More than 6,000 puppet troops, under the command of Major General Toyo Tanaka, commander of the brigade, quickly advanced towards the No. 2 artillery position in Qingshan Town.

At this time, the two bombers took off directly, taking great risks, and they quickly arrived over the Huting stronghold.

After lowering their flight altitude, the two bombers began intensive bombing of the Huting stronghold.

Aerial bombs fell one after another, deafening explosions sounded, and the Huting stronghold instantly fell into a sea of ​​fire.

After completing the bombing, the aviation crew flew the plane back directly.

Due to technical restrictions, it is very risky for aviation forces to take off at night.

But knowing that they were dealing with Li Yunlong's troops, the First Army Headquarters issued the order forcefully.

The aviation force could only agree. Of course, their bombings would not be as accurate as during the day.

It was late at night and the ground was completely dark, so it was pretty good to be able to accurately bomb the Huting stronghold.

However, the troops of the Independent Regiment had already moved, and the only effect of their bombing was that the huge Huting stronghold was reduced to ruins.

However, even when they arrived near the No. 2 Artillery Position of Qingshan Town, the entire independent regiment still heard deafening explosions.

Looking from a distance, you can also see the firelight and thick smoke of the Huting stronghold.

This scene shocked everyone.

Li Yunlong's eyes widened even more. He couldn't help but sigh that it was lucky that the Independent Regiment had evacuated in advance, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Lu Ming stared at the fire in the distance in a daze, and quickly looked towards the artillery battery.

Up to now, with the capture and system replenishment, the artillery company already has twelve artillery pieces.

Two French Schneider 75MM field guns and two French Schneider 65MM mountain guns.

Four Jin-made Type 13 75MM mountain guns and four Japanese Type 92 70MM infantry guns.

Among these twelve artillery pieces, except for the Schneider field gun, the other ten artillery pieces can be disassembled into several parts.

Even the dismantled parts of the Schneider Mountain Cannon and Type 92 Infantry Cannon can be transported by manpower.

Lu Ming kept shaking his head as he watched Schneider's field artillery being dragged by mules and horses.

This is at night, if it is during the day, it is very easy to be exposed.

And once the independent regiment develops to a certain scale, it attracts the attention of the little devils, and their aviation troops are dispatched.

Then these two heavy field guns will definitely become living targets for aviation forces.

According to Lu Ming's idea, it is better for the independent regiment to use mountain artillery and infantry artillery that are lighter and easier to transport.

Although field artillery has a long range and is powerful, it is also very heavy, inconvenient to transport, and places great demands on roads.

"Lu Ming, you are going to put bayonets on the artillery. Isn't the distance too close?"

After a while, Li Yunlong ran up to Lu Ming and said with a slightly worried expression.

Twelve artillery pieces excited Lao Li for a long time.

He wished he could tie his body to the cannon and never leave it.

Now seeing a large number of artillery being transported to the front, Li Yunlong felt a little distressed.

"Commander, the Liao-made field artillery equipped by the puppet army is an imitation of the Type 38 field artillery, with a range of more than eight thousand meters."

"Except for the two Schneider field guns, other artillery can't hit them. If we want to achieve absolute artillery superiority, we can only do this."

"Carry out artillery fire at a close range, use the numerical advantage of artillery as much as possible, and completely annihilate their artillery in a short period of time."

Lu Ming patiently explained to Li Yunlong that the No. 2 artillery position here also has an impact on the brigade's main operations.

Now that the No. 1 artillery position has been captured, Lu Ming plans to completely eliminate the No. 2 position before dawn.

But the second position has six Liao-made field guns. Even if the performance is worse than the original, the range is still no problem at 8,000 meters.

But here in the artillery company, even ten artillery pieces cannot reach such a range.

Two Schneider Mountain Cannons with a range of 6,000 meters.

The four Jin-made Type 13 mountain cannons are imitations of the Japanese Type 41 mountain cannon, with a theoretical range of more than 6,000 meters.

However, the quality of weapons and equipment produced by Yan Laoxi Arsenal is not guaranteed.

In actual combat, the range is not even 6,000 meters, and the real range is only more than 5,000 meters.

The four infantry guns were captured from the Japs, and their quality is good.

But their firing range is only 2,800 meters. If they want to hit the artillery positions, they can only keep pushing forward to the front line.

"Lu Ming, it took a lot of effort for our group to have this little fortune. Don't let them suffer any losses."

"These are all good things. With these twelve artillery pieces, we will have the capital even if we fight face to face with the Japs in the future."

Li Yunlong agreed with Lu Ming's arrangement, but he was still worried that the artillery would suffer losses.

Lu Ming continued to comfort him, and then Li Yunlong returned to the regiment headquarters.

One artillery piece after another, transported by manpower and horses, began to arrive at the designated position one after another.

After reassembly, the artillery set up artillery emplacements.

Regardless of the Schneider Mountain Cannon, the 92 Infantry Cannon lacks range, but it is very light and can be transported by humans.

This means that as long as the personnel can go, they can also reach it and can provide the most direct artillery support.

The two Schneider field guns were heavy, powerful, and had a long range, but they had large targets and high requirements in all aspects.

Each has its own advantages, but for independent regiments, mountain artillery and infantry artillery are the most suitable.

The artillery company was ready to fire, the armored mobile company under the combined battalion, and the two cavalry companies began to take action.

They were deliberately exposed and directly attracted artillery positions to attack.

The lights of the vehicles were all turned on, and the cavalrymen also carried torches.

Immediately afterwards, they turned off the car lights and extinguished the torches.

Here at the No. 2 artillery position, six Liao-made field guns immediately entered combat mode.

"Don't shoot. This is their deliberate attempt to expose us and lure us into firing."

"We won't get any results by firing the artillery. Instead, we will consume the shells."

The person currently commanding the No. 2 artillery position is Wei Bao. After he came over with supplies, he stayed here.

As the deputy brigade commander of the 8th Mixed Brigade, Wei Bao took over the command and was responsible for full command.

Wei Bao couldn't help being startled when he saw car lights and torches appearing.

He knew that these must be troops of the independent regiment.

He knew the Independent Regiment troops very well. Even if he was bold enough, he would not dare to fight against the Independent Regiment.

So he immediately ran to the artillery position and stopped the artillery from firing.

"Bagaya road!"

But just as Wei Bao finished speaking, a little Japanese second lieutenant glared and roared loudly.

He ordered the puppet troops to continue carrying out the order, and the six field guns continued to turn their muzzles.

Although Wei Bao is the deputy brigade commander of the puppet army, he has no status in front of the little devil.

This little Japanese second lieutenant was specially sent by the Japanese army to command the puppet artillery operations.

Wei Bao had a smile on his face, nodded and bowed, and quickly left the artillery position.

Returning to the outer security position, Wei Bao found a few confidants.

They secretly discussed, and at this moment, six Liao-made field guns began to bombard the artillery position.

Cannonballs were fired one after another, and explosions were heard one after another.

Chief of Staff Lu Ming, artillery company commander Wang Chengzhu, and several artillery cadres all conducted observations and searches.

The combined battalion continued to lure the No. 2 artillery position to fire, while Lu Ming and others continued to narrow the scope and lock the detailed location of the artillery position.

Not long after, Lu Ming and others came together, and they began to annotate.

Groups of shooting elements were quickly issued, and the artillerymen began to adjust the shooting angle according to the shooting elements.

At 10:20, the regiment headquarters issued the order for artillery fire.

The artillery company's twelve field artillery and mountain artillery infantry guns began to fire artillery shells directly at the No. 2 artillery position from different positions.

Grenades, high-explosive shells, and shrapnel were fired one after another towards the No. 2 artillery position.

In an instant, a deafening explosion sounded.

The entire artillery position was instantly plunged into thick smoke.

Some unsuspecting puppet troops were directly killed and injured.

The Liao-made field artillery that had not had time to move was also hit and damaged.

The artillery fired rapidly one after another, and dozens of shells were fired.
To be continued...