Gu Jiazhai, the officers and soldiers of the 306th Regiment and the 19th Brigade were nervously digging anti-tank trenches. After digging, they quickly camouflaged them. The engineer platoon was also nervously burying anti-tank mines.

From time to time, Qiu Weida would take out her pocket watch to check the time.

It was already ten o'clock in the morning, and the 1st Battalion could last for up to two hours, but Gu Jiazhai was not ready yet. The dug anti-tank trenches had not been connected in pieces, and there were not enough modified anti-tank mines. If the Japanese army suddenly appeared in the front of Gu Jiazhai at this time, Qiu Weida would not have much confidence to defend the position.

Qiu Weida had just received the exact news, and Xu Shijiu's concern eventually became a fact. Matsui Ishigen has indeed turned its focus to Luodian. With the adjustment of the Japanese army's combat center, the large-caliber field howitzers and tank troops followed. Liu Zhen's military camp had seen tanks.

However, this is how things in the world are. The more you fear, the more you will be.

The 3rd battalion commander Hu Hao ran from the front with a blood man on his back, screaming like a pig while running: "Ruan, Wudoujing has fallen, the 1st battalion has been finished, Deputy Liu's rank has also died for the country, the 1st battalion has been fucked..."

Qiu Weida's heart suddenly sank. He was digging trenches, and the officers and soldiers burying the mines also raised their heads.

"Work, keep working!" Qiu Weida kicked the veteran standing beside him, and then quickly faced Hu Hao who was running towards him. When Hu Hao put down the blood man on his back, the blood man had only breathed a sigh of relief. He screamed at Qiu Weida and swallowed, but he didn't leave a last word.

Qiu Weida recognized that this bloody man was Liu Zhenwu's orderly soldier.

Qiu Weida squatted down, gently closed the bloody man's wide eyes, then stood up and said to Xu Shijiu: "Captain Xu, it seems that the little Japanese opposite is more difficult to deal with than we expected."

Qiu Weida thought the 1st Battalion could last until noon, but it was all just after 10 o'clock.

Xu Shijiu's brows also twisted into a bump and whispered: "There are more than 600 veterans in the 1st Battalion, but they haven't even been able to hold on for three hours. This is absolutely unusual. If I was not wrong, the Japanese probably had seen through our anti-aircraft tactics. If we pick them up, we can no longer defend against artillery like before, and we can only increase the depth of the position."

Hu Hao obviously had a different view and frowned and said, "The current defense depth is already very large. If the depth is increased, the interval between individual soldiers will be too large. If the interval is large, the loopholes will be large, and the firepower density will inevitably be reduced. Once the firepower density is reduced, the defense ability will inevitably be reduced..."

"That's better than letting the Japanese army break through the position at once!" Qiu Weida groaned and said, "What's more, you can regain troops and strengthen firepower after the Japanese army put into the infantry to launch an attack! I'm passing the order, the 2nd Battalion will immediately withdraw, and the defensive positions of the regiments' direct companies, platoons and 3rd Battalion will double the depth on the original basis."

Hu Hao had no choice but to turn around and convey the order. Qiu Weida said to Xu Shijiu again: "Captain Xu, increasing the depth of defense can certainly weaken the Japanese artillery effect, but the defense of each defense line will inevitably be weakened. If you just blindly defend yourself, you will inevitably be broken through to the position by the Japanese army, so..."

Xu Shijiu straightened his military uniform and said solemnly: "Don't worry, when it's time to counterattack, our 19th Brigade will never be vague!"

"Okay, very good." Qiu Weida patted Xu Shijiu's shoulder vigorously and said, "When the battle is over, if Gu's house has not been lost, if I, Qiu Weida, are still alive, I will definitely ask for me for you."

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Kazuchieji, despite the opposition of Kinoshita Hideyoshi and the guards, waded through Godojing barefoot.

At this time, the entire army of Liu Zhen's army, who was guarding the south bank of Wudoujing, had been destroyed. It has to be said that he still had two tricks with the old Japanese devil Zhiying Er. After seeing through the national army's anti-aircraft gun strategy, the old Japanese first bombed the surrounding cotton fields, riversides and bamboo forests, and then made intermittent artillery bombardment against the rules.

He Zhiying's tactics were undoubtedly extremely targeted. When the Japanese artillery was interrupted, the more than 600 officers and soldiers in Liu Zhen's military camp were already left. The Japanese army then threw in tanks to guide the infantry to launch a charge, and as a result, they captured Wudoujing without any effort. Liu Zhen's military camp was beaten to the end of the entire army.

After getting ashore, He Zhiyinger rolled up his trouser legs and walked into the cotton field filled with smoke like an old farmer.

At this time, teams of Japanese soldiers were cleaning the battlefield with bayonets. When they met the National Army officers and soldiers who were still breathing a breath, they would make a slap in their hearts. Occasionally, there were dying National Army wounded men who fired grenades and tried to die with the Japanese soldiers. However, there were almost no ones that could get what they wanted. It was not so easy for Japan to kill.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi caught up with her barefoot, looking at the Mianda in front of her, she seemed to have a complicated expression.

Kazuki Niu hit the ground with a saber pillar and asked Kinish Hideyoshi: "Kinisham, does this cotton field in front of you remind you of the farmland in Shizuoka Prefecture, your hometown?"

"Hai." Kinisha Hideyoshi's head lowered heavily. He did think of his hometown. To be precise, he missed home. He missed his parents and wife at home, and even more missed his children who were still in elementary school. If he could choose, Kinisha Hideyoshi really wanted to return to Shizuoka Prefecture and stay with his relatives regardless of everything.

The little Japanese were not inhumane from the beginning. Their human nature was lost little by little during the invasion of China. After they captured Nanjing, they became completely beasts.

Kazuki Kazuki looked up and took a deep breath. The air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, but it also had the fragrance of soil and grass. This reminded him of the fields in his hometown of Gifu Prefecture. The rice fields, the fragrance of rice, and the breeze blew by, the waves of rice waves were so charming.

"Kishita, don't worry, this is just a trial during the rise of the empire. The Chinese are not even our opponents. They are too weak." Kazuki Kazuki breathed a long sigh and said, "It will only be three months at most. The Chinese government should surrender. Then we will be able to go back to Nagoya to reunite with our relatives."

After a brief pause, He Zhiying Er turned his gaze toward Gu Zhai and continued: "But now, let's take over Gu Jiazai first."

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At five o'clock, the Japanese army began to carry out cluster artillery bombardment on Guzhai. 36 75mm caliber mountain cannons, 36 120mm caliber field howitzers and 12 150mm caliber heavy howitzers opened fire at the same time, setting the 306th Regiment in Guzhai's defensive position to make the flames surging and the earth shaking.

However, for the 306th regiment, greater difficulties are still ahead.

Half an hour after the shelling, the heavy cruiser of the Miaogao and Atsuraki, which belonged to the 3rd Fleet of the Japanese Navy, also joined the shelling of Gu Zhai. The displacement of these two heavy cruisers exceeded 10,000 tons. The ten double-mounted 203mm caliber main guns on the ship were extremely cruel. When a high-explosive bomb was smashed, it immediately became a big pit with a diameter of dozens of meters!

In front of the large-caliber naval guns of Little Japan, not to mention the field fortifications built in a hurry, even the permanent fortifications of steel and cement structures cannot withstand it.

The only thing that is thankful is that because Qiu Weida temporarily increased the defense depth and sent more than a thousand officers and soldiers to a range of two kilometers, which greatly diluted the density of Japanese artillery fire and greatly reduced the number of casualties of the 306th Regiment. After all, Japan's industrial capacity was still unable to compare with the United States, and it could not achieve the violent effect of the Sad Ridge.

Therefore, there were actually not many officers and soldiers who were killed by shells, but there were many officers and soldiers who were killed by the sound waves or shock waves generated by shell explosions. After the Japanese artillery bombardment, there were less than two-thirds of the officers and soldiers of the 306th Regiment who were able to struggle to get up from the collapsed trenches, with about 700 people.

In addition, the 2nd Battalion, which retreated from the West Line Bridge, was blocked by Japanese artillery fire, and suffered heavy casualties. More than 500 officers and soldiers of the battalion finally retreated to Guzai alive.

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He Zhiying Er once again reached the forefront of the position.

At this time, the Japanese artillery bombardment had ended, and the smoke covering the Guzhai position had not yet dissipated, so I couldn't see the casualties of the Chinese army. However, the old Japanese devil, Hinata, still guessed the result with his rich experience in the battle formation, turned his head to Hideyoshi Kinyu behind him and said, "Kinyusan, can you guess the casualties of the Chin army?"

Kinoshita Hideyoshi shook his head honestly, he really couldn't guess this.

He Zhiying Er pulled the white tricks on his hands and smiled and said, "I guess at most one third."

Seeing Kinoshita Hideyoshi's face full of confusion, Kazuchieji said again: "Based on the caliber, quantity, rate of fire and duration of artillery fire preparation, combined with the strength of the Chinese army and the depth of defense, the casualties of the Chinese army can be judged. As for the field fortifications of the Chinese army, they can basically be ignored."

Kinishi Hideyoshi said: "So, the shelling effect seems not ideal?"

The Japanese Army and Navy poured more than 10,000 large-caliber shells into Gu Zhai, but only killed three or four hundred people. This effect is indeed unsatisfactory. If the exchange is carried out according to this ratio, the Japanese government will have exhausted resources and declared bankruptcy before two million Chinese troops are consumed.

"Of course the shelling effect will not be ideal." He Zhiying Er smiled, "Using large-caliber heavy artillery and naval naval guns to attack the field fortifications of the Chinese army. Although the single shot is powerful, the coverage density of the artillery fire is very low. Once the Chinese army expands its defense depth, the killing effect will be difficult to guarantee. The empire should innovate its tactics."

Kinishi Hideyoshi said: "How should the team leader in the wing thinks it should be reformed?"

He Zhiying Er said: "Given the plain terrain in the suburbs of Shanghai and the fragile field fortifications of the Chinese army, the empire should allocate more small-caliber shells to Shanghai, and the aviation army should also abandon heavy bombs with great power and carry more and lighter aviation bombs, which can not only save valuable strategic resources, but also increase firepower density."

Kinishi Hideyoshita said admiringly: "Captain of the United Army, you should really let the senior officials of the Army Department hear what you said."

Kazuki Kazuki said: "Kishita, in fact, I have already reported to the Army Department. If nothing unexpected happens, the senior officials of the Army Department should have seen my written report at this time."

Kinishi Hideyoshi said: "I hope these bureaucrats can listen to the correct opinions."
Chapter completed!