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Swoosh swoosh…
The fire lit up the entire sky. Rockets spewing orange flames rose into the sky, flying freely hundreds of meters in the air.
After a short while, it began to change its direction and plunged into the ground.
Many Chinese and foreigners who were sleeping in their houses were alarmed by the violent commotion.
Those who were still outside could not help but stop in their tracks. They looked at the strange scene in the sky in a daze.
The light of the cannonball could be seen when it was fired at night, but it was too fast. It looked faster than a meteor.
However, the speed of the cannonballs in the air was much slower than they had expected. Moreover, they were coming in waves. This required at least a thousand cannons to fire at the same time to create such an effect.
This kind of artillery attack was difficult to achieve even in Europe and the United States, let alone China.
Boom…
Deafening explosions sounded continuously.
In an instant, the explosion covered the entire sky above Shanghai and occupied the ears of everyone in Shanghai, making it impossible for them to dodge or ignore it.
In less than ten seconds, the entire world fell silent. Many people only heard a buzzing sound.。
The shocking scene in the sky had disappeared, and the violent explosion had also suddenly disappeared.
The Chinese and foreigners living in the International Settlement had the clearest impression of the scene.
As they were in the Japanese Territory, they did not feel much from the previous explosion. Although it was quite loud, the explosion did not make them feel much. Therefore, they subconsciously judged that the power was not great. It might be caused by a fish that escaped the net.
But now, looking at the broken glass, the envoy of Country Ying was so shocked that he could not close his mouth.
"Quick, go and ask around. I want to know what happened just now.”Country Ying's envoy shouted outside in panic, but the outside was already in a mess.
Meanwhile, the Central Army troops who were waiting for the so-called artillery bombardment were also stunned when they saw the scene in front of them…
The commander of the Eighty-eighth Division, Sun Yuanliang, stood by a window in the four-row warehouse. He quietly looked at the concession area opposite him and was unable to speak for a long time.
It wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but he didn't know what to say.
Unknowingly, tears filled her eyes and slid down her cheeks.
If these cannons had come earlier, would they have lost so many brothers here?
The four-row warehouse was one of the core points of this war from the beginning.
With the concrete fortifications, the Japanese tanks could not penetrate this place, and the planes could not destroy this place.
Sun Yuanliang had set up his own division headquarters here. Day and night, he had been supervising the battle on the front lines, so that he could personally defeat the Japanese and chase them into the sea.
However, things did not go as he wished. In this era, China was still a little weak.
He did not see the Japanese being chased into the sea. They could not even break through this place. They could only rely on the fortifications to defend this place.
Many Japanese people had died outside the warehouse, but that still couldn't hide the anger in his heart.
Sun Yuanliang was still somewhat disdainful of cannon fire.
What the Central Army couldn't do, could a mere volunteer army do?
Moreover, Sun Yuanliang also heard that this volunteer army came alone with money and equipment. All the soldiers were recruited on the spot, and almost all of them were scattered soldiers at the front line. They could not find any troops in a short period of time, so they were swallowed up by them.
What kind of combat power could such a troop display?
As a professional soldier, Sun Yuanliang never dared to place his hopes on them.
But now, looking at the scene in front of him, Sun Yuanliang felt that he was wrong for the first time.
What about the buildings, fortifications, and Japanese that had blocked him for more than a month?
The Japanese were either lying dead on the ground, wailing in pain, or panicking and not knowing what to do.
"Master, how many cannons do they have?”The battalion commander of the 524th Regiment, Yang Rui, secretly swallowed his saliva. A single volley had turned the other side into ruins. Even if they were not in the area covered by artillery fire, they still felt a little uncomfortable. The commotion just now had actually affected them.
Before nightfall, all the troops on the front line, or to be exact, all the troops in the designated artillery area, received a strange order.
After nightfall, no one is allowed to act on their own. All of you are to retreat to your own camp to rest.
This order was as useless as a fart because they wouldn't do anything at night without any instructions. After fighting for an entire day, weren't they tired?
Yang Rui was responsible for protecting the safety of the division headquarters. At the same time, he was also responsible for staying here and keeping an eye on the Japanese on the other side to attract their troops.
Therefore, he knew a little about the bombardment at night.
" Who knows..." Sun Yuanliang shook his head. Even an artillery division did not have so many cannons. It was said that they had just over 10,000 people. Even if they had so many cannons, they did not have that many people. Besides, did the Chinese and Japanese not notice that so many cannons had entered Shanghai? This must have been planned in advance. Could it be that they came from the sky?
" Master, if we attack now..." Yang Rui couldn't help but look at the opposite side through the gap.
Sun Yuanliang instantly came back to his senses. That's right, there must be a large number of Japanese casualties on the other side. In addition, there were ruins everywhere, and it was night time. There must be many people buried under the ruins.
If the troops launched an attack at this time, although the night battle would suffer a lot of casualties, especially the attacking side.
However, there was indeed a high chance that they could completely eliminate this area at this time.
Once they took down the Japanese's base camp, it would be unimaginable for the entire war situation…
" Send a message to the headquarters, requesting..."
Swoosh swoosh…
Before Sun Yuanliang could finish his sentence, a bucket of cold water fell from the sky, completely extinguishing his enthusiasm.
It was the same feeling as before. However, after being prepared, Sun Yuanliang felt much better this time. He even leaned against the gap to observe the situation on the other side.
Then, his entire face kept twitching. It was almost the same attack as before, and the interval between the two was less than ten minutes, right?
Could it be that the enemy could only fire once every ten minutes? Then why not spread out the firepower and maintain the density of 100 shells per minute to continue the bombardment?
Sun Yuanliang was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. If his troops had already entered, wouldn't they be courting death with the Japanese?
Chen Zhihua, who was on the south bank of Huangpu River, could no longer pretend to be calm. He thought that Krupp would retreat after the first round, but he did not expect the second round to follow ten minutes later.
It wasn't that they were desperate for a few shells. What if they scared the Japanese away? Are you going to compensate me with points?
"Who told you to open fire? Who told you to fire? Is there something wrong with your brain?"
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