After listening to the artillery staff report, the division commander's first reaction was that he did not believe it.

After a few seconds, the division commander's face became more serious.

If the artillery staff said it true, the Liaodong Army would be equipped with this new type of artillery. The Liaodong Army without the new type of artillery is so difficult to attack, let alone the Liaodong Army equipped with the new type of artillery in front of us.

When he became increasingly worried about this reinforcement trip, the division commander did not lose his mind.

Within a few seconds, he ordered the artillery staff officer in front of him: "Baga, are you all stupid pigs? If you can't find the Liaodong Army artillery position, you will not fire artillery at the Liaodong Army position on the hilltop, suppress them with artillery fire, and cover the retreat of the offensive troops!"

The artillery staff was stunned at first, and then immediately reminded: "But, the division commander, the attacking troops are too close to the Liaodong Army, and the Liaodong Army can easily injure our own people by shelling the mountain."

"Bagaya Road, you are indeed a stupid pig, stupid. Haven't you seen the attacking troops being massacred by the Liaodong Army? I would rather see some warriors in the attacking troops being accidentally injured than see the attacking troops being destroyed."

"Also, the Liaodong Army is now on the position, and now firing artillery will definitely cause considerable damage to the Liaodong Army!"

Soon, a series of violent explosions sounded at the Liaodong Army's position on the hilltop.

As soon as the explosion sounded, bullets fired at the Japanese army on the hill became sparse.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Japanese vanguard brigade had less than 200 people left, so they immediately stared at the artillery fire and retreated.

The division commander, who already felt that the road to reinforcement would not be so calm, had already arrived at the front of the division at this time.

Seeing that the vanguard brigade successfully retreated less than one squadron, the division commander with a serious expression did not curse. He just told them to go down and rest, and then stared at the hill still covered by artillery fire without saying a word.

Because he knew nothing about the Liaodong Army standing in front of him, in order not to delay too long here and to reduce casualties in the army, a Japanese field artillery brigade fired a total of twenty minutes before the artillery was over.

Although the power of field artillery is not as powerful as heavy artillery, after ten minutes of shelling, a large part of the trenches that the Liaodong Army had worked hard to dig out on the hill was still blown down. Almost 200 Liaodong Army fell to the shelling and could never stand up.

After the division commander thought that the mountain defenders had been bombed, he immediately dispatched a new infantry brigade to launch an attack.

What surprised the division commander was that the Liaodong army guarding the mountain seemed to be unable to kill. It was necessary to see the attacking troops sent out that they would rush up to the mountain. The sound of shell explosions, the sound of light and heavy machine guns, and the sound of rifle shooting were once again like a detonated gunpowder barrel, and it sounded very lively on the mountain.

Before the division commander could react, the position that had built more than a dozen heavy machine guns was covered by artillery fire and there was no movement.

The offensive troops that lost the cover of heavy machine guns and were equipped with only rifles and a small number of light machine guns were first killed and injured by sudden firepower, and then they were suppressed by the defenders on the offensive road with bullets.

"Baga, why is this happening? Why are there so many Liaodong troops on the hill?" The division commander shouted with a long mouth and a shocked look on his face.

This time the division commander did not hesitate much and immediately ordered the artillery to fire at the hilltop to cover the retreat of the offensive troops.

As soon as the cannon sounded, the Liaodong army guarding the mountain knew that it could not continue to fight.

Because they were only ordered to block the Japanese army here for an hour, they saw the Japanese army retreating quickly in front of the position. The battalion commander of the defending army also decisively issued a retreat order.

Staring at the shells that kept falling from their heads, he quickly retreated along the trenches.

The Japanese division commander, who was not sure that there was no one on the hill, ordered the field artillery brigade to bombard it for half an hour before stopping in order to vent his anger.

After all, in the attack just now, the Shantou defenders caused him to lose two more infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron.

As soon as the shelling was over, a new infantry brigade launched a new round of attacks on the Japanese army.

This time, the Japanese army easily occupied the already empty mountain position.

The passage to continue moving forward was opened, and the division commander was in a bad mood.

The division commander knew that the Liaodong army defending the mountain was retreating by itself. If that was the case, there would be no achievements to capture the mountain.

After the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 4th Division and the remaining troops of less than 300 people hurriedly retreated to the second line of defense, Yang Xingguo and the main force of the division also arrived here.

After hearing the first battalion's experience, Yang Xingguo frowned and decided to decisively: "Contact the commander of the heavy artillery regiment, take a heavy artillery and set it up. As long as the Japanese field artillery fires, counterattack immediately and destroy them."

"After a while the blocking battle, the 2nd Battalion of the First Regiment will be on the reserve team, and the 3rd Battalion will be used as a reserve team. Today I will knock out the forces of at least one Japanese regiment here before leaving."

An hour later, the Japanese army's mighty team appeared in Yang Xingguo's vision.

Because the blocking position was directly crossed on the official road, and there were still four or five hundred meters left, the Japanese vanguard brigade stopped.

Perhaps the heavy losses of the vanguard brigade in front of him were scared by the Japanese army. Facing the Liaodong Army standing in front of him, the Japanese vanguard brigade not only did not take the opportunity to attack, but also put on a defensive posture.

After the situation was reported to the Japanese division commander, because he was not sure about the strength and strength of the Liaodong Army behind the position, he did not want to see the division commander who was sent to death. He did not care about the situation and ordered the field artillery corps to bombard the enemy with guns as soon as he came up.

Soon, the Liaodong Army's position was covered by gunpowder hundreds of meters away.

However, the Japanese field artillery corps were not arrogant for too long. In less than two minutes, a more harsh whistle suddenly sounded over the battlefield, and then a violent explosion spread across the Japanese artillery positions.

"Heavy artillery is heavy artillery. The Liaodong Army standing in front of us has heavy artillery!" The artillery staff officer next to the division commander who changed his color in an instant shouted in horror.

The Chief of Staff also reacted from the shock brought to him by the screaming sound and suggested to the division commander: "The artillery position must be transferred immediately, otherwise the field artillery corps will be completely blown by the heavy artillery of the Liaodong Army."

The division commander also reacted from the shock and immediately ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Immediately order the field artillery corps to transfer positions!"

"There are also infantry, the attack will be suspended. The Liaodong Army is equipped with heavy artillery, and now the attack is to die!"

After quickly issuing several orders, the chief of staff who turned around asked with a worried look on his face: "Then we won't reinforce Gaizhou?"

"Of course, reinforcements are needed!" the division commander said affirmatively without thinking.

"However, with our current artillery strength, fighting hard with the Liaodong Army's heavy artillery troops is no different from dying. Therefore, I want to report the situation here to the commander and ask for artillery fire support. Even if there is no heavy artillery, I will be confident that I will fight with the Liaodong Army's heavy artillery troops and fight all the way to Gaizhou."
Chapter completed!