Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Several squadron leaders of the Japanese troops attacking the city also heard the artillery fire from the rear, and then a soldier reported it.

"Sir, the command center was bombarded by the Chinese, and everyone is missing."

The soldier's words about missing made Major Mizoguchi's heart sink to the bottom.

In fact, Komazawa’s request for help was correct, but he made a wrong gamble. When he wanted to run, it was too late, so his death was normal!

The second squadron leader Takehachi Yoshida received the news and quickly ran back to the third line of defense and asked Mizoguchi.

"Mizoguchi-kun, what should we do? Should we continue to attack the city?"

Mizoguchi Gengo said, "Yoshida-kun, our attack has slowed down. The Chinese are attacking from the rear. We can't let this end. It's our turn to defend."

Yoshida Takehachi said worriedly, "We should immediately ask for help from the 47th Regiment. Otherwise, the Chinese will attack us from both sides and our soldiers will be easily defeated."

As soon as he finished speaking, Colonel Torao Ejima led the third battalion to the third line of defense. When he saw Yoshida and Mizoguchi, he immediately became angry.

"Baga, what's going on? My reconnaissance team saw your headquarters on fire from afar. Where is your Captain Komazawa?"

Major Mizoguchi said bitterly, "The captain probably didn't have time to escape and died."

They just heard the sound of artillery fire, and when they saw it, the command center was already on fire.

Jiang Daohuo couldn't believe it. Not many imperial officers died in the Battle of Shanghai. Wasn't this a bit...

Before he could figure it out, there was a sudden sound of fierce gunfire in the distance.

The third battalion was just outside and ran into the besieging Gu Changfeng and his group.

"Artillery Platoon, fire a few rounds first. Don't be stingy. We have plenty of ammunition."

"Everyone else, wait until the artillery platoon finishes firing and then charge. Don't crowd together, and make as many bullets as you can for me."

Huang Zhengkui shouted arrogantly.

Yang Zhenhua was much better than him. He gave instructions calmly. After a while, the second and third rows dispersed and began to attack the Japanese position from the left.

Wu Mazi and Luo Xiong also had a fight with the Japanese. The third and fourth companies were a little slower and just missed the Japanese support route. Otherwise, if they were hit by the Japanese, they would have been easily besieged by them.

On Gu Changfeng's side, the three big guns continued to harvest the heads of the Japanese soldiers. These Japanese soldiers, who had never experienced long-range sniping, were so suppressed that they didn't dare to raise their heads for a while.

This Japanese defense line was built when they were fighting with the defenders. Now the offense and defense have changed, and I don’t know what the Japanese are thinking.

"Damn it, the Chinese army has long-range snipers." Lieutenant Usui, the squad leader, shouted in fear.

At this time, they were on the front line of the position and could clearly see that some of their own people kept falling down.

"Rumble..."

After the artillery company reached the firing range, they directly launched an artillery attack on the Japanese front-line positions.

Li Jie did not take action this time. He was far enough away. It didn't matter if there was only a small group of Japanese soldiers in front of him.

But now that a large number of Japanese troops have appeared, he can't easily expose his position and has to find the key points.

In the distance, a Japanese grenadier hid in a bomb crater. He secretly stuck his head out, observed the firepower of the next company's machine guns, adjusted the angle of the grenade launcher, and raised his thumb to take simple aim.

Then he took the shell from his deputy and loaded it.

"Boom!"

The machine gunners of the first company failed to react in time and were shot down by the Japanese.

There was someone observing Li Jie next to him. When he saw the Japanese artillery taking action, he spoke directly.

"Platoon leader, at 3 o'clock, there's a Japanese grenade launcher."

Upon hearing this, Li Jie quickly adjusted his position and when the Japanese showed up, a shell flew out.

"Boom!" The Japanese grenadier and his deputy were killed instantly, and the grenade launcher was also destroyed.

The soldier gave Li Jie a thumbs-up and said, "That's awesome, Platoon Leader! The Japanese grenade launchers are useless."

Li Jie said with a smile, "Don't be so frivolous. They're just two devils. Keep observing. We'll take care of anything Commander Gu and the others can't do."

He is very heroic now. There are soldiers who carry the shells and soldiers who observe. All he has to do is aim and fire the shells.

The shooting distance of more than 1000 meters made him feel relaxed.

"Baga, the Chinese army's firepower is too strong, retreat, and ask the captain for help immediately."

Lieutenant Usui roared. As the squad leader, he had been hiding all the time and fortunately had avoided being beaten by Gu Changfeng and his men, but there were not many people left on his side.

With the remaining few Japanese soldiers fleeing in panic, Huang Zhengkui led a company to successfully enter the Japanese defense line.

When Torao Jiangdao heard the news, he immediately reported the situation to the regiment and requested artillery support while providing support.

After several days of fighting, the Japanese 47th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, but the artillery squadron remained in a safe position and suffered little loss.

Under the orders of Masanori Hasegawa, Major Akira Ito, commander of the 47th Regiment's artillery squadron, commanded two 2mm mountain guns and began to assist the 75rd Battalion in combat.

75mm mountain gun, total weight 725 kg, gun length 4.32 meters, gun width 1.2 meters, maximum firing rate 10 rounds per minute, maximum range 6300 meters.

The range of more than ten miles makes them feel fearless.

In Qingpu City.

Wang Yaowu received the news as soon as Gu Changfeng and his men attacked. His only doubt now was...

There is no order in this regard from the government, so where did the support troops from outside the city come from?

"Commander, no matter where the support comes from, it is always a good thing for us." said Gao Ling, the combat staff officer of the 51st Division.

Wang Yaowu said seriously, "No matter which army is supporting us, we should find a chance to contact them and perhaps we can cooperate with them."

Gao Ling nodded: "The enemy's offensive in South City continues unabated. We can take a detour, but it will take a while."

"Okay, let's do it. Communications squad, immediately send someone to the southwest to contact the support forces." Wang Yaowu gave the order decisively.

.........

"Boom!"

Half an hour later, the 47th Regiment Artillery Squadron, under the command of Major Akira Ito, launched the first artillery attack.

Immediately, roars continued to explode in the position.

The third and fourth companies were the first to suffer artillery fire. Although the soldiers did not cooperate well, they were very experienced in dealing with the Japanese artillery fire.

Although the Japanese artillery bombardment was effective, it was not as great as they imagined.

"The Japs are preparing for a counterattack, everyone get ready." Wu Mazi roared.

After the bombardment, the infantry used the same tactics that the Japanese were very familiar with.

After firing more than a dozen rounds of artillery fire, under the command of Major Akira Ito, the Japanese artillery continued to adjust and aimed their guns at Gu Changfeng and his group attacking from the west.

At this moment, the unsuspecting Major Akira Ito did not know that the artillery company led by Lu Daya had already aimed its guns at their position.

The Type 97 mortar has an effective range of 2850 meters. Although it is not as far as the Japanese mountain cannon, it is definitely enough for covert sneak attacks.

It was impossible for the Japanese guards to cover the entire 6-kilometer range of the artillery position, which gave Lu Daya an opportunity.

"Let's fire one round together first. As long as one shell hits, we will succeed." Lu Daya ordered seriously.

The artillerymen said nothing and began to debug and measure the distance nervously.

"Hoohoo."

Two artillery shells fired by the Japanese whizzed past from a high position on the side of Lu Daya, targeting the position where Gu Changfeng and his men were located in the west.

"Rumble..."

Several soldiers in the company were blown away.

"The Japanese are bombarding, take cover." Huang Zhengkui shouted loudly.

The special forces were farther away and were not affected. They were still searching for the Japanese. The unlucky ones were the soldiers from the first and second companies, who were right in the Japanese artillery fire position.

"Report to the company commander, adjustments are completed, requesting to fire." The artilleryman's face was covered in sweat and he was obviously nervous.

Seeing this, Lu Daya patted the artilleryman on the shoulder and said.

"Don't be nervous. The more nervous you are, the less likely you are to hit the target. Just perform at your usual level. I, the company commander, will take care of any problems. Don't worry, fight."

The artillerymen nodded seriously, and then reloaded.

"Hoohoohoo."

Three shells flew towards the Japanese artillery position like meteors...