September 6th, 8:50 am.

Forty giant cannons have taken off their cannon suits in the artillery brigade position more than ten kilometers north of Xinkou. The black muzzle faces the direction of Xinkou. Nearly two thousand artillery soldiers from the first regiment of the Artillery brigade have been ready for combat...

The commander of the artillery brigade, Wang Daquan, had read the watch several times. The commander of the division, Zhang Yunfei, ordered the artillery brigade to start shelling at exactly 8 o'clock in the morning and all the shells were fired within two hours.

As early as an hour ago, Wang Daquan had to check the number of shells, with more than 11,000 shells. At the normal speed of two shells being fired per minute, he could not complete the tasks assigned by the division commander in two hours. He could only rely on the soldiers to add fuel and perform extremely well.

Finally it was exactly eight o'clock, and the artillery brigade's artillery began the first round of test firing. This time the shooting was much less difficult than last time. The Japanese defensive positions more than ten kilometers away were too large. The artillery could hit the Japanese positions with their eyes closed.

Therefore, after the first round of test shooting, there was basically no need to adjust the design parameters. The soldiers immediately started the next shooting. After a while, the guns in the entire artillery position roared, and a deafening sound came from afar.

The artillery soldiers in the artillery position had already worn earplugs, otherwise such loud noises on the position would be unbearable even for well-trained veterans.

Because the task is arduous today, the soldiers load and fire guns at the fastest speed. Each gun, the twelve soldiers operated. Although it was very busy, it seemed orderly.

Zhang Yunfei had already arrived there early on in the front-line observation position, and used a telescope to observe the Japanese positions a few kilometers away. Zhang Yunfei had excellent eyesight. If he passed the telescope, he could see clearly the situation of the Japanese opposite.

The Japanese's position was filled with smoke and fires soaring into the sky. Every shell was blown up with large pieces of soil. The soil was mixed with the Japanese's broken limbs and broken arms and guns and debris. It flew far away. A huge deep pit appeared where the shells exploded.

Zhang Yunfei clearly saw that a huge machine gun bunker with a diameter of more than twenty meters on the Japanese position was hit by a shell directly on it. The civil-structured bunker suddenly became ashes, leaving a large pit on the ground. It was not obvious that a few seconds ago, there was a large bunker here.

The Japanese dug neatly and neatly, and under such fierce shelling, they were already beyond recognition and in a mess.

Japanese Xinkou Position Command

The two division commanders and several brigade commanders were already sitting there with ugly faces. The fierce shelling of the Eighth Route Army across the opposite side was no longer able to hold on.

A Japanese brigade commander stood respectfully in front of the two division commanders and prayed: "Secretary Commander, please let the soldiers on the front line retreat. The artillery fire of the Chinese army opposite is too fierce. If this continues, all the soldiers on the position will die. Please." After that, he bent down deeply and bowed.

The two division commanders of the Japanese devils also had a serious expression and were in a dilemma. If tens of thousands of Imperial Warriors stationed at the position withdraw from the position, what should the Eighth Route Army take the opportunity to pursue it? In that case, the Eighth Route Army will break through the defensive position they have worked hard to build without any effort.

If the tens of thousands of Imperial Warriors stationed at the position did not withdraw from the position, the Chinese army's artillery bombardment would be too fierce. It has been almost thirty minutes since then, and there is no sign of stopping. Many of the Imperial Warriors stationed at the position were broken under the fierce shelling.

Seeing that the two division commanders were unsure of their minds, a brigade commander next to him carefully suggested: "Secretary Commander, we might as well send a unit to sneak around and attack the artillery positions of the Chinese army."

"Idiot, you didn't see that there were 50,000 or 60,000 infantry soldiers on the opposite Chinese army. How can we attack the enemy if there are so many people protecting them?" Hearing the bad idea of ​​the brigade commander, one of the Japanese division commanders was furious and immediately scolded him.

Seeing the division commander furious, the Japanese brigade commander who had just made the suggestion immediately stood at the sight and bent down, shouting "Hi, hey, the division commander, wisely."

Just when the two Japanese division commanders were helpless, a Japanese major rushed in and panickedly reported loudly: "Two division commanders, the Chinese army opposite began to extend their shelling."

When the two Japanese division commanders heard this, their faces changed and they immediately walked out of the command center. The other brigade commanders followed closely. The group of Japanese soldiers came to a nearby high ground, took a telescope and began to observe their defensive positions, and found that the Chinese artillery had really begun to extend the artillery. The frontier positions that had been bombarded by several rounds were already in a mess.

Seeing this scene, the two suddenly felt powerless. One of the divisions hurriedly said to several brigade commanders next to them: "Send a message to Taiyuan quickly and request tactical guidance."

Upon hearing this, one of the brigade commanders immediately returned to the command center and ordered the correspondents to send a report to Taiyuan.

Shanxi, Taiyuan

A few days ago, the commander of the Japanese First Army, Kiyoshi Katsuki, had been anxious and uneasy. He has been unable to sleep these days. The crow's feet at the corners of his eyes have become deeper and the bags in his eyes have become more obvious.

Since a few days ago, Zhang Yunfei led tens of thousands of troops to the south, Xiangyue Qingsi has been in a hurry. Zhang Yunfei didn't stay in Datong well, so why did he go south with so many troops? Could it be that he wants to fight Taiyuan?

However, later, from Zhang Yunfei's troops stopping and not rushing to attack, it can be seen that they should not be coming to attack Taiyuan, but Guan Xiangyue Qingsi had never guessed Zhang Yunfei's specific purpose.

Because she didn't know the specific purpose of Zhang Yunfei's dispatch of troops this time, Xiangyue Qingsi became anxious and restless. The military strategy says: know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles, but she is becoming increasingly unable to see through Zhang Yunfei and is less and less understanding.

Just as Xiangyueqing Department was thinking about it in the command office, a Japanese correspondent soldier walked quickly to Xiangyueqing Department with a telegram in his hand, stood attentively and saluted: "Your Excellency Commander, Xinkou called. At 8 o'clock this morning, he was violently bombarded by a large-caliber howitzer group from Zhang Yunfei's army, with heavy casualties, so he asked for tactical guidance."

Large caliber howitzer group? Baga, how could the Chinese army have large caliber howitzer group? Although Zhang Yunfei's army had a large number of artillery in the past, they were all small caliber Type 92 infantry guns. How could there be large caliber howitzers this time?

Xiangyue Qingshi pondered for a long time in the office before saying to the communications corps: "Order the Taiyuan Airport will immediately dispatch the air force to support Xinkou and bomb the artillery positions in China."

"Hi", the Japanese communication soldier immediately put his feet together, stood attentively to salute, then turned around and hurriedly sent a report to Taiyuan Airport.


Chapter completed!