At one of the Japanese's positions, Yoshishima Sadao was observing the situation on the battlefield through binoculars.
At this time, the 55th regiment of the pirates had been completely defeated, losing more than half of their forces. The remaining soldiers retreated like a group of refugees.
Behind them, the tanks of the Chinese army were protecting the infantrymen. They were constantly advancing and chasing after the retreating Japanese.
"Bagaya Road!"
"A bunch of trash!"
Ushijima Sadao was furious.
"Major-general, please calm down! The imperial army had already built simple fortifications that should be able to withstand the enemy's attack.”Ko Teng Hui quickly persuaded.
"How come these Chinese people have so many tanks?" asked Ushijima Sadao with a frown. Where did this troop come from?”
At this moment, Ushijima Sadao was filled with doubts. The Battle of Shanghai had just ended, and the Chinese army had invested millions of troops.
Other than the main force of the Huaxian army in the northern battlefield, almost all of the elite troops had been thrown into this battle.
The result was a crushing defeat.
Logically speaking, the Chinese army had suffered heavy losses, and there were not many troops left to fight.
According to the information that the Japanese had received, even in Jinling, the Chinese army could barely gather more than 100,000 troops.
The troops in front of him were well-equipped and had very strong combat strength.
If the Chinese had such an army, why didn't they join the battle before? Moreover, the Wei Nation's intelligence department had never received any information.
Therefore, he was very curious about where this army had come from.
Unfortunately, no one could answer his question.
Ushijima Sadao took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said,"No matter what, we must stop them.”
"Ha Yi!"
Koto Ei promised,"Don't worry, Major General. The Imperial Army will definitely be able to stop them.”
Seeing that the defeated pirates had already returned to their positions, the Chinese army also attacked.
"Chirp chirp chirp ~!"
At this moment, a series of ear-piercing whistling sounds rang out in the air.
Sadao could not help but widen his eyes in surprise.
"What's that?"
Ushishima Sadao could clearly see a rain of bullets flying over from the distant sky. They were like meteors that quickly flew towards their front line.
"Boom! Boom!"
Violent explosions sounded continuously. In just ten seconds, the front line of the pirates fell into a sea of fire.
Looking at the sea of fire, Yoshishima Sadao was dumbfounded.
"What just happened?"
"Regiment Commander, our front line has been bombarded by the enemy.”
"How could there be such fierce artillery fire? It's too terrifying!"
Koto Ei was also shocked and couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
"According to my estimation, the intensity of this cannon fire is equivalent to the simultaneous firing of at least a hundred heavy cannons.”
"Hundreds of heavy cannons?" Sadao's eyes almost popped out.
"Ha Yi!"
Ko Teng replied with certainty.
It was no wonder that the Japanese were so shocked. This bombardment was carried out by Xu Rui's rocket artillery battalion.
It was the new weapon that Xu Rui had mentioned before.
This artillery battalion was equipped with 12 Katyusha rockets.
The biggest advantage of rocket launchers was their fast firing speed. Each rocket launcher could fire 16 rockets at the same time in just ten seconds.
Just now, 12 rocket launchers fired in unison, raining 192 132mm rockets onto the enemy's base. The effect was astonishing.
That was why Kotou Ei said that this firepower was equivalent to at least a hundred heavy cannons firing at the same time.
From this, one could see how powerful it was.
The rocket launcher had another advantage, which was something that other old cannons did not have.
This advantage was that it was highly mobile and could be quickly deployed. After firing, it could also be quickly shifted to avoid the enemy's artillery counterattack.
This was because the Katyusha rocket launchers were mounted on trucks.
Because Xu Rui led the troops directly over, there was no time to set up at all, and both sides started fighting.
This way, the other artillery would not have the time to set up their positions and enter the battle.
However, rocket launchers could do this. They could quickly set up, aim at the target, and fire quickly.
The front line of the Japanese was directly covered by artillery fire. As the Japanese were only in a simple position, they did not have any anti-artillery fortifications at all.
Moreover, this artillery fire came too suddenly. The Japanese had no time to dodge.
Therefore, the Japanese were basically all killed in the area covered by the artillery fire.
The infantry took this opportunity to rush over under the cover of the tanks.
It easily tore through the Japanese's defense line.
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