The 25th Division of the Central Army suddenly fired artillery shells at the Northeast Army position outside the south gate of Jincheng.

An artillery regiment directly under the 17th Army headquarters and an artillery battalion of the 25th Division, with nearly thirty or forty artillery pieces of large and small, all of which were assigned to the 25th Division for use.

With so many artillery, the firepower equipment of ** was not weak at that time, but this was only relative.

Because the largest caliber of these guns are the 75mm Krupp German artillery and some large caliber mortars.

It is far from the 105mm caliber howitzer equipped by the ordinary artillery regiment of the Northeast Army, and it cannot be compared with the 132mm caliber Katyusha rocket launcher newly equipped by the Northeast Army.

Even the direct artillery battalions equipped by some regiment-level units of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces are insufficient in the artillery.

Therefore, when the Northeast Frontier Defense Force reorganized the Artillery Regiment of the First Division, about two battalions of artillery troops launched a counterattack.

The weak Central Army artillery was soon suppressed and unable to fight back.

The power of a howitzer battalion and a Katyusha rocket launcher battalion is incomparable to the six artillery regiments of such a size in the Central Army.

Du Yuming, the deputy commander in charge of personally commanding the attack, spit out two thick phlegm mixed with soil, and looked at his own position with helplessness, saying, "The artillery fire in the Northeast Army is so powerful, this battle is probably not as easy as imagined."

Suddenly, a major from the Central Army ran over with a dirt look on his face and said to Du Yuming: "Deputy Division Commander, the artillery regiment was suppressed by artillery fire in the Northeast Army. The losses were heavy and he could not continue to launch artillery attacks on the enemy."

Du Yuming nodded silently. The size of the artillery was not as large as that of humans. What could there be to say? He just instructed: "Let the artillery regiment transfer the position and try to withdraw to the range of the Northeast Army artillery to rebuild the defensive position."

The major officer nodded and asked again: "Would you like to continue the attack if you want to continue that deputy division commander?"

Hu Zongnan's strict order came to Du Yuming's mind, saying that Chairman Jiang asked the front-line troops to attack Jincheng at all costs and capture Zhang Xinghan alive.

Thinking of this, Du Yuming gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order the troops to attack as usual. Whoever attacks into Jincheng first, captures Zhang Xinghan alive, and rewards 10,000 yuan in the ocean!"

"Yes." The major officer replied loudly, then turned around and left quickly.

The artillery fire of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces was still raging, and about a battalion of Central Army was chaoticly marching scattered lines to launch the first wave of attacks on the Northeast Army's field defense positions in the south of the city.

In the command post of the Northeast Army's front enemy, Zhang Xinghan saw this and put down his telescope and turned his head and shouted: "Appoint Katyusha Rocket Array Battalion to adjust the shooting angle immediately and cover the area within 500 meters of our frontier position within 2,000 meters."

Zhang Xinghan's order was quickly conveyed, and the Katyusha rocket launcher battalion, which was very mobile and convenient, quickly adjusted the shooting angle.

Throw out a large number of rockets.

"Miscellaneous...Miscellaneous..." In the dense and harsh whistling sound, hundreds of large-caliber rockets roared like locusts in the sky, drawing a graceful arc from the air.

With the scorching high temperature, it fell down to the area one thousand to one thousand five hundred meters ahead of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom..." A huge explosion occurred in an area of ​​hundreds of meters, producing monstrous flames and smoke almost covering the entire sky.

Hundreds of Central Army soldiers who were charging quickly were instantly shrouded in it, like the wind and sand in a sandstorm, flying all over the sky with the explosion shock waves.

The violent explosion completely covered their screams. From the positions of both sides, they could only be seen being swallowed by the fire and smoke rising from the ground.

On the 25th Division's position, Du Yuming witnessed all this and was stunned. He punched the wooden pillar next to him with a fierce punch, gritting his teeth and said, "Bad bastard, these bastards in the Northeast Army have such powerful firepower."

"Order the Second Group to come to me!" Du Yuming was extremely angry and turned his head and shouted.

More than a thousand Central Army, led by their commanders, charged towards the Northeast Frontier Defense Force with loud shouts of killing.

This time, they learned from the previous lessons and charged as much as possible, scattering their straggling lines.

However, when they suffered considerable casualties, they finally rushed into more than 500 meters ahead of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces position.

Some soldiers rushing in front accidentally stepped on a landmine, and a series of violent explosions occurred in vain. More than a dozen Central Army soldiers were blown up and fell down.

When it was worse, at this moment, with Zhang Xinghan's order, dozens of general-purpose machine guns on the frontier positions suddenly opened fire.

A large rain of cross-sections poured out the rain of bullets.

The Central Army, which was unable to advance and retreat, was suddenly hit by such a firepower attack and fell off guard.

There is no doubt that under the double killing of minefields and machine gun fire, the Central Army's attack failed again.

What made Du Yuming almost furious was that his attacking troops could not even see the shadow of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force, and they suffered heavy casualties and had to escape in a hurry.

In other words, he lost nearly a thousand people, and even the Northeast soldier's hair was not injured.

Helplessly, Du Yuming had to stop this meaningless attack and returned to the division headquarters with his entourage adjutant.

As soon as he arrived at the division headquarters, the division commander Guan Linzheng came out and asked with concern: "Guangting, how is it?"

Du Yuming said the battle after saying it, Guan Linzheng couldn't help but frown and said worriedly: "If we continue to fight like this, our entire division will be exhausted and it will be difficult to break through the defensive positions of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force outside the city, let alone in the invasion of Jincheng and capture Zhang Xinghan alive."

"The Northeast Frontier Defense Forces are well-equipped, artillery fire and air force are invincible in the world. Even Japan is no match for it. Now it has deployed minefields at its forefront in an extremely cunning manner.

Not to mention that our army lacks professional mine-sweeping engineers, even if there are, they are still used as live targets for the enemy's machine gunners within such a close distance. Even this minefield has almost become an insurmountable barrier for us!" Du Yuming said dejectedly.

"What should we do? The commissioner and Hu Zongnan both called us to attack as soon as possible, and to break through Jincheng at all costs and capture Zhang Xinghan alive. Who knows that this is simply a hard bone and iron plate." Guan Linzheng was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

"Zhang Xinghan is a famous general of the world. His soldiers are well-equipped and well-trained. They are all tigers and wolves. Although they are surrounded by heavy siege, Zhang Xinghan did not break through. This shows that he completely despised our tens of thousands of troops as if nothing was missing. Only then did he dare to lead his troops to defend Jincheng!" Du Yuming complained with his heart but lack of strength.

Fighting with such a strong opponent made him, who had always been both wise and brave, feel helpless.

At this moment, the guards outside suddenly heard a sound: "Mr. Bai has grown up!"

Guan Linzheng and the others looked at each other when they heard this, and saw a hint of surprise in their eyes, and then walked out together.

Before they could greet them, Bai Chongxi had already walked in with his head held high and his chest held high under Zhang Lingfu and others.

Guan Linzheng and Du Yuming quickly stood up and saluted: "Hello, General Bai, I don't know that General Secretary is coming to the front line in person, and he has failed to welcome him. Please don't blame me!"

Bai Chongxi saluted back, waved his hand casually, and said, "I came here this time with the order of the commission to supervise the battle. Two brothers, how are the progress?"

Guan Linzheng and Du Yuming's faces darkened, and the latter said with some shame: "Report to the General Staff, the enemy is well-equipped and powerful. The Huyi organized two attacks, but both returned in vain and many soldiers were killed and killed."

At this moment, Du Yuming narrated the battle in detail.

After hearing this, Bai Chongxi frowned slightly, as if he said to himself: "The Northeast Army has the absolute advantage of artillery and air force. It is a helpless move to attack head-on. In this way, I don't know how many loyal and brave soldiers will be sacrificed."

Just when everyone was at a loss, Zhang Lingfu, who was standing behind Bai Chongxi, suddenly said: "Sir, it is true that the Northeast Army has the advantages of artillery and air force, but it is not omnipotent."

"Oh? Lingfu, what good will you do?" Zhang Lingfu specially invited him to accompany him before coming from the 51st Division. Unexpectedly, he really had a way at this time.

Guan Linzheng, Du Yuming and others also looked at him with hope. The fourth-year junior in Huangpu in front of him was famous in the battle of Puyang. They all admired his ability from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhang Lingfu said in a humble and arrogant manner to everyone's eyes: "It's very simple. As long as we choose the attack at night, we can avoid direct air strikes from the Northeast Air Force. At night, its artillery is difficult to use as flexibly as the daytime.

Without the advantages of artillery and air force, our absolute advantage in military strength can be reflected. No matter how good the individual weapons of the Northeast Army are, it is difficult to stop our army's continuous attack like a tide.

There are always times when their ammunition is exhausted. I believe that the final victory must belong to us. Cracking Jincheng and capturing Zhang Xinghan alive is not empty talk, but there is total hope of realization."

"This method can offset the advantages of the Northeast Army Air Force and Artillery to a certain extent. However, what should I do if the minefield in front of their positions? We don't know how large the area of ​​this minefield is, nor do we have professional engineers and mine clearance tools." Du Yuming raised his concern.

Zhang Lingfu said sternly: "From the time when we siege the city, even if the Northeast Army puts all its strength into a minefield, it is impossible for them to bury all outside Jincheng into minefields.
Chapter completed!