But He Feiyang knew more clearly that after the Japs troops conducted an air attack this time, they were probably going to be bombarded by artillery fire.
So when He Feiyang looked at the Japanese aircraft groups that had almost completed their bombing and were evacuating, he didn't feel the slightest bit happy in his heart.
In his opinion, this battle will probably be a tragic battle with heavy casualties, because the Japanese army will dispatch a large number of heavy firepower weapons and equipment to retaliate.
You must know that in the battle around the Dunwu Temple, the Japanese army lost two battles in succession, so this time the Japanese army had to retake the Dunwu Temple.
Just when He Feiyang was thinking that the Japanese artillery fire would come soon,
"Tum, tom, tom!"
"Boom, boom, boom!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom."
At this moment, the Japanese artillery of various calibers launched a salvo bombardment. In an instant, nearly a hundred artillery shells, as if for free, were overwhelmingly bombarded on the position of the Temple of Enlightenment.
The small Suwano Temple position was bombarded by so many artillery shells at once, and every corner of every position was immediately covered.
The first ones to be hit by artillery fire were the small number of mortar positions and machine gun positions of the Sichuan Army. With a hail of shells, all the heavy firepower weapons and equipment of the Sichuan Army were cleared away in the blink of an eye.
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But this was just a tentative bombing attack by some small and medium-caliber artillery of the Japanese. The real firepower was the follow-up bombing of the Japanese 105mm field artillery.
These large-caliber artillery shells exploded into a large area of Sichuan Army soldiers. After the shells exploded, a shell crater with a diameter of several meters wide was created on the entire ground.
Therefore, even those Sichuan soldiers who found trenches and various bunkers and fortifications for covert operations were bombarded by these terrifying large-caliber artillery.
All the fortifications they were in immediately collapsed, losing their defensive effectiveness, and they also suffered casualties from bombings.
"Ah, ah, ah..."
"It's bad! It's a Japanese heavy artillery bombardment! Run away! Hurry! The Dunwu Temple can't be defended!"
"Evacuate the Sudono Temple immediately, otherwise we will all be bombed here!"
When the Sichuan soldiers at Dunwu Temple were bombarded by a sudden attack of Japanese artillery, and more than a hundred soldiers were killed, evacuation orders were immediately sent from the various regimental commanders.
Especially when the Japanese heavy artillery bombardment started,
More than half of the positions of the Dunwu Temple soon turned into a scorched earth. Many of the defense fortifications were more than half destroyed. Groups of Sichuan Army soldiers were directly bombed to death in the soil and buried alive.
Not long after the bombing, more than 500 Sichuan soldiers were already killed.
Seeing this, all the commanders of the Sichuan Army panicked, so they commanded their troops even more hoarsely and immediately evacuated from the Dunwu Temple.
For a time, all the remaining Sichuan soldiers in the Dunwu Temple were confused and frightened, and rushed to evacuate the Dunwu Temple.
Including He Feiyang's troops also evacuated quickly,
Because this time the Japanese artillery bombardment completely exceeded the imagination of all the Sichuan troops, including He Feiyang's predictions.
Moreover, the position of the Suwano Temple is not large. If we do not evacuate, it will be blown up together with the entire Suwano Temple.
"Hahaha! These damn Chinese troops are vulnerable!"
"As soon as my air strikes and artillery bombings are launched, they will become useless troops!"
"Want to compete with our imperial army for the Temple of Enlightenment?"
"Then you will have to pay a heavy price!"
"All artillery units, continue firing salvos!"
"I want all these Chinese troops to die here! Let Suwu Temple be their burial place!"
When he saw the Sichuan troops evacuating in a panic, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Isa Kazuo, was also in a good mood and kept issuing combat orders for artillery bombing.
This time, he asked the commander of the 9th Division, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke, to second the division's heavy artillery units to assist in the bombardment of Suwano Temple, so he was able to have the heavy artillery to bombard the Sichuan troops.
It was also because of this that his artillery bombardment this time was an overwhelming advantage.
Because the Sichuan army at Dunwu Temple did not have so many artillery and heavy artillery to carry out counterattacks.
And with the increasingly emotional and ecstatic command of the commander of the regiment, Kazuo Isa, the Japanese artillery group also fired rows of artillery shells, mercilessly bombing the Sichuan troops who had not yet evacuated from Suwano Temple.
on the position.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom."
Round after round of ferocious and violent artillery shells, they quickly exploded on the battlefield of the Temple of Enlightenment. The explosion caused many huge black shell craters to appear everywhere in the Temple of Enlightenment. There was smoke and sand splashing everywhere.
to the terrifying bombing scene more than ten meters high.
All the Sichuan soldiers near the explosion point were killed.
Artillery shells were everywhere, and the bombing covered the entire Suwano Temple, and every corner was hit by the Japanese's fierce and unusual artillery fire.
As a result, before the Sichuan army had a head-on confrontation with the Japanese army, the Sichuan army was already bombarded by the Japanese's terrifying artillery and suffered heavy casualties.
As long as you run slower and evacuate, some Sichuan soldiers will be blown up every second, and soon the entire Dunwu Temple will be filled with corpses and bomb craters.
Not a single wounded soldier was wailing and screaming.
Faced with such terrifying artillery fire coverage from the Japanese army, all the Sichuan officers and soldiers who were desperately evacuating for their lives were angry, hateful, and panicked.
"Damn Japs, after their damn artillery fire coverage and bombing is completed, I will definitely kill them all!"
When Commander Xiang Wenbin led his troops to escape, he gritted his teeth angrily, cursed the Japanese artillery troops, and swore.
As for He Feiyang, who was not far behind him, he also secretly decided to avenge this enemy who suffered heavy casualties.
Because more than 20 of the Sichuan soldiers under his command had been bombed and killed.
And it was blown up when he was alert to evacuate relatively early.
Therefore, he had to give this hatred to the Sichuan soldiers who died in the battle to take revenge.
At the same time, He Feiyang also made up his mind to find ways to train more artillery and to obtain some artillery for combat, otherwise if he encounters another bombing by the Japanese artillery unit,
The consequences will be passive beatings, heavy casualties, and no ability to fight back.
He didn't want to have to run away like this in the future.