Artillery fire has always been a huge advantage for the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield, and there is no reason for Major Aoki not to use it.

The six mortars were bombarded for a full five minutes before stopping. The blocking position had been blown up from smoke, and he could not see his five fingers.

Major Aoki was very satisfied with this result. According to past experience, the National Salvation Army's position that had been hit by hundreds of shells must have suffered heavy casualties. The positions were full of corpses, and the soldiers who were still alive were also blinded by the bombing and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.

He decided not to give the other party any time to relax.

Quickly pull out the command knife and wave forward: "Heavy machine gun cover, infantry assault, rush up, and occupy the position of the National Salvation Army!"

"The artillery is on standby, and the pacification guard said that the National Salvation Army has built a machine gun castle on the position. If it is exposed during the attack in a while, I don't need to give an order, and directly fire the artillery and destroy it, and cover the infantry to continue attacking forward."

At the command center of the Third Battalion, when he saw nearly two hundred Japanese attacks launching a massive attack, six heavy machine guns lined up, and bullets shot at the position without any money, Chen Zhengyu smiled unexpectedly: "Battalion Commander, these Japanese commanders are really stupid!"

"After the artillery bombarded, it was heavy machine gun cover, and the infantry assaulted, and the entire attack did not have any technical content!"

Zhou Cheng's expression was also very relaxed, and he could not see the tension before the war at all: "This kind of attack is indeed nothing new, but it is effective, otherwise he would not have defeated our Chinese army again and again on the battlefield."

A battle scene flashed in Chen Zhengyu's mind instantly.

That was the last battle I fought when I was the Jinsui Army before. It was defeated by the Japanese army in this way of attack and became a prisoner.

This is a shame for his life, and he still remembers it freshly. The scenes on the battlefield flashed through his eyes like a movie.

At that time, I was just a platoon leader and didn't know why the troops were defeated so badly. Now I understand.

Watching Zhou Cheng explain.

"That's because the Japanese artillery fire is too fierce, and the round after round of shells is smashed down. Our fortifications are simple. If the defensive troops are not prepared, shelling alone can cause heavy casualties. They will lose without fighting the battles behind..."

Speaking of this, Chen Zhengyu suddenly changed his mind and continued: "But this style of play is destined to fail in front of our Third Battalion."

"We are prepared and dug a large number of anti-aircraft holes on the position in advance. Although the shelling just now was fierce, it could not hurt our soldiers."

"Battery Commander, should you adjust the heavy machine guns of the firepower company and use the Japanese to underestimate the enemy and attack them once!"

Before he could finish his words, Chen Zhengyu's face was already showing a eager expression.

As long as Zhou Cheng nodded, he rushed out of the command center to make arrangements immediately.

"Don't be anxious first!" Zhou Cheng actually refused.

Chen Zhengyu was very unwilling to give up and wanted to fight for another: "Why, the Japanese dispatched a whole infantry squadron? If I transfer the heavy machine guns, I will definitely be able to seriously damage them. I will not miss the opportunity!"

Zhou Cheng did not let go, but he did not attack Chen Zhengyu's determination to severely damage the Japanese: "When the Japanese army attacked our third line of defense, I will hand over all the firepower companies to your command, and fight them back there!"

“It’s too early to fight back.”

"The total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops is twice that of ours. If they were beaten to them from the beginning, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops would definitely become cautious, and then they would stare at us and remain silent. At that time, the troops would not be able to divide the troops to reinforce the headquarters."

"First use the two front lines of defense to paralyze the Japanese, so that they feel that our third battalion is indeed vulnerable, and at the same time consume a little of their troops, and then greet them fiercely when the third line of defense."

"Order Xiang Feng to retreat after five minutes of fire with the Japanese attacking troops. Remember to leave a few mines for them and blow up the machine gun castle."

As the Japanese army attacked the position, Major Aoki watched the attacking troops approaching the defense line of the National Salvation Army, his confident smile became stronger and stronger.

So far, no gunshot has been heard from the blocking position.

It means that my judgment is correct. The National Salvation Army on the position will either be hit by artillery fire and suffer heavy casualties and lose its combat effectiveness, or will collapse without fighting in the artillery fire just now.

When the defense line was less than fifty meters away, most of the Japanese and puppet troops on the offensive positions smiled, believing that the attack had been won.

Even in the middle of the attacking troops, many Japanese devils relaxed their vigilance, believing that there was no one on the blocking positions ahead.

"Dadada..."

The sudden sound of machine gun strafing broke all the Japanese army's dreams.

The dozen Japanese rushing in front didn't expect their opponent to dare to put themselves so close before firing.

The two sides are too close to each other. As long as they move quickly and quickly rush forward for seven or eight meters, everyone can throw grenades into the position and blow up the surviving soldiers of the National Savior Army in the trench.

Don't they worry?

This was an idea that popped up in the Japanese army's mind, but no one explained it to them.

The bullet flew towards him, too fast, and no one was prepared, and they were all beaten into a sieve with amazement.

But their deaths are not meaningless.

At least give the soldiers behind them two or three seconds of reaction time.

The light machine guns and grenade launchers that followed the team to attack joined the battle one after another.

The six heavy machine guns under cover were also staring at the three light machine guns that suddenly appeared on the position.

But no matter how they fired, how dense the bullets they shot, the three light machine guns did not mean to stop.

"It is the machine gun castle that the Pacification Guard informed us, the artillery fired immediately!" The smile on Major Aoki's face was quickly replaced by serious orders, and he was anxious to order.

"Boom..."

Without waiting for his order, the artillery began to adjust the shooting of the elements as soon as the machine gun sounded. Six shells flew towards the three machine gun castles with a scream.

"Boom..."

The explosion rang out, and the gunshots in the castle came to an abrupt end.

In order to prevent accidents, the artillery fired three more rounds of shells before stopping.

The position of the National Salvation Army was once again filled with smoke and the gunshots were gone.

The offensive troops quickly got up from the ground and continued to attack with guns...

"Sir, the offensive troops have occupied the first line of defense of the National Salvation Army..." Observation Post report.

"Boom...boom..."

Two minutes later, several explosions came from the position, and Major Aoki frowned and returned to calm.

He heard that the explosion just now was caused by landmines, and it must have been a temporary arrangement by the National Salvation Army to prevent the attacking troops from chasing the defeated troops.

At this time, a second lieutenant of the attacking army happened to run back: "Sir, we encountered five landmines on the position. The machine gun castle built by the National Salvation Army was completely destroyed by us. The troops killed a total of 28 imperial troops and seriously injured six!"

"Where is our opponent?" Major Aoki asked with satisfaction.

"They fled to the second line of defense with a large number of soldiers' bodies." The lieutenant replied.

"We can see clearly that we wanted to take advantage of the victory and take down their second line of defense in one go, but we encountered a landmine buried by the National Salvation Army."

"The squadron leader is worried that there will be more mines ahead, so he dare not attack rashly, so he specially sent a Beishi to ask the captain for instructions."

Major Aoki snorted a cold order: "What are you waiting for?"

"Architecture, heavy machine gun force, move forward immediately. First use artillery shells to blast the troops' next attack route to make sure there is no mine buried underground. Then use the attack method just now to raid the second line of defense of the National Savior Army. The speed should be fast, and if it is slow, the raid effect will not be achieved."

Several messengers rushed to the artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions to convey the orders.

Major Aoki continued to speak: "The command center is also moved forward, try to command as far as possible."

"The machine gun castle built by the National Salvation Army on the defense line is not as lingering as the garrison. A few shells were destroyed after they passed. I can't figure out how they were defeated so miserably at that time!"

"It's one pm now. If you fight at this speed, you will definitely end the battle before dark."

"Akiyama Nakasa was too cautious. He actually let more than 600 people around the National Savior Army of 300 or 400 people stay in the country. He can think of it."

"Fortunately, I decided to change the feint attack to the main attack, otherwise I would not have the chance to destroy the national rescue army in Donghui Town. In the end, I came to pacify it in vain and did not get any military achievements."

While speaking, the second round of attack had already begun.

The six mortars were like before, firing shells at the defense line continuously.

As soon as the five-minute shelling ended, the infantry launched an attack under the cover of heavy machine guns...

Ten minutes later, the Japanese plaster flag was successfully inserted into the second line of defense of the Third Battalion.

Although the attacking troops suffered nearly forty soldiers, Major Aoki didn't care at all.

As long as he can eliminate the National Salvation Army in Donghui Town, he can still bear this loss.

Standing on the second line of defense just captured by the army, the outline of Donghui Town is clearly visible.

There were constant soldiers of the National Salvation Army carrying ammunition boxes and running out of the town entrance, or someone was carrying them to a stretcher and entering the town, which looked very chaotic...

"Sir, the offensive troops break through the last line of defense of the National Rescue Army and we can enter Donghui Town and destroy the base of the Third Battalion of the National Rescue Army. Please give an offensive order!" A subordinate complimented.

The smile on Major Aoki's face became even stronger. In his eyes, the battle has ended now, and there will definitely be no suspense in the next battle.

The imperial army will win, the national rescue army will be defeated, and the entire army will be destroyed.

Maybe the next attack will be the last battle today.

It is impossible for a squadron to take all the military achievements. Aoki decided to balance it: "The first squadron retreated and rested for ten minutes. After the third line of defense of the National Salvation Army was broken, he immediately detoured and surrounded the back of Donghui Town. The remaining National Salvation Army in the town must not be allowed to take the opportunity to break through."

"The second squadron took over the first squadron and continued to attack from the front, and used the tactics just now to enter Donghui Town within 20 minutes."

"Pedal patrol around the cavalry squad, kill the possible leaked fish on the battlefield, and start the action now."

The second squadron leader had been waiting for this moment, and his eyes shone and replied: "Don't worry, sir, I will cut off all the heads of the remaining soldiers of the National Rescue Army!"
Chapter completed!