From the initial machine guns to the mortars that blocked the Japanese army, the Japanese army responsible for the attack would not be too surprised. Many Japanese troops encountered these weapons in the battle to attack Jinling, and it is normal for the city defending troops to possess them.

Faced with the re-launched artillery bombardment of the mortar platoon, the Japanese mountain artillery brigade that placed the artillery positions in the city, I naturally felt very unhappy. In the eyes of these proud Japanese artillery soldiers, this was the provocation and humiliation of the defending artillery against them.

According to the observations of the reconnaissance artillery earlier, the mortars used by the defenders for counterattacks vary in caliber, and it seems that they should be used together. So when the mortar platoon counterattacks, the distances of the shells are different, ranging from far to near.

This situation shows that the artillery used by the defenders should have been discarded and taken away by the main force. On the other hand, their mountain artillery brigades have all the Japanese 75 mountain artillery, and their performance is not as good as that of the national army's mountain artillery.

But the Japanese artillery did not expect that the mortar platoon would not be destroyed in their first round of artillery bombardment. Even during their shelling, the mortar platoon did not hide in and dared to shell the infantry in frontier positions.

The Japanese artillery, who felt provoked and humiliated, naturally had to take revenge. More artillery fire power was transferred to the destruction of the mortar platoon. In this way, the artillery bombardment that Hu Biao and others suffered instantly decreased.

Just as Liu Quan was about to order the troops to return to the position to block the attack, Hu Biao shook his head and said, "Don't worry! The Japanese have not come up yet, so we don't worry about going out. Don't forget that behind our position, there are still machine guns that have not moved!"

When Liu Quan heard what Hu Biao said, he quickly said: "I understand! It seems that the Japanese artillery soldiers are angry!"

"It's okay! Let them get angry! The more shells they consume tonight, the fewer shells they can fire later. If you shoot a few more rounds, you will probably consume the shells they carry. Without the artillery, I'll see how the Japanese attack!"

Although he didn't know that there was a problem with the supply of Japanese artillery shells, Hu Biao believed that the Japanese artillery that came to reinforce would definitely not carry too many shells. Now the Japanese are fighting happily. When the shells are all burned, those artillery will become decorations.

Just as the two exchanged views, listening to the sound of shellings coming from behind, Hu Biao smiled and said, "The mountain cannon company has begun to fight back!"

Like Hu Biao and others, the Japanese offensive troops who were also waiting for the end of the artillery bombing, when they saw their mountain artillery brigade pouring a large number of shells into the rear artillery positions of the defenders, they all felt that the artillery must be done this time.

But when they heard the sound of artillery bombardment from the rear of the defenders again, they watched as they crossed their positions and headed straight for the artillery brigade's positions and headed for the meteor-like artillery shells, and the Japanese who were waiting for the attack were stunned again.

Many Japanese devils said in disbelief: "What about you! These Chinese troops actually have established mountain artillery troops?"

At such a long distance, they are at least 75 caliber artillery. As for heavy artillery, the Japanese think it should be unlikely. Although the National Army is also equipped with some heavy artillery, those heavy artillery should have been transferred in advance.

Even mountain artillery is a very rare artillery among the national combat troops, and the combat troops will not easily abandon it. But no one expected that as the dead soldiers guarding the city alone, there was actually a built-in mountain artillery force.

Looking at the explosion and firelight coming from the artillery brigade, the Japanese said with concern: "The mountain artillery brigade is in trouble! If the Chinese army has a fully established mountain artillery force, our situation will become very dangerous now. What should we do?"

"Order the troops to quickly disperse and find bunkers and obstacles to avoid artillery fire. Immediately send someone to notify the division commander and request artillery fire support. I hope the artillery brigade can organize artillery fire counterattacks as soon as possible!"

The Japanese commander who was responsible for commanding the front-line attack sent people out of the city to report the battle situation with Sadao Niujima, while sending people to rescue the mountain artillery brigade. At this time, the mountain artillery brigade's position also became chaotic.

The sudden artillery counterattack caught these Japanese artillery off guard. In the past, they were their counterattacks against the National Artillery, but now it is finally their turn to taste this kind of artillery counterattack that takes the lead. You can imagine the taste.

"Hidden! Conceal quickly! The first squadron of the artillery, calculate the location of the opponent's artillery position, and immediately organize an artillery counterattack!"

Seeing the mountain shells fired by the defenders, more of them landed on artillery positions outside the first squadron. The artillery captain who hid beside him immediately issued a counterattack order. At this time, the mountain artillery company fired shells at the fastest speed.

According to Hu Biao's instructions, each artillery position had only five shells prepared. After firing these five shells, other artillery soldiers and soldiers in charge of the guard came forward to help transfer the artillery. Without pack horses and cars, they all rely on manpower to transfer the artillery.

Fortunately, this artillery position was not far from the Presidential Palace, and the surrounding roads were leveled earlier. A cannon, more than a dozen people pushed and pulled, and soon pulled these steel-wheeled mountain cannons out of this temporary artillery position.

Shortly after the mountain artillery company left the position, looking at the shells falling from the sky, many artillery soldiers couldn't help but say fortunately: "Luckily, I retreated quickly!"

If the mountain cannon company had only fired five shells and prepared so many people to help in advance, I was afraid that these eleven mountain cannons would have been destroyed by the Japanese artillery counterattack. From the Japanese bounce point, it could be seen that the Japanese attack was very accurate.

"The Japanese's art of playing cannons is really amazing! Unfortunately, I finally didn't suffer any losses this time! Let's push these cannons to the next reserve position and continue to wait for the battalion commander's order. I don't know what the results of our artillery bombing are!"

"Company Commander, the number of artillery attacks by the Japanese against the enemy is obviously much less than before. The artillery attacks have stopped for a while, and I think our artillery counterattack has also caused the Japanese artillery to suffer."

"It should be so! You are responsible for adjusting the artillery, and I will calculate the position and distance of the artillery of the Japanese!"

Through this rapid transfer, the artillery company commander finally understood that Hu Biao said earlier that artillery can actually implement guerrilla tactics. Using the multiple reserve positions arranged earlier, as long as they are well-trained, they can exhaust the Japanese army.

Perhaps their counterattack speed is not as fast as the Japanese, but they cannot destroy the Japanese artillery positions at one time, so they will come a few more times. Anyway, for the officers and soldiers of the mountain artillery company, there are not many opportunities to deal with Japanese artillery soldiers like this.

There are many reserve positions and so many people help transfer mountain cannons. They all want to fight. If they can't destroy the Japanese mountain cannon positions at one time, then come a few more times until they completely defeat the Japanese artillery troops.

As for the Japanese's heavy artillery, according to the distance calculated by Hu Biao earlier, unless the Japanese pull the heavy artillery into the city, they are afraid that they will not be able to hit the Presidential Palace outside the city. This means that if the Japanese army wants to counterattack the mountain artillery company, they must wait for more time.

So will the Japanese drag the heavy artillery into the city at this moment? In Hu Biao's opinion, if the Japanese army wants to capture the Presidential Palace tomorrow, heavy artillery will definitely be an indispensable weapon for attack. Without heavy artillery, mountain artillery alone cannot break the blocking position of the Presidential Palace!

After Niujima Sadao and the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, they were also surprised to learn about the situation in the city. According to their analysis earlier, the troops that were currently in the Presidential Palace should be the Jinling Death Soldier Camp that sent clear codes to the electricity from time to time.

According to their understanding, a battalion of the Anti-Japanese War troops could only kill five or six hundred people, and it would be amazing to be able to equip a few mortars. How could a battalion have mountain cannons that may not be able to be equipped with a primary combat force of division level?

"Can you confirm the model and quantity of those mountain cannons?"

"The mountain cannons should be of seventy-five caliber, with a number of about ten. Judging from the counterattack results of the Chinese artillery, the soldiers who operated those artillery should be professional artillery of the Chinese army. The mountain cannon brigade suffered a relatively large loss in the counterattack!"

"Bageya Road! I really didn't expect that these city-defense troops would dare to engage in artillery battles with us! Your division commander, why don't you transfer the heavy artillery into the inner city and find an opportunity to completely destroy them?"

Listening to the advice of the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, Sadao Niujima shook his head and said, "Miyamoto, don't get angry. It's too late now, so it's not convenient to transfer the heavy artillery position. What's more, you should believe in the ability of the mountain artillery brigade, which they can handle!"

The Japanese officer responsible for reporting the situation also said in a timely manner: "General Miyamoto, your troops counterattacks very quickly. If the Chinese artillery failed to evacuate in time, I am afraid that their mountain artillery positions would have been destroyed by the mountain artillery brigade."

"We shouldn't be too careless! Our opponent is very cunning and has been hiding his strength. From the previous machine guns to the current mountain gun troops, who knows what weapons they will use next?

In order to ensure the safety of the siege troops and to occupy the presidential palace controlled by the Chinese army as soon as possible, I have decided to request support from the Army Air Force. When the siege war begins tomorrow, it will be easier if the air force cooperates."

Originally, in Sadao Niujima, what honor and honor it would be for their division to receive the task of attacking the Presidential Palace. Unexpectedly, he fell into trouble at this time and made other combat divisions laugh at it.

But as far as the current battlefield situation is concerned, it is difficult to capture the Presidential Palace as scheduled by relying on the full attack of the 18th Division alone, unless he is willing to use his life to fill it. You should know that the commanders of the rear command are already very dissatisfied with this.

In this case, Sadao Ushimajima did not care whether he was embarrassed or not, and directly applied for the Army Air Force to cooperate with the attack. If the defenders were too tenacious, Sadao Ushimajima did not rule out applying for bombers and carried out cover bombing on the Presidential Palace.

With this decision, Sadao Niujima ordered the troops entering the city to set up cordons on the periphery to prevent the troops in the city from breaking through. The attacking troops continued to take suppression measures to maintain oppression of the defenders, so that the defenders could not rest well.

As for the real battle, Sadao Ushima still hopes to wait until dawn. At this moment, the other Japanese troops entering the city have also begun to draw elite troops to encircle the area where the Presidential Palace is located in a roundabout way.

This also means that the situation that Hu Biao was worried about was happening earlier. If the defending troops did not break through tonight, it would be even more difficult to break through tomorrow. And tomorrow, there will be another hard battle!
Chapter completed!