"Hayi!" Na saw Minro and grinned, "If the Chinese army built complete trenches outside the city in advance, then when the imperial army was bombarded, they could still hide in the trenches. Although the Type 96 field howitzer has a strong lethal power, it is impossible to throw every shell into the trenches of the Chinese army. If this is the case, the Chinese army still has a glimmer of life!"

After pausing, Na Jian Minro continued, "But now, the Chinese army is stupidly retreating into the city. The heavy artillery brigade can destroy the buildings in the city into ruins with just one shelling. The Chinese army hiding in the houses will also be buried alive. In this way, the imperial army can seize the Jinshan County without any effort!"

"Haha!" Kwanzaki Tou immediately laughed loudly when he heard this.

After a moment, Kunizaki Toshiro laughed again and said to Namimi Toshiro: "Namimi, immediately notify the heavy artillery brigade that you can start the artillery preparation!"

"Hayi!"

...

Xiao Anzi lay quietly at the top of the South Gate, not daring to breathe.

Xiao Anzi is nicknamed An Zhenyuan, a member of the Tujia people in western Hunan!

Because of the marriage, Xiao Anzi ran away from home in anger and joined the Hunan Army as a magistrate. He was later incorporated into the 367th Regiment and is now the squad leader.

At this time, most of the officers and soldiers of the 367th Regiment had already hid in the tunnel, except for a few warning sentries.

Unfortunately, Xiao Anzi is one of the police sentinels, and his squad is in charge of the South Gate Tower!

Although they are far apart, through the battlements of the city walls, you can still see the Japanese artillery positions. When Xiao Anzi saw the guns of the Japanese cannons slowly raised, the blood on his body frozen in an instant!

Now Xiao Anzi is no longer the eldest master of the An family when he left home a year ago, but a veteran who has experienced many fierce battles. He has long seen the lethality of the Japanese cannons, especially such large caliber heavy cannons. One shot is like a big pit, and a platoon of people will be gone!

But no matter how afraid it is, Xiao Anzi must grit his teeth and hold on!

As a soldier, how could he escape from the battlefield?

So at this time, Xiao Anzi could only pray for the blessings of the ancestors of An’s family!

Just as Xiao Anzi was praying to himself, a whistle suddenly sounded in the sky!

The whistle was long and low, and Xiao Anzi breathed a sigh of relief. The landing point of the shell was at least a thousand meters away!

Sure enough, a few seconds later, a cloud of smoke rose from the fields about a thousand meters away from the South Gate Tower!

However, Xiao Anzi's heart quickly raised up again because he knew very well that this was just a test shot, which was used by the Japanese gun group to correct the shooting parameters!

Soon, the Japanese artillery group will start mass artillery shooting!

Sure enough, after almost five minutes, there were endless roars of shells sounded over Jinshan County!

Moreover, the screaming sound of shells that sounded this time was short and sharp, just like a scream in my ears!

Xiao Anzi immediately put his fists under his chest, pressing against the ground tightly, and closing his eyes tightly!

The next moment, a buzzing sound suddenly appeared in Xiao Anzi's ears. The huge sound wave was like a spike, and it instantly pierced his eardrum, causing his head to suffocate!

Almost at the same time, the city wall under him also shaking violently!

Immediately afterwards, a continuous loud explosion sounded from the surroundings, but Xiao Anzi couldn't hear it because his ears were temporarily deaf due to the first explosion just now.

But the violent tremor from the city wall below can be felt.

Xiao Anzi is really worried that the city tower will not be able to withstand the collapse!

...

The Japanese guns were like they could not finish the shells, one after another, one after another. In a trance, I don’t know how long it took. In Xiao Anzi’s feeling, it seemed that after only a moment, another hundred years, he felt that the trembling of the city wall under him was finally no longer as violent as before.

Is the Japanese shelling finally over?

Xiao Anzi stood up in a daze and opened his eyes.

The place where you enter your eyes was filled with rich smoke, which not only blocked your vision, but also made Xiao Anzi unable to breathe!

After a long time, the smoke covering the city finally slowly dissipated.

Xiao Anzi finally barely saw the scene within fifty meters around him.

But I saw that the city wall less than twenty meters away from him had been blown up with a huge gap, and the rammed earth made of straw mixed with glutinous rice juice had collapsed, forming a huge gentle slope outside the city wall!

Looking back, Xiao Anzi saw the shaking South Gate Tower.

Almost at the same time when Xiao Anzi turned around, the South Gate Tower collapsed with a bang. The smoke and dust rose up on the top of the city again, rubble, rafters and beams flew around. A small piece of rubble flew over Xiao Anzi's cheek, and opened a hole in his face, and it suddenly hurt in pain.

Xiao Anzi had no feelings about this because his attention had been attracted by outside the city!

At this time, the smoke covering the city wall had become very faint, so Xiao Anzi could see very far.

But I saw that about two thousand meters away, a group of Japanese infantry were already carrying bayonet-38 rifles, and under the guidance of several tanks, they ran towards the south gate.

Without a trace of hesitation, Xiao Anzi raised his rifle and pulled the trigger!

"Soldiers!" A crisp sound of gunfire immediately sounded from the city.

After firing a shot, Xiao Anzi jumped up and rushed towards the horse path quickly.

"Retreat, brothers, please withdraw with me!" Xiao Anzi shouted loudly as he ran.

As a warning sentry, their mission has been completed and should be transferred now!

However, no one responded, and Xiao Anzi stopped instinctively after running for less than two steps.

"Lao Sha? Xizi? Miss San?" Xiao Anzi shouted at him one by one, but no one responded.

Xiao Anzi's face immediately showed a sad look and tears flowed down. After more than a year of military career, he had already polished his heart to be as hard as steel, but in the face of his robes, he could not help but burst into tears.

"Is there still alive? Awesome? You guys hurry up and say a word? Lao Guan? Don't pretend to be dead for me!"

A few minutes later, until Xie Kangquan rushed over with the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, Xiao Anzi was still looking for his comrades on the top of the city, so he quickly asked the guards to pull him off the top of the city.

Xie Kangquan didn't say nonsense, and saw a knife on the back of Xiao Anzi's neck. Xiao Anzi groaned and fell down softly. Xie Kangquan reached out to grab it, and handed him to the guard behind him, saying, "Take him to the tunnel!"
Chapter completed!