This killer star of the War of Resistance Against Japan was only 9 years old.

Chapter 437 Dinner: Braised Pig's Head

at the same time.

Standing on the earthen slope, Tu Shan Qiutian felt the cold morning air from the northern province make him tighten his coat.

At the same time, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"The weather here in the northern province is really cold. Yoshiyuki Ota, go and tell the troops to start the attack at 8:30 sharp. I want to take a bath and have dinner in Ershi City tonight."

"Hi."

Upon hearing this, Yoshiyuki Otamura, who was also shivering and huddled up, immediately responded. Then, trembling, he walked towards the command post on the hillside to relay Akita Tushan's orders.

Soon, Tushan Akita's order was relayed by Otamura Yoshimi via radio.

The Japanese heavy artillery regiment was also ready to fire.

Just then, Tu Shan Qiutian suddenly realized that something was wrong with the battle below.

The gunfire from the other side seemed to have decreased significantly compared to 10 minutes ago.

And now it can be said to have completely disappeared.

The only gunfire he could hear now was from the Type 38 rifles and Type 92 heavy machine guns of his own Imperial soldiers.

A sense of doubt arose in Tu Shan Qiutian's heart, and he immediately raised the binoculars in his hand to look at the river below and the direction of the opposite bank.

To Tu Shan Qiutian's surprise, the Imperial soldiers, who had been pinned down by the enemy forces on the opposite bank at one-third of the river's surface, had now advanced to the middle of the river.

And it wasn't that he misheard; indeed, no one in the enemy positions on the opposite bank of the river was firing at their own soldiers on the river.

"Have all the enemy troops on the other side been wiped out?"

This was the first thought that popped into Tu Shan Qiutian's mind, but he immediately rejected it.

For a moment, Tu Shan Qiutian couldn't figure out what kind of conspiracy the enemy was plotting.

While Tu Shan Qiutian was still pondering, the time had already quietly reached 8:29.

"Reporting to the commander, the order has been conveyed. It is now 8:29. In one minute, the enemy will be completely covered by Imperial artillery fire."

Do you have any requests for dinner? I think we can start preparing it for you now.

Tu Shan Qiutian's thoughts were interrupted by the report from Ota Village Yoshi, who had appeared behind him without him noticing.

He couldn't help but turn to look at Yoshimi Otamura behind him.

Hearing his slightly flattering words, Tu Shan Qiutian couldn't help but feel a little more satisfied with Otamura Yoshi, the newly appointed adjutant.

He couldn't help but smile and speak.

"Yoshi, Ota, you're so thoughtful. Let me think... for the main course, I'll have braised pig's head. I've had it for ages..."

"Oh!"

Before Tu Shan Qiutian could finish speaking, a loud explosion rang in his ears.

The next moment, he felt a dizzying sensation before his eyes, and at the same time, a sharp pain came from his neck, and his eyelids felt as heavy as mountains.

Tu Shan Qiutian's only thought at this moment was that he had been attacked, but his gradually fading consciousness made it impossible for him to continue thinking about why the enemy knew his location.

In the last instant before his consciousness faded, he caught a glimpse of a headless corpse slowly collapsing to the ground, its neck spurting crimson blood. The corpse looked strangely familiar.

After Tushan Qiutian's head landed on the hard frozen ground with a dull thud.

Although the sound wasn't loud, it was as loud as a magnitude 10 earthquake to Yoshimi Otamura, who was already stunned by what he saw.

This immediately snapped him out of his shock, and he unconsciously murmured something.

"Commander...are you alright?"

As Yoshitaka Ota watched the head roll down to his feet, he couldn't help but think of the dishes that Akita Tushan had ordered earlier.

An absurd idea suddenly popped into my head.

But the next moment he immediately slapped himself.

There was a crisp "smack" sound as the pigskin struck the ground.

Yoshimi Otamura instantly regained his senses.

He hurriedly grabbed the pig's head from Tushan Qiutian and tried to run down the mountain, it was unclear whether he was trying to save someone or to braise the pig's head.

Meanwhile, the Japanese soldiers launched their full-scale attack on the Xiong Division on the opposite bank of the river as scheduled.

When the time reached 8:30 a.m., the commander of the Japanese heavy artillery regiment, Ishikawa, drew his command sword from his waist and swung it forcefully in front of him.

Yelled at the same time.

"Enemy positions, artillery fire!!!"

Seeing this, his adjutant beside him also blew his whistle loudly.

The sharp, piercing whistle echoed throughout the Japanese artillery position.

The Japanese artillerymen, who had been prepared in advance, immediately pulled the fuses.

The first to launch the attack was the heavy artillery regiment of the Japanese 5th Division. As a Class A field heavy artillery regiment, it consisted of two artillery battalions, each equipped with a Type 96 howitzer with 12 150mm guns.

Including the remaining artillery of the 1st Division, there were a total of 32 150mm main guns.

There are as many as 70 Type 92 infantry guns.

Not only that, in order to quickly capture Ershi, the 5th Division also carried two 240mm Type 45 assault guns.

However, the Japanese soldiers did not use this terrifying weapon in this battle.

Because these two 240mm cannons didn't carry much ammunition.

Thirty-two cannons roared, streaks of orange-red fire shooting from their muzzles, flying straight toward the coordinates of the fake artillery position provided by Bai Luo.

Moreover, they opened fire with full force. The Japanese army's objective was simple: to directly bombard the enemy with large-caliber artillery and give them no chance to breathe.

We should try to overturn the enemy's artillery positions in one go.

The moment these 32-plus cannons fired, the enormous recoil caused cracks to appear in the frozen ground.

The dust kicked up instantly enveloped the entire Japanese main artillery position.

The Japanese artillery, with its more than 70 Type 92 infantry guns positioned relatively forward, was targeting the firing positions on the opposite bank of the river.

Although the caliber of the more than 70 Type 92 infantry guns was not as large as that of the main guns at the rear, the sheer number of them made up for it.

Upon hearing the roar of the artillery behind them, they were not to be outdone, and a barrage of cannon fire erupted from their positions.

The sounds of artillery fire from the main artillery positions behind them mingled with the thunderous roar that echoed across the sky above the north bank of the river.

What these Japanese artillerymen didn't know was that their shells were all wasted, landing on the empty position and exploding into little dust clouds.

Not only that, their artillery bombardment also pinned their own infantry attacking force to the ice, with not a single Japanese soldier daring to venture ashore.

Fearing being blown back to their hometown by their own shells, the Japanese soldiers gathered more and more on the ice, and the originally thick ice surface began to crack faintly.

In addition, there was the intense vibration caused by the artillery shells of the War Bear Division hitting the frozen ground.

The thickest ice on the riverbank has already begun to crack.