Major General Toshio Yokoki, commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Kwantung Army's vanguard, never dreamed that the Northland Volunteer Army would adopt such a fortress-like defense, and it was obvious that it would not be easy to break through this pass. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

One way or another, the 3rd Independent Brigade of the Kwantung Army, as the vanguard, had to open a gap for the follow-up troops.

"Shell me and destroy all the firing points." The brigade commander, Major General Toshio Yokoki, showed a fierce gaze and decided to shell for 20 minutes before speaking.

"Hey, the artillery team immediately shelled and resolutely destroyed the enemy's point of fire."

From the observation just now, the approximate location of the firing point has been determined, and the artillery can only take intensive artillery fire to blast the firing point to pieces.

"Boom。。。。。。 Boom。。。。。。 ”

The artillery fire was fierce, the shells fell on the steep mountain wall and exploded, and for a while, the opposite cliff was filled with gunsmoke, and the sound of explosions came and went.

The shelling lasted a full twenty minutes, and the positions of the shelling were very concentrated, all at the firing points.

The brigade commander, Major General Toshio Yokoki, looked at the fierce shelling, and let out a series of sneers in his heart, hum, isn't it a fortress, such a fierce shelling, even if it is a fortress made of steel, it will be destroyed.

Of course, it would be nice if a shell happened to go into the hole.

He thought it was good, but when people build this kind of fortress, will they not consider preventing shelling?

The firing point fired by the Northland Volunteers was relatively high, and it was fired from top to bottom, and the firing hole was inclined downward, which happened to effectively prevent the bombardment of artillery.

Besides, the thick reinforced concrete blends with the rock, and you can bombard it vigorously if you have the ability.

At this time, there was no one in these bunkers for a long time, and they hid in other bunkers.

Because, in the process of shelling, the explosion of the shells is deafening, why suffer here?

Twenty minutes later, the shelling stopped, and the brigade commander, Major General Toshio Yokoki, laughed wildly: "Whahahaha, it's just wishful thinking to stop the advance of the imperial army with a few points of fire. The second brigade immediately organized an attack and took this gap for me. ”

"Hey, kill it."

After hearing the order, the soldiers of the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Brigade of the Kwantung Army, who had already been prepared, rushed forward as if they had taken medicine, and only rushed to the gap in the mountain in front of them.

In their hearts, they thought that after such a long period of shelling, those few firing points would have been eliminated long ago, and they wanted to rush forward boldly.

The 2nd Brigade was a bit of a meritorious person, after such a long artillery bombardment, the enemy would be sluggish by the artillery, even if he did not die, and now what was needed was speed, and it was necessary to rush over as fast as possible.

So, this time the charge was not the same as the 1st Brigade, omitting some of the necessary offensive steps.

In a short period of time, more than 500 people of the second brigade rushed to a position more than 100 meters away from the gap, and they were about to succeed.

At this time, there were probably many soldiers who felt that victory was in sight, because the other side had not fired a shot yet.

I guess they're all dead, and even if they don't die, they'll be stunned by the sound of cannons.

There will never be just one or two people who think this way.

When encountering things, we always think about the good, which is the inferiority of human beings.

However, reality often gives them a powerful punch back and a few resounding slaps in the face.

It was almost a hundred meters away from the gap, and the little devils of the second brigade of the third brigade of the Kwantung Army were screaming and shouting: "Onboard! "Rushing towards the gap in four directions, the formation of the whole charge is already very tight.

It is impossible not to be tight, because the gap is not wide, less than ten meters, and the devil soldiers are all concentrated in the middle.

It's a pity that the devils of the Second Brigade of the Third Brigade of the Kwantung Army didn't know that this time the Northland Volunteers wanted to let the devils enter a distance of 100 meters, and deliberately let the devils form a dense formation before shooting.

For heavy firepower, the denser the opponent, the greater its lethality.

And the little devil didn't know, he thought that the other party's firepower was eliminated, and tried to take this opportunity to break through in one fell swoop.

It was just when the little devil was most excited that tragedy struck.

"Tutu Tu Tu -"

Suddenly, several points of fire appeared on the opposite hill wall, three on one side, and the left and right were relatively symmetrical, all close to the gap, and the fire of the heavy machine guns broke out almost at the same time.

Hey, that's amazing, with such dense firepower, its lethality is quite amazing.

The little devils who are running are like wheat that has been cut off, falling down in pieces.

Such a close distance is a massacre.

The little devil in the running did not react, and nearly 100 people fell under a pool of blood in a minute.

The distance of dozens of meters is too close, and the ghost soldiers enter this range, which is simply a place of death.

The ghost soldiers who had not yet taken their turn were frightened by this scene and lay on the ground in a bit of an emergency, while some stopped and wanted to run back.

Not only was the little devil who was attacking frightened, but even Major General Toshio Yokoki, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Kwantung Army who was observing from the rear, was also frightened, and all his soldiers died.

Yes, none of the shelled fire points just now fired bullets, probably destroyed.

However, new points of fire came out, and there were more of them than before.

This is going to be fatal, who knows how many firepower points the Northland Volunteers have set up on this mountain wall on the opposite side?

At this time, the devil soldier who was still alive turned around and ran back.

If you don't run, you can't do it, this kind of killing speed, it's going to be your turn in a while.

However, the two legs could not outrun the bullets, and death was chasing them.

Seeing his soldiers so miserable, the brigade commander, Major General Toshio Yokoki, had blood-red eyes and shouted: "Quickly drop the artillery, destroy these fire points, and cover the retreat of the army." ”

Does shelling work?

In fact, it was not much use, the artillery team of the devils rushed into battle, and the shells were shot out and exploded on the mountain wall.

However, the other party didn't seem to pay attention to it at all, and still frantically strafed those devil soldiers who wanted to flee for their lives.

For a while, he shot frantically, killing nearly 200 devil soldiers on the spot, and more than 200 devils were injured, and the reason for the relatively high mortality rate was that these wounded devil soldiers ran slowly, and they were constantly killed in the retreat, and in the end they did not escape a few people.

More than 500 devil soldiers attacked, and in the end, at the cost of nearly 300 deaths, more than half of the troops were gone, which was really miserable.

Major General Toshio Yokoki, commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Kwantung Army, looked at the remnants of the defeated soldiers who ran back, and wanted to cry without tears.

I was full of confidence when I attacked, who knew that I would end up like this, and I couldn't afford to hurt it.

At this time, the sky was about to darken, Major General Toshio Yokoki looked at the sky and shook his head painfully, today is a tragic day.

The army marched continuously, then fought fiercely in the afternoon, and had to rest early in the evening.

The most important thing is that Major General Toshio Yokoki should think carefully about how to face the current predicament. (To be continued.) )