The old devil Wuyi reacted extremely quickly.

When the shell landed, he rolled over and dismounted, but a hideous wound was cut by flying shrapnel on his face, and blood trickled out.

He rolled and climbed onto the Type 97 tank.

Although there was a Type 95 tank in front that was hit by a shell.

But it is clear that the chances of surviving in a tank are greater.

However, Matsui Tadao was not merciful, and when the shells fell, he got into the tank and closed the turret roof with his hands.

Imachu Takeshi slapped the top of the turret with righteousness, but Matsui just didn't open the tank.

He had no choice but to jump out of the tank and get under the chassis to avoid the gunfire.

At this time, in the field of vision of Tadao Matsui and Takeyoshi Manaka.

Dense shells rained down, one after the other, and the smoke of the explosion had just risen, and the next round of shells rained down like raindrops.

At least thousands of shells fell on the heads of the Japanese troops every minute.

The rate of fire of the M1 American mountain gun is 5 rounds per minute, and 84 guns are 420 rounds.

But.

The rate of fire of the M2 mortar can reach 18-35 rounds, a total of more than 200 mortars, according to 25 rounds per minute per gun, that is 5000 rounds.

This means that more than 5,000 shells fall on the heads of devils every minute.

At this time, Tadao Matsui and Takeyoshi Manaka, who had experienced a hundred battles, couldn't help but be shocked when they looked at the density of the shelling.

Such a dense shelling, was it caused by the Eighth Road?

Even if all the mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars and grenadiers of the entire 2nd Guards Division were combined, it would not have been possible to inflict such an artillery bombardment.

Artillery fire cover.

Tadao Matsui suddenly thought of a word.

However, in front of them, more than 7,000 people from two Japanese wings were covered by artillery fire.

Is it really made up of people who have never seen the world, called Hanako, who use inferior weapons, are extremely short of ammunition, and each soldier can't fit ten bullets to shoot out of the dirt?

Tadao Matsui expressed skepticism.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander?"

The chief of staff, who served as the driver in the tank, shouted anxiously.

Your Excellency Wing Commander won't be stupefied, will you?

"Huh?"

Tadao Matsui came back to his senses.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, what now?"

The chief of staff of the devil asked anxiously.

Tadao Matsui's tone was urgent: "What should I do?" Immediately call the division commander for tactical guidance, of course! ”

Whether it was the front or the rear of the tank, it was already shrouded in fire and smoke at this time, and with such a density of shelling, it was impossible to see where the eight-way shelling came from.

Even if you organize a counterattack, you don't know which direction to fight back.

The chief of staff of the devil did not dare to drive the tank around, at this time it was already all in chaos, and the tank could run over its own people as soon as the track was opened.

Such a heavy tank ran over the person, and the body directly turned into a pile of minced meat.

I just don't know how many shells there are on the Eighth Road, if there are enough shells, these two wings may be more than lucky today.

Add 1 search wing and it should be 3 wings.

"Call the division headquarters, call the division headquarters!"

Inside the tank, the combat staff officer picked up the radio intercom and called in a hurried tone.

At the same time, in the village of Shangwu, the headquarters of the 2nd Guards Division.

Although they were five or six kilometers apart, the sound of artillery still rumbled over, and the explosion was like a muffled thunder but it was endless.

At first, Kunomura Momoyo and Nakazawa Shouichi thought it was thundering, but it wasn't until the continuous sound of artillery came that their faces changed dramatically.

The two battle-hardened old devils could already tell from the sound of the cannon that there were at least thousands of shells exploding every minute.

Such intensive shelling was definitely not carried out by the 2nd and 3rd wings.

There may be only one.

The 2nd and 3rd wings were ambushed by eight ways!

"Commander of the reporting division, Matsui Daizuo wants to talk to you!"

The communications staff officer turned around and stood up and bowed his head to report.

Kunomura Momoyo walked quickly to the table, picked up the receiver microphone, and said in a deep voice: "Moxi Moxi, I am the commander of the division." ”

As soon as his words fell, the anxious voice of Tadao Matsui sounded in his ears: "Your Excellency the division commander, the 3rd Wing and the 4th Wing have been shelled, ask for tactical guidance, ask for tactical guidance!" ”

"Matsui-kun, I know you're in a hurry, don't be in a hurry yet."

Kunomura Momoyo said in a deep voice: "Where is the artillery position of the Eighth Road, and how many cannons are there?" ”

Tadao Matsui said anxiously: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I... I don't know where the artillery positions of the Eighth Route are, the shells seem to be coming from all directions, and as for the number of Eighth Route cannons, I'm afraid there are no less than 500 guns! ”

"Nani, 500 doors?" Momoyo Kunomura almost blurted out, "This can't be!" ”

Matsui Tadao said: "Your Excellency the division commander, I have no intention of arguing with you, but my eyes have turned into a sea of fire, ask for tactical guidance!" ”

Kunomura Momoyo said in a cold tone: "Then you can't stop in place, you can only eat cannonballs in place!" ”

"Matsui-kun, I order you to choose a direction and lead the soldiers to attack!"

"I will order the 5th Wing to support you as soon as possible, and the Mountain Artillery Wing will also arrive as soon as possible!"

"Hey!" Tadao Matsui had no choice but to respond.

Immediately, Goto Juro Osa's voice rang out on the radio again, and the content of the report was exactly the same as that of Tadao Matsui, asking for tactical guidance.

After hanging up the call, Kunomura Momoyo angrily scolded Baga.

Chief of Staff Zhongze Province said on the side: "Division commander, the Eighth Road is quite bearable, so many places that can be ambushed, I actually chose to start when I was about to arrive at the arsenal." ”

Kunomura Momoyo's eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone was hurried: "Nakazawa-kun, immediately order the 5th Wing to rush to the 3rd Wing and the 4th Wing." ”

"Order the division headquarters and the mountain artillery wing to move forward immediately."

"At the same time, immediately report the situation here to Commander Shinozuka and apply for air reinforcement to destroy the positions of the Eighth Road."

The old devil already smelled something unusual.

"Hey!" Nakazawa bowed his head, turned around, first radioed orders to the 5th Wing, and then drafted a telegram to send to the headquarters of the First Army.

Immediately, he ordered the mountain artillery wing and the division headquarters to move forward immediately.

……

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

"Report, Lieutenant General Nagano of the 2nd Guards Division is in an emergency!"

The communications staff officer walked in and reported to Hideyoshi Kusuyama and Yoshio Shinozuka while bowing their heads.

Yoshio Shinozuka stared at the map: "Read! ”

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer took the telegram and read it: "The 2nd Guards Division, the Search Wing, the 3rd Wing, and the 4th Wing advanced to the Huojiazhuang area, 3 kilometers west of the Eighth Route Arsenal, and was attacked by 500 guns of the Eighth Route Artillery Force, and the Eighth Route Artillery was fierce, and the 5th Wing was speeding up to help, requesting the headquarters to dispatch aviation to destroy the Eighth Route Artillery Position, and assist the 2nd Guards Division to conquer the Eighth Route Arsenal, which was carried by His Majesty the Emperor and the Imperial Japanese Army!" ”

"Nani? 500 cannons? Shinozuka Yoshiboy's face shrank suddenly, his tone unbelievable.

He took the telegram from the communications staff officer, read it himself, and made sure that it was 500 cannons, not 50 cannons.

"How is it possible that there are 500 cannons on the Eighth Road?"

Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "Most of them should be mortars, and it is estimated that there are not so many, the production line of mortars in the Eighth Route Arsenal has been in operation for almost 3 months, and I estimate that there will be no problem with 300 mortars." ”

"What surprised me was that the Eighth Route did not send these mortars, but concentrated the 60mm mortars supporting the company and platoon level."

"According to intelligence, the production of eight-way artillery shells has also increased significantly."

"Even if the Eighth Route Arsenal is taken, I'm afraid the casualties of the 2nd Guards Division will not be small this time."

Whether it was Yoshio Shinozuka or Hideyoshi Kusuyama, they didn't realize that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had returned to help, and the three wings of the 2nd Guards Division had already entered the pocket formation set up by Li Yunlong.

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "According to what Lieutenant General Kuno said, immediately order the 8th Flying Squadron to divide half of the fighters and rush to the aid of the 2nd Guards Division. ”

"Hey!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi bowed his head, turned around and went to the communication room to give orders to the air force.

……

Temple top mountain.

Li Yunlong came to the ambush position of the troops.

Behind him, several guards carried low-power walkie-talkies, high-power walkie-talkies, and radio communication sets followed closely behind.

Li Yunlong raised the telescope and looked down.

Through the telescope, I saw that the canyon below was completely shrouded in fireballs and gunsmoke.

In particular, the area of the canyon road and its vicinity was the area of the key shelling of the artillery group, which had turned into a sea of fire at this time.

"Haha..."

"More than 300 artillery pieces and more than 50,000 shells, enough for the little devil to have a full meal."

The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth were high, and he said loudly.

The only thing that makes Li Yunlong a little sorry is that more than 200 of these 300 artillery pieces are 60mm mortars.

If all of them are more than 75 mm artillery, it will be even worse, tens of thousands of shells will be smashed, and most of the devils will definitely be killed or wounded.

However, even at this scale, it is the richest battle Li Yunlong has fought so far.

Meanwhile.

Nearly 20,000 commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army were watching the devils being bombarded.

At the headquarters of the 1st Attack Group, Ding Dawei said loudly: "Happy, really fucking happy." ”

At the headquarters of the 2nd Attack Group, Kong Jie's whole face smiled into a chrysanthemum: "It's enjoyable, it's enjoyable, this battle is enjoyable!" ”

Kong Jie's partner, the political commissar of the Independent Regiment, also spoke in an uplifting tone: "The scene of more than 300 artillery shelling at the same time, it is really the first time I have seen it, it is hard to imagine that this is our Eighth Route Army shelling devils, this was half a year ago, I couldn't think of it." ”

At the headquarters of the 3rd Attack Group, Cheng Shifa had an expression of enjoyment on his face: "Haha... Covered by artillery fire, this battle is comfortable! ”

The political commissar of the 772nd regiment was full of shock: "My God, this movement is really big. ”

……

Zhang Dabiao carried a ghost-headed machete on his back.

He was covered with grenades and an M40 submachine gun on his chest, armed to the teeth.

The eyes are extremely sharp.

He bowed down and came to Li Yunlong's side: "Commander-in-chief, don't you want to attack generally, according to this bombing method, the devils are almost dead." ”

"What's the hurry?" Li Yunlong glared at Zhang Dabiao, "Let's let the cannonballs fly for a while, we don't lack these cannonballs now." ”

"You kid will fight in the future, and you must learn a little bit, and when you fight, you will first cover the enemy with artillery fire."

"Kill a few more enemies, and our fighters will be able to sacrifice a few less."

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao straightened up, and immediately looked at the canyon below.

"Commander-in-Chief!" Huang Erhu lowered his body and came to Li Yunlong's side, and Zhang Dabiao hurriedly gave up his position.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the special forces of the Sword Squadron report that the devils of the 1st Wing in Nangou Village have moved and are rushing towards the battlefield here."

"Good time!" Li Yunlong snorted coldly, "Huzi, bring the radio intercom." ”