The artillery that moved with the 60th Division included all the artillery units of the 3rd Division and the 60th Division, adding up to one and a half brigades, of which 18 were 150 mm heavy guns, and 36 were 120 mm and 105 mm each, including self-propelled guns. Counting the five divisions, there are more than 150 of them, and the effect of so many cannons roaring together is earth-shattering.

Before this, because Li Hansoul hid the artillery units of the Fifth Division too well, the Japanese army once thought that there was no artillery on the opposite side. Therefore, when attacking Li Ling, Kunizaki Noboru did not hesitate to let all the artillery participate in the battle, so that his artillery position was completely exposed. Although he was later warned by a reconnaissance plane and transferred, he could not escape the eagle-like eyes of the soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Squad.

Such a sudden and fierce artillery fire immediately stunned the little devil who was still high in morale before. Many devils were deafened because they had no sense of precaution at all, and although they were spared artillery fire, their ears were deaf.

The premature death of Noboru Kunisaki was fatal for the Japanese army, although his adjutants Yasuda Ichi and Haruyoshi Saito were not killed by artillery fire because of their relationship on the front line, but the people in the command who accompanied Noboru Kunizaki to meet Amaterasu included all the staff officers and communication squads. Just as Naojiro Amaya's reaction was, as soon as the cannon sounded, Yasuda and Saito Haruyoshi immediately picked up the phone and asked for the headquarters, but what was waiting for them was a blind tone.

At this time, they didn't know that Kunizaki Noboru was dead, and faced the middle and low-level inquiries of the front-line officers and soldiers: "Shaozuo, what should we do now?" The two people subconsciously gave an order to defend to the death, and encouraged their subordinates to say: "Don't be afraid, the 18th Division is not far from us, and when they come up with reinforcements, it will be the end of the Zhina people!" ”

This round of shelling lasted a full quarter of an hour, and under the command of You Hongjun, commander of the artillery brigade of the First Army, the artillery unit was divided into two positions and all the Japanese positions were plowed with artillery fire. A quarter of an hour later, a loud trumpet sounded, and the armored units of the Cadet Army, which made the Japanese army's most fearful and jealous, drove out of the hiding grove and tore the road to the Xiushui River almost without blowing.

At that time, Naojiro Amaya had already learned the news of the death of Noboru Kunisaki from Yasuda Ichi. This little devil was also decisive, and immediately took over the command of the Kunisaki detachment, and ordered all the troops of the Kunisaki detachment to abandon their existing positions and move closer to the small village where the Tiangu detachment lived, in a vain attempt to use the houses in the village to defend to the death. At this time, Naojiro Amaya thought that the Xuebing Army would definitely take advantage of the situation to launch a general attack and eat himself in one bite.

However, after half an hour had passed, he wondered, because the expected general attack had not begun, on the contrary, a part of the student army had tore through the defensive line and went behind him. At the entrance of the village, Yasuda Yi looked into the distance with a telescope, and after seeing the vast tank and armored vehicle units of the Cadet Army go away, he said to Tiangu: "General, do the people of China want to surround our army, and their chariot troops should go to the Xiushui River, right?" ”

Tiangu was looking at the map at this time, and when he heard Yasuda Ichi's words, he suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "Not good! Quick, assemble the team and go to the Xiushui Bridge. ”

Yasuda glanced at the map, immediately understood the meaning of his words, his face changed, and he immediately put his legs together and said "Haiyi", and then ran away with a bang.

Tiangu turned to his communications squad leader, Second Lieutenant Kuta Shimoyoshi, and said: "Hurry up and send a telegram to the headquarters, our army is attacked by the superior student army, and the artillery force of the people of China is huge, and we ask for uninterrupted support from the aviation force." In addition, I hope that the 18th Division can move closer to the Xiushui Bridge in Luxia to meet our army, and our army has been surrounded. ”

The Scholar Army is located in the command post below Li Ling, after receiving the information fed back by the wolf's tooth squad, Li Han's soul has a happy face, and said to Ouyang Yun: "Commander, the artillery bombardment just now was very fruitful, the Japanese artillery unit was completely defeated, and the armored troops also suffered a lot of losses. ”

Ouyang Yun said: "The water dogs will definitely fight, but it's not time yet, wait and see how the Japanese army reacts." ”

A few minutes later, Ge Yunfei stood up excitedly and said, "Report to the commander, the wolf tooth squad in front has called, and the Japanese army has begun to retreat towards Xiaxiu Bridge." ”

Only then did Ouyang Yun's face show a smile, and he glanced at Li Hansoul, and said, "It seems that Noboru Kunisaki and Naojiro Amaya are not too stupid, they have already gained insight into our 'intentions'. Okay, I now order, according to the original battle plan, the whole army will attack! ”

The telegraph and telephone rang, and the staff officers and telegraph operators began to send telegrams or telephone calls to the troops in charge of their respective divisions according to the division of labor, and soon, the two regiments that had been selected from the five divisions began to follow the Japanese army, while the other troops, after lurking for a while, began to run along the march route of the previous armored troops, towards the Xiushui River.

On the west side of Xiaxiu Bridge, Wang Changyun was shirtless, sweating and digging fortifications with the soldiers. Next to him, the regimental director Ding Chengxue took his clothes and said with a guilty face: "Lao Ding, you just let me do it for a while!" I'm not very good at fighting, but it's okay to dig in the mud. You'll have to command the battle later, so don't get too tired. ”

Wang Changyun is three or five thick, and his voice is also loud, he struggled to send a shovel of soil to the top of the trench, and said: "Ball, what is tiring about digging the soil, you don't know the way, when I was busy with farming in my hometown, I could work for three days and three nights in a row." ”

Wang Changyun always spoke falsely and realistically, and Ding Ran didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "I can see that the commander has always advocated the integration of officers and soldiers, but few of you officials from Fujian and Guangdong accept it as quickly as you." By the way, hasn't there been any news from the command yet? ”

"Yes! Grandma's, if the little devil doesn't go from here, we'll lose a lot. I didn't get the battle, I didn't say anything, and I sweated so much in vain," Speaking of this, he didn't know which nerve was touched by the road, threw the sapper shovel, grabbed the edge of the trench with both hands, and stepped up with both legs, and said: "No, Lao Tzu has to send a telegram to ask, if you just dig the soil and don't shoot a gun, it's too ball." ”

It was such a coincidence, Wang Changyun was just looking for a telegraph operator here, and the chief of staff, Tu Dai, came with the latest telegram. From afar, he shouted: "Lao Wang, good news, the little devil is here!" ”

I don't know if Lu Dao was influenced by Wang Changyun, the officers of the 604 Regiment, except for the "freak" of Ding Ran, are all militants, among them, the chief of staff Tu Dai and the regiment commander Wang Changyun are the two most prominent.

Wang Changyun's big mouth opened immediately, and he asked with a smile: "Really?" He wiped his hands on his camouflage uniform, took the telegram and looked at it carefully, and laughed even louder. After signing the telegram and handing it over to Tudai for safekeeping, he yelled at Siye: "Dog's day, it's all for Lao Tzu to listen to, we can finally open it." Brothers, step up and step up - the commander said that the key to the success or failure of this battle depends on us. Hehe, I heard that if you play well, you can still have a glorious title or something. Well, what kind of 'hero group, model group' or something, let's also have a whole one, how spirited! ”

Tu Dai continued: "That's it, looking at the army, there are three regiments with glorious titles, why can't we make one!" Hehe, I hope the little devil will come a little more. ”

Ding Ran smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said in his heart that he was still happy like this, wouldn't he die in a war? Do they think it's a holiday?

At this time, Tu Dai should have suddenly remembered it, and whispered to Wang Changyun: "Old Wang, I forgot one thing." ”

"What?"

"The district commander has asked us to guard our strength, and we have violated his orders now!"

Wang Changyun glanced at him and said, "Ball!" The little devils have hit the doorstep, and they still have the strength to save a ball! The elder of the district army is confused, don't listen to him. ”

In terms of arranging troops to fight, there are not many people in the four armies who can be stronger than Wang Changyun, and the reason why he stayed in the position of regiment commander for six years is that this mouth is too stinky. Tu Dai didn't expect him to shout so loudly without scruples, you must know that Ding Dao is still beside him, and in the minds of the officers in western Fujian, these so-called political directors and regimental guides are actually Ouyang Yun's eyeliner. He glanced at Ding Ran and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Ding Ben knew his mind at a glance, but he just smiled and didn't say anything. Speaking of which, there are not a few rectification staff assigned to the Fourth Army by the Xuebing Army, but it seems that only he is in the best situation, and the key is that Wang Changyun is the master. It is well known that the Fourth Army is in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and Ouyang Yun did not look at them differently, which alleviated the contradictions between the two sides to a certain extent.

The officers and men of the 604th Regiment were not good at civil engineering before joining the Cadet Corps. This has a certain relationship with Wang Laoru's method of leading troops and means of fighting, because in the entire Fujian army, the 604th Regiment has always been famous for fighting tough battles. And Wang Laoru's favorite thing to do on the battlefield is to rush to the front of the team with a gun in person. Of course, he was not less injured for this, but he seemed to be a lucky general, and he only suffered a small injury every time. Wang Changyun was difficult to accept at first for the training of the Cadet Army, which emphasized civil engineering, and it was precisely because of this that he was able to be familiar with Ouyang Yun. According to his idea, the key to fighting a war is to dare to rush, and the so-called narrow road meets the brave to win. However, after being punished by Ouyang Yun for two weeks in the advanced training class, he received a series of theories, and he suddenly realized that he began to pay attention to the team's civil engineering training. As a result, such an important task can be obtained in this battle.

In the distance, it seems that the footsteps of the Japanese army have been heard, and the three fan-shaped trenches centered on the Xiuqiao Bridge of the 604th Regiment have not been completely excavated. After receiving the exact combat mission, Wang Changyun shouted loudly in high spirits, jumped into the trench again, picked up the sapper shovel and shoveled up the soil vigorously.

The battle that took place at Xiaxiu Bridge is destined to be the most critical in the second phase.