The Japanese soldiers instinctively looked up and saw a flash of firelight on the distant horizon.

Immediately afterwards, countless streaks of light, trailing long fiery tails, were descending upon their location at a despairing speed!

The sight was beyond the comprehension of any of the Japanese artillerymen.

The colonel commander was dumbfounded!

The lieutenant colonel was dumbfounded!

Major Squad Leader was dumbfounded!

On the entire artillery position, all the Japanese soldiers subconsciously stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at the sky.

They had fired cannons and been shelled, but they had never seen such a dense, terrifying, and... unreasonable shelling!

Finally, a piercing, distorted scream burst from the throat of one of the Japanese soldiers:

"Baka!!!! Artillery fire!!! Take cover!!!"

The next second, the first wave of 132mm high-explosive rockets slammed into the Japanese artillery position with tremendous force and perfect accuracy!

boom--!!!

The moment the first rocket landed, the whole world seemed to be in slow motion.

The Japanese officer who was still yelling "Take cover!" was completely drowned out by a deafening roar that seemed to shatter the heavens.

The solid ground beneath his feet seemed to transform into a raging sea, suddenly arching upwards and tearing apart!

The scorching airwaves, like an invisible giant hammer, exploded outwards in a ring from the point of impact!

Immediately afterwards—

Boom boom boom boom boom boom—!!!

It wasn't just one sound, or even a few, but a continuous, indistinguishable roar of death!

In an instant, the earth shook!

Then came the secondary explosion!

Serial explosions!

A rocket hit a stack of neatly arranged 105mm ammunition boxes.

The scorching metal jet and shock wave instantly ignited the propellant and set the projectile ablaze!

Boom!

First, a blinding white light expanded out, followed by a deafening roar!

The pile of shells exploded like giant firecrackers that had been lit, causing a terrifying secondary explosion!

Countless fragments of shrapnel, gun barrel parts, truck wreckage, and... mutilated human tissue were torn apart and thrown hundreds of meters into the air by the violent force!

A 105mm howitzer that had just completed aiming and whose muzzle was still pointing at He County was hit directly by a rocket-propelled grenade.

The sturdy steel shield was torn apart like paper, and the Japanese soldiers in the artillery crew behind it didn't even have time to scream before they were blown to pieces along with their cannons.

The cannon barrel was blasted more than ten meters away, stuck diagonally into the ground, and was still emitting blue smoke.

Near the point where the rockets landed, piles of shells were detonated, and fireballs rose one after another.

Mushroom clouds rose one after another, thick black smoke billowing into the sky, turning the entire position into a purgatory of fire.

"Your Majesty the Emperor... help... ahhh!!"

A Japanese artilleryman, overturned by the blast wave and with half his body on fire, screamed and rolled in the flames before falling silent.

"Mom...I don't want to die..."

A young Japanese soldier huddled in a foxhole that had only been dug halfway, clutching his head, trembling like a leaf, his body wet and hot beneath him, having lost control of his bladder in fear.

"Baka! What... what kind of cannon is this? How could the Eighth Route Army possibly have such a weapon?"

The Japanese artillery regimental commander's helmet had flown off, and his face was blackened by smoke.

He hid behind a makeshift shelter, staring at the apocalyptic scene before him, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

This firepower density, this destructive range... is this something that the Eighth Route Army could achieve?

"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly! Get out of the gun position! Get out of the ammunition depot!"

Under the desperate cover of several guards, the colonel, the regimental commander, staggered backward, shouting at the top of his lungs.

His heart bled as he watched his most elite artillery regiment be covered and destroyed by this sudden, unprecedented barrage of fire in less than a minute.

The Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the first wave of bombings scrambled and crawled as they tried to escape this death zone.

They abandoned their weapons, and even their dignity as "Imperial Army" soldiers, relying solely on their instinct for survival, running and howling like headless flies amidst the flames and explosions.

However, before these lucky Japanese soldiers could even catch their breath—

Just as the echoes of the first Katyusha rocket were still reverberating through the valley, a second deadly flash of fire appeared on the horizon!

"N-Nani?"

"Not again...not again?"

"Baka! Hide! Hide now!"

The Japanese soldiers let out desperate roars!

However, it was useless!

The second salvo of rockets was even more accurate than the first, and it covered the area once again!

"No--!"

As the rockets reappeared in the sky and drew ever closer, many Japanese soldiers broke down. Some collapsed to the ground, while others let out inhuman screams.

Boom boom boom—!

The explosion swept across the position again, plowing through the remaining fortifications, the artillery pieces that were trying to be salvaged, and the Japanese soldiers who had not had time to escape or were already terrified.

The smoke grew thicker, the flames blazed brighter, but the screams strangely subsided.

Because there are not many left that can make a sound.

But that's not all!

A third wave of fire followed immediately!

Three-wheeled!

Three full rounds of overwhelming attacks!

The Japanese troops were completely routed!

Such terrifying bombardment would be unbearable even for them after just one round, but now they have endured three whole rounds!

Don't these cannons need to be loaded?

Three rounds were played in just five minutes!

Little did the Japanese know that Katyusha rockets certainly needed to be loaded, and that loading them was quite a hassle.

But the problem is, there are so many of them!

Shen Wang divided all 36 Katyusha rockets into three batches and bombarded the four artillery positions in turn!

As the roar of the last explosions gradually faded into the valley, the once orderly and menacing Japanese artillery positions had been completely transformed.

Smoke and dust mixed into a thick, yellowish-black fog that enveloped the entire area.

The ground was covered with countless craters, some several meters deep, with steam rising from the edges.

The wreckage of the cannons lay scattered about, some barrels twisted into pretzels, others reduced to mere scraps.

The trucks and tractors were reduced to burning skeletons.

As for the Japanese soldiers... as far as the eye could see, almost no complete military uniforms were visible.

The charred corpses lay in various contorted positions beside shell craters, bunkers, and wreckage.

The air was thick with the smells of gunpowder, roasting meat, and... the faint, painful groans that could be heard from time to time.

The few Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to avoid being hit directly and who lingered on distant bunkers or reverse slopes had long since been terrified.

They collapsed to the ground, their eyes glazed over, their bodies trembling uncontrollably. Some had even suffered a mental breakdown, babbling incoherently or laughing idiotically.

"Report to command! Mountain Eagle One reports! Target area one, the Japanese artillery position... has been completely destroyed!"

"Repeating, the target has been completely destroyed! A violent secondary explosion was observed, with continued burning and no signs of effective resistance!"

The scouts, hiding on a distant hilltop, suppressed their excitement and awe, and reported through the walkie-talkie in slightly trembling voices.

The command post is located in He County.

Upon hearing the report, the brigade commander slowly unclenched his clenched fist and exhaled a long, slow breath that had been building up for a long time.

"Good! Well done!"

"If we take out the Japanese artillery, we'll be halfway to safety with He County!"

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and others were also extremely excited and eager to get started.

"Next, it's the Japanese infantry's turn!"

"Old Ding, Kong Erlengzi, let's go..."

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