Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

The gunners gave the order to fire.

"put!"

"put!"

"put!"

Following the command, the gunners pulled the gun ropes hard.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

The roar of heavy artillery sounded above the artillery position, and shells were fired and shell casings flew.

The gunner quickly opened the bolt, and the ammunition handler quickly stuffed another shell into the barrel.

"put!"

"put!"

"..."

A large amount of ammunition fell on the front line of the Japanese attack like a torrential rain.

But this is not the end yet, the artillery fire began to extend to the rear of the Japanese front-line positions.

There are two bases of ammunition, one base is used to bomb the Japanese front-line positions, and the other base is used to extend and open an offensive channel for subsequent offensive forces.

Chapter 683 Someone leaked the secret?

"boom!"

A shell exploded at the Japanese front line.

The Japanese's front-line position is about three kilometers away from Lianshan River. This area is more like the Japanese's front-line observation post than a position.

The Japanese would send a small number of soldiers to garrison and observe the defenders on the Tashan position. Occasionally, the Japanese would gather some troops at the front line and launch some attacks.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

Shells continued to fall on the Japanese front-line positions, and the large-caliber heavy artillery turned the positions that the Japanese had built with great difficulty into ruins.

Inside a forward observation post, a Japanese sergeant was holding a phone and shouting, "Moximoxi, this is the forward observation post, this is the forward observation post! The Eighth Route Army is about to attack, moximoxi..."

The heavy artillery bombardment had cut off the telephone lines of the Japanese front-line observation post, making it impossible to contact the rear.

"Send a telegram to the regiment immediately. Li Yunlong's troops are conducting a large-scale artillery bombardment on the frontline positions, and they are suspected of preparing an attack!"

The sergeant shouted at the signalman to send a telegram.

"what?"

"I told the wing headquarters..."

Before he could finish his words, a shell landed on top of the forward observation post, blowing up the specially reinforced forward observation post, and no Japanese soldiers inside survived.

However, there was no need for the front-line observation post to generate electricity, as the Japanese in the rear had already heard the explosions at the front-line positions.

A Japanese regiment commander was observing the forward observation post five kilometers away with a telescope.

"With mountain artillery, field artillery, and large-caliber heavy artillery, what will Li Yunlong's troops do?"

Since the Japanese arrived at Lianshan River and launched an attack on the Tashan position, Shen Quan's Chahar Column never took the initiative to attack and always defended the position.

And such a large-scale artillery bombardment has never occurred before.

"Send a telegram to division headquarters immediately. The Eighth Route Army is bombarding our frontier positions on a large scale, and they are suspected of launching a counterattack!"

"Hayi!"

89th Division Headquarters.

The commander of the 89th Division, Higashino Shihei, had just received a telegram from Nozoe Masato, ordering the 89th Division to launch a small-scale attack on the Tashan position.

At this time, Higashino Zhiping was still thinking about how to launch a small-scale attack. The entire Tashan position had become a nightmare for the Japanese.

The scene of an incendiary bomb burning an entire division to charcoal some time ago caused many Japanese soldiers to have nightmares every day.

Lianshan River was like an insurmountable chasm. No matter how many troops the Japanese deployed or what means they used, they could not cross this river which was only five or six meters wide.

Nearly 30,000 Japanese soldiers have died in front of Lianshan River. Now all the Japanese soldiers know that launching an attack on the Tashan position is tantamount to suicide. Even the most radical Japanese soldiers are unwilling to carry out this mission.

Just when Higashino Zhiping was having a headache, a communications soldier rushed into the command center in a hurry.

"Report, telegram from the 167th Regiment: The Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale artillery attack on our frontier positions, suspected of preparing a counterattack!"

"Nani?"

Dong Ye Zhiping couldn't help but frown after hearing this. He was also very surprised by the news because the defenders of Tashan had never launched a counterattack. Why did they suddenly launch a counterattack now?

"Send a telegram to headquarters immediately. The enemy troops at Tashan are shelling the frontline positions and are suspected of counterattack!"

"Hayi!"

Just as Dong Ye Zhiping said this, another signalman rushed in: "Report, His Excellency the Division Commander, the 167th Regiment has sent a telegram, saying that the Eighth Route Army has extended its artillery fire!"

"Immediately order the 167th Regiment to take up defensive positions and prepare for battle!"

"Hayi!"

At this time, on the north bank of Lianshan River, at the Tashan position, the armored forces received the order to attack.

At the command of the division commander, all tanks of the 2nd Armored Division started and began to move south.

On the bank of Lianshan River, the soldiers on the front line took out the prepared materials for building a pontoon bridge, jumped into the river without hesitation, and began to build the pontoon bridge.

Because the materials for building the floating bridge had been prepared more than ten days in advance, the construction was very fast.

When the armored troops arrived at the Lianshan River, several pontoon bridges had already been built.

"It's all right here!"

“You can pass it!”

At the front of the pontoon bridge, when the soldiers building the pontoon bridge in the river heard the notice, they immediately raised the red flag, and the tanks of the armored forces quickly rushed to the other side of the river across the pontoon bridge.

In about ten minutes, twenty pontoon bridges were built. After the pontoon bridges were built, the soldiers did not sit idle, but continued to attack.

"Pull me!"

"Hurry up, keep up, keep up!"

Infantrymen climbed onto the tanks and rushed towards the Japanese positions.

There was no other way. Without taking a tank, this road was really difficult to travel. The charred bodies of Japanese soldiers could be seen everywhere, and the entire ground was burned black.

Some soldiers who did not climb onto the tanks continued to advance along the tracks left by the tanks.

At this time, the extended artillery fire had already fallen on the defensive positions of the Japanese 167th Regiment and the 168th Regiment next to it.

When the shelling ended, the surviving Japanese soldiers on the position climbed up, but they were horrified to find that tanks had appeared not far away and were rushing towards their position.

"tank!"

"Quick, prepare anti-tank weapons!"

"Fight, prepare to fight!"

The surviving devils began to shout loudly.

But at this time the tank had already started to rotate the gun barrel and fired at the Japanese position.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Although the tank gun is not as powerful as the heavy artillery, it can easily destroy the temporary defensive positions built by the Japanese.

In addition, the tank's mounted machine gun also began to suppress the Japanese in front.

"Tian Nao Black Card, hooray!"

Just as a tank rushed into the Japanese defensive position, a Japanese soldier rushed towards the tank carrying a barbed grenade.

But before he got close to the tank, he was shot dead. After the soldiers behind the tank dealt with this devil, they quickly looked for the next target.

These soldiers following behind the tanks were the soldiers who had climbed onto the tanks before. Their task was to follow the tanks to attack and eliminate any threats that might appear around the tanks.

The defensive positions of the Japanese 167th and 168th Regiments were breached without any blocking effect.

"Don't take any prisoners. Leave them to the comrades behind. Keep charging, keep charging, and break through the enemy's defenses!"

"Yes!"

The armored forces continued to advance and were now not far from the headquarters of the Japanese 89th Division.

"What? We've already broken through the second line of defense! Damn, where's the artillery? Organize a counterattack immediately!"

"Hayi!"

At this time, in Huludao Command Headquarters.

Nozoe Masato also received a telegram from the 89th Division.

"What? Li Yunlong's troops are fighting back!"

When Nozoe Changde saw the content of the telegram, his first reaction was disbelief, and then he frowned.

Something was wrong, very wrong. He had just received the battle plan and was about to launch a counterattack, but Li Yunlong's troops launched a counterattack in advance.

"Order the 86th and 89th Divisions to establish defensive positions and stop Li Yunlong's attacking forces!"

Then, Nozoe Changde thought for a moment and said, "Send a telegram to General Terauchi Morikazu. The battle plan may have been leaked. Li Yunlong's troops are launching a fierce attack on Huludao! Request tactical guidance!"