"Woo~~~" A terrible and sharp strange sound fell from the sky, and a swarm of heavy bombs densely broke away from the belliels of many heavy bombers, and fell like raindrops near the monastery on the summit of Cassino Peak. The powerful bomb www.biquge.info Pen, Fun, and Pavilion brought astonishing power and blew up the entire historic monastery into ruins.

Daming Army Aviation is definitely the most powerful air force in the world. The Ming Dynasty, which has a strong industrial production capacity, can produce almost as many aircraft in a year as all the allies combined. Plus a large number of reserve pilots, as well as a highly qualified population. The strength of the Ming Army Aviation has been maintained at a very strong level from the beginning of the war to the present.

Although Kesselring received air support from the mainland, the Luftwaffe in his hands in the positions near Cassino Peak was able to barely maintain weak air supremacy, and it was already a no-frills to protect Rommel's armored troops and artillery positions, and it was impractical to fully resist the bombardment of the Ming Army Air Force.

At the request of the ground forces, the strategic bomber unit of the Daming Army Aviation dispatched 100 planes to carry out a fierce bombardment of the main position of Cassino Peak. The most important thing is the stone monastery. In the face of tons and tons of bombs, this historic monastery was soon reduced to a ruin.

"Good!" Yi Yanxue looked through the telescope at the monastery on the top of the mountain in the distance, completely enveloped in huge dust and black gunsmoke, and nodded with satisfaction: "The artillery began to concentrate the attack, and after twenty minutes, the fire extended to suppress the German artillery unit. The infantry units that attacked were ready for the sortie. ”

There was not only one unit of the 71st Infantry Division near Cassino Peak. They're just the main attackers. In addition to the 71st Infantry Division, there are also many Ming troops gathered here, and it is naturally impossible for these troops to chat with small benches on the side when the 71st Infantry Division attacks.

In addition to an armored unit to carry out a diversionary attack on the town of Cassino at the foot of the mountain, many Ming regiments, divisions and even directly subordinate artillery units also pointed their guns at the German positions. In addition to bombarding the main position on Cassino Peak, the powerful Ming artillery was also responsible for suppressing the counterattack of German artillery.

While the ground was lively, the battle in the sky was also fierce. Numerous Ming army bomber units launched heavy bombardment of targets such as the main position on Cassino Peak, the artillery positions in the rear, the towns at the foot of the mountain, and the assembly of German armored forces to provide support to the ground forces.

And the Luftwaffe could not sit idly by. They took off from various airports and the fighters of the Daming Army Airlines stirred up a hot pot of porridge in the sky. From time to time, warplanes from both sides would make strange noises, and black smoke and fire would fall to the ground from the sky. Occasionally, white parachutes will appear in the sky. In this aerial Shura field, the battle between the two sides was able to damage more than 100 planes in a single day.

This kind of huge loss will feel a little pain even for the wealthy Ming, and as for the Germans, it is really a piercing pain.

The battle on the ground soon began. When the dense Ming artillery fire began to extend, the 2nd Panzer Division, which served as the assist, sent its own armored troops along Route 6 towards the town of Cassino at the foot of the mountain.

At the same time, the infantrymen of the 71st Infantry Division, who had been recuperating at the starting position after lunch, also rushed out of their positions with shouts and rushed towards the towering Cassino Peak after seeing several red flares rising into the air. Their goal was the monastery.

In fact, the monastery, made of solid stone, was reduced to rubble by heavy bombardment, but it was only strengthened by the garrison. A battalion of the German 90th Panzergrenadier Division, which had been stationed in the monastery, suffered heavy losses in the bombardment. However, the Germans had ample reserves, and they soon sent their reserves to the monastery again.

Even if it was a large-scale expansion of the army during the war, there would not be a thing in the Ming army that directly pulled people into the army like the Russians, and sent them to the battlefield meat grinder with rifles. All Ming recruits are required to undergo 90 days of rigorous recruit training after passing the physical examination. Only after passing the recruit training will they be transferred to the full military status.

Once they have their full military status, they are assigned to the various units. After being delegated to the troops, the routine training will never stop unless they are in the theater of operations and participating in the war. This also ensures as much as possible that the recruits of the Ming army have a certain tactical accomplishment and battlefield survivability.

The infantrymen of the 71st Infantry Division were a short distance from their starting positions to the monastery on the top of the hill. These properly trained soldiers would never have accelerated so far away, and it wouldn't be long before they would be tired like dogs.

The infantry of about two infantry battalions of the first attack wave pulled out a long line of skirmishers, separated from each other very widely. Gripping the weapon tightly in his hand, he hunched over and headed towards his goal. From time to time, the Ming infantry would move back and forth, either lying on the ground or hiding behind obstacles. Occasionally, fire was fired at the German positions on the top of the hill.

Mortars and heavy machine guns, which were deployed in the rear, were not idle at this time. Hordes of mortar shells fell on the monastery in layers, and the violent explosion splashed its stone ruins, breaking the heads of many German officers and soldiers. The dense rain of machine-gun bullets mixed with tracer bullets swept towards the mountains like a long chain of bullets, and the density seemed to be continuous.

Judging by the scene, the Ming army had completely suppressed the Germans. But Yi Yanxue, who was holding a telescope in the back, was far less calm than it appeared on the surface. Although it seemed that the defenders had been suppressed on the surface, if the Germans really had only such a little ability, it would not be their turn to run over and attack the main attack.

As soon as the thoughts in Yi Yanxue's mind drifted by, the situation on the frontline battlefield suddenly changed.

In the distance behind Cassino Peak, the ground suddenly rose with a large cloud of dust. If you look through the sky, you will see that a large area has been shrouded in smoke. Experienced Ming pilots knew that it was the dust and smoke that was stirred up when a massive artillery cluster fired.

The artillery of the Germans was no less formidable. After being kneaded by the Ming Empire for so many years, as an opponent and vassal, he fought many battles with the Ming Dynasty, and the Germans had a deep understanding of the powerful power of the artillery unit of the Ming Army. After the unification of Germany by Prussia, the German Army quickly built up a powerful artillery unit. This tradition has also survived to this day.

"Not good!" Seeing that his attacking troops were drowned in the dense artillery bombardment in the blink of an eye, Yi Yanxue's hands holding the binoculars suddenly trembled, and he lost his voice and shouted, "German artillery bombardment!" ”

In fact, when there was a strange dense sound in the sky, the veterans of the attacking Ming infantry had already quickly and instinctively reacted and fell to the ground. However, due to the heavy losses in the Battle of Tobruk, the 71st Infantry Division was replenished with many new recruits. Although these novice rookies have received rigorous training, they have no battlefield experience after all. Many of the recruits were knocked to the ground by the heavy shelling.

"What are the artillerymen doing ?! Kill them! Seeing the heavy losses of his troops in the shelling, Yi Yanxue, whose eyes turned red instantly, roared fiercely, "Kill them!" Kill them!! ”

The quality of the Ming artillery is naturally not covered. In just a few minutes, through the guidance of the calibration planes in the sky, the heavy artillery cluster of the Ming Army quickly locked on to the artillery positions of the Germans, and a duel between artillery and artillery was immediately staged.

In just a few minutes, more than 1,000 Ming infantry were killed and wounded. The momentum of the original steady advance was suddenly paused.

However, it is impossible to get the infantry on the front line to retreat at this time. The massive attack was bombarded and turned and fled, so there was no need to continue the war. Soon, the infantry regiments on the front line sent their own reserves, and once again continued to kill the monastery on the top of the hill with the previous attacking force.

The German artillery was temporarily pinned down by the Ming artillery, and the two sides went back and forth to each other with groups of meteor-like shells still moving towards each other. In the same case of heavy losses, no one was able to take advantage of it, and it was a draw. This means that both the offensive and defensive sides have basically temporarily lost the fire support of heavy artillery clusters.

"Hiss~~~" When the Ming infantry broke through step by step to a position hundreds of meters away from the monastery, the defenders who had been silently subjected to artillery bombardment before, and only snipers fired back, came to life in an instant. The rain of bullets and bullets poured down like water, and immediately put down a piece of Ming army.

However, the armies of the East, known for their bravery, were not easily intimidated by casualties. In particular, the Ming army, where the representative of the Eastern Army was located.

After being subjected to heavy fire from the defenders, the Ming infantry did not retreat, but summoned up courage and strength, and quickly advanced forward to approach the monastery with standard tactical maneuvers. The Ming mortars and heavy machine guns in charge of fire support in the rear were even more frenzied, raining bullets on the defenders' positions.

When the soldiers of the 71st Infantry Division bravely rushed within 100 meters in the face of huge casualties, the officers commanding the front suddenly shouted "Forward!" ”

The infantry of the Ming army immediately took out the speed of a hundred-meter sprint, and all the strength accumulated before exploded at this moment. They will storm the monastery in a very short time and engage in a fierce battle with the defenders. But at this moment, a large number of long-handled grenades suddenly flew out of the defenders' positions in the monastery! (To be continued.) )