Soon, the tank guns of the Eighth Route Army also fired at the target.

More than 1,200 cannons, all in unison with a vengeful roar.

1,000 artillery pieces and more than 250 tanks turned the front of the Japanese defense line on the south side of Baoding, which was more than 40 miles wide, into a sea of fire.

The citizens of the southern suburbs of Baoding were stupefied by the earth-shattering spectacle of war, with their houses shaking and dust pouring down in strong sound waves.

The beams and pillars of the house creaked, as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

The overwhelming smoke of gunpowder made the noon sky dull.

On the positions of the Japanese army and the puppet army, most of the devils and puppet troops hid in the anti-artillery holes, as well as in the positions in the rear.

But at this time, these devils and puppet soldiers were all shocked when they listened to the overwhelming explosions that were like thunder.

The devils and puppet soldiers on the forward position were shocked and lost their hearing in the continuous loud noise without any intermission.

In particular, the Japanese artillery, the Japanese artillerymen with a little combat experience, looked even more frightened.

Such artillery firepower can be hit by the Eighth Road?

"Your Excellency Commander, the number of artillery pieces of the Eighth Route Army is about 1,200, and the error will not exceed 50."

The Japanese command, the commander of the 7th Heavy Artillery Wing, Masasa Okaya, said in a solemn voice.

At the beginning, the 1st Division of the Japanese Army was transferred from Manchuria to North China, and it was arrogant and domineering, so Mitsuo Nakazawa brought the 3rd Brigade of Heavy Artillery.

However, when the 1st Division passed through Beiping, Okamura Ninji intercepted the 7th Heavy Artillery Wing in Beiping.

Including 20 150-mm howitzers, as well as 10 240-mm howitzers.

This heavy artillery 7th Wing has always been regarded as a pearl in the palm of Okamura Ninji and will not be used easily.

But this time, it was a critical moment for the survival of the North China Front, and Okamura Ninji used all the resources at his disposal.

"1200 guns..."

Okamura Ninji's eyes narrowed, and there was a look of horror in his eyes.

The Eighth Route Army certainly did not use all the artillery guns of more than 75 mm caliber, and even a large number of mortars.

"Can Okaya-kun tell how many heavy cannons there are?" Lieutenant General Sue Sei asked in a deep voice with a solemn face.

Okaya Masaharu listened for a while, and then said in a deep voice with a solemn face: "General, the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 105 mm is more than 500!" ”

"Nani?"

"More than 500 heavy guns!?"

Although he had expected it in his heart, when he heard the reliable data estimated by this artillery professional, Yusue Seizan was still taken aback by this amount.

And in the hands of Okamura and Seizo Arisue, there are currently 7 artillery wings.

They are the artillery wing under the jurisdiction of the five B divisions, the 7th heavy artillery wing directly under the front army, and the reorganized 108th artillery wing.

In addition, the infantry wings, infantry mixed brigades, and backward mountain artillery equipped by the puppet army.

The Japanese army and the puppet army have more than 75 mm barrel guns, about 300.

Compared with the current National Army units and the previous Eighth Route Army units, the number of artillery pieces of the Japanese artillery can be called luxurious.

But compared with the artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, what is the difference between the artillery firepower of the Japanese army and the name Hanako?

The firepower of the 150 heavy guns of the Eighth Route Army is comparable to the firepower of all your artillery guns combined.

What do you compare to the Eighth Route Army?

The firepower of both sides is not at all an order of magnitude.

"Your Excellency General, did you order the 6th Division to fly and dispatch fighters and bombers to destroy the heavy artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army?"

Seizo asked.

Looking at the artillery bombardment of this formation of the Eighth Route Army, it must have been the artillery grouped together in wings and brigades to shell the anti-tank cone area of the Japanese army.

At this time, the dispatch of fighters and bombers will definitely be able to take out some of the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

Even if it can't be wiped out, it can still make the Eighth Route Army lose some heavy artillery.

Kill the spirit of the Eighth Route Army, so as to reduce the pressure of the Japanese army to be attacked in the front.

Although the 6th Flying Division has already killed a fighter team and a bomber team on the Jinju battlefield, the main force of the main flight division is still there.

"The 6th Flying Division can't move for the time being."

Okamura Ninji waved his hand expressionlessly and rejected Seizo Arisue's suggestion.

Since the Eighth Route Army dared to swagger, thousands of heavy artillery pieces were placed together to shell the Japanese anti-tank cone area.

It shows that the Eighth Route Army was not afraid of Japanese planes at all.

Maybe this is a trap, or maybe the planes of the Eighth Route Army have been hovering nearby, waiting for the Japanese planes to come and bomb the Eighth Route artillery positions, just in time to catch turtles in an urn.

Fighting against Li Yunlong and being beaten many times, Okamura Ningji, became more and more cautious in his moves.

"Hey."

There are three end essences bowing their heads.

After a pause, Arisue Seizan said again: "Your Excellency, this place is too dangerous, let's return to the city headquarters as soon as possible." ”

Okamura Ninji didn't hesitate and nodded.

After the Eighth Route Army shelled the anti-tank cone area, it would definitely extend the shelling and shell the forward positions of the Japanese army.

There is a high probability that the planes of the Eighth Route Army will also come to provide air support.

The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire and aerial bombs washed the ground very densely, and many Japanese headquarters were washed by artillery shells or aerial bombs, and were blown to pieces on the spot.

Okamura didn't want to follow in the footsteps of those Japanese commanders.

Immediately, Okamura and Arisu, along with a group of devil officers, under the protection of elite guards, walked towards the city.

Under the Japanese headquarters in Baoding City, a perfect air-raid shelter was built, and after digging deep and reinforced, it could resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army's ground-penetrating bombs.

When Okamura Ninji and Seizo Arisue returned to the castle.

The sound of the cannon still rumbled over, making Okamura Ninji and Yusue Seizo a little upset.

Originally, everything was in Okamura's plan.

In response to the attack of the Eighth Route Army, Okamura Ninji personally formulated tactics.

If the Eighth Route Army had shelled part of the anti-tank cone with shells, as Okamura Ninji and Arise Seizo had predicted, it would have smashed the anti-tank cone in this area and opened a passage for the infantry and tank units.

Then the infantry and tank crews of the Eighth Route Army attacked through this not wide passage.

Once the infantry and tanks of the Eighth Route Army attacked the positions of the Japanese and puppet armies.

Then the infantry and tanks of the Eighth Route Army will be attacked by the Japanese army and the puppet army, from the front, the left flank and the right flank.

In terms of tactics, Okamura Ninji does have a few brushes, which are more vicious and insidious than his predecessor, Tada.

But!

The Eighth Route Army used 1,200 artillery pieces to bombard all the anti-tank cones, and Okamura's tactic was useless.

Because the Eighth Route Army could attack from any position in the front of the Japanese and puppet defense lines.

Even attacking from a frontal direction more than 40 miles wide.

Yousue Jingsan said: "Your Excellency, the Eighth Route Army has used so much artillery fire to shell our anti-tank cones, which is not necessarily a bad thing for the Locust Army. ”

"There is a last gentleman, how can you say this?"

Okamura Ninji's expression moved, and he asked in a deep voice.

Yousue Jingsan said.

"Your Excellency, think about it from another angle."

"The Eighth Route Army used so much artillery to carry out a 360-degree artillery bombardment of the anti-tank cone area of the Locust Army without dead angles, which is just a waste of shells."

"According to the Eighth Route Army's method of artillery coverage, at least nearly 100,000 shells are needed to blow up all the anti-tank cones."

"I don't believe it, the shells of the Eighth Route Army fell from the sky."

The anti-tank cones built by the Japanese army, and many concrete materials, were transported from Southeast Asia.

Otherwise, after the Japanese army built so many thickened reinforced concrete turrets in Taiyuan and northwest of Jin, it would be impossible to have more concrete materials to build such a large area of anti-tank cones.

However, the Japanese army's transportation capacity was limited, and it was impossible to bring more supplies from Southeast Asia to the North China Front.

Between the choice of building bunkers, pillboxes, and anti-tank cones, Okamura Ninji chose to build anti-tank cones.

Of course, bunkers and bunkers are also built, but there are not many of them.

"It makes sense, even the armies of European and American countries cannot have unlimited ammunition, and the Eighth Route Army cannot have unlimited ammunition." Okamura nodded, feeling a little better.

At least these anti-tank cones showed their due value, consuming a large number of shells of the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura Ninji didn't dare to imagine how many casualties could be caused if these 100,000 shells, including tens of thousands of heavy artillery shells, fell on the heads of the Japanese army and the Locust Alliance.

"After the Eighth Route Army bombarded the anti-tank cone, their infantry and tank units thought that they could easily reach the forward positions of the Locust Army?"

Seizo pointed to the map and continued:

"Big mistake! In front of the positions, there are also minefields of anti-infantry mines and anti-tank mines of the Locust Army. ”

In Yusue Seizo's view, although the Japanese army did not have many anti-infantry mines and anti-tank mines, these minefields would definitely cause considerable losses to the infantry and tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

The infantry and tank crews of the Eighth Route Army would be terrified by the fear of stepping on a mine at any time during the attack.

At this moment, a staff officer hurriedly ran in:

"Report to the general, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army began to rise with a barrage of Xu Jin, shelling the minefields of the Locust Army."

When Okamura Ninji and Arisue Seizo heard this, they were stunned on the spot.

Some Japanese staff officers were even more dumbfounded.

The Eighth Route Army had to shell not only anti-tank cones, but also cover minefields with artillery fire?

How many shells do you have to waste!?

The Eighth Route Army is simply a tyrannical thing!

……

At the same time.

The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the general headquarters of the front.

"Report to the regiment commander, our artillery unit is carrying out an artillery bombardment on the enemy's suspected minefield area!"

Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.

The continuous loud sound without any interruption was like a pleasant symphony in the ears of Li Yunlong and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and people couldn't help but upturn the corners of their mouths.

Li Yunlong nodded, indicating that he understood.

He poked his head out and looked at the sky, but he didn't find the figure of the Japanese plane, and his expression was a little boring: "Okamura Ningji, this old devil is really boring, Lao Tzu lined up most of the artillery, and he didn't dare to send planes to bomb?" ”

This kind of game of gathering thousands of artillery pieces to shell the enemy, if there is no air supremacy, or the ground anti-aircraft fire pulls the hips.

Artillery positions on the ground are live targets in front of enemy aviation units.

Nearby, a radar station of the new regiment has been built to monitor the airspace within a radius of 300 kilometers.

More than 40 fighter planes took off from the Daguocun airfield in Shimen City and were ready to strike at any time.

But there is some regret that the plane of the devil did not come.

Wang Dehou smiled slightly, is the devil's plane here to deliver food?

Okamura wasn't that stupid.

Washing the floor with shells on the Japanese anti-tank cones and minefields was nothing more than a dessert for the Japanese and puppet army, and the real feast was yet to come. (End of chapter)