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At 11:00 on April 30, rows of black shadows approached Zhonggong Town in silence. In Zhonggong Town, Tu Qianjun closed his eyes in the command tunnel and was waiting for the upcoming battle. If he was not nervous at all, it would be a lie. This would be the biggest test of Tu Qianjun's field fortifications! At this time, the Northern Expedition Army that occupied Jinan City had at least 100,000 troops!

Even if not all of them come to attack, then there will be at least about 50,000 people coming. And now all the people in Zhonggong Town are only more than 3,000. Although they have the strength of fortifications and the advantage of weapons, who can guarantee that only more than 3,000 people can withstand the army of tens of thousands?!

At this moment, Shang Dinnan came over and whispered to Tu Qianjun: "Report to the battalion commander, news came from the outpost: a large number of armed personnel appeared in the east, west and south of Zhonggong Town. But they have not launched an attack so far. So our light and heavy firepower has not been moved out of the tunnel as you ordered."

Tu Qianjun closed his eyes and nodded after hearing this. After a while, he ordered: "Everyone enters the tunnel. I guess the other party will bombard the artillery before charging. Let's continue. After the shelling is over, everyone enters the tunnel and leaves only a few outposts to monitor. Once they find that the enemy's strength is too strong, they will directly send someone to notify the artillery to suppress the firepower!"

"Also! Send someone to inform the artillery battalion, don't use howitzers for me first! Find out the enemy's artillery position and then directly use howitzers to destroy their artillery positions!"

"Yes!" Shang Dinnan stood at attention and responded. Then he rushed out and asked the communication squad to start notifying the front line commanders of the various companies and platoons, and he personally went to the artillery position to be responsible for notifying the artillery company about Tu Qianjun's arrangements.

At one o'clock in the morning, "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Suddenly, the entire Zhonggong Town shook! On a small high ground five miles outside Zhonggong Town, Chen Cheng looked at his subordinates operating bombardment in front of hundreds of cannons underground. At this time, Guo Min's revolutionary army actually lacked artillery, but the Feng army and Jin army were more equipped as warlords.

The two artillery regiments under Chen Cheng are actually all the assets of the entire Northern Expedition Army. There are 24 various cannons here sent during the cooperation between the Soviet Union, and some were seized during the first Northern Expedition.

In short, the more than 100 guns were mainly mountain and field guns, and the equipment was extremely chaotic. Some were made by Japanese, Russian, German, and even the old Shanghai-made style. Even so, it made the Northern Expedition Central Army treasure like something. Chiang Chiang considered it over and over again and again to let Chen Cheng, who was "always loyal to the commander-in-chief", come to command the only artillery regiments of the two First Army.

However, it was precisely because Chiang Zhongzheng was too nervous that these two only artillery regiments had almost never participated in any battle in the Northern Expedition, and many times they were even arranged in the final sequence, for fear that if there was a problem, the two artillery regiments would be lost. Chen Cheng was also quite depressed. If he was born as a soldier, he could only be arranged in the rear. This was the most embarrassing thing.

Moreover, the Northern Expedition Army has said many strange words about Chen Cheng, such as "only hearing enemy artillery, our artillery silent." It is said that the artillery regiment under Chen Cheng's command has been following the sequence without a single shot. Finally, this time, Chiang Zhongzheng released his artillery regiment and ventilated, but he encountered a riot! How can this not make Chen Cheng depressed?!

"Squeak~boom!boom!boom!" More than a hundred artillery bombarded at the same time, causing the entire highland to fall into a shaking mountain! Doors, windows and walls kept making "squeak~creak~" sounds, and the soldiers staying by Chen Cheng looked proudly at the volleys under the high ground and were very excited! In their opinion, any fortifications were smashed by you under such bombardment! No matter how much you resist, it would be in vain.

"Order the troops! Don't save me shells! Hit to death!" Chen Cheng was depressed and shouted at his messenger: "I have only one chance to attack this time. If I don't have more deals, I don't know which year or month I can attack again! Take this opportunity to fight enough!!"

The messenger did not dare to neglect Chen Cheng's words and replied loudly: "Yes!" Then he hurried out of the headquarters and went to each department to pass on the commander's latest orders.

The troops surrounded outside Zhonggong Town were also quite satisfied with Chen Cheng's shelling! In the firelight, a large number of blocks were constantly lifted up by those positions, thrown high into the air and then fell down. At this time, the first, second and third legions surrounding Zhonggong Town each sent an army organization to lurk in the east, south and west of Zhonggong Town. When Chen Cheng's shelling ended, they would start the first round of tentative attacks.

This was already the late stage of the Second Northern Expedition, and the entire Northern Expedition Army was expanding. This was even more so in the First Army. When it was formed, the entire army was only about 100,000. However, after the Northern Expedition was reorganized, captured, and surrendered to a large number of Zhilu Army troops, the First Army became a huge army with at least about 100,000 troops!

Moreover, some troops have expanded but some have reduced their personnel, which has led to many differences in combat effectiveness and personnel in the entire First Army. Some divisions, such as Wang Rixin's troops, directly exceeded 10,000 people, but some divisions have not replenished because of the battles everywhere and only had more than 6,000 people.

Therefore, even Chiang Zhongzheng now doesn't know how many people he has under his command. The reason is simple: the battle is almost every day, the reduction of personnel, the inclusion, the surrender, the captive... It can be said that the number of troops of the Northern Expedition Army changes almost every day. If you ask him to tell him how many people he has under his command, he will definitely not be able to explain clearly.

But it is estimated that it is about 150,000 people. At this time, the three legions sent troops from each to attack Zhonggong Town, that is, at least 60,000 to 80,000 Northern Expedition Army's most elite troops gathered on the east, south and west sides of Zhonggong Town! After the artillery was over, it was about to attack Zhonggong Town!

Looking at the large fog of dust raised in the light of the artillery fire, several troops lying ambushed around were extremely excited! This was the first time they attacked under the cover of artillery fire since the Northern Expedition! For a moment, everyone was full of confidence and ambition!

Under the artillery fire, the Fourth Battalion quietly squatted in the artillery hole that had been dug for several months, while worrying about the brothers who were making outposts outside while waiting for the end of the artillery fire. Their fortifications fortifications were taught by Tu Qianjun step by step. These fortifications and fortifications were tested by many battles such as the later generations of wars such as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the Self-Defense Counterattack against Vietnam! Faced with the bombardment of only more than 100 artillery pieces of the Northern Expedition Army, such a complete and rigorous fortifications meant no pressure.

Finally, the artillery bombardment of the Northern Expedition Army was finally over in silence! When the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion saw that the artillery was over, they rushed out of the artillery hole under the leadership of their respective officials and entered their respective tunnels and fortifications as quickly as possible! At this time, the Northern Expedition Army, which was about two miles ahead of them, also shouted for charge! Tens of thousands of Northern Expedition Army rushed to the position of the Fourth Battalion like a tide!

"TuTuTuTuTuTuTu..." After all, the Northern Expedition Army was elite. At the beginning, they fired crane guns to provide fire cover for their troops, while the chargers were each advancing along the scattered lines and shell craters! From time to time, soldiers stopped and used the craters as bunkers to suppress fire and fire on the positions of the Fourth Battalion!

"Tututu..." "Tutututu..." And the Fourth Battalion was not weak! The light and heavy fire immediately entered the position after the shelling, and kept firing the charge and heavy firepower that suppressed the opponent's cover and fire! Those carefully prepared snipers also played a role at this moment. After all, the firelight of the heavy machine gun is quite obvious in the night! This has become their best target!
Chapter completed!