As if feeling the gaze of Gan Shigetaro, on the Japanese artillery position, Yoshida Jian reported a string of numbers loudly, and then slowly raised his right hand and asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"Hay!" There was a shout from behind him, and his right hand slammed down, shouting loudly: "Release!" ”

Thirty-six field guns of 75 mm caliber roared at the same time, and in an instant, a burst of fire fell on the position of the artillery regiment of the Cadet Corps, causing a rumbling explosion.

When his own side was shelling, Wu Jingxiang took the telescope and looked at the Japanese position, and the smoke rose from the rear of the Japanese position. After shouting, he retracted himself first, and then took it with his hand and closed the top cover.

As soon as he finished doing all this, there was a crisp sound of "bang", and then there was a "boom" explosion, and the self-propelled gun that Wu Jingxiang was riding on shook violently, and he only felt that his head was hit hard, and then he was dizzy, and he couldn't help but open his mouth, and vomited in the collision sound of "squeak", "dingdong" and "clang" from the metal parts in the car. Wu Xiangjing was lucky, the driver sitting in front of him hit his head directly on the front baffle, and then fainted.

After vomiting a few times, Wu Jingxiang forced himself to calm down, picked up the microphone and shouted: "Lao Du, you organize it and fight back!" ”

Lao Du was his deputy, Lao Du was lucky, the chariot he was riding was not affected by the explosion, he immediately replied: "Yes!" Then he said, "Everyone listen to my orders, raise the muzzle of the gun by one scale, and the direction is two scales to the left, and hit!" ”

When the artillery position of the Cadet Army was flooded by artillery fire, Shigetaro Kanki squinted his eyes and picked up a telescope to look over. A smile appeared on his face at first, but the smile only lasted for a few seconds before it changed to an expression of disbelief. Although the 36 field guns accurately hit the target area, the damage caused was really unsatisfactory. The barrels of the enemy's guns, which were still hidden in the smoke of gunpowder, turned gently, and the next moment, the flames erupted neatly.

The advanced nature of self-propelled guns is reflected not only in their terrible speed of movement, but also in the frequency of their firing guns. The artillery of the Yoshida Wing had to push the cannon back into its original position every time it fired, recalibrate it, and then manually fill the shells before it could be fired again. Even the most skillful and well-coordinated artillery combinations require minutes of preparation to complete a single shot. The self-propelled guns of Wu Jingxiang's regiment are different, because they have an automatic reloading device, because they can easily adjust the firing angle through the turret, and because they are equipped with a special gripping device, there is no need to worry about changing the gun position due to recoil, so there is no problem at all in hitting the clock three or five rounds in minutes.

Neither Kanki Jutaro nor Yoshida Keichi expected that the enemy artillery would react so quickly and that the retaliatory fire would be so fierce. According to their understanding, if they can't completely destroy the enemy's artillery, they can at least cripple it with a round of rapid fire. Next, it is a process of accumulation and expansion of advantages, and your own side will have more and more numerical advantages, and will eventually gain complete control.

The 33rd Division needs this control too much, and only in this way can it suppress the infantry of the Cadet Army. Next, the special attack tactics of the Watanabe Cavalry Wing could cause damage to its tank troops.

Wu Xiangjing's counterattack was swift and sharp, and within a few minutes, more than 300 shells smashed on the position of Yoshida United. The Cadet Corps was all heavy artillery, and after this round of shelling, more than half of the 36 field guns of the Japanese army were blown up. And more than half of the soldiers were killed by the explosion - it can be said that in just one moment, Yoshida's team was crippled.

Many people in the 33rd Division saw this scene, and among them, the most hit were the 214th Wing Wing Wing Commander Ken Sato and Kentaro Watanabe. In the first round of artillery bombardment, at least one squadron of the 214th Wing's first trench was killed. If the Yoshida Wing could not contain the enemy artillery and let it bombard the infantry positions repeatedly, then this battle would not be able to be fought - as soon as he thought of this, Sato scolded indignantly: "Eight grids! Why is this happening?! He looked at the Cadet Army position opposite, his teeth almost crushed.

The artillery battle lasted only about ten minutes. After the last day, Yoshida Kenichi personally operated a field cannon to shoot at the Cadet Army, and then because the shells around him were hit and exploded, the people and the cannon were blown to pieces.

"Your Excellency, Yoshida United is gone!" A staff officer made more than one move to report to Gan Ling.

Gan Qi looked at the artillery fire that was still rising on the position of the Cadet Army, and sighed: "Planes, tanks, artillery, this used to be the killer weapon of the Imperial Army!" When did this become the strength of the Shina people?! ”

"Your Excellency, look!" The staff officer suddenly became excited.

Gan Qi turned around and looked up in the direction of his finger, and saw a string of black shadows flying from the northeast, and his face finally showed a relieved expression.

"Fighters, it's our fighters! Aviation support is coming! The young staff officer shouted. His cry infected many devils, and many people cheered. And Watanabe and Sato's faces finally glowed with blood.

At the top of Lion Gate Mountain, Feng Lanshan also saw those incoming enemy planes. His face changed slightly, and he said, "NND, this battle is difficult to fight!" ”

"Master! Look over there—" On the position of the Second Division, a staff officer pointed to the string of black shadows and said to Liu Zheliang.

Liu Zheliang looked up, his eyes glazed.

For the Japanese army in front of him, Liu Zheliang has detailed information in his hands. Therefore, when the 33rd Mountain Artillery Wing opened fire on Wu Xiangjing's troops, even though the momentum created was quite terrifying, he was not worried at all.

Not to mention that the 33rd Division only has a 75-millimeter caliber mountain artillery, even if its caliber is larger, reaching 120 millimeters, as long as it does not use special shells, it is impossible to cause much damage to Wu Xiangjing's regiment.

As it turned out, he was right in his prediction. Although the 33rd Mountain Artillery Wing won the opportunity to strike the first round of artillery fire, it was Wu Xiangjing's regiment that won the final victory.

The artillery was completely victorious, and the 33rd Division's combat strength, which was the most threatening to the 2nd Division, was eradicated, and the division was like a tiger with its teeth pulled out, and then it was only passively beaten.

There are unforeseen circumstances, and people have good and bad fortunes - Liu Zheliang was calculating how to end the battle as soon as possible, when Japanese fighters appeared. The sudden increase in this variable also made the battle of Lion Gate confusing, and at this time, Liu Zheliang did not dare to conclude that his own troops would definitely be able to win - at this stage, the air force is the king of war!