This is the position on the southern flank of Zhenjiang Fort, which is now under heavy fire from Japanese artillery

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The battle actually began this morning. It has only been a few hours since the fighting, and the two sides have been shelling each other at the beginning, and now the Japanese artillery has dragged the heavy artillery to the firing range. Attempts were made to tear a gap in the position for the Japanese infantry with heavy artillery bombardment, covering the infantry charge.

The forces defending the positions on the southern flank were mainly the "Independence Army of Korea" and a small number of Revolutionary Guards. The supreme commander of the position was Jiang Huwu. At this time, he Mao rushed from the east side of the position to the southern flank position to inspect it.

Chiang Kai-shek and his staff officers ran all the way from the east end of the position to the south flank of the position, which took half an hour, not because the communication trenches were too long, but because the Japanese artillery fire was very fierce, and they had to hide in anti-artillery bunkers at any time.

When Jiang Huwu rushed to the position on the southern flank. It was the time when the Japanese artillery fire was the most intense, the shrezennel flew sideways on the entire position, the gunpowder smoke was filled, and the choking irritating gas was enough to make people feel suffocated, especially in the anti-artillery bunkers, the air was dirty, and the smell of sweat mixed with the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke made people breathless.

"Chief of Staff, the command has just arrived. Say that the air force group has arrived and is about to attack the Japanese artillery positions! ”

A staff officer pressed down the field phone. touched Jiang Langwu's side and shouted a few words loudly.

Jiang Keywu nodded, and then continued to study the battlefield situation map in the light of the lantern. Analysis of the deployment of Japanese positions.

As early as yesterday, the headquarters had already briefed the situation ahead, and Jiang Langwu knew that an army unit of the Japanese army had already landed on the Chinese side of the Yalu River estuary, so he was prepared for this battle, but he was slightly surprised that the Japanese army was moving so quickly and the artillery fire was so fierce.

In fact, it was the Japanese landing force that came from the mouth of the Yalu River that was now attacking the position on the southern flank, and according to the speculation of Jiang Keywu and his staff officers, one of the reasons why the Japanese army came so quickly may have been that only an advance team was sent. Second, it may have taken advantage of the Japanese Navy light ships that entered the Yalu River, and as for the artillery brought with them, it is likely that they were also transferred by the Japanese Navy ships nearby, otherwise the artillery fire would not have been so fierce.

The air force had already launched several heavy air attacks on the beachhead where the Japanese had landed, and the Japanese suffered heavy losses, and under such circumstances, the Japanese offensive could not last.

Jiang Keywu was confident that he would hold his position, Zhenjiang Fort had been preparing for battle for many days, and there were sufficient reserves of ammunition and food, so as long as the army's morale did not waver, it would not be a problem to hold it for more than ten days, and the most inconvenient thing now was the lack of direct air support, and there was no field airfield in Zhenjiang Fort. If the Air Force wants to support the Zhenjiang Fort position. You can only take off from Tuchengzi Airport in the north, and you can't be on call.

At present, the Zhenjiang Fort Command has already begun to organize the land and open up an improvised field airfield, but due to the lack of fuel and aviation ammunition, the air force will not send planes to transfer over for the time being, and Jiang Keywu can only rely on the Tuchengzi field airfield.

After the battle began, Jiang Keywu sent staff officers to the position to monitor the movements of the Japanese army, find the Japanese attack position, and put together the reconnaissance report, so he drew this battlefield situation map.

Based on this battlefield situation map, Jiang Keywu judged that the Japanese army was likely to attack the southern flank positions soon. Therefore, he decided to sit in the position on the southern flank for the time being, waiting for the first attack of the Japanese army, and for the sake of safety, he also deliberately transferred part of the reserve into the position to prepare to meet the Japanese attack.

There were a lot of new recruits in the troops, and the Revolutionary Guards had almost no actual combat experience. That is, to take a defensive position, without an order, it is not allowed to attack, after all, Zhenjiang Fort is not the depth of the defense line of the entire Yalu River theater. This is just an outpost, and the real main position is still in the north.

According to the morning's intelligence, at the same time that Zhenjiang Fort was attacked by the Japanese army, there were also battles at various defensive support points in the north. The Japanese had crossed the Yalu River and launched an all-out attack on China's defense line, but some of the attacks were false. Just to attract the attention of the Chinese defenders, while some of the attacks are real. It is where the breakthrough in the campaign lies, but where the Japanese army chooses to attack depends on the analysis of the theater staff and the intelligence of the air force's reconnaissance. As a middle-level commander in this battle, Jiang Keywu is indeed not able to say that he is not the main direction of attack chosen by the Japanese army.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two Japanese shells fell one after the other near the anti-artillery bunker, and the beams on the top of the bunker fell to the ground.

Jiang Langwu raised his hand and patted the falling soil on his head. Then he put the battlefield situation map into his map bag, stood up, and walked out of the artillery bunker with a staff officer.

Follow the traffic trench to an observation post. Looking to the south of the position with a high-powered telescope, I vaguely saw a Japanese sunburst flag, and then I saw the Japanese infantry rushing over with Xu Jin's barrage. ”

At the same time, many shrill whistles suddenly sounded on the position, and the sentries responsible for monitoring the front of the position also showed the Japanese infantry, so they called those officers and soldiers who were hiding from the artillery fire in the anti-artillery bunkers.

Soon, everyone entered the trenches, and the officers watched the Japanese infantry with binoculars, while the soldiers quickly checked

"Adjust the gauge ruler, 100 meters".

"Heavy machine guns into position!"

"Mortars into position!"

"Set up a field war!"

With the sound of the officer's command, the soldiers were ready for battle in their respective combat posts in accordance with the battle regulations, and at the same time, the observation post also quickly fed back the distance and position of the Japanese infantry to the artillery positions in the rear through field telephones. By the time the Japanese infantry stormed five hundred meters from the position, the counterattack of the Chinese artillery had already begun.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The first round of salvo fire, the shells exploded accurately in the shock formation of the Japanese infantry, this time it was a high-explosive shell, the second round of artillery fire salvo was replaced with a shrapnel shell, a large number of shells exploded accurately above the heads of the Japanese infantry, throwing a large number of projectiles, giving the Japanese effective killing, at the same time, the mortars in the trenches also began to project fire on the Japanese army, heavy mortars and light mortars mercilessly killed and injured the Japanese infantry with artillery fire. And due to being located on the front line, the accuracy of shooting is higher. It is possible to concentrate fire on the Japanese infantry who are rushing at the front.

At this time, the artillery fire of the Japanese artillery did not stop, and the artillery of both sides poured artillery fire into the front and rear of the position, turning the area into a sea of fire, and even the defending side felt a sense of despair, let alone the attacking side.

In this deadly artillery fire, the attacking force of the Japanese infantry disappeared in an instant, but they did not stop the attack immediately, but continued to rush towards the position, all the people shouted in the artillery fire, but their voices appeared intermittent in the sound of the shell explosion, without any deterrent.

Finally, the Japanese infantry rushed to a place less than 200 meters away from the position, at this time, the Japanese artillery fire stopped abruptly, but the Chinese artillery was still projecting fire to the front of the position, the shells continued to explode in the air and on the ground, with the dense shrapnel and powerful shock wave intertwined into a net of death that harvested life, any place covered by this net, you can see flesh and blood flying, you can hear screams again and again.

The Japanese infantry was still charging, and it was not until they were less than a hundred meters from the trench that the Chinese artillery suddenly stopped firing.

There was a sudden silence on the ground, but it was only temporary, and soon the soldiers on the defending side heard the shouts of the Japanese infantry and the orders of their own officers.

"Hit".

"Table".

The officers gave the order to shoot almost at the same time, and then a dense burst of gunfire rang out from the position, like a torrential rain, and suddenly came, leaving people with nowhere to hide.

"Smack! Syllable! ”

"Tart tart must, tart bite

Rifles, submachine guns, heavy guns, light machine guns, all kinds of weapons frantically projected fire at the Japanese infantry in the wilderness in front of the position, and the deadly rain of bullets greedily devoured the lives of those Japanese soldiers. Due to the close proximity and the high accuracy of the shot, almost in a few seconds, there were no human figures in the open field in front of the position, and the Japanese infantry did not even rush to the minefield.

There was a sudden silence on the ground again, most of the soldiers stopped firing, and the sporadic gunfire soon stopped, and the officers and men poked their heads out of the trenches and looked out into the wilderness in front of the position. There were the corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, as well as those rifles everywhere, and the few Japanese soldiers who did not die were wailing in pain on the ground, no one knew what they were thinking now, but it turned out that in front of the perfect defensive network composed of field artillery, machine guns, barbed wire, minefields, and rifles, the era of simple infantry shock had passed, and in this war, the squadron gave the Japanese army a vivid and cruel lesson in modern tactics.

Compared with the Russo-Japanese War of that year, in this war, the Japanese army faced a stronger defensive net, and flesh and blood will be torn to pieces in front of this defensive net.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Jiang Langwu was very emotional, this was not the first time he had witnessed the "meat bullet offensive" of the Japanese soldiers, but the shock in his heart was still strong, and the education he received in the military academy repeatedly warned him that flesh and blood could not resist the modern killing machine, so he could not understand the fanatical "meat bullet spirit" of the Japanese soldiers.

"Tell the headquarters that our department has blocked the first attack of the Japanese army, and the artillery is doing a good job, but next time, I hope they can further extend the artillery kill zone forward. The Japanese attack was very crazy, and they must not be allowed to rush over and engage in a white-knuckle battle with our troops. ”

Jiang Keywu said a few words to a staff officer. The staff officer hurriedly ran to the command post to report to the headquarters, but after taking a few steps, he heard the roar of the plane's engine coming from the sky, and looked up to see dozens of light bombers flying in the northern sky.

Jiang Mingwu also looked at the sky, he breathed a long sigh of relief, the air force has finally come, then, the heavy artillery of the Japanese army may not be a threat.

For the Japanese army, this war seems to be unfair, but this is the normal state of war, war, pay attention to the enemy's shortcomings, but the Japanese army has too many shortcomings, and the lack of air force is one of them.

The squadron will fully use their air superiority to completely crush the Japanese attack.