The explosive power of the heavy grenade was staggering, and the huge shock wave caused dozens of Qing soldiers to be killed.

With the explosion, countless shells and fragments shot out, and a large number of stones were blown away by the explosion, which still carried huge kinetic energy, and the Qing army hiding within a radius of 100 meters was either killed or injured once it was hit.

Puff puff puff, puff puff, the Qing army lying behind the wall and on the ground was hit by fragments and stones, and a cloud of blood mist immediately burst out from their bodies, blood flowed on the ground, and there was a strong smell of blood in the air. The rest of the Qing soldiers trembled with the screams and groans, and they held their heads tightly and did not dare to raise them easily.

The artillery fire of the 3rd Division was extended in stages, with the 155 howitzers sweeping forward through the stone walls and earthen forts, and the 105 mm guns as a supplement to the howitzers.

As a bridgehead for attacking the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Lushun had been engaged with the Qing army for a long time, so it hoarded a large amount of munitions, which created material conditions for the Third Division to bulldoze the Gaizhou defense line.

A 100-millimeter mortar shell accurately fell vertically into the trench of the Qing army, and the fuse was triggered and the shell was immediately detonated, and the narrow space in the trench immediately became a slaughterhouse. In the dust splashing, there was a large mist of blood, and more than a dozen Qing soldiers were blown to minced meat on the spot, and some broken limbs flew around with the dirt.

Several others were tossed over by the blast wave of the explosion, all of them ashen and covered in dirt and flesh.

The lower half of the body of a Han soldier has been broken, and he fell far to the side, but he did not die for a while. He was dragging half of his body and crawling on the ground in pain, and he let out a heart-rending wail, which was really sad and weeping.

Rumble! Rumble! ……。

Several more mortar shells fell into the trench, and the screams of the Qing soldiers in the trench were incessant.

"His grandmother's, when will the ghost cannon of the Heavenly Ce Army stop?" A man with eight banners, Lazhangjing, leaned out of the fortifications, looked at the tragic situation in the trench, and shrank back.

In order to save man-hours, every fifty steps in the trench, about six or seven meters, there is a relatively solid cat's ear hole, this kind of cat's ear hole is hollow excavation, the surrounding walls are supported by hardwood, and the roof of the cave is also made of logs, which has a good anti-artillery ability, and the mortar is not enough to destroy such a fortification.

This is the experience that the Qing army learned in the battle of Pyongyang, but such fortifications are too time-consuming, so the space is cramped, and only a dozen people can hide.

This kind of cat ear hole is mainly owned by the Han army flag officers and the Manchu Eight Banner Inspectors, and the cat ear hole is also used as a warehouse for military rations and preserves firepower, that is, artillery and artillery.

In the face of the fierce artillery fire of the Tiance army, the Qing army could only choose to hide and be beaten passively, and practice proved that it was unwise to engage in artillery battles with the Tiance army.

The range of the artillery of the Tiance Army is too perverted, the smallest artillery mortar can reach 5.5 kilometers, while the Qing army's largest Hongyi cannon for city defense has a range of only 1.5 kilometers, and the range of the Franc machine gun is only one kilometer, which is still the maximum range. In addition to the range, the Qing army was also pitifully low in terms of rate of fire.

The shelling continued, and every shell that landed seemed to fall on the hearts of the Qing army, and they were so frightened that they trembled, and their livers were also popping and jumping, and the only thing they could do was to pray to God and Buddha, hoping that the shells would not fall on their heads.

Facts have proved that the accuracy and efficiency of the artillery of the Tiance Army are amazing, because the Qing army has no effective countermeasures, so the artillery of the Tiance Army can give full play to the close shelling. There are drones and Wuzhi-9 helicopters in the sky to provide shelling parameters, plus advanced radar fire control and modern artillery aiming means, which can be counted as a hundred shots and 100 hits.

Not long after the Tiance army launched the artillery bombardment, Dolgon ignored the Qing army struggling on the death line, and instead said ecstatically: "Sure enough, sure enough, the Tiance army is going to attack from this direction!" Quickly notify the Manmeng Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners in the direction of Dustpan Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, and Tangwang Mountain, and order them to send troops to reinforce in the direction of Chimney Mountain. ”

Zierharang said in surprise: "Prince Rui, is it too early to draw conclusions now, if the army turns to other places one day, there will be irreparable holes in the Gaizhou defense line." ”

Dolgon laughed and said, "How arrogant is the Heavenly Strategy, Prince Zheng still has less to teach. You must know that the Tiance army has always been straight in battle, and it has never been defeated, and this king is sure that the direction of their main attack will definitely not change. ”

Seeing that Zilharang was still a little unconvinced, Dolgon said categorically: "The king's will has been decided, if there is a mistake, I will go to the emperor to ask for guilt." ”

"King Anping, you go and preside over the collection of troops." Dorgon commanded Dudu.

Du Du bowed and said, "Cover." ”

In fact, the Qing army was almost helpless against the various weapons of the Tiance Army, so it broke up the strategy and tactics of the Tiance Army, studied and studied, and found that it was actually very simple.

The strategy and tactics of the Tiance Army are not complicated, in line with the principle of one force to reduce the ten meetings, the tactics of the Tiance Army are firm flat pushes.

With 9,000 troops of the 3rd Division, the cold weapon troops of this era will be fought against the cold weapon troops of this era, and no matter whether the opponent's strength is 100,000 or 1 million, they are confident that they can easily penetrate it.

Therefore, no matter which point the 3rd Division chooses to break through the Gaizhou defense line, there is not much difference. Therefore, there was no reluctance to seek the near and far, and it was precisely the line from Shiban Mountain, Chimney Mountain to Wutai Mountain that was attacked.

This idea coincided with the vision of the Manchu leadership, and this section of defense was also the focus of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's defense.

The artillery bombardment of the 3rd Division lasted for more than an hour, and the Qing army's forward position was eight kilometers wide, and the area three kilometers deep had been repeatedly plowed twice. As far as the eye could see, the Qing army's position in front was a mess, full of gunsmoke.

At 8:50 in the morning, the artillery fire of the Tiance Army had not stopped, and the division commander Li Zixuan issued an order for the whole army to attack.

Four Type 99 tanks rushed out first, sixty-four armored vehicles immediately followed, followed by fifty bulldozers with metal grids on the windows to protect against arrows, and the infantry of the 3rd Division advanced with the bulldozers.

The 3rd Division of the Tiance Army was scattered in a straggler formation, scattered over a section of two or three kilometers wide, and advanced firmly towards the Qing army's position.

The four Type 99 tanks were like ferocious beasts, rushing forward wildly, fearless of the trenches dug by the Qing army as wide as three or four meters, and jumped over one after another.

"All of them!" "Bang Bang!"

"Dangdang!"

In the trenches, in the cat's ear holes, and in the collapsed earthen forts, the sporadic surviving Qing soldiers crawled out in disgrace.

They launched a surprise attack on the Type 99 tank with all kinds of small cannons, mortar guns, and firearms, and the lead bullets of various specifications hit the tank with a crisp sound.