Commander, it's time to fight! Hong Lin rushed into the war room like a wind, and reported excitedly.

Then he handed the telegram that the commando had just sent back to Li Hao: "At eight o'clock in the evening, the Jin Sui army first launched an attack on the stronghold in the east of Datong City. ”

"Under the cover of a mountain artillery battalion, an infantry regiment ended the battle in only half an hour, and completely annihilated more than 200 puppet troops."

"Then the main force surrounded Datong City in four ways, digging trenches while attacking."

Li Hao's eyes immediately became hot: "It's finally started, as long as they start fighting, our chance will come." ”

"Chief of Staff, is the Hunyuan Independent Battalion movement in place?"

Hong Linfeng pointed to the five points on the map and replied: "The four main companies are lurking at these four points, and the troops directly under the battalion are stationed here, and the four main companies can be reinforced at any time." ”

Li Hao nodded and replied: "Send a telegram to He Jun, the troops will not move, and no one can be exposed in advance without my order." ”

After thinking for a while, he continued to ask: "What about the main force of the regiment?" ”

"The three main battalions, the heavy artillery battalion, the air defense battalion, and the tank company, are all lurking around Caoziling." Hong Linfeng continued to report like a few family treasures.

"The cavalry battalion was ordered to return to the back of Cao Ziling, and also lurked in the forest as a company."

Speaking of this, Hong Linfeng's eyes became hotter and hotter, and he stared at Li Hao and asked, "Commander, can we start acting?"

"That's it." Li Hao affirmed.

"Now that the attack begins, the Japanese puppet army in Datong City will be nervous. In order to prevent our garrison regiment from entering Datong, we can only send troops to reinforce Caoziling, creating a large number of opportunities for us to kill and injure them. ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Five kilometers away from the artillery position in Caoziling, eight heavy artillery pieces roared at the same time.

A few seconds later, eight huge fireballs rose from the Japanese position in Caoziling, black smoke rose into the air under the wrapping of flames, and dirt, logs, and soldiers' corpses flew everywhere along with the splashing firelight, and after about two seconds, a violent explosion sounded on the battlefield.

The battlefield, which had been quiet just a moment ago, instantly became lively.

Countless Eighth Route Army troops emerged from their hiding spots, holding guns, approaching the Caoziling position, digging trenches and repairing machine gun positions, which was very lively.

"Counterattack, the artillery will immediately counterattack, seize the opportunity and take out the heavy artillery units exposed by the garrison." The Japanese army position in Caoziling was awakened in an instant, and the captain's eyes lit up and shouted.

"Hey!" A second lieutenant rushed out of the tent where the headquarters was located.

A few minutes later, artillery began to sound behind the positions.

"Sir, the heavy artillery squadron has begun to counterattack......" reported the newly departed ensign running back.

"Mountain artillery squadrons, field artillery squadrons, mortar squadrons, infantry artillery squads, all ready for battle and ready to participate in the battle."

As soon as he finished speaking, a lieutenant rushed in in a hurry, and reported with a nervous face: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack......

"The front of the position is full of the Eighth Route Army, all over the mountains, and there are ...... everywhere"

"They are digging trenches in front of our positions and setting up offensive positions."

The captain had completely calmed down, not only was he not nervous, but he was looking forward to it, and he ordered with an excited face: "It's just right." ”

"Order the artillery to open fire immediately, kill all the Eighth Route Army in front of the position, and not let them build an offensive position and arrange flying thunder artillery."

"The time is too short, and the permanent fortifications we have built with steel and concrete have not yet been completely dried, and not only can they not withstand the heavy artillery bombardment, but even the flying thunder cannons that they are equipped with in large quantities may not be able to withstand it."

After saying that, the captain walked out of the war room and climbed to a nearby high ground.

This is the commanding height of the entire Caoziling position, and standing on it can condescendingly look down on the entire battlefield.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

A dozen fireballs rose from the ground, and in the splashing firelight, the figure of the Eighth Route Army clearly reflected the captain's field of vision.

The more he looked at it, the more excited he became, and shouted loudly: "Continue to fire artillery, blow up all the Eighth Route Army in front of the formation, and blow them all up if you don't retreat." ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The explosion sounded again, but this time it came from the artillery positions behind them.

Then I saw a few puffs of black smoke rising in the flying firelight.

A lot of artillery was blown up on the spot, flying around like toys.

There is also artillery, which is like papier-mâché, which was directly blown up, and it is not at all obvious that it weighs hundreds of pounds.

"It's heavy artillery......" exclaimed the artillery staff.

"The artillery positions were attacked by the heavy artillery of the garrison regiments, and they also hid a lot of heavy artillery useless."

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The explosion sounded again, coming from the Caoziling defense line.

The sound, although not as intense as the heavy artillery, is very dense.

The splashes of fire sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, constantly rising from the position, lifting up a large number of earth and logs to reinforce the fortifications, and at a glance it was clear that a large number of mortars were fired together.

The good mood on the captain's face disappeared all at once.

His face became more and more solemn, and he ordered with a calm face: "The artillery unit will be transferred immediately, and then it will shoot freely to cover the infantry operation." ”

"All the front-line troops have entered the position, make preparations for anti-artillery, we must hold the position to the death, and resolutely cannot let the garrison regiment cross the Caoziling defense line!"

"Finally, send a telegram to the division headquarters now, we are under heavy attack by the garrison, and our department will block them in the Caoziling position at all costs, so as not to let them affect the battle between the main force of the division and the Jin Sui army."

In front of the enemy headquarters of the garrison regiment, Li Hao held a telescope and stared at the battlefield motionlessly.

The battle had been going on for several hours, the offensive positions had been repaired, dozens of flying thunder guns had all entered the positions, and the thick barrels were pointed directly at the Japanese positions.

Two soldiers crouched next to each of the Thunderbolts, and several disc-sized packets of explosives were placed farther away, ready to fire.

The Japanese held the position, and there was no movement except for sporadic explosions.

"Start the attack, tell the three battalion commanders to launch an offensive according to the battle plan, and no unit can advance lightly." Li Hao suddenly opened his mouth and ordered with a serious face.

"For the sake of this battle, I specially ordered the arsenal to concentrate all its efforts on the production of special explosives bags for flying thunder cannons. Now there are more than 600 reserves, which is enough for the Japanese puppet army on Caoziling Mountain to drink a pot, so we don't need to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers to fight with the devils. ”

Soon, a series of explosions were heard from the offensive positions.

Dozens of flames were sprayed into the sky like fireworks, by gasoline drums.

Disc-sized explosive packets tumbled in the sky and flew towards the Japanese positions at Caoziling......

On the high ground, the captain of the Japanese army was iron-faced.

What he feared most happened anyway: the garrison did not attack Cao Ziling directly, but created an opportunity for their flying thunder cannons to use the black powder they could produce in large quantities against the reinforced concrete fortifications on the position that had not yet completely dried.

Once those fortifications were destroyed, the troops would only be exposed to artillery fire and fight the garrison, and there would certainly be heavy casualties.

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