The artillery units that the Japanese participated in the war quickly increased from one artillery squadron to three.

When a round of shells was shot out, an area almost the size of a football field was instantly covered by artillery fire.

Although the artillery troops participating in the Shouyang garrison all moved immediately after the fifth round of shells were fired, the time left for them by the Japanese army was too short.

Just as they ran out twenty or thirty meters with heavy mortar parts, the shells fell from the sky like it was raining and hit them...

After the five rounds of shells were over, a mortar platoon was bombed and five were left breathless, and almost all the troops were destroyed...

As soon as the Japanese counterattack artillery fire broke out, Huang Hu realized that something was going to happen to the artillery platoon targeted by the Japanese because the explosion there was too dense.

Sure enough, less than ten minutes after the artillery bombardment, a correspondent hurriedly ran towards him: "Captain, the artillery platoon of the first battalion was hit by artillery fire when retreating, and suffered heavy losses. The Japanese gathered three mortar squadrons to stare at them. The artillery fire covers too wide, and their retreat time is too short, so they can only be blasted passively!"

"The Japanese are cruel enough. They actually thought of a way to make up for the insufficient precision of the shells. I was too careless!"

"Import all participating artillery immediately. From now on, they can only fire one round of artillery shells in each artillery position, and then transfer after the shooting!"

"The Japanese artillery area expanded, it really made it more difficult for us to evacuate the artillery position, but if they cannot lock in the specific location of our artillery position, no matter how large the artillery cover area is, it will be useless..."

"Boom..." Before Huang Hu could finish his words, a dense and violent explosion suddenly sounded on the battlefield a few kilometers away.

"Oh no, our troops are targeted by the Japanese artillery cluster!" Huang Hu was very anxious to order.

"Go and issue an order quickly and inform the remaining two artillery platoons to change their tactics immediately. They must not be targeted by the Japanese artillery clusters anymore, otherwise no matter how many mortars we have, they will not be enough for them to explode!"

The Japanese and puppet troops set up camp, and the Japanese squadron leader who was responsible for commanding the artillery battle was very confident.

He felt that the two artillery counterattacks just now must have destroyed at least two artillery platoons of the National Salvation Army.

As long as they dare to continue to attack the camp, they will definitely let them go without a return.

Just as he became more and more confident in the battle to come, three explosions of "boom..." hit his ears again.

The squadron leader ordered without hesitation: "The artillery cluster is ready to fight back immediately, and the observer calculates the shooting elements immediately!"

"The National Salvation Army hid at least four artillery platoons around us. We must have knocked out two of them in the artillery battle just now. Now it is the third artillery platoon, and it must be knocked out!"

Several observers entered the state without explanation, stared at their big eyes and raised their ears, intending to lock the approximate direction and position of the opponent's artillery position through the second round of cannon sound.

Five seconds passed, and according to reason, the second round of shells of the National Salvation Army had been released and was flying towards the camp with parabolas in the air. Several observers were more focused and waiting for the shells to appear...

Ten seconds passed, and the shells they imagined did not appear.

Without an observation target, no matter how powerful a few observers are, they cannot judge the specific location of the artillery position of the National Salvation Army out of thin air.

After waiting for another half a minute without seeing the shadow of the shell, a lieutenant observer could only run to the squadron leader, and reported with frustration in disappointment: "Sir, the National Saving Army is too cunning!"

"They fired a round of shells into the camp and then moved. The number of shots was too small, and the sky was dark, so we could not see the flight trajectory of the shells, so we could not lock in the artillery position that had just been bombarded ours. Please calm down!"

The squadron leader is also a professional gunner, and his professional skills are very exquisite.

If he is asked to be an observer, he will not be able to lock the opponent's position through a round of shelling that he didn't pay much attention to.

So he did not vent his anger on his subordinates, but frowned and analyzed: "It must be that the National Salvation Army has changed its fighting style!"

"They knew that once their artillery positions were locked by us, no matter how fast they were, they could not escape our artillery fire coverage area. They had no choice but to change the rule of firing five rounds of shells per artillery position to firing one round of shells per artillery position, so that we could not lock them!"

"What a cunning opponent!"

"But this also proves that our counterattack just now has worked. We must have killed at least two artillery platoons of the National Salvation Army, otherwise they would not have changed their fighting style suddenly!"

No matter how many observers were, his mission was to lock in the specific position of the opponent's artillery position.

But once the tactics of the National Rescue Army changed, my mission could not be completed. I quickly stared at the squadron leader and asked, "Sir, what should we do next?"

The squadron leader shook his head: "This kind of fighting style is the same as the cold guns of the Eighth Route Army we had before. As long as the opponent has sufficient ammunition, we have no choice. Unless the corps leader sends troops out of the camp and encircles the artillery that is attacking us."

"But the wing captain certainly won't make such a decision."

"Night is too bad for us, and the National Salvation Army is particularly good at fighting mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare. If you rashly break out of the camp, you will not only not be able to kill them, but you will also lose your wife and your troops!"

"The artillery troops are on standby. If the National Salvation Army continues to attack us with cold cannons like this, we can only continue to survive with them until dawn."

"But no matter what, the artillery shells that the National Salvation Army invaded the camp were at least 80% less than in the middle of the night, and the casualties of the troops must have been much less..."

At five o'clock in the morning, the intermittent explosions in the camp finally stopped.

Colonel Ishida walked out of the room with a pair of dark circles, very tired.

As the commander-in-chief of the sweeping force, he could have had a rest, but the guards around him were too cautious.

No one knows where the next round of artillery shells of the National Salvation Army will hit the camp. In order to ensure the safety of the corps captain, the guards are on guard. As long as the shells fall near the corps captain, they will immediately protect the corps captain from being transferred. As a result, he was carried by the guards and moved six times last night, and he had no time to sleep.

The troops below are not as good as those of the corps leader.

They were not protected by the guards and could not sway around the camp unless the shells really hit them and had to move to avoid the fire. Faced with the rain of shells falling from the sky, they could only sit on the ground with weapons and pray that the rain of shells above their heads would not fall on their heads.

In this case, few soldiers dared to sit on the ground with weapons in their arms.

So after dawn the next day, except for Colonel Ishida, most of the soldiers under his command had a pair of dark circles.

Looking at his tired subordinates around him, Colonel Ishida's anger surged up instantly, and he cursed angrily: "Bageyalu, the national rescue army wants to consume our morale through the sneak attack last night, so that we can't do our best to fight them today."

"But the National Salvation Army underestimates the resilience and combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army. Although the troops did not have a good rest last night and their combat effectiveness would be affected, there is still no problem in defeating them."

"Order the troops to have breakfast immediately and continue to advance an hour later, and strive to fight to Zhujiazhuang before noon, and then fight to fight with the National Salvation Army guarding Zhujiazhuang after lunch."

"Boom boom boom..." As soon as the team that stretched for five kilometers set off, two shells smashed into the team and exploded. One of them exploded on the spot.

Colonel Ishida's face suddenly sank: "Notify the troops to lengthen our marching force to alleviate the casualties caused to us by the cold guns and cannons of the National Rescue Army."

"Today we have a great chance of a decisive battle with the National Salvation Army. They will definitely increase the number of sneak attacks on us before the decisive battle, hit our military morale and morale, further exhaust us, and thus increase the chance of winning the decisive battle with us, so we must not let their conspiracy succeed!"

Under Colonel Ishida's order, the five-kilometer-long team was suddenly stretched to ten kilometers, but the effect was very obvious. The casualties caused by cold guns and cold cannons on the Japanese and puppet troops were instantly reduced.

Colonel Ishida was very satisfied, but no matter how quickly he accelerated the troops' marching, the time he finally arrived at Zhujiazhuang was three hours later than planned.

Seeing Colonel Ishida holding a telescope to observe the blocking position of the National Salvation Army, but he just didn't say anything, the captain next to him became anxious.

He was a militant. He just saw with his own eyes that the first line of defense of the National Salvation Army was stationed in at least one battalion. The first thought that came to his mind was to win the first merit of this battle, and to eat the National Salvation Army of this battalion with lightning speed and avenge.

During the sneak attack last night and this morning, more than a thousand soldiers under his command were unknowingly killed by the National Savior Army, almost one infantry squadron.

Moreover, in these battles, I didn’t even see the shadow of the National Savior Army, and maybe I didn’t kill a National Savior Army.

It is unbearable. How could the captain who has always been on the battlefield in China bear such great grievances? He wanted to take revenge since the morning.

But the National Salvation Army was too cunning. When the sneak attack was attacked, the dragon did not see its head but did not give it a chance to counterattack.

In addition, the team leader has never allowed them to leave the team and take the initiative to attack, and the team leader has no chance to take revenge.

After finally seeing a battalion of national-saviors standing in front of him, and he had no intention of retreating and escaping. The captain definitely did not want to miss this opportunity to take revenge.

Seeing that the corps captain was staring at the blocking position, the captain thought he was frightened by the sneak attacks along the way by the National Salvation Army, and immediately asked for a fight: "Sir, let us go to the First Brigade. As long as the artillery troops provide us with the necessary artillery support and destroy the National Salvation Army's blocking position, I promise to take down the first line of defense of the National Salvation Army within half an hour. Please approve the Chief!"

"Sir, our second brigade is also confident that we will take down the first line of defense of the National Savior Army within half an hour. Let's go!" Another brigade leader also set his sights on the National Savior Army on the position and was unwilling to fall behind to ask for battle.

"Our third brigade can also attack!" Another brigade leader stood up and asked for a fight!

Colonel Ishida finally put down his telescope and raised his hand to interrupt the fourth captain who was also preparing to fight, and then ordered: "This is a three-dimensional defensive position with a depth of more than three kilometers. There are four blocking positions I see here, and there must be something I can't see. Everyone must not underestimate the enemy."

"The mountain artillery brigade and heavy artillery brigade, immediately find favorable terrain to establish artillery positions. All artillery must be prepared for shooting within half an hour. The fourth battalion, the first and second squadrons, the baggage unit, and the third battalion of the Imperial Army establish temporary defense lines around the artillery positions to protect the artillery units!"

"Contact our aviation troops immediately to protect ours and let them investigate the blocking positions of the National Rescue Army at low altitudes. We must clarify the deployment and firepower of the positions. I will have results in half an hour."

"The First Infantry Battalion is ready for attack. You will come first. The Second Infantry Battalion and the Third and Fourth Infantry Battalion are on standby as reserves. After the First Infantry Battalion captures two lines of defense, the Second Infantry Battalion will then go up, and so on!"

"What about us?" The captain of the third brigade did not hear his task, and thought the captain of the regiment missed him, so he quickly reminded him!

"You have divided your troops into two groups to encircle the retreat route of the National Rescue Army, establish a defense line between Zhujiazhuang and Pingding County, block the retreat route of the National Rescue Army, and launch an attack from behind the National Rescue Army at a critical moment, and attack all the National Rescue Army defending Zhujiazhuang from front to back!"

"In order to prevent the National Salvation Army from discovering your existence, try to go farther when encircling!"

"According to my observation, the National Salvation Army Punishment Guard and the Shouyang Guard are here. If we gather them here, the next attack will definitely be much smoother!"

The front command of the National Salvation Army, the intelligence from the front line has been continuously summarized here for Zhou Cheng's reference.

"Chief of Staff, the pacification garrison reported that a brigade of Japanese troops was ready for attack in front of the defense line, and a half brigade of troops was placed behind the offensive troops as a reserve!"

"Report to the Chief of Staff: The Cavalry Battalion sent a telegram, and the Japanese artillery troops were establishing artillery positions one kilometer ahead of our first line of defense, including a mountain artillery brigade, a field artillery brigade, and a heavy artillery brigade, a total of 36 artillery pieces!"

"Two infantry squadrons and a baggage brigade of Japanese soldiers establish temporary defense lines around the artillery positions, and a battalion of imperial military forces cooperate!"

"In addition to nearly 2,000 gunners, there are also more than 800 baggage soldiers, nearly 400 Japanese infantry, more than 300 puppet troops, and a total of more than 3,300 people!"

Chen Zhengyu did not respond and walked quickly to Zhou Cheng, who was still wearing a guard uniform, and asked in a low voice: "Captain, there seem to be a lot of Japanese and puppet troops on the artillery position. I am afraid that the main force will not be able to fight quickly, and finally become a fierce battle."

"If the Japanese infantry returned to the aid artillery position, they had not finished the battle yet, our losses would definitely be very large!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "It's not that serious!"

"There are more than 3,300 Japanese and puppet troops, but there are only two infantry squadrons and a baggage brigade that can really fight us head-on, with a total force of no more than 1,300."

"The three main battalions of the regiment attacked from the front, attracting all the more than 1,300 Japanese devils. The cavalry battalion drew three cavalry companies to raid on the flanks and entered the artillery position with lightning speed. Cooperating with the main force of the regiment to attack more than 1,300 infantry and baggage troops, they will definitely be able to fight and take down the artillery position quickly."

"As long as we take the initiative in the artillery position, the main force of the regiment will immediately distribute a battalion of troops to block the Japanese and puppet troops' return to the aid forces. The two garrisons took the opportunity to pounce on them and acted as if we were going to wipe out them all."

"In order to protect ourselves, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield will definitely not dare to act rashly. We will take the opportunity to take down the artillery position and knock off the fangs of the Japanese and puppet troops!"
Chapter completed!