We did not wait for the half-base artillery support, because after half an hour our infantry had already rushed to the first position of the Japanese army.

In half an hour, the "slightly later shells" did not arrive as scheduled, which made our charge seem to have achieved an unexpected effect, because we only relied on the offensive of the infantry to capture the first defensive position of the Japanese army.

I walked through the corpses of our soldiers and soldiers and came to the first defensive position, and everything in front of me was empty, not so much because we occupied this position, but because the Japanese army took the initiative to abandon this dilapidated position that had lost its defensive value.

The communication trenches, which stretched for hundreds of meters, were full of deep craters of various sizes blown up by artillery shells in our army, and the bunkers in many places were blown almost parallel to the ground, and empty ammunition boxes and some broken weapons were thrown indiscriminately on the ground.

The heavy weapons such as the 92 heavy machine guns and infantry guns seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and it is surprising what methods the Japanese used to move a large number of supplies and weapons from their positions so thoroughly without being discovered by us.

Soon I found the answer, it was the pit!

Between the first defense position and the main peak position, the Japanese army dug two tunnels that were more than half a person high and could accommodate two people in parallel. The tunnels were covered with huge logs from the Moyun Mountains, supplemented with sand and clay, and then covered with iron sheets and vegetation camouflage.

The tunnel was almost straight to the main peak position, which would allow the Japanese to travel between the two positions as quickly as possible. Not only personnel, but also all kinds of heavy weapons and other materials can be transported in a safe space.

Not only will it be difficult for Allied aircraft to detect these two tunnels, but even if they are discovered by accident, we may be helpless.

Ordinary shells explode up, at most, causing the anti-artillery layer above the tunnel to vibrate violently, but it cannot penetrate these multi-layered anti-artillery layers.

The top layer of iron sheets prevents the bombing from causing the logs to catch fire, and the clay layer under the iron sheets acts as a cushion and shock absorber, and together with the cement layer of sand and gravel, and the huge densely packed logs, these two tunnels are essentially two semi-permanent fortifications.

We can only envy and admire such a strong fortification, but we don't need it at all. Because at the end of the tunnel, the Japanese army only needs to set up a machine gun to hold our thousands of troops.

In the soil of volcanic hard rubber soil like Moyunling, such a huge amount of work can be excavated, and it is not difficult to understand why the Japanese army needs to requisition so many laborers.

The Japanese army requisitioned almost all the male laborers in the four towns and eight towns in order to build this almost one-time semi-permanent fortification on the Moyun Ridge.

When Huang Wenlie came to the No. 1 defense position to inspect the results of the battle, I was thinking about whether to blow up these two tunnels, and since we couldn't use them, there was no need to keep them.

Huang Wenlie came with Wang Tingyue, who had been staying on the east coast, and I guessed in my heart that this guy probably saw that the situation in Moyunling was initially decided, so he couldn't wait to participate in these exploits.

"Camp Commander Zhou is a miracle today! Capturing the little devil's defensive position is equivalent to holding half of Moyunling in his hands! Wang Tingyue put his hands behind his back and praised Zhou Dalei repeatedly.

Huang Wenlie reminded Wang Tingyue and said: "Supervisor Wang, in this battle, the credit of the battalion commander can account for two-thirds, and the capture of the cliffs on both sides of the Japanese army has played an extremely crucial role in our army's rapid removal of obstacles in front of the position!" ”

Wang Tingyue seemed to remember that there was more than one battalion commander in the new 200 regiment, and nodded again and again and said: "It's all good, it's all good, they are all brave and good generals!" Our regiment took the first defensive position of Moyunling in one fell swoop, which not only greatly boosted the morale of the friendly troops on the east bank! also let the new 200 regiment be looked down upon in the eyes of the military department! ”

A few staff officers who followed him also echoed, listening to their meanings, as if we were only taking Moyunling next in minutes.

I instructed Adjutant Liu beside me and said, "Send someone to prepare explosives to blow up these tunnels!" ”

Huang Wenlie said: "Battalion Commander, don't blow up these tunnels for the time being. ”

I said: "Tuanzao, keep these tunnels, and you have to guard against the Japanese army's sneak attack at any time, and blow them up to prevent future troubles forever!" ”

Huang Wenlie walked to the mouth of the tunnel, leaned over to look inside, and said: "We only need to send a platoon of soldiers to defend these two tunnels, and if the Japanese army wants to sneak attack, it can't do it at all." ”

Zhang Da said: "Tuanzuo, keep these tunnels, we still have to bother to send troops to defend, just like Commander An said, wouldn't it be easy to blow them up?" ”

Huang Wenlie said: "Why do I keep some two tunnels, mainly because of the weather, you have all experienced, the mountain roads are slippery and muddy, and the transportation of materials and weapons is extremely difficult. Once we attack the main peak and completely occupy these two tunnels, it will greatly shorten the speed of our delivery of supplies and weapons, so why not use what the Japanese army left behind for our own use? ”

Huang Wenlie's words sound very reasonable at first glance, but I just think something is wrong, first of all, the Japanese army did not take the initiative to blow up the tunnels, which makes people very suspicious, they have given up the first defense position, what reason is there to keep these tunnels? I'm afraid that there is some trickery in it.

I'm sharing my thoughts with everyone.

Wang Tingyue said with a smile: "Battalion Commander An is too worried, these little devils are nothing more than wishful thinking, and they also hope to recapture their first defensive position, so they keep the tunnel, the little devils are poor in donkey skills, and there is nothing to worry about." ”

The two supreme commanders did not agree to blow up the tunnels, and no matter how much I felt justified, it was useless, so I had to stop insisting and send soldiers to strictly guard these two tunnels, but fortunately, there were only two tunnels, and I didn't need too many troops.

After such a tragic battle, the most important thing we need to do now is to repair, and in order to take a position that can no longer be called a position, we have paid the price of hundreds of casualties.

And we can't do anything now, if not trimming. According to Huang Wenlie, although the rain has stopped, there has been no improvement in the paralyzed traffic in Linmeng, and the water outside the city is knee-deep, making it difficult to bring in military supplies from outside.

In this battle, our ammunition and supplies are very large, and we need to continue to replenish the supply, but now because of the weather, there are problems with the supply.

Therefore, if we do not trim, we will also trim, and if we make a few more charges, we will probably have to calculate our ammunition.

I stood in the bunker and watched the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield, up and down the hill of Moyunling, and now there were the corpses of our comrades everywhere, and the bodies of the Japanese soldiers had been carried away from the tunnel.

We will use the equipment to cross the river to bring these dead brothers home.