Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"Now you know it!"

After hearing the political commissar's explanation, guard Xiao Huang suddenly understood.

"So this is the surprise!"

Zhang Jing saw Xiao Huang's understanding and said, "Now you understand, Xiao Huang!"

"Captain, I understand!"

Xiao Huang replied immediately.

"Answer again, what is the surprise!" Zhang Jing asked Xiao Huang.

"The surprise is that we will let Captain Zhang take six 60mm mortars and attack the Japanese artillery positions after they have set up their artillery positions!" Xiao Huang immediately answered loudly.

After listening to this, Zhang Jing nodded with satisfaction, then waved her hand and told him to quickly convey the order.

After receiving the order from the regiment headquarters, the reconnaissance company commander Zhang Zishan immediately led the reconnaissance company and six gunners and quietly rushed along the trench to a small hill west of the Japanese army.

Since the terrain was not very high and had no value in defending, the Japanese army left the area after a brief search. At the same time, they did not discover a hidden trench on the westernmost side that was blocked and extended continuously towards the top of the slope.

After the Japanese army set up their artillery positions, Zhang Zishan immediately ordered the artillery to prepare to bombard the Japanese artillery positions after seeing that the Japanese army was preparing to attack.

After careful measurement, the artillery immediately began to load ammunition.

As shells were fired one after another, the Japanese artillery positions were instantly blown to pieces.

After three rounds of firing, Zhang Zishan immediately led his men to retreat from the trench.

On the Japanese position, when Gao Shujia saw that his artillery position was suddenly under attack, his face changed instantly.

The sound of artillery was immediately discovered to be coming from the high ground in the west.

I immediately realized that the Eighth Route Army had come close to our position with preparations.

So a squadron was immediately sent to destroy the Eighth Route Army troops that had launched a surprise attack on the locust army.

However, when the Japanese troops arrived at the position where the reconnaissance company had previously launched a surprise attack, they stepped on the mines that had been buried by the reconnaissance company in advance, and were immediately thrown into chaos.

Gao Shujiayi's face suddenly turned dark when he saw this scene.

The attack hasn't even started yet, and the troops under his command are in this state. If they are frustrated after the attack, will he have to blow up his camp and shoot him in the back?

After all, as a young military officer, Gao Shujiayi knows too well the nature of the officers under him.

After a while, the signalman came to report the artillery losses caused by the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack.

Just now, a small unit of the Eighth Route Army used artillery to bombard the artillery positions built by the artillery battalion, turning them into a mess.

After the sorting just now, there are only 8 intact 75mm infantry guns left that can be used, and the remaining 12 were unfortunately hit by shells, and some even exploded directly next to them, instantly turning into a pile of scrap metal.

These losses were undoubtedly a heavy blow to the morale of the entire regiment, and also made Gao Shujiayi feel depressed.

After ordering his men to clean up quickly, Gao Shujia initially prepared to have the First Battalion launch the first round of exploratory attacks.

Soon, the remaining eight Japanese 70mm infantry guns began firing at the defensive positions of the 758th Regiment in front of the north gate.

In an instant, the entire north gate position was engulfed in a sea of ​​fire.

In order to vent his anger at the sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army, Gao Shujiayi bombarded the entire position in front of the north gate for twenty minutes.

Only after the Japanese artillery had finished firing did Gao Shujiayi begin to signal the first battalion with satisfaction to begin attacking the position.

At this time, the position of the first battalion at the north gate had been blown to pieces by Japanese artillery.

After hearing that the Japanese army stopped shelling, the battalion commander of the first battalion, Li Shijie, immediately realized that the Japanese army was about to prepare for an attack.

Immediately order the soldiers to come out of the cave and enter the fortifications.