In the fierce battle of the morning during the day, the commander of the 23rd Brigade Major General was most worried about the heavy artillery of the Chinese troops, and he summoned his subordinates to discuss for a long time.

In the end, they felt that there were still people in Huaxian County, and they could use the people as shields, and they believed that as long as there were people here, the Chinese troops would definitely not use heavy artillery to shoot, and with the people present, the Chinese troops' attacks would also be contained.

Originally, the commander of the Major General's Brigade, Yuan Shousande, wanted to call the division headquarters directly to report the incident, but after knowing that the division commander Changna Castle had arrived, he immediately rushed over.

After inspecting the position for a while, Hara Shousantoku glanced at Jiuna Castle, and an inquiring expression appeared on his face.

There are some people in Huaxian County, and Yuan Shousande has already captured hundreds of people, and he asked these people to help his troops strengthen the fortifications.

The captain of the 56th Wing of the Japanese army was attacked by a lot of heavy artillery this morning, he was deeply threatened by heavy artillery, after careful consideration, the captain of the Wing of the Great Zuo saw the people, and immediately put forward a suggestion, that is, to use the people as a shield, Yuan Shousande thought about it, and directly agreed.

However, this matter originally required the consent of the division commander Changna Chengichi, and he immediately began to report on the side of Jiuna Castle.

As soon as Jiunacheng heard the report of Yuan Shou Sande, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and he looked outside, his brows furrowed tightly.

There were many disparities between the Japanese and Chinese troops, especially in terms of weapons, and the Japanese had an absolute advantage.

However, as they continued to fight with Sun Weiguo's troops, the Japanese army began to realize that in terms of weapons, the Japanese army was far inferior to Sun Weiguo's troops.

In particular, Sun Weiguo's dozens of heavy howitzers were a major threat to the Japanese army, and for dozens of heavy howitzers, the Japanese army could only rely on aviation to strike.

However, the positions set up by the howitzers were very hidden, and the bombing by the Japanese air force did not achieve much effect.

The Japanese artillery has no ability to shoot at it, and the little devils can only go the wrong way, and they want to use innocent people as hostages to contain the howitzers of the Chinese troops.

"Okay, just look at the arrangement." Jiuna Chengyi stared at the fortifications of the 23rd Brigade, and then he nodded and agreed.

A smile appeared on Yuan Shousande's face, with these innocent people as hostages, he was sure to hold his position.

After making another round of his position and talking with the officers and men of the garrison, he began to return to the headquarters of the division in the county.

A citizen began to be pushed to the front of the position, behind these people there were ghost soldiers with rifles pointed at them, as soon as these people had any abnormal movement, the ghost soldiers immediately pulled the trigger, one of the people probably knew what the little devil wanted to do, he began to run desperately towards the front, but soon, the little devil pulled the trigger.

The bullet shot out, and the bullet hit the innocent man directly, and the running man fell to the ground.

The rest of the people were too frightened to move, and they stood obediently in front of the position, with a panicked expression on their faces.

At 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, the mountain artillery battalion directly under the Honorary Fourth Division of the Ninth Army, the three regiments of the Honorary Seventh Regiment, the Honorary Eighth Regiment, and the Honorary Ninth Regiment directly under the three infantry artillery companies, and the three weapon support companies began to rapidly advance to the front, and they were to set up artillery positions and machine gun positions at a distance of 700 meters from the devil soldiers.

The nine machine gun companies under the nine infantry battalions under the three honorary regiments, 54 Type 92 infantry guns, and 54 Browning heavy machine guns began to advance rapidly.

EIGHTEEN TYPE 94 MOUNTAIN GUNS, EIGHTEEN 75MM INFANTRY GUNS, SIX 47MM ANTI-TANK GUNS, TWENTY-FOUR MG34 GENERAL-PURPOSE MACHINE GUNS.

Dozens of heavy machine guns and dozens of artillery pieces of different calibers all began to advance, and artillery positions and machine gun positions began to be set up at a distance of 700 meters from the Japanese positions.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE TWO HOWITZER REGIMENTS OF THE ARTILLERY BRIGADE ALSO BEGAN TO SET UP ARTILLERY POSITIONS, AND THIRTY-SIX JAPANESE 150MM HOWITZERS AND THIRTY-SIX 155MM HOWITZERS BEGAN TO SET UP ARTILLERY POSITIONS.

Seventy-two howitzers had already lifted their armor, and one howitzer had its black hole pointed at the sky in the distance, ready to start firing.

"Report." Inside the military headquarters of the Ninth Army, the voice of the report began to sound.

"Come in." Sun Weiguo immediately shouted.

Hao Jie, the captain of the Dragon Scale Brigade, began to enter the general headquarters, and Hao Jie immediately saluted Sun Weiguo.

"Commander-in-chief, we have just conducted reconnaissance of the Japanese position, and we found a large number of civilians in front of the Devil Soldiers' position, all of these civilians are controlled by the Devil Soldiers, and if we launch artillery bombardments and attacks, these civilians will definitely be affected."

After Hao Jie saluted Sun Weiguo, he immediately began to report.

"Shhhh After hearing Hao Jie's report, Sun Weiguo couldn't help but gasp, his brows furrowed tightly, and his face was full of solemn expressions.

What he was most worried about happened, Sun Weiguo was worried that the little devil would jump off the wall to beat the people's ideas, and this matter was always a pimple in Sun Weiguo's heart.

After knowing this, Sun Weiguo's brows furrowed tightly, Sun Weiguo really had no way to arrange it like this for the Japanese army.

Looking at the map, Sun Weiguo immediately issued an order: "Order the artillery brigade to launch an artillery bombardment in depth of the Japanese position, and try to take into account the safety of the people when the assault force charges." Convey my order not to accept the surrender of any Japanese troops in Huaxian, and at the same time send a telegram to Chen Lie, commander of the 54th Army, and Yin Jinshan, commander of the Provisional Ninth Army, asking them to completely annihilate the Japanese troops in Huaxian. ”

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." Ge Haifeng immediately saluted and said.

"Hao Jie, you go back immediately and convey my order to Huang Yongsheng, the commander of the Dragon Force, that the first task of the Dragon Force is to protect the people, and we must do our best to rescue the people."

Sun Weiguo looked at Hao Jie, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." Hao Jie immediately saluted Sun Weiguo and said.

Hao Jie left the general headquarters, Sun Weiguo stared at the map, the expression on his face was not very good, the Japanese army used the people as hostages, which cast a shadow on Sun Weiguo's appreciation.

On the east side of Huaxian County, on the position of the 56th Wing of the Japanese Army, there were hundreds of people on the position of the 56th Wing, and these people stood on the position, with desperate expressions on their faces.

They knew exactly what fate awaited them, and there was a slight fear on their faces.

"Mixi, with these people here, the heavy artillery of the Chinese troops will definitely not continue to shoot, and if we hide behind them, we will definitely be able to kill and injure a large number of Chinese troops."

A ghost soldier Shaozuo Captain looked ahead with a telescope, and said with a grim expression on his face.

"Captain, I don't think the Chinese troops have the courage to come here, can we rest now?"

A Japanese captain came to the Japanese soldier Shaozo, and he said with a little sleepiness.