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Chapter 404 Chapter 403, I used to herd sheep when I was a child!

In Yangquan City, at the enemy's artillery position, as the mortar shells exploded, the mountain artillery that was originally intact, along with the artillerymen who had no time to escape, were all destroyed in the artillery fire. Although the mortar shells did not have the same technical content as the mountain artillery, they were still artillery shells and could still kill people after exploding!
And such shells fell in 15 groups, a total of 30 shells, for the 12 mountain cannons, it was really a large amount! When the Japanese who fled into the bunker found that no shells fell for a whole minute, they quietly poked their heads out and looked at the original artillery position.

The artillery positions now look nothing like they did before. Some of the mountain guns are still in place, but there are obvious signs of being hit by shrapnel. Some of the mountain guns have their barrels separated from the gun bodies, and no one knows where they went! Some shells that were very close to the mountain guns also exploded in the bombing.

At this time, the devils were all thankful that there was a warehouse dedicated to storing artillery shells near the position, so there wouldn't be a big explosion! If this were in the wild, the whole truck of artillery shells would be placed in the wild...

While the Japanese were still afraid, Li Yuexuan had already understood the effect of the bombing. So, based on the principle of not taking back what you have brought, he led Shi Peican and pointed the mortar at the Japanese who were preparing to attack Lion's Head Mountain.

At this time, the devils were somewhat confused, and even the Eighth Route Army on the mountain were also a little confused. Because whether it was the devils or the Eighth Route Army, they all felt that something was wrong.
The Japanese artillery bombardment, especially the artillery bombardment before a large-scale attack, would start at 5 minutes and half an hour would be the norm. They would usually bomb the position first before launching an infantry attack.

And now? After only four rounds of bombing, which took less than a minute, why did it stop? However, it seemed that there were explosions in the city...

So, some brave sentries on guard post quietly poked their heads out of the trenches and looked in the direction of Yangquan City.

"Haha! There is a fire in Yangquan City and there is so much smoke. Is that because the Japanese artillery positions were blown up?" The Eighth Route Army soldiers were delighted.

"What? Why is there a fire in the city? Where is our artillery support?" The Japanese outside the city began to panic.

"Moses, Moses, call the brigade headquarters, what happened in the city?" Lieutenant Colonel Tokue held the radio and tried hard to call the radio in the city.

"Moses, it's me..." Katayama's ears were buzzing, but he still tried his best to keep his tone steady and said in a calm tone: "The situation is like this. We were attacked by the mortars of the Eighth Route Army just now. The artillery position... is finished! I now suspect that the Eighth Route Army has hidden at least one main force regiment near us!"

"Now, I order you to try to be restrained and make a tentative attack on Lion's Head Mountain without letting anyone know! Then, bring the team back! Do you understand what I mean? The expatriates have never experienced war, so we cannot tell them the truth. Otherwise, they will mutiniate and flee like the Central Army did in the Battle of Lanfeng!"

"So, you have to take our veterans with you, stay calm, and make a test as usual, and then move into the city! We can't afford to lose!" said Katayama Shotaro.

"Ha Yi!" Dejiang was very depressed, but still nodded heavily and let go of the microphone of the radio. "Xiao Lin, take your squad and the overseas Chinese squad you are in charge of to launch a test attack on Lion Head Mountain! Tell the overseas Chinese that it is a test attack. Get 200 meters close to the Eighth Route Army's position, open fire on the spot, and then retreat! Tell them that this is a battlefield drill to familiarize them with the battlefield! Also tell the overseas Chinese that the Eighth Route Army's shooting skills are not good, and their guns are not good. At 100 meters away, the Eighth Route Army can't shoot accurately at all! So, they are safe, don't be afraid! You do this..." Captain Dejiang called his confidant Xiao Lin over and gave him very detailed instructions.

"Ha Yi!" Although Lieutenant Kobayashi didn't understand why the captain wanted to arrange an attack at this time, he still faithfully carried out the captain's order. Isn't it just a firepower test attack? It's been done before. The only difference is that this time we need to bring these expatriates with us!

"Subjects of the Emperor, the most loyal soldiers, now listen to my orders, follow your respective superiors, and attack..." Lieutenant Kobayashi shouted loudly after giving instructions to his officers.

Soon, more than 60 overseas Chinese, led by a dozen Japanese soldiers, holding Type 10 rifles, slowly launched an attack on the main position of Lion's Head Mountain.

What these devils didn't know was that after they left, Lieutenant Colonel Dejiang gathered all the devil officers together and arranged for them to transfer. At this time, these devil officers truly understood the situation they were about to face. If only one regiment of the Eighth Route Army was guarding Lion Head Mountain, it would be fine, but if another regiment was added and launched a sneak attack and destroyed their own artillery positions, it would be dangerous!
During this period of time, Li Yuexuan had made tactical arrangements against Dejiang and his men.

"Our tactic is called the herding tactic! The biggest feature is to use artillery shells to gather the Japanese together, and then use the maximum firepower output to blow up the gathered Japanese! To do this, you need extremely excellent artillery and you need to be very familiar with the battlefield environment!"

"It just so happens that we have excellent artillery and the advantage of height, so we can overlook the entire battlefield! Our only shortcoming is that the range of our mortars is not enough to control the entire battlefield, so we need the cooperation of our comrades on the mountain! And it just so happens that we have a radio for communication!"

"Instructor, tell the signalman to send a telegram to the 385th Brigade, saying that we will use mortars to carry out a large-scale bombing on the Japanese under Lion's Head Mountain, and that the 14th Regiment is needed to use artillery shells to drive away the Japanese and gather 500 meters to the east! We must implement the sheep-circling tactic!" Li Yuexuan was the commander at this time and gave orders directly to Zhu Xingyu.

"Don't worry, Captain!" Zhu Xingyu, who had been silent all this time, said very solemnly.

Soon, the telegram reached the brigade headquarters, and then to the 14th Regiment. After reading the telegram, Captain Kong sighed and said, "When I was a child, my family was poor and I was also a shepherd boy! I didn't expect that I would have to herd sheep against the Japanese now! Haha... But let's fight this wave of attack first!"

That's right, the devils are attacking, and we have to wait until the attack is over before we can herd the sheep! At this time, the comrades of the first battalion had returned to the trenches, and Officer Gu followed them.

(End of this chapter)