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Chapter 995: Stop the artillery fire! No one can bear it if it keeps going on like this!
Of course, the ones now shelling the Japanese artillery positions are the Second Artillery Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment.

Battalion commander Wang Gensheng set up his artillery positions in scattered locations about six or seven hundred meters inside the Xinkou Pass, and then arranged a large number of observers, two in a group, to hide on the Xinkou Pass with binoculars and signal flags to give directions to the gunners.

When Wang Gensheng received Yang Yuanshan's order requiring them to destroy the Japanese artillery as soon as possible, he ordered the 36 artillery pieces in his battalion to make all preparations.

Soon, they heard the sound of infantry artillery fire outside the city, followed by the sound of mountain artillery bombardment.

The new recruits were so nervous that they were sweating, but they had no idea what was going on outside.

But the veterans immediately understood that this must be the artillery company of the Fourth Battalion engaging in an artillery battle with the Japanese.

The sounds of those mountain cannons must be coming from the Japanese.

At this moment, the observers of each gun saw the signal flags of their corresponding observers on the Xinkou Pass waving rapidly.

He immediately started yelling:
"direction……

angle……"

After listening to the directions and firing angles they reported, the experienced gunners immediately began to quickly adjust the artillery parameters.

After the adjustment was completed, they all shouted:

"Ammunition man, reload!"

"Reloading complete!"

Soon, all the artillery was ready.

Wang Gensheng immediately yelled:
"Fire at full strength. After two rounds of shelling, move the gun positions and get ready for shelling again!"

This was the plan he came up with after discussing it with Deputy Battalion Commander Ding Yongkuan.

They felt that with the powerful strength of their 36 artillery pieces, two rounds of bombardment should be enough to deal with the Japanese's eight guns!
After all, Yang Yuanshan strictly ordered them not to scare the Japanese away.

Therefore, you can’t do rapid firing of three or five shots!

Upon hearing Wang Gensheng's order, the gunners who had already grabbed the gun rope suddenly pulled it hard.

"Bang bang bang..."

The sound of the shells being fired echoed throughout the entire position.

Countless shells flew out with sparks, crossing the Xinkou Pass at lightning speed...

It was the first time for the new recruits to witness such an exciting scene, and they were all so excited that they could hardly control themselves.

Everyone wants to join the secret service corps and serve as a soldier. That would be so exciting!
I really want to see what the Japanese look like after being blown up by these shells!
……

On the other side of the Japanese army, the brigade commander, Major General Shiro Mano, was feeling very proud when he saw his artillery quickly destroy the enemy's 12 Type infantry guns.

However, before he could be happy for a few minutes, he saw dense shells flying in the sky.

He felt as if a basin of ice water was poured over his head in the dead of winter.

I felt chilled instantly!!!
I couldn't even control myself and started shaking all over.

At this time, the Chief of Staff Teruo Yamaguchi beside him was still in a state of panic, and he shouted:

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we should move in immediately!!!
This must be a mountain artillery, howitzer, or cannon, with a range of at least six or seven kilometers. Our current position is absolutely unsafe!"

After hearing the reminder, Shiro Mano finally reacted.

He shouted loudly:

"Warriors, hurry up, turn back, 2... no, 3 kilometers!!! Hurry!!"

However, his roar was drowned out by the explosions from the artillery position, and few people could hear it.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The earth-shaking roar made the Japanese soldiers all feel a little panicked.

"Your Excellency, the Brigade Commander, the Eighth Route Army has large-caliber artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm!"

Hearing the huge explosion, Teruo Yamaguchi shouted in horror again.

He knew that such large-caliber artillery was only equipped by the heavy artillery regiment in their Locust Army!
Even ordinary mountain artillery regiments don’t have it!

Upon hearing this, Mano Shiro roared:

“Bagya Road!
It seems that what we are facing is at least a heavy artillery brigade of the Eighth Route Army!!!

Maybe even an artillery division!"

Then he gave a stern order:
"Order Ishii-kun to command his mountain artillery to counterattack immediately and blow up the Tubalu's artillery!"

After giving the order, he immediately turned around and shouted, leading all the infantry of the brigade to retreat quickly.

At this moment, he no longer cared about the Locust Association soldiers who were fleeing in panic and the young and strong men captured from Gang County at the front of the team.

……

At the Japanese artillery position, Captain Akihira Ishii certainly did not wait for orders from Shiro Mano after encountering the first wave of artillery fire.

Instead, he responded quickly, calling on his artillerymen to immediately counterattack with all their strength.

Hearing his orders, the gunners quickly climbed up from the devastated position.

They began to carry away the artillery for inspection and to move the shells.

At this time, Ishii Akira discovered sadly that in the opponent's previous round of artillery fire, his 200 or so artillerymen had suffered hundreds of casualties.

And of the only eight artillery pieces, three were gone.

He couldn't help but roar in doubt of his life:

“Bagya Road!
Why is the Tubalu's artillery fire so terrible? ? ? "

How could he know that Wang Gensheng's artillery battalion was now firing 24 rounds of 75mm mountain cannons and 12 rounds of 120mm heavy mortars at the same time?

The power of these 36 shells hitting together is simply enough to destroy the world!
If the shelling distance had not been too far and the artillery observers of the special forces regiment did not have sufficiently accurate observation tools, resulting in the direction and angle they reported being inaccurate, Ishii Akira's position would definitely have been wiped out from the earth!
……

I have to say that the Japanese artillerymen are quite well-trained.

Although they were encountering terrible bombardment at this moment, all of them were in a very miserable state.

But when Ishii Akira stepped forward to take command, everyone suppressed their inner fear.

Methodically and rapidly, he adjusted the firing parameters of the only five remaining artillery pieces.

Unfortunately, no matter how fast they are, it is impossible for them to make all preparations and launch a counterattack within 1 minute.

But the soldiers of the Second Artillery Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment were able to launch a second round of artillery fire within one minute.

"咻咻咻...咻咻咻..."

The whistling sound of flying shells in the sky made the Japanese soldiers look pale and feel that the end of the world was coming.

Ishii Akira knew that lying down to avoid the artillery fire would probably be of no use.

Under this level of bombardment, the probability of dying standing or lying down is about the same.

So he gritted his teeth and yelled:
"Warriors, hurry up, fire!!!"

As he roared, the gunner of a cannon suddenly pulled the rope in his hand and fired the shell in the barrel.

But that's all.

32 shells suddenly fell, and there was another earth-shattering explosion——

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

After the dense noise, the Japanese artillery position was left in ruins.

Except for a few wounded soldiers who were either unlucky or lucky and screamed miserably, the whole place was dead silent.

All the artillery pieces on the position were blown to pieces, and not a single one was usable anymore.

Even the Japanese artillery battalion commander, Ishii Akira, was torn into pieces by the shock wave of the artillery shells, and not even his entire body could be found.

……

At the position of the Fourth Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment, Li Dahe, the battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion, saw the terrible power of his own artillery salvo through a telescope and could not help but mutter worriedly:
"Damn Wang Gensheng, the power of these dozens of cannons firing at the same time is too terrifying.

Would he scare the Japanese away?

By then, the leader’s plan will be ruined.”

The instructor next to him, Chai Renfeng, also nodded:

"The Japanese are already retreating. If they run away completely, we really won't be able to catch up with them."

"No, I have to send a telegram to the regiment commander and ask him to order the artillery to stop bombarding. No one can bear it if they keep bombarding like this!"

Li Dahe made a decision immediately and ordered the telegraph operator to report the situation to Yang Yuanshan on Yuwang Ridge.

……

In the temporary command post of the special forces regiment.

When the telegraph operator received Li Dahe's telegram, he immediately reported it loudly to Yang Yuanshan.

Upon hearing this, Yang Yuanshan, Han Yang and Zhan Haishan all looked at each other in bewilderment.

They never thought that the newly formed Second Artillery Battalion would be so powerful on its first try.

It would scare an entire brigade of the Japanese so much that they wouldn't dare to move forward.

After standing there for a full half minute, Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but sigh:
"It seems that this 120mm heavy mortar is really powerful!"

Zhan Haishan hurriedly reminded:

"Captain, you have to give orders to Captain Wang and the others immediately to stop fighting!"

Yang Yuanshan nodded and told the telegraph operator:
"Send a telegram to Wang Gensheng, asking them to stop firing and not to worry about the Japanese artillery.

The Japanese's Bamenshan artillery is only capable of producing such a large amount of artillery fire, so it shouldn't be able to cause any major damage."

"Yes!"

The telegraph operator shouted the order.

Afterwards, Yang Yuanshan paced a few steps in the cave and gave another order:
"Han Yang, arrange for two correspondents to ride bicycles to Yongxingling to find Kong Dacheng.

Order them to immediately go to the rear of the Japanese.

We asked them that if the Japanese were retreating, they should entangle them and wait for our pursuers to arrive.

If the Japs are fleeing, strangle them with all your might! "

"What if the Japanese didn't run away, but turned back and continued to attack Xinkouguancheng?"

Han Yang asked thoughtfully.

"That depends on whether the Japs have discovered their tanks.

If you find out, there's nothing to say, just stab the Japanese in the ass.

If you don't find anything, then just sit tight and wait and see!"

"Captain, if the Japanese are retreating now, Captain Kong and his men might not be able to catch up, right?

It will take quite some time for our messengers to pass the order to them!"

Zhan Haishan spoke up to remind him.

Yang Yuanshan nodded slightly:
"Well, that's a problem."

Then he walked to the map, looked at it, and gave a decisive order:
"Tell Kong Dacheng that if the Japanese retreat into Gang County, then abandon the mission and withdraw."

"Yes!"

Han Yang agreed and went out to make arrangements immediately.

……

Outside Xinkou Pass.

The Japanese brigade commander, Shiro Mano, saw the terrible artillery fire from the special forces regiment and immediately led the entire brigade to retreat.

However, after running for a few minutes, he discovered that the terrible artillery fire only lasted two rounds before it died down.

He was immediately very surprised and ordered his soldiers to stop marching, turn around and look towards the direction of Xinkou.

After seeing no more movement over there, he couldn't help but mutter suspiciously:
"Could it be that the Tubalu have run out of ammunition again?"

At this time, the brigade chief of staff, Teruo Yamaguchi, pointed in the direction of his own artillery position with a panicked look on his face and shouted:

"Your Excellency, our artillery battalion has been annihilated!"

Hearing this, Mano Shiro hurriedly turned his head to look.

He saw that there was no soldier still standing on his artillery position.

The entire position and the surrounding area within a kilometer were filled with huge bomb craters and broken limbs everywhere.

Even though he was a veteran of the battlefield, he still felt a chill down his spine when he saw this scene.

I couldn't help but said in a hoarse voice:
"Baga! Hurry up! Send people to treat the wounded and see how many of our warriors are still alive!!!"

Yamaguchi Teruo did not act immediately, but asked anxiously:
"Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, we should make a decision immediately, whether to continue advancing or withdraw to Gang County."

Hearing this, Mano Shiro frowned and felt very conflicted.

But after a moment, his eyes lit up, and he shouted excitedly with a very smart look on his face:
"I understand! The Tubalu's artillery did not continue bombing, it must be because they were short of shells!

Just like their previous infantry guns!
It's just a decoration!
So we can't be scared by them!

The Tubalu must be using some 'bluffing' tactic to make us give up the assault on Xinkou Pass!"

The more he talked, the more Shiro Mano felt that his idea was very reliable.

He even vaguely felt that it would only take him an hour or two to capture the Xinkou Pass and seize the large-caliber artillery of the Eighth Route Army!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Hearing his outrageous words, Yamaguchi Teruo immediately looked at him as if he were a fool.

Who doesn't have enough artillery shells but still wants to fire dozens of cannons at the same time?
Isn't it good to have artillery fire to cover the infantry?

He quickly spoke to dissuade her:
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this is ridiculous!

No commander would make such a battle deployment!"

"Baga! Are you doubting my judgment?
Then tell me, why did the Eighth Route Army’s artillery stop after only two rounds?

They obviously can, just keep bombing us!

With such a high density of firepower, even if we don’t all die, we will suffer heavy casualties!!!"

Shiro Mano was hurt by the guy's contemptuous look and immediately became furious.

Seeing him getting angry, Teruo Yamaguchi couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

But his common sense still made him stick to his idea:

"Your Excellency, the Brigade Commander, the Tubalu may have some conspiracy!
They are so cunning!"

"Don't say this useless nonsense!
Mr. Yamaguchi, as the brigade chief of staff, please come up with a feasible plan to prove your point!
Otherwise, I will apply to the front army to replace the chief of staff who is more suitable for my 2nd Brigade!"

Seeing that this guy was still stubborn, Mano Shiro became even angrier.

Isn't it that this guy is not good at anything and is the best at talking nonsense?

When Yamaguchi Teruo heard his threat, he felt a chill in his heart.

I thought to myself: You used to say that you treated me as your own brother, but now you have turned against me when something happens.

They change their attitude faster than turning the pages of a book. What a bullshit brotherhood!

However, since he can be the chief of staff of this brigade, he must have some abilities.

After a moment's hesitation, he suggested:
"Since the brigade commander does not want to give up the mission, I suggest that we send a telegram to the front army for instructions.

On the other hand, one or two infantry guns were deployed to start shelling the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army.

Cover a team of warriors and attack Xinkou Pass!

Once we discover that the Eighth Route Army has a large number of troops in ambush, we will immediately abandon the attack plan and retreat back to Gang County to wait for the 26th Division! "

"Yoshi! Just do it!

Hurry up, take action now!!!"

Shiro Mano felt that his method was very safe.

So he didn't insist on going all the way and immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing that this guy finally behaved himself, Yamaguchi Teruo breathed a sigh of relief.

Hurry to make arrangements.

Soon, their telegraph operators began to send telegrams with a "beep-taep" sound.

On the other side, the two Type 92 infantry guns of the First Battalion, under the order of Battalion Commander Yusuke Tanaka, advanced to a slope in front and dispersed to prepare to bombard the fortifications of the Fourth Battalion.

In addition, Lieutenant Masata Nagai, a squad leader who was given the charge mission, also led his soldiers in a skirmish formation and launched a sudden charge towards the Xinkou Pass with a bitter face.

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(End of this chapter)