。 On September 8, 1938, after more than ten days of marching, the Sixth and Seventh Group Armies of the Jinsui Army finally arrived in Zhengzhou, Henan. After a short rest, the 33rd Army of Zhou Yuanjian's headquarters of the Sixth Army, the 34th Army of Yang Chengyuan, and the 17th Army of Gao Guizi of the Seventh Army marched again to Xuchang, Kaifeng, and Pingdingshan.

Two days later, the ministries arrived. At the same time, in accordance with the tactical guidance given by the Wehrmacht, the various units began to demolish the railway fortifications, and at the same time moved the people from the city and used most of the materials for the fortifications.

Three days after the arrival of the Jin Sui army, the main force of the Japanese-Chinese Central Front had arrived in Linying County. Preparations are underway to launch an attack on Xuchang.

There was a reason why the Japanese army came so late, and along the way, they sometimes needed to co-opt local bandits or tyrants contacted by Shanghai Qingqi Qingyin. Calm down, give some supplies still have to be done.

At the same time, they also need to give certain authorizations and arrange follow-up work. Only then was it possible to continue the march.

This greatly slowed down the march of the Japanese army, but the relative advantage was that they were able to rest sufficiently. And the weapons and supplies are excellently prepared.

"Yo Si! This Fu Zuoyi is really a strong enemy, and the fortifications he has made are very complete! Our heavy artillery may have limited success. "Matsui Shigen did not rest after arriving in Linying County, but went directly to the position.

Upon arrival, the vanguard of the Japanese army immediately launched a reconnaissance of Xuchang, and after killing several people, sent back information that Xuchang was heavily fortified.

Subsequently, the vanguard began to build positions in front of the 17th Army outside Xuchang City. The two sides looked at each other from a distance, but neither launched the first wave of attacks.

"Hai, Your Excellency the Commander! The ring-shaped fortifications, bunker chains, and machine-gun bunkers built on the opposite side are very distinctive, and I can only see some clues. But it's still impossible to tell how much they're hiding. ”

Yanagawa Heisuke, who accompanied Matsui Ishine to inspect the position, said in a deep voice to Matsui Ishine: "This shows that Fu Zuoyi is indeed very experienced in defensive operations. It is only in this way that such a complete fortification can be constructed. ”

"Hmm...... Let the 101st Division and the 13th Division immediately enter the position, and after a day's rest, we will attack the position of the Jin Sui Army. ”

"Hay!" The adjutant on the side took the order and turned to have the herald send it to the telecommunications department.

"Yanagawa-kun, I'll leave it to you here! I don't need to see any explanations, any casualty figures. I just want to see you take the Xuchang Chengdong report! Matsui Shigen turned around, patted Yanagawa Heisuke's shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Wuhan, we have already suffered a big loss!" Nanjing is still in a stalemate. The Empire now needs us soldiers to boost our confidence. We can't have any more news of failure! Do you understand?! ”

"Hail!!" Yanagawa Heisuke replied loudly, and Matsui Ishine left the position directly with his guards and adjutant after finishing speaking.

After Matsui Ishine left, Yanagawa Heisuke smiled bitterly and raised his binoculars at the position of the Jin Sui army. Can this be brought down as soon as possible?! Looks. This seems to be another Shura slaughterhouse.

If the Central Army is stationed here, Yanagawa Heisuke still has some confidence. If the Jin Suijun is really the rumored noodle army, Yanagawa Heisuke is also sure. But now anyone who looks at this fortification and has a little military knowledge knows that it must have been built by well-trained soldiers. Say they're a noodle army?! I'm afraid that's the one who said it, right?!

Night was falling, and there was a silence on both sides' positions. But whoever knows. As soon as the morning dawns, the battle that breaks out will be extremely fierce!

"Gao Guizi of the 17th Army of Xuchang called. At two o'clock this afternoon, the vanguard of the Japanese army approached our position. We launched a tentative attack on our forward positions, and ordered the forward troops to return fire with some easily exposed firepower. The Japanese retreated, and then built a position in front of our position for defense, and did not attack again......"

"At four o'clock in the afternoon, troops from the Japanese positions came one after another. The number of people is unknown, and it has been observed that the Japanese army may launch an attack on our department tomorrow morning......"

"The Zhou Yuan Key Department of the 33rd Army in Kaifeng called that at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Japanese troops drove to our position. However, the offensive was not carried out, and only positions were formed in front of our positions, and observation and detection were carried out. The situation is unknown......"

"Yang Chengyuan's Department of the 34th Army of Pingdingshan called. At 4 p.m., Japanese troops left for our position...... We have never fought with us, and we have not attacked us since the Japanese established positions......"

One telegram after another was sent to Fu Zuoyi and Yang Aiyuan. The two of them pinched the telegram and frowned. There is no doubt that the Japanese North China Front has now entered the position.

In other words, the two sides could start fighting at any time. It was certainly impossible for the Jin Sui army, which was inferior in heavy firepower, to take the lead in launching an attack on the Japanese army. Moreover, from the beginning, the task of the Jin Sui army was to block the Japanese army and prevent them from entering North China, threatening the Wehrmacht.

"Is it a dragon or a worm...... Let's see this battle! Fu Zuoyi sighed deeply, put the baton on the map and said with a smile: "Let the fire head squad prepare the meal!" Feed the brethren well! ”

"Yes!!" The adjutant replied loudly, and then saw that Fu Zuoyi had no more orders, so he went down to pass the order.

"Yisheng...... Do you think we can withstand it......" Yang Aiyuan, who had looked at the combat records provided by the National Defense Force along the way, sighed: "To be honest, I'm not sure......"

"Hey...... It's all two shoulders and one head, who is how much more powerful than whom?! Fu Zuoyi was also ruthless, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid of a fart!" Big deal, the old war died in this Zhengzhou city! ”

"Hahaha...... Yisheng is so arrogant, I, Yang Aiyuan, naturally sacrifice my life to accompany you! Yang Aiyuan was also infected by Fu Zuoyi's emotions, laughed and said loudly: "What if we just beat him once?!" It's a big deal, and I died on the battlefield! ”

Fu Zuoyi and Yang Aiyuan didn't know that when the Japanese army arrived at the position, small groups of troops appeared on the battlefield like ghosts.

They didn't alarm anyone, and lurked in the weeds that seemed impossible to hide. Iron pipes that look like farm tools are assembled and turned into killing machines! It looked so hideous under the white moonlight.

The Japanese army even did not know. A small force of more than thirty men had been ambushed outside their artillery positions. This small force was constantly outlining the location of several Japanese artillery positions.

And the tanks, which were covered with layers of tarpaulins, were also observed by some unknown person.

The night faded away, and the red sun rose in the shimmering light of the dewdrops. Obviously, the Japanese had great confidence in this operation. They did not take advantage of the best time of daybreak to attack the position.

Instead, when the day dawned when their soldiers had recuperated their spirits, they began to prepare for an attack on the position.

"Woo woo woo ......" a piece of artillery was pushed onto the Japanese artillery position, and the hideous muzzle was aimed at the opposite position!

And in the position outside Xuchang City, countless figures are constantly moving. Under the command of their respective commanders, they quickly entered the position, and then hid in the anti-artillery holes and waited for the Japanese bombardment.

The few observation posts on the position tried to hide themselves as much as possible, and then waited for the Japanese attack with wide eyes.

"Chirp...... Syllable!! "8 a.m. With a red flare in the air, the Japanese attack officially began! But I heard countless artillery pieces start to roar in unison, as if thunder suddenly broke out in this sunny weather!

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! "Boom...... "After the thunder, there is a crazy scream! Then the whole earth began to tremble. Countless bunkers, trenches, and dirt have been flipped into the air!

The windows of the few glass-filled houses in Xuchang City shattered in response, and the broken glass shards fell to the ground crackling. Some of those who did not heed the advice of the 17th Army and withdrew from Xuchang City began to regret it.

Some of them have been through wars and think they are just wars. But where did they go through such a war with countless heavy artillery roars?! At the first time, they judged that this battle would be extremely tragic.

Stay. Undoubtedly the most wrong choice.

Coordinates...... Angle...... Wind power ......" borrowed emphasis

The roar of cannons. A man in the grass was counting constantly. And behind this man, there is a hideous 107 tiger roar!

"Six Japanese artillery positions have been confirmed and are ready for launch!" Half an hour after the shelling began, the man slowly lowered his binoculars and the telegraph hanging from his ears, and said in a deep voice.

"Good! Order all the tigers to roar and start preparing! Launched after the end of the Japanese shelling! Watch the squad and take care to assess the damage! ”

"Yes!!"

The heavy artillery units of the Japanese army are now bombarding very happily. Shells were sent to the front of the position like flowing water. Coordinates are occasionally fine-tuned under the command of forward observation posts.

The other side has not returned any artillery fire so far, which indicates that they may not have any heavy firepower. Or maybe there was a problem with the coordinate evaluation.

Either way, it was a good thing for the Japanese artillery.

"Assault!!" The shelling gradually subsided. At this time, there were howls of charging from the Japanese positions. Under the guidance of several 97-style reforms, the Japanese infantry began to kill towards the position of the 17th Army!

The sound of tank tracks in Kerala. With the momentum of crushing everything, he rushed towards the position. The Japanese infantry in the rear continued to march towards the position of the 17th Army under the cover of tanks.

"His grandmother's! Take tanks at this war?! You look at me Gao Guizi too much, right?! In Xuchang City, Gao Guizi gritted his teeth and scolded at the Japanese tanks: "Dog's ...... Tell the brothers below to fight hard! Don't lose the face of our Jin Suijun! ”

"Yes!!" The adjutant replied loudly, then rushed down to call the forward positions.

"Quick! Go to the battlefield and enter the Bunker! The Japanese are coming! The officers commanding the battle on the position roared with red eyes, and most of the Jin Sui army were dizzy after being bombarded for almost an hour.

But they still rushed out of their positions under the command of their respective commanders, and continued to pour into the trenches and bunkers everywhere with weapons. Light and heavy machine guns were erected, and Japanese tanks and infantry gradually appeared in their sight.

"Lions, elephants and rabbits, all with all their might." Yanagawa Heisuke smiled and looked at the charging Japanese troops with binoculars, and said to his subordinates: "Don't underestimate any enemy, any contempt is likely to lead to defeat!" It's a fatal problem, understand?! ”

"Hail!!" Several division commanders replied in a loud voice, although they felt in their hearts that it was a waste to use such a large amount of firepower on this position. But he is only the commander of the division. Disobedience to the commander of the army is not a good thing for them.

"Tutu Tu Tu ...... "When the Japanese tanks and infantry approached the position of the Jin Sui army, countless light and heavy machine guns rang out....... Some of the Japanese infantry were knocked out by stray bullets, while those that hit the tanks were clinked.

The follow-up Japanese troops hurriedly lay down. Then the machine guns and artillery on the tanks also began to shell various fire points! It's nice to have a chariot! The soldiers of the Japanese army sighed in their hearts.

"Ready...... Put!! "Just when the Japanese army was happy, some squads were even more pleasant. The heavy artillery roar of the Japanese clearly revealed their position, and they did not have time to move now. It only takes a tiger roar to launch them, and they will taste what it is like to be bombed.

That's enough. Tiger Roar cannot be exposed, and until now Tiger Roar has not been equipped with too many troops. In general, most of the battles used the Second Artillery Corps' "Storm 75 Type 40-tube self-propelled rocket launcher" and other weapons of mass destruction.

The name of the Second Artillery Corps is undoubtedly an extremely obscure name, and many people only think that it is just an artillery unit. At most, a self-propelled artillery unit.

No outsider would have thought that this was actually a unit equipped with weapons like the "Storm 75 Type 40-barrel self-propelled rocket launcher"!

"Whoosh...... Rumble! Rumble!! ......The Japanese finally retaliated, but it was not the artillery fire of the Jin Sui army that retaliated against them, but the rockets from the Wehrmacht.

But now they apparently believe that the artillery fire came from the Jin Sui army. However, I saw countless rockets dragging long tail flames frantically rushing towards the Japanese artillery position.

The Japanese soldiers, who were packing up their artillery and preparing to move their positions, were hit by these rockets before they could howl.

Although the accuracy of 107 does have some problems, the advantage is that it is better than the coverage. Only two 107 rockets roaring from 18 tigers were needed to cover the artillery position.

"Boom! Rumble!! Boom ......" Japanese artillery screamed from the position. Countless Japanese heavy artillery pieces were blasted into scrap metal in the explosion.

Blown up parts flew around, and even the Japanese garrison squadrons stationed outside the camp were affected. The Japanese troops who approached the position were almost smashed into a pile of waste meat by the flying parts.

Plasma sprayed all over the sky as if it didn't cost money, and countless stumps flew in the air.

"Record...... More than half of the Japanese artillery positions were lost. Artillery casualties were about two-thirds...... There were slight casualties among the garrisons...... The Japanese reacted quickly. Someone has already come to receive and treat ......"

The squad on the periphery of the Japanese artillery position constantly observed the situation of the Japanese artillery position with binoculars, and reported to the rear headquarters through radio waves.

The tanks of the "Kerala ......" Japanese army had already driven more than 100 meters into the Jinsui army, while the Japanese infantry was charging at the position of the 17th Army under the cover of tanks.

The grenadiers and light and heavy machine guns were constantly roaring, and the firepower of the Jin Sui army was bombed one by one. Part of the bunker was destroyed by Japanese shelling.

"Assault!!" At the first charge, the Japanese army mobilized the strength of a wing to try to directly break through the defenses of the Jin Sui army.

"Keep up! Kill the enemy!! A roar came from the position, and countless soldiers of the Jin Sui Army rushed out of the position with a roar and killed the Japanese army!

Twenty or thirty meters in front of the position, the two sides were suddenly killed together!

"Sudden ......" Japanese tanks frantically slaughtered. Countless soldiers of the Jin Sui Army were swept down by the heavy machine guns on board. The anti-tank trenches dug earlier had been damaged by artillery fire and could not stop the Japanese tanks at all.

The tanks of the Japanese army in the "Kerala ......" were extremely arrogant. Constantly crushing towards the position.

"Nima!!" A man with red eyes and a lit Molotov cocktail was about to lunge at the Japanese tank, but he didn't take two steps before he was swept down by the tank's machine gun.

The Molotov cocktail was shattered, and gasoline sprayed on him and burned. The screams resounded through the position, but there were still countless soldiers of the Jin Sui Army roaring towards the Japanese tanks!

"Boss, you said those old men of the Academy of Sciences said that this thing can penetrate 50 mm of armor in 400 meters?! I don't believe it......" A man with a strange gun in the grass kept bursting with cold light in his eyes, and a smirk on the corner of his mouth.

Although he was smirking, the man didn't stop working. He quickly put down the gun in his hand, adjusted the optical sight on it little by little, and tightly lassoed the Japanese tank.

"It's okay, let's smash this Iron King Ba to know if what those masters said is true or false." A man was also sneering, and he also had such a strange big gun in his hand.

"Aim...... Put!! ”

"Tom...... Rumble!! With a roar, those flaunting Japanese tanks were hit! After a pause, it suddenly exploded!

On the side of these men, they only saw that the bullet of their big gun had made a hole in the tank. But on the other side of the tank, a huge hole burst directly into the armor of the Japanese tank!

It was like a baby's mouth, but instead of saliva, it was a patch of flesh! What spewed out were pieces of minced flesh and stumps, as well as the shattered internal parts of the tank.

"Boom!!" One tank should have been hit in the ammunition box, and the whole tank exploded! The turret was blown up several meters high, and it fell down and smashed the Japanese infantry behind it to cry wolf.

And the men with big guns didn't even look at them after the fight, so they withdrew directly to the back...... (To be continued)