Half an hour later, the headquarters of the First Guard Regiment of the Ninth Theater Zone of the National Army was ready as scheduled and was about to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army.
"First artillery battery, second battery, third battery and heavy artillery platoon, get ready immediately!!" Standing at the front of the team, Zhao Chengge was very high-spirited. He wanted to pour this burst of artillery fire on the Japanese army!
Following Zhao Chengge's order, the officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion moved very quickly and quickly prepared artillery fire.
This time, Zhao Chengge was more determined than ever.
"All artillery units, listen, five-round rapid fire, get ready!!" Zhao Chengsong held a big flag and kept waving the flag, barely waving it down.
When he saw that the artillery unit was almost ready, Zhao Chengge suddenly waved his flag and shouted loudly: "Fire the artillery!!!"
"Bang!!!"
"Bang!!!"
"Bang!!!"
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In the first round of artillery salvo, fourteen artillery pieces fired at the same time. Fourteen shells pierced the sky and hit the ground of Nantianpu hard, sending a burst of masonry and rubble flying.
Houses collapsed, a plume of smoke rose from the village, and if you got close, you could hear screams.
You know, this is just a small village built on the paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River, not a big town. What's more, Tanaka Shengdao has deployed a large number of troops here for defense. This situation is normal.
At the same time as the sound of cannons sounded, officers and soldiers from the 1st and 5th battalions of the 1st Guard Regiment immediately launched their attack.
On Nantianpu, the headquarters of Captain Tanaka Seido.
In the headquarters, facing this bombardment, Tanaka Seido was furious: "These damn Chinese troops! They actually treated our imperial army like this! They also used cannons to bombard us! When have we ever suffered this? Such grievance!!"
The people around him saw Tanaka Shengdao getting angry, but they did not dare to step forward to persuade him, because they knew that Captain Tanaka was very angry, and if they tried to persuade him at this time, they would definitely get slapped in the face.
The little devils are indeed good at being slapped, but that doesn’t mean they like being slapped. They are mean, but that doesn’t mean they like being bitten…
However, at this moment, an accident happened...
A 105 heavy artillery shell hit the room hard, making a violent explosion, and the entire bluestone brick house collapsed immediately.
Many Japanese officers died without even raising their dying cries, and even the dog-skin plaster flag hanging in the yard fell down.
"Sir!!!"
The surrounding Japanese soldiers began to react. They also knew that the headquarters had been destroyed by the enemy. What were the consequences? They had to go and see if anyone was alive in the yard!
Seeing this situation, the surrounding Japanese troops could no longer care about anything else and hurriedly stepped forward to remove the bricks and rubble.
Outside the village, the charge of the Nationalist soldiers had begun.
Due to the cover of the artillery battalion, small artillery battery and two battalion-level machine gun batteries, their charge was relatively smooth in general - at least they were not intercepted by the Japanese army's high-intensity firepower and suppressed by the Japanese army's firepower. Even sparse.
In fact, it is not that the Japanese army does not want to carry out high-intensity suppression, but because. The firepower from the opposite side was too fierce, especially the machine gun shells hitting the wall, almost leaving a big round hole, even the wall was directly penetrated.
Some Japanese soldiers even had their entire bodies torn apart after being hit by small shells from machine guns.
"Warriors! Everyone must hold on! Otherwise, when the Chinese army on the opposite side rushes over, none of us will survive!!" The grassroots officers of the Japanese army were shouting. They were afraid that the defense line would be overwhelmed by the enemy. In that case, they would not be able to survive. There is really no hope!
You know, in addition to these heavy machine guns and machine guns, the officers and soldiers of the First Guard Regiment are equipped with a large number of light machine guns. These light machine guns alone are enough to drink a pot of the Japanese army on the opposite side.
That scene was really a hail of bullets, and the smell of death was everywhere.
"Advance another fifty meters and set up mortars immediately!!" the commander of the regiment's mortar company shouted, and his voice was clearly heard by the officers and soldiers around him.
In order to ensure that the Nantianpu battle goes smoothly, Zhang Tianhai even threw in his old foundation. He must use the strength of a lion to fight a rabbit and win with one blow!
Since Tanaka Seido's headquarters had been bombarded by the 105 heavy artillery shells, a trace of chaos inevitably appeared in the Japanese army's command system.
"Captain Ida, Captain Tanaka Seido's headquarters has been blown away by Chinese artillery shells. What should we do now? We are all following your command. What do you think we should do?!" A Japanese soldier The soldier ran over and asked the squadron leader Ida Shikaji.
Regarding the sudden change in front of him, Ida Shikaji was obviously a little panicked, but he quickly calmed down: "Immediately mobilize the 800 support troops to enter the village! This is the death order the regiment commander received! If we say, the 800 If an officer or soldier disobeys an order, he will say it was the order from Captain Tanaka!"
"Hai!!" the Japanese soldier responded.
One hundred meters...
Ninety meters...
Eighty meters...
When they were seventy meters away, the Japanese commanders finally couldn't help but show their fangs.
"shooting!!!"
The Japanese commander held his samurai sword high, and nearly fifty Japanese soldiers immediately appeared.
These Japanese soldiers were either holding 38 large caps, holding light machine guns, or rushing to the position of heavy machine guns, and then launched a counterattack against the national army.
On the contrary, just as they were fighting back, the powerful firepower knocked down more than a dozen of them, and the powerful firepower made them unable to lift their heads.
But after all, there are times when a blind cat encounters a dead mouse, not to mention that the Japanese army's marksmanship is very accurate, let alone that they are on the defensive.
Being on the defensive and waiting to attack is a great advantage.
As a result, in the first wave of counterattack, more than a dozen people from the national army fell.
Of course, after the officers and soldiers of the First Police Regiment were injured and fell down, their teammates followed behind. They had to capture the village in front of them. This was the death order of the regiment commander and battalion commander!
The next moment, mortar shells streaked across the sky, and then hit the Japanese forward position hard.
It has to be said that the firepower coverage of the national army was so powerful that the Japanese army finally could not withstand the pressure of the front-line positions and began to slowly retreat.
On the other side, the Japanese support troops finally received the order to enter the village. They wanted to carry out the last order of Captain Tanaka Seido - to defend Nantianpu!
Suddenly, the crowd surged, and the decisive battle had begun!
Looking at the scene in front of him through the telescope, Zhang Tianhai also knew that it would be absolutely wrong to continue fighting like this!
"It seems like these little devils want us to engage in hand-to-hand combat with them. If we suffer a loss in terms of firepower, we will engage in hand-to-hand combat? What a beautiful idea!" Zhang Tianhai scolded fiercely.
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PS: Updates are coming!
During this period, a lot of things happened, including setbacks at work and even greater emotional setbacks, and even the direction of my own life became blurred.
Updates will be resumed slowly, thank you all for your support!
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