In the early hours of the morning, the sun had just shown half of its red face, and on the artillery position of the Japanese army, a flash of light like a violent wind suddenly flashed, and the shells whistled like a violent wind, and then, a roar like a thunderstorm sounded, accompanied by a fierce tremor of the earth.

On the front line of Mopan Mountain, the Second Field Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Army, which had just been transferred from North China, had jurisdiction over the 6th Wing of the Field Heavy Artillery of the 24th Wing of the **Mountain Artillery Third Wing of the Mountain Artillery, 55 150-mm heavy howitzers, 36 105-mm field cannons, plus dozens of 75-mm field artillery mountain guns, and began firing at full speed.

On the east side of Huashan Mountain, there is the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade under the jurisdiction of the 11th Army, with 48 105-mm field cannons, 36 150-mm heavy howitzers, and 24 75-mm field guns. The ** position of Miaozhi Town, which was covered by artillery fire, continued to fall like shooting stars, raising heavy smoke and fires. On the shaking earth, ordinary houses and civil engineering fortifications were blown away one after another, barbed wire trenches and sharp obstacles flew in the air, and some of them had not yet fallen, and they were blown back into the sky by the shock wave brought by another layer of shells.

On the river of Jiujiang and the fourth wharf, the Japanese Third Fleet concentrated almost all warships, more than 10 destroyers and light cruisers, and more than 20 gunboats, and opened fire in full force. All the warships moved in a zigzag motion on the surface of the river, and with each salvo, more than 200 shells skimmed the river like lightning and flew towards the ancient Chinese city of Jiujiang.

Jiujiang, a treaty port opened during the Opium War, is a very famous commercial city along the Yangtze River, with dense buildings. Suojianglou Cathedral Commercial Street, once beautiful, prosperous, under the Japanese artillery attack, the prosperity at this time has long been dispersed, the beautiful scenery into ruins. One building after another collapsed, one fire after another ignited, and the ancient city of Xunyang at the end of September was shrouded in black smoke and flames of war.

At the same time that the Japanese ground forces put in hundreds of heavy artillery, the Japanese Third Aviation Corps also dispatched a large number of planes to bombard the positions of the squadron indiscriminately in accordance with the original plan

The first wave of the Japanese army dispatched more than 30 bombers and 20 fighters, which appeared from the east, like small black dots, and then grew larger. Immediately after, the aerial bombs fell in sequence under the belly of the bomber like laying eggs, and with a howling wind, they smashed into the position of the squadron, rising into the sky with flames and huge bullet holes like dry ponds.

Junroku Matsuura, commander of the 106th Division, rode on a horse, holding the reins in one hand and observing the position of the squadron under the shroud of fireworks with a telescope in the other. He put down his binoculars, turned his head and said loudly: "Commander Gangcun, this is the powerful artillery firepower of our Great Japanese Empire, no matter how the Chinese army can't resist it, Jiujiang is by no means the mouth of Lushun"

Okamura Ninji and Chief of Staff Miyamoto Sadachi looked at each other and smiled, they repeatedly advocated the power of the squadron at the combat meeting, which was to stimulate these front-line generals, and now, the goal has been achieved.

Gangcun said with a smile: "What is the effect of the shelling, you have to ask the insider," he turned his horse's head and asked Major General Ishida Homichi, commander of the 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery next to him, "Ishida-kun, do you see that the heavy artillery of the Imperial Army has achieved the expected bombardment effect?" ”

Ishida Hodo took a rendering of the shelling from an adjutant next to him, bowed to Okamura Ninji, and said in a deep voice: "Commander Okamura, the effect is not as good as what we see. Before coming to Jiujiang, I studied the fortification structure of the Jixian Guanchina army: extreme concealment and a large number of underground and semi-underground bunkers, and the fire points sought survival rather than effectiveness. It is certain that the replication or even expansion of such fortifications by the generals of China will greatly hinder the attack of our heavy artillery units. ”

"But I just saw that the fortifications of the people of China were destroyed in pieces, is what I saw with my own eyes an illusion?"

Ishida Hodo smiled bitterly, "Matsuura-kun, your suspicions are justified, this is most likely an illusion, our opponent is very good at creating false fortifications, what you just saw is ten likely." ”

The smile on Okamura Ninji's face disappeared, the Japanese army had invested a total of 4 field heavy artillery brigades in China, Anqing had destroyed one, and here were two, and the artillery force could no longer be strengthened. He frowned and asked, "How many of that man's fortifications were destroyed by the shelling just now?" ”

"According to my observations and statistics, this shelling, destroyed less than 15 enemy fortifications, probably only 10."

If there are still 90% of the fortifications left, it will undoubtedly cause great damage to the infantry attack, but since the Battle of Lushun, the Japanese army has never been afraid of such casualties, and even proud of the sea of corpses and blood. With a fierce expression on his face, Junrokuro Matsuura exclaimed: "Even if the artillery is not effective, our infantry can accomplish the combat objective alone, Your Excellency Commander, I carefully request that a full-scale assault be carried out on the positions of the Shina people."

Several red signal flares rose into the sky, and the Japanese troops hidden in the starting position launched a wave after wave of attacks, looking at the east of the ground, it was like locusts all over the sky, or the imperial army, the front and rear were not visible, and launched an almost wild attack.

3 kilometers southwest of Mopan Mountain, the squadron position of Huayuanling, the 107th Battalion of the 641st Regiment of the 1st Division.

"Report to the deputy commander, the heavy machine guns are all ready"

"Snipers in place"

"Mortars in place"

…

Liu Junsheng just nodded lightly, signaling to hear, but his eyes did not leave the artillery mirror at all, and the Japanese artillery fire had begun to extend, which was the prelude to a large-scale infantry attack.

The trees and weeds at the front of the front line and other objects that affect the firing boundary have been completely cleared, and in Liu Junsheng's telescope, the figure of the Japanese army can already be seen, vague, but very fast, making full use of the terrain, alternately covering one nest after another.

As time passed, the mirror image in the telescope became clearer and clearer, the plaster-like Japanese chapter flag, the devil officer holding the command knife, the machine gunner who crawled on the ground and thought the other party could not see it, and the grenadier attack team in groups of two, Liu Junsheng could even feel the crusting sound of the enemy.

The Japanese army at the front was already less than 500 meters away, and it was completely in the effective range of **, but there was still silence on the Huayuan Ridge position. The Chinese soldiers in the bunker hooked their fingers on the trigger one after another, and their eyes stared viciously at the advancing Japanese troops directly opposite, but they still did not receive the order to fire.

400 meters

According to the statistics of the regiment commander and observers, there were about 1,500 enemies in front of him, more than 20 heavy machine guns and more than 40 grenadiers had been discovered. Among them, the Japanese troops in the T10T75 area are about 200, and the Japanese troops in the X50T50 area are about 650..."After the signal soldier finished speaking, he handed Liu Junsheng a 1/1000 accurate position map, with fresh ink on it, indicating the general deployment of the Japanese army and the location of infantry heavy weapons.

300 meters

Liu Junsheng still did not issue an attack order, he felt that the Japanese attack was very careful, it seemed that there were a lot of Japanese soldiers scurrying around on the camera, but most of the devils still stayed in places where guns and bullets were not easy to hit, obviously, the first attack of the Japanese army was to test the position of his troops' firepower.

200 meters

180 meters

"Deputy commander, you see, the Japanese army has entered a trap." Liu Junsheng had just left the artillery team mirror when the observer who took over the observation shouted excitedly.

Liu Junsheng quickly stuffed his eyes into the binoculars of the periscope, and sure enough, about 1 squadron of Japanese troops advanced into a depression on the left side of Huayuan Ridge, not noticing that it was a "death trap", a three-sided fire net composed of a front and two sides.

Liu Junsheng picked up the telephone and smiled coldly.

"The idea of each unit is to concentrate their firepower and attack the Japanese troops in the T55X45 area, with snipers giving priority to firing at enemy grenadier groups and machine gunners, 1 company of heavy machine guns suppressing enemy fire, 2 companies of heavy machine guns blocking the rear road, and 3 companies of heavy aircraft firing from the flanks; The mortar platoon of the 1st Company attacked the enemy's heavy machine guns and grenadiers, while the rest blocked the rear road and the enemy's reinforcement routes. ”

"54321, fire"

After shouting the last two sentences, Liu Junsheng looked at his pocket watch, 10:25:56 a.m.

If the position on the Garden Ridge just now was a pool of stagnant tranquility, now it is the fury of a monstrous tsunami, countless tongues of fire rose from the position, mortars, light and heavy machine guns and rifles formed a three-sided cross-fire network on the front and both flanks, and the Tamura squadron trapped in the fire net immediately suffered a devastating blow.

The Japanese troops in the fire net were like fallen leaves in a strong wind, and they had no intention of sparing. All the people could not find any safe place to hide, even if they hid behind the hill, they could only block the frontal fire, any Japanese soldier was exposed to the cross side of the fire on both wings, and some of the Japanese soldiers who were not afraid of death saw that they could not escape, and they picked up their 38 rifles and charged, and in an instant, they were beaten into a pile of rotten meat

Before long, the monstrous tsunami turned into tranquility again, and the shooting of the squadron stopped, and Liu Junsheng looked at his pocket watch again, 10:29:14 in the morning.

In three and a half minutes, 87 soldiers of the Tamura squadron completely disappeared from this world.

The captain of the 113th Wing, Tanaka Shengdao, was so disgusted that he drew his command knife, pointed in the direction of the Garden Ridge, and shouted: "Warriors of the Empire, assault on all fronts"