The right flank of the position along the side ridge of Majiagou was filled with billowing gunpowder smoke at this moment, and more than 20 large pits directly nearly five meters were almost connected into a line, and the corpses and earth and stones that had been violently exploded into the sky were constantly falling within a radius of several kilometers at this moment, and under the light of the fiasco of the flares, the right flank position was as silent as death.

Many Chinese soldiers in the front-line positions of the defenders were bleeding from their ears at this moment, and some were even stunned and delirious, the second- and third-line positions were relatively better, and Zhao Xinyu, who was in the former enemy's command post, was also swept to the ground by the air wave that exploded a few hundred meters away along the observation port.

The log at the observation port was shattered and collapsed by the flying iron balls, and the scattered logs smashed the artillery mirrors to the ground, and the headquarters was in chaos

This is the power of a mine explosion? Zhao Xinyu shuddered a little, and a palpitating combat staff officer on the side sighed: "Tuanza! This thing is to bomb those tens of thousands of tons of big warships, can it not be powerful? What's more, we added so many explosives and iron balls to each blasting point! ”

As the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, the left flank position of the Yue army under the fierce fire of the defenders, suddenly suffered heavy casualties, just now the violent explosion also affected the left flank position of the Yue army, if hit by the flying iron ball is almost equivalent to amputation, the left flank attack of the two infantry squadrons of the army all disappeared in the smoke of gunpowder, the silent and strange right flank position let the 10th Division take charge of the main attack of the two infantry brigades quickly withdrew.

The commander of the 6th Division, Itamoto Masaemon, was standing in front of the artillery mirror in a daze at the moment, staring at the position where a violent explosion had just occurred by the miserable white light of the flares, and the two brigades of the 13th Infantry Wing to which the 11th Brigade belonged were all enveloped in it. The commander of the 11th Brigade, Kunizo Matsuda, committed two infantry battalions of the 13th Wing, the most elite infantry under his command, as the main attacking force.

After the smoke cleared, the follow-up attacking troops walked on the potholed ground with one foot high and one foot low.

As the flares rose into the air, the officers and soldiers of the second echelon of the army were suddenly stunned, and even trembled, and most of the more than 2,100 officers and soldiers of the entire two reinforced brigades became bloody corpses at this moment, to be precise, corpse parts, broken weapons, internal organs, ripped out intestines, stumps and broken arms, ** charred and smoking corpses, and ruptured heads flowed out of brains mixed with blood, which were soon frozen under the severe cold.

Under the urging of the officers, the attacking army troops began to move forward in fear, and the huge explosion in the direction of Majiagou also made Xi Yiyi, who commanded the attack on Seng Guanfeng, look sideways.

Hearing the teacher's call, Zhao Xinyu hurried back, picked up the phone and said, "Hey! Is it a teacher's seat? I'm Zhao Xinyu! I gave Xiao Yue a big dinner, and twenty-eight big explosions rang twenty-six! Xiao said that at least three or four thousand people were built in at once! ”

Zhang Xuewu, who had been waiting for a long time, heard Zhao Xinyu's report, and his heart was put back in his stomach, Zhang Xuewu didn't care where Zhao Xinyu got the explosives and the way of blasting operations, what he was concerned about was who was bombed, and now that he was clear, he was relieved, Zhang Xuewu knew very well that with the capacity of the forward position on the side ridge of Majiagou, he would be able to spread out the strength of the two reinforced brigades of the army at one time, and Zhao Xinyu blew up the right flank position of the sixth division of the army. Then, based on the habit of allocating troops in the offensive of the Yue army and the calculation of the depth distance, it should be able to reimburse the strength of a team of the Yue army, but Zhang Xuewu did not break it, and at this moment the big war is imminent, and the morale should be drummed and not discharged.

However, Zhang Xuewu didn't know that Zhao Xinyu also added more than a meal of small iron balls, and these small iron balls that were shot out by the blast wave of the explosion were like the principle of steel ball grenades, and the biggest damage to the army was not the explosion itself and the shock wave, but these small iron balls, and finally Zhang Xuewu reminded Zhao Xinyu that he would make a big move next time and report to the division headquarters in advance.

Compared with the head-on attack suffered by the Sixth Division, Hirose Shousuke as a friendly army could not see a trace of sadness on his face, but claimed that it was cold and drank a glass of soju to keep warm.

In fact, the joy in Hirose Shousuke's heart can't be used to express it.,Itamoto Masaemon, who was arrogant in front of him like his boss, also tasted the power of Naka[***]? The Kumamoto Division, which is known as the elite, didn't even find out that something was buried in front of its own position? At least two or three brigades of troops were taken in one pot, although he also lost two squadrons, but compared to the losses of the sixth division, the losses of the tenth division were simply insignificant, and at the same time, Hirose Shousuke was also glad that Naka[***] did not secretly plant explosives before his own position, but what puzzled Hirose Shousuke was what was so powerful and lethal? It's really puzzling.

The 14th Division of the 14th Division in the direction of Laohugou was greatly injured, but seven reinforced infantry brigades had been dispatched to take turns to contain the attack, and Laohugou had become the sad ditch and weeping ridge of the 14th Division.

The 14th Division of the Chinese Army has dropped a total of 5,600 corpses along the Laohugou, of which more than 3,000 people have been killed in the attack on the Chinese defenders' positions, more than 2,000 people have been killed in the counterattack in front of the Chinese [***] formation, plus more than 400 people killed in the previous battle storming Seng Guanfeng, the air raid in [***], the non-combat attrition of more than 1,000 people due to the cold, counting more than 3,000 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers, has sharply reduced the combat effectiveness of the 14th Division, and the combat personnel of the entire division are less than 10,000!

So when attacking along the Tiger Ditch to contain it, Matsuki Naoliang seemed very conservative, after all, it was the Eighth Division and the Sixth Division that sang the leading role, even if Chengde was captured, there was nothing to do with him Matsuki Naoliang, and Matsuki Naoliang was as angry as Hirose Shousuke, they had been attacking for several days in a row, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, but the Chinese defenders defending Chengde were not suffering heavy casualties? The 6th and 8th Divisions were attached to heavy artillery brigades and chariot units to take on the main attack as soon as they came up? This is clearly the protection and bias of the headquarters.

If the 6th Division and the 8th Division really hit Chengde with one blow, Naoaki Matsuki estimates that his career as incompetent by the Ministry of War will be over. Maintain the strength of the Eighth Division and let the Eighth Division hit the wall, and in the end, all the troops with huge losses can only calmly share the credit for capturing Chengde, after all, Chengde is an important gateway between Rehe and Pingjin! The capture of Chengde means the end of the first phase of the Battle of Rehe, and in this cold ice and snow, it seems that it is time to take a good rest!