Ding Wei ordered continuously.

Organize troops immediately and launch a general attack on Shimen.

Before the general attack was launched, the most violent artillery fire was used to blow up the city wall of the stone gate and open up the passage into the city.

In fact, until now, the Japanese troops stationed in Shimen have almost suffered casualties and were seriously injured in their vitality. They are already dying. They can only resist and have no power to fight back.

The Japanese defenders only rely on the city wall of the stone gate and some solid fortifications to support them until now.

The Eighth Route Army's mortars have limited destructive power against the city walls and strong fortifications. Even the 120mm mortar's ability to attack is too weak.

However, these 75mm field guns are different. They are direct guns!

The destructive power of direct-fired cannons is much stronger than that of mortars, especially in destroying fortifications.

What kind of bunkers, artillery towers, etc., are basically accurate when one blows up.

Especially 20 field guns are on board together...

"I agree!"

Political Commissar Pan Dahe excitedly touched his hands.

Without field artillery, the 28th Regiment almost conquered the Shimen.

Now that he has a total of 20 field artillery pieces, there is absolutely no problem to take down the Shimen. He, a political commissar who doesn’t know much about military affairs, feels sure to win.

Afterwards, Pan Dahe personally led the soldiers to assist the artillery company.

Cheng Dalong gathered all the artillery company soldiers and allocated all the original mortars to each company.

From then on, his artillery battalion was only responsible for the operation of these twenty field artillery guns. They ignored all the mortars. Each company sent people to move away happily.

Ding Wei personally dispatched relevant personnel to give Cheng Dalong the foundation for forming a field artillery battalion.

Artillery is a technical army and requires certain cultural knowledge. Staff Xin was also transferred.

Staff Xin was naturally very happy.

His favorite thing is to fiddle with these cannons.

It would be satisfying to use cannons to fight the Japanese.

Soon, all the staff were in place.

Cheng Dalong conducts basic operation training.

In fact, the operation of this "Italian cannon" is really simple.

There is no possibility of misoperation. Because if it is misoperated, the shells cannot be fired and will not explode.

"preparation!"

"put!"

Cheng Dalong ordered excitedly.

In an instant, twenty field guns were fired together.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The dense shells fell on the city wall.

In an instant, the city wall was blown out one by one.

In fact, the 75mm shell explosion was not very powerful. However, the city walls of the stone gate were not particularly strong.

The Japanese army bullied the Eighth Route Army without heavy weapons and did not take the repair of the city walls seriously.

By the time they find that something is wrong, it is too late.

One by one, the shells fell down, killing the defenders on the city walls either dead or injured.

Most of the city walls were blown up one hole, then turned into a big hole, and then turned into a gap.

The "Italian Cannon" has an extremely fast launch speed. Its standard launch speed is 15 rounds per minute. If you are very skilled in the movements and have a lot of shells, you can fire 30 rounds per minute!

The artillery battalion led by Cheng Dalong is all novice, firing up to 10 shells per minute. However, twenty field artillery guns were fired together, and 200 shells per minute. Such dense artillery fire intensity immediately made the defenders of the stone gate immediately feel that the doomsday was coming. As more and more gaps were blown out on the city wall, they hurriedly asked their superiors for tactical guidance.

However, after a long time, the superiors did not respond.

It’s not that I haven’t received the telegram. It’s that I have no troops to rescue.

Okamura Yasuji was also a clever woman who couldn't cook without rice. The reinforcements it sent had not arrived yet.

The key is that if the information reported by the Shimen Guards was true and the Eighth Route Army had a large number of field artillery, he still needed to reconsider his combat plan.

If the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was really so fierce, it would be useless if reinforcements arrived.

The only way is to dispatch the air force.

However……

Who can guarantee whether the Eighth Route Army carries air defense weapons?

Originally, there were not many aircraft in Pingjin area. If the aircraft continued to suffer a lot of losses, the aviation army would definitely not be able to bear it.

Kanto Army Commander Mijiro Umezu agreed to dispatch army infantry, cavalry and artillery to reinforce the pass, but refused to mobilize the air force, because that was the greatest capital to confront the Soviets and could not be mobilized.

If even the planes were transferred, the Kwantung Army would have no way to compete with the Soviet Far East Army.

Umezu Mijiro would never agree.

so……

Okamura Yasuji shook his head.

You cannot dispatch the air force. You can only rely on ground troops to fight tenaciously.

"Baga!"

"Didn't there be heavy artillery in the Shimen?"

Suddenly, Okamura Yasuji remembered something.

Didn’t the Fifth Regiment of the Field Independent Heavy Artillery still have four 105mm heavy cannons left at the Shimen?

Why not pull it out and use it?

Four 105mm heavy cannons are also very powerful, right?

"Report……"

"No shells."

A staff officer reported carefully.

Okamura Yasuji suddenly seemed to be a deflated ball, and his heart felt bitter.

Does the Imperial Army actually have shells?

What's going on...

In fact, the Shimen defenders have been fighting for many days.

They have been able to survive until now by relying on four 105mm heavy cannons.

If these four heavy cannons were not available, the Shimen would have been broken by the Eighth Route Army long ago. After continuous fierce battles, it would be normal for the artillery shells to be exhausted.

Without shells, these heavy cannons are just decorations.

In order to prevent being captured by the Eighth Route Army, it can only be blown up on the spot.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The dense shells continued to smash.

In less than three minutes, a huge gap appeared in the densely bombed city wall.

"superior!"

"superior!"

As a forward, the eighth company took the opportunity to pounce.

The Japanese invaders began to fight back.

Field guns extended shooting.

A large number of shells fell among the Japanese invaders, exploding mass of blood mist.

All the Japanese troops in the city were fooled.

Who would have thought that the Eighth Route Army would have such brutal artillery fire!

"Comrades! Go!"

"Run!"

"Run!"
To be continued...