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Chapter 900: Artillery fire cleanses the ground
Upon hearing that Zhao Li was coming, Yang Yuanshan hurriedly asked the sentry to bring him in.

Seeing that he was dusty and wet from the journey, he quickly poured him a bowl of water and asked him to sit on a rock.

"Zhao Li, thank you for your hard work. You came very quickly!"

"Hehe, it's not hard.

Comrades fighting on the front lines have a harder time than those of us in the rear."

As he said that, Zhao Li drank up the water in one gulp.

After walking dozens of miles at night, he was really tired.

After drinking the water, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:

“Captain, I have brought the 1000 soldiers you requested.

I thought you must be in need of laborers to help carry the wounded, so I also organized more than a thousand villagers from Qixia Town to come together."

"Okay! Well done.

Now Lao Zhou is in charge of transporting the wounded, you go and hand them over to him, then find a place to rest for a while."

Yang Yuanshan patted Zhao Li on the shoulder repeatedly, and was very satisfied with his cleverness.

He knew that Zhao Li must have heard that he needed to add 1000 soldiers and guessed that the troops had suffered heavy casualties, so he took the initiative to mobilize the civilians.

"Yes! I'll go right away."

Zhao Li put down the bowl in his hand, turned around and walked out.

……

As soon as Zhao Li left, Yang Yuanshan ordered the sleepy telegraph operator:

"Send a telegram to the 1st, 3rd, 4th and artillery battalions, and have them go to their respective positions and collect the weapons and ammunition that I have sent over.

In addition, have the first and fourth battalions send people to me and each of them replenish 500 new soldiers!"

"Yes!"

……

Following his telegram, all the battalions of the special forces regiment were in an uproar.

With high morale, they began preparations for war.

Both the cadres and the soldiers knew that the order to fight would be issued soon.

……

8 o'clock in the morning.

Zhan Haishan and Han Yang walked into the temporary command center of the special forces regiment together.

When Yang Yuanshan saw this, he was a little surprised and said jokingly:
"You two slept so soundly!

I said I would send someone to wake you up."

Zhan Haishan waved his hands quickly:
“Captain, we didn’t sleep until the sun was shining on our butts.

When Chu Kun and the others came back, we both woke up."

"Oh, really? So what did you do?"

Yang Yuanshan became more and more curious.

When these two woke up, they did not come to the command center to keep an eye on the telegraph operator.

What are you doing?
"Captain, let's go to the west gate to check on the Japanese."

Han Yang hurriedly explained.

"Oh! What's the situation with the little devils now?"

Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

I feel ashamed that I didn't go with them.

As a military commander, it is extremely necessary to understand the battlefield situation in a timely manner.

"We tortured him all night, it was horrible.

Now most of them have entered the city, and there are still three or four thousand people outside the city gate, with their backs against the city wall, digging trenches and setting up defensive positions. "

Zhan Haishan replied.

"The Japanese commander is not stupid. He didn't enter the city in full force. We blocked them inside the city."

Yang Yuanshan sighed.

“Hehe, Captain, I think it’s useless for them to keep these few people.

Our artillery strength is several times greater than theirs.

Even if they break out of the city, they can't turn the tables.

Moreover, they deployed their defenses against the city walls, which also provided clear coordinates for our artillery.

Later, if our artillery fires at the base of the city wall, it will be enough to make them cry for their parents."

Han Yang chuckled.

"Yes."

Yang Yuanshan's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly.

He immediately ordered:
"Telegraph operator, send a message to Gao Yuanzhi, ordering his artillery battalion to immediately begin shelling the area around the west gate of Qubei County.

Try to blow up that area inside and outside the city!"

"Yes!"

The telegraph operator immediately received the order.

……

Zhan Haishan reminded again:
"Captain, I think the next core goal of the Japanese is to open up the South City Gate to receive the supplies and reinforcements transported from Jinyang City.

Do we need to strengthen the Third Battalion?"

Han Yang also nodded in agreement:
"good.

If the Japanese sent trucks to transport supplies from Jinyang City, it would probably arrive in an hour or two.

Besides, don't the Japanese have those armored trains? Although we destroyed the railway from Jinyang to Qubei County, if the Japanese bring engineers to repair it while driving forward, it will be a big threat to us.

The tank guns on the Japanese armored trains are quite powerful, and our mountain guns are simply no match for them."

Han Yang felt a little scared when he thought of the Japanese's 150mm caliber railway gun.

That’s real heavy artillery!
With one shot, everyone within a hundred meters will either die or be seriously injured!

“That’s true.

If the Japanese really repair the railway and arrange armored trains to patrol, their transportation lines will be safe, and this war will be difficult to fight."

Yang Yuanshan also nodded.

After a brief thought, he gave the order:

"Telegraph operator, order He Yunfu to leave one company at the East City Gate and lead the rest of the Second Battalion to the South City Gate of Qubei County.

Follow Lao Wang and keep the Japanese in the city!

We must not let them break out from the South Gate!"

"Yes!"

……

Following Yang Yuanshan's orders, the battlefield in Qubei County became lively again.

The first to launch an attack were the mountain artillery of the artillery battalion of the special forces regiment.

After receiving Yang Yuanshan's telegram, Gao Yuanzhi found 6 75mm mountain cannons, 4 77mm field cannons and a large number of artillery shells behind his position.

Together with the artillery they had left yesterday, they had 27 mountain guns and 4 field guns, which directly restored % of the artillery battalion's combat effectiveness.

After receiving the order to bombard the area near the west gate of Qubei County, he did not hesitate at all and immediately shouted the order:

"Everyone, target is at 3 o'clock, distance is 5 to 6 kilometers, free fire!"

Upon hearing this, the gunners immediately adjusted the firing parameters and then pulled the gun rope suddenly.

"Bang bang bang... bang bang..."

The sound of the shells firing made the soldiers' ears buzz.

But everyone's face was full of excitement.

Everyone was muttering:
"Little devils, Grandpa has woken up, it's time to tell you, you bastards, to get up and prepare to die!"

……

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The dense artillery fire immediately awakened the Japanese soldiers in Qubei County.

Acting division commander Murata Takasei, who had fainted earlier and was carried by his subordinates to a luxurious mansion to rest, woke up immediately.

He shouted immediately:

"Where are you firing?"

A guard rushed in and reported to him:
"Your Excellency, the division commander, it's the mountain artillery of the Eighth Route Army!

They are firing on our warriors who remain near the west gate!"

"Damn Tubalu! Damn Tubalu!

Quick, order Kazuo Mitsui to fire back immediately!"

Murata Takasei roared as he threw off the quilt and got out of bed.

He completely forgot that his heavy artillery regiment only had four mountain cannons left and had not even a single shell left.

What the hell is counterattack!
As he spoke, he simply put on his military uniform and rushed outside.

Be prepared to see the current situation.

However, before he could rush out of the yard, he heard more and more frequent artillery fire.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

Along with the sound of the cannon, he also felt the earth shaking violently.

He couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Baga! Why do the Tubalu have hundreds of artillery pieces and an endless supply of shells???"

There is no doubt that these are the artillery units of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions of the Special Forces Regiment. After receiving replenishment of artillery and artillery shells, they saw the artillery battalion start shelling and they did not want to be outdone and started a full-scale bombardment.

They had lost a lot of artillery in yesterday's battle.

But just now, all of them were replenished at the edge of the position.

So now, the artillery units of each battalion have almost returned to their full strength of 12 Type 12 infantry guns and 18 M57 mm recoilless guns.

The artillery of the three battalions combined has more than 70 guns!
If they bombed at the same time, the noise would naturally be huge!
……

Amid the dense artillery fire, Murata Takaaki rushed out of the house and hurriedly ran towards the west gate.

Soon, he arrived near the west gate, and then he was stunned to see artillery shells falling madly from the sky like dumplings.

These shells fell densely inside and outside the West City Gate, blasting the Japanese soldiers stationed on and outside the city walls into broken limbs so severe that they couldn't even scream.

After staying still for three full seconds, Murata Takasei gave up his original plan to rush up the city wall and command a counterattack.

Shouting loudly:

"Warriors, hurry up! Turn into the city!!!"

……

(End of this chapter)