From 8:30 a.m., the Japanese artillery position in Xiaohuangshan began to shell the No. 2 heights of the Qing army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it was only eight bronze field guns of 70mm caliber, the No. 2 Heights were heavily shelled by the Japanese for 30 minutes.

Of the more than 400 shells that came over, about sixty or seventy smashed on the defensive line of Heights 2, and still blew out several huge gaps in the intact breastwork, and many horse-blocking piles behind them were also blown to pieces.

However, all the soldiers followed He Changying's order, burned a fire on the frozen soil, and after it melted, they dug out pits that they could squat in to avoid the Japanese army's grenade bombs.

In this way, after the heavy fire of the Japanese artillery, only one soldier was killed by the cannon, and the scene was extremely tragic.

"Attack!"

At this time, the Japanese army, which had quietly marched to the southern flank of the anti-Japanese army less than 400 meters away, lined up in a skirmish line and began to accelerate the charge.

Rush towards the marked peaks 1, 2, and 3.

"All on the breastwork!"

Under the orders of the platoon and company commanders of each squad, the soldiers of the three battalions of the 2nd Regiment of Lin Yunyu's department leaned on the chest wall one after another and aimed their guns at the Japanese troops at the bottom of the mountain.

Cao Kun's regiment had a total of three infantry battalions, a cavalry platoon, a guard platoon, and a civilian logistics baggage at the regimental headquarters, totaling 1,536 people.

Now, in addition to the rest of the soldiers who are in reserve, the three infantry battalions of nearly 1,400 troops are lying behind the 800-meter-long breastwork of the southern flank position, waiting with bated breath.

Xujiashan.

"Why didn't the Qing army fire back, could it be that their artillery had been wiped out by the Imperial Navy on Monk Island and Laolong Island?"

Da Shanyan put down the telescope in his hand in disappointment, near him, on a hill near Xujia Mountain, the artillery of the First Wing of the Tokyo Field Artillery was hidden on a jungle hillside.

I want to use the artillery bombardment of the third squadron to draw out the artillery group of the Qing army, and then give an annihilation blow.

"Even when the artillery is finished, their infantry can always open fire; Although the artillery fire will not be so accurate, the artillery fire of the Qing army does not seem to be so sharp. ”

Yamachi Motoji euphemistically denied Commander Oyamayan's speculation: "It may be that the Qing army was afraid of exposing their artillery positions, so they chose to forbearance." ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Da Shanyan's mouth: "Since you are so forbearing, then it is better to keep forbearing." ”

"Aim and shoot!"

Seeing that the Japanese army had reached the foot of the mountain about 200 meters, Cao Kun on the Zhongfeng Heights, immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot.

"Bang, bang, bang—"

With the gunfire of the middle peak, the soldiers of the anti-Japanese army on the south and north peaks, as well as on the mountainside and valley defense lines, opened fire one after another.

The salvo of more than 1,400 Mauser rifles, the grand sound of gunfire suddenly resounded through the mountains and rivers, and the projectile with an effective range of 800 suddenly put a dozen Japanese soldiers to the ground.

"Bang, bang, bang—"

In order to do a good job in the Nanguanling blocking battle, He Changying equipped Lin Yunyu's troops with nearly 2,000 Mauser seven-shot and thirteen-shot guns.

"Charge, charge!"

Takakhiro Tyashi, Kuriya Kan, and Captain Yoshiichi Tanaka, who was in charge of the attack on the No. 1 high ground on the southern flank, all shouted and ordered the infantry to speed up the charge.

Trying to use the loss of some soldiers in exchange for the purpose of rushing close to the chest wall of the Qing army.

"Look for death!"

A sneer erupted from the corner of Cao Kun's mouth.

In a series of battles with the Japanese army, what the Qing army was most afraid of was the sharpness of the Japanese artillery grenade scattershells, and now he actually let the commander-in-chief order to dig a hole casually, and it was all solved, which couldn't help but make him convinced and happy.

For the attack of the Japanese infantry, the imported Mauser repeating rifle had an absolute crushing ability against the Japanese army's Murata 18 single-shot rifle.

Although the Japanese army dispatched 23,400 troops this time, Mauser's quick guns were not only able to easily make up for the gap in military strength, but also the average firepower was dense, at least twice that of the Japanese army.

Moreover, the anti-Japanese army was a condescending defense, and the Japanese army attacked out of a disadvantaged terrain.

"Aim for me, hit hard!"

Cao Kun loudly ordered his adjutant Jiang Qingshan: "Let all the reservists come up for me, deal with this garbage, no reservists are needed, they can't rush through any front!" ”

"Yes!"

Second Lieutenant Jiang Qingshan responded loudly and ran back.

"Run, charge, run!"

Under the shouts of the Japanese generals, the Japanese infantry quickly rushed to a hundred meters of the mountainside, but a tall fork-shaped horse-resisting stake blocked the way of the Japanese army.

Between these stakes, they were fastened with thick hemp rope, and many cracks were split on the wooden stakes, which were smashed with sharp shrapnel fired by the Japanese fleet at the Dalian Bay Fort.

For a while, the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front of the horse rejection pile looked at each other with horror on their faces.

"Cut the hemp rope and remove the horse rejection pile!"

On several hilltop attack lines, Japanese officers gave orders one after another.

However, the Japanese troops standing at a distance of 100 meters were simply too good targets for the anti-Japanese army, and under the dense gunfire, a large number of Japanese soldiers were shot and fell in front of the horse rejection pile.

There were a few horse-rejecting piles, which were finally opened by the Japanese soldiers at the cost of huge casualties.

Then the soldiers of the anti-Japanese army concentrated their firepower to block these gaps, and in the end, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were piled up layer upon layer, and the gaps were completely blocked with corpses.

"Yaga!"

Standing on the big mountain rock of Xujia Mountain, his body trembled, where could he have thought that it was just an inconspicuous horse rejection pile, which not only completely blocked the charge of the imperial soldiers, but also caused such huge casualties.

"Ordered to retreat; 1st Artillery Wing, shelling immediately! ”

Dashanyan reluctantly issued an order to retreat, pointing to the remaining soldiers, and when he arrived at the chest wall of the Qing army after rushing through the three horse rejection piles, it was estimated that there would not be many people left.

"A, a—"

As the trumpets resounded among the mountains and rivers, the Japanese soldiers fled down the mountain one after another, and today's attack was simply a nightmare!

"The Japanese army fled, the Japanese army fled!"

On the southern flank defense line, all the soldiers of the anti-Japanese army shouted excitedly.

"The Japanese army has fled, call me!"

Liu Qi was in charge of the No. 1 high ground marked by the Japanese army, and when he saw the Japanese soldiers turn around and flee down the mountain, he shouted in surprise and ordered the army to speed up the attack.

"Ahh

Seeing that he was about to run to the bottom of the mountain, Yoshiichi Tanaka only felt a pain in his thigh, screamed miserably, and rolled towards the bottom of the mountain.

"Boom-"

At this time, on a mountainside platform retreated south of Xujia Mountain, the cannon roared in unison, and a large area of smoke almost instantly flooded the entire mountain peak.

"Run back to the pit!"

Seeing the cannon fire on the opposite side, the anti-Japanese troops on the southern flank defense line ran towards their own pit bunkers, and a few guys who didn't have long eyes jumped into other people's pits with long eyes, and the owner of the angry pit screamed and squeezed in.

"Boom-"

The earth shook and the mountains shook, especially the entire middle peak, which was obscured by the dust and smoke raised by the Japanese projectiles.

"Blow them up, blow them up for me!"

The wing commander of the artillery wing, Takanori Konno, stood in the artillery group, jumping and roaring.

"Boom-"

As a result, the bombardment of Japanese artillery became even more intense.

Nanguanling, the Japanese army marked the No. 4 heights.

Shen Zhaoao and Lin Yunyu looked at each other and smiled, and they both saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

The Japanese artillery group can be regarded as catching you!