According to the information provided by the reconnaissance team earlier, the remaining Japanese division stationed in the town still retains a certain number of artillery troops. If these artillery troops are not solved, the large troops will inevitably be hit by Japanese artillery fire when attacking.

As the saying goes, "New soldiers are afraid of artillery, and veterans are afraid of machine guns." If you want to capture the town at the minimum cost, Hu Biao must first solve the artillery in the hands of the Japanese army. Only in this way can the 51st Army be fully utilized when the general attack is launched later.

Although the task force and the prisoner-of-war camp will still act as the main attacking force to launch an attack on the Japanese army in the town. However, in order to reduce casualties, Hu Biao must make full use of the 51st Army that cooperates with the cooperation to let it share the pressure on the offensive.

For Hu Biao and the officers and soldiers of the task force, if the plan goes well, this should be their last battle in Anhui Province. Whether to fight or not actually have much to do with Hu Biao. But for the 51st Army, they cannot retreat.

If the main force of the 13th Division still stays in the town and does not leave, they will sooner or later launch an attack on the Lu'an City, which is stationed by the 51st Army. This also means that the Japanese army stationed in the town is a time bomb for the 51st Army.

And tonight is their chance to dismantle this time bomb. If the Japanese army can successfully defeat the town, I believe that the 51st Army will no longer be threatened by the Japanese army in a short period of time and will also preserve more strength.

Seeing the Japanese in the town start to launch artillery counterattacks, Yu Xuezhong, who was by Hu Biao, also smiled and said, "Brother Hu, you sent troops to launch a feint attack to attract Japanese artillery soldiers, right?"

"Indeed! If you want to capture the town, you must first destroy the Japanese artillery. If you don't solve these artillery, our attacking troops will be very casualties when the general attack is true. However, the Japanese still have a hand!"

"What's the solution?"

When Yu Xuezhong heard what Hu Biao said, he asked curiously, and Hu Biao quickly said: "According to what I know, the Japanese in the town still have a certain number of heavy artillery in their hands, and they have not been used yet!

Most of the artillery used by the Japanese at this moment were infantry artillery and a small number of mountain artillery. It seems that the Japanese commander did not want to easily expose their artillery positions. It seems that it is necessary to add more fire!"

After saying this, Hu Biao called Tian Tiezhu to explain it, a group of artillery soldiers on standby approached the town again under the cover of infantry. After setting up artillery artillery, they quickly launched artillery attacks on the Japanese army in the city.

Xu Sandao and others, who were suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire, saw the artillery fire coming from behind, and smiled and said, "Order the troops to continue to attack! Be careful, you must disperse the attack and dig more individual bunkers!"

During the attack, many of the officers and soldiers of the task force responsible for the feint attack were secretly digging individual pits. As these individual pits were dug out, the combat team members also had a simple defensive bunker.

When fighting against the Japanese defensive town, the combat team members are safer and more advantageous. If you really have to put the machine gun on the open space, it will be easily attacked by Japanese devils. It will undoubtedly be more convenient to have a bunker pit.

The officers and soldiers of the guard regiment who cooperated to fight looked at the combat team members who dug holes and said unexpectedly: "Do you still bring shovels when you are fighting? What's the use of digging such a small pit?"

"This is a single-soldier pit, so it's safer to lie in the pit. Even if the Japanese cannonballs fall, as long as they don't fall into the pit, they won't be injured by shrapnel when they lie inside. Having a single-soldier pit means having a defensive bunker, do you understand?"

In fact, every combat member of the task force is equipped with an engineer shovel. Hu Biao, who came from later generations, knew very well that this engineer shovel seemed to have no power, but it could play a significant role in the battlefield.

Especially for troops like the task force, which may need to build defense or ambush fortifications at any time. Carry a engineer shovel with you and can excavate fortifications anytime and anywhere. In contrast, many anti-Japanese war troops rarely prepare this.

Sometimes when I arrive at the battlefield, I temporarily want to dig fortifications or reinforce fortifications, but I find that I have no equipment at all. It is really a unique thing to do in the task force. Digging out a single pit is a must-learn combat skill for the task force!

Seeing that the offensive troops outside the town actually carried out artillery counterattacks, many Japanese artillery soldiers who had fired the artillery before were also bombed and fled. The Japanese artillery soldiers who had not moved before immediately joined the artillery battle.

According to Hu Biao's previous instructions, the infantry artillery group and five mortars were each looking for temporary artillery positions suitable for evacuation. According to the agreed order of artillery attack, the position was quickly transferred after the five rounds of artillery attacks.

Changing artillery battle to guerrilla warfare really made the Japanese in the town tired of dealing with it. The Japanese artillery soldiers in charge of counterattack looked at the shells shot from east to west and shot, and knew that it was very difficult to wipe out the artillery outside the town.

Yu Xuezhong, who was watching the battle behind, watched the confrontation between the artillery and the Japanese artillery, said curiously: "Brother Hu, isn't the artillery confrontation more powerful? Why do you even dismantle the artillery and use it?"

"Brother, you should have heard of guerrilla warfare? Infantry can guerrilla warfare, why can't artillery? The artillery sent earlier carried very light artillery. It can retreat after a wave, which can effectively reduce casualties.

There is another intention to do this, that is, to prevent the Japanese artillery fire counterattack. In terms of the combat level of artillery, the artillery we trained is definitely not as good as the Japanese artillery. Although we don’t want to admit it, it is the truth!

Sending artillery out is more of a distraction from the Japanese in the town, allowing the Japanese to expose more artillery positions. My mountain cannons and heavy cannons have never been used, just to give the Japanese a fatal blow.

If I fire the gun first, the Japanese's heavy artillery will probably launch a counterattack soon. In order to avoid this, I must first let the Japanese expose the heavy artillery position and then cover it with artillery fire as quickly as possible."

As Hu Biao said, although the artillery trained by the National Army is much better than the ordinary anti-Japanese war forces, in terms of professionalism and practical experience, it is still not as good as the professional artillery of the Japanese division, and even the task force is not good.

If Hu Biao had used mountain cannons and heavy artillery as soon as he came up, the Japanese division artillery troops guarding the town would inevitably launch a thunderous counterattack. Without artillery assistance, it would be almost impossible to attack the town defended by heavy troops.

The infantry originally played the main character's offensive and defensive drama, which quickly evolved into an artillery battle between the enemy and us. Compared with the Japanese army in the town, most of the artillery positions were fixed, and the artillery soldiers attacked outside the town changed their artillery positions from time to time.

Many Japanese fortifications built outside the town have become the primary targets of artillery in the task force. The Japanese artillery in the town, facing the calls for help from the defense forces, had to adjust the direction and angle of some artillery.

The Ogisu Ribbing, who was staying at the command center to learn about this situation, sighed a little, "Baga! These Chinese troops are very cunning. They use this artillery harassing tactic to continuously consume our shells. Their commander is very powerful!"

"General, can we withdraw the peripheral troops to the second-line position and give up some peripheral defensive positions? In this way, our artillery squadron can suppress the Chinese army's harassing artillery and allow the mountain artillery team to preserve their strength!"

A staff officer who stayed next to Ogisu Ribing quickly gave his own advice. Ogisu Ribing still shook his head and said, "No! It's still early, we can't give up the external blocking of positions at will, as that will become very dangerous.

If we give up our peripheral positions, the Chinese army will continue to compress our living space. This small town is not large. If we shrink the defense circle and face the Chinese army's artillery fire, our casualties will be even greater."

After letting Ogisu stand up to this, a brigade commander immediately said, "General, we are fighting for consumption with the Chinese army. They came from afar, and I believe that there should not be many shells stored. Most of the artillery they used were the same as ours.

As the attacking side, they must consume more shells than us. With the ammunition we currently reserve, there should be no big problem for the time being. When the Chinese army finishes the shells they carry, they will have to engage in positional offensive and defensive battles with us!"

Although this kind of fighting method of losing both sides and fighting for consumption is a bit helpless, it is still feasible. In view of this situation, the Japanese army immediately adjusted the counterattack speed of the artillery and fought with the harassing artillery outside the city.

Hu Biao, who was in charge of command, saw that the mountain artillery troops of the Japanese in the city had been basically locked. He immediately said: "Zhuzi, notify the first mountain artillery team and shoot me hard! The second mountain artillery team will continue to stand by! Without my order, you are not allowed to attack without authorization!"

"Yes, captain!"

The mountain artillery team and the heavy artillery team, Hu Biao, were all divided into two artillery positions to deploy. This was done to prevent the Japanese army from being taken over by the Japanese artillery when they counterattacked. Since the Japanese mountain artillery had already taken action, Hu Biao naturally would not be idle.

After the scouts' calculations and analysis, the mountain cannon team has adjusted the corresponding artillery angle. If nothing unexpected happens, these shells will accurately fall on the Japanese mountain cannon position. This can also be regarded as a late-selling artillery tactic!

When the Japanese in the town saw the sound of artillery fire coming from outside the town, they looked at the shells heading straight towards the mountain cannon position. Many Japanese in the defensive positions couldn't help but worry: "Baga! The Chinese army also has mountain cannons!"

In the eyes of many Japanese, the Anti-Japanese War troops were equipped with mortars, which was relatively common. As for the Type 92 infantry cannons, most of them were seized from the battlefield. The 75-caliber mountain cannons were rarely seen in the Anti-Japanese War troops.

Unexpectedly, the troops attacking the town tonight were actually equipped with mountain cannons. Listening to the movement, it was at least the movement of more than six mountain cannons. When the shells landed on the ground and exploded, the Japanese mountain cannon positions in the town soon became in disarray.
Chapter completed!