The artillery towers made of stones were blown into ruins in the artillery fire of the National Salvation Army. The defensive position surrounding the stronghold was just a trench reinforced with logs, which would definitely not withstand the artillery fire of the National Salvation Army.

If the defensive positions were razed to the ground like artillery towers, everyone would be exposed to artillery fire from the National Salvation Army.

At that time, the iron-beaten body will be fried into minced meat, let alone the flesh and blood body.

As a result, all the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold were covered with a shadow because the artillery tower was blown up...

"Boom..."

The shells falling from the sky were like they didn't have money, and they soon came to the Japanese and puppet troops on the defensive positions!

Cavalry units are indeed not suitable for attacking, but if artillery fire is used to razor the strongholds defended by the Japanese and puppet troops to the ground, without artillery towers and courtyard walls blocking the road, leaving only a few trenches full of loopholes, the subsequent attack will not be a tough battle, but a field assault that the cavalry is best at.

In less than five minutes, the outer defense line of the stronghold was blown up and the gunpowder was filled with smoke.

The wall surrounding the stronghold was long blown up and lost its value to block the cavalry.

The circular fortifications next to the wall were also bombed out of shape, and the trenches in many places were blown up...

There were half a meter deep artillery shell craters everywhere on both sides of the position, and the bodies of Japanese and puppet soldiers who fell to the ground motionless...

"Boom..."

Before the shelling could completely stop, the dull sound of horse hooves began to ring around the stronghold.

The Japanese officers hiding in the crowd got up from the trenches and shouted to the alive subordinates beside them to fight back...

There are very few responders.

On the one hand, the Japanese and puppet troops suffered heavy casualties from the artillery fire just now, and their subordinates who could continue to fight were less than half of them before the war.

On the other hand, it was because the puppet army in the Japanese and puppet army had been destroyed by bombing and had completely lost the determination and courage to continue to resist.

After the artillery attack, facing the cavalry that was rushing faster and faster, even if the puppet army was alive, they would continue to lie in the trenches and kill them, allowing the Japanese commander to squat in the trenches and curse!

"Bageya Road, the enemy is about to rush up, everyone is shooting... all machine guns are fired!" The Japanese officer swears while giving orders!

"Baoba...daoba..."

What made them desperate was that no matter how they shouted, there were only a few rifle shooting sounds on the position, and the only machine gun that could threaten the safety of the cavalry was only one twitching.

But this light machine gun was very unlucky. As soon as more than a dozen bullets were fired, three explosions rang out around. The fireballs that soared into the air instantly enveloped the machine gun position, and the sound of machine gun strafing also came to an abrupt end at this moment!

"Boom..."

The sound of the horse's hooves became louder and louder, and in the blink of an eye, the dozens of Japanese devils left on the position were no match for them at all. The cavalry battalion killed them all with one assault...

When Zhou Cheng led the main force to the battlefield, there was only one cavalry company left at the stronghold to clean the battlefield and guard the prisoners. Battalion Commander Tao Yongsheng left here five minutes ago with other cavalrymen and continued to serve as the pioneer of the regiment's main force!

By three o'clock in the morning, the unstoppable cavalry battalion commander finally encountered a slightly harder bone.

This is the largest stronghold on the road to the defense zone.

Although many troops were assigned to reinforce the Hamaye Wing, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold were still more than 600, and they were also equipped with two infantry artillery and six mortars!

Tao Yongsheng's initial plan was similar to his previous attack. He first used mountain cannons to destroy the central artillery tower in the stronghold, and then named the permanent fire points and fortifications around the stronghold one by one.

After the artillery destroyed all the obstacles in front of the cavalry, the cavalry rushed forward and attacked.

But the battle did not develop according to his script.

As soon as the mountain cannon was fired, three rounds of shells were counterattacked by two Japanese infantry artillery.

Although the central artillery tower was destroyed, the two mountain cannons were destroyed because they were not transferred in time!

The six mortars carried by the army were also attacked by Japanese artillery fire at the beginning of the battle, and suffered heavy losses!

Without powerful artillery fire to destroy the fortifications, the cavalry would not be able to assault normally.

Faced with this sudden accident, Tao Yongsheng could not think of any other solution, so he could only order the troops to surround the stronghold and wait for the regiment commander to come and help him rescue the siege...

The main force of the regiment arrived at the battlefield half an hour later. After listening to Tao Yongsheng's report, although Zhou Cheng was very sad about the artillery destroyed by the Japanese army, his confidence in taking down the stronghold was not affected at all.

"This is not a matter. There are only two infantry cannons and five or six mortars in the stronghold. After the destruction, the Japanese will not be able to continue to be arrogant in front of us!" Zhou Cheng said confidently in response to Tao Yongsheng's gaze.

Chen Zhengyu instantly understood what Zhou Cheng meant: "Captain, I will now transfer the heavy mortar company that has not participated in the war behind me!"

"They were full of expectations for this operation. Each soldier wanted to kill a few more Japanese in the battle. As a result, the battle of ambushing the Yingteng United team went too smoothly. Before the heavy mortar company could fire, the encirclement and annihilation battle ended."

"So many people have finally encountered an opportunity to attack, but they did not fire a shell. Every soldier was so angry that he had no place to fire.

"If they knew that there were Japanese devils here to fight, they would definitely scream with excitement!"

The Japanese commander who stayed in the stronghold was a major.

Because of the large scale of the strongholds and many garrisons, they not only equipped with telephones, but also equipped with a radio station.

Although the Cavalry Battalion cut off the telephone line before the attack, it was unable to cut off the radio contact between the stronghold and the outside world.

After other troops were attacked, the commander had no way to contact his superiors, but he tried every means to contact him and request reinforcements.

When he arrived at the Grandmaster, he had plenty of opportunities and time to contact his superiors, but he did not send a telegram to him!

The artillery fire counterattack just now was very smooth. As soon as the artillery troops at the stronghold opened fire, they severely damaged the artillery troops of the National Salvation Army, and instantly beat them to mute.

The victory in the first battle allowed the Grand Secretary to see the hope of relying on his own strength to defend the stronghold and block the national rescue army.

If you report to your superiors and send reinforcements to the superiors, even if the stronghold finally succeeds in repelling the attack of the national rescue army, you will only be able to get a part of the credit.

The Grandpa didn't want these easy-to-get military achievements to be separated by others, so he never reported to his superiors that the stronghold was attacked by the National Salvation Army!

"Sir, the National Salvation Army has been surrounding the stronghold and still holding its troops. It must be because the artillery was severely damaged and dared not attack. As long as we persist until dawn, they will definitely retreat on their own initiative!" A squadron leader analyzed.

The Grandpa shook his head and reminded: "You can be confident, but don't underestimate the enemy!"

"The National Salvation Army we want to intercept not only has a large number of cavalry, but also many infantry are rushing behind. Only then can they block their infantry attack be considered capable!"

"Let the artillery troops move immediately and stop staying in the artillery position just now, as it has been exposed!"

"If the infantry of the National Salvation Army is also equipped with artillery, our artillery troops will definitely have a bad battle to fight!"

The Major's reminder was very timely. In less than five minutes, five groups of fireballs rose from the artillery position that the Japanese army had just abandoned.

If the artillery troops fail to transfer in time, the five shells falling from the sky will definitely cause considerable losses to the artillery troops.

The captain was very glad. Seeing the fireball suddenly rising from the artillery position, he was still scared and ordered: "The artillery troops will fight back immediately. This must be the artillery that the infantry of the National Salvation Army just brought!"

"Blow them all, and we will be able to suppress the National Rescue Army in the next defense!"

"Boom..." The Japanese army had two infantry artillery and five mortars at the same time, firing shells at the artillery position that had just been exposed by the National Salvation Army...

The shells fired by both sides flew back and forth above the infantry's heads, and no one allowed anyone to let him go.

Seeing this scene, the captain smiled again on his face, which was still scared.

He knew the strength of the artillery troops under his command. In terms of artillery technology, the National Salvation Army was far inferior to his subordinates.

Now the National Salvation Army has no advantage in the number of artillery, and its subordinates have better artillery skills than theirs. If they continue to shoot like this, the final winner will definitely be themselves.

The result was almost no different from his judgment. As soon as the artillery under his command fired three rounds of shells, the shells that the National Salvation Army entered the stronghold were in chaos, and there were two or three artillery pieces gone.

Faced with this good form, the Grandpa is ready to win...

"Boom..." A more violent explosion instantly woke him up from his beautiful dream.

Looking in the direction of the explosion, several huge fireballs, which were at least three times larger, rose from the artillery positions.

Under the firelight, the master saw the current situation of the artillery position clearly.

The sudden explosions affected at least half of the gunners in the artillery positions. Many people were blown up and fell to the ground and there was no movement.

Another mortar was blown into parts, the barrel turned into a mozzarella, and it fell to the ground. It was obvious that it was useless!

"Sir, it's a large-caliber mortar. The National Salvation Army has also equipped a large-caliber mortar. Our artillery is definitely not the opponent!!" The artillery staff was stunned and looked at the captain in a hurry to remind him!

"Boom..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a string of equally violent explosions rang out on the artillery positions again.

The captain of the major could see clearly that the moment the fire splashed from the ground, another 10 or 20 gunners were blown over.

In addition, a mortar and an infantry cannon were affected and overturned beside the artillery position.

The smile on the captain's face instantly solidified, and as the shelling continued, it was slowly replaced by solemnly!

"How could this happen? How could the National Salvation Army have heavy mortars, and there are more than ten more!" The captain shouted with an unwilling look on his face.

Seeing that the artillery positions were flooded by artillery fire bit by bit, the other Japanese were also shocked, but no one could reply to the brigade leader's question. In the end, a squadron leader broke the depressing atmosphere here.

"Sir, the National Salvation Army is equipped with heavy mortars. We can't stop them by relying solely on our own strength. You must report to the above immediately and request reinforcements!"

After hearing the reminder of his subordinates, the captain realized the current dangerous situation of the stronghold and quickly replied: "I will send a telegram to my superiors now and request reinforcements!"

"You go back to your own troops immediately. After the National Salvation Army attacks our artillery troops, it will definitely use heavy mortars to attack the infantry. After returning to the troops, they will immediately disperse everyone and reduce the casualties of the troops in the artillery attack!

The commander of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan received news that the Hamaye corps was severely injured by the Eighth Route Army two hours ago, and immediately ordered the Hamaye corps to withdraw from the battle. He also asked the Staff Office to immediately formulate a counter-attack combat plan without cavalry participation...

After explaining all this, the commander should have gone to bed, but he was not sleepy at all. He felt in his heart that something else was going to happen tonight.

Just stayed in the war room and studied the map.

Although formulating a combat plan is the responsibility of the Advisory Office, the final decision still requires oneself to make the final decision.

As the highest commander of the Shanxi garrison, you must be well aware of the enemy situation and combat conditions before you can choose the one that suits you most from the combat plans provided by the staff.
To be continued...