From morning to afternoon, nearly 10,000 troops of the Fifth Division of the Imperial Allied Army launched seven attacks on the front line of Base 331, basically once every hour, except for a short lunch break at noon

Although their attack did not pose much of a threat to **, Inaba Shiro did not expect them to do much, mainly using their attacks in different directions and different regions to test the distribution of **'s firepower points, construct and then accurately map and measure to provide accurate numbers for artillery and aircraft strikes, and to clear as many obstacles as possible for the imperial army's attack

Obviously, their goal has been achieved, the 331 base is not as impregnable as they imagined, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Allied Army is indeed ridiculously poor, the soldiers' quality and will are simply unstoppable, although they charged seven times, but basically they will collapse and retreat when they encounter a little fierce firepower, if it were not for the Imperial Army behind them, and shot more than a dozen people, I am afraid they would have been scattered as birds and beasts, but in this way, the soldiers who have no will to fight, with the support of dozens of mountain artillery, they have actually rushed to the front of the ** position less than 500 meters ago

Seeing that the Imperial Allied Army retreated like a tide again, Inaba Shiro showed a sinister smile, glanced left and right, and said: "Gentlemen, I see that it's almost the same, let's try again, and that's it, we overestimate the combat effectiveness of **, I originally thought that the 10,000 Imperial Allied Army would at least suffer nearly half of the casualties in today's battle, who knows that it is less than 2,000, hehe, I believe that after tomorrow's artillery is covered, the Imperial Army will be able to take the 331 base with a charge."

The commander of the 104th Division, Shinichi Tanaka, did not have Shiro Inaba's good mood and said worriedly: " Inaba-kun, don't forget, Jiang Haoran has a heavy artillery brigade, so far we haven't seen them fire even a single shell that exceeds 75 mm, we don't even know where their artillery positions are, you must know that our main battlefield is a low-lying land, and it is the most difficult to fight on the back, once the enemy's heavy artillery attacks in groups, our casualties are simply unpredictable, and Jiang Haoran, who is facing our Imperial Army, cannot fully display his strength."

"Tanaka-kun thinks a lot, Jiang Haoran has heavy artillery, and I believe that his artillery position is in a valley behind their defensive line, but don't forget, we still have bombers, once their artillery fires, even if they hide well, they can't escape the air attack, I think when they open fire, it will be their day of destruction, as for the strength, I think the frontal assault on our heroic imperial soldiers should not be far behind, hahaha"

Major General Sato, Chief of Staff of the 104th Division, listened to Shiro Inaba's words, frowned slightly, and stepped forward and said: "According to the information provided by the 116th Division, there are seven 150 howitzers on the Dawei Mountain Fortress, if they build the artillery positions here on the fortress of the Great and Small Jianling, I am afraid that the bombers of the imperial army will not be able to reach it."

Inaba Shiro raised the telescope in his hand: "You take a closer look at the distance between the fortress and the battlefield, once the imperial army launches an attack, the distance is so close that it is no longer in the firing range of 150 howitzers, it is not at all like the long-range attack of Dawei Mountain against the river defense, do you say Jiang Haoran will be so stupid, at most, you can set up mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars and other small calibers here, and when attacking, we have the full strength to cover it with artillery fire, even if his fortress is impregnable, but at least we can make them unable to rise at all"

"Okay, Inaba-kun is so confident, then let's give it a try tomorrow, but before that, I want to hear some opinions from Inuyo-kun on the 331 base."

As soon as Tanaka Shinichi's words stopped, everyone looked sideways, and Inukaitaro, who was dressed in a suit and tie and had thick-bottomed eyes, hurriedly stepped forward and talked without hesitation

"The defense line of the 331 base is half-moon-shaped from Jigong Mountain in the north to Dawei Mountain in the west, and the total length of the arch guard is about forty-five kilometers to the south. Xiaojianling, the conjoined giant fortress and the Jigong Mountain fortress have at least ten sub-forts along the key points, the dark fort is unknown, its strong range dù can resist the bombardment of thousands of pounds of aerial bombs, and there is a few meters high seismic layer, the concave trenches on the mountainside, the key points are reinforced concrete permanent fortifications, but most of them are civil fortifications, there is a reinforced concrete anti-artillery bunker every 100 meters between the main battlefield trenches, and it may also be a small pillbox, as for the artillery position, they can actually come up with a concave trench, I think their artillery position should also be in this way, so the aircraft can not detect the bombing, let alone talk about it, and it is a little strange**Why was the trench built on the mountainside and not on the commanding heights of the mountain, was it to avoid air strikes······"

Inuyotaro's words made all the devils present stunned, according to this kind of battle, there is no need to fight the whole iron plate, but they don't dare not believe his words, Inukai Taro is not an ordinary person, after the fall of the Northeast, the Japanese army forcibly conscripted millions of laborers, from the central part of Hunchun, Jilin Province, through the Sino-Soviet border in Heilongjiang Province, west to Hailar and Arshan 5000 kilometers of border area, a total of 17 fortresses, fortress groups add up to about 1,700 kilometers, a total of 80,000 permanent fortifications, in addition to thousands of permanent underground warehouses, power stations, Ancillary military facilities such as communication hubs and water supply stations, as well as a large number of second- and third-line general positions and field positions, as well as military airfields, military railways and highways, are also called the "Eastern Maginot Line" by the Japanese Kwantung Army, and the chief designer of this fortress group is Inukai Taro, and he has personally conducted a round of air patrols before coming, which means that his words are an authority that cannot be refuted

Looking at everyone's stunned appearance, Inuyotaro laughed instead: "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about the 331 base, it is not without a soft underbelly, although the concave trench can be attacked in air defense, but it is impossible to have a wide depth, as long as your artillery is good, the lethality of the trench is higher than usual, the concave trench is honest, it is purely a bullshit trench, once one of the mountains is broken by heavy artillery and collapses, the passage of the entire defense line will be cut off, and the trenches are connected to the main fort, it can be seen that the entire logistics and soldiers are completed through the passage of the main fort, after all, it is only half a year for them to dig through the entire mountain, that is, once the battle is fierce※ The trenches at the far end of the main fort will be unsustainable, and the troops and logistics will be unsustainable, as for the enemy's artillery positions, even if they hide in caves, it is not a way to fight without blows, we can ······"

In the evening, the "Haoran" special plane flew into the sky from a hidden cave in the 331 base, circled in the sky for half a circle, and then hurried towards Jinggang Mountain

At the same time, several cars, escorted by more than a dozen personnel carriers, drove into the 331 base - the chairman of the committee came

After receiving Jiang Haoran's telegram, the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee immediately set off to accompany not only his wife and Wang Shihe, but also Bai Chongxi, Chen Chen, and other high-ranking generals, as well as some reporters from the mainstream media throughout the country, and even some foreign reporters

In order to prevent unsafe skies over Hunan, the special plane landed in Hengyang and then transferred to a car, so it is only now that we have arrived at the base