commander of the first company immediately became interested and hurriedly asked, "Camp." How big is it? ”

Camp Commander Kang said with some regret: "A young man." Maybe it's the captain of the Japanese army on the other side! ”

The company commander slapped his thigh and said angrily: "Ahem, then why don't you let me fight?" Kill that enough day, it's worth it to fight our company! ”

Camp Commander Kang said angrily: "Nonsense! A captain is just like our battalion commander. You said. It is important to be the battalion commander of the devil. Or is I, the battalion commander, important? ”

The commander of the first company hurriedly smiled and said, "You are the backbone of our battalion. Of course you're important! ”

Camp Commander Kang snorted and asked again, "Tell me again, it's important that I'm alone." Or is it that the fighters of the whole company are important? ”

The first company commander hesitated for a moment and said, "It's all important, but the soldiers are more important." Without them, we wouldn't be able to fight with a bare-bones commander alone! ”

Camp Chief Kang spread his hands and said, "Isn't this over?" A young man is a fart, and he will be hacked early! ”

As he was talking, there was a sudden whistling sound in the air, and Battalion Commander Kang hurriedly shouted: "Shelling, concealment!" "As soon as the soldiers were lying on their stomachs, the shells had already smashed across the river from across the river......

The news of the shelling of the first battalion soon reached the military headquarters. Chief of Staff Zhou said anxiously: "Military seat, the first battalion may be exposed, should we organize an artillery counterattack?" "Now the field artillery unit of the 97th Army has also arrived, although it is far from being comparable with the heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army, but it also has certain countermeasures.

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly asked, "What kind of cannon does the little devil use?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou called again to inquire about the forward observation post, and said: "According to the observation of the outpost, the devils use 75-caliber mountain artillery and field artillery!" ”

Zheng Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, this should be a tentative attack by the Japanese army, don't pay attention to it." Then he asked, "Can you contact the last battalion now?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "As long as the radio station is not broken, you can contact it as soon as the shelling is over." ”

It didn't take long for the Japanese to stop after a period of heavy bombardment from across the bank. On the position in the south of Guantai Village, the commander of the first company spit out a mouthful of dirt and complained: "Yingzuo, I knew that it was better to kill that Shaozuo than to know that Dao." It's good now, I've been bombarded by devils in vain! ”

Camp Commander Kang scolded: "You know a fart! What kind of cannon was this just now? It was only a 75-caliber field gun, which could only be regarded as a tentative attack. If the little devils confirm that we are lurking here, they will have to use 150mm field artillery to bomb this place! ”

The commander of the company looked at the place where the 150-mm heavy artillery had been bombarded before, and spat with palpitations.

At the Guantai Ferry, Masao Okamoto went to the front line again to observe. Staff officer Ogasawara Sansui explained as he walked, "Your Excellency, I am really sorry. His Excellency the brigade commander said that heavy artillery shells were now very precious and that they should be saved for use at critical moments, and only agreed to use one field artillery squadron and one mountain artillery squadron. ”

Now the 14th Division did not receive supplies from the north shore as it had historically done, and artillery shells and fuel were beginning to run out. In addition, the various units of the national army were moving closer to the 14th Division in all directions, and it was impossible for the field heavy artillery units to stay near the ferry all the time.

Ogasawara asked the wing for artillery support at that time, and the wing commander Morita Fan Masasaku said, "Are you sure that there is a large army lurking in the south of Kantai Village?" ”

Ogasawara did not dare to lie, and said, "Report to Your Excellency, it is just a guess, because the Shina artillery used smoke bombs very unusually. ”

Morita Fan Zhengdasa felt that it was indeed very suspicious, but he did not dare to specialize in it, and reported it to the brigade commander, Major General Takashi Sakai.

Major General Takashi Sakai said very simply: "Yaga, is it possible that the Imperial Army has the luxury of using field heavy artillery for fire reconnaissance? ”

Morita was taken aback and didn't dare to say any more, and in the end he was only supported by a field artillery squadron. Due to the lack of firepower, Morita sent his mountain artillery squadron out of Lu, and this was the only way to bombard.

After listening to Ogasawara's explanation, Masao Okamoto waved his hand and said, "Forget it, now our army is under siege and there is a shortage of supplies. His Excellency, the commander of the division, is unwilling to break through to the north, and it is impossible to support us as fully as before. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the binoculars and looked at them for a while, and said suspiciously, "Strange, why is there no trace at all?" Is there really no army in front of you? ”

Staff officer Ogasawara said, "Your Excellency Shaozuo, why don't we send a detachment to check it out?" ”

Masao Okamoto nodded and said, "Yo Xi, hurry up!" ”

An elite detachment was quickly dispatched, and they cautiously searched and advanced northward, firing at the slightest hint of trouble. Although the speed of their advance was slow, due to the close distance between the two places, they quickly approached the position of the first company. Especially in the front class, even the devil's nose hair can be seen clearly.

Seeing the Japanese army getting closer and closer, the commander of the first company was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and said, "Camp, you should think of a way!" A class is about to be exposed! ”

Battalion Commander Kang gritted his teeth and said, "Quick, pick up the brigade headquarters, I want to ask for reinforcements!" (To be continued......)