The Qing troops in the old front battalion are all veterans of the battlefield, fierce in battle, and the most elite troops under the command of Nie Shicheng, plus they have the experience of fighting with the Japanese army in the past, and they saw the fierce momentum of the Japanese attack, and they did not panic, but became excited. Heavy machine gun and rifle bullets poured out deadly.

The Japanese army could not continue to be sustained by the fierce defensive fire network when they charged within 100 meters of the front line of the Maoer Mountain fortifications, and they were suppressed by the fierce defensive fire network. Seeing the attacking Japanese army attacking like a tide, and in a moment, a tide withdrew, Sato was furious and shouted: "Yaga! Yaga! A bunch of cowards, keep going for me! Don't retreat, violators will be shot on the spot! ”

The general who led the troops to attack saw that Sato was furious and did not dare to answer, so he had no choice but to harden his head and continue to organize the offensive. This time, more than 800 people from two squadrons were mobilized to attack together, and the Japanese artillery opened fire together and launched an offensive at the same time. Suddenly, the smoke of gunpowder billowed on the Maoershan position, and the Qing troops were suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire, and it was difficult for them to raise their heads, and more and more soldiers were wounded by shrapnel or rubble, and several people were even killed directly by hitting the vital parts. Taking advantage of the suppression of the Qing army's firepower, the Japanese army charged up again, looking at the Japanese army getting closer and closer, Zhang Yi narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Tell Tan Feng to aim at the devil's artillery position and carry out a second shelling." We have to let the devil's artillerymen have a long memory, and they will no longer dare to fire at will! ”

As soon as the words fell, the artillery led by Tan Feng had already launched an offensive, and with two volleys, the Japanese artillery position was suddenly dumbfounded. However, the Japanese army had already rushed to within 100 meters. In this charge, the Japanese army received the order not to retreat, hardened their heads, and rushed over, advancing faster than the first attack, and in the blink of an eye, they had already rushed in front of them.

At the same time, the individual quality of the Japanese infantry is indeed above the Qing army, although their rifles are not as sophisticated as the Qing army's Mauser guns, but the marksmanship is far above the Qing army, after all, the Qing army's daily shooting training is too much inferior to the Japanese army, and the marksmanship and individual tactics on the battlefield are inferior to the Japanese army. When the distance was a little closer, the quality advantage of the Japanese army was revealed, and its single-point shooting crosshairs were not comparable to those of the Qing army. In just ten minutes, dozens of Qing soldiers were wounded and temporarily withdrew from the battle. The heavy machine gun fire of the Japanese army suppressed the firepower of the Qing army was also very rampant, and the Japanese army was getting closer and closer to the Qing army.

Zhang Yi looked at the dense Japanese formation that rushed up, and sneered: "Order, open the grenade brought from Kaesong, and throw it in the place where the Japanese army is most densely crowded!" ”

As soon as Zhang Yi's order was spoken, the grenades of the Qing army were thrown out overwhelmingly, and dozens of grenades exploded in the front of the Japanese troops in the charge in an instant, and the Japanese troops who rushed to the front were killed and wounded, and the stumps and broken arms flew all over the sky. The Japanese army, which was already on the verge of collapse, was taken away under the bombardment of this wave of grenades, and it was difficult to hold on any longer, so they had no choice but to retreat again.

Sato in the distance was stunned, and only two charges caused hundreds of casualties on his side, so that even if he captured Mao'er Mountain as scheduled, I am afraid that there would not be many soldiers left to fight, and the huge casualties made Oshima Yoshimasa's heart bleed.

Sato is yelling: "Come on, let me shoot the leading officer who is supervising the battle in front of me on the spot!" In addition, officers were selected to organize the attack again! If you can't take the first line of defense in Mao'er Mountain this time, you can directly apologize for your crimes! ”

The adjutant on the side, Komoto Kazuki, persuaded: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, now that the fortifications of the Maoershan position are complete and the artillery fire is sharp, it is really not appropriate for our army to carry out a strong attack again, and the blood of the imperial warriors cannot be so worthless here!" ”

Sato masa shouted angrily: "Yaga, there are no soldiers in the Great Japanese Empire who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and give them the glory they deserve!" Even if you pay a big price, even if you fill it with people, you have to take Mao'er Mountain! ”

Xiao Ben Yimu persuaded bitterly: "Your Excellency, it is necessary to take Mao'er Mountain, but we can't let the warriors of the empire sacrifice in vain. Your Excellency Dazuo, you are calm and calm, we can continue to use mountain artillery and field artillery to carry out saturation attacks, now we have an advantage in firepower and troops, as long as we continue to carry out artillery bombardment, we will definitely be able to collapse the Qing army's fortifications, and then mobilize heavy troops to attack in an all-round way, and take Mao'er Mountain in one go! ”

The furious Sato gradually calmed down, his face turned pale, and he said hatefully: "Order all artillery positions to move forward, adjust the battle elements, and carry out continuous artillery bombardment on Mao'er Mountain, even if we blow up Mao'er Mountain, we will also destroy this group of pigs!" ”

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese artillery positions began to move, and a new round of shelling began on a high ground. After all, the fortifications on Mao'er Hill were built in a hurry, and under the extremely heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army, they began to loosen, and even began to collapse in serious places. The casualties of the Qing army are also increasing step by step, fortunately, the defensive nature of the trench fortifications is far above the ordinary fortifications, and the Qing troops of the old front battalion are all coming out of the bloody battle step by step on the battlefield, although there is some tension, but it is more the excitement when the big war comes, and the morale does not fall but increases. In addition, Zhang Yi has the advantage of surpassing the war command thinking of the times, and in a short period of time, the Japanese army has no temper at all when it takes the Maoershan position.

The two sides engaged in a tug-of-war battle in front of the Maoershan position, from close to noon until dusk, and the Japanese army still failed to break through the first line of defense of Maoershan. The front of Mao'er Mountain was crawling with the corpses of the Japanese and Qing troops, and the last Japanese charge in the afternoon, the Japanese advance had already hit the front of the defensive line. Zhang Yi originally planned to personally lead the team to attack, but was stopped by Tang Keqiang, Tang Keqiang personally rushed out with an elite outpost of the old front battalion, and fought a tragic white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army, only ten minutes of fighting, the old front battalion paid sixty or seventy casualties, and barely repelled the Japanese army.

Zhang Yi silently looked at the Qing army of the old front battalion of the first line of defense, in just one day of fighting, the old front battalion had already suffered more than 100 casualties, if there were no trench fortifications, I am afraid that the old front battalion led by himself would have been killed and wounded more than half. Although the price paid was a bit large, he also completely attracted the attention of the Japanese army. Now Kaecheng is at least as stable as Mount Tai, three days, three days later, the reinforcements led by Zuo Guigui and Wei Rugui and others will arrive, and when the time comes, assist Nie Shicheng in Kaecheng to fight with the Japanese army with real swords and guns, so that the Japanese army knows what is called skin pain.

Zhang Yi looked at Tang Keqiang, and now Tang Keqiang's left shoulder is also wrapped with a thick bandage, which was stabbed by two devils in the white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army. However, the old Tang is still arrogant, still fighting high, he killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in a battle, and the evil spirit around him shocked the surrounding Japanese troops and did not dare to step forward, indeed worthy of the tiger Ben fierce general under the command of Nie Shicheng, and in the end, the guards around him pulled him back from the battlefield, otherwise he dared to follow the Japanese army down the mountain in the madness.

Zhang Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Keqiang, now that the brothers of the first line of defense have been fighting for a day, they are quite tired, and I think the Japanese army will organize two or three more attacks in the evening in order to break through the Maoershan defense line." I suggest that the brothers in the second line of defense and the first line of defense take advantage of the break in the battle to rotate and replenish their strength. In this way, it was possible to ensure that the first line of defense would not be broken through by the Japanese at night. ”

Tang Keqiang nodded and gave an order to the herald beside him. He understood that the number of Japanese troops on the opposite side was as high as more than 2,000 people, and the disparity in strength between the two sides was huge, and after a day of fighting, the brothers in the first line of defense were indeed very tired and needed to rest, otherwise if the Japanese army took advantage of the darkness of night to organize a fierce attack, the situation would be very difficult when the troops were at a disadvantage.

Zhang Yi continued: "Brother Keqiang, your injuries are not light, please withdraw to the second line of defense with your brothers to rest and recuperate." ”

Tang Keqiang's face changed, and he said unhappily: "Brother, how can this work, leave you alone at the forefront, let me go back to rest, once the frontier changes, how can you support it alone?" ”