The Japanese artillery force was not a vegetarian either. They used light mortars and large-caliber mortars to counterattack.
The pressure on the garrison suddenly increased, and it had to move while fighting, and most of its mortars were assigned to carry out bombardment with the Japanese troops.
"Mountain artillery and field artillery join the battle, draw out the little Japanese artillery captain, and engage them in a bombardment." Li Hao ordered.
Hong Linfeng reminded: "Captain, the Japanese artillery brigade has more mountain and field artillery than we do. We will definitely suffer from the bombardment. By then we will have no extra artillery to cover the infantry assault."
"No need!" Li Hao replied.
"The heavy artillery fired more than 200 shells, the thunder cannon fired more than 20 explosive packets, and the light and heavy mortars fired more than 100 shells. Even if there are still little Japs left on the position, there are not many Japs left."
"What the secret service battalion needs to do is to quickly occupy the position and prevent the little devils from sending troops to reinforce the front-line position."
"What I'm most worried about in this battle is the enemy's superiority in troops. Once the raid turns into a war of attrition, our few troops will not be enough for them to fight."
"So we must force out all the Japanese artillery units and let our artillery hold them back to prevent them from concentrating their artillery fire on the attacking troops and consuming our few troops."
A few minutes later, the battle situation was exactly as Li Hao judged.
As soon as the mountain artillery equipped by the garrison was launched, the Japanese artillery brigade moved.
The artillery shells from both sides came back and forth, and they exploded like crazy.
"Commander, the secret service battalion is about to rush forward. In another hundred meters, they will enter the Japs' position," the chief of staff called.
Hong Linfeng said nothing and kept a close eye on the second-line positions of the Japanese and puppet troops to prevent troops from reinforcing the first-line positions.
"Fifty meters, the troops will be able to charge forward in ten seconds." Hong Linfeng continued to shout, with a hint of excitement in his tone.
The serious expression on Li Hao's face slowly softened.
Even if the little devils send troops to reinforce the front-line positions at this time, it will be too late.
He quickly changed his target and looked at the front-line positions of the Japanese and puppet troops that had not yet moved.
"what happened?"
A scene that stunned him suddenly appeared on the battlefield, making his eyes widen and he screamed.
The position where there had been no movement just now suddenly burst out with nearly twenty tongues of fire.
It can be clearly seen that at least five tongues of flame inside were fired by heavy machine guns.
Bullets like meteors hit the spy camp like rain.
The soldiers were caught off guard, like ripe wheat, being swept to the ground piece by piece, causing heavy casualties.
Li Hao didn't have time to think about the reason and shouted loudly: "Retreat, cover with artillery, the secret service battalion will withdraw immediately."
"These machine gun fires were fired from the bunker. The bunker has not been destroyed by us yet."
More than 400 people from the secret service battalion participated in the attack, but in the end only 200 people returned, and all the others died.
Faced with this result, Li Hao's eyes quickly turned red, as if he could breathe fire.
Clenching his fists with veins exposed, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "The heavy artillery battalion continues to fire, keep an eye on those bunkers and blow them up for me. We must find out why those bunkers were not destroyed in the first round of shelling."
"Yes, leader..." Hong Linfeng shouted with anger on his face.
A thunderous explosion soon enveloped the battlefield.
Every explosion of a shell will lift a lot of things from the ground, including soil, logs, and corpses of Japanese and puppet soldiers...
Li Hao had a sullen face and was not in the mood to appreciate it.
He was analyzing what went wrong with the attack just now.
During the entire offensive process, he had been keeping an eye on the second-line positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, so there were absolutely no reinforcements entering the first-line positions. This he was sure of.
That means that the Japanese and puppet troops who were exposed in the battle just stayed in their positions.
"Did they dig bomb-proof holes?" An idea came to Li Hao's mind.
But within a few seconds he shook his head and rejected it. The terrain here is only suitable for digging smaller anti-gun holes. Those anti-gun holes can withstand ordinary mountain artillery attacks, but cannot withstand heavy artillery bombardment. If you hide in the anti-gun holes, heavy artillery
More than 200 artillery shells hit the battalion, and they would never have that many people left.
"Captain, the heavy artillery battalion has been fighting for almost ten minutes!" Hong Linfeng pulled Li Hao out of his thoughts.
A few hundred meters away, the front line of the Japanese and puppet troops was filled with smoke. Even with the light from the shells, Li Hao couldn't see much.
After thinking for a while, he decided to attack again.
"Third Battalion, tell Huang Sheng that there may be a bunker on the position. You must be careful when attacking and don't underestimate the enemy."
"Take down the position if you can, and retreat if you can't. We must control casualties."
"The last point is to find a way to figure out why the Japanese and puppet troops were able to survive the continuous bombardment of the heavy artillery battalion."
The main attack company formed a skirmish line and slowly approached the first line of defense.
After two consecutive attacks, it can not only provide fire cover for the main attacking company, but also cover their retreat. You can attack when you advance, or defend when you retreat.
In addition to the standard weapons and ammunition, the main attack company also brought a dozen explosive bags.
If you want to find out what secrets there are on the battlefield, the best way is to go in.
Explosive packs are the most commonly used weapon by the Eighth Route Army against bunker towers. The garrison regiment is well-equipped and rarely used. However, Huang Sheng still lets the main attacker take a few of them to be prepared.
If there is a bunker on the position that has not been destroyed, the main attack company can directly use explosive charges to destroy it.
"Da da da……"
Fifty meters away from the defense line, the familiar sound of gunfire rang out again.
Fortunately, there were only two bunkers on the defense line and three light and heavy machine guns firing.
"Machine gun cover, the first squadron attacks frontally to attract enemy firepower, the second squadron attacks in a roundabout way on the left wing, reaches the side of the bunker, and kills him with explosive packs." The commander of the main attack company ordered angrily.
The bodies of fallen soldiers from the secret service camp were everywhere around us, all caused by the little Japs on the battlefield.
Blood debt must be paid with blood, and the Japanese and puppet troops must be killed and avenged.
The construction location of the bunker was carefully selected by the Japanese engineers. The shooting range was very good. As soon as the attacking troops moved, bullets flew over and two soldiers fell on the spot.
"Fire all the machine guns to suppress the enemy's firepower."
Six light machine guns and nearly a hundred rifles were staring at the shooting holes in the bunker, but they couldn't get through the large and small shooting holes outside the opening.
Almost all the bullets hit the concrete wall and sparks flew everywhere.
The machine gun inside continued to fire, suppressing one squadron at a time, and people kept getting shot.
Fortunately, the second squad was not discovered by the Japanese. They jumped from one bomb crater to another with explosive bags in their arms, constantly approaching the bunker.
"Rumble..."
When the first squadron was about to be wiped out, the explosion finally went off, billowing black smoke rose from the bunker, and the machine gun that was screaming Zhenghuan also misfired.
The company commander didn't have time to feel sad about the loss of the first squad. He raised the box cannon and shouted: "Kill up and kill the Japanese and puppet troops inside!"