At this time, the Japanese army suffered repeated defeats, and the high-level leaders had already realized the coming crisis, and while stepping up their efforts to find an opportunity to stop the advance army, they mobilized a large army to gather in Xuzhou. After abandoning Nanjing, Shanghai was lost, followed by Yangzhou. After urgent consultations, the base camp believed that only in a decisive battle on the battlefield in Xuzhou and the defeat of the advance army in one fell swoop could there be a chance to turn the tables, otherwise, all the gains obtained would be in vain, and if it was not done well, it would be defeated.

Therefore, at the same time as the army was mobilized, through Qingdao, materials and ammunition rushed to Xuzhou in a steady stream, and the troops contracted their defenses and prepared for the big battle in Xuzhou.

And the Matsui Division of Tiangu and the 16th Division of Nakajima Imago are both mature troops, especially the Matsui Division of Tiangu, whose combat effectiveness is quite strong, and they are catching up with the former 16th Division.

At this time, their two divisions had already begun to evacuate and moved closer to Xuzhou, reducing the drawbacks of too long supply lines and not concentrating troops, and avoiding being broken by the advance army.

The 36th and 37th Divisions were also in the ranks of the evacuation, but the evacuation was in the second echelon, and they were to stay behind to block the enemy in Yangzhou. Speaking of which, it's not much different from an outcast.

The commander of the 36th Division, Lieutenant General Mai Lingnan, was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the moment Tiangu gave the order, he began to deploy the evacuation steps.

Lieutenant General Kenyoshi Hirata of the 37th Division was also preparing for evacuation. Now that the base camp has given up on Gaoyou, then they are sent to death if they stay here.

Dong Ku didn't know about this, he didn't want the Japanese army to take away too much baggage. Gaoyou belongs to a wealthy place, there, the Japanese army is estimated to rob no less good things, and even the items in Yangzhou, Dong Ku is estimated to have been taken away by the Matsui division and brought to Gaoyou.

After the order to attack was given. Lao Zhao's troops went straight to Taizhou County, passing through Yancheng County, while Qu Jungang led the army straight to Gaoyou. Liu Haisong, as the second echelon, cultivates his voice. Most of his recruits were up to the task.

Although Liu Haisong was unwilling, he couldn't help it. can only secretly exert strength and improve combat effectiveness as soon as possible, so that he can fight the main attack during the battle of Xuzhou.

Qu Jungang took nearly 400 trucks, pulling more than 6,000 people and artillery, anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and 50 self-propelled guns, all of which were 200 calibers.

The 36th and 37th Divisions knew that the enemy troops had moved into the Fairy Temple. It was only about 70 kilometers away from them, so when the Matsui Division and the 16th Division were all evacuated, at the moment when it was dark, they ordered the troops to change their defenses, so that the Taiwan Infantry Brigade, the 1st Brigade of the puppet Jing'an Army, the puppet Li Chunshan Brigade, and the 1st North Korean Mixed Brigade that had just been reinforced. Took over the defensive positions in front of Gaoyou, they. After dinner, he began to retreat to Huai'an County.

The Japanese army had already seen the change of guards, but they didn't know the reason for it, and when they saw that there were still quite a few people in the forward positions, they couldn't figure out the key to it.

Qu Jungang went all the way without stopping, building six bridges along the way. In less than three hours, we arrived at Cheluo Town, which is more than ten kilometers away from Gaoyou.

About five kilometers away from Cheluo Town, Qu Jungang's convoy turned off its lights and moved slowly. Feel the spot provided by the scout in front.

It is a flat, cobblestone beach less than three kilometres from the town of Cheluo, which is conducive to artillery erection. Qu Jun had just chosen this place as an artillery position.

In the tent that was quickly erected, he looked at the map sent by the reconnaissance team, looked at the Japanese defense line that stretched for several kilometers, and found that there were no mountains and high ground to hold onto, and there were trenches of one color.

"Hey, hey! That's it for the little devils! ”

Looking at the map, Qu Jun was just happy, and then ordered: "Start shooting on the erection of the position, follow the assault convoy, and turn on the headlights when you reach the front of the position!" ”

Following his order, the trucks ready to attack lined up first, starting with two anti-aircraft machine guns, which were ready to be scrapped. It was followed by a slitch of anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns, and more than a dozen fighters were sitting in the carriage.

The artillery position was quickly erected, and in less than 20 minutes, the erection was completed. The self-propelled artillery formed a second line of positions a kilometer ahead, and the muzzles of the guns were slowly raised.

"Position 1 is ready!"

"Position No. 2 is ready......"

As the ready-to-go reports sounded, all the artillery was set up, and the elements were set.

Qu Jun just shouted in the voice of the various departments ready: "Open the cannon!" The assault convoy is off! ”

Rumble!

On the river beach, there was a loud bang, and the pebbles on the ground shook and shook. The firelight, spewing out a few meters away, illuminates everything around it.

The puppet army that changed the defense did not know that the Japanese army had withdrawn and was still guarding the position, and they did not expect the enemy to arrive so soon.

A Taiwanese puppet soldier had just unbuttoned his pants and was ready to prepare, when suddenly, he heard a rumbling roar from the sky.

What is this sound?

He looked up at the dark sky in confusion.

"Shelling!!"

"Fast forward to the bomb hole!!"

When he was stunned, someone understood what it was, and panicked shouts immediately rang out.

It's a pity that this Taiwanese soldier can't understand Korean, and although he can't understand those babbling shouts, he still feels the panic inside, and he knows that maybe the enemy is coming, and it's too late to make it convenient, so he runs to his location with his pants on.

As he ran, the cannonballs whistled down with a seeping whistling sound, and then he felt the air suddenly tighten, and then in the expansion, his consciousness entered nothingness. Until he died, he didn't know that this was the rumble of a cannonball.

Rumble!

A loud bang exploded across the position. In the flames, the puppet troops who had no time to enter the anti-artillery hole were instantly wiped out. Before the puppet soldiers who had just drilled into the anti-artillery hole had time to put down the guns and weapons in their hands, the earth shook violently, they only felt their hearts thump, their breathing was paused, and then their inner abdomen couldn't bear this violent shock, and at the moment when their ears were deaf, poof! A mouthful of blood gushed out mixed with the lobes of the lungs, and at the same time as the lights in the cave went out, one by one the wilted limps fell.

Trucks, in the shelling, rushed towards the location where the fire was flickering, booming, almost at full speed, and in the light of the fire, they sped along the road left by the shelling.

On the battlefield, the moment the firelight rose into the air and lit up the sky, it immediately boiled. Those who were not bombed, who were a little farther away, had never seen this battle, in the roar, in the violent shaking of the earth, running for their lives, or fleeing from their positions and burrowing into the anti-artillery holes.

They didn't know what kind of effect the cannon was, but they knew one thing, standing on the ground would definitely die.

The shelling was carried out in turns, and according to the coordinates observed in advance, round after round of bombardment. Under the action of the 200-caliber howitzer, ten guns with one coordinate, all living things within 200 meters could not survive, and even the puppet army three or four hundred meters away from the center of the explosion was also injured, or their ears were buzzing, and they were blown away by the shock wave in the five internal surges. I don't think I'll die, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stand up for a while.

The artillery positions of the puppet army did not even have a chance to open fire, and at the moment when the shells fell, they were not killed, and the artillery was also overturned by the shock wave, and the people were blown away like a ball.

Qu Jun just felt the huge earthquake coming from afar, he obviously felt that the power of the 200 guns was far greater than the 150 caliber, and couldn't help muttering: "It seems that there is no need to go through it a second time...... After muttering, he shouted loudly: "After the shooting of the frontline is completed, the artillery fire can be extended, and the rest will be handed over to the truck!" ”

With his order, the shelling, at the moment when the truck approached the front line, began to extend.

The soldiers on the truck did not see a single figure under the illumination of the headlights, and the entire position was in the explosion in the distance ahead, except for the corpses all over the ground, there was not a single living person.

"Get out of the car and take a look!"

A company commander shouted, jumped out of the truck first, then took out a flashlight, a shell gun in one hand, and a flashlight in the other, and followed several soldiers who came up, and went to the position.

"There's a gun hole!"

In the flashlight of a warrior's flashlight, a half-buried hole appeared in a pillar of light.

"Grenades!"

At the shout, a soldier's grenade was thrown into the hole, and then, with a bang, a puff of dust erupted, and everyone was stunned.

No one?

No screams were heard, and there seemed to be no one in the cave.

"Let's check it out, and we'll move forward in five minutes!"

The company commander shouted.

Immediately, all the fighters on the truck jumped out and, under the guns of the anti-aircraft machine guns, began to collect the positions.

On the entire position, or less than one percent, and all of them are like stupid, they can't see clearly, they can't hear, and they don't even dodge the moment the big knife looks at the neck.

"Suke, why isn't this guy speaking Japanese?"

A fighter asked after chopping off a guy's head.

"Fuck it, there are no people of your own on this position, just kill them all, it doesn't matter who he is!"

The warrior named Chainzi practiced his sword on a still moving body, cut off the half-pulled neck, muttered, and continued to look for the pant.

Why did the costumes they wore different from those of the Japanese army?

During the cleanup, someone found something different, and then, the command found it.

In the headquarters, not a single living person was gone, and all of them were shocked to death. When one of the soldiers took off the map on the wall, he suddenly saw the strange writing on the document on the table, which looked strange, so he picked it up and sent it back to the headquarters.

The shelling extended all the way forward, and in less than 20 minutes, the entire position was bombarded, and the front line of the artillery fire reached the outskirts of Gaoyou, and then the shelling stopped.

At the moment when the shelling stopped, Qu Jun had just seen the documents and maps that had been sent back.

"Korean?"

Although Qu Jungang couldn't read it, he was a native of Harbin, and he had contact with the North Korean police and puppet army, so he naturally knew that these words were in Korean.

"Not good! The Japanese ran away! ”

The moment he understood, he picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Leave one battalion to clear the battlefield, and the others rush into Gaoyou!" (To be continued......)