On top of the position, eight heavy machine gun positions made of sandbags are distributed in the most conspicuous positions.
The machine gun was mounted inside, with its black muzzle protruding from behind the sandbag, pointing directly at the third battalion's position.
The machine gunners were hiding in the bunker. Some were half-crouching, staring at the surroundings with alert expressions. Some were lying down, replenishing the energy they had spent during the day and recharging their energy for tomorrow's attack.
Most of the riflemen were leaning in the trenches, hunkering down, holding their rifles in their arms, closing their eyes to replenish their strength.
Less than a third of the riflemen were lying on the edge of the trench, staring ahead with wary expressions.
Twenty meters behind is the artillery position, with eight mortars set up, muzzles raised, ready to fire at any time.
The gunners were either sitting back to back or lying down, and almost all of them fell asleep.
There is infantry blocking the front. Even if the Eighth Route Army dares to attack and sneak attack the position, the infantry can buy enough reaction time for the artillery.
So these gunners slept very soundly and didn't worry at all.
Three hundred meters behind is the Japanese second line of defense, and the Japanese above are more relaxed.
There were less than ten sentries on guard, and all the others were hiding in the trenches and sleeping soundly.
Most of the garrison was standing in front of them. After being attacked by the garrison, they would definitely be able to block it for a while. If they couldn't be stopped, they would have their turn.
Therefore, like artillery, they have enough time to respond to possible accidents.
At one o'clock in the morning, the Japanese sentries couldn't help but began to yawn, and many people's eyelids began to fight.
"Boom boom boom..."
A series of dull explosions, like thunder, suddenly reached their ears.
The guard sentry seemed to be frightened, his half-lidded eyes quickly widened, and he looked warily towards the location where the explosion occurred.
The night was too dark and the sound was two hundred meters away, so I couldn't see anything.
"Something is flying over my head..." A sentry raised his head and looked straight ahead, shouting with fear on his face.
The disk-sized explosive packets rolled in the sky and flew towards him, getting closer and closer.
"Bagya Road is filled with explosives. The explosion just now was made by a flying thunder cannon. Everyone, take cover..." a squad leader shouted.
As he spoke, his face had turned pale, and his heart was full of fear.
Many officers in the garrison knew about the flying thunder cannon, and they had seen it with their own eyes, and their memories were still fresh in their minds. Once they saw it, they would never forget it.
Its powerful power is incompatible with its crude manufacturing methods.
Domestic weapons experts have specially studied this kind of weapon, and the result is that the flying thunder cannon has too many shortcomings and has no production value. They have also specially developed methods to deal with the flying thunder cannon.
Concentrate as many mortars and grenades as possible to cover the enemy's mine gun positions with artillery fire to destroy them.
This method was very effective. After a period of time, the frequency of the Eighth Route Army's use of thunder cannons became significantly lower.
However, this is all the Japanese's wishful thinking.
At the beginning, the Eighth Route Army did suffer several losses in the use of thunder cannons.
Not many of the enemy were eliminated, but the Japanese blew up the cannons. The gunners also suffered heavy losses, including losing their wives and losing their troops.
You must not engage in loss-making business. The Eighth Route Army quickly developed a new way of fighting.
Use the thunder cannon as a disposable weapon, or use it when you are absolutely sure to annihilate the opponent and they have no chance to counterattack, like tonight.
Twenty thunder cannons lined up in a row and fired together.
"Rumble..."
The first explosive package fell from the sky and exploded, and then the explosions began to sound continuously.
In the dull explosion, the ground beneath my feet began to tremble slightly.
Under the reflection of the rising firelight, black smoke billowed and filled the surrounding area.
The impact point has turned into a huge crater with a depth of more than two meters in the explosion.
The soil, stones, logs in the crater, as well as the Japanese hiding in the trenches, were blown into the sky like toys, and finally fell within forty or fifty meters around the impact point.
Some unlucky little Japs were hiding right next to the impact point. During the explosion, the powerful air waves and shock waves instantly tore them into pieces. Their flesh and blood flew everywhere, and then rained down on the surrounding areas, leaving even a complete arm intact.
The heavy machine gun mounted on the position was directly blown to pieces, and its parts flew everywhere under the sweep of the air wave. The power was no worse than the fragments of artillery shells. As long as it was hit by the Japanese, it would be either dead or injured.
Poor shooting accuracy is also a fatal shortcoming of the thunder cannon.
Although the twenty thunder cannons were lined up in a row, the explosive packets fired were far and near.
Most of the explosive packets did not hit the Japanese positions.
But its powerful power makes up for this shortcoming.
As long as the impact point of the bullet is near the trench, the little Japs inside will also die.
Looking down from the air, twenty black smoke pillars rising into the sky were scattered along the trenches, which meant that the Japanese troops on the position were all within the killing range.
The third battalion was in the attack position. Li Hao looked at the Japanese position under heavy artillery fire with a very serious expression.
More than 300 soldiers from the second and third companies of the guard battalion are ready to go.
He held the rifle in his hand, and held the modified light machine gun in his arms to use it as a submachine gun... just like a pack of wolves, lurking in the attack position, ready to rush out at any time.
"Are the artillery ready?" Li Hao asked in a deep voice without putting down his telescope.
Huang Sheng immediately replied: "Three large-caliber mortars and six medium-sized mortars are all ready to fire. The target is the Japanese second line of defense."
"After repeated confirmation, the shooters will definitely be able to fulfill the starting order."
"Very good!" A smile flashed across Li Hao's serious face, but it quickly disappeared.
"Order……"
As soon as these two words were spoken, Li Hao's face returned to a serious expression.
"After the second round of explosive packets from the flying thunder cannons were fired, the guard company began to attack. The third battalion, as the second echelon, launched the attack together, covering the twenty flying thunder cannons and quickly assaulting forward, and deployed on the Japanese defense line that was about to be captured.
From the new position, explosive packages continue to be thrown towards the Japanese second line of defense."
"The artillery company fired together, and at the beginning of the assault, they used artillery fire to hit the Japanese second line of defense, preventing them from reinforcing the first line of defense, attracting Japanese artillery fire on the line of defense, and giving the twenty thunder cannons time to set up their artillery."
"Boom boom boom..."
A second round of explosions came from the thunder cannon position.
Twenty explosive packets were pushed out of the gasoline barrel by the flames, rolling and flying towards the Japanese first line of defense at a speed visible to the naked eye, preparing for a second devastating blow there.
The same picture came into Li Hao's field of vision again.
Fire quickly flashed out of the Japanese position, and thick black smoke filled the surrounding area.
Mud, logs, Japanese corpses, and toys were blown up into the sky, scattered in all directions, and finally fell to the ground like rain.
It was only then that the explosion sound of "rumbling..." came.
"The bugler blows the charge horn and starts the attack..." Li Hao seized the opportunity and ordered.
"The artillery battery fired to cover the infantry assault..."
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