The 20 mountain guns of the New Regiment, plus the 10 mountain field guns of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, were in one artillery position.
The 20 mountain guns of the brigade's artillery regiment are in one artillery position, and the division's artillery regiment's more than 20 mountain guns are in one artillery position.
The three artillery positions add up to a total of more than 70 mountain field guns roaring and roaring.
There are also more than 70 mortars of various calibers shelling within two kilometers of Shinao Mountain.
The artillery fire consisting of 140 mountain field guns and mortars turned the Guanjianao Highlands into a sea of ​​flames.
The Japanese in the trenches were almost frightened by the earth-shattering artillery fire. Vases of mud and mist were lifted up and poured down.
The entire highland was shaking, as if facing an earthquake. The overwhelming fire and smoke made the sun and moon in Guanjianao highland dark.
The Japanese were shaken to the point of losing their hearing by the loud noise that continued without any gaps.
The bodies of Japanese soldiers were constantly being thrown into the air by gunfire and then fell heavily again.
In the command post of the New Regiment, Li Yunlong raised the telescope on his chest, and the scene of exploding artillery shells appeared in the telescope.
"Ha ha…"
"Two artillery brigades and one reinforcement regiment. We, Mr. Li, have never fought such a wealthy battle in our eight lifetimes."
Li Yunlong's lips widened.
Our old man Li finally got over the habit of being a division commander and commanded an artillery division and a reinforced regiment in combat.
Two artillery brigades can barely be considered an artillery division.
However, this artillery division only has more than 70 mountain guns and more than 70 mortars.
Generally, artillery divisions are equipped with howitzer regiments and cannon regiments. The caliber of the Eighth Route Army's artillery is still a bit small.
Moreover, the Eighth Route Army generally focuses on guerrilla warfare, and there is rarely a scene where artillery is used intensively like this.
But the scene of more than 140 cannons firing a salvo was the first time a big girl got on the sedan chair since the founding of the Eighth Route Army.
Li Yunlong yelled: "Huzi, bring me my ghost head sword."
"Yes, leader!"
Huang Erhu brought in Li Yunlong's rapidly sharpened tiger-head machete and handed it to Li Yunlong's hand.
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386 Brigade Forward Command.
The boss, chief of staff, brigade commander, and deputy brigade commander Han were all holding up binoculars and watching the artillery fire in front of them.
Since they were looking from below, none of the leaders could see the shells falling on the Guanjianao high ground.
But you can still see the rising smoke and fire.
The screams of cannonballs continued in my ears, and the firelight and gunpowder smoke on the Guanjianao Highlands also continued continuously.
The boss looked at Chen Geng and asked: "Brigadier Commander, how many artillery shells has Li Yunlong prepared?"
The brigade commander smiled and said: "Li Yunlong said that whether it is mountain artillery or mortar shells, each gun must fire 20 shells at the Guanjianao Highlands, a total of about 15 tons of shells."
"15 tons of artillery shells!" The boss's eyes widened. "That's almost 3,000 artillery shells. Each Japanese can get 3 artillery shells."
The artillery shells used this time were similar to the last time they attacked the Japanese 225th Regiment.
The main reason was that last time the Japanese were on flat ground, there were no trenches or other shelters, and they attacked suddenly.
This time, the Japanese occupied high ground and built trenches. If the Japanese squatted in the trenches, their lethality would be reduced.
However, this density of bombardment can also kill most of the Japs.
The chief of staff laughed and said: "This guy Li Yunlong is really extremely rich!"
"The main reason is that someone reimburses me." Deputy Brigadier Han said with a smile, "Only he can afford to fight such a wealthy battle. Only Li Yunlong in our Eighth Route Army can afford to fight such a wealthy battle."
The soldiers of the new regiment, as well as the soldiers of the surrounding 386 brigade and the decisive column, looked at the overwhelming artillery shells with excited expressions.
This is a rare and grand scene!
It lasted more than ten minutes from the test firing to the end of the bombardment.
After the last round of artillery fire ceased.
The Guanjianao Highlands seemed to have been flattened, torn into pieces, and submerged in a sea of ​​fire.
"Fire attack flare!"
In the headquarters of the new regiment, Li Yunlong gave a loud order, and Huang Erhu pulled the trigger of the signal bomb in time outside the headquarters.
At the offensive position, Zhang Dabiao saw the green flare rising into the sky, turned his head and shouted: "Breakmaster, blow the charge horn!"
The exciting and urgent charge bugle sounded.
Hearing the sound of the charging horn, the soldiers of the new group of attacking troops immediately became excited and looked crazy.
Jump up.
"kill!"
The overwhelming shouts merged into a huge sound wave.
During the shelling, the assault company of the first battalion of the New Regiment had already reached a position about 200 meters away from the Guanjianao Highlands.
If you go any further, you may be accidentally injured by your own artillery shells.
Behind the assault company were the first, second and third battalions of the new regiment, as well as the dismounted cavalry battalion, and finally the county brigade.
The tough assault company soldiers were covered with grenades and magazines, and their hands were all MP40 submachine guns.
The moment the charge horn sounded, they roared into the air. The entire new group of attacking troops was like a gray tide, and the assault company was the head of the wave, rolling towards the Guanjianao Highlands.
Suddenly, the Guanjianao Highlands seemed to be resurrected. The Japanese machine gun fire came like whips, but the soldiers of the assault company did not flinch at all. Their submachine guns spit out tongues of flame and roared as they charged towards the high ground.
On the Guanjianao Highlands, the Japanese guards were digging out yam eggs from the soil.
At this time, Yamazaki's head was buzzing, and a large blood stain appeared on his right thigh, which was obviously hit by shrapnel.
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
The Japanese guard shouted loudly to Yamazaki in his ears.
After a while, Yamazaki shook his head violently and woke up, as if his consciousness was instantly pulled back to reality from darkness and nothingness.
The severe pain in his legs, the sound of gunfire and screams all around him suddenly became clear.
"Captain, the Eighth Route Army is attacking!"
The Japanese guard shouted loudly.
"Nani?" Yamazaki lay down in the trench and looked around. The densely packed Eighth Route Army soldiers were rushing towards the Guanjianao high ground. The closest distance to the forward position was only more than 100 meters away.
"Baga!" Yamazaki's face turned pale when he saw this scene.
If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to attack the position and the subsequent Eighth Route Army comes up, the Yamazaki detachment may end up being annihilated.
"Fight back!"
"Fight back now!"
Yamazaki sat in the trench and shouted loudly about filial piety.
From time to time, the Japanese who were lucky enough to survive climbed up from the trenches, found machine guns that were not damaged by the bombing, and fired wildly at the eight directions.
However, he was soon shot dead by an Eighth Route Army sniper diagonally opposite, causing the Japanese machine gun fire to continue intermittently.
"Baga!" Yamazaki looked at the guard and asked, "Where is Matsuki-kun?"
The Japanese guard pointed at a pile of broken meat, paused and said: "Songmu Shaozuo has been smashed to pieces!"
"Baga!" Yamazaki suddenly became furious. "Immediately ask General Shinozuka for help and urge the reinforcements to move closer to Yamazaki's detachment immediately."
"Hi!" The Japanese guard bowed and ran towards the communication team.
The Japanese communication team was quite lucky. Although some communication soldiers were killed, the radio communication machine and radio station were not destroyed.
Immediately, the Japanese communications troops immediately used radio communication machines and radio stations to start calling for support.
A Japanese medical soldier ran over and was about to bandage Yamazaki's wound, but Yamazaki keenly sensed that something was wrong.
To be continued...