The heavy artillery of the Fifth Division, which had been left behind, finally caught up, and with the heavy artillery wing reinforced by the 10th Division, hundreds of artillery pieces of various types smashed the shells into the small Taierzhuang.

For a while, the sound of a boom resounded through the heavens and the earth, and a huge roar ran through the entire battlefield. Taierzhuang, a town with a long culture, was instantly shrouded in flames, with cannonballs flying sideways and flames soaring into the sky.

From a distance, it looks like there are countless meteors collectively hitting Taierzhuang, if you look at it from the sky, Taierzhuang at this moment is full of holes, and the craters seem to have been hit hard by a giant's punch, and they are scarred.

"Bomb, up!" Itagaki Seishiro wandered back and forth beside the command car, looking at Taierzhuang with fierce eyes. There was a fierce light in his eyes that only wild beasts eat people, and there was an unquenchable anger burning in his chest.

"Li Zongren, no matter what conspiracy you used to cause my troops to be so badly damaged. Today, I am bombarding with artillery fire, and I will also raze this small Taierzhuang to the ground. Itagaki Seishiro made up his mind not to blast out the Chinese troops hiding in Taierzhuang, and he would never give up.

As long as the Chinese army appears, he can launch a flat ground attack on the other side. Even if he didn't have a tank force, with the elite of the Fifth Division, there was no difference in defeating the Chinese army.

In the direction of the 10th Division, Yoshio Suzuka leaned on a chair in the makeshift headquarters, his right hand covering his heart. His heart really hurt, and such a thankless loss did not make him vomit a mouthful of old blood, but caused his heart attack.

At this moment, his face was covered with cold sweat, and his eyes were a little blank after taking the medicine. It's like a miser who picks at the door and suddenly loses a big gem, and it's as uncomfortable as killing him.

"Seishiro Itagaki, you didn't mean to let me attack, did you? You bastard, seeing that I have robbed you of a lot of credit along the way, that's why you framed me like this? Yoshio Suzuka almost burst into tears.

The 10th Division is his lifeblood, and he has to rely on the 10th Division to climb to a higher position. Now a wing has been scrapped like this, and this is the first time since the 10th Division entered China that a wing has been lost so quickly.

Yoshio Suzuka's eyes were red, and his face was spasming uncontrollably. Listening to the roar of artillery outside, he swore that this time he would not be the first to rush into Taierzhuang, and he would definitely let the Fifth Division taste the taste of being beaten up.

At this moment, on a hill twenty kilometers away from Taierzhuang, rows of heavily armed soldiers stood in almost every advantageous position of the terrain. There are also dozens of jeeps parked under the hill, surrounded by a small black car. More soldiers guarded the entire kilometre around it, and it was impossible for anyone to get close to it.

"Chairman, the devils have started shelling!" Li Zongren stood beside a bald head in a tunic and said with a smile.

The person standing beside Li Zongren and looking into the distance with a telescope was none other than Chiang Kai-shek, the No. 1 person in the Nationalist Government and the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Japanese War in China.

After receiving Li Zongren's report that Gao Dong was going to annihilate the two divisions of the Japanese army in Taierzhuang, he attached great importance to it, and not only asked Gao Dong to give him full support, but also came to Xuzhou in person.

The artillery fire in the distance was soaring, and although there was a distance of 20 kilometers, you could still feel how fierce the Japanese artillery fire was.

"Delin, this Gao Dong, is it okay?" After Chiang Kai-shek watched it for a long time, he silently raised his head and looked at Li Zongren.

Delin is Li Zongren's word, and only a friendly person can call it that. Hearing Chiang Kai-shek's question, Li Zongren hesitated for a moment and slowly shook his head.

"I don't know, but this Gao Dong has created many miracles before and has a high prestige in our army. As soon as the soldiers heard that he was leading his troops to stop the Japanese army and that he was going to annihilate two divisions of the Japanese army, not a single one did not believe it. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded slowly: "Courage, resourcefulness, courage, and novel tactics are really unborn military wizards." It is said that Bai Chongxi is Xiao Zhuge , but I can see from the reaction of the people around me. This Gao Dong is a talented general who is not unborn. We don't accept such talents, that's Qu Cai. ”

Li Zongren's heart moved when he heard this, he knew that Lao Jiang was going to win people's hearts. He did so much on the front line, just to bring Gao Dong under his command. But as soon as Lao Jiang came, he praised Gao Dong like this, obviously he had the intention of winning over Gao Dong.

"Regardless of success or failure, his actions helped you hold back the two divisions of the Japanese army and contain their attack. The total strength of the Japanese army is not large, and you can free up your hands to clean up the rest of the Japanese army. Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly: "This Gao Dong, I want to see him in person after this battle." Such a talent is really buried in the New Fourth Army, and he wants to give him a lieutenant general commander to lead an army! ”

Li Zongren is undoubtedly certain now, and he can already see from Lao Jiang's eyes that Gao Dong, his old Jiang, is going to be decided.

"Gao Dong's strength is already very strong, if it is given to Lao Jiang, it is tantamount to giving him a strong general for the Central Army. This kind of thing must not happen, and I will never let your old Jiang Ruhu gain wings. ”

Although he thought so in his heart, he said with a smile: "Gao Dong's strength is more than enough to be a group army commander for him." If he had enough troops, it would only be a matter of time before he galloped on the battlefield and made a contribution. ”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed: "There will be such a day, step by step!" Let me wait and see, what kind of miracle this Gaodong can create. ”

Two figures at the top of the national government stood on a hill, but each with their own thoughts. But at this moment, their eyes were also staring at the direction of Taierzhuang in the distance. The big war there always attracts their attention.

The rumbling artillery was getting more and more intense, and half of the buildings in Taierzhuang had collapsed in the bombardment. Many centuries-old buildings were destroyed, leaving the town unrecognizable.

The shelling has been going on for five hours, from morning to afternoon. Taierzhuang was caught in the fire, and everything created by the ancestors was burning in the flames.

In an underground passage, dirt fell from above, landing right on Gao Dong's hat. He shrugged helplessly at Su Rou, who was squatting next to him, and then slapped the dirt off his hat.

"How long will the devil still bombard? Now the secret tunnels we worked so hard to dig are gone, and the houses above should be blown up, right? Su Rou said angrily, her body was also covered with mud.

The long passage was crowded with people, mostly those who had been evacuated from the bombardment by the devils. Passages like this run through almost the entire Taierzhuang, and it can be said that the underground of Taierzhuang has been hollowed out, all of which are long tunnels.

"That's no way, the devil wants to blow up, you can't help but let people blow up, right? People finally rushed into the town, but we beat the fart and urine and turned around and fled, people are angry in their hearts, this is also human nature, you have to be considerate. Gao Dong winked playfully at Su Rou.

With a snort, Su Rou, who was originally full of anger, was amused by Gao Dong's witticism. A soft punch hit him in the chest, and he looked at him with disgust. The surrounding soldiers all snickered when they saw this scene, and this kind of warm scene happened to Gao Dong, which still made everyone feel novel.

"What to laugh at, what to laugh at, what's so funny. My wife beats me, and you are jealous. Gao Dong shouted at the soldiers on the side as if demonstrating, which immediately caused a burst of laughter.

"I said captain, when the devil comes, how should we fight? You won't just shrink down and wait for them to come to us, will you? Lie San laughed and raised this question that everyone was concerned about.

"Of course not, your second brother Hu will naturally entertain the devils well, so you don't have to worry about this. Just wait for the devil's cannon to stop, rush to the top to guard the remaining house for me, and entertain the devils well. Gao Dong smiled meaningfully.

"Then you can rest assured, fight devils, I have never been left behind anyone." Liesan licked his lips, and his face revealed a thick murderous aura.

At this moment, in the underground of Taierzhuang, in hundreds of the same passages, thousands of soldiers of the independent brigade are waiting. They are like beasts dormant in the ground, waiting for their prey to take the bait before rushing out and biting their prey fiercely.

Another four hours had passed, and it was already completely dark. The devils who have been fighting for a day are tired enough, and they haven't even eaten hot food until now.

Itagaki Seishiro was spinning back and forth next to his command car for hours, like a clockwork that had been wound up and not stopping for a moment.

"Your Excellency, the artillery has reached its limit, and half of the guns think that the chamber is too hot to continue working. The rest was pretty much the same, several guns had already been blown up, and many soldiers had been wounded. The chief of staff came to Seishiro Itagaki and said.

Itagaki Seishiro finally stopped, turned his head to look at Taierzhuang burning in flames, and said in a deep voice: "It's been shelling for ten hours, and even the steel in this area of Taierzhuang should have been blown up." If those despicable people were still hiding in those houses, they would have been blown up long ago. ”

"Stop the artillery attack and send a wing into Taierzhuang to search." Seishiro Itagaki waved at the chief of staff.

Five minutes later, all the artillery of the 5th Division fell silent. Immediately afterwards, the sparse artillery fire in the direction of the 10th Division also stopped. After a whole day of bombardment, the artillery power of both divisions had reached its limit.

A wing of the 5th Division was ordered to advance in the direction of Taierzhuang, which at this moment was almost completely engulfed in flames. There are ruins and ruins everywhere, and trying to get in is tantamount to death.

"Order the troops to enter Taierzhuang from the water and immediately look for ships." The wing commander in charge of the search, Yamano Koji, waved his hand vigorously, and his every movement was like his division commander.