The expeditionary force had sufficient ammunition and was not far behind, rifles, light and heavy machine guns rang out in a circle, and although the fighting was lively and lively, the enemy and us could hardly see the opponent, and this wall of water on the Nandu River became a natural barrier. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The artillery of the new 38th Division ignored the Japanese bombardment and simply threw shells into the Nandu River.

The new 38th Division did not have an exclusive artillery position, and with their small-caliber support firepower, it could not compete with the Japanese artillery fire at all.

Therefore, they are all built on the defensive line in the form of artillery batteries and artillery platoons, and there are only seven or eight guns at most, and the most expensive thing is that they are more than twice as powerful as the small-caliber support firepower of the Japanese army.

In this artillery battle, the expeditionary force did not fall behind at all.

Just when the guns and artillery rumbled on the position, and the battle was in full swing, a very loud scream suddenly sounded in the sky, even the guns on the position could not cover it, and experienced veterans knew that this was the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, with a caliber of at least one hundred or more, and a noisy and hoarse shout suddenly sounded in the trenches: "Heavy artillery attack, lie down!" ”

"Hurry up, get into the gun hole!"

"Boom, boom!" A deafening explosion sounded, and the whole earth seemed to shake.

One after another, the shells fell on the position, the soil and sand and stones were dozens of meters high, and countless human fragments flew into the sky like dead leaves in the firelight, and the powerful shock wave made the area of dozens of meters as if it was being swept away by a hurricane, and everything was destroyed.

The trench, which was still a few meters wide just now, was leveled in the blink of an eye, and the thick logs buried in the ground were dug out, mixed with the stumps and broken arms of the soldiers, and the flesh and blood of the soldiers, and it was a mess.

The Japanese army was clearly targeted and accurate, and almost all the places where the shells were plowed were the locations of the artillery companies and artillery platoons, and one or two steel plates plus repeatedly piled logs might be able to block the blows of the Japanese small-caliber or even the 75 mountain guns, but for the 150 mm heavy cannon, it would not be enough at all. Fifty kilograms of shells smashed on the fortifications, and immediately it was a huge crater dozens of meters wide and several meters deep, which could be turned out of the ground.

Strictly speaking, the 150-mm heavy cannon was used to attack the city and pull out the village, and the position used to deal with the civil fortifications was a bit condescending, and even a little wasteful, but the Japanese army even dared to drive the heavy artillery brigade to the front, which shows that their fear or hatred of Jiang Haoran has reached an unspeakable level, but any price that can pull out this thorn in the eye, the Japanese army will probably not hesitate to implement it.

This artillery attack lasted for a full half an hour, longer than the previous attacks, and it was by no means a tentative attack, the heavy artillery brigade was destroyed, and the frenzy of the Japanese army can be imagined, and they had no other hope, so they could only use the only superior firepower in their hands to strike with all their might.

If their Type 96 240 mm heavy cannons and Type 96 305 mm heavy howitzers appear on the battlefield, then there will be no need to fight this battle at all, and the formation of the new 38th Division will probably be erased from the formation table of the expeditionary force.

As soon as the artillery attack stopped, in the smoke of gunpowder, a dilapidated fortification appeared from time to time, and the shouts, shouts, and cries in the trenches rang out, and the officers began to drive the soldiers to hurry up the construction of fortifications and check the weapons and equipment, and the infantry should charge after the Japanese artillery bombardment, which was their usual tactic.

Many recruits who were scurrying around like flies without their heads began to enter the combat state under the command of officers and veterans who were beaten and scolded.

Medical and stretcher teams also began to enter the trenches, quickly carrying the seriously wounded out of the battlefield, while the lightly wounded were simply bandaged and continued to fight.

"The little devil has rushed across the river!"

I don't know who shouted, but I saw that the embankment on the north bank of the Nandu River was full of black holes, including a large number of light machine guns, and the steel helmets of the Japanese army were faintly visible.

With this half-hour bombardment, the Japanese army had successfully crossed the Nandu River and shortened the attack distance to 300 meters.

The sound of guns being loaded in the trenches was all of a sudden, the muzzles of black holes stretched out of the trenches, the sound of light and heavy machine guns shaking the bullet chains was even more resounding, and the artillery fire was destroyed, which became the most important suppressive fire.

The Japanese did not seem to be in a hurry to attack, and the dust below Heti looked as if they were building a defensive line.

The expeditionary force also took advantage of this limited time to clean up the destroyed artillery positions, hoping to turn over some intact artillery from them.

Ten minutes later, a large number of oil drums suddenly appeared on the Japanese defense line, and two or three soldiers crawled behind each oil drum, pushing the oil drums forward.

The veterans of the new 38th Division have already seen this set of tactics, when the Japanese army attacked the Menggong Heights, the Japanese army carried thousands of oil drums to the front line, poured the oil drums with sand at the front line, advanced to the distance they thought was suitable, and then erected oil drums to form a bunker, which was direct and efficient, far faster than geotechnical excavation.

The first line of defense of the expeditionary force was more than ten miles long, and five regiments were deployed, including three regiments of the new 38th Division and two regiments of the new 28th Division.

The entire defense line was fan-shaped depending on the flow direction of the Nandu River, and the direction of the Japanese army's main attack was the middle zone, because the terrain in this area was relatively flat and open, and the river channel was relatively narrow, which was suitable for the deployment of large troops.

In the middle of the zone were the 122nd and 126th regiments of the new 38th Division. At this moment, Tang Chuyi, the head of the 122nd Regiment, and Yang Changshun, the head of the 126th Regiment, were already standing together.

The Japanese army successfully crossed the river, which was not a small pressure for them, the oil drum was filled with sand and stones, and the AK47 could not penetrate at all, unless it was with light and heavy machine guns, but at a distance of three hundred meters, the Japanese grenadiers could easily hit the position, but all the soldiers who fought with the Japanese army knew that the Japanese grenadiers played very well, and the accuracy was very high, once the light and heavy machine guns were suppressed, their grenadiers would definitely rain over, and after losing the artillery fire, if even these suppressive firepower were lost, then the next battle would be even more difficult to fight, So the two need to figure out how to deal with the Japanese attack.

"I think it's so decided, the machine gun fire is suppressed, and the machine gun position will be changed immediately after a shuttle of bullets is fired, and you can't watch the little devil cross the river." Tang Chuyi said hatefully.

"Change machine-gun positions? What are you kidding, a light machine gun is okay, you can run with a shuttle bullet, what about a heavy machine gun? I'm afraid that before you have removed it, the enemy's grenades will arrive, so this will not work at all. Yang Changshun retorted.

"Then what should I do, you can't watch the little devil advance to a distance of dozens of meters and then charge, right?"