Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

The sky gradually brightened. Wei Guo did not dare to delay and immediately led his troops back to the recaptured position and began to build fortifications intensively.

Last night the Japanese destroyed many fortifications with their artillery fire.

The Sichuan Army had been waiting for the Japanese attack on their long defense line.

The Japanese on the opposite side had also had breakfast and their artillery was ready.

Furukawa Kazuharu looked down at the watch on his wrist and said, "Order! Launch a general attack across the board at 8 o'clock! After defeating the Sichuan Army, continue to attack the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's positions!"

"Order! Bomber formation take off and carry poison gas bombs to bomb!"

"Order! Artillery concentrate all firepower and bombard the Sichuan Army positions!"

"With the tanks as the vanguard, two infantry brigades will follow up with the charge. As soon as the shelling ends, I want to see them appear on the Sichuan Army's position!"

……

The 20th Army Group Headquarters of Sichuan Army.

Commander-in-Chief Gu Wuming paced back and forth anxiously. He had received a telegram from the 10th Division last night saying that they had recaptured the lost position at night, and Gu Wuming was happy all night.

But at dawn today, according to reports from the front line, the enemy's formation this time was intended to take down the Sichuan Army's defense line in one fell swoop.

Gu Wuming had originally planned fully, thinking that they could hold out for at least half a month, but he didn't expect that the soldiers would almost collapse after fighting for a whole day.

In this situation, how can we hold on today?

"Chief of Staff! What did the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army say? Can their heavy artillery regiment support us?!" Gu Wuming asked awkwardly as if he saw hope when he saw the chief of staff coming in.

"Hey, Commander-in-Chief, the Jinsui Army said that the heavy artillery regiment is used as a trump card. It cannot be exposed now. Once exposed, the Japanese bombers will definitely destroy their artillery positions."

"But Commander Fu said that he is willing to allocate two mountain artillery battalions to support us."

The chief of staff said with a mixture of joy and worry that this news really could not be called good news.

"That's good. The two mountain artillery battalions of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army also have 30 Shanxi-made 75mm mountain cannons and 20 mortars. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. The firepower of the two mountain artillery battalions is comparable to that of our entire division!" said Gu Wuming.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was relatively righteous, at least they took some action, so their concerns were justified.

The Japanese artillery and bombers are not vegetarians.

He had learned a lesson from yesterday's battle. As soon as their artillery opened fire, the Japanese would find out their main firepower points within half an hour and would either send planes to bomb them or retaliate with artillery fire.

As a result, they now dare not open fire at their heavy firepower points. They either fire one round and then quickly move to another position.

As a result, there is very little heavy firepower support available to the front line.

The Sichuan Army didn’t have much heavy firepower…

……

front.

Kazuharu Furukawa looked at the Sichuan Army's position through the observation mirror, and the pointer on the dial had pointed to eight o'clock.

"Attack! Kill the chickens!" Kazuharu Furukawa drew out the command knife from his waist and gave orders hysterically.

With an order from Furukawa Kazuharu, the Sichuan Army's position suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The dust raised by the shells covered the sky, and broken limbs were constantly blown up. Kazuharu Furukawa couldn't stop smiling.

The Sichuan Army soldiers were still struggling to hold on. When the shelling started, they hid in the bunkers. Although the Japanese artillery fire was very powerful, they still fought to the death.

All the Sichuan Army officers and soldiers held their breath in their hearts. They put aside the past grudges, fought against the Japanese aggressors, and defended their country.

I don't want to be embarrassed and looked down upon by my own people all the time. It's such a shame.

This battle is their turning point!!

"Buzzing..."

Suddenly, the Sichuan Army soldiers heard the roar of several engines overhead and immediately felt something was wrong.

"Attention air defense!!"

"hidden!!"

"hidden!!"

The Sichuan Army commanders shouted loudly, but their voices could not be heard at all over the battlefield filled with artillery fire.

Although the soldiers were experienced, the bombers still dropped their bombs into the trenches accurately.

In an instant, bursts of tragic roars broke out on the battlefield.

"Damn it! This is so shameless, so fucking shameless! Our soldiers have not even come into contact with the Japanese, and the casualties are so heavy!"

"Hey! Commander Song, fuck your grandma!"

Gu Wuming was in the command center, looking at the sea of ​​fire in front of him and listening to the screams coming from the front line. His heart was broken.

Although it is said that a kind man cannot command an army, and there will always be casualties in a war, but his soldiers will die on the way to the charge, and their deaths will be tragic and heroic.

Being killed in the trench by the Japanese artillery fire, what a shame! It's so cowardly!

……

After an hour of bombing, the Japanese artillery fire finally stopped.

"Hurry! Rescue the wounded! Reinforce the fortifications, the Japanese are coming up!" Wei Guo crawled out of the trench and ordered loudly.

His position has always been the focus of the Japanese attack, and he suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, the commander-in-chief sent him another division of troops, otherwise, after this round of bombing, his position would have been lost again.

On the Japanese side, Kazuharu Furukawa looked at the two bombers that had just flown overhead and revealed a cruel and bloodthirsty smile.

"Order the charging troops to wear gas masks!" ordered Kazuharu Furukawa.

Then the Japs took out their gas masks and put them on in unison. Their bayonets had already been sharpened to a sharp shine, eager to be watered with the blood of the Chinese army.

"Buzz..."

The Sichuan Army, which had just taken a breath, heard the noise of the Japanese planes overhead. They were terrified and hid in the trenches.

"Division Commander! The Japanese bombers are coming again, but this time there are fewer of them, only two. I don't know what they are up to!" The chief of staff of the 10th Division said worriedly.

There must be something wrong when something is abnormal. There was a bombing just now, and the Japanese sent out more than a dozen bombers. Now that the artillery preparation is over, why did they send two more bombers?

"Let everyone hide, the Japanese must have a conspiracy!" Wei Guo said.

Logically speaking, the devils should launch a charge at this point...

“Swoosh! Swoosh!!”

The sound of several bombs breaking through the air was heard, and everyone subconsciously hid in the trenches with their heads in their hands.

"boom!"

Dozens of bombs fell on the positions of the 10th Division, but the Japanese bombers did not stop, but dropped bombs all the way along the Sichuan Army's defense line.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the soldiers did not wait for the explosion and stuck their heads out one after another.

"Hey? Company commander, why are all these Japanese dumb? Not a single one makes a sound?!" A young soldier asked in surprise, looking at the bomb half-buried in the soil in front of him, and prepared to dig it out.

"I don't know either. It seems we are lucky, hahaha!" The company commander looked very happy. Fortunately, there was no explosion, otherwise all of them would have died.

The same thing happened on other fronts.

Everyone was puzzled. The Japanese had good craftsmanship and very few shells could be duds. How come all of these shells were duds?

"Captain, there's smoke! The bomb is smoking!"

……