"Boom! Boom!"

Violent explosions continued to sound, and pieces of fire shot into the sky. The Jaap's forward position was soon caught in a hail of artillery fire.

Major Matsumoto shouted loudly: "Avoid the guns, avoid the guns!"

"Call the brigade commander immediately and request fire support."

"Hai!"

There was a sudden chaos on the Japs' position, and the little Japs took cover one after another.

A Japanese staff officer quickly called Yamada Hiroki's headquarters.

"We are in the forward position, requesting artillery support."

At this moment, Yamada Hiroki was observing the situation outside the position.

A Japanese staff officer came over and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, please request artillery support for the forward positions."

Since Yamada Hiroki now acts as the division commander of the 9th Division, some brats now call him division commander, but the brats of the 18th Brigade are still used to calling him brigade commander.

Yamada Hiroki ordered: "Order the artillery troops to conduct artillery suppression immediately!"

"Hai!"

A Japanese officer nearby responded quickly and turned around to convey the order.

Soon the rumbling sound of artillery was also heard from the Little Japanese artillery position.

The artillery shells roared towards the Eighth Route Army's artillery position.

However, the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army were arranged on the reverse slope of a mountain. It was difficult for the Japanese artillery shells to hit them.

As soon as the Japs fired, the location of their artillery positions was immediately exposed.

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "It finally came out. I guess these should be the last artillery pieces of the little devil!"

After a series of blows, the Japs' artillery force also suffered heavy losses one after another, and now its strength is not as good as before.

A soldier next to him asked: "Commander, why don't the Japs' artillery be deployed on the anti-slope position?"

"What a shitty arrangement!"

Li Yunlong sneered and said: "On the other side of the back mountain is a cliff. Only goats and monkeys can climb up it. How can the Japanese cannon be hung on the cliff!"

"Immediately order the artillery troops to concentrate their firepower, aim at the Japanese artillery positions, bombard them with all their strength, and destroy their artillery."

"yes!"

The communications soldier responded respectfully, turned around and ran to convey the order.

Now Li Yunlong was even more confident, because everyone except their artillery was in place.

Boss Chen also handed over all his artillery units to the command of Li Yunlong.

Of course, the reason Brigadier Chen was so happy this time was because Li Yunlong brought out dozens of tons of artillery shells and claimed that all the shells consumed were his.

That's why Brigadier Chen agreed so readily and transferred all his artillery units to Li Yunlong and placed them under his command.

In fact, most of these cannons were obtained by Li Yunlong, which is why Li Yunlong's new regiment was not equipped with more cannons.

Mainly because of personnel restrictions, a team of several thousand people would not be suitable if the proportion of artillery was too large.

What's more, not everyone is suitable to be an artilleryman, so what limits Li Yunlong's development now is talent.

For example, Li Yunlong actually has a lot of tanks and aircraft now, but it takes time to train armored troops.

Most of the people on the Eighth Route Army were from peasant backgrounds and were basically illiterate. It was difficult for them to learn to drive, let alone learn to tank. Moreover, driving a tank, knowing how to drive it, and developing combat effectiveness were two different concepts.

Under normal circumstances, it takes at least several months of training to develop combat effectiveness.

As for airplanes, it's even more difficult, and it also requires an airport and some corresponding equipment, but the most important thing is the lack of talent.

Li Yunlong and the others now simply cannot find a suitable pilot to teach them how to fly a plane.

It is precisely due to the lack of relevant talents that Li Yunlong's plan to establish his own aviation fleet has been repeatedly shelved, so that it has been delayed until now, and progress is slow.

Now Li Yunlong has chosen a suitable place in the Xiantang Mountain area and begun to build a secret small airport for future training purposes.

Closer to home, since almost all the artillery units in Taiyue District have been gathered, Li Yunlong is now very confident.

Following Li Yunlong's order, the rumbling sound of artillery soon rang out from the artillery position.

One shell after another quickly flew towards the little devil's artillery position.

"Boom! Boom!"

Following violent explosions, the Little Japanese's artillery position quickly fell into a hail of artillery fire.

One artillery piece after another was blown up, and the little Japanese on the position were also killed and injured.

Li Yunlong shouted excitedly: "Haha! Well done, just blow me up so hard."

"Tell the artillery units on the artillery position to build as hard as they can. If there are not enough shells, I will allocate them to them."

"I have plenty of cannonballs. As long as I can kill these little devils and waste some cannonballs, it's worth it."

"yes!"

The communications soldier responded quickly and turned around to convey the order.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Eighth Route Army, the Japs' artillery suffered heavy losses.

When Yamada Hiroki saw the artillery position caught in the fire, his face turned pale with fear.

"Bagaya Deer!"

"What happened?"

"how so?"

"Why does the enemy have such powerful firepower?"

It is estimated that no one can answer this question. Yamada Hiroki.

Now Yamada Hiroki is filled with anger.

But for Yamada Hiroki, there is now good news and bad news in front of him.

The bad news is that their artillery is basically completely useless and finished.

The good news is: they will basically not need artillery shells in the future, and will only need some mortar shells at most. This will give the Army Aviation more planes to airdrop other supplies to them.

Yamada Hiroki roared angrily: "Inform Major Matsumoto and tell them to hold their position no matter what."

With such fierce artillery fire, Yamada Hiroki guessed that the Eighth Route Army was definitely going to launch a full-scale attack, and they must hold their position now.

After killing the Japs' artillery, the Eighth Route Army continued to concentrate its firepower and bombard the Japs' forward positions.

Soon the position was bombed into a mess, and the little Japs on the position suffered heavy casualties.

Li Yunlong felt that the time was ripe, and immediately ordered: "Immediately pass the order and order the attacking troops to launch an attack immediately. You must take down the Japanese's first line of defense in the shortest possible time."

"yes!"

A soldier next to him responded quickly and turned around to convey the order.

Following Li Yunlong's order, the offensive troops, who had already been prepared, immediately launched a full-scale attack.

One tank after another drove out of the position first, shaking its heavy body, and rushed towards the little Japanese's position.

There are also some armored vehicles also in the attacking formation.
Chapter completed!