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"Hurry, hurry, hurry, everyone, get into position as quickly as possible. In the past, you always complained about not having enough bullets and insufficient firepower. Now, with 500 machine guns in hand and plenty of bullets, show us the might of the 60th Army!"

"Get out of the car quickly, what are you dawdling for? If you miss the chance to fight, I'll shoot you dead!"

"I'm talking about you. Which regiment are you from? Your regiment's position is over at Gongguo. Why are you here? Where is your commander? How did you lead the way?"

It is 60 kilometers from the 13th Army's waiting point to the firing point on the east bank of the Lancang River. It is not easy to get there on foot within 1 hour, not to mention carrying a large amount of ammunition. Fortunately, Fang Yue dispatched more than 100 trucks in advance for their emergency response!

The opportunity was fleeting, and the firepower of Xu's army was weakened. The devils would definitely notice it at the first time and quickly strengthen the coastal defense. Therefore, the 60th Army must seize this opportunity and set up a firepower network before the devils.

Five minutes later, seeing that the firepower network had been almost set up, Commander An was the first to pull the trigger of the MG5 machine gun, and then shouted loudly: "Open fire, all machine guns must not stop, to create a safe crossing route for friendly forces!"

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle....

In an instant, 300 meters away from the east bank of the Lancang River in Shanyang, hundreds of machine guns spewed flames at the same time, and bullets intertwined into an impenetrable net in the night. No place could escape the coverage of the firepower!

"Change the ammunition belt, quickly!" The firing rate of MG42 is as fast as lightning. Even a veteran soldier like Commander An can finish a 300-round ammunition belt in one minute with great restraint.

Although the rest of the soldiers had conducted live-fire training in the previous two days, most of them were unable to control the firing rate, so that they used up 20 rounds of bullets in less than 300 seconds, and the gun barrels became hot in the blink of an eye.

Gongguo was a little further away, but part of the 60th Army in charge here also launched cluster shooting 5 minutes later.

The devil's position.

The commander of the 18th Division, Harukichi Momotake, looked at the dense, rain-like firepower in the distance, and his body trembled involuntarily: "How is it possible? How is this possible? How can there be an army in the world that has such a dense and powerful firepower network? Are their bullets endless?"

You have to know that he was a top student who graduated from the Japanese Army Academy. He had been on the battlefield for a long time and had extremely rich combat experience. He could guess the firepower situation of the opposing 60th Army almost accurately just by looking at the trajectory.

"Your Excellency, our division commander, our troops have not yet fully entered their positions, but have been subjected to such fierce enemy fire. The number of casualties continues to rise. What should we do?"

Momotake Harukichi shouted angrily, "Send reinforcements immediately. Where is the 4th Division? Send them to take over!"

The lieutenant colonel beside him replied hesitantly: "Your Excellency, the division commander, we only know that a regiment of the 4th Division is in Shifo Temple, north of Baoshan County. As for the rest of their division, their location is still unclear. Moreover, we are unable to get in touch with the division commander Kitano Kenzo!"

"Damn it, these guys who only know how to do business and make money. The military should have withdrawn the 4th Division long ago. Even if it was to let them go back to their country to enjoy their retirement, it would be better than having them occupying the organization and being a nuisance here!" Momotake Haruyoshi slammed his hand heavily on the table and let out an angry and helpless roar.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, those businessmen are as cunning as foxes, and they are even more cunning and scheming on the battlefield. But we can't do anything about it. A few days ago, the division commander Kitano reported Colonel Kanaya to the military. Fortunately, Colonel Kanaya has committed suicide by seppuku, otherwise our division would definitely not be able to escape the blame!"

When he thought of his subordinate Kanaya, Haruyoshi Momotake became furious. He knew very well that although Kanaya's military talent was not top-notch, he was qualified for the position of regiment commander. How could he be as incompetent as Kitano said.

However, knowing full well that there was something fishy going on, he could only swallow his anger.

Who made the 4th Division so respected? And the 55th Regiment did suffer a defeat in the battle and was almost wiped out, so punishment was inevitable.

At this time, the lieutenant colonel suddenly said: "By the way, the artillery regiment of the 4th Division is just outside the city!"

"Then order them to provide artillery support and transfer the regiment at the Stone Buddha Temple to the front line!"

The lieutenant colonel looked embarrassed and said, "In fact, their commander just said that the enemy's artillery fire is as dense as raindrops, almost splitting our troops in two. If the rear troops want to rush to the shore for support, they must face the hail of bullets. I'm afraid that only one in ten troops can rush over! So, so..."

"So what? Tell me quickly!" Momotake Haruyoshi was so anxious that he scratched his head and shouted with his hand on his forehead.

"So they said that they would never charge forward recklessly unless they found a safe way out!"

"Forget it, forget it. Don't count on the 112th Division. Let the th Division go! You convey my order and concentrate the artillery of each division. The enemy will definitely cross the river. We must defend it and never let them cross the river! Otherwise, with our armored forces, we will definitely not be able to stop their tanks!"

"Yes! But Commander, the 112th Division can only support the south bank at most. What about the public fruits on the north bank? The 33rd Division also called and said that they can't hold on any longer and suffered heavy losses!"

"The Stone Buddha Temple is closer to the north bank. Just give them the order and ask them to provide support. If they refuse to send troops, they will be punished by military law!"

"yes!".

.....Back to Xu Jiajun's side, the time was exactly seven o'clock.

"All-out attack, the vanguard forces force their way across the Lancang River!"

Following Xu Le's order, thirty Type 86 infantry fighting vehicles from the st Battalion of the st Mechanized Infantry Regiment of Shanyang rushed out of their positions like tigers descending from the mountains and galloped towards the river, followed by sixty infantry fighting vehicles from the other two battalions.

Gongguo's 63th Mechanized Infantry Regiment also began to cross the river under the leadership of Regiment Commander Jiang Botao. The protection of Type armored vehicles was relatively weak, so the number of the first wave of attack was increased. Almost all of the regiment's armored vehicles were on board, crowding the waters on both sides of the Gongguo Bridge.

The armored vehicles of the 8th Mechanized Infantry Regiment drove slowly towards the bridge. Whether it was on the bridge or on the water, as long as there was a breakthrough, the subsequent crossing of the river would be much smoother!

At this time, the Japanese on the west bank had been deployed for half an hour before they managed to build simple defensive fortifications.

These so-called fortifications are, in a nice way, defense, but to put it bluntly, they are just shooting while hiding in trenches that have not been blown up.

Since most of the obstacles had been blown flat, many Japanese soldiers could not find a place to hide and had to lie down on the spot!

However, how could they escape the intensive machine gun fire from the 60th Army!

The Japs kept adding troops to defend the shore, and their soldiers kept losing their lives, and soon they had cover.

Because the corpses piled up like a mountain and almost formed a wall, the remaining Japanese soldiers used them as cover!