At eight o'clock in the evening, night fell completely.
The three thousand soldiers of the recon regiment took advantage of the night to fly.
As for strengthening the railway guerrillas, they would fully defend Jiangning train station.
They also waited for an opportunity to move along the Shanghai-Nanjing railway to recover the surrounding counties.
At this moment, the night sky was as dark as ink, without a single star.
The ground was completely shrouded in darkness, and one could not even see their own fingers.
The 3,000 soldiers of the recon regiment were like ghosts in the night as they advanced through the dense forest.
They were approaching the 6th division command center.
"Squeak! Squeak squeak!"
The nights in Jinling in December were quite cold.
Many soldiers 'faces were red from the cold, but no one made a sound.
Wei Da Yong's expression was solemn, and he did not dare to be careless.
Officer Zhou had high hopes for the recon team. Wei Da Yong did not want to disappoint Zhou Weiguo.
"Regiment commander, the Japanese's command center is just ahead.”
At this moment, the scout at the front rushed to Wei Da Yong to report.
"Hmm?"
Wei Da Yong's expression turned serious as he instructed in a low voice,""Send the order to the frontline search team."
"Advance to the Japanese Central China Front Army, 1,000 meters away from the Sixth Division's headquarters.
No one is allowed to make a sound."
"Yes, sir!"
The Scout quickly ran over to inform the various troops,"" Commander's orders. Advance quietly!"
Gradually.
The three thousand scouts were divided into three square formations and slowly moved toward the Japanese's command center from all directions.
Soon, all the soldiers of the reconnaissance team arrived at their designated positions.
"Artillery, quickly set up a position and fire at 21 o'clock sharp.”
Looking down at the Central China Army in the distance, Wei Da Yong ordered coldly from the 6th division command post.
"Yes, sir!"
The adjutant quickly went down to relay the order.
8:55.
All the Japanese in Ma Qun had fallen asleep, and the eyes of the three thousand scouts flashed with a cold light.
"Haven't our artillery set up their positions yet?”Wei Da Yong asked in a low voice.
"Reporting to Guild Leader! The artillery is ready!" The adjutant immediately replied.
"Very good! Since he was already prepared, then there was no need to stand on ceremony!
He ordered the artillery to quickly fire a base amount of ammunition.”
"Order the 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion.
After the bombardment, they would launch an all-out charge.”
Wei Da Yong gave two orders in a row.
"Yes, sir!"
Following Wei Da Yong's orders, the entire recon team started to move quickly.
The 1st Battalion attacked from the left, the 2nd Battalion attacked from the right, and the 3rd Battalion attacked from the front.
The artillery company of the reconnaissance regiment was hidden a thousand meters away.
12 80mm mortars and 24 120mm mortars were lined up in a row.
The artillery elements had already been marked.
A group of artillery from the reconnaissance regiment squatted beside the cannons, ready to fight.
Company commander Zhang Yujin stared at the pocket watch in his hand as the hour hand moved bit by bit.
When the needle hit 21.
Zhang Yujin roared without hesitation.
"Fire!"
"Dong! Thump! Dong!"
All of the artillery dropped their mortar shells.
The dull sound of the collision resounded within a radius of several hundred meters.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
In the next moment.
A total of 36 mortars roared in unison.
Without any hesitation, the artillery quickly reloaded their shells.
A series of dull collisions sounded, mixed with the sound of cannonballs being fired.
It swept in all directions.
The biggest advantage of a mortar was its extremely fast firing speed.
The cannonball was loaded directly from the muzzle and forced to fire by its own weight sliding down.
In just one minute, the artillery fired no less than 20 shells on average.
They were still reloading their shells.
Following Wei Da Yong's orders, he fired all the ammo he had.
A base number of 80mm mortar shells was 120, and a base number of 150mm mortar shells was 80.
In other words, they had to fire 3360 rounds in the shortest time possible.
Mortar shells rained down like a storm.
Dragging a long tail flame like a meteor, it broke the silence of the night.
The entire night sky was as bright as day.
In an instant.
The mortar shells flew in a parabola and landed heavily on the Japanese's 6th division's Maqun command post.
One cannonball after another exploded.
The sky-high flames engulfed a radius of several thousand meters.
The shockwave was fluctuating and the explosion was deafening.
Even Mount Zhijin, which was twenty miles away, could clearly feel the terrifying lethality of the exploding flames.
The Central Chinese Army of Mount Zhijin and the Japanese soldiers of the 6th division all woke up.
They hurriedly put on their clothes and prepared to support Ma Qun.
Unfortunately.
The artillery of the reconnaissance regiment had marked the position of the position an hour and a half ago.
The entire Japanese command center was covered.
By the time the main force of the 6th division arrived, they would not even be able to collect the corpses.
..........
Jiangning Train Station.
Zhang Dabiao, the guerrilla captain of the reinforced railway, who had been waiting in the car, saw the fire in the distance.
Immediately, killing intent bloomed on his face.
"Everyone, let's go!"
Twenty-four German-made heavy-duty armored railway patrol cars formed a steel behemoth that roared.
Creak! Creak!
It was accompanied by a low friction sound.
The steel train, which was hundreds of meters long, quickly drove towards the outskirts of Jin Ling City.
Behind the reinforced railway guerillas, there was a large section of ordinary train carriages.
The two preparatory divisions had a total of 30,000 people.
With the addition of heavy machine guns, artillery, and other heavy weapons, more than 200 carriages formed a long line.
Military trains were different from civilian trains. There were no so-called positions, and they were all standing.
A train could hold about 200 soldiers.
If not for the fact that the Japanese's attention was attracted by the horses, they would have been killed.
They really didn't dare to take the train at this time.
What a joke!
Once the Japanese found out, a grenade could cost an entire carriage.
Everyone was afraid.
......
Ma Qun.
The fire grew stronger and stronger, accompanied by rolling smoke.
The saturated bombardment continued.
"Ta Ta-"
A series of low footsteps were drowned out by the explosion.
Under the cover of the smoke, thousands of black shadows quickly approached the Japanese command center.
Even though it was a temporary command post, the Japanese were still very cautious and built a large number of fortifications on the periphery.
The Central China front army, the 6th division's vanguard command center, was in the center.
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