"Fire!" With the commander's order, the artillery of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army on the west bank of the Mekong River began to bombard fiercely.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One 155mm heavy howitzer was the first to roar. Then there were 105mm light howitzer, 75mm field guns and infantry guns, dense shells flew towards the sandbanks in the Mekong River.

A series of explosions sounded, and a piece of flying sand and stones appeared on the sandbank. The entire sandbank seemed to be covered by gunpowder and fire. The fortifications built by the Japanese army stationed on the sandbank began to be destroyed one after another in the violent shelling.

Although these fortifications were painstakingly constructed by the Japanese army, in the absence of materials, civil structure fortifications could not withstand the shelling of these heavy artillery artillery.

"boom!"

A shell hit the bunker built by the Japanese army on the sandbank. Suddenly, the bunker broke into pieces in the explosion. The Japanese soldiers hiding inside also broke into pieces in the explosion with the bunker, which was very miserable.

"Damn the Chinese, do their shells cost money? They are clearly using shells to plow the land repeatedly!" Lieutenant General Yanagida Motomi said gritting his teeth.

He prepared a gang on the sandbank. He originally expected to be able to hold on the sandbank for more than two days. However, although the attack of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army had just begun, he already felt that something was wrong.

It is not for other reasons, but because the firepower of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army is too strong. This method of directly launching artillery attacks with powerful firepower undoubtedly cost the Japanese troops stationed on the sandbank an extremely heavy price. In this way, before the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army launches a real attack, the Japanese troops on the sandbank will probably be completely lost.

"Secretary Commander, what should we do? Do our artillery need to open fire?" asked Chief of Staff Colonel Kumagoro Hashimoto.

"Fire the artillery? Let's forget it." Lieutenant General Yukita Tsun shook his head directly. The entire 33rd Division had only 12 105mm howitzers, 42 74mm field artillery and 18 Type 92 infantry artillery. Such artillery fire strength is only a fraction of the huge artillery of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. Once an artillery bombing is launched, it will inevitably cause crazy revenge from the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. At that time, their artillery will inevitably lose all in the artillery battle.

Instead of losing precious artillery troops like this, it is better to wait until the infantry of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army launches an attack and shell out the infantry of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army to cause greater casualties to them as much as possible. In this way, some value can be reflected.

Colonel Hashimoto Kuroro nodded. It was indeed too big for artillery.

At this time, the plane of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army flew from a distance from the battlefield. Two squadrons of B-25 medium bombers and two squadrons of P-51b fighters attacked the sandbank.

Bombs fell from the bullet cabin. The endless explosion sounded on the sandbar. I don’t know how many Japanese troops stationed on the sandbar died in the bombing.

The P-51b fighter jets even dived from high altitude and used aviation machine guns to strafuse the Japanese troops hiding on the sandbank, further slaughtering these Japanese soldiers.

"Dadada!" A P-51b fighter jet passed through a section of the Japanese trench. Two 500-pound aviation bombs mounted under the wings had been dropped. One bomb happened to fall into the trench.

"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded. The trench was blown up all of a sudden. The Japanese army hiding in the trench had been torn to pieces.

Another P-51b fighter jet directly fired a section of trenches with an aviation machine gun. A dense bullet was fired through the trenches, and countless Japanese soldiers were hit by the aviation machine gun bullets and fell into it screaming. Some of them were even beaten into two pieces.

Under the strong firepower of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, the losses suffered by the Japanese army stationed on the sandbank can naturally be imagined.

"Baga! Damn Chinese, do they want to blow up the entire sandbank?" Colonel Kawahara Eugen, the captain of the 213th Japanese Infantry Regiment, had a ferocious face. Looking at his troops, he was constantly being killed by violent shelling and bombing, his heart seemed to be bleeding. These were all elite troops of the Japanese army! But before even the enemy was met, they were blown to death. It was not worth it.

But even so, they had no choice. Now, they were like living targets on sandbanks, allowing the anti-Japanese and national salvation army artillery and planes to bombard the cannons and planes. Their own artillery can only remain silent.

"Send a telegram to the commander and ask for artillery fire support. If the artillery fire of the Chinese people cannot be suppressed, our entire regiment will be reimbursed in the artillery fire of the Chinese people." Kawahara Eu-Bing ordered.

"Yes, your wing captain." The wing chief of staff, Major Jiro Maeda, nodded.

Now, the situation of the 213th Infantry Regiment is indeed very bad. Under the fierce shelling and bombing of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, their losses are getting bigger and bigger. The morale of the troops has also been greatly affected. If this continues, the troops will probably be completely lost or even collapse.

However, the request of the 213th Japanese infantry Regiment was completely ignored. The division commander Lieutenant General Yanagida Moto-san ordered their artillery to remain silent and continue to hide in the woods on the east bank of the Mekong River. In addition, Lieutenant General Yanagida Moto-san asked Colonel Kawahara to preserve his vitality as much as possible. Once the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army launches a landing operation, it must resist the attack of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. It is best to be able to last for two days, or even longer.

After receiving such a telegram, Colonel Kawahara Eu C wanted to cry without tears. Under the intensive artillery and bombing of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, the losses of their corps were soaring. If this continues, it will probably take less than two days to kill them.

Not only the Japanese 33rd Division was attacked by the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, but also the Japanese 49th Division stationed on the southern bank of Kampong Cham, the 54th Division stationed on the western bank of Hongyu and the Independent 105th Brigade were also attacked by the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. Under the fierce artillery and bombing of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, the Japanese army could only bear it hard and had no counterattack power. It can be said that the Japanese army on the entire Mekong River defense line was suppressed by the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in terms of firepower.
Chapter completed!