Chapter 248: Too Late

The 145th Division and the 146th Division!

Rao Guohua and Liu Zhaoli had also received orders from Yu Hua.

Continue to hold firm and block enemy reinforcements!

Engaging a Japanese field division for the first time, Rao Guohua and Liu Zhaoli both gritted their teeth and held on.

Both of them also issued death orders to every Regimental Commander.

Without receiving an order to retreat, they were absolutely forbidden from abandoning their positions.

The two of them simply refused to believe it!

Their two divisions, over twenty-six thousand men, were currently holding off half of the 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment.

Could they not hold for even one hour!?

Furthermore, Adjutant Yu had also dispatched reinforcements, assigning the Independent 13th Brigade and the Independent 14th Brigade.

"Boom—!!"

"Whiz, whiz, whiz!! —"

"Hai!" Tani Hisao's Adjutant nodded, turned, and cranked the phone: "Moshi moshi!"

Countless artillery shells were seen slamming into the Japanese artillery position, emitting a series of "Booming" sounds.

It was already too late!

He did not yet know that his own artillery position was currently locked onto by over 90 pieces of artillery from the Sichuan Army.

Following the artillery bombardment order issued by Rao Guohua, the 145th Division's organic Artillery Battalion.

Tani Hisao was furious, "Get me in contact with the artillery unit!"

Tani Hisao and Kunisaki Noboru saw the Sichuan Army on the first line of defense.

Rao Guohua and Liu Zhaoli had also received a call from the Artillery Battalion Commander.

Everyone continued to advance while hunched over, preparing to launch a charge against the Sichuan Army.

40 artillery pieces let out a roar!

After all, this was a Japanese artillery position; it was only reasonable to hit the ammunition depot when subjected to artillery fire.

Having actually repelled the Imperial Army, the two were stunned for a moment.

Upon hearing this, Rao Guohua jumped up with joy!

"Contact Zhou Xun, the Regimental Commander of the Bofors Mountain Gun Battalion, immediately!"

The Japanese artillery position was very close to the Sichuan Army's position!

It was exactly within the firing range of the Sichuan Army's artillery!

The 145th Division and the 146th Division now had their organic artillery battalions equipped with 12 Type 92 Infantry Guns.

Nowadays, every division in the 23rd Group Army had also been reinforced with four Type 41 Mountain Guns.

They had truly traded their old rifles for cannons, with equipment much better than when they were in the province!

Fujimura Ken!

At his own artillery position!

Hearing the sound of the bombardment!

His complexion changed!

He hadn't even ordered a bombardment yet?!

The barrels of the Mountain Guns and Field Guns were gradually elevating!

At the same moment!

At the foot of the mountain!

The Japanese soldiers were attacking the Sichuan Army's position.

"Baka!"

"Baka!"

The two divisions held the high ground, occupying favorable terrain.

The two Independent Brigades were also each equipped with four Type 41 Mountain Guns!

At such a close distance!

The 145th Division's Artillery Battalion had just finished firing!

Dust filled the air, and mud and sand flew about!

Many Japanese soldiers were sprayed in the face, and some even got sand and dust in their mouths.

Moreover, when the Sichuan Army left Sichuan, the 23rd Group Army had also undergone large-scale reorganization and training.

They could now conduct counter-battery fire!

When the artillery of the 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment conducted their first round of bombardment.

At this very moment!

Fujimura Ken ordered the artillery to continue shelling the Sichuan Army's position.

Calculating it all together!

Rao Guohua and Liu Zhaoli still had the confidence to hold for another hour.

Holding for one hour!

It was entirely feasible!

What's more!

The Japanese soldiers who hadn't been blown to death were all very grateful to still be alive.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

In an instant!

He gave the order to his Artillery Battalion: "Order the artillery!"

Perhaps only two or three rounds of shelling would be needed!

There would be a great hope of completely destroying the artillery positions of the 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment!

One artillery battalion has 40 artillery pieces!

Two division-level artillery battalions, that makes 80 artillery pieces.

The 145th Division and the 146th Division were also calm and composed, not conducting any artillery counterattacks.

Right now!

At the artillery position, the little devils heard the Regiment Commander's shouting.

Fujimura Ken was directing his own artillery!

"Kill these turtle grandsons!"

A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out!

Launching an attack from the rear of the 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment!

24 82mm mortars, and of course, 4 of the newly equipped Type 41 Mountain Guns.

Instead, they were patiently calculating the little devils' artillery positions!

This was definitely not the Sichuan Army's shelling!

The 145th Division and the 146th Division still had trump cards they hadn't played yet!

This combat effectiveness had also been greatly improved.

"According to the Division Commander's order, bomb the Sichuan Army positions again!"

Such dense shelling sounds!

He looked up at the sky, only to see countless small black dots falling toward the artillery position.

In this battle, who will win and who will lose is not yet certain!!

At the same time!

Therefore, the 146th Division's shelling hit the ammunition depot of the devils' artillery position.

"Quickly get down!!"

"Your subordinate will do it immediately!"

"Tell him the artillery position coordinates of the 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment!"

Putting down the phone!

Therefore, the little devils' first reaction.

They also heard the sound waves in the sky.

"Quickly... quickly..."

The little devils moving forward with hunched backs didn't even care!

Because, judging by the sound, this was definitely their own artillery shelling the Sichuan Army!

The war has been going on for so long!

Although the Sichuan Army had artillery to counterattack, it was all sporadic artillery fire.

The huge explosion, driving shrapnel to spread, caused many of the little devils' artillerymen to lose their lives one after another!

Cover the Imperial Army infantry's advance!

After everyone's calculations!

The devils' artillery position was also estimated!

Good heavens!

This made the Battalion Commanders of the 145th Division and 146th Division's artillery battalions very happy.

The little devils' Artillery Regiment Commander, Fujimura Ken, responded: "Hai!"

They all looked for cover to avoid the shelling!

But!

Fujimura Ken shouted: "The Sichuan Army is shelling!"

The 145th Division and the 146th Division!

The two division-level artillery battalions had also finished adjusting their firing data.

There were no little devils' airplanes in the sky.

The little devils were coughing!

But, there was no time for grief; Fujimura Ken immediately ordered to quickly relocate the artillery to avoid the second round of shelling.

"Let them bomb fiercely for me!"

The devils who had just prepared to stand up lay back down on the ground!

Fujimura Ken was also blown away by a blast wave, his body landing heavily on an ammunition crate.

The shells fired by the 146th Division's artillery battalion at the devils' artillery position fell right after.

The devil artillerymen also began to turn the handles of the artillery.

The 145th Division's Communications Soldier immediately contacted Zhou Xun!

After Zhou Xun learned the coordinates of the 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment's artillery positions!

He also immediately began to direct the artillery to adjust the firing data!

In a split second!

The shells triggered secondary explosions, and a continuous sound began to echo across the devils' artillery position.

The Artillery Battalion has already made preparations and has now locked onto the little devils' artillery position.

Sometimes!

If you are one step slow on the battlefield, then it cannot be saved.

A piercing sonic boom exploded in the air!

Countless artillery shells, just like heavenly fire descending to the world, smashed toward the little devils' artillery position!!

"Hit them hard for me!"

"Puchi!"

12 Bofors Mountain Guns!

Aimed their long gun barrels at the artillery position of the 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment.

If that old devil knew of this situation!

He would definitely be scared into fleeing for his life!

145th Division!

Rao Guohua learned that Zhou Xun's artillery battalion was now also prepared.

This time!

The power of the explosion is much greater than last time!

The Type 41 Mountain Gun was also something the Sichuan Arsenal had only recently copied for the 23rd Group Army.

That is!

According to the trajectory fired by the little devils' artillery.

Such a dense whistling sound came through the air.

There has never been such a large-scale artillery bombardment!

Fujimura Ken only felt stars dancing before his eyes, his body feeling as if it were falling apart.

His internal organs were all burning with pain!

(End of this chapter)