Tang Longzai smiled for a moment and said to Li Changwu: "Lin Fangtaro will not be able to do it in the future? Heavy artillery can bombard for such a long time." Li Changwu replied: "Military seat, the Japanese army has been bombarded with heavy artillery for a long time, and I am afraid that the front-line positions will suffer!" Tang Longzai sighed helplessly and said: "That is no way, our artillery has a limited range, and it is simply not up to the heavy artillery positions of small Japan." Now we can only hope that the 463rd Brigade will reach its position as soon as possible and end the heavy artillery positions of Little Japan from behind. By the way, did Wei Erxi send a telegram?"

Li Changwu replied: "Report to the military headquarters, the 463rd Brigade still sent a telegram yesterday evening, saying that they are still 50 kilometers away from the designated position, but the road is too poor, and it is difficult to march on foot, let alone pass through vehicles. Tang Longzai could only say when he heard what Li Changwu said: "Yes, I didn't expect this path to be so difficult to walk, and I can't blame the 463rd Brigade for this." ”

As he spoke, the bombardment of the Japanese heavy artillery in the north of the city finally stopped, Tang Longzai glanced at his watch and said: "Good guy, it's been bombing for half an hour! Let's go, Changwu go to the north gate city wall to take a look!" Li Changwu stopped and said: "Military seat, you can sit here and command, I will do it on the city wall, in case the 463rd Brigade has a telegram coming, you have to command the operation." ”

Tang Longzai thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you go to the city wall first, and report to me immediately if there is any situation." Li Changwu left the military headquarters in response and went straight to the north gate city wall with the guards. The first line of defense outside the North Gate City has been bombarded by the Japanese army's continuous heavy artillery, and there is no position at all, and even the trenches have been bombed with craters.

The Japanese heavy artillery bombardment for half an hour caused the casualties of the second battalion to reach one-third, such a large casualty was because two anti-artillery holes were directly hit by the heavy artillery and collapsed, and the two platoon fighters hidden inside were buried in the soil. Zhang Ping was also heartbroken, but now was not the time for heartache, Zhang Ping gritted his teeth and ordered the troops to enter the position.

The position had been bombed beyond recognition, and the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion had also experienced this situation many times, and the soldiers of the whole battalion had chosen a favorable position to set up their weapons, while the machine gunners seized the time to build a few sandbags to make a simple sandbag fortification and then set up the machine guns. Although the Japanese heavy artillery bombardment stopped, more than 20 small guns and heavy machine guns began to cover fire again.

Under the cover of small cannons and heavy machine guns, four chariots moved and cautiously approached the defenders' positions, followed closely by a Japanese infantry brigade. In yesterday's attack, the Japanese tank brigade was also dispatched, but they suffered considerable losses under the blows of the defenders' rocket launchers and recoilless guns, and after a day of fighting, eight light tanks were destroyed, and several tanks were also lost.

In today's attack, the tank brigade was not prepared to participate, but the captain of the brigade, Kizo Yoshimatsu, under the strict orders of Lieutenant General Yoshitaro Hayashi, still had to send eight light tanks to assist. With the precedent of being easily destroyed yesterday, the chariot is also moving cautiously today. The chariot moved forward slowly, and the infantry that followed it slowly followed.

Just as the Japanese tanks advanced to less than 300 meters from the front-line position, Zhang Ping ordered the bazookas to fire. Two bazookas, which had been prepared for a long time, fired at the same time, and two rockets and projectiles whizzed towards the two Japanese light tanks walking in front. The thin front armor of the Japanese light tank was as fragile as a piece of paper in front of the rocket and bomb, and after the rocket and projectile passed through the armor, the two light tanks exploded into fireballs.

The two light tanks in front of them were smashed into two fireballs, and the infantry behind them were blown down, and the two light tanks following behind hurriedly stopped, and then hurriedly turned around and tried to run. How could the bazooka group on the position let them run away so easily, and then two rockets and bombs rushed out.

The Japanese stood on the rear position, nervously watching the advancing chariots, Matsuyoshi Kisan Nakasa, saw that the four light tanks were beaten into four fireballs in a short period of time, and smashed their fists on the cars parked next to them in anger and urgency. At this time, Matsuyoshi Kizo Naka Saji made up his mind that he would never send a chariot up to his death again, even if Lieutenant General Yoshitaro Hayashi gave another order.

Four covering vehicles were destroyed, demoralizing the infantry who followed the vehicles. But under the orders of the officers, the infantry did not retreat and still attacked forward, but they advanced more carefully. Seeing that the Japanese had approached the area of 150 meters in front of the position, Zhang Ping ordered the troops to open fire. The light and heavy machine guns that had been deployed first began to roar, and then semi-automatic rifles joined the fire.

The Japanese troops suppressed by the dense rain of bullets all lay on the ground, and then moved forward little by little, and the small guns on the Japanese positions finally had a target, and the shells smashed towards the machine gun fire point. Ten minutes passed, and the attacking Japanese troops did not move far towards Xiao, but under the Japanese artillery fire, four heavy machine gun fire points on the defenders' positions were destroyed in a row, and two light machine guns were also damaged.

Zhang Ping saw the situation on the position clearly in the back, and saw that the machine-gun fire point had suffered a lot of losses under the Japanese artillery bombardment, so he couldn't help but grab the walkie-talkie and ask the regimental headquarters for artillery support. Li Changwu and acting brigade commander Tang Yu both went to the city, they were also paying attention to the situation on the front-line position, seeing that the Japanese army's more than 20 small cannons were very happy, Li Changwu couldn't help but snort coldly.

Turning his head, Li Changwu said to Tang Yu: "Little Japan's artillery is quite happy, it's time to give them a little bit of power." Li Changwu then said to the signal corps: "Pass my order, the division's self-propelled howitzer and artillery regiment will open fire and knock out the Japanese artillery positions!" The signal corps replied, "Yes, division!" He turned around and ran away. Soon the city was filled with the sound of rumbling cannonballs, and shells crossed the city walls and blew up patches of gunpowder smoke on the Japanese positions.

The sudden shelling caused confusion on the Japanese position, and both officers and soldiers scattered to avoid the shelling, and after a while they found that the artillery fire was only aimed at their own artillery positions, and only then did they settle down a little. In just ten minutes, more than 20 small guns of the Japanese army were completely destroyed. This artillery counterattack took Lieutenant General Yoshio by surprise, and it was then that he realized that the Chinese troops defending the city had not used all their strength in the previous blockade.

Without the cover of artillery, the attacking infantry brigade had no chance to attack in the face of the dense machine-gun fire of the defenders. After more than half an hour of confrontation, they still had to withdraw because of too many casualties. The Japanese then again used heavy artillery to carry out artillery bombardment, but this time the shelling only lasted ten minutes before it stopped, and another infantry brigade attacked below.

The two sides fought until nine o'clock in the morning, and the 2nd Battalion repelled three Japanese attacks, and its own casualties also reached half of the men, and the casualties were mainly caused by the bombardment of Japanese heavy artillery. Such a situation made Tang Yu and Qi Xuan angry and scolded their mother, but they couldn't think about it. At this time, Tang Longzai in the military headquarters of the 91st Army finally waited for a telegram from the 463rd Brigade, and Chu Zhengyang led the 882nd Regiment to advance lightly and arrived at the designated position.

Tang Longzai hurriedly called Li Changwu back to the military headquarters, looked at the map and asked Li Changwu: "The 882nd Regiment has arrived at the designated position, can you give it to him from behind the Japanese army, it is best to end the heavy artillery position of Little Japan!" Li Changwu thought for a while and replied: "Although the 882nd Regiment is only advancing lightly, its combat effectiveness will not be very weak, and I believe that they can take out the heavy artillery position of Little Japan." ”

Tang Longzai nodded and said, "Okay! I believe in your judgment, then I will give the 882nd Regiment a battle mission!" Li Changwu also nodded firmly. Soon Tang Longzai's reply was forwarded to Chu Zhengyang's hand, and Chu Zhengyang read the call seriously, and immediately called the three battalion commanders under him and the two reconnaissance team leaders of the reconnaissance brigade.

After the people arrived, Chu Zhengyang took out the forwarded telegram and said: "The military seat has an order, ordering our regiment to immediately find out the location of the Japanese heavy artillery position and eliminate the Japanese heavy artillery position as soon as possible. I have decided to resolutely carry out the orders of the military seat, do you have any comments to say?" Everyone knows the situation of the 882nd Regiment now, the soldiers are very tired after a long march, and the regiment lacks the support of heavy weapons, and only a dozen light mortars can be used to support the attack. But the pride of being a soldier made everyone say nothing.

After waiting for a while and seeing that everyone present did not speak, Chu Zhengyang continued: "Okay, everyone has no opinion, then I will give an order!" The regimental reconnaissance company cooperated with the reconnaissance group of the reconnaissance brigade to reconnoiter the location of the Japanese heavy artillery position as soon as possible, and once the specific location was known, the whole regiment attacked and eliminated the Japanese heavy artillery position at all costs. Now go back and prepare, and the reconnaissance company will move immediately. ”

Several battalion commanders returned to their units to prepare, and the reconnaissance company immediately set off with the two reconnaissance groups of the reconnaissance brigade with a small radio station. The location of the Japanese heavy artillery position is not difficult to find, as long as you look in the direction where the main force of the Japanese army is located. Sure enough, an hour later, the reconnaissance company sent back the news that it had discovered the Japanese heavy artillery position, and found out that a Japanese infantry brigade was guarding the perimeter of the heavy artillery position.

Chu Zhengyang, who received the news, breathed a sigh of relief, he was worried that the heavy artillery positions of the Japanese army were guarded by heavy soldiers, in that case, it would be nothing if he lost one of his regiments, and it would be bad if he could not complete the task assigned by the military seat. At present, there is only one infantry brigade of more than 1,000 men guarding the heavy artillery position, and there is no problem at all for a whole regiment to deal with this infantry brigade.

Chu Zhengyang immediately ordered the whole regiment to march quickly and advance to the position where the Japanese heavy artillery position was located. It was the officers and men of the first battalion who served as the vanguard. After a short rest, the 882nd Regiment began its rapid march again. An hour later, a battalion of signal soldiers ran to report to Chu Zhengyang that they had reached the periphery of the Japanese heavy artillery position. Chu Zhengyang ordered the whole regiment to stand by on the spot, and after contacting the reconnaissance company, accompanied by the commander of the reconnaissance company, he went to the front line to personally observe the situation of the Japanese army.