For the two Japanese soldiers stationed at the blockade wall, the artillery fire came very suddenly.
There had been many battles along the blockade before, but almost all of them were the Eighth Route Army attacking the Japanese troops stationed on the blockade, and even eating two of the main regiments, which caused a huge shock to the Japanese and puppet troops on the front line.
But there has never been a situation where the Eighth Route Army directly attacked the blockade and puppet troops.
Although the puppet troops stationed at the blockade wall received orders to strengthen their alert and were ready for battle, they never considered that the Eighth Route Army would actually attack them.
It wasn't until the artillery shells exploded next to them that they believed that they were really attacked by the Eighth Route Army and that they had become the main target of the attack.
"Artillery attack, disperse and hide immediately..." the battalion commander leading the puppet army shouted with panic on his face.
"The light and heavy machine guns opened fire immediately. Only then did we know that the Eighth Route Army was approaching the blockade ditch and blockade wall."
"The artillery will launch illumination bombs immediately... hurry up... boom boom boom..."
Before the puppet battalion commander finished speaking the order, the second round of artillery shells had already been dropped.
This time he was not so lucky. Two artillery shells hit his side, one on the left and one on the right. The fire splashed, and the powerful air wave instantly knocked him over. The shell fragments smashed him into a sieve at the same time, and he fell to the ground.
A dead body that cannot die anymore.
If the crenellations on the blockade wall were made of masonry, mortar shells falling from the sky would certainly not be able to destroy them.
As long as these puppet troops are well hidden, the casualties caused by the shelling can be minimized.
However, the crenels used by the Japanese to hide are all piled up with sandbags. If a cannonball hits it, the sandbags will be blown to pieces in the explosion...
In less than three rounds of artillery fire, the section of blockade wall that was under attack was blown into pieces. The crenels used by the puppet troops to save their lives were also completely blown up. The soldiers had to be exposed on the surface of the earth wall to be bombed...
"Boom boom boom..."
The artillery fire coverage did not stop there. The continuous artillery shells continued to harvest the lives of the puppet troops on the blockade wall as if they were free.
Even if they cannot be killed temporarily, powerful artillery fire must be used to suppress them on the blockade wall, making them unable to raise their heads to fight back.
"Heavy machine gun cover, commando charge..."
"Dong dong dong..." More than a dozen heavy machine guns joined the battle one after another, and together with the artillery, they blocked the puppet troops on the wall.
Originally they were protected by crenels. Although the crenels piled with sandbags could not block the shells falling from the sky, they could block the rain of bullets flying in the direction.
But now that the crenel has been blown up, the bullets from the heavy machine gun can hit the blockade wall and kill the puppet soldiers above.
Or let the rain of bullets fly close to the heads of the puppet soldiers to prevent them from raising their heads to fight back.
Originally, there were many puppet troops on the blockade wall who took advantage of the gap in shelling to look up to observe the situation near the blockade ditch. Once the heavy machine guns entered the battle, they were unable to raise their heads.
Of course, even if they had the opportunity to look up and see the Eighth Route Army approaching the blockade ditch, facing the powerful suppressive firepower, they could not raise their guns to fight back. They could only hold their heads and continue to lie on the wall like a cow, praying for the Eighth Route Army to attack them.
Leave early. Or the Japanese troops who have just reinforced the battlefield should come back early to drive away the Eighth Route Army attacking them.
"Build a wooden bridge..." the battalion commander of the commando team ordered loudly...
The wooden bridge that had been prepared in advance was quickly carried out by the covering troops. A group of dozens of people rushed towards the blockade ditch carrying the wooden bridge.
The puppet troops on the blockade wall were completely suppressed, with only sporadic bullets flying into the gap, and the pressure on the attacking troops was very small.
In less than two minutes, a wooden bridge was built over the blockade ditch.
"Commando, follow me..." The battalion commander stepped onto the wooden bridge first and rushed towards the blockade wall on the other side of the blockade ditch.
"kill……"
The two assault companies immediately broke out with loud shouts of killing and quickly passed through the blockade trench along the wooden bridge.
The blockade wall is only about ten meters away from the blockade trench.
When the battalion commander reached the foot of the blockade wall, he took out the shovel on his back and dug a hole in the corner of the wall.
Although the blockade wall was very solidly constructed by the Japanese and puppet troops, it was piled up with soil after all, and it was not particularly laborious to dig it out.
After several commandos rushed over to help, within half a minute, a hole that could hold hundreds of kilograms of explosives appeared in front of everyone.
After a series of orders were issued, the battalion commander quickly retreated a full thirty meters to the right of the explosion point, lay down on the ground, covered his ears, and opened his mouth to minimize the harm caused to him by the explosion shock wave...
"Rumble..."
The explosion sounded as promised, and an orange-red fireball rose into the sky from the explosion point, sweeping into a huge mushroom cloud dozens of meters high...
A huge gap was blown out of the five-meter-high blockade wall in an instant...
The soil is scattered next to the explosion point, forming a gentle slope two meters high. The soldiers can charge up to the blockade wall with one charge.
"Commandos follow me...annihilate all the two Japs on the blockade wall...kill..."
The battalion commander was stunned by the shock wave in the explosion, and his stomach turned...
But he did not forget his mission.
Faced with the victory in hand, quickly get up from the ground, raise the box cannon and kill towards the gap in the blockade!
At the same time, Deputy Commander Li Yunlong saw a huge gap in the blockade wall being blasted. He jumped up from the ground in excitement and waved his life with his big hand.
"Assault with the whole army...Act as planned...Break through the Japs' blockade as quickly as possible...Fight with me..."
…………
Reinforcements to the battlefield have already rushed two kilometers away.
The sudden sound of firefights behind them made them hesitate. Some people advocated continuing to reinforce the wing station.
There is the main attack force of the Eighth Route Army there. If we kill it now, we will definitely get a lot of benefits.
There are also those who advocate returning to the blockade.
Their main task was to hold the blockade and not give the Eighth Route Army any chance to break through and escape.
If the Eighth Route Army took advantage of their main reinforcements to break through the blockade and fight their way out of the iron wall, they would definitely be held responsible by the people on the summit afterwards.
Just when these little devils were hesitant, Neji Okamura's order arrived.
Let them return to the reinforcement station in small groups, but they can only take small roads, not roads.
Bypassing the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements, directly touching the side of the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops and launching an attack, and then retreating after taking advantage, without giving the Eighth Route Army any chance to counterattack...
Use the guerrilla warfare that the Eighth Route Army is good at to attack them in turn and consume their troops.
With the combat order personally issued by the commander, even if the blockade was breached while they were returning to the reinforcements station, and the Eighth Route Army broke out of the iron wall to encircle them, their superiors would not be able to hold them accountable.
If they return to the blockade without authorization, even if the blockade is saved, they may be sent to a military court for disobeying military orders.
After such an analysis, even a fool knows how to choose.
He immediately ignored the increasingly fierce firefight behind him, quickly left the road, and divided his troops into small groups to return to the reinforcements station...
Little did they know that if Neji Okamura knew about this scene, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot.
