167: Chapter 167 National Salvation Army Support

After carefully examining the appearance of the two men, Division Commander Shi felt even more surprised.

The two men stood with a very upright and straight posture, their gazes resolute.

Just by looking at their exterior, one could feel that these were well-trained soldiers.

He had seen many soldiers from other local armies, but none had such a spirited demeanor.

Because most soldiers in the local armies only joined the military and fought to make a living.

Nowadays, with war breaking out everywhere, it is extremely difficult to farm or make a living in peace.

Although being a soldier is dangerous, at least there is food to eat, and one can send some salary back home every month.

To support the whole family.

An army with such a spirited demeanor must require rigorous training to achieve it.

But the only ones capable of doing this are the most elite Training Corps.

Where did this National Salvation Army pop up from?

If they were this elite, it shouldn't be the case that he had never heard of them.

Thoughts flew through Division Commander Shi's mind, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Are you soldiers of the National Salvation Army?" Division Commander Shi asked, looking at the two with a warm expression.

"Yes, Division Commander Shi. We are the 111th Brigade of the National Salvation Army, sent to assist your unit in defending the Tianjia Town Fortress."

"Our unit has already arrived at the outskirts of the position and can provide artillery support to your unit at any time."

"Artillery? How many guns does your unit have, and how much artillery shell support can you provide?" Division Commander Shi's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing that they could provide artillery support.

The Tianjia Town Fortress is defended by two divisions, totaling over twenty thousand people.

However, the equipment of these two divisions is old, and they basically have no heavy weapons.

They can only rely on the fortress positions to defend.

But when facing the Little Devils' naval guns and aerial bombing, they are helpless and can only take a beating passively.

If they had heavy weapons, they could fight back against the Little Devils' warships located on the Yangtze River.

Compared to aerial bombing, the naval guns of these Little Devils' warships are a greater threat.

Now, this National Salvation Army actually has artillery, which directly shocked him.

These two divisions of his, with over twenty thousand people combined, couldn't even scrape together a few guns.

As for artillery shells, it goes without saying—they were pitifully few.

With just this little bit of firepower, it was useless to bring it out.

"Currently, the brigade level has six guns and over two hundred artillery shells."

The number of these guns could be considered pitiful, because in reality, the number of artillery pieces they were equipped with was four or five times what they had now.

This is not even counting other weapons.

This is considered a serious reduction in firepower.

However, having this many is not bad.

Because the production capacity of the rear production lines is just this much, and there is still a shortage of workers.

Even with the players called upon by the military participating, it is still not enough.

However, to Division Commander Shi, these six guns and over two hundred shells were simply dripping with wealth.

Originally, he thought this National Salvation Army was not much better than them.

But he didn't expect this National Salvation Army to be so rich.

Six guns and over two hundred shells—this is comparable to those National Government regular troops.

Division Commander Shi was a bit suspicious: is this National Salvation Army definitely a local army? Is it not a National Government regular unit?

He couldn't figure it out, he really couldn't figure it out.

Division Commander Shi took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, smiled, and looked at the two, saying: "Good, having such firepower adds a layer of confidence for us to hold Tianjia Town Fortress."

Subsequently, Division Commander Shi had someone treat the two.

Since this National Salvation Army had arrived on the battlefield, they could completely harass the Little Devils' offensive from the outskirts.

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Meanwhile, the main force led by General Huang Wei had headed straight for the direction of Yuzhang.

They went wherever the Little Devils were, just in time to test the troops that now had a major equipment upgrade.

This time, General Huang Wei's intention was to hurt the Little Devils.

As for other orders from the National Government, just dealing with them perfunctorily would suffice.

After understanding the current China in the game world, General Huang Wei felt that it was already pretty good that he didn't attack this National Government.

Let alone taking orders from the National Government.

It would be fine for the National Government to honestly act as a meat shield, carrying the burden on the front line.

While they were on their way, the battle at Tianjia Town Fortress gradually intensified.

On the first day the 111th Brigade arrived for reinforcements, the two divisions in the fortress were still being beaten and had no power to fight back.

The Little Devils' naval guns and aerial bombing were too cheating.

Of course, the soldiers of the 111th Brigade naturally could not allow these guns to shell so wantonly.

Although they didn't have warships, it wasn't impossible for land-based artillery to hit warships.

On the second day, after figuring out the location of the Little Devils' warships.

Zhang Yang had the Artilleryman fire all six guns at once, aiming dozens of shells at the Little Devils' warships.

After firing, they immediately changed positions.

To prevent the Little Devils' warships from reacting and fighting back.

Most of these dozens of shells missed and fell into the river, but a small portion still hit the Little Devils' warships in the river.

For a moment, the Little Devils' warships started billowing thick smoke.

The Little Devils' naval gun attacks stopped immediately.

The soldiers observing by the riverbank used binoculars to see the thick smoke on the Little Devils' warships, and many Little Devils came out of the cabins, attempting to put out the fire.

Seeing this scene, the observing soldiers immediately rushed back to the position.

These dozens of shells were purely firepower coverage, and the Little Devils' warships were very complacent.

They didn't move their positions in the river at all, as if they were certain that the defenders could not threaten them.

Of course, it was understandable for the Little Devils to think this way, because the defenders in the Tianjia Town Fortress simply had no heavy weapons.

They couldn't threaten the Little Devils' warships in the river at all.

They could only take a beating passively.

After the Little Devils' warships were hit, the pressure on the defenders in the fortress was suddenly reduced by a lot.

The Little Devils' naval guns were too powerful; every shelling would take away the lives of many soldiers.

They were using their lives to resist the Little Devils' offensive.

After repelling the Little Devils' infantry attack once again, Division Commander Shi walked out of his division headquarters command post.

"Division Commander, the Little Devils' attack has been repelled by us." At this moment, the adjutant ran over quickly and said with a smile.

"By the way, why is the Little Devils' shelling so much less today?" Division Commander Shi asked in confusion.

Yesterday, the Little Devils' shelling and bombing had hardly stopped.

Today, except for the Little Devils' aerial bombing, the sound of shelling had decreased significantly.

"I'm not too sure about that either. Could it be that the people from the National Salvation Army took out the Little Devils' artillery?" The adjutant shook his head and said.

"It's possible."

At this moment, a soldier ran over.

"Urgent report! Division Commander, the Little Devils' warships in the river have been hit and are smoking!"

"What, what did you say?" Division Commander Shi raised an eyebrow, somewhat disbelieving.

"The Little Devils' warships have been hit and are smoking." The soldier, who seemed to be a communications soldier, quickly repeated it.

Upon hearing this, Division Commander Shi was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud.

"Good, good! The Little Devils' shitty warships have finally been hit!"

The adjutant heard this news and also laughed.

It was no wonder they were so happy.

Because these Little Devils' warships were truly too disgusting.

Apart from aerial bombing, these Little Devils' naval guns caused them the most casualties.

They couldn't hit that thing of the Little Devils, and could only watch helplessly as these Little Devils' warships used naval guns to hit them.

After being depressed for two or three days, they finally heard some good news.