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After all, according to his previous experience, our troops are extremely short of heavy artillery shells. This is only the first bombardment, and so much ammunition has been consumed. The subsequent battles will be even more difficult to fight.

However, Li Yunlong replied nonchalantly, "Old Gong, that's just the beginning. According to regulations, during the artillery preparation phase, each gun must fire at least ten rounds to destroy the enemy's surface fortifications. This will effectively reduce our infantry casualties."

"Everyone, the modern times have changed. We no longer need the approval of the regimental commander or political commissar to fire a single artillery shell."

"Now our arsenal is able to mass-produce various artillery shells. If we fire more, we can effectively reduce the casualties of our soldiers. No matter how you look at it, it's a good deal."

"The Independent Regiment will demonstrate a new tactic to you later. It's about how to capture the enemy's position at the lowest cost under the cover of superior artillery fire."

"This is a combat method our troops have always lacked. The brigade commander sent you here, along with a large number of staff members, precisely to evaluate the effectiveness of this tactic against the enemy."

"Of the entire independent regiment, only the first battalion has trained more. Let's see the results later."

Hearing Li Yunlong say this, everyone's interest was immediately piqued. They were all veterans of the battlefield and had seen all kinds of tactics. Now that they heard there were new tactics, they would definitely study them well.

Next, Li Yunlong sent telegrams to the First Battalion and the Artillery Battalion respectively, asking them to attack according to the third tactical plan.

Our mountain artillery and heavy mortars stopped attacking, and the Japanese judged that the Eighth Route Army was about to launch a large-scale attack, so they hurriedly drove the puppet troops who were avoiding the artillery fire into defensive positions.

Although the Japanese and puppet troops were rarely bombed and had little experience in defending against artillery fire, thanks to the fortifications they had built, they did not suffer much damage in the recent artillery attack. The total casualties were only more than 300 people.

The remaining puppet soldiers could only accept their fate and come to the position, operating those unskilled light machine guns. These were weapons in the Japanese inventory and were not usually issued to the puppet soldiers.

The situation is now critical. Captain Yamabe has no choice but to increase the density of firepower output on the position, hoping to stop our troops' attack in this way.

After most of the puppet troops entered the position, the light and heavy machine guns were loaded, and there were a large number of Japanese grenade throwers in the rear, ready to bombard our offensive forces.

This time, Zhang Dabiao sent out the most combat-effective company. Under the leadership of the company commander, the troops slowly approached the Japanese positions in batches in combat formations.

When the team was about 500 meters away from the Japanese front line, they all suddenly lay down, leaving the Japanese on the opposite side puzzled.

Battalion Commander Zhang ordered all the mortars and Type 92 infantry guns of the independent regiment to open fire. The regiment had about sixty mortars, and they fired sixty shells at the Japanese positions at once, followed by five rapid shots.

More than 300 artillery shells stunned the puppet troops who had entered the position. Their attention had already been attracted by our offensive forces, and they thought that the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery would not fire again to avoid accidentally injuring their own people.

But who could have imagined that what they faced was not long-range fire from enemy and friendly soldiers, but hundreds of mortar shells and targeted elimination by Type 92 infantry guns.

The enemy's defensive positions had collapsed in many places after being bombarded by our heavy artillery. Many puppet soldiers, forced by the Japanese, set up light machine guns in the ruins of the gaps in the positions.

However, they were met with endless bombardment, which made the morale of the puppet army, which had no fighting spirit to begin with, directly turn negative, and no one dared to gamble on our artillery reserves.

Faced with this endless torture, an old puppet soldier could no longer bear it, so he threw the machine gun in his hand to the ground and shouted loudly:

"I can't stand this endless bombardment anymore. Rather than standing here and getting blown to pieces, I'd rather run for my life."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and ran. The puppet soldiers around him were encouraged by his words and followed his example, throwing away their guns and choosing to run for their lives.

After all, they had never encountered this level of artillery bombardment since they defected to the Japanese, and it had completely destroyed their fighting spirit.

The reason why these people betrayed their ancestors and became traitors was for wealth and glory and to bring honor to their families, but now they are forced to be cannon fodder in the battlefield, which is not what they want at all.

Those fleeing puppet soldiers were shot and killed by the Japanese devils mixed in the crowd, but the situation had already occurred and could not be stopped.

At first it was the soldiers, then the squad leaders, platoon leaders, and finally, under the leadership of the company commander, all the puppet troops on the defensive positions ran into the city in a panic.

There were even some soldiers who felt that the Japanese were a nuisance, so they secretly attacked from behind and killed more than a dozen of them. This was what they were best at.

They can't defeat the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, so how can they not defeat the lone Japanese soldiers? This is simply a joke. Whoever dares to stop them from escaping will be their enemy.

The Japanese squadron leader who was in charge of holding the line had no better idea at this time. In fact, even some old Japanese soldiers were a little skeptical about their lives because of our superior artillery fire.

The enemy has always used superior artillery fire to bombard our positions, but now the situation has reversed, and the Japanese cannot adapt to this new style of fighting in a short period of time.

Especially the rapid mortar fire at the back focused on the Japanese squadron, causing them to suffer heavy losses. Currently, only two teams can move.

Faced with this overwhelming defeat, if they continued to try to stop it by force, the remaining one hundred or so people would probably die here.

Moreover, this squadron was temporarily formed by those who escaped back, and it did not have much cohesion. In this situation, it could only run away with the puppet army.

Faced with this situation, the first company of the first battalion was also stunned where they were. This was completely inconsistent with the tactics they had previously formulated, and for a moment they didn't know what to do next.

According to the combat plan formulated before the war, the first company should have captured the Japanese's front-line positions after a hard battle, and then fought with the enemy for the tunnels, relying on the company's large number of Mauser pistols, Big Black Star pistols, submachine guns and automatic rifles to eliminate the enemies on the positions.

After seeing this, Li Yunlong immediately notified the first company through flag signals to seize this good opportunity to quickly occupy the Japanese positions outside the city, and to take advantage of the chaos to attack the enemy's city gate.

Seeing this situation, Captain Shanbian had no choice but to order the puppet army to open the city gate and let the defeated soldiers in.

At this time, he had already understood very well that the county town under his feet could no longer be defended. The most important thing now was to burn all the supplies in the city. Not a single bullet, a piece of cloth, or a grain of food could be left for the Eighth Route Army.