Rows of whistling and long tail flames were fired down from all directions, especially when at least dozens of shells fell on the frozen river at the mouth of the bifurcated river of the southern tributary of the Sangqian River.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The cannonballs exploded violently, and the water columns and ice cubes on the ice surface that the shells exploded were like pieces of splinters that smashed towards the devil soldiers around them.

This aggravated the lethality of the shells, and I saw that the devil soldiers who were crossing the river were suddenly panicked by such a fierce shell, and the devil soldiers immediately threw off their feet and retreated back to the way they came.

It was just that Wang Chengzhu, the commander of the artillery of the new regiment who was ambushed, commanded more than 30 infantry guns, more than 50 mortars, and a large number of other infantry artillery shells and other infantry artillery weapons such as grenadiers captured in previous battles.

Dozens of shells were fired down all the time, and the devils who crossed the river were killed and wounded heavily. Some of the devil soldiers fell under the blasted ice, because most of the devil soldiers were wearing cotton clothes and pants, and most of them were long coats.

Once it fell into the icy river, it quickly soaked into the weight of its own weight and fell rapidly into the depths of the river.

As the shells continued to fall, at this time, the devil soldiers on both sides of the river who were bombed were confused, and the devil teams on both sides of the river were suddenly surprised by the shells.

At this time, the commander of the 2nd Division, Muto Kenichi, and the commander of the 15th Brigade, Yokogawa Kenichiro, who were already standing on the riverbank, and other high-ranking devil officers of the Japanese army on the North Road were shocked.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, please give the order to counterattack! There is an ambush by Chinese troops! "Facing the ice that was constantly being blown up on the frozen river, the blood that was blown up everywhere flowed, the stumps and broken arms flew on the ice surface of the soldiers, and the devil soldiers were blown up and fell into the icy river, at this time, the commander of the 15th Brigade, Kenichiro Yokokawa, grabbed Kenichi Muto's hand and shouted urgently.

Kenichi Muto finally came back to his senses at this time, and the shock in his heart was already there, "Yaga Ya Road, fight back, fight back!" The troops immediately counterattacked! Artillery wing, artillery wing, immediately set up artillery, artillery counterattack, cover the troops to launch a counterattack, hurry up! ”

After the division of troops, the Japanese army on the North Road under the command of Kenichi Muto had two artillery brigades in the artillery wing, with a total of 24 mountain guns and field guns, and the artillery strength was still very strong.

It's just that the artillery unit in the devil's team is obviously the artillery dragged behind the truck, and it is also Wang Chengzhu who observed it for the first time and ordered the artillery soldiers to concentrate on bombarding the devil's artillery unit first. Moreover, five tanks of the vanguard of the devils have already been blown up.

At this time, even if Kenichi Muto ordered tanks and artillery to cover the counterattack, the artillery covering force in his hand was already more than half of the casualties.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The cannonball dragged the long tail flame, and then smashed into the team of devils who were crossing the river, setting off a cloud of stumps, severed arms and blood.

On land, the long line of devils rushing down was smashed down by rows of shells because of their contempt for the new group, and they also set off bursts of stumps and broken arms flying everywhere.

At this time, Li Yunlong, who was commanding, was holding a telescope on the southern position of the ambush circle to observe the devil's counterattack, and sneered a few times.

If you want to fight back at this time, it's too late!

However, I have to admit that Kenichi Muto is worthy of being the division commander of the 2nd Division of the Devil's Elite Division, and his reaction speed is still very fast.

"Order all troops, increase firepower, first kill the light and heavy machine gun fire of the devils, as well as artillery, tanks, and infantry to suppress their charge with machine gun fire first!" Li Yunlong watched the movements of the devil team, and then waved his hand and ordered the herald on the side.

The herald commanded, "Yes, Commander. Then he hurried away.

At this time, with Li Yunlong's order, the artillery fire and light and heavy machine gun fire of the ambush troops, and the continuous fire and fierce fire suppressed the devil infantry who charged and counterattacked.

Subsequently, all kinds of ambush artillery continued to bombard and shoot at the devil artillery and tanks and other heavy weapons in the team, which had already killed at least half of the heavy firepower of the Japanese army on the northern route.

At this time, Muto Kenichi had already overcome the initial panic and shock, and quickly found a place where he could hide from the artillery fire, and quickly established a temporary division headquarters to coordinate the counterattack of the devils in various departments.

"Division commander, tank units suffered heavy casualties. Of the ten tanks, only three were now still usable, and the rest were all destroyed by enemy ambush fire. In addition, the baggage troops in the rear were attacked by a large number of Chinese troops, and the loss of materials and ammunition was great. According to preliminary estimates, it can only sustain the ammunition needs of 15,000 troops on the northern route for half an hour! ”

Less than ten minutes after the headquarters was established steadily, a devil staff officer soon rushed to Kenichi Muto to report on the current grim ammunition situation.

Kenichi Muto suddenly frowned, and said incredulously: "Nani? How can it be? The ammunition of the baggage troops can only be consumed by more than 10,000 of us for about half an hour? ”。

"Hai, Your Excellency, Division Commander! The Chinese troops who ambushed us were very familiar with our situation, and the first artillery attack already fell on the baggage troops, artillery corps, and tanks behind us. In less than ten minutes, half of these ammunition and heavy weapons, which we rely on to maintain, have been wiped out by the enemy's artillery fire! Your Excellency, Division Commander, the situation is not optimistic! ”

Ken Muto thought about it for a while, and immediately said, "I know!" Immediately order all troops, save ammunition, and prepare for a large-scale counterattack! ”。

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" The devil's staff officer paused heavily, and then the cat left with his waist on his back, and at this time the guns could already hit the vicinity of the headquarters where they were.

Without further ado, without waiting for Kenichi Muto to observe the situation around him, Kenichiro Yokogawa, the commander of the 15th Brigade, came back from running from the front line, and after taking a breath, he said to Kenichi Muto urgently: "Division commander, the troops who ambushed us are definitely not the troops of the National Army, I saw through the telescope that the enemy troops ambushing us everywhere are the troops of the Eighth Route Army!" Judging by the surrounding artillery fire and light and heavy machine gun fire, the ambush strength of the opposing side is at least about a division! ”。

"Nani? No way! I looked at it, and there were only about seven or eight thousand people! Their ambush circle city zigzag has firmly blocked us around the bifurcated estuary in the middle! Kenichi Muto shook his head and said.

Yokogawa Kenichiro said urgently: "Division commander, the situation is urgent, and we have fallen into a heavy encirclement of the enemy. We should urgently break through the encirclement, or retreat north, and first highlight the other party's encirclement! The opponent's firepower is very strong, and we have already lost more than half of the firepower of our heavy weapons! This is definitely not something that only the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army can do. ”。