Liang Jian: Peaceful battle, I will bring a group to help the scene

Chapter 356 Shelling!

"Yes, division commander."

Major Tachibana Kazuo's complexion also changed drastically, and he hurriedly said heavily, and then immediately sent someone to investigate the situation.

About five or six minutes later, the latest news came back to Taro Takeshita.

"Nani? What did you say? In the deep mountains and woods on both sides of the road, there are booby traps laid by the enemy with grenades?"

Hearing the report from Major Tachibana Kazuo about what he found, Taro Takeshita said with a gloomy expression, "How many?".

"At least there are many booby traps, countless! Division commander!"

Major Tachibana Kazuo reported with a solemn expression: "Moreover, the booby traps laid by the enemy are basically on the general route area on the flank of the mountain where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion are located and behind them.".

"If we continue to send scouts to continue the roundabout investigation, I am afraid that the scouts who investigate the roundabout will suffer even greater losses."

Hearing this, Takeshita Taro looked dignified.

"Send someone to look around the woods on both sides of the road behind."

Takeshita Taro then ordered Tachibana Kazuo Major.

"Yes, division commander!"

Kazuo Tachibana could easily understand what Taro Takeshita meant, and immediately arranged for it.

However, four or five minutes later, the ghost scouts who detoured from both sides of the road behind the army, which is about two or three kilometers north of the mountain blocking position guarded by Xu Rui and others, still encountered Xu Rui. The booby trap laid by Rui et al.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

The sound of explosions reached Taro Takeshita's ears from time to time, and the old devil already knew the situation of detouring from the rear to investigate.

Sure enough, Major Kazuo Tachibana, who soon learned of the latest situation, reported to Taro Takeshita, "Commander, the two or three kilometers behind the road detoured on both sides, and encountered booby traps laid by the enemy in the woods on both sides of the road. And we found scattered minefields."

"The hateful Xu Rui, the hateful Li Yunlong, are really cunning!"

Takeshita Taro said through gritted teeth.

"Your Excellency General!"

At this time, Major General Yagi Yusuke, the commander of the 16th Brigade standing beside Taro Takeshita, interrupted and said in a condensed voice: "In this case, we can only attack by force.".

"Xu Rui and Li Yunlong are already prepared to be attacked by the imperial army. Now, we can only storm the mountain where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion are located."

Takeshita Taro nodded when he heard the words, and then picked up the binoculars to observe the mountain where Wangyou Pavilion and Xiangji Temple were located.

I saw densely packed trenches clearly visible on the two mountains.

During the time they went south, it was enough for Xu Rui and Li Yunlong to lead their troops to dig enough trenches and fortifications on the two mountains.

Attacking this kind of steep mountain is the last thing Takeshita Taro wants to fight.

After all, this kind of storming the enemy's position on the steep mountain must have higher casualties than the defending side.

"Yagi-kun, it's time for your 16th Brigade to take action."

Takeshita Taro put down the binoculars, and then said to Major General Yagi Yusuke, the head of the 16th Brigade, who has not lost a single soldier and the brigade organization is intact: "This time, you should be careful to attack the mountain where Wangyouting and Xiangji Temple are located. ".

"I will let the artillery of the Artillery Regiment Commander Fukuto Tsujio conduct command shelling on the two enemy positions on the mountain for 10 minutes, and then after the artillery fire is suppressed, you will command the troops to attack the mountain!"

Yagi Yusuke knew what was going to happen sooner or later, but he didn't feel angry in his heart, but immediately nodded heavily: "Yes, Your Excellency, General, I will obey your orders.".

"Yoxi, in order to be able to save the palace of Xiyuan, Yagi-kun, let's work hard! Please!"

After finishing speaking, Takeshita Taro actually asked Major General Yagi Yusuke slightly politely.

"Your Excellency, General, I will do my best."

Yagi Yusuke hurriedly paused heavily and bowed his head.

"Yoxi, you are indeed a hero of the empire! Yagi-kun, the artillery unit of my 41st Division will bombard the enemy positions on the mountain where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion are located in 5 minutes."

Takeshita Taro said.

"Yes, Your Excellency the General."

Yagi Yusuke stood upright.

"Yoxi, Yagi-kun, let's start preparing!"

Takeshita Taro nodded and said.

"Yes, Your Excellency the General!"

Yagi Yusuke stood at attention again and saluted, then turned and left to return to his 16th Brigade troops.

Takeshita Taro ordered the remaining 1 devils to deploy along both sides of the road, flanking the more than 16 devils of the 8000th Brigade who were going out to attack the mountain.

The supply unit in the middle of the devil's army immediately called out 41 36mm mountain guns and twelve 75mm howitzers from the divisional field artillery regiment of the 105st Division.

That's right, this time going south from Mingjia Town, Takeshita Taro also brought down the twelve 41mm howitzers from the artillery wing of his 105st Division.

This is also the fact that Takeshita Taro did not reach more than 42 meters in front of the mountain guarded by Xu Rui and others until about 500:[-] p.m. after he went south from Mingjia Town.

The 105mm howitzer needs to be towed by a truck to the south.

Although the road from Mingjia Town south to Zhenting City is a highway, there are still some places where trucks cannot pass quickly and can only slow down.

Therefore, the devils commanded by Takeshita Taro went south to counterattack the army, but the speed was actually not fast at all.

Man of few words!

The Artillery Wing under the command of the Field Artillery Wing Commander of the Devil's 41st Division, Fukuto Secondo, deployed on the side of the road on the spot, and then began to arrange artillery positions.

It actually takes time for 36 75mm mountain guns and twelve 105mm howitzers to be deployed in the open space on one side of the road.

Therefore, it was not until more than 3 minutes, a full 8 minutes, that the artillery deployment was completed.

Soon, Futeng's second son immediately had someone report to Takeshita Taro that the artillery positions had been set up.

"Order to fire!"

Takeshita Taro directly waved to the devil messenger who came to report the situation and ordered.

"Yes, division commander!"

The devil's messenger rushed away in response.

Soon, in less than 2 minutes, 36 75mm mountain guns and twelve 105mm howitzers of the Devils fired roaringly in unison on the open space on the side of the road at least one kilometer behind the Devils' army.

"Tom tom tom, tom tom tom!!!"

Cannonballs were shot out from the barrel at high speed, and immediately hit the mountain where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion were located at high speed under the scorching sun.

In less than a few seconds, the mountain where the Xiangji Temple was guarded by the Second Battalion and the Third Battalion of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and the Wangyou Pavilion where the First Battalion and the Second Battalion of the 303rd Regiment were guarded, encountered fierce artillery fire from the Devils at the same time. shelling.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!"

In an instant, there were explosions one after another.

The two mountains were covered by the devil's fierce artillery fire, which caused the ground to shake.

In particular, all the 105mm howitzers of the Devils were brought along with the army to the south, and they were very effective in bombing the mountains.

At this time, when the Japanese bombardment started, soldiers from the two battalions of the new regiment and the soldiers from the two battalions of the 303rd regiment, who had already prepared to avoid the artillery, hid in the anti-explosion holes that had already been dug at the same time. .

(End of this chapter)