The signal corps dispatched by the 46th Division quickly transmitted the battle situation and the request for artillery bombardment to the rear, and Li Liangrong, commander of the 46th Division, has also been observing the battle situation and attacking the troops' requests. Li Liangrong can fully understand, he has been observing the battle situation at the front, Li Liangrong first sent troops to occupy the first line of positions captured by Zhang Wei and them, and consolidated the results of the battle, for the artillery support needed by the attacking troops, he had no choice but to report the heavy artillery, and he had to report and apply for it level by level, but he had a mountain artillery battalion belonging to six Bofors 75 mountain guns (six missing, the whole battalion should be twelve), and at this time it was completely possible to save the emergency.

"Order the divisional mountain artillery battalion to extend the fire, suppress the enemy position, contact the army commander, and request heavy artillery fire to cover support."

Li Liangrong's order quickly set the mountain artillery battalion moving, and when the attack artillery was being prepared, the German-style 15 howitzers played the leading role, and the mountain artillery of their divisions did not fire a few cannons at all. Now there was a rare opportunity to open fire, and the artillerymen, who had been idle for too long, immediately loaded their ammunition and prepared to fire.

"Hurry up and dig it!"

"Tie the pits together." Less than ten minutes after the signal corps was dispatched, the men of the three battalions basically dug out the general form of the fortifications, connecting the individual pits and the fortifications left by the Japanese army into a line to form a fortification, and the soldiers who completed the fortifications immediately entered the fortifications to avoid being exposed, and those who did not complete it had to continue to work at the risk of being attacked by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army at this time even if it used heavy machine guns and infantry guns, it could cause serious losses to the Chinese army in the work, The danger of the pre-formation construction is obvious.

The Japanese troops on the opposite side did not do this, and after the Chinese army captured two lines of defense in a row, they could not bear it, and they had to reorganize the retreating troops, so they only sent people to observe the movements of the Chinese army.

Zhang Wei anxiously waited for the artillery bombardment in the fortifications, behind him, the troops of the 46th Division had appeared on the first position of the Japanese army, which meant that the herald had brought the request to the 46th Division, and now the difference was the artillery cover, the Japanese were not stupid, now they were building fortifications, the Japanese did not attack and open fire, and after a while, if the Japanese freed up their hands, they would fight the attacking troops who were working.

"Hurry up and build the fortifications, hurry up, and help the handles."

In addition to waiting for the cover of the shelling, they also had to speed up, and the soldiers began to speed up under Zhang Wei's orders, and some soldiers who had done a good job of fortifications were no longer on standby in the dug fortifications, but went to help the soldiers who were working to dig trenches.

Li Liangrong's 46th Division's mountain artillery battalion opened fire quickly after preparing for firing, the target was the Japanese position in front of Zhang Wei, the six mountain guns erupted orange flames, and the shells could basically accurately hit the Japanese position in front of Zhang Wei.

The Japanese position was suddenly bombarded, the range and ammunition power of the Bofors mountain artillery far exceeded the Japanese artillery, although there were only six guns, but the violent explosion blew up the Japanese position into dust, the single grenade of the Bofors mountain gun weighed six and a half kilograms, and the six mountain guns took turns to shoot at the Japanese troops, providing Zhang Wei with a more reliable cover, under the shelling, it was difficult for the Japanese troops in the front-line position to use infantry weapons to shoot at the attacking troops under construction.

On the one hand, the Japanese defenders did a good job of sheltering and guarding against artillery, and on the other hand, they sent a report to the 59th Wing Headquarters in the rear and asked for instructions, and the smoke and dust produced by the mountain artillery shelling could also be clearly seen in the command post by Ryoichi Itanishi, the commander of the 59th Wing who was sitting at the rear wing headquarters.

"Someone, ask the troops at the front, how is the situation? What are the movements of the Chinese army on the front line? ”

Ibansai waited for a while, and finally got the news from the forward troops in the artillery fire.

"The enemy has not made a big move, and has used quite heavy artillery shelling as a position, its infantry units have already moved forward, the first line of our army has been occupied by the enemy infantry, and the Chinese army occupying our second line of defense in front of us is building fortifications, and our troops at the front have not attacked it."

Structuring? Ban Xiliang thought to himself, the Chinese army not only sent troops forward, but also built fortifications, its purpose is nothing more than to gain a firm foothold, they have already fought in a row to win two positions, and they also need to rest, the purpose of stopping must be to consolidate the position, Ban Xiliang sneered, the current situation, the Chinese army is flourishing everywhere, it is really unrealistic to launch a large-scale with infantry at this time, but it is still possible to harass the Chinese army and delay them from gaining a firm foothold.

The artillery bombardment on the front line is fierce, and Isaishi Ryoichi thinks that if he wants to counterattack, he must also use artillery, and the 59th Wing has an infantry artillery squadron and a mountain artillery squadron, which have not been used before, and eighteen artillery pieces are enough to harass the Chinese army that is being built.

"Order the forward positions, after the enemy artillery bombardment has subsided slightly, open fire to harass the enemy, delay their movements, and if necessary, launch a small offensive infantry counterattack at their own discretion."

"Infantry artillery squadrons and wing artillery squadrons were ordered, ready to open fire on the Chinese troops. , attacking the troops that were building fortifications in their front-line positions. ”

Itanishi Ryoichi did not contact the artillery units in the rear to provide support, after all, it was an offensive nature, and it was really unnecessary to ask the divisional artillery and heavy artillery to fight.

The infantry artillery squadron and the artillery squadron of the 59th Wing had a total of six Type 92 infantry guns and six Type 41 mountain guns, which were deployed in the rear of the wing.

At the same time that the Japanese artillery was preparing to open fire, the heavy artillery of a battalion of the 10th Artillery Regiment in the rear of the 27th Army position slowly raised the cannon body, as a heavy artillery, every shelling required the approval and coordination of the 27th Army Commander Gui Yongqing, and the verbal request of the 46th Division herald passed through the hands of Li Liangrong, and then transferred to the 27th Army Commander Gui Yongqing, who applied for the first infantry, and the second was the artillery bombardment of the Japanese front and depth.

The firing range of the Bofors mountain artillery is long, but it is only 9,000 meters, and this range can only hit the first line of the Japanese army and its later positions.

Gui Yongqing didn't think about the request for artillery bombardment, and directly notified the battalion commander of the heavy artillery battalion of the 10th Artillery Regiment by phone to suppress the depth of the Japanese army, and the time of the shelling could not be too short.

The artillery body of the heavy artillery battalion slowly rose, and these special versions of heavy artillery that can knock down more than 13,000 meters with ordinary grenades must have been used to hit the depth......