The majestic music echoed through the loudspeakers in various positions, and it seemed that they were not afraid of being exposed at all, even in the heavy artillery positions set up in the rear. The artillerymen with earphones hummed in their mouths, holding nothing in their hands for a second.

Without delay, he picked up the cannonball, stuffed it into the chamber, closed the breech block, stabilized it, and fired!

A heavy rain had just widened the water of the Luanhe River, and the Japanese troops and Anhui on the other side felt a little more at ease, but the speed of the attack on the other side exceeded the response of the Kwantung Army headquarters, and they had no time to send more troops out from here.

, arranged in the mountains and fields, watching the small county town being filled with thousands of troops, and then, artillery shells fell from the sky accompanied by singing!

For the first time, they were free to waste large-caliber artillery shells. The artillerymen of the 200th Division burst out with crazy enthusiasm! No matter what general leads the soldiers, the self-proclaimed madman Qiu Qingquan, although he is the deputy, has the greatest influence on the troops! First

round one

An artillery regiment of one division, a self-propelled artillery regiment, and an artillery battalion of an infantry regiment were strengthened with a total of 18 150mm and 108 105mm artillery pieces, and the attack was carried out with a brutal and brutal scale that far exceeded the scale of any previous Central Army!

The shrieking artillery shells that tore through the night sky shone brightly across the sky, and the boiling explosions shook the positions between the vast mountains and river valleys like an earthquake. The Japanese and puppet soldiers, who were completely unprepared for this, stuck their butts out and tried their best to

His head was stuffed into the trench's shell-proof hole, and from time to time a ball of flames flew into the air mixed with broken sleepers and broken corpses!

Screams were heard one after another on the east bank of the Luanhe River!

The ten-kilometer-wide frontal position was completely covered by overwhelming flames in less than ten minutes. The soldiers who were preparing to advance on the west bank were stunned! It turns out that the old man who taught the regiment was okay. At least he had seen similar scenes on the front line of the Great Wall, but the new

The group of people selected from an army of millions were completely frightened!

What level of firepower preparation is this? Just to cover the pontoon bridge built by the pontoon bridge troops, and launch such a brutal bombing, is the price of artillery shells greatly reduced? Each shot costs more than a hundred yuan, these losers

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The Japanese positions that could still be seen in the afterglow of the setting sun in the afternoon could not see their true colors at all. Barbed wire fences and trenches, Luzhai were flying in the sky like straw in the explosion of heavyweight artillery shells, and the soft mud and sand on the riverside could rise up to dozens of meters high.

Before large pits appeared horrifyingly in the dense forest and wilderness, the reeds and shrubs that had begun to dry up ignited raging fires, burning the people hiding inside until they were running away!

"Do we still need to fight this battle? After the artillery bombardment is over, we can just go and check the bones? Really, how can we survive?"

The veterans who were once short of bullets clutched their hearts and complained. The explosion less than three kilometers away seemed to be right next to their ears, making their heads buzz. The key was that they were scared to death, fearing that an inadvertent shell would deviate from the track.

Dropped at your doorstep.

This is still watching the little Japanese being bombarded. What will happen if I encounter such artillery fire? I'm afraid I can only resign myself to fate!

The crawler-type bridge erecting vehicle of the pontoon force quickly assembled the pontoon bridge on the smoke-filled river. A battalion of "bayonet" tanks unloaded in an assault and drove closer. On the round shell-shaped turret, the commanders' heads popped up one after another. They were amazed.

Looking at the sea of ​​​​fire and hell rising one after another in front of me, I hit the roof repeatedly with excitement. This time I am sure it will be enjoyable!

Hu Qiru let Qiu Qingquan take command, but he didn't expect this guy to be so crazy. Seeing the artillerymen firing thousands of shells at once, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Does it need to be so hard? There don't seem to be many on the other side.

Japanese Army.”

Qiu Qingquan gritted his teeth and hummed: "Since it is a free artillery shell, why not use it freely? It is not bad to let the Japanese army in front of them form the illusion that we want to use this place as the main direction of attack! Of course, if it is counterproductive, it may be better.

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He also gave a direct order to the artillery regiment commander who was beginning to feel distressed: "Don't stop without my order!"

Hu Qiru sighed in his heart. There were only a few free artillery shells. Although each cannon was equipped with a base number of one thousand rounds, the actual number delivered was less than one hundred. Even if the new technology was used, copper-clad steel or even oil-coated steel shells were used.

Shells, that's a big expense, 150 shells per round. The small hundred yuan is gone, and the 800-yuan cannon is fired, and the gold is ten thousand taels!

A full half-hour of artillery preparations bombarded the 10,000 puppet troops and a regiment of Japanese troops on the opposite side. Less than a thousand were killed on the spot, but the entire puppet army was so frightened that they wet their pants.

, collapsed on the spot and fled, leaving less than 2,000 brave people. This left the Japanese commander who was holding the battle speechless and helpless, and at the same time he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

The enemies on the opposite side are so fierce, but we haven't had time to bring in heavy weapons. How can we fight this battle?

There was no way to fight! Only ten minutes after the artillery was fired, an emergency telegram was sent to the Kwantung Army headquarters. Neji Okamura, who had single-handedly formulated the entire combat strategy, was shocked and did not say a word for five minutes. He crawled to the map and walked back and forth with frowning eyes.

After a long while, he shook his head vigorously with a sullen face.

"It's difficult to determine the true intention of the China Army! It was Zhu Bin who made the battle plan this time. We couldn't get any information beforehand. We only learned from the Central Army that their battle would not be false. Once it started, it would be

Fight to the end. But there is unusually ferocious artillery fire here. Do they already know that the force we deployed is insufficient?"

The Central Army and the local army did not have many secrets, and there were even many people who took the initiative to sell out information. There were also many peaceful people who did not want to fight. The time when Okamura Neiji was certain that war would begin was only a few months ago.

But it is one thing to know, and it is another thing to make tit-for-tat preparations. The entire border line of the four provinces of Manchuria is too long. If you want to protect it all, you can't even close all the loopholes without four or five million troops.

But in any case, launch a general offensive in Duolun? There is only one rugged road winding through the mountains and rivers. Even in a place that can be blocked by infantry, how can we use heavy mechanized troops?

Umezu Yoshijiro didn't have time to get promoted and make a fortune and leave the Kwantung Army, so he was involved in such a big event. Not to mention the regret in his heart. He didn't expect that the speed and intensity of China's actions would be so determined. Diplomacy and espionage methods were completely ineffective.

They were all determined to take military revenge. Just a few days after the war started in Germany, they came to attack Germany. They mobilized millions of troops. They were so fierce that they seemed to have replaced a new group of people.

He shook his head with a dark face: "It is possible, but it is not decisive. Our defense line must always stick to the front of the Great Wall and the coastline. As long as there is no breakthrough there, the China Army will not be able to sustain a long attack line of thousands of kilometers."

He thought he had seen through Zhu Bin's plan, and planned to attack the east and west? He would use a large number of elite troops to stage a flank attack on the grasslands, attract frontal defense forces to achieve a strategic breakthrough, and directly attack Liaoning and seize the core? How could he succeed?

Okamura Neiji's head was in a mess, and he reluctantly thought it made sense. After all, this was in line with the action strategy. No matter how awesome Zhu Bin was, he would not be able to open a thoroughfare in Yanshan to allow the armored troops to pass quickly.

That's so unscientific.

Moreover, the northern part of the Chahar Grassland is at the junction with Rehe. There are many rivers, lakes and swamps, the terrain is complex, and it is connected to the Greater Khingan Mountains. It is not only difficult for heavy armor to pass through, but also supplies must come from Hebei or Suiyuan.

If it is shipped out from Shanxi, it will make them vomit blood!

The most critical area between the white mountains and black waters of the four northeastern provinces is where the Kwantung Army stayed for so many years and failed to conduct reconnaissance for decades. Why did these guest armies have to go thousands of miles to fight?

Unbelievable!

"However, the sudden appearance of China's main tank troops in Outer Mongolia is very suspicious! Is their purpose just to attack our garrison?"

Okamura Neiji couldn't guess, but he believed that the purpose must not be simple. The war was just starting now, and it was too early to say. He even had a plan. If it was not possible, he could give up Mongolia. Let's see what they are capable of in such a vast territory.

We were stunned on the ground---especially since there were Soviet troops who wanted to come back at any time and were eyeing us!

"No matter what, hold your position first and see what they want to do!"

Okamura Neiji threw away his pencil, rubbed his scalp a little irritably, and made a decision.

Umezu Yoshijiro nodded in agreement: "That's the only way! No matter what, this will be a hard battle, and we must not make any mistakes. It is still necessary to send strong troops to Chifeng. Otherwise, it depends on the naval operations.

Ability, if we can successfully open up the second battlefield, we can seize the opportunity and reverse the situation in one fell swoop!"

He waved his fist vigorously, as if to cheer himself up, decisively!

Okamura Neiji thought more than him. At this time, he was recalling the strategic deployment a few months ago in his mind, and couldn't help but sigh: "It would be much easier if we took the initiative to start the battle earlier and retake the Great Wall defense line!"

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As a precaution, the Kwantung Army headquarters quickly decided to send a division to the direction of Chifeng for reinforcements, and mobilized most of the troops stationed there to build two strong lines of defense between Damiao and Huamugou.

To prevent possible storm attacks, the safety of Chengde tanks must be ensured.

Shortly after the order was issued, the Kwantung Army Headquarters changed its action plan for the first time. No longer waiting for the opponent to provoke a full-line battle, the divisions deployed along the Great Wall launched attacks overnight, using a flexible defense strategy to interfere with the opponent's deployment to the maximum extent and test the situation.

reveal its true intentions.

At about 2 o'clock in the morning on September 24, the Wang Zhangtang Brigade on the Mongolian Plateau had just met the mechanized troops of the Japanese 10th Division. In the two Japanese forward positions of Chengde and Suizhong, nearly 50,000 people from the two divisions suddenly
Chapter completed!