With Oshima Yoshimasa's order, the Japanese artillery position launched the most intense artillery bombardment since the Korean operation, and dozens of mountain guns, field guns and small-caliber artillery of different calibers on the Japanese position fired at the same time, completely enveloping the Maoershan position under artillery fire.

After two days of fighting, the dwarf trees and vines on the mountain have already been blown beyond recognition, and there is scorched earth everywhere. The Qing soldiers on the square line were covered with cannon fodder, except for two eyes, everywhere was black, Zhang Yi licked his chapped lips, concentrated on calculating the Japanese shells, and observed the enemy situation.

At this time, Tang Keqiang came up and said, "Brother, look at the little devil's artillery has been fighting for nearly half an hour, it should be about to attack." ”

Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Well, it's almost." As soon as their artillery stops, the infantry should attack in an all-out way, and then it will be time for our artillery to exert its might, and the order will go down, as soon as the Japanese artillery stops, the artillery will immediately return fire, let them see, our artillery is not vegetarian. ”

In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed, and Oshima Yoshimasa saw that the intensive attack of artillery had almost blown up the Qing army's Maoershan defense line, and felt that the fortifications were almost destroyed, and ordered: "The first squadron and the second squadron launched a key attack from both sides of the Qing army's defense line, and immediately charged!" ”

Oshima Yoshimasa did not learn the lessons of Sato's battle yesterday, and in a fit of rage, he did not study the battle log of Komoto Kazuki and Qiannanen in detail, and launched a charge straight towards Maoershan. But he forgot that the Qing army in front of him was not Ye Zhichao's Beida Battalion, nor was it Nie Shichenghuai's army under the old war thinking. At the same time, the defensive deployment is still made by Zhang Yi, an outstanding soldier who was nearly a hundred years ahead of time, and it is based on the elite main force of the Huai Army as the team for defense, and its defense capability is far beyond the imagination of Oshima Yoshimasa.

The commander who led the Japanese charge had just raised his command knife and shouted: "Forward!" ”

The Japanese army shouted "onboard" and just launched a charge, the artillery on the opposite side of Maoershan shook the earth. Different from Maoershan, the Qing army of Maoershan was on the defensive, the fortifications were built and strengthened for several days, and they were unbreakable.

However, the Japanese army was on the offensive, and it was close to noon when they had just arrived at Mao'er Mountain, and there were almost no fortifications to speak of, so they rashly launched an offensive, and the entire position was already under the artillery fire of the Qing army. On Mao'er Mountain, the artillery unit commanded by Tan Feng, more than a dozen artillery pieces, went crazy and fired shells over, blooming everywhere in the Japanese position. The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties under heavy artillery fire, and mourned all over the field.

Oshima Yoshimasa was stunned by such fierce artillery fire of the Qing army, he never thought that after half an hour of artillery bombardment, the firepower of the Qing army on the opposite side was so intact, and the artillery returned fire so fiercely, hitting the key areas of his own position, Oshima Yoshimasa was full of remorse, he was really carried away by anger, and did not conduct a detailed analysis of the Qing army, so he rashly attacked.

But at this moment, he couldn't take care of it anymore, and Oshima Yoshimasa roared angrily: "Artillery, artillery!" Give me an immediate return shot! Knock out the Qing artillery positions on the opposite side for me! ”

The Japanese artillery, which had just ceased fire for less than five minutes, opened fire again, and the artillery battle between the two sides reached a fever pitch for a while. At this time, the Japanese infantry had already rushed to the front of the Qing army's defensive line.

Zhang Yi had already discovered the offensive of the Japanese infantry, and smiled at Tang Keqiang: "Brother Keqiang, it seems that that guy on Oshima is dizzy." He actually separated the heavy troops and focused on attacking in two directions, wanting to concentrate his forces and break through at a single point. He didn't want to think about it, our heavy machine guns were not enough, and they just concentrated the heavy machine gun firepower together to suppress the firepower, let's see if this group of devils is enough to feed our guys bullets. Order, all heavy machine gun fire points to move to both sides, wait for the Japanese to enter the range of fire, and open fire together! ”

As soon as Zhang Yi's order was issued, more than 20 Grimm guns and heavy machine guns in the forward position quickly assembled in the direction of the Japanese attack, and in a few minutes, they were all in place.

Look at the Japanese army has entered the range of heavy machine guns, the heavy machine guns on both sides are firing recklessly, after yesterday's big victory, the morale of the Qing army is high, and there is no fear of fighting. The Japanese troops marching quickly, like cutting leeks, were swept down by the Green artillery one by one, and in just the blink of an eye, the Japanese army suffered more than 100 casualties, and the rest of the Japanese troops quickly lay down, and the powerful heavy machine gun fire, the suppressed Japanese troops did not dare to move, not to mention advancing.

The commander who led the team shouted: "Machine gunners fire!" Implement firepower counter-suppression! The infantry continues to charge! For the glory of the Emperor! Advance! ”

Under the instigation and pressure of the commander, the Japanese army stood up and continued to carry out the second charge, at this time, the heavy machine gun position of the Qing army was suppressed by the Japanese firepower, and slightly restrained its arrogance, and there was no crazy energy just now, the Japanese army shouted slogans and continued to advance, and from time to time the Japanese soldiers who were shot went to see their Amaterasu.

Under the sharp offensive of the Japanese army, the Qing army also began to suffer casualties, and the two sides launched a tug-of-war on the front of the position, and the battle fell into a stalemate.

The two sides fought from the afternoon to the evening, Oshima Yoshimasa launched three attacks successively, but still could not take the first line of defense of Maoershan, but lost the troops, the artillery of the Qing army seemed to have eyes, with a small number of enemies, in the face of dozens of Japanese artillery, did not fall behind at all. Oshima Yoshimasa was so angry that he couldn't do anything, so he had to give an order to take a temporary rest and adjust his strategic deployment, and in the afternoon battle, he had already discovered the deficiencies in the defense of his position, and took advantage of the night to seize the time to adjust his position, and prepare for the second half of the night to continue the attack.

In the temporary command post, Yoshimasa Oshima paced back and forth, thinking about the battle situation this afternoon, thinking about how to break the current offensive and defensive deadlock under Maoer Mountain. The main generals of the mixed brigade also sat in the room and bowed their heads in contemplation, no one expected that a small Mao'er Mountain, hundreds of Qing troops would be so difficult to eat. This was too much to accept for the arrogant soldiers of the Imperial Japan.

Yoshimasa Oshima stopped in front of the military map, carefully studying the surrounding terrain and landforms, thinking about whether to change the strategic plan, reconcentrate forces, and besiege Kaesong. However, if the enemy army on Maoershan is not eliminated, the Japanese army will feel like they are stuck in the throat, and they need to be prepared for their attack on the Japanese camp at any time, which is really uncomfortable.

Chief of Staff Seto Motoyoshi stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, there is something wrong with our army's offensive strategy this afternoon. ”

Yoshimasa Oshima turned his head, stared at Seto Motoyoshi with blazing eyes, and asked, "Seto-kun, what's wrong, please advise?" ”

Seto replied: "Your Excellency General, in the afternoon, our troops divided into two routes to focus on attacking the two ribs of the Maoershan defense line, and concentrated on attacking two key points. At the same time, it also caused the Qing army to concentrate all its heavy weapons in these two areas, focusing on defense, and causing quite serious casualties to our army. If this continues, I am afraid that the Warring States are limited, so it is better for us to continue the offensive tonight, and take advantage of the cover of night to take advantage of the strength of the army to besiege in an all-round way, so that the Qing army will not be able to take care of each other, so that our military will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and take the Maoershan defense line. ”

Oshima Yoshimasa's eyes lit up, and he nodded frequently: "Okay, yes, Seto-kun is reasonable, give the order, immediately adjust the combat deployment according to your strategy, and launch a night attack on Mao'er Mountain in the early morning!" ”

Seto Motoyoshi continued: "Your Excellency, General, in addition, we must also be careful to prevent a small group of mysterious Qing troops from raiding the artillery position, and yesterday's night's incident can no longer be allowed to happen. ”

Oshima Yoshimasa nodded and said: "Your Excellency is reasonable, order the transfer of six heavy machine guns to defend the perimeter, and let Akiyama Yoshiko transfer a small team of cavalry to guard, be sure to protect the safety of the artillery position." ”