The rest of the slightly densely populated areas were also covered by mortar fire, and after a few minutes of shelling, the little devils suffered heavy casualties, and it is estimated that less than two-thirds of the remaining little devils remained.

What's more, many little devils have been frightened and have a weak will to resist, and as soon as the shelling stopped, thousands of soldiers of the 36th Group Army, armed with AK-47 assault rifles, rushed into the town, and in less than 20 minutes, an infantry brigade of the little devils was all annihilated.

After the elimination of this little devil's brigade, the three infantry divisions of the 36th Group Army, tens of thousands of people, did not stop, and continued to march towards Zhangjiakou.

The soldiers of the 36th Group Army often passed through a town or county seat, which was already an empty city, and there was no trace of the little devils, only the ordinary people who warmly welcomed the arrival of the 36th Group Army.

The three infantry divisions of the 36th Group Army, less than three days after they set out from Datong, were already less than 20 kilometers away from Zhangjiakou, and had already entered the designated attack position, facing the defensive positions of the little devils on the outskirts of Zhangjiakou, and the two armies were only two or three kilometers apart.

The tens of thousands of little devils in Zhangjiakou, seeing that a large number of Chinese [***] teams were almost approaching the city, they also entered the position one after another, and confronted the Chinese [***] team from afar, but in the face of the [***] team twice as large as their own, the little devils did not have the courage to attack......

Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

As soon as the three infantry divisions entered the designated attack position, Zhang Yunfei received a telegram from the front line, and he was very happy; in fact, not only Zhang Yunfei, but also the three comrades Zuo Qingquan, Deng Wenping, and Liu Dazhu next to him were very happy when they saw the telegram.

Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, said: "Commander-in-chief, our troops have entered the designated attack position, do you want to put pressure on the little devil first." ”

Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department next to him, also suggested: "Commander-in-chief, I think our artillery should also exert its might and launch a round of artillery bombardment on the positions of the little devils, so as to create the illusion that the little devils are in a hurry to attack Zhangjiakou." ”

Zhang Yunfei also happened to have this plan, and the three infantry divisions had a 105-mm howitzer regiment, each regiment was equipped with 72 cannons. It's just time to shell the outer positions of the little devil Zhangjiakou.

Zhang Yunfei thought for a moment and began to issue a series of orders, "Order the artillery regiments belonging to the three infantry divisions on the outskirts of Zhangjiakou to immediately carry out an artillery bombardment of the outer positions of the little devils for half an hour, and the Mustang fighters of the Datong Flying Brigade will immediately rise into the sky and fly over Zhangjiakou to prevent the air attack of our artillery by the little devil air force."

The cavalry division, the armored division, the artillery division, and the 6th Infantry Division were ordered to start moving westward and attack Guisui, with the 6th Infantry Division as the vanguard, to set off immediately after dark to conceal their whereabouts. ”

Several combat staff officers next to him stood solemnly aside, carefully recording the orders given by Zhang Yunfei, while the others were beaming, everyone knew that it would not be long before another vigorous battle......

Zhangjiakou, the position of the 36th Group, Qian Long, commander of the Second Infantry Division, was lying in the trench, holding a telescope and carefully looking at the little devil's position two or three kilometers away.

The three divisions of the 36th Group Army, the 2nd Infantry Division, entered the west of Zhangjiakou, and the remaining two divisions entered the south and north of Zhangjiakou respectively.

Qian Long, who was holding a telescope, saw the huge defensive position of the little devil in the distance, Qian Long also looked serious, the position of the little devil was several kilometers long from north to south, and the depth of defense was nearly two kilometers, and there were several lines of defense.

And there are a lot of dark bunkers built on the little devil's defensive position, machine gun positions, fire points cross each other, and trenches crisscross each other, it seems that the little devil spent a lot of effort to build this position.

If you want to launch a strong attack by the troops, it is still relatively difficult to fight, unless a large number of tanks and chariots charge in front and the infantry follows behind, it is possible to break through the opposite position of the little devils at a small cost.

Fortunately, his infantry division received an order to feint, and now he only needs to launch an artillery regiment and pour shells on the position of the little devils. ”

"Yes! Connect the artillery regiment immediately, chief, please wait. ”

Qian Long walked into his simple command center, picked up the phone, and said with a full heart: "I am Qian Long, and now I order you to immediately carry out an artillery bombardment of the little devil position in front for half an hour." ”

"Yes! Immediately carry out shelling. ”

Less than two minutes after Qian Long's phone was put down, he heard a rumbling sound from the position of the artillery regiment behind him, the artillery regiment opened fire, and the 72 howitzers of the artillery regiment of the Second Infantry Division opened fire together, and there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky.

On the position of the Second Infantry Division, many soldiers heard the whistling sound in the sky, and their faces were also full of excitement, everyone was confident in the shelling effect of their artillery regiment, and they were looking forward to the tragic scene of the little devil after the shelling.

On the city wall of Zhangjiakou, the commander of the 30th Little Devil Division, Nan Jiro, accompanied by several little devil commanders, was holding a telescope and carefully looking at the position of the [***] team in the distance, and the head of the Little Devil Division had a solemn face.

A little devil Dazuo, seeing his division commander's solemn face, disagreed in his heart, this little devil Dazuo thought in his heart that his troops were on defense, and they could rely on a solid position to block the attack of the [***] team, so there was really no need to worry too much.

Although the strength of the [***] team outside the city is almost twice as strong as his own, the little devil Dazuo believes that the two divisions he defends are not vegetarians, not to mention, in the Beijing-Tianjin area, there are still a lot of reinforcements, and they can support Zhangjiakou within two or three days.

So, the little devil Dazuo said arrogantly: "Your Excellency the division commander, I don't think you need to worry too much at all, although the number of the [***] team is superior, but the defensive position we have carefully built is not good-looking, as long as the [***] team on the opposite side dares to attack, I think our position will become the grave of the [***] team." ”

The commander of the Little Devil Division, Nanjiro, groaned and said: "Eishita Daisa, we can't underestimate the [***] team opposite, we must know that our opponent is the 36th Group Army, not China's Central Army or Eighth Route Army. ”

Seeing that the commander of his division attached so much importance to it, although the little devil Osa looked respectful on the surface, nodded his head, and agreed with Nanjiro's opinion, but he really didn't think so at all in his heart.

Suddenly, the little devil Dazuo heard a large sharp whistling sound in the sky, and he was still disappreciative, but as soon as he heard the sound of the sky, the little devil Dazuo's face immediately changed greatly, this voice is too familiar, this is the sound of a group of heavy artillery.

Minami Jiro, the commander of the Little Devil Division, also heard the voice, and his face changed, and he shouted angrily: "Yaga, the shelling of the [***] team." ”

As soon as the commander of the little devil division finished speaking, a violent explosion sounded on the position of the little devil, it was the sound of a 105mm howitzer, and the explosions continued one after another, very dense.

Seeing this posture, Nanjiro's face turned a little pale, and he thought to himself, this is the heavy artillery group of the [***] team. Many of the little devil commanders next to him also turned pale, and thought to themselves, I was too careless, I don't know if the defensive position in front can withstand such a fierce shelling by the [***] team.

Not long after the artillery bombardment of the artillery regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division began, the artillery regiments of the other two infantry divisions south and north of Zhangjiakou also began to fire, and the dense shells smashed into the defensive positions in the south and north of the city.

Standing on the city wall, Nanjiro, the commander of the little devil division who was originally a little pale, saw that there were also heavy artillery groups of the [***] team in the north and south, and his face suddenly turned pale, feeling that today is not April Fool's Day, how can the [***] team have three heavy artillery groups, Nanjiro shouted frantically in his heart, God, you won't play me like this, our North China Front Army only has two field heavy artillery brigades, how come there are three heavy artillery groups of the [***] team in Zhangjiakou.

Around Nanjiro, a group of little devil commanders, their faces were very ugly, everyone knew what three heavy artillery groups meant, and the carefully built fortifications might not last long under such a dense artillery fire.

Under the overwhelming heavy artillery fire in the distance, a little devil Dazuo even saw some little devils' stumps and broken arms flying sideways, and some machine guns were blown into parts.

A little devil's bunker was directly hit by a 105mm howitzer, and after the explosion, a large crater appeared at the scene, and this little devil's bunker left only some vague traces.

Qian Long, commander of the Second Infantry Division, watched his artillery regiment exert his might, and immediately took the telescope with great interest, walked out of the command headquarters, and looked happy in a trench not far in front of the headquarters.

Not only Qian Long, but also the rest of the commanders also held binoculars, looking at the spectacular scene of the little devil's position in the distance with a happy face, and when they saw the highlights, many people couldn't help but applaud loudly again and again.

A soldier of the Second Infantry Division also stood in the trench, stretched his neck, and carefully looked at the little devil position in the distance, and in front, the little devil position exploded, but due to the distance, the soldier did not see it very clearly, and looked at the platoon commander beside him with envy.

The platoon commander also held the binoculars, and he was very enjoyable to watch, and the soldier saw that his platoon commander was hopeful that the telescope was good, so he shook his platoon commander's arm and said with a begging face: "Platoon commander, let me watch it for a while, just for a minute." ”

(To be continued)