The Japanese army did not attack again. They would not attack again until the artillery threat was resolved. Although the Japanese army was a little stubborn, they were not stupid. They understood this.
However, the battle on the other battlefront was very intense. The 20th division had nearly 30,000 soldiers attacking the eastern camp. The battle was very intense, and many of the troops were crippled.
If it wasn't for the geographical advantage, which prevented the Japanese army from expanding their military strength, Wanping City would have fallen long ago.
At this moment, a signalman reported to Xu Ziqiu,""Battalion Commander, the regiment commander of the 219th Regiment is requesting artillery support! The Japanese army's attack was too fierce. The situation was very dangerous now, and there was a possibility of being breached at any time.”
Xu Ziqiu frowned. The Japanese army on the other side didn't need so much artillery fire, but they could support them.
"Order! Artillery Company 1, 2, and 3 will provide support to the front line and establish a communication channel with the 219th Regiment!”Xu Ziqiu ordered decisively after thinking for a moment.
The 1st Company of the Artillery Battalion was equipped with 75mm howitzers, while the 3rd Company was equipped with 105mm howitzers. It was enough for him to leave an artillery company to support them, not to mention that he had so many mortars.
Xu Ziqiu picked up the binoculars and looked around the sky. He was looking for traces of Japanese planes.
Suddenly, a black dot flew over from afar. The ointment flag painted on the plane was very eye-catching.
Xu Ziqiu understood that this was the Japanese reconnaissance plane, and the target was their position. It seemed that the Japanese air force would come soon.
However, they couldn't expose their anti-air firepower now. Otherwise, the Japanese would definitely be prepared. It would be troublesome if they ran beyond the height of the anti-aircraft guns and threw bombs.
After all, a 40mm shot couldn't hit a plane in the sky. It could only hit a fighter jet at a low altitude.
"Tell the anti-air cannons to hide well. Don't let the Japanese find out. The artillery positions will fire as usual.”Xu Ziqiu continued to order.
On the battlefield, Xu Ziqiu was the highest commander. Lu Jie knew nothing about military affairs. Although he was strengthening his studies in this area, it could only be said that he was making up for it after the sheep was lost.
Since he had come to this chaotic world, he had to learn this knowledge. He couldn't be ignorant.
The war at the front line was progressing very smoothly. In just three days, all the training courses for the troops would be completed. At that time, the troops could be sent out to fight.
This group of people was a group of new recruits. The best and cruelest way to turn them into veterans was to send them to the battlefield and experience bloody battles of life and death. Only then could they grow into elite soldiers.
Although this was very cruel, this was life. This was the era. Lu Jie had spent so much effort to nurture them so that they could fight on the battlefield.
However, it was very difficult to recruit soldiers now. He had already recruited from all the places nearby. He was in a dilemma because of the lack of soldiers and the small territory.
As for recruiting from other places, that was definitely not possible. This was an act that crossed the line and would offend people. Moreover, this was the territory of the 29th division. In addition, it was wartime. It was better not to offend people. His current strength was not very strong. Repulsing the Japanese attack was his goal.
He wanted to complete the main mission first.
[Main Mission: Retreat the Japanese Army's 20th Division.]
[Reward: Unknown]
[Punishment: Failure means death.]
[Mission Completion Rate: 1%]
[Note: The rewards will be based on the completion rate of the mission. The higher the completion rate, the more generous the rewards.]
Fortunately, this was to repel the 20th division's attack. If he repelled the entire Huabei garrison's attack, he would be at a loss.
Now he was very concerned about Xu Ziqiu's plan to ambush the Japanese Air Force fighters, and he also felt that it was very likely to succeed. He had to solve the threat from the air. Otherwise, if the Japanese Air Force bombarded, it would be impossible to win this war.
This was because this was a huge blow to morale. Although morale could not be seen or touched, it was real. If the morale of the troops was scattered, then even if they were equipped with advanced weapons, it would be useless.
After the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft circled the 1st Battalion's position a few times, the pilot saw that no one was shooting at him and became more and more arrogant. He actually began to descend and dive towards the position. It seemed that he wanted to use the machine gun to shoot twice.
"Machine gun! Beat it back!" Xu Ziqiu immediately ordered.
The two machine guns that were already prepared began to fire at the Japanese reconnaissance plane that was less than 200 meters high.
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
A tracer bullet followed by a bunch of ordinary bullets immediately made the arrogant Japanese reconnaissance plane pay the price. The two stray bullets seemed to have hit the engine of the other side's nose and began to smoke.
The two arrogant Japanese pilots were so scared that they peed their pants. After a turn, they began to escape.
Being able to hit two machine guns was already very lucky. Even Xu Ziqiu did not expect this. He was just trying to intimidate the Japanese army. He did not expect to hurt the other party.
P.S. I was very busy during the festival yesterday. Sorry, I can only get three chapters. I might be very busy today too. If I have to visit relatives, I can guarantee three chapters. If I get four chapters, it depends on the time. There was also the request for flowers and evaluation tickets. They were free anyway, and there were them every day!
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