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"Notify Zhang Wanhe of the logistics department to produce more shells. The more the better."

"Tell Wang Chengzhu to keep the artillery fire going and destroy all the Japanese fortifications."

"No, throw in another 2000 shells and cook me a pot of steel porridge first."

Zhou Weiguo has become accustomed to the fact that Commander Ding would go into a frenzy from time to time.

2000 artillery shells, each shell weighs an average of 20 kilograms, a total of more than 40 tons of artillery shells, can they all be loaded up?

Wang Chao was waiting for the order to attack and asked his comrades to get ready.

Standing at the front-line command post, he encouraged his regiment commanders. "In order to take care of our second-rate troops, the commander specially brought two artillery regiments to provide firepower support."

"When the artillery fire stops, don't hold back and fight with the momentum of the Fourth Column."

The sound of artillery fire continued, and the two artillery regiments pressed forward non-stop, especially the mortars and 76mm field guns, which aimed directly forward.

The artillery was aimed at the Japanese fortifications, the artillery fire was flying, and the flowers of waiting all withered.

"Brother, is it the artillery regiment or our Fourth Column that is making the main attack? The artillery fire hasn't stopped yet."

Commander Wang's cousin, Wang Yong, who was serving as a staff officer beside him, frowned and scratched his ears, as he was almost deafened by the artillery fire.

The 300 rounds of artillery shells should have been used up.

Later, the signalman brought news that Commander Ding had approved another 2000 artillery shells to give the Japanese more trouble.

The artillery shells rained down on the ground, destroying the Japs' carefully constructed firepower points one by one. Before the people met, the artillery shells had already exploded several times in succession.

The diffuse smoke blocked out the sky, making the originally sunny weather become gloomy.

Chu Yunfei was also feeling depressed. Damn, the American artillery camp was not good at all.

He also wanted a howitzer regiment that could fire large-caliber shells.

How can a real man be depressed and serve under others for long? As the regiment commander, it is time for him to be promoted to a general. The artillery battalion under his command must be replaced by an artillery regiment.

That's how cannons should be used.

The commander of the First Army, Yoshimoto Sadaichi, had a headache when he heard the roar of artillery fire.

Call your boss and tell him to listen carefully. The enemy's artillery fire is extremely powerful. You must request a heavy artillery brigade to come to help.

Heavy artillery brigade?

General Okamura chuckled. If he had a mobile heavy artillery brigade to mobilize, would he still need Yoshimoto Sadaichi to come and take charge of the situation?

There are no soldiers and no artillery.

Before carrying out Operation No. 1, Okamura had a bad premonition that once the main combat forces were withdrawn, he would not be able to defend against the Eighth Route Army relying solely on the security forces.

This group of people is not on the front battlefield, but is specifically causing trouble behind enemy lines.

Using stealth attacks to cause casualties.

When you use a soft knife to cut the flesh, after a few cuts, the situation will become wrong.

After much thought, Okamura had a group of newly recruited soldiers and wanted to form a security division with Yoshimoto Sadaichi.

Based on the Taiyuan Independent Mixed 9th Brigade, it was expanded into a Type D division, responsible for surrounding security tasks.

Is it too late to reorganize now?

After blowing up the Fenhe Bridge, the troops pressed forward, using the advantage of artillery to continuously destroy the Japanese army's heavy machine gun firepower.

Permanent fortifications are not effective, and concrete fortifications cannot withstand continuous bombardment from large-caliber howitzers.

If one shell is not enough, then fire two more.

The center of the explosion can even penetrate steel plates, and concrete is just the difference of two more shots.

In addition to howitzers, there are also direct-fire weapons such as anti-tank guns and infantry guns, which are also capable of destroying fortifications.

How many artillery pieces does Ding Wei have? Didn’t the Soviet Union just give him the weapons and equipment of two Soviet-equipped divisions? The artillery regiment he pulled out now is really shocking.

There must have been some captured items. The Japanese mountain and field artillery were in the hands of each column, and the artillery regiment was equipped with all Soviet field artillery and howitzers.

Commander Ding didn't even blink an eye when he told them that cannons below 75 caliber didn't need to be handed in after being captured.

Now he is a wealthy local tycoon with sufficient reserves of artillery shells and artillery.

The artillery fire stopped and the thick smoke reduced visibility. Wang Chao's assault troops had already approached the enemy's front-line positions.

They launched a cleanup operation against the remaining Japanese troops, using submachine guns and grenades to clear the way and kill those who had not yet evacuated in the trenches.

The comrades who were good at throwing grenades kept throwing them into the Japanese trenches.

After a muffled sound, he rushed forward to finish off the enemy.

They encountered no effective resistance, and only one tenth of their remaining troops were left, and were easily captured by their comrades.

Then we filled in the trenches and there was no need to clean up the Japanese corpses. It was fine to just bury them like that.

The number of casualties reported to Yoshimoto Sadaichi was 641 missing, 198 injured, and 213 killed.

Few people were killed, as many of the Japanese soldiers had their bodies shattered in the artillery bombardment.

If the identity cannot be confirmed, the person can only be considered missing, and only the body that is recovered can be considered killed in action.

He waved his hand to signal his men to leave, as he wanted to be quiet for a while.

Is it okay to give up Taiyuan and run south at this time?

There are still some troops stationed in Changzhi, Linfen and other places in the south.

The military's order required him to hold on, but he lost over a thousand soldiers in just one day, and had more than 10,000 men on his hands. How long could he hold out?

Persevere until the end of Operation No. 1?

When does Operation One begin?

It was the end of February, and there was still more than a month before the Yellow River Bridge was repaired, and at least a month and a day before Operation No. 2 began.

Damn Okamura, when he tricked him into taking the position, he kept saying that this was an opportunity to serve the empire and be promoted to general.

He is now a lieutenant general, and he will be promoted one level after his death in battle. Damn, he doesn't mean promotion after his death, does he?

Yoshimoto Sadaichi cursed Okamura's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, then looked to the west, thinking that maybe Okamura's ancestors were in Shaanxi.

Ding Wei's nibbling and sweeping advance left the defenders helpless. The enemy had strong firepower, and even if they could hide in the anti-artillery fortifications, they would be wiped out by the soldiers rushing up.

The front lines were lost one after another, and the carefully prepared fortifications became the graves of the Japanese devils. It was an honor to die on the land where they committed such evil.

At nightfall, the smoke in the sky had not yet dissipated, and fighter planes and bombers departing from Wucheng arrived over Taiyuan.

Electric lights illuminate hundreds of homes, becoming the most iconic guiding lights.

A flare flew up from the city, and the special forces members lurking in the city, at great risk, fired a flare near the Japanese headquarters.

Lin Yihu was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and immediately ordered a bombing towards the target location.

The Japanese air raid sirens rang throughout the city. As soon as Yoshimoto Sadaichi stepped out of the door, he felt the whistling bombs coming towards his headquarters.

In a hurry, he instinctively threw himself under the table in the room.

The sound of the explosion came from the yard, mixed with a scorching heat wave that made people's eyes go black.

Boom boom boom!

Three bombs landed near the headquarters in succession. The blast waves destroyed the buildings and blew the Japanese soldiers guarding the headquarters into pieces.

"Protect the general, protect the general."

The Japanese soldier with an injured eye was still shouting and using his hands to dig through the rubble, and saw the unconscious Yoshimoto Sadaichi.