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Next, after the smoke on the position dissipated, the Japanese artillery launched another fierce bombardment, and this time the preparation time was much longer than yesterday, as if their artillery shells were free.

In fact, this was exactly what Captain Mizuta was planning. If the attack failed this time, it would be easier to retreat after all the artillery shells were used up.

Kong Jie, a veteran of many battles, also observed this situation. He immediately judged that the Japanese wanted to retreat. When the enemy's artillery bombardment ended and the Japanese infantry began to attack, he decisively ordered the front-line positions to reduce their firepower output, giving the Japanese a little hope and firmly holding the enemy.

Then he asked someone to call the artillery battalion and issued the latest combat order:

"I order an artillery attack on the enemy's regiment headquarters, artillery positions and infantry assembly areas in five minutes, that is, at 9:30 a.m."

"As you command, Commander."

When the time was up, Captain Wang looked at his watch and shouted loudly:

"fire."

Our artillery counterattack this time mainly included the following aspects. We had a total of 75 21mm mountain guns and field guns, which used their range to specifically bombard the enemy's mountain guns and Type 21 infantry gun positions. We had 10 guns versus the Japanese's guns, and the advantage was on our side.

In addition, the Japanese were not on guard at all and thought we only had light mortars. After deduction, our chances of success were very high.

As for the 120mm heavy mortar, it is specifically used to bombard the enemy's regiment headquarters, and it is necessary to kill with one strike.

The remaining Type 92 infantry guns and the mortars of the New Second Regiment will chase the enemy's attacking infantry and bombard them indiscriminately, killing as many enemies as possible.

Sure enough, things developed almost as we expected. The artillerymen on the Japanese mountain artillery positions were constantly moving shells, trying to bombard our positions as quickly as possible.

However, they did not expect that there was a sharp whistling sound of artillery shells flying through the air. It must be said that the Japanese artillery squadron leader was very familiar with his job. When he heard the sound of different artillery shells flying through the air, he immediately determined that it was a mountain artillery shell fired from the opposite side, and it was coming directly towards their artillery position.

He shouted loudly: "Baga, artillery fire, everyone, beware of the artillery fire."

However, the effect of his shouting at this time was almost zero, and it instead delayed his time to dodge.

The Japanese artillerymen were completely unaware of the danger. Instead, they were carrying shells off the truck and preparing to continue firing. Even if someone nearby heard the squadron leader's voice, they were only surprised for a moment and then froze in place. It was too late.

A few seconds later, about seven 75mm high-explosive bombs fell on the artillery position, immediately blowing three Japanese mountain cannons into pieces, and the nearby artillerymen also suffered heavy casualties.

Then, in less than a minute, another seven shells were fired, and two of them happened to land on the Japanese truck transporting the shells, causing another series of explosions.

This suddenly caused a serious situation. Not only was the entire artillery position razed to the ground, but even a squadron of Japanese infantry responsible for guarding the position were killed or wounded by their own artillery shells.

As for the artillery squadron leader, he was basically nowhere to be found after the explosion.

The same was true of the enemy's Type 92 infantry gun position. It was a bit troublesome at first, but the Japanese thought that we had no artillery that could threaten theirs, so they concentrated the six Type 92 infantry guns together. This also gave us convenience, and they were all destroyed by a salvo from our field artillery group.

When Captain Shuitian saw this, he was immediately shocked: "Heavy artillery, the other side actually has heavy artillery, this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible."

Now he is unable to make an effective judgment. The New Second Regiment on the opposite side is too insidious. Since they have such powerful artillery capabilities, how could they hide it so deeply? Isn't it a bit immoral to use it to cheat people now?

However, he soon no longer had this worry, because a 120mm heavy mortar shell exploded half a meter away from him, and Captain Shuitian disappeared on the spot.

You should know that the lethality of this heavy artillery shell can reach between 15 meters and 25 meters, and the fragments it produces can cover tens of thousands of square meters. The noise caused by six guns firing at the same time can only be described as earth-shaking.

After destroying the Japanese regiment headquarters, the heavy mortar company commander immediately commanded all artillery to bombard the enemy infantry, weakening the enemy's strength to the greatest extent.

"Great job! Blow it up hard for me!"

Kong Jie saw the effect of the bombardment through the telescope and jumped up with excitement.

It’s not easy, it’s really not easy. After fighting the Japanese for so many years, this is the first time he feels the boost that powerful artillery can bring to a unit’s combat effectiveness.

Especially the 120mm heavy mortar. Using this powerful weapon to attack the Japanese attacking forces is like using a butcher knife to kill a chicken. One shell can easily kill more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.

He now felt that the New Second Regiment was terribly powerful, and the Japanese devils' mere regiment was no longer something he could take seriously.

The Japanese troops that attacked our positions were all on the open ground at this time. They could not withstand the continuous bombardment of a large number of heavy artillery. No matter how much training the Japanese had, they could not catch the shells with their heads.

In addition, their artillery positions and the regiment headquarters were all destroyed, and the three battalion headquarters were also hit by a round of artillery fire, and they basically lost their command system.

So the Japanese infantry, unable to withstand such pressure, retreated quickly under the leadership of Captain Shanbian, and ran away without caring about anything and without looking back. After all, if they delayed any longer, all of them would probably become cannon fodder, real cannon fodder under heavy artillery.

Seeing this, Kong Jie immediately became very proud. It was finally his New Second Regiment's turn to easily defeat the Shuitian Brigade with the strength of a regiment and kill the Shuitian Brigade commander. This time he was finally able to hold his head high.

As for the fact that this victory was achieved by concentrating all the artillery of three regiments and adopting the tactics of artillery surprise attack, these are just details and don't need to be paid attention to.

Anyway, other people only know that Kong Jie defeated the Shuitian Regiment with the strength of a regiment and captured the county seat of Wenxian. This alone is enough.

After this battle is over, it is estimated that Kong Jie will also be a powerful figure in northwestern Shanxi and be as famous as Li Yunlong.

When he thought of this, he shouted loudly:

"Orders: First Battalion, Second Battalion, Third Battalion, Regimental Cavalry Company, Special Service Company, Reconnaissance Company, Guard Company and Mobile Infantry Company, counterattack across the board."

"Pay attention, try to eliminate the enemies at the rear, and let some of them escape."