Chapter 412 Tempting the Force (17)

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Hao and Huo Yuanjia got up and had breakfast and continued to help treat the wounded.

At this time, it was not dawn. The officers and soldiers of the guards guarding the positions of Shentou Village had already gotten up and stood up to wait for the Japanese army to attack in a large-scale attack.

However, although the Japanese army had arrived, they did not launch a fierce attack in the early morning like the day before. It was around 10 a.m. that the Japanese army began to shell the two mountains in front of Shentou Village.

What is strange is that the Japanese army only fired more than 10 shells into the two mountains and stopped the shelling. Moreover, the Japanese infantry did not launch an attack in a timely manner.

This made the guards who had just cheered up and were ready to fight against the Japanese invaders very puzzled.

At around 11 o'clock noon, the officers and soldiers had lunch near the position and were talking about the abnormal actions of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army launched short shellings at several positions in Shentou Village. However, the Japanese infantry still had no movement, which caused a lot of curses on the positions.

In this way, the Japanese infantry remained motionless and seized time to rest in the barracks.

The Japanese artillery troops bombarded various positions in Shentou Village from time to time. The explosion sounds and rising flames produced by the artillery continued to test the brain nerves of the officers and soldiers of the 1st Division of the Guards, greatly affecting the combat status of the officers and soldiers of the 1st Division.

Zheng Tiehao, the commander of the Guards, Huang Congli and others saw through the Japanese army's intentions. After discussion, they quickly took measures to allow each unit to take turns to rest so that the Japanese army could have enough energy to deal with it when the official attack was made.

At around 4:10 pm, Chen Hao was busy at the medical treatment center for a whole day. He returned to the command center and hurriedly ate a little bit, then came to the hill next to the command center to observe the movements of the Japanese army. Please log in to the chapter.

When he arrived on the mountain, Chen Hao held up the telescope and looked around for a while, but the Japanese infantry still did not move.

Huang Congli, who had been observing the movements on the mountain, said to Chen Hao: "Principal, it seems that the Japanese will not launch an attack today. Now, they probably guessed that our army has taken countermeasures and knew that the shelling could no longer affect our army. Therefore, even the shelling stopped."

"Haha, the little Japanese are like our army, and there are not many shells, so we can't waste it." Chen Hao put down his telescope and said with a smile: "Although the little Japanese defeated the Russian Empire, their family background is not strong.

During expeditionary operations, the Japanese army carried even fewer artillery and shells. After the war started, if our army could take advantage of the Japanese army's inadvertent defense and kill the current Japanese artillery units in large numbers, the initiative in this battle would completely fall into the hands of our army."

"Don't worry, the artillery troops are ready, and they will definitely be caught off guard by the Japanese artillery, leaving them unforgettable," Lu Liwei said murderously.

"Lu Dabang, the troops of the other two Japanese divisions are constantly coming here, don't take it lightly." Chen Hao warned.

Lu Liwei said confidently: "The Japanese army's large troops on the front line of Shentou Village are difficult to deploy. The more they come, the more they die."

"Haha," Chen Hao said with a laugh: "It's good that you have this confidence. By the way, Congli, the two mountain highlands in front of the village are crucial. Although the addition of mortars and heavy machine guns makes the position as stable as Mount Tai, in case of precautions, the soldiers should still be encouraged to hold on firmly."

"Yes," Huang Congli replied loudly.

At this time, the sun sets westward and approaches the horizon.

There are colorful clouds piled up in the sky, and the light blue sky curtain is like a clean velvet and yellow gold edges. The clouds on the sky curtain are like steep peaks, moving slowly.

There is peace inside and outside Shentou Village, and a mountain breeze blows towards people who have been busy all day feel the comfort of being divided.

Chen Hao took a few deep breaths, sat down and whispered: "Before the storm, it was always so quiet, haha."

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"Boom boom boom...boom boom boom..."

On April 13, just after 8 a.m., the artillery corps of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army and the artillery squadrons of each regiment carried out continuous artillery bombardment on the two mountains in front of Shentou Village in three directions.

In order to reduce losses, the current commander of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Ichiho Bingwei, the commander of the 17th Division, listened to the opinions of Hiroyo Watanabe, the commander of the 35th Regiment of the Ninth Division, and adopted the tactic of "infantry artillery coordination, barrage Xu Jin". Shortly after the artillery bombardment began, he sent two brigades of troops to march towards the two mountains respectively.

The guards and special forces artillery that were ready to go had already set the shooting parameters. When the Japanese infantry was about to reach the foot of the mountain, the artillery troops distributed on Shentouling and near Shentou Village launched violent artillery attacks on various Japanese artillery positions in a timely manner.

The arrival of the guards and special forces has increased the number of mortars near Shentou Village to more than 70. In addition to dozens of grenade launchers and 75mm mountain cannons, the number of artillery in the defensive forces is also very considerable.

"Boom boom boom..."

During the first salvo of the Guards and Special Forces artillery, some artillery shells hit the Japanese artillery positions. Among them, one artillery shell hit a Japanese artillery squadron on the pile of shells next to the artillery, causing a series of explosions, causing heavy losses to the Japanese artillery squadron.

The artillery morale of the Guards and Special Forces was greatly boosted. After several rapid fires, the artillery troops re-proofread the coordinates of the Japanese artillery positions. Soon, the rapid artillery shells poured down to the Japanese artillery positions and nearby like lightning.

Made in the United States, with a maximum range of 2400 meters and a rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute, the m1908 60mm mortar shows its power and rages all over the Japanese artillery positions.

The artillery squadrons of the two closest Japanese troops to Shentouling were blown up in a daze before they could react.

After the other Japanese artillery soldiers suffered a certain blow, they counterattacked the enemy's artillery positions. The most powerful artillery corps of the 9th Division responded the most quickly. They adjusted their shells in a short while and shot the artillery positions of the Guards.

However, the artillery troops in the Shentouling Highlands occupy the favorable terrain that is condescending. How could the artillery corps of the 9th Division have the upper hand?

After a fierce shelling, the artillery of the Guards and Special Forces at a relatively small cost, almost wiped out the artillery units of the Japanese registrars, and the artillery corps of the Ninth Division also lost more than half of them and most of their combat effectiveness.

The two brigades attacked were violently fired by heavy machine gun companies arranged on Shentouling, and suffered heavy losses and fled back in a panic.

The Japanese army did not expect that the Indonesian xenophobic army would have so many artillery soldiers. Without any defense, this attack ended in a disastrous defeat.

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