The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

"Boom, boom, boom..."

With a series of dense explosions, the earth shook.

Not only the many little devils on the city wall can clearly see the situation on the little devil's defensive position, but also many soldiers of the No. 30 Sixth Army can see clearly.

I saw that a 155mm caliber howitzer accurately hit the little devil's defensive position in the west of the city. Sand and stones flew across the little devil's defensive position, and gunpowder smoke filled the air.

I saw that a howitzer hit a bunker of the little devil, and after a violent explosion, the cement bunker suddenly seemed crumbling. As long as another shell was fired, the bunker would definitely be reimbursed. [

Some little devils in the bunker were shocked by the huge explosion so that the corners of their mouths were bleeding, their eardrums were ruptured, and several people were shocked to death.

Several watchtowers built by the little devils collapsed under the impact of a howitzer. The little devils inside were obviously either killed or buried alive.

There are quite a few little devils hiding in the bomb-proof holes. Under such intense shelling, the faces of the little devils in the bomb-proof holes basically turned pale, and there were only bursts of pimples in their ears. Humming, nothing could be heard.

Quite a few little devils couldn't hold on any longer, and actually fainted from the shock, and some little devils couldn't bear it anymore, and vomited there.

There are also some little devils' anti-blasting holes. After being hit by several howitzers in a row, they have cracked and may collapse in a short time.

The little devils on the city wall were so angry that they almost vomited blood when they saw the miserable scene on their own ground.But these little devils are very helpless.

The artillery fire of the No.30 Sixth Army was too violent.

In the distance, the soldiers of the No. 30 Sixth Army saw their artillery showing their prowess and blowing up the little devil.Quite a few soldiers, with happy faces, watched with great interest the wonderful shelling on the little devil's position in the distance.

A large number of soldiers of No.30 Sixth Army.Ready to attack, tens of thousands of soldiers are already in position to the west of the city.As soon as the gunfire stops and an order is given, the soldiers will start attacking the city.

Also participating in the siege were two tank regiments and two mechanized infantry regiments.These four regiments will take the lead and rush to the little devil's position. Behind these four regiments, there are soldiers from several infantry regiments.

At this time, not only a large number of soldiers were watching the shelling with great interest, but the two column commanders also looked happy and watched the performance of more than 200 155mm howitzers with binoculars.

Now the shelling has just started for a few minutes, and a large number of fortifications on the little devil's defensive position have been blown away. The shelling time lasted half an hour.Everyone was looking forward to seeing the horror of the little devil's defense position after the shelling.

Inside Zhangjiakou city.

The deafening sound of cannons outside the city continued to reach the ears of the little devils in the city. The sound of these cannons was like heavy hammers.Beating the little devils, many of them felt extremely uncomfortable, but there was no good way.

Now, the little devils can only bear the artillery fire of the No.30 Sixth Army. The little devils' planes are basically lost, and the small mountain artillery equipped by the two divisions of the little devils.It can't be shown off at all.

The two division heads of the little devil walked back and forth in the headquarters, not only very anxious, but also feeling powerless. Although he didn't see the specific shelling situation outside the city, he just listened to it. Sound, the defensive troops outside the city must have suffered heavy casualties.

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While the 6th and 8th columns were shelling Zhangjiakou fiercely, the 1st column also started to bombard the little devil on Zhengtai Road.

第1纵队司令员王海洋带着第1纵队3万余人早就沿着正太路，运动到了小鬼子的防线前，阻击第1纵队的是小鬼子的一个乙等师团——第54师团。[

Zhengtai Road connects Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang. Due to the war, the current Zhengtai Road has not been opened to traffic for a long time. China and Japan each control a section. The section near Taiyuan is under the control of the Chinese army, and the section near Shijiazhuang is small. Devil's control range.

The current position of the first column is in the mountainous area on the edge of the Taihang Mountains. A few tens of kilometers further ahead is Jingjing County, and further forward it can enter North China, and further forward is Shijiazhuang.

Less than two kilometers in front of the first column is the defensive position of the little devils. Seeing so many soldiers of the No.1 Sixth Army, the little devils are already facing a big enemy, waiting for the first in their own positions Column attack.

The little devils of the 54th Division knew too little about the 1st column. The little devils thought that the No. 30 Sixth Army would be the same as the National Army and the Eighth Route Army troops encountered before, and the first to launch a large-scale charge.

Taro Imai, the commander of the 54th Division, also thinks so. Taro Imai knows that the No.30 Sixth Army has a heavy artillery group, but last night, Taro Imai received information that a large number of troops from the No.30 Sixth Army appeared in the direction of Zhangjiakou , at least [-] to [-] people.

The heavy artillery group of the No.30 Sixth Army must be in Zhangjiakou. The size of this No.30 Sixth Army is far smaller than 7 to [-] people. Imai Taro thinks that this army probably does not have a heavy artillery group.

Heavy artillery groups are a scarce resource. The entire North China Front Army currently has only two heavy artillery brigades. Imai Taro believes that it is impossible for the No.30 Sixth Army to have such a large number of heavy artillery groups.

Therefore, in the face of a possible attack by more than 1 people from the first column, Imai Taro put more than half of his troops on the defensive position, and only used less than half of his troops as a reserve team.

The 54th Division of the Little Devils has never fought against the No.30 Sixth Army. Although the 54th Division is only a second-class division, the little devils are more arrogant, and most of the little devils are not afraid of the No. 1 Army. The 30st column, on the contrary, thought in their hearts, today we have to have a good meeting with this No.[-] Sixth Army unit.

Many little devil officers also thought in their hearts that today they must tell the Chinese army on the opposite side that the Imperial Japanese Army is invincible.

The genius is bright, and many little devils are ready to fight. A crooked machine gun and a 30-type heavy machine gun have been erected one after another. The idea of ​​​​the little devil is to wait for No.[-] The soldiers of the Sixth Army rushed up, so they could use the fortifications they had built in advance to deal a severe blow to these charging Chinese troops.

But will the soldiers rush to the little devil's position from the beginning?

Obviously, no, according to the usual practice, the shelling started first.

The three artillery positions of the 1st column have already been prepared. The 1st column has a heavy artillery brigade equipped with 60 155mm howitzers and two artillery regiments, each of which is equipped with dozens of 105mm howitzers. howitzer.

The three artillery positions are several kilometers away from the little devil's defensive position. Using the night time, the soldiers are ready, and now they are ready to shell.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the three artillery positions of the first column also began to fire at the defensive positions of the 1th Division of the Little Devils. More than 54 heavy artillery pieces roared together.

Immediately, earth and wood flew across the little devil's position, and there were violent explosions everywhere.

Most of the fortifications of the little devils are civil structures, and a small part are cement structures. Such fortifications can defend against the shelling of small-caliber artillery, such as 60mm mortars and Type [-] infantry guns.

But the first column shelled three heavy artillery groups this time, and the smallest caliber was 1mm howitzers. The devils did not expect such a large-caliber heavy artillery. Those simple civil engineering works, under such fierce shelling, Suddenly a mess.

Many little devils' trenches were blown up, many little devils' machine gun points were blown up, many little devils' bunkers were overturned, and a large number of little devils were killed.

The little devils have never heard of such a violent shelling, and they have never experienced it at all. The 54th Division was just a newly formed division half a year ago. It had only fought a few small-scale local battles with the National Army or the Eighth Route Army with backward equipment. , Shelling on such a scale almost made the little devils almost collapse.

On the little devil's position, there were violent explosions one after another. Many little devils were pale and shivering, hugging their heads tightly and hiding in the trenches or behind sandbags. They ran away with their heads in their arms, but these little devils, without exception, were blown to death not long after. [

On the little devil's position, there are big pits everywhere, and there are broken limbs and arms of the little devil everywhere, looking terrible, a hell on earth.

The little devils paid a heavy price for their arrogance.

The head of the little devil's division saw that his defensive position was being bombarded on such a large scale, which was far beyond his expectations. The hands of the little devil's division holding the binoculars trembled slightly, and their faces were livid.

At this time, the head of the little devil's division almost vomited blood in his heart. Half of his division, under such fierce artillery fire, would not be able to last long with these simple fortifications.

The head of the little devil's division was full of remorse, thinking in his heart, how could he be so careless at that time, and actually put so many troops on these defensive positions.

far away.

Wang Haiyang, the commander of the first column, was also very surprised to see the artillery achieve such a good shelling effect. It was dark before and he couldn't see clearly. He didn't know how many people were in the little devil's huge defensive position.

Now the sky is getting brighter, and with the help of binoculars, you can clearly see the situation in the little devil's position in front. Wang Haiyang estimated that there are at least tens of thousands of people in the little devil's defensive position.

So many little devils let their artillery bombard them, it's really profitable.

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