The Japanese who had encountered these dangers mentioned by Zhou Cheng had encountered on the battlefield before. Major Panasonic did not expect that he understood the Eighth Route Army so much. In addition, he had no objection to the attack method proposed by Zhou Cheng. He made a promise: "Don't worry, Commander Zhou, the military headquarters has arranged for us to transport ammunition and supplies. It will definitely be delivered before dark. You will relax your mind to use shells. We will definitely not be short of shells tonight!"

Zhou Cheng nodded: "I don't have anything to worry about with you!"

"Staff General Wang, inform the artillery battalion to prepare for combat immediately. Ten minutes later, I will razed the unique regiment to the ground, and there is not even a place for Tibetans!"

"Boom boom boom..." Three shells of different caliber and models hit a unique blocking position at the same time, just like early warning, launching this large-scale artillery bombardment.

In the blink of an eye, the blocking position that stretched for hundreds of meters was covered by artillery fire, and fireballs and black smoke rising from the air could be seen everywhere, which looked particularly scary.

Behind the blocking position, the commander of the only regiment was also paying attention to the artillery attack, and was very envious, dreaming of one day he would have such a strong artillery strength.

While looking, he asked the second battalion commander beside him: "The soldiers who stay on the position will not have any problems!"

The second battalion commander was very confident: "Don't worry, the regiment commander, I left twenty veterans with very rich combat experience on the position, and dug a large number of anti-aircraft holes for them. There will definitely be no problems with safety."

The regiment commander agreed: "New soldiers are afraid of artillery, and veterans are afraid of machine guns! As long as there are trenches and anti-aircraft holes, don't be too lucky. Ordinary artillery fire cannot do anything to them!"

"And this is the first round of artillery shells fired by the National Salvation Army. In order to fool the Japanese, all artillery had to be dispatched, so it seems that the artillery effect is particularly good."

"The further we go, the fewer artillery will be involved in shooting in the National Salvation Army, and the less pressure will be on the left-behind troops!"

"It was our turn to take action at that time. According to the intensity of the artillery fire of the National Salvation Army, we detonated the black gunpowder buried in the position in time, causing the illusion that the National Salvation Army artillery battalion was still shooting us with all its might!"

"In addition, we inform our artillery battalion that we will counterattack the artillery positions of the National Salvation Army in two minutes. But our artillery shells can only be ambushed at the artillery positions of the National Salvation Army, and cannot be hit, nor can we cause casualties to the National Salvation Army, otherwise military law will be carried out!"

Major Panasonic was very happy to attack the position of the National Salvation Army!

Looking at the position that was completely covered by artillery fire, it was as if he saw Shengli wave to him again, and a smile appeared on his face from time to time.

Until now, he had no doubt about the National Salvation Army's attack on the Eighth Route Army.

As expected, such a high-intensity artillery strike lasts for another five or six minutes, the Eighth Route Army on the position will be almost blown up, and the National Salvation Army can take it down at most with one assault.

"Boom boom boom..." At the critical moment, a series of explosions suddenly rang behind them, and Major Panasonic, who was dreaming, was instantly awakened.

Turning his head, he saw the ten regiments of black smoke rising up from the artillery positions more than 400 meters away behind him.

"Oh no, the artillery battalion of the Unique Regiment has begun to fight back!" Zhou Cheng's smile was suddenly replaced by seriousness, and he began to give orders with a calm face.

"The first company of mountain artillery and field artillery companies will immediately counterattack and destroy the unique artillery positions. Other artillery continues to shell the unique artillery positions to cover the infantry's attack!"

Major Panasonic agreed with Zhou Cheng's decision very much: "The only regiment equipped with no more than ten infantry artillery and mountain field cannons. Commander Zhou, you gather twelve mountain field cannons to fight back, and you will definitely be able to suppress them!"

Ten minutes later, the artillery battle stopped, and the artillery battalion's artillery fire coverage of the blocking positions also stopped.

The infantry's attack process was exactly the same as that of Major Panasonic's judgment. The offensive troops encountered no resistance and easily occupied the blocking position that had been razed to the ground.

"Regiment Commander, the Eighth Route Army defending the blocking position ran away, with more than 200 wounded and corpses. Should we send troops to pursue it immediately?" The battalion commander of the Third Battalion hurried to Zhou Cheng, looking at him with a disappointed report!

"How many war-making soldiers are left in them!" Zhou Cheng did not answer immediately.

"More than 400 people, two of them carried a stretcher, and only about one platoon was behind the palace with guns!" Liu Shuihe immediately told everything he saw.

"We have already run to the front of the position three or four hundred meters, and with a large number of wounded and dead soldiers, we will definitely not be able to run fast. As long as we pursue them with all our might, we should be able to intercept them in fifteen minutes!"

"If you think you are slower, you can order the cavalry to chase them. I guess you can stop them all in five minutes!"

Major Panasonic immediately stared at Zhou Cheng with a eager expression.

As long as Zhou Cheng nodded, he decided to go with the cavalry or the third battalion to chase and kill the Eighth Route Army that had just retreated.

But the leader did not respond. Ten seconds passed, and he still thought about the problem seriously, nodding or shaking his head.

Major Panasonic was anxious: "Captain Zhou, I think the troops can pursue them. If the cavalry troops were dispatched, they would definitely be like the pursuit battle in Gangtou Village, and they would catch two or three hundred prisoners back!"

"No. You can't chase!" What surprised and puzzled Matsushita Major was that Zhou Cheng actually rejected his proposal, and the two people's ideas had a disagreement for the first time...

If it weren't for Zhou Cheng's attack on Du Yi Group in front, he would have suspected that Zhou Cheng would be playing a conspiracy with him again!

He doesn't think so now. Zhou Cheng had used his offense to prove how much he hated the only group. Now that he suddenly stopped attacking, there must be his reason, so he asked immediately.

"Why, the Unique Regiment is on the way to retreat, and has brought a large number of wounded and their own bodies. Isn't the troops chasing them now just caught them off guard?"

Zhou Cheng shook his head and replied: "This is just the result of an ideal state. We are chasing now, and we do have the opportunity to catch them off guard, but it is also possible that they will kill one and then shoot them back."

"There are more than 400 people in the retreating regiment that can continue fighting and receive artillery support, and their combat effectiveness has not been much weakened. If I were their commander, I would definitely order the troops to defend another round before retreating!"

"But they evacuated the battlefield without being able to do so and gave up the defense line they had worked hard to build. Don't you think this move is abnormal!"

"I just recalled the map carefully and suddenly I thought there was a ravine less than two kilometers ahead. The terrain was rugged and very suitable for ambushing. If this was a conspiracy of the only group, they planned to set up an ambush there to attack our pursuit troops. If the troops rashly sent troops to pursue them, they would definitely be beaten to death."

"And the shells in our hands have been exhausted. If the attacking troops are really attacked on the road, we cannot even provide artillery support to them."

"Captain Liu, immediately arrange a few people to keep an eye on the retreating troops of the Unit Regiment, find out if there are any ambushes in the valley I mentioned, and come and report it as soon as possible after the result."

"We keep moving forward and strive to take down the third line of defense of the only group before dark."

As soon as Liu Shuihe left, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, Tan Wei, came over to report. When he saw Zhou Chenghou, he reported with a heartache: "Captain, the artillery battalion has no shells. The regiment must replenish the shells immediately, otherwise the cannons in my hand will turn into a pile of scrap iron and will not have any effect!"

"There is another thing. During the artillery battle just now, because the artillery battalion was blown off guard, many of our artillery were blown up before we could transfer. We lost three mountain cannons, one field cannon, and two large-caliber mortars. Please punish the regiment commander."

The artillery battalion was Zhou Cheng's lifeblood. He felt anxious when he heard this and couldn't help but curse: "How did you do it? How could you lose such a big loss!"

Tan Wei explained aggrievedly: "Captain, our opponents are too cunning. They equipped a total of ten direct-fire artillery artillery pieces, and they were divided into three artillery positions to arrange these artillery pieces."

"When we finally locked in the opponent's artillery position and started to fight back, the only regiment had already fired forty shells at us."

"Fortunately, their gunners' hit rate is not high, and only a dozen shells hit the artillery position, otherwise our losses will increase!"

"Take me there and have a look!" Zhou Cheng was very anxious to order.

"Those artillery were finally obtained by the troops. Six of them were lost in one battle, which was too much. If the battle continued to lose as before, the artillery battalion would be destroyed when the battle ended!"

Major Panasonic also wanted to see if the artillery battalion was really suffering heavy losses. Zhou Chengyi finished speaking and encouraged: "I'll go and see too. If your army really lost four mountain artillery and two large-caliber mortars in the battle to attack the Unique Regiment, the military headquarters will definitely make up for you!"

The real situation of the artillery position is even more tragic than Tan Wei’s report.

One or two hundred "cannon shell craters" were scattered to artillery positions and around.

Some shell craters are particularly large, more than one meter deep. You can tell at a glance that they were blown up by wild cannons.

Several bombed mountain cannons and large-caliber mortars fell next to the craters, and gunners surrounded it and searched for parts that had been blown up on the ground, trying to assemble the cannon again.

But the effect didn't seem to be good, and every gunner had a frown expression on his face.

Seeing the battalion commander leading the regiment commander to the artillery position, the deputy battalion commander who was studying the bad artillery quickly ran over and reported with disappointed expression: "Report to the regiment commander, battalion commander, with our current ability, there is no chance to repair the broken artillery!"

"Three parts of the field cannon were completely scrapped, and the barrel seemed to have been blown up. All three mountain cannons were also blown up, and the barrels of the three mountain cannons were blown up, and the possibilities for repair were almost lost!"

Zhou Cheng was particularly heartbroken. In order to protect the remaining artillery, he decisively issued an order that Major Panasonic least wanted to hear: "The loss is too great, I don't want this to happen to the artillery battalion again!"

"From now on, the artillery battalion will not only continue to cover the infantry attack, but also protect itself at all costs."

"When arranging artillery positions, you must select the position outside the effective range of the enemy artillery. Have you heard it clearly?"

Major Panasonic especially did not want the artillery battalion to execute this order.

As we all know, the further away from the target, the worse the artillery's shooting accuracy will be. The number of shells can only make up for the shortcomings in the artillery accuracy. In the next battle, the artillery battalion will consume at least twice the shells.

Major Panasonic is not afraid of spending artillery shells, but he is afraid of wasting time and delaying opportunities for combat, so he doesn't want the artillery battalion to execute this order.
Chapter completed!