By the time Liu Hua returned to the headquarters, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and it was only two hours before the devil arrived at Baicaoyan. As soon as he sat down on the stool, the chief of staff handed over a few telegrams.

"Commander, the telegram just sent by the special operations brigade seems to have something wrong." Seeing the commander who came back, the chief of staff said with a sigh of relief.

"Uh, what's wrong?" Liu Hua frowned, "Commander, the special operations team investigated and found that the patrols sent by the army to the periphery have increased a lot today, and the firepower equipped with them has also increased. You see, will the situation change? Have the devils discovered our intentions? The chief of staff asked worriedly.

"Well, the devils have stepped up the strength and firepower of the patrol. Did the special operations team detect anything else? Liu Hua looked at the telegram in his hand and looked up and asked.

"No, it's just reported that the strength of the devil's patrol has increased today, and the firepower has also increased."

"Since there is no other circumstance, Chief of Staff, I think there should be no problem. The strength of the devil's reinforced patrol should have been strengthened by the qualified cavalry battalion of the special operations brigade in the past two days, and it had to be strengthened. Immediately send a report to the special operations team, telling them that after the battle begins, the special operations team must deal with all the patrols as soon as possible, and the guard battalion will cooperate with them in the battle. After listening to the words of the chief of staff, Liu Hua replied affirmatively.

Soon, just when Liu Hua was about to send a report to the three main regiments asking if the troops were ready. One by one, the telegrams of the three main regiments were sent to the headquarters. Seeing the telegram, Liu Hua picked up the telescope and looked at the entire highway that was about to become a battlefield. The current highway has returned to its former tranquility after the bustle of the previous one. It's like a lion with its mouth wide open, waiting for its prey.

"Commander, a regiment has called, and the vanguard of the devils has been discovered, a total of one squadron of troops. The search range is 200 meters on each side of the road. Chief of Staff Li Qing said to the silent Liu Hua.

"Finally came, order, all the attacking troops of the regiment to retreat 200 meters away, continue to be vigilant, do not stain the devil to find any clues. The same order was sent to the 2nd regiment. Liu Hua began to perform his duties as commander-in-chief, issuing combat orders to his subordinates one by one.

"Commander, the vanguard of the devils has successfully passed through the position of the first regiment and is continuing to search and advance, and the regiment has not exposed its target," the chief of staff continued to read the telegrams sent by the regiments one by one

"Commander, the second regiment is calling, you can already see the vanguard of the devils, and in five minutes, the vanguard of the devils will contact the guard company stationed in Changle Village" At this time, the telegram sent by the second regiment.

"A group of calls, the logistics team that has discovered the devil's baggage, will it immediately launch an attack and cut off the devil's marching column?" One by one, the chief of staff read the telegrams sent by the regiments to Liu Hua.

"Start attacking." Liu Hua ordered decisively.

"Woo woo woo" first of all, the prepared artillery cluster fired. The whistling sound of shells crossing the sky reached the command headquarters, and immediately after, a series of shocking explosions reached the headquarters again. "It's finally begun" Hearing the explosion of the shell, Liu Hua muttered to himself, and at the same time, he also stood up, picked up the binoculars, and looked at the highway where explosions kept sounding in the distance.

You must know that in order to be able to completely annihilate the devils along the way, there are a total of three companies of mortars, two companies of mountain artillery, and one thunder company participating in the shelling.

Before the 117th Wing of the Devil was bombarded, it had always been a two-way marching army, and at the same time, in order to prevent the small troops of China from attacking along the way and artillery attacks, the formation of the main force of the entire wing was very loose. As the elite wing of the killing field, although they were continuously attacked by various attacks during the march for several days, the soldiers still persevered and did not relax at all. So the whole formation is loose, but not chaotic. Although the soldiers worked hard and their eyes were red, they were still on alert all the time.

When they heard the whistling sound of the shells cutting through the air, the first consciousness of all the Japanese troops was that they had been shelled, and it was the effect achieved by the swarms of shells flying through the sky. As a result, these battle-hardened veterans quickly dispersed their formations automatically and lay on the ground as fast as they could. One can imagine how spectacular it was that with the explosion of the shells, the entire marching brigade of the Japanese army, thousands of people, lay on the ground at the same time as if they were commanded.

However, in this way, the lethality of the first round of shells of the artillery battalion is obvious, except that some shells fell directly into the formation of the devils, causing certain casualties to the devils. The other shells landed next to the Devil's Marching Army. But the flying shrapnel did not have much lethality to the devils lying on the ground.

"Baga, we have been ambushed by the China. When did the Brucella have such fierce artillery fire, didn't the intelligence department of the empire say that the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was inferior, how could this be? Okamoto, who had been pushed off his horse by his own soldiers, listened to the sound of artillery that could only be heard on the front line, and cursed loudly.

"Quick, immediately send a report from the North China headquarters that the 117th Wing of our department was ambushed by the people of China near Changle Village, and the artillery fire of China is very fierce, so I ask for support." Okamoto stopped his senseless insults and ordered to a telegraph operator beside him.

After saying the order, Okamoto went to a relatively safe place under the protection of his own soldiers, picked up a telescope, and began to observe the enemy.

At this time, almost all the soldiers of the main force of the wing were lying in the wilderness on both sides of the road. Although the cannonballs fired by the people of China constantly exploded in the middle of the ranks, the courage was not a great threat to the imperial army that was lying down and fighting the empire. There are very few Imperial soldiers who can be hit, unless one of the hapless soldiers is directly hit by a shell.

However, Captain Okamoto did not feel glad about this, but was very annoyed. You must know that when fighting on the front line with only [***], it has always been the people of China who have been pressed and beaten by the elite imperial army. And now, in the face of the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army, it is completely reversed.

Okamoto saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. Although they want to retaliate, they fight back. However, there was no way, because the people on the opposite side could not see even a single figure except for shelling.

"Do our enemies have enough shells to be used for such a squander?" Wing Captain Okamoto said self-deprecatingly. However, to be able to sit in the position of wing captain, Okamoto still has very good intellectual ability. Immediately, he cleared his mind and prepared to give orders.

"Artillery, mountain artillery squadron, immediately measure the position of the artillery of the Chinese people, and organize artillery to return fire as soon as possible. The elite adults of this empire can't lie on the ground like this, waiting for the cannonballs to come. Okamoto yelled loudly at the artillery squadron leader beside him.

"Report to the Wing Commander, the Chinese are very cunning, their artillery fire is very scattered, after the preliminary measurement just now, we have found at least six artillery positions, with the only mountain artillery squadron in our hands, it is impossible to effectively suppress it, and it will be wiped out by the Chinese people." The artillery squadron leader replied in a whisper.

"Baga, yours are not the warriors of the Empire. I don't care, in short, immediately organize artillery to return fire, so that the soldiers cannot be exposed to enemy fire all the time. Order, all the soldiers immediately leave the road, occupy a few hills on both sides of the road, and stand by for reinforcements, as fast as possible. After listening to the words of the artillery squadron leader, Okamoto roared loudly.

Immediately, the devils on both sides of the road began to move, slowly scattering, bending over, and lying on the ground from time to time. Attack the hill next to the road. Although there are shells constantly falling around them, for these veterans, such artillery fire is impossible to hurt them much. So, one by one, the devils, holding their rifles with bayonets, stared straight at the hill in front of them, and slowly moved forward.

"Artillery battery, heavy machine guns, concentrated fire, at the devils within 100 meters in front, hit me." A regimental commander Gao Yuan looked at the devil who was slowly thinking about the mountain where he was rushing over, and immediately gave an order.

The 12 mortars and 4 heavy machine guns were all aimed at the 100-meter-wide road in front of them. The sudden and violent blow caught the devils in front of them by surprise, and dozens of devils fell into the rain of heavy machine guns and mortar shells.

The devil is worthy of being an elite, and in the face of the fierce rain of bullets, and in the face of the soldiers whose jade was shattered in front of him, no one panicked. Under the command of their respective military commanders and squad leaders, the remaining devils slowly organized themselves in order to fight back and retreat backwards over and over again. A discerning person can see at a glance that the devil wants to retreat to the other side of the highway, and wants to rely on the high roadbed of the highway as a fortification to resist.

However, the commander of the 1st Regiment did not let them get their wish, when they had just retreated from the road and were lying on the roadbed and firing at the 2nd Battalion in front. Unbeknownst to him, his back was completely exposed under the guns of a battalion on the other side of the road. Seeing such a good reality, the commander of the first battalion will certainly not let it go. Immediately ordered the four heavy machine guns that had been prepared for a long time to open fire as well.

This time, the devil was so lucky, the dense firepower in the front, and the rain of bullets in the back hit his back. Faced with a rain of bullets from both sides, the devil can be described as a dilemma. Those devils who reacted quickly shifted to both sides, trying to get out of the design range of the heavy machine guns, while those who reacted slowly were beaten to the ground by the soldiers mercilessly.

(To be continued)