"Yes! Battalion Commander!" the battalion staff officer responded.
Not long after, a soldier from the battalion headquarters ran to Xie Chengkun and reported: "Report to the battalion commander, the regiment has an order, there is no need to expose too many troops and deploy. Wait until the enemy is close, and then attack."
"I understand, go back and tell the regiment headquarters that our battalion will definitely live up to the regiment's high expectations and focus on 'taking care' of the Japanese troops ahead!" Xie Chengkun ordered.
"Yes! Battalion Commander!" the battalion staff officer responded.
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This defensive battle was not too fierce. Generally speaking, the Japanese army's investment was not large, and the national army's counterattack was not too strong.
At least, the heavy machine guns did not fire, and the counterattacks were basically light machine guns and rifles.
After realizing that the national army did not seem to have any heavy firepower, Hirothun Zuoda began to throw out all the troops in his hands like bets - he confidently pulled out the samurai sword at his waist and roared loudly : "Ker! Pass my order! All troops, launch an attack at full speed immediately!!!"
"Hai!!!" Hundreds of crazy Japanese soldiers responded in unison, and then slowly put on the plaster. Slogans such as "Long Live the Dog King" and "Long Live the Martial Arts" were written on both sides. It looked really good. Something like that.
I saw these Japanese soldiers with slogans on their heads, and they immediately charged forward as excitedly as if they had been given blood.
In the words of later generations, it was like being on stimulants.
Looking at these Japanese troops who were as excited as if they were on steroids through the telescope, Xie Chengkun immediately returned to the headquarters and picked up the phone: "Hey, pick up the artillery unit right away! This is the frontline position of the 61st Regiment!"
The call was quickly connected. The person who answered the phone was Zhao Chengge, the commander of the Artillery Battalion of the First Guard Regiment of the Ninth Theater Command. He said directly: "Hey, this is the Artillery Battalion of the First Guard Regiment of the Ninth Theater Command. Who is this?"
"Hey, Battalion Commander Zhao, our 61st Regiment's frontline position requires artillery fire support! Please be sure to provide artillery fire support to us immediately!" Xie Chengkun said very seriously.
"Okay, no problem! Please be sure to withstand the Japanese attack!" After saying that, Zhao Chengge hung up the phone directly.
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Chengge immediately strode out of the artillery headquarters, put his hands on his hips and shouted loudly: "All brothers, listen! Now, prepare to launch a fierce artillery bombardment on the front line of the 61st Regiment! Ten-round rapid fire!" Do it now!”
"Yes, sir!!!"
The officers and soldiers on the artillery position immediately responded loudly.
For the officers and soldiers of these artillery units, they usually do not have to go to the front-line battlefield. They can only suppress or even kill the Japanese army by firing artillery shells.
The artillery in their hands is their weapon, their weapon against Japan!
Zhang Tianhai, who was watching them from the side, kept staring at Zhao Chengge, just to see the latter's ability.
Although in terms of artillery, the First Police Regiment had no qualified candidates except Zhao Chengge, but Zhang Tianhai still wanted to continue to see the capabilities of his artillery battalion commander.
Facts have proved that Zhao Chengge, the battalion commander, is quite qualified - whether in terms of professional skills or other aspects, he is in the category of being extremely qualified.
"Bang!!!"
"Bang!!!"
"Bang!!!"
As a burst of intensive artillery fire sounded, rounds of artillery shells burst out from the muzzles of the eight artillery guns on the artillery battalion position of the Police Regiment, forming shining spots of light in the air, and then shot fiercely towards The frontline positions of the 61st Regiment were smashed.
With eight artillery pieces, this was already a large-scale artillery battalion. No one would have thought that there were still four artillery pieces hidden in the police regiment, with their swords never unsheathed.
It is precisely because eight artillery pieces is already a large establishment for a conventional artillery battalion that this is why the people of the 11th Division did not doubt it.
Soon, with the scream of artillery shells piercing the air, each artillery shell hit the front of the Japanese charge, and the front immediately became a sea of fire.
Hiroshi Tsuda, who was originally ambitious to break through the national army's position, was immediately dumbfounded. He did not expect that the national army on the opposite side, which had always been at a disadvantage, actually had artillery, a force with heavy firepower support!
"Nani..." Hirothun Zuoda was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted: "Retreat! Retreat!! Suspend the attack!!"
However, at this time, among the rumbling of cannons, who else would hear his cry?
During the rapid-fire bombardment of dozens of artillery shells, the Japanese troops who were caught off guard began to suffer a large number of casualties.
Xie Chengkun, the battalion commander of the 61st Regiment in the observation room of this burst of artillery fire, after witnessing the whole situation, immediately said loudly to the officers and soldiers beside him: "Immediately send my order, and when the artillery fire subsides, immediately organize the troops to launch a counterattack. Charge! Damn it, these little devils have been thinking about bombarding us day by day. Now it’s their turn to suffer the loss. We must wipe out the hundreds of Japanese troops in front of us!!"
"Yes, sir!!"
Listening to the officer's heroic words, these national officers and soldiers also responded one after another. After all, they all have two shoulders and one head, and they are all born and raised by their parents. Let's see who is afraid of whom?
Just when the smoke stopped, countless energetic officers and soldiers of the Chinese army rushed to the front line. What they wanted was to "take your life while you are sick"!
The extremely sharp bayonet shines brightly in the sun, full of murderous intent!
They want to use the weapons in their hands to launch a fatal blow to the Japanese army!
"Da da da da da~ da da da da da~"
"Charge!! Kill!!!"
As a melodious charge horn sounded, countless national army officers and soldiers shouted slogans and began to charge forward. The sound of killing shook the sky!
Hirota Denbu is an ordinary soldier from Kyushu. Today, he followed the captain Hiroshi Hirota to launch an attack on the national army. When he set off, he was in a state of "vigorous and high-spirited, and would not stop until the enemy's front line was broken."
However, the premise of all this is that the firepower on our side can obtain overwhelming firepower. The most basic one is heavy firepower.
In terms of light firepower, the Japanese army is indeed better than the Chinese army, and the individual combat capabilities are indeed strong. Coupled with repeated victories on the front line, the Japanese army's self-confidence is unprecedentedly expanded.
So, the tragedy happened - when the Japanese army launched a charge with great enthusiasm, each shell with a screaming sound hit their charging formation hard.
The violent explosion set off a hot shock wave, which lifted up the surrounding soil and rocks. With the blessing of the shock wave, the soil and rocks rushed towards the surrounding Japanese troops densely and quickly like countless bullets.
If there were some Japanese soldiers who did not respond in time, they would have already fallen into a pool of blood - the shock wave itself is also very lethal!
People like Hirota Denpo belong to that group of people who react very quickly, so he survived.
But even if he survived, the consequences would be extremely disastrous, such as dizziness and tinnitus.
Hirota Denbu had a premonition that he encountered a well-equipped and well-trained enemy force!
In this sudden and very violent shelling, nearly half of the Japanese army fell in the shelling. It is true that the Japanese army is well-trained and has strong military quality in all aspects, but they are still flesh and blood!
Of course, the result of only half of the people falling was already very good.
When Hirota Denbu finally recovered, he was surprised to find that the Chinese army on the opposite side had launched the most violent charge against them!
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At this moment, the curtain of the Jiujiang Defense War has slowly opened!
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PS: It has not been updated for a long time, sorry for keeping everyone waiting!
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