The fierce shelling of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army allowed the 18th Division of the Japanese Army and the 24th Brigade to experience what is called a rain of bullets. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The heavy artillery fire almost ploughed the Japanese position, almost as if it had been ploughed with an iron plow.

Large sections of trenches were blown up, firing points were destroyed, and anti-artillery holes were blown up. The Japanese troops on the front line suffered extremely heavy casualties.

In order to inflict as many casualties as possible on the Japanese army and destroy the resistance of the Japanese army. The artillery of the 1st Infantry Division of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army kept firing fiercely, as if the shells were simply running out.

On the artillery positions, the artillerymen had long since taken off their sweat-soaked clothes and carried the shells shirtless. Many people are already sweating profusely. But even so, no one screamed tiredness or bitterness.

"Brothers, work hard! If we fire one more shell and kill one more day* ourselves, perhaps our infantry will be able to pay a little less casualties when they attack. It would be great if we could blow up all of them. The commander of an artillery company shouted encouragement to his men.

"Yes, sir! Blow up those little days. The artillerymen shouted loudly.

In the sky, the P-51B fighters were still circling, and while they were guiding the artillery to the targets of the shelling, and occasionally after finding valuable targets, they even launched direct attacks, inflicting more casualties on the Japanese with aviation machine guns.

Sun Changwu, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, stayed on a mound and observed the effect of the shelling with a telescope. Watching the shells explode on the Japanese position, the smoke of the explosion filled the air, he was very shocked.

I think that at the beginning, when he was in the expeditionary force, he was just a small battalion commander. There are only a few hundred people under his command, and the weapons used are only the weapons that the Americans have eliminated. When fighting with the Japanese themselves, they had to huddle in the trenches and endure the enemy's shelling and bombardment.

However, it has only been a few months, and everything has changed. He has now become a division commander with more than 18,000 men. The weapons equipped by the troops are even more shotguns for guns, which are many times more powerful than when the expeditionary force was at the beginning. And the enemy, who once seemed to be a formidable enemy, has now been beaten with a complete temper.

"Order the infantry regiments, get ready. When the shelling is over, it's time for them to play. We have spent so many shells, it would be a shame if they could not defeat the Japanese themselves in one fell swoop. Sun Changwu ordered.

With the support of the Americans, they can fight and not care about the supply of ammunition at all. It is precisely because of this that Qin Shou has the confidence to let an infantry division smash a broken division and a brigade of the Japanese army.

"Yes, Commander." The herald immediately went to deliver the order.

Compared to the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, it is waiting for the end of the shelling and then launching an offensive. The soldiers of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Homarin and the 24th Brigade of the Independent Brigade can be said to be living like a year.

Their soldiers were struggling to hold on under the heavy shelling of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army. Homarin is just a small border town. The area of the town is not large. Therefore, the Japanese army could only build defensive positions outside the town. Due to the rush of time, coupled with the lack of materials. This made the Japanese fortifications not very strong at all. And this also made the Japanese army suffer extremely heavy losses in the fierce shelling of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, the troops at the front have suffered extremely heavy losses. The frontal line defended by the 55th and 56th Wings was subjected to heavy shelling by the Chinese people, and the fortifications were almost completely destroyed. The casualties of the troops were even greater. Bai Jia Ximing Dazuo reported.

These two wings were originally missing a brigade of wings. In addition, in the previous battle, a lot of losses have been lost. These two wings, each of which is only more than 2,000 people.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, my three brigades have also suffered extremely heavy losses." Major General Jiro Ichida, commander of the 24th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, also said. In the defense line of the front, the 18th Division was responsible for a section, and the 24th Brigade was also responsible for a section.

It's just that the troops they defended have suffered heavy losses under the fierce shelling of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

"Damn the Shina people, why do they have so many shells?" Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya was also a little stunned, it was the first time he had encountered such a style of play. Since eight o'clock in the morning, the artillery of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has been firing, and now it is ten o'clock in the morning. However, the shelling did not end.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, those people have the support of the Americans, so naturally they don't have to worry about running out of ammunition." Yasuo Mitsuhashi said.

Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The Americans have a lot of money, and with the power of one country alone, they can support the consumption of the entire anti-fascist alliance. Even if Japan occupies most of China and the entire South Seas, there is no way to compare with it!

"Let the warriors on the front line, hold your ground. The shelling of the people of China cannot go on forever. When their shelling is over, they will always attack. ”

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." The crowd replied. It's just that they don't know how many people will be left on their front line when the shelling of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army stops.

Little by little, it was 12 noon.

The shelling of the 1st Infantry Division of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army finally stopped. When the order to stop the shelling was given, countless artillerymen sat on the ground, and they were about to be paralyzed from exhaustion.

"Order the infantry regiments, attack!" Sun Changwu did not give Ri* himself time to rest, and directly gave the order for the infantry to attack.

The infantrymen, who had already eaten lunch and had rested, launched an attack.

In order to break through the Japanese defenses in one fell swoop and defeat them. This time, Sun Changwu threw the three main infantry regiments into the attack, leaving only the reconnaissance battalion, tank battalion, and baggage battalion as reserves.

"Attack!"

Countless soldiers of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army jumped out of their positions and attacked the Japanese positions. Behind them, mortars and Type 92 infantry guns were ready. As soon as the attacking troops on the front line were stopped, they would immediately open fire and provide them with artillery support.

The dozens of M3 light tanks equipped by the tank battalion, when they arrived here from Morey, broke down quite a bit, and only a little more than half of them remained. The tankers were undergoing overhauls, so in the first round of the attack, there was no time to invest. (To be continued.) )