The commander of the 31st Division observed through the telescope and found that there was a hill in front of him, marked on the map as the Hat Helmet Mountain, and the Japanese army had built a large number of permanent fortifications on the mountain, and the battalion mortars could not do anything against it, and the mortars hit the fortress without causing any damage to the fortress, and the light machine guns and heavy machine guns inside continued to fire, and the soldiers could not advance further. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The captain of the 11th Wing of the Japanese Army saw the army soldiers of the Lanfang Kingdom lying on the ground in the fortress, unable to do anything about the fortress he built, laughed happily, and said to the soldiers: "Hahaha, look, have you seen it?" This is the heroic Lanfang Kingdom Army, they will only sneak attack, and when they don't sneak attack, they won't fight at all, and the frontal battle is scum, so many soldiers are still suppressed by us and can't raise their heads, looking at their embarrassed appearance lying on the ground, isn't it funny? ”

The messenger of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment returned to the regimental headquarters to report that the enemy's turtle shells were too powerful, the 1st and 2nd mortars were powerless, the Japanese firepower was too fierce, and the casualties of the hard charge were too great, and they might not be able to rush to the front of the enemy's fortress, and the 1st Battalion requested artillery support from the regimental headquarters or division headquarters.

The division commander considered that the soil layer of the opponent's fortress was too thick, even if he transferred 75 mountain guns, he could not do anything about the Japanese fortifications, so he ordered to send a telegram to the destroyers, bombard the Japanese fortress with naval guns, and send the coordinates of the fortress to the destroyers, depending on their level.

The regimental commander told the herald to go back and inform the battalion headquarters not to move lightly and wait for the support of the ship's guns.

After 10 minutes, 2 destroyers were ready for shelling and began shelling the Japanese fortress.

In the first round of shelling, 2 out of 8 shells hit the top of the Japanese fort, and the remaining 6 shells hit the perimeter.

The sound of explosions of "boom", "boom" and "boom" can be felt in the ground from a long distance.

The division commander observed the bombing effect of the naval guns from the telescope, and the two shells that hit the top of the fortress only blew up the first layer of soil of the Japanese fortress, and the logs arranged were blown up in all directions.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom", 2 destroyers fired 8 more shells.

This time, three more shells hit the top of the pillbox, because there was no protection of the first layer of sand, even the last layer of logs exploded, all the sand and gravel and soil leaked into the fortress, and the entrances and exits of the basement were buried The logs were smashed down from mid-air, and the soldiers who were not buried were also killed by the logs.

These logs, the Japanese just lined up, not fixed at all, under the bombardment of naval guns, just a huge shock can shake them down.

The battalion commander shouted happily: "Haha, brothers, do you see?" The devil is shrunk in the shell of the turtle, and the naval guns can still pry it open, and this time the 2nd company opened the way in front, searched and advanced, and did not stand too straight, and the other members protected the two wings, and immediately lay down when they encountered resistance, waiting for support. ”

"Yes, Battalion Commander!"

The main fort was blown up, the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment continued to attack, and individual sub-forts could be solved with 181 mortars, but to put down the mortars, which was similar to flat fire, this required superb technology to do, which was a test for mortar operators.

On the way to launch the charge, there were constantly hidden forts exposed, and before the Lan Fang army could react, they caused certain casualties to the Lan Fang army, as long as the dark fort was exposed, either the mortar was destroyed and the personnel were killed, or the Lan Fang army called for naval artillery support and was destroyed by the naval artillery, and the personnel inside were bombed into scum.

By 12 o'clock, the 27th division on the south bank launched an attack on the Japanese 19th Division, 2 destroyers bombarded the fortifications on the north bank, 2 destroyers bombarded the fortifications on the south bank, 4 battleships were unhurried, and the solution of one fortress after another, looking at the speed was not fast, it was a ghost for the Japanese army.

By 1 o'clock in the afternoon, there was not much left of the Japanese troops on the hat helmet mountain, and the wing commander saw that the sacrifice was too great, so he hurriedly let the remaining Japanese troops retreat, and the 3rd regiment took advantage of the situation to catch up, and chased for 2 kilometers, and was blocked by the enemy's pillbox, so he had no choice but to lie on the ground again and wait for the fire support of the naval guns.

In front of Jinjiang Mountain, the Japanese army built a more solid reinforced concrete fortress on the mountain, but the number of fortresses facing the west is not much, most of the fortresses are facing the north or the east, because the west is the city of Dandong, no one would have thought that the enemy came from the west, and the cavalry in the east and the 2nd regiment in the north all chose to block, did not choose to attack, so that the Japanese fortress suddenly lost its main role, and the west side of the Lanfang Kingdom Army attacked too few fortresses, can not play a blocking role, this is the Japanese army's mistake.

The wing commander was helpless, so he had to order the soldiers to shoot at the officers and soldiers of the 27th Division of the Lanfang Army in the communication trenches between several forts.

The deputy division commander in charge of coordinating the command of the 3rd regiment found that the enemy had entered the communication trench and immediately ordered the 181 mortar to fire at the trench and hit the enemy behind the obstacles, which was the best job of the mortar. Mortars were fired too fast and covered a wide area, which could be fatal to the enemy in the trenches.

Seeing that the soldiers in the trenches suffered heavy casualties under the mortar attack, the wing commander hurriedly ordered to withdraw from the trenches and go to the eastern fortress to transport 6 rapid-fire guns over to suppress the mortars of the Lanfang Army.

The division commander, who was watching the battle from behind, knew that there must be a large number of Japanese troops in several Japanese pillboxes, and if the pillboxes were not cleared, all the Japanese troops in the trenches would be killed, and the 3rd Regiment would not be able to occupy Jinjiang Mountain, and it still needed the support of naval artillery.

Today's destroyers have become mobile batteries and fire support guns for the army, but the naval gunners are still very excited, you must know that destroyers rarely have the opportunity to fire so many guns in a row, and they still hit fixed targets, this is a good opportunity to practice their shooting skills, and no captain wants to miss such an opportunity, as long as the army calls for support, the destroyer will actively cooperate.

The bunkers on Geumgang Mountain are made of reinforced concrete, unlike the kind of civil forts built on Hat Helmet Mountain, which require multiple artillery hits to completely destroy a fort.

After discussing with the two destroyers, it was decided that the eight main guns of the two ships would bombard one fortress together, completely clear one fortress, and then work together to clear the next fortress.

After the rapid-fire cannon arrived, the wing commander ordered to fire artillery at the Lanfang Kingdom Army, specifically to hit the place where the crowd was concentrated. At the same time, the gunner was ordered to move a place every 2 shells fired, but there was only such a place on the mountain, and it was useless to transfer it.

The rapid-fire mountain artillery of the Japanese army, with a firing range of 4,300 meters, was condescending, and the officers and men of the 1st Battalion who suppressed it did not dare to move, and the mortars were also dumb.

The division commander, who was watching the battle from behind, found that the enemy had begun to use mountain artillery to suppress the attacking troops, causing heavy casualties to the troops, so he ordered the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the destroyer, knocking out the enemy's mountain artillery first, and then slowly removing the remaining turtle shells.

At the same time, the division commander ordered the divisional artillery battalion and the regimental artillery battalion to fire artillery at the enemy and comprehensively suppress the enemy's artillery fire, whether it is useful or not, whether it interferes with the starting point, and by the way, it can kill a few unlucky people.

The destroyer received a telegram that all 8 naval guns were ready to be fired, and as long as the Japanese artillery opened fire, before it could be transferred, the 8 naval guns immediately chased after it, and it didn't take long for all the 6 rapid-fire guns of the Japanese army to be destroyed and the artillery was lost.

However, it still caused a lot of casualties to the 3 company, especially the 2 company, which was the most advanced and suffered heavy casualties.

"Captain, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, let's withdraw, otherwise all the jade will be shattered here, and we will leave a little seed for the wing!"

"Chief of Staff, we have nowhere to retreat, and we can't break through."

After dealing with the rapid-fire guns of the Japanese army, the naval guns began to deal with the remaining two fortresses, bombarding one cannon after another, and no matter how strong the fortress was, it could not last long under such bombardment.

The commander of the 31st Division found that the Japanese artillery had been blown up and all the pillboxes had been blown up, and knowing that the turning point was coming, he immediately gave an order to fire all the artillery and mortars together, completely destroying the Japanese army's living forces and inflicting a devastating blow on the Japanese army.

More than 100 artillery pieces and mortars fired together, the scene was very spectacular, the Japanese positions were suddenly flooded by artillery fire, lost the cover of the pillboxes, and only the communication trenches could not protect the Japanese troops for long, besides, the mortars dealt with the Japanese troops in the trenches.

In 10 minutes, just 10 minutes, more than 20,000 shells landed on the small position of the Japanese army.

The wing captain was hit in the back by a huge concrete block that was blown up by a shell, and was seriously injured, already injuring his internal organs, and a lot of blood slowly oozed from the corners of his mouth.

He knew that he couldn't hold out for long, endured the physical pain, ordered someone to quickly burn the wing flag, and must not let the troops of the Lanfang Kingdom capture it, and sent a farewell telegram to the division commander, the enemy with the assistance of the naval guns, the firepower was too fierce, and the officers and soldiers of the wing could not resist, and all the officers and men of the 11th wing fought with the enemy to the last person, and the collective jade was broken, and they were loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. Long live His Majesty the Emperor!

Seeing that there were less than 10 people left around him, the Wing Captain asked a lieutenant to be his mischief and help him with this sacred mission.

The team leader said gratefully: "Thank you for the trust of the Wing Captain, and it is my honor to be willing to serve His Excellency the Wing Captain." ”

The co-captain looked to the east with infinite nostalgia for the world, and his pale face showed a little ruddy, it was obvious that this was a return to the past, and he wanted to take the opportunity to fulfill his last wish.

The wing captain knelt on the ground with his knees together, held up his command knife with both hands, wiped it carefully with a flannel cloth, unbuttoned the military uniform jacket, exposed his chest and abdomen, raised the command knife with both hands, the tip of the knife was in the horizontal direction, aimed at the left side of the abdomen, and suddenly exerted force, stabbed into his abdomen, and cut to the right abdomen, and then reversed the direction of the blade, and again exerted force from the bottom to the top, cutting straight into a knife, becoming a cross shape, and the tip of the knife reached the heart.

The Wing Captain held back the pain and did not make a sound, and his face became even paler, without a trace of blood.

Nodding at the lieutenant.

The lieutenant immediately stepped forward, holding the head of the wing leader with his left hand, and with a wave of the prepared command knife with his right hand, he just cut the wing leader's trachea.

The remaining Japanese troops were shouting "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" After that, all of them committed suicide with a pistol.

So far, more than 3,000 officers and men of the 11th Wing have not survived.

In this battle, the 31st Regiment of the 3rd Division lost 338 people and seriously wounded 251 people, especially the 1st and 2nd companies of the 1st Battalion were basically incapacitated, and the other regiments suffered no casualties.

At 3:10, the 31st Division sent a telegram to Governor Yuan Tiande to annihilate the 11th Wing of the Japanese Army, and the battle ended perfectly. To be continued.

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