"Boom...boom..."

The sound of cannons that had been stopped for more than half an hour quickly rang out on the battlefield, and two shells slammed into the vicinity of the castle with a scream.

Surprisingly, these two shells did not explode, but two red signal smoke rose.

The two planes cruising were like hungry wolves smelling blood, and quickly rushed towards the signal smoke.

“Buzz buzz…”

The roar of the plane became louder and louder, as if it had lost its power and quickly dived towards the castle.

He quickly raised his head when he was two or three hundred meters away from the ground. At this moment, a bomb hanging on the belly of the aircraft broke away from the fuselage and continued to hit the ground along the dive track of the plane just now, with speed getting faster and faster.

"Boom..."

The moment the bomb contacted the ground, a thick smoke in the shape of a mushroom cloud rose from the ground, and then a thunderous explosion sounded on the battlefield.

When the smoke of gunpowder disappeared, the bullet point was blown out and a huge bomb crater three or four meters deep. The soil on the ground had been burned black, as if it was raked by a rake, very flat.

Zhou Cheng remembered clearly that the castle that the Japanese were going to explode was less than ten meters away from the bomb. Although it did not directly hit the castle, the huge power still overturned all the soil and sandbags covering the surface of the castle, and the thick stone slabs were also blown out several gaps!

After climbing up high again, the plane began to drop a second bomb at the ground.

The explosion sounded like before, deafening.

This time the bounce point was located on the other side of the castle. The stone layer covering the castle was completely blown away, and the log layer was also blown up in a mess, losing its protective effect.

Seeing this, Zhou Cheng decisively put down his telescope.

"Retreat! The position cannot be defended anymore, it's a pity for the castles behind that have not yet been put into use. If the Japanese had not transferred the plane, we would definitely be able to kill another squadron of the Japanese."

"The troops evacuated Donghui Town in squads and gathered directly in the mountains!"

"The radio team follows me. I want to contact the Chief of Staff at any time to make sure there is no problem with him!"

The National Rescue Army retreated too scattered, with more than ten people in groups and planes cruising at an altitude of hundreds of meters, making it almost impossible to find their traces.

Although the Japanese intelligence personnel who were active nearby saw these retreating troops, they regarded them as ordinary stragglers. No one linked them to the main force of the National Salvation Army, and they would not have thought that Donghui Town had already withdrawn.

"Boom..." After the sixth aviation bomb exploded, the attack began, and a new round of Japanese attacks began.

In order to prevent accidents, mountain cannons and mortars fired shells into the position for another five minutes, and then the third infantry squadron got up from the hiding point and rushed towards the blocking position under the cover of heavy machine guns behind him.

This time the troops' attack was particularly smooth. Except for unfortunately stepping on a landmine on the attacking road, they were not hit by any other obstacles, and they easily rushed to the blocking position that had been razed to the ground.

More than ten minutes later, the captain of the third squadron rushed back, but his expression was very complicated and he could not tell at all about the joy after winning the battle.

"Sir, we successfully took down the first line of defense of the National Salvation Army, three people were killed in battle and two injured, but there was not a soldier of the National Salvation Army on the line we captured. Apart from the bullet shell, even a single body was not found, and the two machine gun castles were also destroyed!"

The brigade commander was still full of expectations at first, believing that the national rescue troops on the blocking positions were all killed by planes.

As I listened, my face became ugly.

If the National Salvation Army were all killed, there would be no body on the position.

After the plane exploded, the artillery continued to explode. Even if the alive National Savior Army retreated temporarily and walked with the bodies of their comrades, there was no time left.

Seeing that the brigade commander's face became heavier, but he didn't say anything, the squadron leader became guilty.

But the military situation was urgent, so we could only continue to report: "I suspect that when our plane came, the National Salvation Army gave up its position and withdrew, so we rushed out."

"Weizhi asks you for a fight. We will continue to attack the second line of defense of the National Salvation Army. They will definitely retreat there. This attack will definitely kill them so that they will not let them escape again!"

The brigade commander did not answer the conversation and turned his head to look at the Chief of Staff: "How many aviation bombs are there on both planes? "

The Chief of Staff blurted out: "Report to the Chief, there are six more!"

"Enough!" The brigade commander immediately made the decision, and looked at the squadron leader and began to give orders.

"The artillery and heavy machine gun cover, and the third squadron continued to attack forward. After the machine gun castle built by the National Salvation Army on the second line of defense was exposed, the mountain artillery squadron immediately fired smoke signal flares to guide the planes in the sky to bomb the target."

"As long as the plane helps us blow up the machine gun castle, the offensive troops will have the confidence to take down the second blocking position of the National Salvation Army in one go."

The Chief of Staff hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Sir, would it be too risky to dispatch an infantry squadron to attack when they come up?"

"Why do you want to send a small team to explore the enemy's virtuality and then launch a general attack?"

The brigade commander shook his head: "A infantry squad is not enough to save the country to get stuck in the gaps. How can I force them to use machine gun castles?"

"With the combat effectiveness exposed by the National Salvation Army just now, if we only dispatched an infantry team to attack, this force would definitely give the National Salvation Army military achievements in vain and would not have any effect."

"Just follow my order just now, and the troops will start attacking in five minutes."

"Boom..."

The Japanese artillery fire attacks on the second line of defense of the National Salvation Army began. The mountain artillery squadron, mortar squadron, and infantry artillery squadron took turns to fight, and in less than a minute the blocking position was blown up, and the gunpowder smoke filled the sky.

The third squadron took the opportunity to approach the second line of defense of the National Salvation Army. When the artillery fire began to extend, the Japanese jumped up from the hiding point and rushed towards the blocking position, with a very fast speed...

"boom……"

An explosion rang out in the middle of the team. As the black smoke rose, several soldiers around were blown up...

The attacking troops had nearly 200 people, and the casualties of several people were like a stone thrown by the water, which would not cause any trouble.

The result was that the offensive troops were not affected at all and continued to rush forward, faster than before.

They should take advantage of the position where the Eighth Route Army has arrived and try to get close to the blocking position as much as possible to shorten the assault distance after the firefight between the two sides.

"Boom...boom..."

The explosion sounded again, this time two explosions sounded one after another...

When the Japanese army attacked the position, the brigade commander became nervous as soon as the explosion sounded. When the second and third explosions sounded, he immediately determined through the sound that the mines that had just exploded were mines and mines with added materials.

After an ordinary mine explodes, there is no danger at a distance of five meters from the bombing point. Among the three mines that exploded just now, some subordinates were blown up seven or eight meters from the bombing point. It must be that these mines were added, otherwise the brigade commander would not have thought that there would be other ways to increase the power of the mines suddenly.

This is a loophole that he had not calculated just now. He did not expect that the National Salvation Army would have so many mines. Not only was there mines in front of the first line of defense, but the second line of defense did not fall.

Hurry up and order: "The troops stop attacking and withdraw immediately!"

"Just just now, one of our squadrons was blown by landmines and more than half of their casualties. If the third squadron had mines on the offensive road, they would definitely have suffered heavy casualties!"

During the process of the retreat order being transmitted from the brigade commander to the attacking troops, three more landmines were detonated.

Seeing the attacking troops turning around, the brigade commander who was staring at them couldn't help but sigh...

But the final result was not as good as the brigade commander planned.

On the way to retreat, three more landmines were detonated by the third squadron.

When they completely retreated, at least one team was injured and killed in a full squadron.

"The Mortar Squadron fired immediately, bombarded the minefield of the National Rescue Army, and then attacked!"

"Aviation troops are on standby and retreat when we capture the second line of defense of the National Salvation Army!"

"Telephone contacted the Air Force Command and sent two more planes to replace the planes preparing to return. They must cover us to completely take down the National Salvation Army Command!"

A minute later, the mortar squadron did not fire, but sent the deputy captain over.

"Report to the squadron, there is not much ammunition left in the mortar squadron, and there are less than forty shells left per gun. If the mines are bombarded, there will be no shells participating in the subsequent attack!"

"There will be no shells so soon?" The brigade commander was a little disbelief.

The deputy captain explained: "Last night, we used more than 500 shells in the battle against the National Salvation Army assault troops and sneak attack troops. During the attack just now, we bombarded the first-line positions three times, once a second-line positions, and once a minefield. A total of more than 1,100 shells were used, and each gun fired nearly 150 shells on average."

"We brought a total of 2,000 shells, and now there are more than 400 left."

"The National Salvation Army has arranged a large minefield. If we want to destroy the entire minefield, we have to fire at least 400 shells..."

The more the brigade commander heard, the heavier his expression became. He thought that the battle was just a heavy casualty in the army, but he did not expect that the ammunition was consumed so much.

In his plan, two thousand mortar shells were enough for the mortar squadron to use for five days, but they didn't expect that the attack would be used up in less than half a day.

But the attack in front of him could not stop. After hesitating for a minute, hesitated and ordered: "You continue firing, but you can only use two hundred shells."

"I don't want you to destroy the entire minefield and just concentrate artillery fire to explode a safe passage in the middle of the minefield."

"Stop after the bombing is over. I will hand over the next cover task to the mountain artillery squadron and infantry artillery squadron..."

After saying that, the brigade commander ordered the chief of staff: "Immediately send a telegram to the left-behind troops in the county, urgently draw two thousand mortar shells and five hundred mountain shells from the arsenal, and marches and send them to Donghui Town."

"The National Salvation Army is being besieged by our heavy troops. The road is very safe. Left-behind troops are transported by large trucks. If they march in a hurry, they can be delivered to us in four hours."

The Chief of Staff recognized the judgment of the brigade commander and did not raise any objections. He answered decisively: "Go to arrange the position now!"
Chapter completed!