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Chapter 541 Intercepting the bombardment!

After two rounds of shelling to the top of the mountain.

The devils and puppet army are preparing to start their fourth attack on the outskirts of Dagu Town.

The puppet army is still in front, and the devils are behind.

The difference is that the devils wore gas masks, but the puppet soldiers did not wear gas masks.

But it's not that the devils didn't give the puppet army a way out. If the puppet army wanted to wear gas masks, they could only attack the devils who were killed in the third wave and pick off the gas masks from the devil's corpses.

This time, the puppet army dispatched a battalion, and the devils dispatched two infantry squadrons.

Gas bombs, conventional artillery shells and smoke bombs all poured towards the new group of positions.

"See you at Kudanzaka!"

"See you at Kudanzaka!"

Several devils gathered together with stern expressions and firm eyes, encouraging each other.

The Yasukuni Shrine is located in Kudanzaka, Tokyo. When many devils are in trouble, they will tell each other to see each other in Kudanzaka.

It means to be enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine together.

In the first three attacks, most of the attacking troops suffered casualties each time. This time, there is a high probability that this group of devils will never return.

"Prepare!"

The leader of the Devil Squadron drew out his command saber with a swipe.

Seeing this, one of the devils hurriedly put away the photo of his wife, put the helmet on his head, and picked up the [-]-type rifle beside him.

"Kill the chicken!"

The leader of the Devil Squadron pointed his sword forward.

The puppet army took the lead in attacking with their rifles, and the devils spread out in a skirmish line behind them, rushing towards the new group of positions.

This time, the devils also used flamethrowers. One infantry squadron was equipped with 4 flamethrowers, and two squadrons had a total of 8 flamethrowers.

……

"The devil fired smoke bombs and gas bombs at the sidefire bunker?"

In the headquarters of the new regiment, Li Yunlong received the report from the forward headquarters.

After the devils began shelling the top of the mountain, the command post there was withdrawn.

Even if Li Yunlong doesn't come down, Zhao Gang will lead someone to take Li Yunlong down. Others dare not, but Zhao Gang will not be used to Li Yunlong.

In the headquarters at this time, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, Wang Dehou and Chen Feng were all there.

"The devil is going to use our tactics to deal with us?"

Xing Zhiguo guessed the devil's tactical intention immediately.

"Among the enemies in this attack are devils carrying flamethrowers."

The observation post on the top of the mountain, under the devil's artillery fire, sent the latest news through the walkie-talkie.

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes slightly: "Let Zhang Dabiao withdraw the firepower from the flanking bunkers."

Although this tactic was summed up by the Xinyi regiment in actual combat, it was obviously learned by the devils, who in turn used this tactic to deal with the Xinyi regiment.

If the soldiers in the flank bunkers were not withdrawn, they would probably be burned to charcoal by the devil's flamethrower.

After all, Xinyituan was on the defensive side this time.

Although the total strength of the new regiment is not much different from that of the 10th division.

But multi-line defense is required, and devils cannot be allowed to enter the base area.

Defense and offense have their own advantages and disadvantages. Although the battle is often beneficial to the defending side, the defense needs to disperse troops.

The attacker can often concentrate superior forces and attack your weak points.

For example, in the Battle of Xinkou, the Central Army and the Jinsui Army combined hundreds of thousands of people, but the Japanese army broke in from the weak point on the front line of Niangziguan, and then the defense line of tens of thousands of people collapsed.

Following Li Yunlong's order.

The soldiers of the new regiment and battalion in the dark fort retreated into the tunnel along the tunnel.

on the battlefield.

The devil's attacking force soon reached the position where the third wave of devils was attacked by side fire and shelling.

Although the 82mm mortars of the new regiment had been firing, smoke bombs obscured the view of the observers on the mountain top, and the shelling effect was not ideal.

The quality of the devil's smoke bombs was much worse than that provided by Boss Chen, but the devil fired a lot this time.

The devil's flame-breathing soldiers touched the side of the bunker, and then spewed flames at the new group of bunkers.

The flamethrower used by the devils is called the Best Flamethrower. The spraying distance is only 25 meters, and it can only be sprayed once, and the spraying time is 10 to 15 seconds.

The fire dragon rushed into the bunker in an instant, but there were no screams from the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

Immediately afterwards, a devil soldier touched it and threw a few grenades into the bunker.

There were several bangs, and smoke and flames spewed out from the firing holes of the bunker.

After doing all this, the devils and puppet soldiers continued to attack and move forward with confidence.

Although the bunker was not designed with a door, but was connected to the tunnel, but the devils used flamethrowers, causing fires everywhere in the bunker, and the machine gunner could not re-enter the bunker for the time being.

……

"The devil is 150 meters away from the forward position."

Soon, the observation post on the top of the mountain sent the latest situation to the regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong thought for three seconds, and his face became ruthless: "Pass me an order to let the 1st Battalion of the Artillery Battalion attack the forward position of the 150st Battalion [-] meters away, and intercept the shelling!"

"Yes!"

Wang Dehou responded, then grabbed a high-powered walkie-talkie and called:

"Is it the 1st Battalion of the Artillery? This is the regiment headquarters. Immediately carry out interception bombardment of the 150-meter forward position of the [-]st Battalion!"

Soon, Wang Chengzhu's excited roar came from his ears: "Yes, intercepting shelling at 150 meters from the forward position!"

After hanging up the call, the telegraph operator next to him put down his headset and handed a message to Wang Dehou.

Wang Dehou picked up the telegram, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Lijiazhen also fought very well. The third battalion has repelled three Japanese attacks, wiped out more than 700 devils and puppet troops, and the third battalion has less than 100 casualties."

On the Lijia Town side, although there is no such good terrain as Dagu Town.

But the defensive positions are also carefully selected, digging tunnels, building bunkers and laying mines in dangerous positions.

Xing Zhiguo laughed and said, "I think the devils from the 10th division are no better than those from the second-tier division. Even if it's a frontal field battle, our new regiment will probably lose."

"Be bold and remove the invisible."

Li Yunlong spoke confidently: "With the strength and equipment of our new regiment, it is natural that we can beat the 10th Division, but the dead camels are bigger than horses. If we attack now, we will definitely be able to beat the 10th Division." Regiment, but our regiment is estimated to have more than half of the casualties, we can't do business that loses money, and when the vitality of the 10th Division is almost consumed, we will punch out again and completely defeat the 10th Division!"

Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou all had expressions of anticipation on their faces.

If the 10th Division was defeated, Okamura Neiji's expression must be very exciting.

……

About 4 kilometers away from the first battalion, there is a huge flat land next to the road.

Twelve 12mm howitzers and 105 28mm mountain guns are arranged in three rows, and the barrels protrude from the camouflage net, pointing directly at the direction of the distant battlefield.

Even though the devils had no fighter jets and bombers, camouflage nets were still pulled up on the artillery positions.

Behind the artillery positions, there are mountains of ammunition boxes, and 40 artillery squads are waiting.

炮1营和炮2营都是12门105毫米山炮和28门75毫米山炮的配置，火力比日军的山炮兵联队还要强悍。

The 2nd Pao Battalion was placed in Lijia Town to cooperate with the 33rd Battalion and [-]th Battalion to defend the Devil's [-]rd Brigade.

Long before the start of the war, the 1st Artillery Battalion had tested the shooting elements in advance, and even conducted pre-test firing.

"Target, 150 meters in front of the first battalion, intercept the shelling!"

"Prepare!"

"put!"

Following the order given by the battalion commander Wang Chengzhu, the gunners who had finished adjusting the gun positions for shooting Zhu Yuan pulled the towing rope almost at the same time.

boom boom boom…

Forty groups of fireworks exploded from the muzzle, and the scorching wind swept by, immediately setting off a large cloud of smoke and dust.

As the first shell bursts out of the barrel, the loader picks up the second shell.

There are also many types of bombardment tactics, like devils firing shells at a new group of positions, which is called destructive bombardment.

Intercepting shelling can not only block a certain defensive width, use barrage to kill the attacking devil infantry, but also block the devil's follow-up echelon.

This kind of gameplay needs a lot of shells and logistical support to play well, because many shells may not hit people.

However, now the new regiment has 5 base shells, and there is no shortage of shells in wartime airdrops, so Li Yunlong has also unlocked new tactics.

Li Yunlong's idea is very simple, that is to prevent the devils from entering the position to fight with the new group of soldiers.

Although in terms of fighting and stabbing, the soldiers of the new regiment are not afraid of the devils of the Type A division, but there are ways to reduce the casualties of the soldiers of the new regiment and increase the casualties of the devils and puppet troops, so fools don't need it.

The shells were as bright as silk, and roared towards the forward position 150 meters away with a sharp whistling sound.

Not long after, the sound of rumbling shell explosions came from behind the mountain.

At this time, the vanguard of the puppet army entered within 100 meters of the new regiment.

Wherever the shell landed, there was a burst of flames, and the devils and puppet soldiers at the explosion site disappeared without a trace.

The 1 cannons of the 40st Battalion did not have any respite, and fired 15 volleys directly, forming a wall of fire in front of the position.

……

In the 8th Brigade Headquarters.

Major General Miura Saburo, who saw this scene in the field of view of the artillery team, ordered an intensive bombardment of the new regiment's position angrily.

However, seeing that the devil did not rush to the position, after the devil's shelling began, the soldiers on the position entered the tunnel again.

Looking at the retreating soldiers, Saburo Miura's face was livid.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this is an interdiction bombardment consisting of a 105mm howitzer and a 75mm mountain gun!"

"The firepower is about the same as that of an artillery regiment, and the artillerymen of the Eighth Route Army have a very high quality, and they actually intercepted the artillery attack at a distance of 150 meters from the forward position!"

"And it can be seen from this that there should be a lot of shells on the eighth route..."

Ono Binfu, who was born in artillery, saw the tactics of the Eighth Route Army artillery.

More than 1000 people were killed or injured in just one afternoon. How can this battle be fought?
Miura Saburo looked at the sky, the sunset was beautiful, but he was in a bad mood, at this moment he really wanted to kill someone, he took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart:

"Ohno-kun, immediately report the battle situation to the division commander, and also request the division headquarters to send an engineering unit to carry out soil work!"

"Hi!" Bino Ohno nodded.

(End of this chapter)