I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

The Third Corps took over the eastern defense line in the face of the Japanese attack. The 60th Army on the eastern front retreated and concentrated on the western front. All available artillery units set up reverse slope positions. It was already noon, and the Japanese army was still attacking in a skirmish line, charging and shooting at the same time. Both sides suffered heavy losses.

The National Army opened fire again, hitting the Japanese troops opposite the weak link in defense. This time the bombardment was very powerful. Even though it was a skirmish line attack, the Japanese suffered countless casualties. A few minutes later, the Japanese artillery positions in various places began to return fire, but it did not cause any impact on the National Army's positions. The National Army's artillery shells were still whizzing towards them.

Kenji Doimoto and Seishirō Sakagami were confused again. Seeing the soldiers attacking from the frontline pinned to the ground by the explosion, it felt very unreal and they could not rush forward. They ordered the attacking troops to retreat and rest. The losses from such an attack were too great and they had to change their tactics.

In the afternoon, Lu Han personally gave orders to the artillery units, ordering all artillery to aim at the nodes that the Japanese could easily break through, and to adjust the shooting parameters through test firing to prevent the Japanese from launching a sneak attack at night. He also ordered all artillery to rearrange new reverse slope positions and set up false targets at the original locations, and to move to the new positions and hide before dawn tomorrow morning to prevent Japanese bombing.

The Japanese army was indeed prepared for a sneak attack tonight. A large number of devils with sanitary napkins on their heads appeared again. They were not prepared to bombard the opposite position, nor were they prepared to use tanks for cover. The team tried to lie down and move forward as much as possible. Once discovered by the National Army, they swarmed over. The vanguard kept moving in, and the troops behind quickly detoured to both sides. As long as a gap was opened, the Japanese army would have a way to make the National Army collapse.

The National Army had been on high alert for a long time. Since the Japanese had made no progress during the day, they would definitely make trouble at night. All light and heavy firepower were concentrated on some key nodes. The artillery also adjusted the shooting parameters in the afternoon to be ready to deal with the Japanese sneak attack at any time.

There was no moon at night and the battlefield was pitch black, which gave the Japanese troops who were crawling forward a lot of hope. After 500 meters, there was no movement. After 300 meters, there was still no movement. After 150 meters, a cruel light appeared in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire from the Kuomintang position. Seeing that their whereabouts were exposed, the Japanese soldiers did not lie down anymore, but got up and rushed forward shouting "Ban Cai". The Czech light machine guns, Maxim heavy machine guns, and all the rifles in the Kuomintang position opened fire. Large numbers of the charging Japanese soldiers fell down. The Japanese soldiers behind them continued to charge towards death, holding sanitary napkins. The artillery opened fire, with 75mm mountain cannons, 75mm field cannons, and a large number of mortars. The shells and hail fell into the Japanese assault team like hail. Explosions and flames rose in the sky, and the Japanese suffered heavy casualties.

Since the July 7 Incident, they had never encountered such intensive artillery fire. Often, the National Army's artillery had just opened fire and was destroyed by the Japanese heavy artillery. The Japanese were ferocious and the positions were right in front of them. Many lieutenants and sergeants who were commanding the charge were still waving their command swords:

"Sudden death, give."

The soldiers of the 60th Army and Sun Lianzhong's troops were getting more and more excited as the fighting went on. When would they have the chance to kill the Japs like this? The Maxim gun was burning red hot. Those who had kettles used them to pour water on it, and those who didn't had a few piss on it. Instantly the air was filled with steam and they continued to fire. No matter how hard the Japs charged, they could not get across the 100-meter line. The Japs with sanitary napkins on their heads were almost all dead. Seeing that they had no chance at all, the Japs behind them retreated like a tide.

The enemy's large-caliber heavy artillery was still bombarding the Kuomintang's artillery positions, but to no avail.

Kenji Doihara and Seishirō Sakagami have both communicated with the Japanese North China Command. The Nationalist artillery is elusive and cannot be defeated. Tomorrow morning, the bombers do not need to bomb the front line, but must find the Nationalist artillery positions and destroy them. Otherwise, it will cost too much to take down the Nationalist positions.

After repelling the Japanese night offensive, all artillery positions were moved overnight. It took half the night to set up new reverse slope positions, and fake positions were set up using scrapped cars and logs at the original locations.

Early in the morning, the National Army raised thick smoke around the fake position in order to confuse the Japanese pilots and make it difficult for the other side to tell what was real and what was fake.

At exactly eight o'clock, a large number of bombers arrived from the northeast and northwest and began to circle around the frontline positions. Seeing thick smoke everywhere in the Kuomintang positions, the commander on the Japanese plane realized that this was to confuse the pilots. He showed an amused expression and communicated with other bombers with gestures, telling the pilots of each bomber to identify the target before bombing.

There was little wind in the morning, and the thick smoke was floating upwards. The Japanese pilots finally discovered the artillery position within the smoke. A death-like whistling sound was heard, and the bombers began to dive. Then there was the sharp sound of bombs breaking through the air. The "artillery position" was filled with smoke, and countless cannons were torn apart by bombs.

Many bombers discovered the "artillery positions" and began to bombard the "artillery positions" in groups of three or ten. The death-like sound of the bombers diving down, the sharp sound of bombs breaking through the air, and the violent explosions of the bombing, the entire defense line of the National Army was filled with thick smoke and explosions.

Seeing that all the Kuomintang artillery positions were destroyed, the bomber commander showed a satisfied and cruel smile, withdrew his troops and returned.

The Japanese army began to bombard the frontline with artillery fire. After 20 minutes, the group charged and began to advance steadily towards the explosion points, facing the artillery fire. The bombardment lasted for 30 minutes. The Japanese group had already entered the 200-meter line. The artillery fire extended and the Japanese army began to charge. At each node, there was at least one squadron of devils charging, ready to take down the first line of defense of the national army in one fell swoop.

The national army opened fire, with light and heavy machine guns and rifles, bullets whizzing at the assault troops. The Japanese soldiers, with shining bayonets in hand and under the command of the lieutenant's command knife, crouched and rushed towards the position.

Just after passing the 150-meter line, there was another sharp sound of artillery shells in the sky, exploding behind the stormtroopers. There was nothing to be afraid of, at most there were some fish that slipped through the net.

The National Army artillery adjusted the firing parameters through test firing. Hundreds of cannons roared at the same time, and countless shells penetrated into the assault team. Violent explosions were heard, instantly clearing out the Japanese troops within a ten-meter radius. A large number of Japanese troops ten meters away were also injured.

Along the entire front line of more than ten kilometers, countless artillery shells wreaked havoc among the clustered Japanese devils. The soldiers on the front line of the National Army showed no mercy. Gunfire rang out, and bullets, with angry flames, whistled towards the bodies of the Japanese devils.

Kenji Doihara and Seishirō Sakagami, who were observing the group charge through telescopes with great hope, closed their eyes in pain. The artillery was incompetent, the bombers were incompetent, and there must be something wrong. They hurriedly ordered a full retreat. There was no hope in charging against such an artillery bombardment.

After returning to the barracks, the first thing the two division commanders did was to call the North China Command, requesting that they find out at all costs why the National Army's artillery was so powerful. If they didn't take targeted measures, the war would be impossible to win.