Ten minutes...... With just two cigarettes, the artillery regiment used up five tons of shells in this limited time.

The smoke of bullet casings piled up, the soldiers sweated bare-chested, no one complained, and their hearts only felt extremely happy.

"It's time... Herald! The elevation angle of each gun position was raised by three degrees, and the fire was intermittent! Li Liansheng closed his pocket watch and immediately instructed the soldiers, preparing to extend the firepower, and the official attack was about to begin.

For the Japanese, these short ten minutes were as difficult to endure as a hundred years, and their artillery was completely suppressed by the other side, and they did not dare to make a fart at all, so they could only be bombarded with their heads stubborn.

The Japanese soldiers hurriedly came out of the tunnels of the bunker one after another, and the devastated positions and countless stumps and broken arms came into their eyes, the smoke of gunpowder that had not yet dissipated choked their mouths and noses, the trenches were covered with mangled corpses, and some wounded soldiers who were seriously wounded but not dead were screaming bitterly at the top of their throats.

In order not to affect the battle, the little devil threw the corpses out of the trench very quickly, and the wounded soldiers could only hastily carry them to the tunnel and carry out simple bandaging.

"Quickly arm, drag out the heavy machine guns and infantry guns, move faster!"

A Japanese soldier drew his katana and shouted loudly with a red face, the grim situation made him anxious. Everybody knows... Now is the time when it is most fatal.

The enemy had suffered heavy losses from carpet bombardment and artillery salvos, and in the past hour his brigade had lost nearly five hundred casualties alone.

"Captain! The chariot of the Chinese people! ”

Hearing the soldiers' shouts, Nakasa hurriedly leaned on the sandbags and poked out, only to see a loud noise ahead, and dozens of tanks and armored vehicles were rushing towards the position with billowing smoke.

"Rapid-fire guns! Hurry up and mount the 37 rapid-fire gun! Nakasa was so nervous that his voice changed, and he hurriedly beckoned the soldiers to set up defenses.

The only effective weapon of the Japanese army against armored fighting vehicles on the position was the 94-type 37 anti-aircraft gun, and it was difficult to cause much damage to other 92 infantry guns and mortars, otherwise they could only rush under the tank track with the explosive bag.

At this time, the four Sherman tanks were in the lead, followed by a large number of half-track armored vehicles and the assault soldiers accompanying them.

Although it was not possible to move at full speed due to the terrain, the assault armored convoy continued to advance in an orderly manner with the cooperation of the infantry.

The little devil hurriedly moved out the heavy weapon, and the position destroyed by artillery fire was instantly full of people, and countless heads lay on the trenches, trying to wait for the enemy to approach and deal a heavy blow.

Shout......

"Get cover! Anti-artillery! ”

The tense atmosphere slowly spread in the trenches, and the little devils held their breath and hurriedly restrained, and before they could get used to the atmosphere, "hail" began to fall in the sky again

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Mortars and all kinds of self-aiming guns were the best weapons to cover infantry and tank assaults, and the fire units of the battalion companies began to move forward at the first wave of artillery battalion shelling, and at this moment the strike fire network had already been deployed in a favorable position.

Countless shells fell in unison, and the position was once again flying sand and rocks, and the little devils were so beaten by this sudden artillery attack that they couldn't raise their heads, but at this moment they could only choose to resist hard, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable when the enemy broke through the defensive line.

Yuan Li, who was wearing a chariot leather hat, was halfway on the top of the tank turret, and was using a telescope to observe the situation ahead, and visually checked that they had entered the range of the Japanese army at this moment.

He immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted decisively: "Attention to all car crews, close the hatch, machine gunner fire cover!" ”

With a bang, the turret hatch was slammed shut, and Yuan Li sat in the commander's observation position, while not forgetting to touch the old sugar below with his hand.

"Jelly Beans, keep a constant speed with the armored convoy, pay attention to dodging the artillery, my anti-defense artillery must have aimed at us, little devil."

"Got the battalion commander."

The Japanese laid out a large number of deep pits and barbed wire, which were originally used as excellent defenses to hold out the infantry, but were relentlessly crushed by the tanks and fighting vehicles into a pile of rags.

"Five!"

Rumble!

Several Type 94 Type 37 rapid-fire guns took the lead in attacking, and tracer bullets flew towards the tank convoy at great speed with dazzling fire.

The rapid-fire guns had straight ballistics, and the shells accurately hit the four Sherman tanks led by Yuan Li.

There was a loud bang, and the crew in the tank felt a huge force coming from outside, and the entire body was shaking, if it weren't for the protection of the fur hat on their heads, everyone would have a blue nose and swollen face.

However, the 37-caliber shells clearly did not pose a threat to Sherman, and the shells grazed the armor and left only a slightly dented charred crater on it.

The Japanese artillery fire also began to exert its power, constantly causing problems in the way of the armored convoy, the smoke and explosions forced the speed of the convoy to plummet, and the infantry following the chariot could only bury their heads and use the hull to avoid the shells as much as possible.

"His grandmother's, the little devil is quite accurate!" Yuan Li shook his somewhat painful head, and immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie and ordered:

"The tank formation slows down, the armored car group returns fire, give me a roll call!"

Although the SDKFZ 251 armored vehicle has strengthened protection and firepower, its armor less than 20mm thick is still difficult to withstand the fire of the anti-aircraft guns compared to the real steel monster, and it will definitely suffer greater losses if the anti-aircraft guns are not cleared first.

Twenty half-track armored vehicles equipped with 75mm anti-tank direct-aim guns slowly stopped, and the gunners hurriedly adjusted their angles and aimed at the exposed fire points on the Japanese positions.

Splatter! Splatter! Splatter...

…… Shout... Shout...

The dull sound of firing came and went, and 20 armored vehicles opened fire one after another, and the distance between the two sides was only 500 meters.

Because of the limited space, the half-track armored vehicle artillery unit had only three gunners to operate, but all of them were skilled technical veterans.

Gun opening, bolt loading, resetting... As soon as the hot shell was withdrawn, a new shell was quickly stuffed into the chamber, and the three people in the car moved skillfully, and the cramped space did not affect their full firepower in the slightest.

With this wave of barrage covered, the little devil's position exploded again. Each half-track armored vehicle carried 20 fixed-loading explosive shells, and the power of the PAK40 anti-tank gun's 46 times the diameter was terrifying.

As long as the Japanese army's half-sunken anti-aircraft guns were hit, they basically flew into the sky with their cannons

Against the fortresses scattered around the position, the gunners replaced armor-piercing shells one by one, and the seemingly strong fortification group completely turned into a grave dug by the little devils under absolute fire ...

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