Seeing Zhou Weiguo's murderous expression, Fang Shengli opened his mouth, but finally suppressed his words.

"Yes!" Fang Shengli stood at attention and saluted, and at the same time asked the communications troops to immediately convey Zhou Weiguo's order.

At this time, gunfire rang out from the position, and at the same time someone shouted: "The devils are coming up."

"How come that stupid little devil came so quickly?" Zhou Weiguo said with a frown.

The Qixia Mountain position is located south of the Yangtze River. It occupies a traffic artery and is also a small hill. If the Japanese want to occupy Jinling City, Qixia Mountain in the northeast must be captured.

Taking advantage of the geographical advantage and Zhou Weiguo's strict arrangements, the little devil suffered a great loss.

In the end, it was only through volleys of artillery and battleships on the Yangtze River that the first line of defense was captured.

Zhou Weiguo originally thought that the Japanese would stop the attack and rest after suffering such heavy casualties. Unexpectedly, they would launch a new round of attack not long after.

"Let's go and take a look at the position." Zhou Weiguo didn't have time to reminisce with Fang Shengli, so he picked up the telescope and came to the position.

In front of them, a small team of Japs were slowly advancing with their waists hunched over. The attacking force was the Tiangu detachment of the Japanese army.

The Tiangu detachment is composed of a heavy artillery brigade, a mortar brigade, and a reserve artillery and engineer squadron from the 10th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

In terms of the number of artillery fires, the Tiangu detachment definitely ranked among the top three in the entire Jinling defense battle.

However, due to insufficient infantry, only one squad could be dispatched for the frontal attack.

Even so, it still caused Zhou Weiguo's advance regiment to suffer a lot. There was nothing they could do about it. His regiment was directly dispatched by the Ministry of Military Affairs. Most of them were new soldiers and they didn't know how to defend against artillery.

Often when they hear the sound of artillery, they start running around. In the minds of the recruits, as long as they run one more step, they can be further away from the bombs.

It's just that they didn't know that no matter how hard they ran, they couldn't outrun the artillery shells, especially the Japanese 120mm field howitzer, which almost destroyed half of the basketball court with one shot.

With such a powerful force, even if you hide in an air-raid shelter, it is not safe, let alone running around outside. It is like an old man hanging himself because he doesn't want to die quickly enough.

"After the infantry rushes, the artillery bombards, the artillery bombards finish, the infantry rushes, the old tactics can't be any more old, take down half of China by force, damn it." Zhou Weiguo looked at the little Japanese in the distance slowly forming a "pin" shape.

Move forward, you can't help but curse.

In fact, the tactics of the Japs were nothing special. They were either artillery bombardment, infantry charges, or outflanking.

It is also very simple to break such tactics. As long as there is sufficient artillery support, the Japanese army can be defeated.

In the early days of the Battle of Songhu, the German gunnery divisions relied on powerful artillery fire to defeat the Japanese troops. However, a series of command errors later missed the opportunity to completely annihilate the Japanese troops, resulting in the arrival of Japanese reinforcements. Relying on powerful naval guns, they easily defeated the Japanese troops.

Defeated 700,000 defenders.

There were even scenes of more than a hundred people chasing hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Tuanzuo, we all know what you said, but the little devil just bullied us into having no guns." Fang Shengli said bitterly.

If he had ten heavy cannons in his hand, the little devil who could definitely fight would not dare to take a step beyond his reach.

Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo remained silent. Due to the weak industrial base, he could only manufacture some light weapons, and heavy firepower could only be purchased from outside. Therefore, he had no way to face the Japanese tactics.

After watching for a while, Zhou Weiguo found that something was wrong. The Japanese were moving very slowly. He immediately came to his senses, turned his face again, and roared: "Be careful of shelling!"

The words just fell!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A series of artillery shells sounded in front of the position, kicking up a pile of soil.

The sound of artillery continued, and the entire second line of defense was shrouded in smoke. Fortunately, the retreat was explained, and Zhou Weiguo and some soldiers hid in the air raid shelter.

"Fuck, you stupid little devil." Zhou Weiguo cursed: "Where is our artillery?"

Facing Zhou Weiguo's inquiry, Fang Shengli showed a wry smile and said: "Regiment leader, our artillery has been completely lost in the previous shelling."

"Damn it, you little devil, wait for me." Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo looked distressed and cursed angrily.

Soon, not long after, the bombardment ended, and a group of Japs rushed towards the position.

"Hit me, hit me hard." Looking at the little Japs rushing to the defense line, Zhou Weiguo immediately ordered.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gunfire, and crisp gunshots rang out on the battlefield.

Zhou Weiguo's 522nd Regiment is part of the German Arms Division. Although there are many recruits, there is no shortage of weapons. They are all fully staffed. Except for the lack of heavy firepower, the light weapons are no worse than the Japanese army.

At the beginning of the war, the German armorers were no worse than the Japanese army, and were slightly stronger in some aspects. However, there were only problems with their command, which led to the subsequent disastrous defeat.

The attacking Japanese fired from above, so they suffered heavy losses every time they took a step forward. In addition, Zhou Weiguo concentrated all his heavy firepower on the forward positions, resulting in heavy losses for the Japanese.

"Baga, these cowards!" Captain Yamazaki, the Japanese commander who was supervising the battle in the rear, roared angrily.

"Your Excellency Colonel, the First Battalion has lost two squadrons and suffered heavy losses. Do you want to provide tactical guidance to the brigade commander?" The chief of staff of the Amaya detachment on the side looked at Colonel Yamazaki and said.

"Tactical guidance?? Baga, we are a detachment, and the opponent is only a regiment. How could we make such a shameful decision?" Yamazaki yelled angrily.

His Tiangu detachment has about 3,000 men, and the opponent is just an under-established infantry regiment, and only 700 to 800 men can survive. If he cannot win, he can commit suicide by committing seppuku.

"Bagayalu, do you want me to become a joke to the entire empire? Three thousand people can't take down the position of one Chinese regiment?" Colonel Yamazaki was so angry that he slapped him in the face, making the chief of staff beside him dizzy.

"Your Majesty Colonel, you misunderstood. What I mean is to ask Your Excellency, the Brigade Commander, to order the heavy artillery regiment to fire a base number of shells towards the Qixia Mountain position. This way our losses will be greatly reduced." The Japanese Chief of Staff explained quickly.

Hearing this, Colonel Yamazaki became even more angry and said: "Baga, you are scared and incompetent. As an imperial soldier, we must have the determination to die for His Majesty the Emperor. Our warriors must dedicate everything to the empire. You,

understand?"

After saying that, he slapped the chief of staff again. In an instant, the face of the Japanese chief of staff was as swollen as a pig's head.

"Hi! Your Excellency Colonel is wise!" the Chief of Staff said straightly.

"Youxi, now the Chinese have retreated to the various gates of Jinling City. Jinling City is about to be destroyed. The headquarters has issued a death order. Jinling City must be captured within three days."

"Now this is the only position left at the nearest Guanghua Gate. As long as we capture Qixia Mountain, we will be the first unit to attack the capital of China. By then, you and I will become heroes of the empire." Colonel Yamazaki nodded, and then

There was an excited expression on his face.
Chapter completed!