The main force of the Japanese infantry on the Guanmei front line is still the 6th Division of Gu Shoufu. Gu Shoufu is so bold that he defeated two tank wings and one and a half infantry wings last night, and as soon as the battle starts today, he will throw another infantry wing into it. He asked Major General Inoue Masakachi, the commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade under his command, to personally take charge of the front-line battle, while he and the chief of staff, Shimono Ichihuo Osa, nested in the communication room, and frequently contacted Yamamoto Isoroku and Yokoyama Munemori.

In Tani's plan, Yokoyama Somori's 11th Aviation Infantry Regiment and his own 23rd Infantry Wing were both bait, both of which served Yamamoto's Combined Fleet, the former would be responsible for luring Wang Hai's 1st Air Division, and the latter would attract the main infantry force of the Cadet Army, and then win the opportunity for the Combined Fleet's marines to land off the coast of southern Fujian.

Without artillery, even the tank unit is gone, and the fire preparation of the aviation unit has become the last hope of Gu Shoufu. Yokoyama Zongsheng was very cooperative, although the little devil knew that the remaining strength of the 11th Air Regiment was not enough to fight the Cadet Army during the day, but he still sent the only independent flying group. The direction of the battle was as Gu Shoufu expected, Wang Hai's 1st Air Division took off to meet the enemy, and easily drove away the 11th Air Regiment. Then the cluster of warplanes of the Combined Fleet appeared.

Wang Hai had just received a report from the ground air defense radar station in front of him, and then turned the nose of the plane, and found that the display screen of the airborne radar was densely packed with traces of devil fighters, and he used a walkie-talkie to talk to Liu Yuqing and told him: "Division Commander Liu, the big fish has been hooked!" ”

Liu Yuqing replied: "Division Commander Wang, please do your best, the Second Special Artillery Brigade is ready." Direction three. ”

"Roger!"

As soon as the defeated fighters of the 11th Air Regiment of the Japanese Army returned home, Inoue Masayoshi commanded the 23rd Infantry Wing to rush to the position of the Cadet Corps at the order of Toshio Otiya.

It was freezing cold, and the bodies of the Japanese soldiers killed on the front line of Guanmei had not yet been disposed of. The Japanese army did not dare to recklessly collect the corpses, and in terms of the Cadet Army, Jiang Guangnai and Liu Yuqing agreed that keeping the corpses of those devils could have a deterrent effect, so they only cleaned up the corpses of the devils within 200 meters before the first trench.

Nearly 6,000 devils from the five brigades stepped onto the battlefield with 38 big covers under the orders of the officers, and when they looked up, they saw the corpses of officers and soldiers who had died in battle, many of whom were mutilated, and some devils knelt on the spot and vomited, and at the same time, some people roared angrily, becoming more and more "heroic."

In the air, the carrier-based planes of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet concentrated three aircraft carriers flew toward Fuding from the southeast amid the sporadic sound of anti-aircraft artillery, densely packed like a flock of migratory birds returning from the north.

The ground battle was the first to start. Without dedicated artillery, mortars became the only long-range firepower of the Japanese army. More than thirty mortars of various calibers were concentrated by Masayoshi Inoue and began to bombard the middle of the first trench. The mortar bombardment continued, and when the Japanese troops in front were only three hundred meters from the first trench, the Japanese array dispersed, and then three armored vehicles drove out.

All three armored vehicles belonged to the command vehicle, of which two were provided by the 11th Infantry Brigade of Katsuji Imamura, and one by Inoue himself. It should have learned from the experience of last night's defeat in the battle, and the front armor of the three armored vehicles was welded with iron plates. Three armoured vehicles drove forward to form arrows, each with a cannon on it that acted as heavy fire. The infantry crowded behind the armored vehicles to form a wave attack formation. A few minutes later, amid the rumbling sound of grenade explosions, the first wave of the Japanese offensive began.

The current front-line commander of the Cadet Army is Zhu Zaiting.

The bunkers on both sides of the first trench have been repaired. These two bunkers, as well as a mobile fortress of several tanks behind the first line of trenches, were still the support points of the Cadet Army's defensive line.

Dense devils rushed in front of him, and a staff officer beside Zhu Zaiting said: "Ge Laozi, are the Japanese dogs?" I don't have a long memory! In this formation, if our artillery comes to fire rapidly, isn't it death? ”

Zhu Zaiting corrected: "It's not about sending people to death, but about exchanging people for guns." Hehe, the Japanese launched a charge in such a dense formation, which was to lure our artillery into battle. As soon as our artillery appears, the planes of the little devils will definitely concentrate on bombing. Well, as they wish. Call me! After answering the phone, he shouted: "Ma Chun, I'm Zhu Zaiting, I can shoot!" ”

In order to maximize the power of the artillery salvo and to attract sufficient attention from the Japanese Air Force, Liu Yuqing gathered the three artillery regiments together and placed them under the unified command of Ma Chun.

Ma Chun and the others re-set up their artillery positions in the early hours of this morning, and the direction of the guns was the front line of Guanmei. Ma Chunzhi said that they were likely to have only one chance to attack, and after receiving the order, without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered all artillery to be put into battle, and it was an unlimited artillery bombardment.

What does unlimited mean? It's hard to build until the cannonballs run out.

Because it was daytime, the momentum created by artillery fire was weaker than at night, at least there would not be a scene of a certain sky suddenly being reddened. However, compared with last night, because it was three artillery regiments concentrated in a salvo, the actual effect was a little better. The artillery position was only about four kilometers away from the front line of Guanmei, and dozens of artillery pieces opened fire at the same time, and Zhu Zaiting and the others could feel the ground suddenly tremble slightly. And a few seconds passed, the sound of shells breaking through the air came from behind them, and after a few more seconds, dozens of fireballs rose from the Japanese array, and the next moment, the rumbling explosions continued to sound.

Before the artillery of the Cadet Army opened fire, Inoue Masayoshi gave the order to retreat - "Withdraw!" ”

"Withdraw!" The devil officers at all levels shouted, took the lead and ran back, and as soon as they ran, the soldiers under their command were defeated like a mountain, and the speed was faster than when they launched the attack, I don't know how much - the little devil is still afraid of death. It's just that it's easy to attack, but if you want to run, you will be able to run away?

"Chief of Staff, the devil has run away!" A staff officer said to Zhu Zaiting.

Zhu Zaiting turned around and glanced at the sky behind him, and saw that two groups of fighters were flying towards the artillery position at the same time, he sneered: "If you want to run, it's not so easy!" Then he shouted into the phone: "Ma Chun, the devil wants to run, adjust the range, don't let them run!" ”

"Chief of Staff, rest assured! Prepared! Ma Chun replied.

After a few minutes, the trajectory of the shells was raised a little, and then, as if they had eyes, the shells chased after the devil. Rumbling explosions rang out one after another, one fireball after another exploded in the devil's array, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, and in just five minutes of shelling, two brigades were confessed. Then another round of air battles began.