You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

"In addition, the 51st Provisional Division was ordered to accelerate its approach to Huangtian Port."

Upon reaching the designated position, construct a defensive line on the spot, preparing to intercept the fleeing enemy.

"yes!"

Zhao Dashan saluted and turned to leave.

Lin Feng placed his hands on the map, where two huge blue arrows representing his main force and the Provisional 51st Division pointed directly at the red circle representing the Japanese Kunisaki Detachment.

On the other side, blocking the east side of the Kunisaki Detachment, was the blue defensive line representing the Provisional 50th Division and the Independent 1st Division.

This time, he mobilized his entire force, and neither he nor the Kunisaki Detachment had any backup. In the end, it will be a battle of wits where the brave will prevail.

The two sides will engage in a bloody battle on this narrow plain on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Lin Feng's series of orders were quickly transmitted via radio.

The entire unit, like a sophisticated machine, began to operate at high speed.

On the positions of the military artillery cluster, soldiers chanted slogans as they unloaded heavy cannons from the tractors.

The spade slammed into the ground, the gun barrel adjusted its direction, the ammunition box was opened, and the golden shells were taken out and piled up at a distance from the artillery.

The whole process was quick and orderly.

Further away, soldiers from the 1st Regiment of the 1st Honorary Brigade were speeding towards the Japanese rear defense line in trucks and armored vehicles.

The Panzer III tanks and Jagdpanzer III tank destroyers of the tank regiment, lined up in battle formation, their tracks grinding through the mud with a dull rumble.

The torrent of steel began to surge.

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On the surface of the Yangtze River.

Several LCS fire support ships and torpedo boats, like ghosts, quietly emerged from the reeds downstream.

They slowly searched upstream along the riverbank.

On the bridge, the lookout held up binoculars, carefully observing every area of ​​the riverbank.

"Report: A large cloud of smoke has been spotted approximately four kilometers to starboard."

A lookout on a torpedo boat suddenly shouted.

The captain immediately raised his binoculars.

On a distant wasteland on the north side of the riverbank, the outlines of some cannons and a large number of busy people could be vaguely seen.

More importantly, the smoke from the shelling still lingered there.

"It's the Japanese artillery position."

The captain immediately determined:

"Judging by its size, it's at least a large brigade."

He quickly picked up the radio:

"Calling the flagship, calling the flagship."

Japanese heavy artillery position discovered, coordinates…

The news quickly reached Lin Feng's command post.

"Commander, the Navy reports that they have discovered a Japanese heavy artillery position."

It is about four kilometers from the river surface.

Only 40mm Bofors guns and 76mm naval guns could reach it.

The staff officer reported to the leader.

"Four kilometers..."

Lin Feng glanced at the map.

Having learned from past mistakes, the Japanese artillery now deploys its forces as far away from the river as possible.

This distance is indeed quite far for his fleet, which mainly consists of small and medium caliber rapid-fire guns.

Especially the 40mm Bofors gun, its effective range is only two or three kilometers, and to reach four kilometers, it basically relies on barrage coverage.

The 76mm naval gun has enough range, but there is only one on each of the two LCS landing fire support boats.

After a brief moment of thought, he decided to let his own artillerymen make the first move.

"Tell the fleet not to alert them."

Lin Feng pondered for a moment, then gave the order:

"Let them continue to observe covertly and record the coordinates."

Let us make the first move.

"Yes."

Lin Feng walked to the map and used a red pencil to draw a conspicuous circle around the location of the Japanese heavy artillery position.

His heavy artillery was no joke either; he now had a rough idea of ​​the location of the Japanese artillery, while the Japanese were unaware of his position.

This is the perfect opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese.

So he turned to the artillery staff officer and said:

"Order the directly subordinate artillery group, target: Japanese heavy artillery position."

coordinate……

"All artillery, ten rounds in rapid succession!"

"yes!"

The order was quickly transmitted via radio to the artillery regiment positions that had just been deployed in the rear.

The artillery regimental commander put down the microphone, took a deep breath, and raised the small red flag in his hand.

"Attention all artillery!"

Target: Japanese heavy artillery position.

"Firing data..."

He quickly rattled off a string of numbers.

The gunners quickly repeated their orders, and the gunners operated the elevation and azimuth mechanisms, slowly raising the thick gun barrels and pointing them towards the sky.

"Load high-explosive shells and set the instantaneous fuse."

"Loading complete!"

"Ready—"

The artillery regimental commander's small flag swung down suddenly.

"put!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom—"

Nineteen large-caliber cannons roared simultaneously, creating a deafening roar.

The flames spewing from the cannons illuminated the entire artillery position.

Nineteen heavy artillery shells, with a piercing whistle, ripped through the sky and flew toward the Japanese heavy artillery position 10km away.

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On the Japanese heavy artillery position.

The artillerymen had just completed a round of shelling the 50th Provisional Division's positions and were busily moving ammunition in preparation for the next round of firing.

The battalion commander stood in the observation post, holding up his binoculars, watching with satisfaction the plumes of smoke rising from the Chinese army's positions in the distance.

"Goodness, at this rate, a few more rounds of bombardment and the Chinese defenses will collapse."

He put down his binoculars, preparing to order the reloading to continue.

Sudden.

A familiar yet unfamiliar shriek came from overhead.

That sound... was artillery fire.

But the direction is wrong.

"Fire!"

The captain's pupils suddenly contracted, and he roared hoarsely:

"hidden--"

But his warning came too late.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom—"

Nineteen heavy artillery shells accurately covered the Japanese artillery positions.

One of the shots hit the ammunition storage area directly.

"BOOM—!!!"

An earth-shattering explosion occurred.

The mountain of 150mm shells was detonated.

A fireball, even more dazzling than the sun, rose into the air and instantly engulfed everything around it.

The shockwave spread outwards like a tsunami, tearing apart and throwing away all artillery, vehicles, and personnel within a radius of tens of meters.

This was followed by a series of secondary explosions.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The entire artillery position was transformed into a burning inferno.

Broken cannon barrels, twisted vehicle frames, and charred corpses were scattered everywhere.

Thick smoke billowed straight into the sky.

The surviving Japanese artillerymen, clutching their heads, cried and fled amidst the sea of ​​fire.

But hell has only just begun.

Almost at the same time.

On the Yangtze River, several speedboats and warships that had been lying in wait suddenly accelerated and rushed out.

The shelling is the signal!

They quickly approached the edge of the riverbank.

"Target: Remaining Japanese artillery positions."

Free firing.

As the order was issued.

"Knock knock knock knock—"

The twin-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns slightly raised their muzzles, spewing out dense tongues of fire.

40mm high-explosive shells rained down on the surviving Japanese soldiers and the still faintly visible artillery pieces on the shore, like hailstones.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The flames from the explosion continued to burst forth in the sea of ​​fire.

Immediately afterwards, the 76mm naval guns also opened fire.

"Boom! Boom!"

Wherever there were many Japanese soldiers, those naval guns would bombard that area.

The ships on the river looked like they were attending a grand hunting party.

They moved slowly along the riverbank, their naval guns and machine guns constantly spitting fire, turning everything still moving on the shore into sieves.

Beat a dog when it's down.

This is the most accurate depiction of the moment.

The Japanese heavy artillery battalion suffered annihilation in just a few minutes.

All eight valuable 150mm howitzers were destroyed.

More than 50% of the artillery suffered casualties.

An infantry company responsible for defending the artillery was completely helpless.

After all, neither the heavy artillery fire from afar nor the warships firing indiscriminately on the river could withstand the attacks of these Japanese infantrymen armed only with fire sticks.

Thus, Kunisaki Noboru's trump card, which he had placed high hopes on, was completely wiped out by Lin Feng's combined land and sea firepower before it could fully unleash its power.