The Japanese commander who was defending the No. 1 position in the Qingyuan Passage saw that if he did not stop the other side's excavation operation, and when the time came, the machine gun would be mounted opposite him, and the No. 1 position might change hands.

For the first time, this Japanese commander, who had always been reluctant to ask for help, sent a telegram to the rear command to request artillery support. I hope that the large howitzer unit of their first division can inflict heavy damage on the trenching troops in front of the position!

This kind of individual tunnel, unless the ordinary small cannon hits the tunnel, there is no way to hurt the people who bend over and dig in the tunnel. Only by relying on large-caliber shells from large howitzers, using the huge explosive power of the shells, these people were shocked to death in the tunnels without being killed.

Anyway, the Japanese commander was not going to stand by and dig this damn tunnel to within 100 meters of his first defensive trench. Otherwise, a charge from the people rushed directly without waiting for them to react.

Li Shi, who had lost troops in the past three days, also wanted to see how the Volunteer First Division broke through the No. 1 position, which was like an impregnable wall. As a result, when they saw that after the 1st Volunteer Division took over the position, it actually used geotechnical excavation operations to shorten the charging distance in front of the two positions, and they suddenly said: "M's, why didn't I think of it a few days ago?" ”

In fact, not only Li Shi saw the benefits of this kind of earthwork, but even the several division commanders of the Liaozhou Army who came to watch the battle also saw the real benefits of this earthwork industry. Although this method is a little more fortunate, it is better than not rushing to the position and letting the little devil use the soldiers as live targets, right?

Many tactics seem simple, but there is no extremely high tactical literacy, which seems to be a little earthwork. These senior commanders of the Liaozhou Army all understand, but why hasn't anyone come up with it in the past three days? Now, as soon as Xu Jiajun took over, he found a way to break through this defensive position. It doesn't make sense to say that people are crooked!

In the face of the praise of the generals of the Liaozhou Army. Du Liren said with a smile: "Actually, this is all a small way of fighting, if it weren't for your bloody battle a few days ago, let me wait for the opportunity to watch the battle in the back." I suddenly came up with this tactic, and I'm afraid that we will pay a heavy price if we attack here today.

It's just that we can understand the benefits of this earthwork, and the little devil on the other side must also understand. I think next, their cannons should go off! ”

It seemed that the Japanese army deliberately cooperated with Du Liren's speculation, and as a whistling shell fell, the junior officers who were directing the soldiers to dig in the tunnel. Immediately shouted: "Cannonballs." Large-caliber artillery shells, stop digging into individual anti-artillery holes to take refuge. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up a little faster! ”

Looking at the heavy shells that fell one after another, the junior officers could not care about the wounded who were blown away by the shells, and could only urge the surviving soldiers. One by one quickly and calmly. Entering the excavation tunnel is a single anti-artillery hole constructed in advance.

In the face of such a fierce shelling, there are also comrades who are thrown into the air by shells from time to time. These are almost all veterans. Tearfully and resolutely find a good anti-artillery hole to hide. They waited quietly for the shelling to end, and they were confident that their artillery units would not sit idly by and watch them be bombarded without retaliating.

Indeed, when the officers and soldiers believed that their artillery would avenge them, Du Liren, who stood in the rear observation post and watched the forward attack position, endured the artillery attack. Looking at the soldiers who were blown up in the air from time to time, my mood was undoubtedly very heavy. But this is war, and casualties are inevitable.

Holding back the sadness in his heart, Du Liren shook the phone at the command post. The artillery regiment directly under the 1st Volunteer Division was connected. Facing the commander of the artillery regiment of the first division, Du Liren said in a resolute and brief tone: "Have your artillery calculated the opponent's artillery position?" If the calculation is good, let's shoot! ”

After putting down the phone, Du Liren looked at the rounds of shells that fell from time to time, and also looked forward to the artillery regiment directly under his family to avenge these dead brothers. It is also clear that one more minute of delay will have dozens, if not hundreds, of artillery units on the front line that will be sacrificed by their comrades. After confirming the parameters of the Japanese artillery position, with the order of the artillery commander, the artillery unit of the 1st Volunteer Division issued a clarion call to counterattack the Japanese army for the first time.

The Japanese army, who was hiding in the blocking position, looking at the bombed Longhua army and excited, thought that the next group of people would never dare to dig the tunnel so arrogantly!

It's just that the happy expression didn't stay long before they saw the rear of the Longhua army in front of them, and suddenly there was a roar. Just as the Japanese commander on the position asked his men to start dodging the shelling, they found that these shells flew directly over their heads and fell towards the Japanese artillery positions in the rear.

With the artillery of the 1st Volunteer Division, the first round of attacks accurately hit the Japanese howitzer brigade. In the past three days, the Japanese howitzer brigade that mistakenly thought that Longhua's artillery range could not reach them at all, and was not ready for defense. Having withstood the first round of shelling, the artillery of the entire brigade was somewhat dumbfounded.

In the few seconds they were stunned, a second round of shells flew accurately into their positions. When a shell hits accurately, the shells piled up on the positions of the Japanese artillery brigades. Du Liren, who always paid attention to his artillery, saw a sudden loud noise from the rear position of the Japanese army.

Soon after the loud noise was heard, a cloud of dust and smoke drifted away from the rear of the Japanese blocking position. As a major general, he couldn't help but swing a punch into the air and said: ", those rabbit cubs of the artillery are so lucky, look like this, there must be a shell that detonated the Japanese artillery shell pile." Call you little devils to blow up Lao Tzu's soldiers, now you know what it's like to be bombed! ”

The young staff officers and confidential officers of the command headquarters looked at their division commanders and spat dirty words, making such childish movements. You know that the artillery bombardment just now made the division commander very happy.

Just after a few seconds of joy, seeing that there were no shells falling in the forward offensive position, Du Liren immediately said: "Order the first regiment, the second regiment directly under the mortar battalion, and immediately launch an artillery bombardment." At the same time, the main battalions of the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment launched the first round of attacks according to the combat tasks assigned before.

Tell the commander of the first regiment and the commander of the second regiment whose troops rushed to the position of the little devil first, and I will ask the commander for that regiment! This is our Xu Jiajun's first military exploit to protect the family and defend the country, if they want to, work hard! ”

Suppressing the excitement of the artillery in his heart to achieve the effect of the artillery bombardment, Du Liren immediately ordered the two regiments to be deployed to the offensive position in advance. According to the previous operational arrangement, the Japanese troops in position No. 1 were attacked from the left and right. At the same time, the mortar battalions directly under the two regiments were responsible for clearing obstacles and covering the main battalions of the attack.

The two main commanders of the first division, who also saw the smoke several miles away, also jumped to their feet excitedly and clapped their hands to say that they were fast, and they received an order from the division headquarters.

When they heard that whoever rushed to the No. 1 position first would have the opportunity to get this first merit in conquest against foreign enemies, the two main regiment commanders were naturally not to be outdone. The infantry battalion and the mortar battalion, which were responsible for covering and attacking, were ordered to take the lead no matter what. And what they hoped was to solve the Japanese brigade defending this No. 1 position at once.

Compared with the elation of the Xu Jiajun because of the success of the artillery, the Japanese captain on the No. 1 position, when he heard the loud noise and the smoke in the sky, knew that something was wrong. The Long Huajun on the opposite side even hid in private. The howitzer with a large caliber has been hidden and unused, just waiting for today's surprise attack.

The captain of the Japanese army, who realized that the artillery could not help him for the time being, knew that it was a little difficult to hold this position today. But the No. 1 position is related to the safety of the entire Xinyuan Passage. If he goes on a business trip, the fate that awaits him is probably only suicide.

Just as he was about to order his squadron leaders to prepare for defense, a round of mortar shells whizzed. began to fall on the No. 1 position, and some Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard finally tasted the taste of being blown away by shells.

Just as they were about to take refuge in the anti-artillery tunnel, the observation posts on the left and right sides shouted: "The Longhua army has begun to attack, defend!" Get ready to defend! ”

But how can they concentrate on defense in such a situation where mortar shells are all over the position? Moreover, this time the mortar battalion used large-caliber mortars. The explosive force of the bomb falling was not as exaggerated as that of the howitzer. But one heavy machine gun position was fired one after another, and even the people with guns were all separated.

The officers and men of the Xu family, who had long been familiar with the coordination of infantry artillery, under the leadership of their respective battalion commanders, almost stepped on the footsteps of the mortar extending backwards. For the first time, he rushed into the defensive position of the Japanese army, and in the face of these frightened little devils, who were ready to withdraw their bullets and fight bayonets. Every soldier of the Xu family army who rushed to the position would send two words unceremoniously: 'Stupid!' ’

Then he fired a shot directly, and then looked for the target to shoot next, not giving the Japanese troops on the position any chance to fight at all. This is not that Xu Jiajun is afraid of fighting bayonets, but in this case, they must rush to the top of the No. 1 position as quickly as possible. You know, their regimental commander can say that the battalion rushed to the top of the No. 1 position first. That regiment can make the first great merit of the little devil, this merit is an officer and soldier of the Xu family's army, who doesn't want to get it!

Even the officers and soldiers of the two main battalions who rushed to the position almost at the same time directly let the submachine guns in the battalion line up and cover the infantry behind to advance quickly. This is a matter of honor for the Ministry, and they do not want to be left behind in any case. It was this kind of little devil who almost ignored the resistance on the position, and the speed at which the two main battalions advanced was simply terrifying.

As for the regiment commander, who had been commanding the forward offensive positions, seeing that the main battalion was indeed unexpected, rushed to the Japanese positions with one blow. Worried that the losses of their battalion headquarters were too heavy, they immediately ordered to rush to the charge, jumped out of the trench quickly with pistols, and led their troops to begin to charge the Japanese position. (To be continued......)