my bright sword career

Major General Tokutaro Tokutaro, head of the 45th Brigade of the Sixth Division, led the chief of staff and several guards, accompanied by the captain of the [-]th Regiment, Hojo Haruhiko, and walked in the tunnel, looking at the frowning expression of the busy soldiers Very gloomy.

"Hurry up and dig, this place needs to be thickened!"

"Baga... haven't you eaten breakfast, why are you so weak!"

In a trench, a small captain was directing dozens of soldiers to sweat profusely wielding hoes and shovels, and kept yelling and cursing.

Tokutaro Tokutaro nodded silently as he looked at the artillery holes built every ten meters in the trench.

As one of the most elite permanent divisions of the Japanese Army, the Sixth Division advocates offense, and doesn't think much of things like building fortifications.

After all, in the past few years since the invasion of Huaxia, the Sixth Division and the Huaxia Army have fought dozens of times. Every time, the Sixth Division took the initiative to attack and won. The Chinese Army that can allow the Sixth Division to defend has never met been.

But since coming to Liantai County, the always arrogant Sixth Division has been well educated by the Liantai militia, and understands what saturation strike is.

Under the bombardment of the Liantai militia a few days ago, the hastily built offensive of the Sixth Division was shattered by 155, 203 heavy artillery and even 500 kg heavy bombs, and more than 3000 people were lost in less than two days.

This is also the worst battle the Sixth Division has encountered since its invasion of China.

However, the 108th Division is still good. The [-]th Division next to them is even worse. It has become a key target. They lost two full regiments in the battle a few days ago, and the entire division was almost disabled. .

War is the best teacher. Under the threat of death, the Sixth Division, which has always despised civil engineering, had to do a lot of civil engineering.

The head of the division, Kanda Shochu, even inspected it personally, and if any unit was found to have failed to dig the fortifications, it would be severely punished.Under such high pressure, Tokutaro Tokutaro, as the head of the brigade, had to go down to the regiment to supervise himself every now and then.

After watching for a while, Tokutaro Juni turned his head and said to Haruhiko Hojo behind him: "That's right, Mr. Hojo, the fortifications of the 45th Regiment have been dug well, and you must continue to maintain this state in order to deal with the upcoming Chinese invasion." Attack, understand?"

"Hi!" Hojo Haruhiko bowed slightly, and then he asked: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, I heard that the Chinese people have come to a group of reinforcements, the number of which is tens of thousands, is it necessary to punish us?" Launched an attack?"

Tokutaro Shii was silent for a while: "Hojo-kun, no matter whether this news is true or not, we, as soldiers of the Empire, must abide by our duties as soldiers, and face even the most arduous battles, understand?"

"Hi!"

Hojo Haruhiko responded, and was about to say something, when suddenly there was a dull whistling sound in the sky, which at first glance sounded like the sound of an old cow panting.

Both Haruhiko Hojo and Tokutaro Tsuii have served in the army for more than 20 or even [-] years, and their expressions immediately changed when they heard this voice.

This is definitely the sound of shells rubbing against the air as they pass through the sky, and this sound can only be made by large-caliber artillery.

"Lie down!"

Less than two seconds after Tokutaro Shijing issued the warning sound, a shell exploded in the trench more than 200 meters away from them.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, a crater with a diameter of tens of meters appeared on the ground, and black smoke rose straight into the sky.

Hojo Haruhiko and Tsui Tokutaro were surprised to find that dozens of Japanese soldiers who had been swarming around the bomb crater just like marmots seemed to disappear all of a sudden along with the trench.

In a hidden observation post one kilometer away from the Japanese position, several Eighth Route Army generals including Gao Hongming, Commander Liu, Political Commissar Ping, Brigadier Chen, and Brigadier Wang were all holding up their binoculars to observe the effects of the shelling.

"My darling, is this the shelling effect of the 203mm heavy artillery?" It was the first time Brigadier Wang saw such a powerful shelling, and he not only gave out a sincere admiration.

Others didn't bother to answer, and stared wide-eyed at the Japanese positions.

At this time, the Japanese army's position was as desolate as the surface of the moon, and there was no sign of life activity at all. It seemed that the Japanese soldiers who were digging trenches like groundhogs just disappeared in an instant.

"Yaga, it's that damned eight-inch cannon again!" Tokutaro Shii, who had just been rushed into the anti-blasting hole by the guards, scolded angrily.

For them, this kind of shelling is not the first time. Since the two sides began to confront each other, the Liantai militia has often shelled them by taking advantage of the range of the M2 203mm howitzer.

The bullet of this caliber artillery weighs 90.6 kilograms alone, and it is very powerful. The crater alone is tens of meters long. If you are unlucky, a team will have to be reimbursed.

This is by no means nonsense. Take the Battle of Songhu as an example. During the battle, the Japanese army received strong support from the Third and Fourth Fleets of the Japanese Navy.

就以当时第三舰队的旗舰出云号为例，这艘巡洋舰装备了203毫米炮4门，152毫米炮14 门，12磅速射炮12门，2.5磅速射炮8门。

In this way, a single salvo of firepower is enough to cover a charging infantry battalion.

As the battleship Haruna with the largest tonnage and the strongest firepower in the Songhu Battle, let alone the 356mm main gun equipped with it, the shells alone weighed 673.5 kilograms.

This kind of shell can make a company of infantry disappear instantly.

At that time, more than 4 people from ten divisions of the Gui Army launched a group counterattack against the Japanese army. However, under the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Gui Army lost [-] people in just three days, and finally had to withdraw from the battlefield with hatred.

Just when Tokutaro Shijing was scolding his mother, a bigger blow began. Accompanied by bursts of sharp or dull whistling sounds, hundreds of artillery shells began to bombard the Sixth Division's position.

In an instant, the Japanese army's position was shaken, and countless positions and fortresses of civil structures that had been painstakingly built flew into the sky amidst the sound of explosions.

Feeling the trembling ground under his feet, the pale-faced Hojo Haruhiko yelled out: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, this is not harassment, the Chinese are about to attack!"

Tokutaro Shii ignored this guy, just squatted silently, covered his ears with his hands, and opened his mouth wide. Doing this during shelling can protect people's ears to the greatest extent.

"boom!"

A 203 caliber shell landed on the top of another anti-battery hole more than 100 meters away, and the top of the anti-battery hole that was hit directly collapsed immediately, and no one inside escaped.

But at this time, no one cared about sympathizing with the people inside, and everyone was silently praying that their bomb defense holes would not be hit by large-caliber artillery fire.