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The power of the 155mm artillery shell is so terrifying that even with the protection of a bunker, it is difficult to resist the blow of artillery fire.
The devil's heavy artillery bombarded for a few minutes, the frontline position of the fifth battalion was severely damaged, and many firepower fortifications and bunker fortifications were destroyed and collapsed.
The soldiers of the Fifth Battalion hiding in the bunker were staggered by the kinetic energy of the shell explosion, and they couldn't even stand upright.
Many soldiers' eardrums were also ruptured by the shells, and some soldiers were stunned and lost consciousness on the spot.
The little devil's artillery fire was very fierce, and the defenders of the fifth battalion were suppressed by the artillery shells and had no chance to fight back.
"Boom, boom, boom!!!"
The shells blasted a large piece of soil, and piles of soil piled up in the bunkers around the position.
Fortunately, the fortifications of the defensive bunkers of the defenders are strong enough, otherwise, many soldiers will definitely be killed or injured in the face of repeated bombing by 155mm shells.
The Devil's 105mm and 155mm shells are not only powerful, but also have a range of more than ten kilometers. The defense line in the north of the city is completely under the blow of the Japanese heavy artillery.
Holding up his binoculars, Li Hong looked at the frontline positions outside the city, and couldn't help frowning.
The artillery fire on the front line in the north of the city was filled with gunpowder smoke, and there were explosion flames and huge shell craters everywhere on the position.
The little devil's heavy artillery is so fierce, if the enemy continues to bombard like this, it won't be long before the position will be razed to the ground.
Then, Li Hong moved the binoculars in his hand again, and cast his sight on the heavy artillery positions of the devils in the distance.
In the distance of the Devils heavy artillery positions, the gunpowder smoke from the fired artillery was everywhere within a few hundred meters, and the vision was somewhat blurred.
However, according to the direction of the gunpowder smoke, Li Hong could roughly determine the location of the devil's artillery position and the number of artillery pieces.
The devil's heavy artillery position outside the city is probably just one of the enemy's heavy artillery positions. Like this kind of heavy artillery position, the little devil should have set up several of them.
Li Hong held up the binoculars and continued to observe for a while, then called out the communication soldiers.
"Communications, call the Artillery Battalion immediately, and use artillery fire to suppress the devil's attacking troops outside the city north! Then order the flying squadron to kill the devil's heavy artillery troops outside the city north!"
"Yes, group seat!!"
Two communication soldiers picked up the phone and quickly conveyed Li Hong's order to the artillery battalion and the flight squadron.
Soon, the security regiment flight squadron and artillery battalion received orders.
The fighter jets and bombers of the flight squadron were on standby 24 hours a day with full ammunition. As soon as they received the order, several pilots flew the plane quickly to the north of Xuzhou City.
There is a heavy artillery position in the city in the north of the city. Li Hong placed the heavy artillery here to give artillery support to the frontline positions outside the city at any time.
The artillerymen of the artillery battalion controlled the artillery, adjusted the firing angle and height, and all ten 105mm howitzers were aimed at the north of the city.
"Each artillery squad prepares for shelling, ten salvos, fire!!!"
As the shelling order was issued, there was a loud and muffled shelling sound from the heavy artillery position in the north of the city.
"Tom tom tom—"
"Tom tom tom—"
Cannonballs flew out of the gun barrel one after another, and the rain of shells swept across the city walls and buildings, and flew towards the devils' positions outside the city.
After the devil's heavy artillery suppressed the soldiers of the fifth battalion on the front line, the devil's infantry took advantage of this opportunity and quickly rushed towards the position.
A few seconds later, the first wave of shells fired by the artillery battalion of the security regiment landed on the mountain five kilometers in front of the Devil's heavy artillery position.
As soon as the shell hit the ground, it burst into a thick cloud of smoke, intertwined and mixed together.
The smoke released rose into the air, forming thick walls of smoke, completely blocking the front of the Devils' heavy artillery units.
As soon as the smoke curtain wall was formed, the artillery fire from the Devil's heavy artillery gradually weakened.
The front line of sight was not clear, and the devil's aimer couldn't accurately judge the direction of the shelling.
In order to avoid accidentally injuring the attacking Devil troops, the Devil Artillery had to temporarily stop shelling.
"Imperial soldiers, seize the front of the Chinese army position, charge!!!"
The devil officers of each squadron raised their command sabers and directed the soldiers to charge.
The offensive troops on the front line of the devils charged very fast, and more than a thousand little devils formed an offensive formation, swarming in groups.
At this time, many of the defenders of the fifth battalion on the front line had not regained consciousness, and were still in a daze from the shock of shell bombing.
In the shelling just now, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Battalion suffered a lot of casualties, and the positions were full of dead and wounded soldiers.
The stretcher team and medical soldiers were busy running back and forth, treating the wounded who had fallen to the ground.
"Brothers, you little devils are rushing up, get into the battle position, and prepare to fight back!!!"
The officers of the fifth battalion and each company ran around under the trenches, loudly reminding the soldiers in the bunker.
The officers and soldiers of the security regiment on the front line threw off the dirt and gravel on their bodies, picked up their weapons and stumbled to the defensive position.
With the current state of the defenders, if they want to resist the onslaught of so many little devils, the pressure on the officers and soldiers is enormous.
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In addition to casualties and soldiers who have not regained consciousness, the Fifth Battalion of the Security Regiment has less than 500 soldiers who can quickly enter the battle.
With fewer combatants, the overall combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Battalion will decline.
More than 1000 little devils rushed to a distance of about 500 meters from the fifth battalion position like wolves and tigers.
The devil's machine gun team, grenadier team, and mortars have all established fire positions.
The little devil infantry charged forward with the help of the cover, rushed to the front enemy, and pulled the bolt from time to time to shoot to suppress the defenders of the position.
According to the devil's rapid offensive momentum, it won't be long before he can rush to the front line of the fifth battalion of the security regiment.
At this moment, a large wave of shells roared from the city with their tail flames.
"Hurricane, hurricane, hurricane..."
The little devil had just charged halfway, when a large cloud of shells rained down from the sky like a meteorite rain.
"Baga, the artillery strikes..."
All kinds of panic and shouts from the little devil soldiers kept ringing out.
The rate of fire of the rocket launcher was so fast that the little devil didn't even have time to dodge.
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