The red light produced by the explosion was like the flames spit out by a giant beast, with a frightening blood red color and a strong vibration that made his heart palpitate.
¡°Boom!!!!¡±
It was like thousands of thunders rushing past his ears, like the sound of the ground cracking when a flash flood broke out.
The current bombardment of the Japanese positions by the Fourth Army far exceeded any artillery fire coverage that Shirai Matsuji had ever seen before.
He tried hard to stay calm, and after taking a few deep breaths, he looked at Sato Sakura aside.
At this time, Sakura Sato, the commander of the Japanese 122nd Division, had the same expression on his face, confused, dignified, and incomprehensible.
Why can the enemy on the opposite side launch such a violent bombardment?
??????? Was their previous shelling because their main artillery force hadn¡¯t arrived here yet?
It is still because they have always hidden such a force, and it was only at this time, when they began to shrink their defense lines, that they began to expand.
¡°Division Commander, what I thought before was correct, the enemy¡¯s strength has been exposed now.
They just want to eat us. Just tonight, they want to annihilate the 122nd Division and annihilate everyone here. "
Shirai Matsushita said at this moment.
His voice brought Sato Sakura back to reality at this moment.
The commander of the Japanese 122nd Division, his chest rose and fell violently several times before he managed to calm down.
Finally, he looked at Shirai Matsushi who was standing aside and said: "Order all troops to hold their positions, not to take the initiative to attack, and at the same time prepare for a life-and-death struggle with the enemy. The enemy on the opposite side plans to wipe out all of us tonight. If there is any slack in our defense, we may be eaten by the enemy with our skin and bones."
After saying these words, he seemed to have thought of something, and said to Shirai Matsushita behind him: "By the way, at the same time, report to the commander-in-chief that we are now under fierce attack by the enemy's main force.
The enemy on the opposite side mobilized a large number of artillery and bombarded our position in turns.
We were covered by the enemy's fierce firepower and suffered heavy losses. I hope he can urge the other two divisions to support us as soon as possible. "
"yes!!!!"
Shirai Matsushita, who was behind him, replied at the moment.
After saying that, he immediately started sending telegrams to communicate with their headquarters, and at the same time with all their troops in other directions, asking them to hold on to their positions.
The Japanese troops on the periphery also noticed the fierce shelling here.
The ferocious shelling could be heard clearly even from a distance of more than ten kilometers.
But they are now blocked here by the joint forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Fourth Army. There is no way to break through the blocking position in front and continue to move forward.
The enemy on the opposite side is like an insurmountable iron curtain to them.
If they want to move forward, they are destined to pay countless casualties.
Hao Shiwen looked at the Japanese position covered by artillery fire in front of him. Now he could only see the flickering artillery fire. As for the Japanese position, even under the light of illumination bombs, he could not see clearly.
Because the position is now completely enveloped in a sea of ??fire and smoke caused by the explosion.
Among the shells they fired, in addition to high-explosive bombs, there were also a large number of incendiary bombs, white phosphorus bombs, etc.
These shells can cause greater damage to Japanese positions and cause greater casualties to Japanese soldiers hiding in air raid shelters or trenches.
Finally, their bombardment slowly came to an end.
Hao Shiwen put away the telescope in his hand at this moment and looked at the watch on his wrist.
"Order the armored troops to begin the attack, and the Eighth Route Army troops on the flanks to coordinate the attack."
He ordered decisively.
"yes!!!"
Even without Hao Shiwen's order, the soldiers participating in this attack were ready to fight.
When the sound of artillery gradually stopped, they had already loaded the bullets in their hands and put the grenades on their waists where they could easily reach them.
At this time, as Hao Shiwen's order was issued, all their troops on the front began to rush towards the Japanese defensive position in front at the same time.
Those stationed at the positionThe Japanese soldiers in the center never imagined that they would now face such fierce artillery bombardment.
¡°The number of Japanese troops still in the position who can get up from the ground to fight has been reduced by nearly one-third compared to before.
If their troops in the rear cannot arrive in time, then relying solely on their strength will not be able to stop the tide of enemy troops.
The Japanese commanders on the second line of defense climbed out of their semi-buried headquarters and saw a large number of corpses, with broken limbs and arms, scattered around the position.
He shouted loudly: "The enemy is attacking, everyone enter the position immediately."
It took a while before someone responded to his call one after another.
Some Japanese soldiers simply climbed out of the scorched earth, or crawled out of the pile of corpses.
Under the orders of their commanders, these Japanese troops entered the devastated positions.
Now they don¡¯t need to look for any trenches, because there are a lot of craters left by shell explosions everywhere.
These craters made the Japanese position look like a piece of cheese that had been gnawed by mice.
After the remaining Japanese soldiers entered the position, they heard a rumbling sound coming towards them from a distance.
The Japanese soldiers knew that it was the enemy's advancing armored forces.
It¡¯s just that they discovered that the rumbling sound this time was more intense than when the enemy¡¯s armored troops attacked the previous few times.
This shows that the enemy on the opposite side may attack in a larger scale than any previous one.
When they attacked the first line of defense of the Japanese army, they did not mobilize many tanks.
But this time it was different. In order to break through the Japanese position in the front as soon as possible and prevent them from gaining a foothold, Hao Shiwen directly assembled all the armored vehicles and tanks on hand to form a moving torrent of steel in the front.
A large number of soldiers, on both sides of these tanks and armored vehicles, kept advancing towards the Japanese position.
Those Japanese soldiers did not expect that there were so many armored vehicles and tanks hidden among the enemies on the opposite side. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com