A vacant lot four kilometers away from the gate of Shou County.

The mountain artillery brigade of the 33rd Wing, the mountain artillery brigade of the 78th Wing, and the artillery mobilized from other places by Yoshio Shinozuka did everything possible to draw up a total of 30 75-caliber mountain guns, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed at the gate of Shouxian County.

As the flag of the artillery commander fell, the muzzles of thirty mountain guns burst into fireballs.

Boom Boom...

Dozens of shells crossed an arc at high speed and flew towards the gate of Shou County, and in an instant, on the first line of defense of the independent regiment, dense shells fell, and in the rumbling explosion, gunpowder smoke rolled up in the sky.

"My mother, so many cannons are firing together, and the gods can't bear it when they come."

Outside Shou County, about a kilometer away from the first position, Liu Hong, the commander of the Ninth Wing of the Imperial Allied Army who came from the Beiping area, looked at the position in the distance that was caught in the smoke of gunpowder, and was stunned in horror.

"This is the true strength of the Imperial Army."

"Thanks to Lao Tzu's early surrender, otherwise he would have suffered from shells, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to get together the corpse in the end."

At this moment, the artillery fire in front of him made the captain of the Ninth Wing of the Imperial Allied Army in North China and the former commander of a miscellaneous division in Shandong rejoicing in his original decision.

"Fortunately, the eldest brother was wise at the beginning."

As soon as the words fell, someone next to him slapped him with a sycophant.

"This is just the mountain artillery firing, there are still six hundred and five heavy cannons in the back that have not fired, and there are still three big guys who have not yet started, this is the real strength of the imperial army, and it is just a play to sweep it in peacetime."

"It's thanks to the wisdom of the eldest brother, otherwise ·····"

Another sycophant followed.

"Haha·······"

The horses of his subordinates and junior brothers made this Liu Hong, a hardcore traitor, very satisfied, he smiled proudly, and then, looking around at his subordinates, he raised his tone:

"Inform the brothers, when we will charge, show more strength, this time, but our chance, the opportunity to become bigger and stronger, if anyone dares to drag their feet, hum!"

"Yes."

The men raised their voices in unison.

"Big brother."

Beside Liu Hong, there was a 'captain' who spoke:

"Or be cautious, this time we have to deal with Li Yunlong, this person is extraordinary, he has made the imperial army suffer losses many times, it is said that several imperial army generals died at the hands of this person, we must not underestimate the enemy and be careless."

"In order to deal with this person, the imperial army has mobilized so many troops, and even so many heavy artillery, which is enough to show that this Li Yunlong is very strong."

"Don't take the credit when you don't get it, all your capital is invested in it."

Seeing that someone refuted the captain of his eldest brother, and was praising the enemy and denigrating the strength of the imperial army, the rest of the 'captains' were suddenly unhappy, and someone retorted:

"This Li Yunlong is said to be the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the strength is indeed not weak, and it is said that it is also equipped with artillery, but that was when the imperial army was not serious, and a small force was randomly sent and the Eighth Route Army took advantage of it······"

"This time, the Imperial Army is going all out."

"At the moment, these are the wing-level mountain artillery units of the Imperial Army, and there are divisional and regiment-level heavy artillery in the back, and even the corps-level large-caliber heavy artillery has not yet fired, and everyone has seen the three heavy artillery."

"Besides, our goal is to attack all the way to the core area of the Eighth Route Army's base area, how can it be used against Li Yunlong with so many people and so many artillery?"

"A mere regimental commander is worth such a lot of effort from the imperial army?"

The person who spoke was worthy of being an elite who could mix with the 'captain' in the Imperial Army, and his ability to fight was not clear, but he had a very good set of words, acknowledging the strength of the independent regiment, and then further praising the master on this basis.

"Don't talk about it."

Finally, Liu Hong made a decision:

"Hurry up for me when I can charge, I usually go to the countryside to sweep and grind foreign workers, even if the imperial army knows, it won't say anything, but this time, the imperial army is serious, we must also be serious."

"Yes."

Liu Hong's subordinates raised their tones one by one, and their morale was full.

At this time, the artillery fire continued, thirty mountain guns fired continuously, and the position of the independent regiment outside Shou County seemed to fall into a sea of fire, and then the artillery fire began to extend and fell into the city of Shou County.

The 105 guns at the division and regimental level on the rear artillery positions also joined the bombardment, and the 150 heavy guns also occasionally showed their power, and the old city wall of Shou County was blasted out of many small gaps, and the city gate was also crumbling.

As the city gate was directly blown down by artillery fire and the fortifications on the city wall were destroyed, the phone rang at the headquarters of the two devils.

Liu Hong took the phone, lowered his head and said a few non-standard or even broken 'hi', he hung up the phone, looked back at his little brothers, and raised his tone again:

"Attack now."

"This time, the Imperial Army will also send a brigade to attack together on both of our flanks."

"Imperial Army?"

Suddenly, the 'captains' were like being beaten with blood.

Their group of high-end devils naturally understand that the so-called Imperial Association Army is essentially cannon fodder, and they are generally sent to death at the front of the battle, and the Imperial Army follows behind their butts to supervise the battle.

But this time, the Imperial Army actually attacked together on both flanks.

This is the first time.

"This shows that the Imperial Army has a good chance of winning this battle."

There was a 'captain' who was excited, and the rest of the people echoed it, and their morale increased greatly for a while.

It was the captain who persuaded his boss to be cautious and frowned.

When things go wrong, there must be demons, and it is rare for the devils to attack with their group of cannon fodder, instead of supervising the battle behind their butts like before, which must be problematic.

"Who's in charge of the main attack this time?"

Liu Hong looked around at a group.

"I, I, I, I..."

In an instant, a series of 'captains' raised their hands in unison.

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Compared with the morale of the dog's legs, the 33rd Wing Captain Kosa Shinji Daisa, who was in charge of the first round of attacks, was very bottomless.

He was also on the front line, hiding in a freshly dug fortification, looking at Shou County in the distance.

At this time, the offensive had already begun, and outside Shou County, nearly a thousand puppet troops were in the middle, plus more than 500 devil soldiers on both wings, rushing towards Shou County, which was bombarded by artillery fire.

Through the interval of the smoke of the artillery fire, Kosa Shinji could see that outside Shou County, which had just been plowed by the artillery fire, many firepower points suddenly appeared, and many soldiers burst out, and dense muzzle fireworks came one after another.

This made Shinji Kosa look more and more solemn.

This is hidden in the underground bunker, which is not something that the 75 mountain artillery can deal with, and the heavy artillery of the 105th Division and the 150 heavy artillery are mainly aimed at the city walls and city gates.

At some of the broken city walls and gates in Shou County, you can occasionally see a lot of traces of small-caliber mortars, and 60 mortars are whistling and flying towards the attacking Japanese puppet army.

In the face of the intensive firepower of the independent regiment, whether it was the Imperial Allied Army that was the main attacker, or the Third Brigade that he specially arranged for the two flanks to coordinate the attack and supervise the operation to avoid the collapse of the Imperial Allied Army, the offensive formation was broken up in an instant.

I have to say that the second devil mobilized by the little devil this time is still a little capable, the straggler line is very open, the offensive formation is also remarkable, the position is also quite good, and the combat effectiveness is quite good.

But this did not have any effect, in the face of the intensive firepower of the independent regiment, accustomed to the previous mountain county brigade, district squad, and other key regiments, these two devils, died no different from those security teams.

Only half an hour later, the attacking forces withdrew.

Whether it was the Imperial Allied Army, which was the main attack, or the Third Brigade that he specially arranged for the two flanks to coordinate the attack and supervise the operation, so as to avoid the collapse of the Imperial Allied Army, they all suffered heavy losses.

After that, those exposed bunkers and firing points were reported to the artillery positions, and the 105 guns opened fire again, and even the 150 heavy guns joined in.

But Kosa Shinji could see that the bunkers that had been torn open by the shells were empty, the independent regiment had long since withdrawn, and the imperial army was just wasting shells in vain, and these bunkers were just cannon fodder.

How much is a cannonball for the Imperial Army?

Shinji Kosa didn't know, but these bunkers, these bunkers with civil structures, were definitely much, much cheaper than cannonballs.

"Your Excellency."

Soon, a staff officer came to report, and the casualties were counted: "The third brigade suffered ninety casualties, including fifty-two jade shatters, and one hundred and eighty-three people died in the ninth wing of the Imperial Allied Army. ”

For the Imperial Cooperative Army, the staff officers naturally would not use the word jade crush. Even direct statistics of death data.

"Yaga..."

Secretly scolding, Shinji Kosa took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.

He was well aware of his duties, the main purpose of which was to attract the fire of the Separate Regiment, to expose its firing points, to allow the artillery to destroy, and to clear the way for the follow-up troops to attack.

Just cannon fodder.

In the first attack, the duty of cannon fodder can be described as a complete failure.

The loss of more than 50 imperial troops, a non-full brigade was reduced by one-tenth, counting casualties, the reduction was one-fifth, and only the independent regiment exposed some hidden bunkers, and even 82 mortars were not shot.

"An hour later, the second brigade went on the offensive."

Shinji Kosa gritted his teeth:

"Order the Ninth Wing of the Imperial Allied Army to send two brigades to continue the coordinated attack."

Lieutenant General Shinozuka's death order, he must attract the 82 mortars of the independent regiment and let the artillery annihilate them, and Yoshio Shinozuka knew very well that the biggest threat to him was the 82 mortars of the independent regiment.

Before the attack, either destroy these mortars, or consume the shells.

"Hey."

The staff officer bowed his head in response.

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One kilometer away from Shou County, on the position of the Ninth Wing of the Imperial Cooperative Army.

In an underground headquarters.

After a round of attacks, the atmosphere inside changed abruptly at this time, and all the 'captains' of the Imperial Allied Army were crying with sad faces and fear.

"Big brother, we have lost more than 200 brothers."

"More than two hundred."

A 'captain' voice trembled.

Wing Captain Liu Hong was also pale, and his fingers were trembling.

Although the name of the Ninth Wing of the Imperial Allied Army is high, in fact, the scale is only a little more than a brigade, and the total strength is about 1,600 people, and this time, he dispatched 900 people, but in just half an hour, he lost more than 200 people.

Although only one hundred and eighty-three people actually died, those who were seriously injured had lost their combat effectiveness, and there was no difference between them and dead.

"Is this really the Eighth Route Army?"

The other 'captain' with a bandage on his head said in the same trembling tone:

"So many flower machines, machine guns, they have a machine gun in each squad, and the squad leaders are equipped with flower machines, as well as mortars, how can they have so many mortars?"

"It's stronger than the firepower of the Imperial Army."

Recalling the dense fire he had just faced, the captain was trembling all over, and he hadn't even recovered yet.

After sweeping with the imperial army for so long, it was the first time he saw such a fierce Eighth Route Army, and it was also the first time he experienced the taste of being strafed and bombarded by others.

"This Li Yunlong is really not ordinary, different from the ordinary Eighth Route Army."

Liu Hong's voice was solemn.

After being severely beaten, Liu Hong deeply realized the strength of the independent regiment. And as an officer, although he is not very good, he still has the vision, and this is only the outer position, and he has not yet entered the city, which means that the independent regiment has not yet taken out all its strength.

He finally completely understood why the imperial army had to dispatch so many troops and so many artillery for this attack.

At this time, the devil's attack order came down again.

"What, let me send two brigades to the attack?"

Liu Hong's voice was also trembling.

He had a brigade of three hundred and fifty men, that is, he asked him to send seven hundred.

As soon as the words fell, all the 'captains' around him took a step back, everyone saw the scene just now, how fierce the firepower of the independent regiment was, it was stronger than the imperial army.

······

Shou County.

In an underground artillery hole.

"What about the casualties?"

Zhang Dabiao is also counting casualties.

"Okay."

The two company commanders in charge of the outlying positions reported:

"More than 20 soldiers have been sacrificed, and more than 20 have been injured, and the power of the little devil's heavy artillery is indeed a bit ruthless."

The strong underground bunkers and the crossfire prepared in advance made the casualties of the independent regiment very small, and most of the casualties were from the artillery of the devils.

"The 150 cannon is really powerful."

Zhang Dabiao also nodded:

"I just observed, judging from the actual effect, the diameter of the flat ground killing is probably more than 100 meters, and a large crater one and a half meters deep can be directly blown out on the solid ground."

"If you want to avoid this kind of powerful heavy artillery, the tunnel supported by civil engineering must be less than two meters and a half."

"The fortifications outside can't bear this kind of heavy artillery, so the soldiers have withdrawn, relying on the fortifications around the city walls to fight, and the outside is just an appetizer."

Zhang Dabiao's tone was confident.

Everything is under control.

Although the power of the devil's 150 heavy guns was unexpected, and even the city walls collapsed a few large holes, there were houses in the city, and broken masonry tiles could greatly consume the power of the cannonballs, and the bunkers in the city were also stronger, and the terrain was more complex, which was more suitable for the firepower of the independent regiment.