The sound of the artillery stopped again, and the soldiers of the first company returned to the trenches at the shouts of the officers, and began to repair the fortifications while treating their comrades.

A piece of shrapnel slashed half of Xu Rongfang's left ear, but he didn't realize it. He took the lead in waving the sapper shovel and shouted in his mouth: "Hurry, hurry!" ”

Shovels of loess flew out of the trenches, and in the traffic trenches, stretcher groups composed of self-defense personnel carried stretchers and ran quickly. The blood of the soldiers was an irritation to these croppers and workers. It also makes everyone more consciously devote themselves to the rescue work. In Ouyang Yun's words to Jiang Shuren: "We can't let the soldiers shed blood and tears, the rescue work and bereavement must be in place, even if they go bankrupt." ”

In this round, the 9th Division was still responsible for the attack, but it was replaced by the 7th Wing of the 6th Brigade. At this moment, the co-captain Izuo and a male Dazuo stood halfway up the mountain, known as Lin Xiushan by the locals, holding a telescope and observing quietly. The sky was already bright, the fog was being replaced by gunsmoke, and the position in front of the Xifengkou Pass, in the front trench, was constantly spitting out loess. The offensive echelon composed of a brigade of soldiers led by Akita Takebei Nakasa was less than three hundred meters away from the trench.

From this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The army on the opposite side is really a strong army?" "Otherwise, at this time, the soldiers of the ministry should have been lying on the fortifications with their guns a long time ago, and how could they have the mood and time to strengthen the fortifications.

Although the strength of his First Army accounted for almost two-thirds of the North China Front, from his heart, he was still willing to be the commander of the Second Army and be responsible for the Shandong Raid. On the other hand, he was looking forward to defeating Ouyang Yun in his own hands, after all, this man and his army of apprentices had already brought too many obstacles to the Empire's attempt to dominate East Asia. If you can defeat him, not only will you have a glorious face, but also a great boost to your future career.

The speed at which the Cadet Army has risen is unbelievable to the Japanese. For this reason, the spy personnel in charge of intelligence work, including Kenji Dohihara and Kutaro Matsui, were once reprimanded by the War Department. Of course, by the time the Japanese realized that the Cadet Army had become the biggest obstacle to their passage through North China, it was too late.

Fully automatic rifles, tanks with outstanding armor and gun diameters, and mysterious weapons that can effectively kill fighters...... When we think of penicillin, off-road vehicles, televisions, and other advanced industrial products, it seems that overnight, the Japanese suddenly discovered that their military industry, which they had relied on with sharp weapons, was actually compared to a small warlord in China. This also forced them to devise new tactics for the cadet army, changing the previous role of the troika of fighters, tanks, and artillery in combat, and replacing it with the number of ground troops to fill it.

According to the plan formulated by Seiji Kazuki and Takashi Sakai, along the Great Wall with a focus on the Kibukou Pass, the Japanese army would adopt the tactics of crowds and carry out continuous attacks, even if it could not defeat the Xuebing army, it would be dragged to death.

Just as Izuo was thinking about it, the soldiers on both sides exchanged fire again. Summing up the experience of the last failed offensive, this time, the Japanese increased the use of mortars and grenadiers as small unit support firepower. The Japanese troops involved in the attack were a brigade of more than 1,000 people, with a squadron-sized mortar unit, plus grenadiers, this kind of firepower output was quite terrifying. In an instant, Xu Rongfang's trenches were shrouded in gunsmoke and firelight.

In the headquarters of the Second Division, Guo Da saw this situation through a telescope. He immediately ordered the division's artillery units to give three minutes of rapid fire to the enemy in front of him, and then immediately withdraw from their existing positions.

The 2nd Division has a regiment-sized towed gun, of which three-quarters are new howitzer products developed by the Cadet Army Arsenal itself. Compared with the howitzers of other countries at this time, because the quality of steel has been guaranteed, the howitzer gun diameter ratio of the Cadet Army Arsenal is larger, and the firing range and accuracy have been greatly improved. The artillery regiment of the 2nd Division was set up on position No. 43 (on the operational map of the Cadet Corps, the combat area was evenly divided into several positions and marked with numbers, which was not only conducive to scheduling, but also conducive to the artillery to calculate the firing yuan), and the commander of the artillery regiment, Kuang Minghong, had already ordered the gun to be aimed at the forward position, and after receiving the order, the preparation for firing was completed in just one minute. Then, with his order: "Fire!" "In the rumbling sound, 12 heavy guns of four millimeter calibre, 12 infantry guns of 120 millimeter caliber caliber, and 20 mountain guns of 75 millimeter caliber burst into flames at the same time.

In the trenches, the whistling of shells was heard overhead, and the faces of the soldiers of the company turned red. Sun Gang shouted loudly: "Comrades, do you hear it, our artillery!" ”

"Lie down!" Opposite them, the Japanese officer, who was holding a pistol or wielding a command knife and directing the soldiers to advance in a neat skirmish, let out a lone wolf-like roar.

Isao Kazuo obviously did not expect the Chinese army to dare to open fire at such a distance, and the distance between the two sides of the enemy at this time was only within 200 meters. And the sound of tearing the air from shells is not difficult to hear, among which there are large-caliber heavy artillery. Although this kind of heavy artillery has a long range and great power, its accuracy is also surprisingly low, and the normal hit rate is only 20%-30%. He couldn't help but scold hatefully: "A group of crazy people." "Then an order was issued to the artillerymen to find the opposing artillery positions and carry out a counterattack. After a while, he held up the telescope and couldn't help but be stunned. This round of artillery bombardment by the Xuebing Army was obviously prepared, and not a single shell fell into the position, and under the invasion of this round of artillery fire, more than 1,000 people of the Akita Bamboo Soldier's brigade suffered heavy casualties, and in the flames set off by the explosion of the shells, the stumps and fragments of the human body flew in all directions, and the whole Shura hell was a hell.

Izuo Kazuo muttered, "How can this be? That's too accurate, isn't it?! What he didn't expect was that the artillery position of the Cadet Corps was located less than five kilometers away from the main battlefield, and the hardest mountain was chosen. This ground ensures that the cannon will not deviate from the position and angle of fire due to the previous shot, which ensures the accuracy of continuous firing.

Although it was only a three-minute rapid fire, the results achieved by the artillery regiment were spectacular. After this round of artillery fire, the casualties of the devils of the whole brigade reached 30%, and the mortar squadron that was taken care of was almost completely wiped out, not only suffered heavy casualties, but the mortars of various calibers equipped were also blown into scrap metal pieces, and they had lost the meaning of continuing to exist on the battlefield.