While Yue Weihan was pondering the intentions of the Yue Army, the 13th Division of the Yue Army had already set up a posture outside the Tumen Fortress.

At 2:10 p.m., the 19th Mountain Artillery Wing of the 13th Division began shelling the Tumen Fortress, and at the same time, two bomber squadrons of the army aviation stationed in Shimen and Baoding also flew over the battlefield to bombard the Tumen Fortress indiscriminately.

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The main bunker of Baoqian Mountain, three floors underground.

In addition to the rest room, the third basement floor is also the headquarters of the entire Tumen Fortress.

The power supply system of the fortress has begun to operate normally, the snow-bright lights illuminate the entire underground headquarters as bright as day, and the four high-power fans are running non-stop, continuously delivering fresh air in, although the entire underground headquarters is hidden dozens of meters deep in the mountain, but it does not feel stuffy at all.

Although the Tumen Fortress Headquarters was hidden dozens of meters deep in the belly of the mountain, the sound of explosions on the surface was still faintly audible, the light bulbs hanging on the ceiling were constantly shaking, and the miscellaneous items placed on the table were also shaken.

However, the Tumen Fortress, designed by civil engineering experts such as Mao Yisheng, still withstood the test.

Under the 40 minutes of indiscriminate bombardment by the Japanese army and the crazy destruction of hundreds of heavy aerial bombs, the eighteen large and small hills where the Tumen Fortress is located have been blown up beyond recognition, but the eighteen bunkers have only blown out a lot of big craters in the soil layer covered on the top, which can be repaired and restored only by refilling the soil layer.

As soon as the bombardment was over, Li Qinglong took the regimental chief of staff, deputy regiment commander, and attendant adjutant to the observation post on the first floor of the earth.

Li Qinglong looked down condescendingly through the artillery mirror, and saw that the entire surface position of the Tumen Fortress had been blown up beyond recognition by the army, and there were big pits everywhere, broken trees and burning weeds everywhere.

"It's just a tentative attack by little devils." Li Qinglong immediately ordered, "Order the 1st Company, let the enemy enter within fifty meters, and then greet with grenades and rifles, and don't expose machine gun fire!" ”

"Yes." The chief of staff of the 1st regiment snapped to the ground, and immediately turned around and gave the order.

Li Qinglong raised the telescope again and continued to observe the situation outside the mouth of the well.

The army squad suddenly began to accelerate when it was still two hundred meters away from the first trench outside the mouth of the well, and the devil soldiers all straightened up one by one, and then rushed up with bayonets and screamed, through the telescope, Li Qinglong could even clearly see the hideous expression on the faces of each devil soldier, these beasts of dogs!

At a distance of fifty meters, a hundred grenades were suddenly thrown from the trenches.

The huge explosion suddenly sounded continuously from the front of the position, and the devil soldiers were suddenly overturned to the ground one by one, although there were not many people killed directly, but there were not a few who were killed and injured by the fragments, and there were many devil soldiers who were shocked by the shock wave generated by the explosion.

Immediately after, a dense burst of gunfire rang out in the [***] trenches.

Although the rate of fire of the rifle is slow, it is enough for hundreds of people to shoot together, which is still enough to pose a mortal threat to the army, and the first time the army squad that entered the attack after throwing down more than 20 corpses, retreated in panic, and was killed more than a dozen more on the way to retreat, a squad of more than 40 people, less than 10 people can escape back alive!

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The forward command of the army.

Major General Toshihide Fujita, chief of staff of the Fourth Army, put down his binoculars, turned back to Tian Yongzaburo, chief of staff of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army, and said, "Tian Yongjun, do you see it?" ”

Tian Yongzaburo shook his head and replied, "I only saw that the imperial army lost more than two dozen warriors. ”

Fujita Toshihide said indifferently: "Although the imperial army has lost more than two dozen warriors, their sacrifice can prevent the imperial army from greater casualties, so it is worth it." After saying this, Fujita Toshihide said again, "From the attack just now, we can already conclude that the garrison of the first trench of the Shina Army is only one company!" ”

Tian Yongzaburo nodded, and then turned his head and ordered: "Order, the 19th Wing of the Mountain Artillery will carry out saturation artillery bombardment of the trench fortifications outside the mouth of the well, the 58th Infantry Wing and the 13th Engineer Wing will immediately enter the designated attack position, the shelling is over, the 58th Infantry Wing will immediately launch a cluster charge, and the 13th Engineer Wing will then follow up and fill in the trenches!" ”

If Fujita Toshihide's judgment is correct, there is really only one company of Chinese defenders in the trenches outside the mouth of the well, then it is indeed the best choice for the army to invest an infantry wing to charge in a cluster, and the strength of a wing and the machine-gun fire can ensure a breakthrough through the Chinese position on the opposite side, and the number of casualties can be reduced to a minimum.

After a pause, Tian Yongzaburo said again: "In addition, the tank squadron and the combat defense artillery brigade directly under the division and regiment (under the jurisdiction of three squadrons with 12 37mm combat defense guns) are ready to break through, and once the engineer wing fills the trenches, it will advance at full speed, arrive at the close and destroy all the pillbox fortifications of the Chinese army, and clear the obstacles for the follow-up infantry to advance." ”

"Hello." The communications staff officer bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order.

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The main bunker of Baoqi Mountain, the surface observation post.

Li Qinglong was leaning against the wall and smoking, when a piercing cannonball screamed from the sky.

The chief of staff of the 1st regiment hurriedly rushed to Li Qinglong and hurriedly persuaded: "Tuanzao, the little devil has started shelling again, let's go back to the underground headquarters, it's too dangerous here!" ”

"What's the panic?" Li Qinglong said coldly, "I didn't hear it, the shell landed far away from here." ”

After saying this, Li Qinglong turned over and jumped up and stood behind the artillery mirror, while observing the shelling situation through the artillery mirror, he said to the chief of staff of the 1st Regiment and other officers without looking back: "The previous shelling was just a regular artillery bombardment of the little devils, but this time it should be their key artillery bombardment, and the target must be the trench position outside the mouth." ”

The chief of staff of the 1st Regiment raised his binoculars and saw that the artillery shells of the Japanese army had indeed rained down on the trench positions outside the mouth.

In less than a moment, the entire trench position outside the mouth was completely covered with gunpowder smoke and flying dust.

"Look at this posture, the little devil is going to throw in a large army for a cluster charge!" Li Qinglong's eyes showed a fierce light, and he immediately turned around and shouted, "Pass my order, the 1st Battalion, the Heavy Machine Gun Battalion, and the Battle Defense Artillery Company immediately enter the position, if the little devils really invest in the large army to launch a cluster charge, they will be ruthless, hehe." ”

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Outside the mouth of the well, the trench position.

The three trenches at the forefront are all built on the plain outside the mouth of the well, fan-shaped around the entire Tumen Fortress, which can be said to be the first barrier on the periphery of the fortress!

When the army carried out saturation artillery bombardment of the trench positions, the officers and men of the 1st Company had already retreated into underground bunkers.

The three trenches on the periphery are an important part of the entire fortress defense system, not only the surface fortifications are all reinforced by boulders, logs and ashes, but also a solid bunker has been built under the trench, which can not only provide rest for the officers and soldiers, but also provide shelter for the officers and soldiers to avoid the artillery bombardment of the Japanese army.

Before the artillery bombardment of the Yue army was over, the 2 and 3 companies of the 1st battalion, the anti-aircraft artillery company directly under the regiment, and the heavy machine gun battalion had already entered the underground bunker of the outermost trench through the tunnel.

However, Yue Jun didn't know anything about it!

Half an hour later, the artillery bombardment of the Yue army was over, and before the smoke of gunpowder and the flying dust on the battlefield completely dissipated, nearly 3,000 infantry of the 58th Infantry Wing of the Yue Army rushed out of the trenches one after another, and under the personal leadership of the wing commander Kuramori Gongren Daisa, they swept towards the mouth of the well like a tide.

Historically, when the army fought for the Arthur fortress with the Russian army, there used to be a group-sized cluster charge.

However, after that, the army rarely carried out cluster charges on the scale of more than a wing, especially in the face of the middle [***] team, the army was even stingy with the use of group-scale cluster charges, the reason is very simple, there are only seventeen permanent divisions and regiments of the army, and the number of elite veterans is very small, and they cannot carry out a crowd charge like the Soviet Red Army or [***].

At this moment, in order to seize the Tumen Fortress, the Yue army once again sacrificed a group-scale cluster charge.

"Tian Yongjun, have you seen it? This is the real infantry charge, I haven't seen it in many years! ”

Seeing the black-pressed officers and soldiers swept towards the front like a tide, the blood in Fujimoto Toshihide's veins began to boil in an instant, and he couldn't wait to pull out the saber given by the emperor and rush to the front line, personally leading the 3,000 warriors of the 58th Infantry Wing to crush the defense line of the [***] team in one fell swoop.

The main bunker of Baoqi Mountain, the surface observation post.

Li Qinglong's expression was like iron, but he indifferently watched the tide of soldiers who were rapidly advancing through the artillery mirror.

Soon, the tide of soldiers had crossed the kilometer line and entered the range of heavy machine guns, and the chief of staff of the 1st regiment couldn't help but turn around, only to see that the expression on Li Qinglong's face was still indifferent, and he seemed to turn a blind eye to the surging tide of soldiers outside the mouth of the well, calm down, Li Qinglong at this moment, calm so calm that people trembled!

Suddenly, it was said that the military crowd had entered within 500 meters.

Li Qinglong walked slowly to the telephone, picked up the phone and said indifferently: "Give me the front position." ”

The army had entered within 200 meters, and the chief of staff of the 1st Regiment and other officers were already so nervous that they were about to suffocate, but Li Qinglong still had an indifferent expression, until the army entered within 100 meters, Li Qinglong said lightly: "Front-line position?" It's almost time to fire now, don't save me bullets, give me a shot to the death! ”

(To be continued)