"Nani? The Chinese are firing!?"

Shiro Yamazaki screamed, looking at the bombing point of the shell, it was obviously the power of the 75-caliber cannon.

The smoke of gunpowder slowly blew away by the wind, but the Japanese attacking team continued to move forward.

In particular, the third brigade did not pull the straggler line too wide in order to pursue speed, and the formation was relatively dense, just to run to the top of the mountain at the fastest speed.

call out……

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After a moment, there were three loud noises. This time the shells hit the center of the team directly, and seven or eight Japanese devils were blown up on the spot.

"It's over!"

"Quick! Spread away!"

The experienced Nakazo shouted loudly. He could see at a glance that the enemy's artillery was calibrating, but at this time there was no time to react more.

There was some riot in the Japanese formation. Before they could react, a scream came from the sky again...

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The overwhelming shells smashed down like meteorites from the sky, with thick smoke and chaos everywhere, covering the entire third brigade with bounces.

The Japanese in charge had no cover at all. They were instantly blown into blood and blood by shells, and the corpses were in a mess. The ground was covered with charred and broken corpses and broken figures screaming in tears.

Collecting the power of the two artillery battalions of the First and Second Regiments, 24 Bofos 75 mountain cannons began to output firepower frantically.

The 12 37 war defense cannons were also pushed to the top of the mountain and attacked the Japanese machine guns and grenade launchers at a fixed point. Rows of steel balls and high-explosion bombs kept blowing up the hot soil, and the squirming shrapnel and steel balls mercilessly pierced all the Japanese in the range.

At this time, the Third Regiment also gathered in the fun. All the artillery on the left wing position aimed the muzzle at the slope where the Japanese army was located. At Chen Jize's order, 12 75 mountain cannons roared at the same time.

The shells attacked from the side completely cut off the Japanese army's rear route that was still attacking. It was not only the shells that exploded violently, but also the mentality of the Second Battalion.

For a moment, the 233 Highland was filled with various explosions. The shells seemed to be worthless and had a very high shooting density. Countless Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces and were in great pain.

Especially the Third Battalion, which had just stepped onto the battlefield, was smashed by a heavy blow of artillery fire, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

There was no need for Yamazaki to give the order. The captain ordered the troops to retreat without hesitation and directly sold the second brigade that was still fighting fiercely on the hillside.

It's as much as you can. If you want to continue charging with such firepower, you're really ignorant. Their formation is too close and there is no way to re-form under the enemy's firepower attack. You can only retreat first.

"Brothers! Don't be polite to the Japanese anymore, beat me hard!"

Fan Xiangwu raised his arms and shouted, holding a rifle sounded like a bell, "Firebreathing Soldier! Burn it to me!"

laugh……

laugh……

More than a dozen ambushed fire-breathing soldiers jumped up, and gasoline suddenly sprayed forward under the push of compressed nitrogen, instantly burning the Japanese soldiers who were still trying to charge into turkeys!

Ahhhh!!

A shrill scream kept ringing, and the extremely hot flames were touching. The fire people began to "dance on the spot". No matter how heart-wrenching their roars, they could not relieve the bone-like pain.

"Run!"

"kill!"

The Second Regiment soldiers who had been holding them in for a long time rushed up and vented all the overly suppressed anger on these Japanese devils.

Explosions roared and gunfire sounded everywhere. The position where the gunfire had withered burst out again with dense rain of bullets. The rear path was cut off and there was no hope of support. The Japanese, who were depressed, could withstand the sudden burst of firepower. They had no other choice except to perish.

"Wing Captain?Wing Captain!"

An anxious shout rang in Yamazaki's ears, but he didn't respond and just stared ahead in shock.

The staff officer beside him woke him up and shouted impatiently: "Captain, order to retreat quickly! If you don't withdraw from the second brigade, it's over!"

"Retreat? Is there any difference between not giving orders?" Yamazaki murmured.

Now, it is not a matter of retreating just by retreating. The battlefield is full of explosions of fire, and there is no need to order anything. The third brigade, which has suffered heavy casualties, has retreated consciously.

The second troop, still halfway up the mountain, was in despair. The rear was blocked by enemy shells, so they could only retreat to their wings.

But the heavy machine guns, combat defense cannons and mortars on the top of the mountain will not reason with them. The Chinese are just trying to beat them with their butts.

It seemed as if God was against Yamazaki. Just now, the only infantry artillery on his side were transferred to the 56th Regiment to support him. Now there is no way to cover his retreat.

The second brigade retreated and died, leaving a large number of corpses on this bare mountain.

The remaining soldiers finally escaped from the enemy's firepower net, but the mountain cannon group began to extend the artillery fire, which scared Yamazaki so much that he quickly called the troops back to retreat desperately.

Who made him so confidently put his troops in such a forward position, completely exposed to the fire strike range of the artillery battalion, and deserved to be crushed by artillery shells.

The 55th Regiment was forced to retreat for 5 kilometers, and finally, under the support and cover of its own artillery corps, he escaped from the pursuit of the 24 Bofos mountain cannons.

After everything calmed down, Shiro Yamazaki was able to take a breath. After the loss of the troops was counted, the terrible casualties almost suffocated him.

More than 900 soldiers were killed in the entire regiment, and more than 800 soldiers were seriously injured and lost their combat capabilities. In just half a day, nearly half of the entire unit was injured and killed. This was a fucking fart.

When the 56th Regiment saw that his companions retreated, they did not dare to attack again. They quickly gathered the troops and stopped, retreated first and then made plans.

...

“Beebee…beebeebee…”

In the division command center, the telegraph machine received signals one after another, and the communications soldiers quickly wrote the contents of the newly received telegram on paper.

"The staff officer of the report, the Japanese have temporarily retreated. At this time, please check the battle report on the front line."

Fang Jingyao quickly came over and checked it carefully. The content of the telegram made his expression more exciting: "Haha, Xing Fuquan can do it, but he didn't expect that he would get the best start."

Liao Mingyu was still drawing a strategic planning line on the map. He couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard this. "Oh? What's the situation?"

"You can take a look at it yourself." Fang Jingyao handed over the battle report,

"Haha, this kid is not usually visible, but today I made a big splash." Liao Mingyu took a closer look. Although his words were a little surprised, his face showed an expression of excitement and praise.

Originally, Liao Mingyu did not require too much to the other three main groups except for requiring the artillery regiment to not expose firepower. He just needed to defend the position at the minimum cost and fight them as much as possible.

At noon, Long Weng and Meng Fanle had already taken a lightweight regiment to the left-wing jungle with a lightweight regiment, quietly moved the troops to the southwest of the Third regiment, hiding in the forest and waiting for an opportunity to move.

Because of the rapid march in the woods and mountains, the first regiment gave up most of its heavy weapons. All the staff had nothing but individual weapons and ammunition and three days of dry food, and the artillery battalion was even left behind the 233 Highlands.

The Japanese army's attack was very fierce, so Xing Fuquan simply used the trick. He first showed the enemy's weakness and lured the 55th Regiment to launch a large-scale attack, and then integrated the two artillery battalions together. Finally, he made the final decision at a critical moment, which severely damaged the 55th Regiment, which was ignorant of the sky and earth.

This time, even Liao Mingyu had to admire him. Such tactics test the commander's courage and the discipline of the troops.

If the shelling is too early, the tactical effect will not be achieved, and if the shelling is too late, the position will be dangerous. If you are not careful, you will lose the entire position directly.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Second Regiment were very strong in resisting pressure. Even when they were initially suppressed by Japanese artillery, they were not at all calm and kept nailing to the position.

"The 55 and 56th teams have been withdrawn. It is estimated that the Japanese now understand that these two defense lines are not so easy to shake." Fang Jingyao sorted out the messy documents on the table and preached slowly.

"Well, where are Long Wen and the others?" Liao Mingyu asked.

"Captain Long has been setting off for 5 hours and may still be marching. However, they should take the initiative to contact the division headquarters after they arrive at the predetermined position."

Fang Jingyao explained that due to distance, the division headquarters and the first regiment could no longer use a radio walkie-talkie to contact him. If you want to contact him, you can only wait for them to set up a radio station.

"Impossible, I haven't arrived after I left for five hours?"

Liao Mingyu was a little surprised and pulled a map to observe it rigorously: "The location I designated is only six or seven kilometers away from the Third Group, and it is more than 5 hours to get there."

Could it be that this kid has any unique plan, right? Liao Mingyu's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Judging from Long Wen's personality, it is very likely to do such a thing.

"Forget it, let's not care about them for now. What's going on in the open area? There was nothing wrong with the light infantry regiment of the 200th Division, right?"

Because the first regiment was transferred, there were some vacancy on the right wing of the main position. Liao Mingyu specially transferred an infantry regiment from the 200th Division at the end, which made Gao Ji people unhappy.

Now the 200th Division is arranged in the northeast, away from the entire main battlefield. If Liao Mingyu had not repeatedly assured Gao Jiren that they would be allowed to play later, the hot-tempered Commander Gao would probably not have given up.

"Haha, it's interesting to say that this 600th light infantry regiment is fighting with the Japanese army in a very good way. I specially sent someone to observe it. Although the scale of the battle was not large, they still firmly held the position."

"No way? That new recruit regiment that had never fought before actually blocked the Japanese attack?"

"Well, that's true."

Fang Jingyao was also a little surprised when he talked about this. He originally planned to transfer the 600th regiment there to defeat him.

Because he was worried that there would be any mistakes in the plan, he did not explain it to them. He just told the regiment commander Dong Han that if the Japanese army had too strong firepower, he could choose to retreat.

But the result of a new recruit regiment facing the 18th Division is self-evident.

But the real situation is surprising. The 600th Regiment actually withstood the Japanese attack. Could it be that the Japanese on the other side are also letting go?

"It's really strange. Since they can defend, let's not move for the time being. Let's see what the Japanese will plan next." Liao Mingyu ordered in a deep voice.

At this time, Dong Han on the 600th Regiment's position was also a little confused. It can be said that he had been in this mood all day long.

First, he was inexplicably arranged to garrison this position in the morning. If we say that this open land is also a key point for the entire defense line. No matter how important it is, it is not his turn to guard such an important place, right?

Then the commander-in-chief sent an order, allowing him to retreat according to the situation at a critical moment. What is this? Should he guard or not? It is simply inconspicuous.

The most uncommon thing is that the Japanese attackers on the opposite side are like they can't fight. After attacking for a whole day, they didn't even make a 50-meter position. They retreated halfway through each time. Moreover, the soldiers' accuracy was surprisingly poor. In addition to the infantry artillery behind them, they could only have a handful of soldiers killed by bullets.
To be continued...