The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

The remaining [-] or so direct-firing artillery pieces of the Sato Division joined the battle at the same time, and all kinds of shells screamed and flew towards the blocking position as if they were free of money...

The two-meter-high mounds on the ground were the first to bear the brunt, and six or seven mounds were covered by artillery fire in an instant...

"Rumble..."

A heavy artillery shell just hit the mound...

Flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and the three-meter-high mound was instantly blown away by one meter, but the bunker protruding from the ground was still intact.

I saw boulders weighing hundreds of kilograms piled up under the one-meter-thick soil layer.

The layer of soil consumed most of the shell's power, and what was left was no more powerful than a mortar shell, which did no damage except blow off a corner of the boulder.

"Rumble..."

A field artillery shell fell from the sky and smashed beside the mound.

In the splashing flames, countless dirt was blown into the sky, and then rained down around the impact point.

The bunker that had just exposed a boulder was once again covered with a layer of mud...

"Boom..."

Two more shells hit the surrounding mound one after another, and the soil kicked up by the shell explosion fell on the bunker again...

Of course, there were also cases where two consecutive shells hit the bunker at the same time, but they only shattered the boulder hit by the shells...

There are also two layers of staggered steel rails under the boulder.

They are more indestructible, unless several more shells hit the spot at the same time, but the chances are too low.

During the half-hour artillery preparation, it would be nice to have three or four rail bunkers destroyed...

Of course, Lieutenant General Sato did not rely on the artillery behind him...

"Weng buzzing..."

While waiting anxiously, three batches of planes finally came to the battlefield and appeared in Sato's vision.

This is where he has the confidence to destroy the independent regiment's blocking position.

Three planes swooped down in turn, bombing...

After a while, more than a dozen mounds on the blocking position were covered by fire...

Lieutenant General Sato suffered a lot in the hands of the independent regiment. He knew that there were a lot of anti-aircraft holes in the position besides the bunker, so he didn't stop there. The second batch of three planes launched an attack on the blocking position as soon as they arrived on the battlefield...

Throw incendiary bombs wherever they have not been burned.

The entire artillery coverage and air attack lasted for a full forty minutes before it stopped, and another ten minutes later, the fire on the blocking position began to go out.

More than [-] puppet troops and more than [-] devils quickly rushed out of the offensive position.

The heavy machine guns and mortars responsible for providing fire cover joined the battle at the same time, firing desperately at the blocking positions...

At the former enemy headquarters of the Independence Regiment, Kong Jie frowned as soon as the devil's offensive formation appeared: "That old devil Sato has become smarter and knows how to let the puppet army go to the front as cannon fodder to reduce the casualties of his own people!"

"In this way, we may not be able to complete the task of further injuring the Sato division here!"

"However, fighting like this can further reduce our casualties. There are advantages and disadvantages. It depends on where you look at this issue!"

"Order...all the troops hiding in the anti-battery holes don't move for the time being, just send some observation posts out to guard!"

"The light and heavy machine guns in the bunker concentrate their firepower on the puppet troops in front of the attacking troops, preventing them from rushing within [-] meters of the front of the formation!"

"Mortars, thunder cannons, grenades, attack the little devils behind the puppet army from a long distance!"

"If every attack can kill more than a hundred devils and severely damage the puppet army in front, then we will also make money!"

Nine heavy machine guns and nine light machine guns fired at the same time, and the dense rain of bullets was like death harvesters, harvesting the puppet troops within the range to their heart's content.

In a blink of an eye, half a company of more than [-] puppet troops was killed.

The devils in the back were not affected at all, forcing the puppet soldiers to continue to charge forward with their bayonet-mounted rifles, shooting from time to time to kill one or two puppet soldiers who were running too slowly, to make an example to others...

Shocked by the despotic power of the Japanese, no matter how frightened the puppet soldiers were, they could only bite the bullet and rush forward...

"Rumble..."

Several explosions suddenly sounded in the blocking position, and several flames spurted out of the ground at the same time...

Twelve explosive packets the size of a millstone rolled and flew into the sky, heading straight for the little devils behind the puppet army.

The shooting distance of less than [-] meters allowed the Feilei Cannon to hit extremely high accuracy. A total of ten explosive packets hit the devil's attacking troops, and several explosive packets exploded in the air. one strike……

In the blink of an eye, the devil's attacking troops were blown out of ten no man's land...

But this kind of long-range attack that can bypass the puppet army and hit the devils directly has just begun.

The counterattack of the Japanese mortar squadron was very fast. Less than half a minute after the Feilei Cannon was shot, more than [-] mortar shells had already hit the Feilei Cannon position.

But the Feilei artillery platoon was already prepared.

They set up the Feilei cannon next to the blast hole, and after finishing shooting, they carried the explosive packs and hid back in the blast hole.

Although the devil's counterattack shells came very quickly, they all exploded into loneliness and did not achieve any results.

"Boom boom boom..."

Two mortar companies scattered in the blocking position joined the battle one after another.

They resolutely pursued the combat policy of retreating after hitting, and did not give the Devils mortar troops a chance to lock them in.

Lieutenant General Sato was going crazy...

Let the puppet troops line up in front of the attacking troops as cannon fodder, not only to reduce the casualties of their own people, but also to use them as bait to force the independent regiment to the surface position and create opportunities for the artillery to raid the blocking position.

As a result, this plan was broken by the independent group again.

More than [-] puppet troops seemed to be a lot of people, but their combat effectiveness was less than [-]% of the same number of imperial troops.

The independent regiment only dispatched some light and heavy machine guns to block them from the offensive, and suffered heavy losses.

If the attacking troops can't get close to the blocking position, the Eighth Route Army in the defensive position will always hide in the anti-battery hole and cannot come out, and the artillery troops behind them will be useless, and there is no way to kill them in large numbers through artillery raids.

"Division commander..." The chief of staff also realized that Lieutenant General Sato's battle plan had gone bankrupt, and immediately reminded him.

"Or replace the puppet army!"

"They are so useless, except for their death in vain, none of the Eighth Route Army forced them out!"

"On the contrary, the attacking troops we shot behind were continuously attacked by flying mines and mortars from the independent regiment, and suffered heavy losses..."

"Continuing to fight like this, our loss will be much more than that of the independent regiment, and the loss outweighs the gain!"

Lieutenant General Sato stared at the battlefield without saying a word. Knowing that more than half of the more than [-] puppet troops in the front row had suffered casualties, he made a decision: "Let all the attacking troops withdraw..."

"Artillery, aviation, bomb the independent regiment blocking position again!"

"The No. [-] Squadron of the Chariot Brigade will immediately reinforce the front line... The terrain here is more gentle than that of Duanjiabao, which is very suitable for tank assaults... We almost forgot about this trump card!"