At 11 o'clock in the morning of the 13th, the 27th Division reached the bottom of the 203rd Heights, and for the sake of safety, it did not make a general charge, but arranged for a company to test it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the leadership of the company commander, the company slowly advanced to the 203 heights in a straggler formation with the 1st platoon as the forward, the 2nd platoon and the 3rd platoon as the two wings, and 3 people as a mutual support group. Before advancing to the foot of the mountain, there was no resistance.

Before climbing the mountain, the company commander was afraid that the enemy would be ambushed and the whole army would be annihilated, so he asked the troops to stop, and asked the 1st platoon to send 1 squad to reconnoitre, while the rest of the personnel did a good job of concealment.

The 12 people of the 1st platoon and 1st squad advanced to 500 meters and still did not encounter the enemy's counterattack, and the progress was very smooth, at this time, they began to see a huge crater on the ground, which was blown up by the deflection of the shells dropped during the bombing of the airship in the past, indicating that this place was not far from the enemy's fortifications. The platoon commander ordered the troops to stop advancing, all of them hid in large craters, and began to observe the situation in front of them.

Although many Japanese forts have been blown up, and many places are still in shambles, the barbed wire fence in front of the trench is still intact, which makes the platoon commander's heart chuckle.

The squad leader decided to send someone forward to see the situation before making a decision. So the squad leader told the deputy squad leader and everyone about what he observed and his own guesses, and everyone quietly observed and wondered that it was impossible for the airship to bomb the barbed wire, it must have been repaired by the Japanese army later, and there must have been Japanese troops defending in front, but I don't know how many Japanese troops were defending.

Everyone's opinion was to go up to one person to touch the situation first, so the deputy squad leader volunteered to go and observe.

At this time, the Japanese troops in the fortress also discovered the 27th Division and began to send small forces to attack. The news was reported to Lieutenant General Kikoshi Anzuna, and after consulting with several brigade commanders and wing commanders, it was decided to put the enemy close before fighting, as long as the soldiers who came up, they could not be let go back to report the news, and try not to expose the location of the fortress, according to how many troops the Xia Empire sent each time, arrange the number of people who shoot each time, and send a brigade commander as the commander-in-chief of the front.

Seeing that the Xia Empire only sent 1 squad to advance in the direction of the trench, and stopped at a distance of 800 meters, and then only sent 1 soldier to check the situation, the brigade commander ordered the soldiers not to shoot, but to arrange 1 for the soldiers with a relatively high shooting level to shoot the Xia Empire soldier in the trench, and after shooting, he should hide quickly and not reveal his position, and the soldiers took the order to go, at this distance, the Japanese army had absolute certainty to shoot the soldiers of the Xia Empire.

The Japanese gunners found a position in the trench between the two forts, and there was a boulder in front of it, which just blocked the enemy's view, and the Japanese gunners hid on the side of the boulder, adjusted their guns, and prepared to shoot.

The deputy squad leader of the 1st platoon and 1st squad walked 100 meters and found no trace of the enemy, so he was more cautious, hunched his waist, moved forward slowly, and carefully observed the surrounding situation, hoping to avoid anything unexpected at any time.

The deputy squad leader walked about 80 meters further, and at this time, the distance from the Japanese gunfire was only about 600 meters, and the Japanese gunners decided to shoot, or the other party would become more and more cautious, and there would be no chance to shoot at a closer distance.

The Japanese gunners calmed down, put the head of the deputy squad leader into the line of sight, and quickly opened fire.

A "pop" of gunshots, before the deputy squad leader could react, the bullet had already hit his forehead, and he fell to the sky, not even having time to shout. The squad leader who was observing below knew that the enemy must have prepared when he heard the gunshots, but he couldn't even see where the bullets were coming from.

At this time, the squad leader did not dare to order all retreats, so he ordered the light machine gun team to stay and monitor the enemy with himself, and the remaining 8 people returned to the bottom of the mountain to report the situation here, and when they went down the mountain, they should disperse the action, and they must be careful of the enemy's gunners, and the light machine guns are ready to shoot, as long as the enemy shows his head, he will be shot and killed immediately.

It was divided into 8 targets at a distance of more than 800 meters, and it was moving rapidly, and the gunner was not sure that he would be killed with a single shot, so he chose to give up and continue shooting, and returned to the fortress to report the results to the brigade commander.

The 27th Division received a report from the front line, and also knew the situation on the 31st Division's side, and estimated that the Japanese army had concentrated all its forces on the 203rd Heights, but it was not very sure, so it immediately reported the situation here to Lieutenant General Du Shihui.

After a comprehensive analysis of the situation in various places, Du Shihui decided to send airships to continue bombing the remaining Japanese troops on the 203 Heights, whether they were all concentrated on the 203 Heights or just survivors, they must be killed.

The 27th Division ordered its troops to withdraw for the time being, prepare for battle, and charge immediately after the airship bombardment, and strive to take Heights 203 in one go.

At 1 o'clock, the airship arrived at the designated position, and through the telescope, the captain Zhao Quanbao had determined that the Japanese army had rebuilt the trench and decided to bomb the entire trench.

This time, in order to improve the bombing effect, the captain decided to lower the airship to a height of 4,000 meters, specifically bombing trenches and fortresses, and the selected shells were still 200 kg high-explosive shells, the explosive power of this kind of shells is quite large, there will be no living people within 50 meters of the explosion point, and within 100 meters, it is either dead or disabled, even if it encounters the enemy's fortress, it can be done with one shot.

The Japanese army also discovered the airship of the Xia Empire at this time, but they did not dare to move now, as long as they moved, the location of the fortress and the headquarters would be leaked, and Lieutenant General Kigoshi Yasuna also knew that the enemy's airship was bombing again, so he ordered the next wing to prepare for battle.

The airship began to bomb, but it still flew around the 203 heights and bombed along the trench, which was blown up beyond recognition, and many heavy machine gun forts and bunkers were also blown up in this bombing, and the Japanese troops inside were also killed. However, there were still fortresses and bunkers that were not blown up, and there were still lucky Japanese soldiers who survived.

The huge explosion and the sky-high smoke and dust caused by the 27th Division felt that through this bombardment, no matter how many enemies there were, it would disappear with the bombing.

After the bombardment stopped, the 27th Division sent the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment to charge in three directions, striving to occupy Heights 203 in one fell swoop while the Japanese had just been bombed and were not ready to prepare.

It is clear that the commander of the 27th Division was too optimistic and underestimated the Japanese too much.

After the bombardment stopped, Lieutenant General Kigoshi Yasuna also guessed that the Xia Empire was about to attack, so he ordered the 2nd Wing, which was ready for battle, to enter the trench and prepare for battle.

He also ordered the 1st Wing to quickly withdraw to the headquarters and bandage the wounded, and now if one soldier survives, he can increase his strength.

The 27th Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division began to charge, but did not know that the Japanese were ready for battle, waiting for them to come within range of fire, ready to deal them a fatal blow. To be continued.

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