Shaanxi Province, which has entered December, cannot be said to be the coldest time, but it is definitely not related to warmth.

By night, the temperature had already dropped to two or three degrees. On banks like the Yellow River, the river wind was even colder.

But at such dawn, it was just dawn, and mist was still rising on the river surface, and the vision was extremely poor. Fujita, the commander of the Japanese Third Division, wearing a woolen coat, stood on a small hill about 1,000 meters away from the river bank, holding a telescope and looking at the quiet position more than 2,000 meters away from the river.

This Japanese lieutenant general has maintained this posture for nearly ten minutes, and even his few eyebrows are thinly covered with white frost.

Not to mention anything else, this is the style of commanding thousands of troops.

"His division commander, Colonel Katsuyama in front of him called, and the three infantry brigades of the 6th Infantry Regiment had a total of 3,200 people. They were ready, and all the personnel were on standby to attack!" A colonel ran out of the field command center that was ready to disguise and walked to Fujita's back to report.

"Where is the field artillery corps?" Fujita asked in a low voice without looking back.

"Colonel Ueno called five minutes ago, and his 24 75 mountain cannons, 12 75 field cannons, 12 150MM howitzers, 2 280MM howitzers, personnel, and all the ammunition required are ready."

"Yo Xi! Tell Colonel Ueno for me that if you win this battle, the 3rd Artillery Regiment will be the first to win!" Fujita Jin, who had frost on his face, turned his head, but the corners of his mouth were slightly arced.

For the Battle of Tongguan, as the supreme commander of the Advance Corps, Itagaki Shiro also invested a lot and directly assigned the 12 150MM heavy artillery directly under his Third Army Command to the jurisdiction of the Third Division Artillery Regiment, and the same was true for the two 280MM howitzers specially transferred from the country.

This may be the first time that an infantry division in the history of the Japanese army has such a terrible large-caliber heavy artillery. Even a veteran like Fujita Jin could not help but feel proud when he thought of his brave soldiers crossing the surging river that the Chinese call the mother river under such artillery fire.

For today's battle, the Third Division, which had only been in Fengling for ten days, had been preparing for seven or eight days. But does anyone know how much research the commander of Fujitaji, the division commander, did China's heroic gate that guarded the east gate of the Guanzhong Plain on the day when the Third Division was commanding to advance westward?

From its geographical terrain to its military allocation to its permanent population and even its commander's past military achievements, Fujita Jin knew everything, and he had spent a lot of effort.

The Lieutenant General of the 46th Army of the Chinese Army, Fan Songura, is a famous general and a powerful general, but this is exactly in line with Fujita's wishes. What he is most afraid of is a general with such personality.

In the past, there were more Chinese generals under the city of Jinling. In the Battle of Yuhuatai, the most elite infantry division, 6,000 officers and soldiers of China's most elite infantry division defended their lives for 8 days. In the end, the entire army was not over. As the third division that replaced the severely damaged Sixth Division, which entered the battlefield of this battle, served as the main attack on this battle. The lives of two Chinese major generals and brigade commanders became the spoils of his third division.

Of course, Fujita Jin's confidence was not obtained blindly. As one of the six permanent divisions established in Japan, the Third Division was a unit prepared for invasion, with full personnel and well-equipped.

Moreover, since the day it was established, the Third Division participated in all the Japanese military operations, including the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, the Russo-Japanese War, the Battle of Shanghai, the Battle of Jinling, the Battle of Xuzhou, etc., and never lost!

Therefore, out of his understanding of the opponent and his arrogance in his bones, Fujita Jin did not use any tactical deception at all. He chose this river bay in the main attack direction. Even if the Chinese could see a large number of boats, rafts and motorboats gathered on the river bank, he would not hide his bare tactical intentions.

The scene he likes to see the most is that the Chinese clearly know it but are unable to resist. They can only watch the sky of artillery fire tear their bodies apart and watch the iron boots of the brave imperial warriors under his command step across their positions.

"Traveler Colonel Shan, after attacking the opponent's position, within a radius of ten miles, I don't want to see a living Chinese. Remember, it's all Chinese, regardless of gender!" A cruel light flashed in Fujita's eyes.

As a history enthusiast, Fujita Jin highly praised the practices of the Mongol Yuan. He always believed that only massacre could make the Chinese surrender. If he kept resisting, he would continue to kill until the Chinese no longer resisted. If he was really killed by accident, then this vast and fertile land would be completely returned to the empire.

Typical perverted personality!

December 8th at 5:40 am!

More than 50 artillery pieces of Japanese army large and small opened fire at the shore defense position of the 28th Division, 15 miles south of Tongguan.

75 mountain cannons, 75 field cannons and 70mm infantry cannons were used to make soldiers feel shy, but in front of the 150MM howitzer that fired at full strength, these cannons were like firecrackers set off by children during the New Year.

A trench that is two meters deep is not enough in front of a cannon of this level. Once the shell falls into the trench, the trench that is dozens of meters long will become a hell on earth. Even if there are almost right-angle corners that weaken the energy of the air waves, the violent air waves will roll the people lying in it like toys.

Even, there is no need for shells to fall into the trench, and it only needs to explode at a dozen meters on the edge. The inner wall of the trench supported by thick wooden stakes with adult calves will be as fragile as tofu. The huge energy makes the trench wall squeeze inward, either burying people in it or squeezing them alive.

Of course, the Chinese army that spent half a year building fortifications was not a fool. In addition to the crisscrossing trenches and bunkers, there were many Tibetan soldiers' caves with soil layers of more than one meter thick and supported by thick wood.

Even if it is a 150MM heavy artillery, as long as it is not in the middle, it is enough to protect the soldiers in it.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But the Japanese army also has a more terrifying 280MM heavy artillery. The 200-kilogram shell even needs a crane to load. For every 50 rounds of shells, the artillery base must be stopped and reinforcing. The wall of sandbags for defense is only 10 meters high.

This 200-kilogram armor-piercing bomb is a creepy existence even if it is placed in the future eighty years later.

With one shot, all creatures exposed to the surface of the football field will be destroyed!

If there is a bunker or a hidden soldier cave near its bounce point, whether it is a bunker or a hidden soldier cave, it will be ruthlessly destroyed by huge energy, and the fate of the soldiers inside can be imagined.

According to post-war statistics, within one and a half hours of the Japanese artillery bombardment, two 280MM howitzers fired a total of 55 shells, forming 55 terrible craters on the Chinese position. The remains that can be found in or around the craters are less than 30!

However, the officers and soldiers of the 28th Division who died in this round of artillery attacks were as high as 400, and more than 800 were injured!

This is because of the extremely complete fortifications, an infantry brigade with more than 4,000 infantrymen suffered more than a thousand losses!

"Request for artillery support! Request for force support! The Japanese army is about to launch a general attack!" These are three sentences that the anxious major general brigade commander in the telegram 800 meters behind the defense line were repeated.

Because the phone was no longer connected, and the fiery artillery fire broke all telephone lines ten minutes after the bombardment began. Neither the front line nor the command center could be contacted.

The only source of information that the major general brigade commander could only rely on communication soldiers to run wildly in the traffic trench with their legs.

But then, on the battlefield where artillery fire is everywhere, it is obviously a luxury!

The defense width of the two infantry regiments under his command was 4,000 meters. Not to mention how long it took to travel back and forth, even the terrible artillery fire, no one has the luck to reach the destination.

"Brig Commander, is the Japanese artillery fire starting to extend?" The colonel chief of staff of the brigade department turned around inadvertently and suddenly became stunned.

It is normal for gunpowder smoke to fill the frontier positions with a depth of 700 meters. Not to mention the continuous artillery of more than 50 cannons, even a 12 mountain cannons in an artillery brigade can fill the position with a pungent smell of gunpowder.

But the army colonel, who had been in the army for more than fifteen years, suddenly asked this sentence by a stranger because the mountains behind them were filled with smoke, as if the entire mountain was ignited.

"Extend a ball! If the Japanese's heavy artillery fire extend, do you think we can still speak like this?" The anxious major general brigade commander replied to his chief of staff in anger, and subconsciously turned around.

Then, the brigade commander of the major general who had been experienced in battle was also stunned.

The strong smoke rose from the mountains, and the smoke was so strong that even the trenches on this side hundreds of meters away were covered.

"Is there a wildfire there?" The Army Major General was also a little confused.

The nose, which had not been completely stimulated by the smoke, had lost all sense of smell, told him that the smoke did not come from the gunpowder explosion, but the wood should have been ignited, and it was the slightly moist wood, otherwise the smoke would not be so strong.

No, there is smoke but no fire!

The Army Major General reacted instantly, with disdain in his eyes, "Is this the base of the Sichuan Army's new recruits led by Commander Tang? It's such a bunch of guys who can't get on the table. Just this, I'm actually hoping that they can support our headquarters at critical moments!"

"Travelers, do you mean they did it on purpose, igniting dry grass and raising smoke to make the Japanese army mistakenly think that this area had been bombarded?" The colonel chief of staff also reacted at this time, his eyes full of surprise.

"What about?" The Army Major General's eyes were even more contempt. "Or do you think they are making their best bacon? Just like the useless ring fortifications they made, it is useless."

A day ago, the major general brigade commander came here with anticipation to meet Tang Dao. After all, Tang Dao still has the position of deputy chief of staff in the defense zone, and his military rank is not as high as him, but his position is higher than him. Moreover, if there are any war crisis, Tang Dao still has thousands of people to use.

Even if there are thousands of new recruits, thousands of pigs are on the frontline, the Japanese have to spend a lot of effort to kill them, right?

Unexpectedly, this meeting directly caused the major general brigade commander's half-expected heart to fall on his heels.

Tang Dao was very polite. He had no airs of a deputy chief of staff at first salute. What made the major general brigade commander feel sad was this person's ability to command troops.

When the Sichuan Army's new recruits came to this mountain 1,200 meters behind the river defense position, they did not take it lazily. Thousands of people in the regiment worked digging pits on the hillside.

Yes, it's just digging the soil!

A pit is 3 meters deep and has a diameter of more than 4 meters. Looking from the ground, the pit covered by bushes does not seem to exist, but who can know that there is actually an infantry squad hidden there!

As many as eighty such earth pits were dug in the mountains, and I don’t know how much effort it took.

However, is there a basic purpose for such a pit? It is suitable to bury people.

Moreover, apart from these pits, there are no military facilities such as trenches, and the main forces of the entire Sichuan Army New Regiment were hiding on the hillside facing the Yellow River.

This can avoid the Japanese artillery fire, but it will take at least 40 minutes to wait for its support. Moreover, once the Japanese artillery fire extends, marching on the exposed surface, 90% of this new corps with thousands of troops may be killed by artillery fire during the march.

In the view of this major general brigade commander, it is better to dig some traffic trenches to lead to the shore defense position with this time, even if it is only half a meter deep.

He also made a suggestion to Tang Dao in a tactful manner. He knew that Tang Dao nodded in agreement but did not take any action, which made the angrily major general brigade commander turn straight away and does not give face to the deputy chief of staff of the defense zone at all.

It's even more awesome now. Before the artillery fire reached their side, the turtle grandsons began to light the mountain and look covered in artillery fire.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! That's amazing, is there any?

This is definitely the most bizarre army that the major general of the army has seen since his 20 years of military service, no doubt about it!

It's even more excessive than the slag that turns around and runs away when you hear the sound of cannons.

This means that Tang Dao's position is higher than him, otherwise he would have been killed with just one shot with his temper.

"Shameless! That regiment commander Tang is simply inconsistent with his name!" The colonel chief of staff said angrily.

"There are many people seeking fame in this world, and there are many of them." The Major General Brigade Commander calmed down.

"Brother Shengshi, it probably takes less than ten minutes for the Japanese fleet to come. You and I are responsible for a regiment and go to supervise the battle! The ancients said: Attack halfway! No matter how fierce the Japanese artillery fire is, our troops must not abandon such a fighter plane. Once the observation post sends a message, the entire army will enter the position, but they will fight to the death! You and I will take care of each other!"

"I must live up to the trust of the brigade!" The Army Colonel's face was full of determination.

As expected by the Army Major General Brigade Commander, in just ten minutes, although the position was still filled with smoke and mist on the river surface, the observation whistle, which was located at the forefront, still blew an extremely shrill iron whistle.

More than 200 wooden boats, rafts and motorboats appeared on the river surface in a shady manner.

"Order all heavy machine guns and mortars to fire! Be sure to block them in the river! Those who disrespect military orders should be killed!

In addition, the telex department is required to take care of the teacher. If the matter is not done, please retreat temporarily and wait for the next day to fight again!

Looking at the friendship between the troops in the past, I promised that the 3rd Company of the Guard Battalion of the Brigade Department will be accompanied by the 3rd Platoon of the Engineer Company, and the 3rd Platoon of the Packet Company will be temporarily assigned to the direct subordinates of the Division." Before the Major General, who lifted the pistol, turned around and wanted to go, he issued the last military order he thought he had thought.

The three platoons were ordered to evacuate, undoubtedly because they wanted to save the last little seed for their infantry brigade, so that they would not be eliminated from the entire army.

Three red signal flares were shot into the sky with the orders of the Army Major General, which was the highest level of warning order for the infantry brigade. Once the signal flares were fired, those located in front-line positions, whether the regiment commander, battalion commander or second-class private, had to enter the front-line trenches to shoot at the enemy.

Those who do not implement military orders will die!

The two guard companies that followed the major general brigade commander and the colonel chief of staff were not only the last new force of the brigade, but also the supervisory team.

The murderous intent is not only aimed at the Japanese army that is about to pounce!

After all, facing such a battlefield where one shot can make people lose their bodies, not everyone has the courage to drill out of the anti-aircraft hole and enter the front-line trenches.

The sound of heavy machine guns in the remaining bunkers firing wildly sounded, "Da! Da! Da!" shot towards the river continuously.

Although there are not many, there are still more than a dozen roaring!
To be continued...