"Master John!" The communications staff officer of the Eighth Army handed over a combat order to John Lassan, commander of the 1st Division of the British Commonwealth: "Your division's task construction and the Chinese's position on Maleangshan Mountain, strive to achieve a breakthrough within four to five days and open a breakthrough for the coalition forces!" "Please rest assured that our 1st Division of the Great Commonwealth is a brave soldier, and we will definitely complete the mission!" Commander John said. "Okay, Division Commander John, there are four artillery battalions and three tank battalions with me, a total of more than one hundred and twenty tanks, and they will assist you in attacking the Maleang Mountain position!" After the communications staff officer finished speaking, he saluted and handed over the list of establishments and equipment to Division Commander John! "With such strength, we are more sure to win Maleangshan!" Senior Commander John glanced at Ma Liangshan opposite with great contempt: "Chinese? Hehe! ”

"My order is to have reinforced tanks as the vanguard, artillery to maximize firepower, and then the strength of one of our regiments to launch an attack on the Chinese, and strive to capture Maliangshan in one battle!" The commander of the First Division of the British Commonwealth said energetically: "Let those Chinese countrymen know that the First Division of the British Empire is powerful!" "Then I wish you success, Master John!" The commander of the 5th Regiment of the 1st U.S. Cavalry Division said: "If you need us, just say it!" "No need, Mr. Commander, you have been defeated repeatedly, watch our performance carefully!" Master John said arrogantly. The commander of the 5th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division did not speak again, but just sat down and watched as the division commander issued orders!

"Commander, this Brit is too angry!" The staff officer of the commander of the fifth regiment said dissatisfiedly. "Everyone knows the arrogance of the British masters, plus this first division of the Federation has just been transferred here, he thinks that China is still the Qing Dynasty, and when he hits the head and breaks the blood, he will ask for help like us!" The commander of the 5th Regiment glanced in the direction of Maleang Mountain. In fact, the regiment commander had the same idea as the division commander not long ago, on the icy Gaima Plateau, the famous First Cavalry Division was hit by a group of Chinese soldiers who did not even have cotton clothes, braving the cold of minus 40 degrees, the loss of troops and the collapse of the Gaima Plateau, the fifth regiment also relied on its own mechanization ability, and ran out with all its might, as for the heavy equipment, guns and ammunition and other materials have long not known where to throw them, when the regiment commander ran on the boat, What he got was the data of more than half of the casualties of his own regiment, and since that time, the regiment commander has completely changed his opinion of the Chinese!

"Right there, it will be the place where you will defeat the Chinese, go, children, show your courage and charge!" After watching with satisfaction as his artillery and tanks carried out a ferocious shelling of Maleang Mountain, Division Commander John loudly gave his battle order! A regiment of British Empire soldiers, led by a group of Gurks, began the attack! "Just like that, how much Master John looks down on the Chinese! According to my experience, such artillery fire is simply impossible to destroy the positions of the Chinese, this regiment is going to be unlucky! The commander of the 5th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army looked at the Commonwealth soldiers who rushed forward, put down the binoculars and slowly shook his head! He thinks it's impossible to break it!

In fact, the commander of the fifth regiment still has some experience and vision, just now the artillery fire, it really did not cause much damage, Jin Chengshan thought of this when designing, all the pillboxes are semi-underground, the power absorption of artillery shells is very large, and the cantonment hole reinforced with heavy wood has also greatly reduced the effectiveness of the British artillery preparation, so that the actual situation of the fire preparation of the first division of the British is even worse than the commander of the fifth regiment thinks. When the shelling was over, a regiment of the 1st Commonwealth Division rushed up, waiting first for them to be pre-empted*, and then semi-underground bunker fire! When these British were suppressed by fire, they naturally prepared sappers to prepare for blasting operations, because the height of these bunkers was too low for tank guns to hit at all. But at this time, the infantry came up!

"Call Lao Tzu!" The commander of the volunteer company who rushed to the position shouted, and all kinds of long and short firepower were scattered outside the position, and the most fatal ones in those semi-underground pillboxes, the machine gun fire with a very low firing range was simply a nightmare, groups of Commonwealth soldiers were hit by bullets, and when they fell, they saw white smoke all over the ground*! The British tanks played a role at this time, although the observation effect was not very good, but the intensive shelling still effectively suppressed the infantry fire on the position, and provided some cover for the attacking Commonwealth infantry! "Order the forward artillery to open fire!" Division Commander Xie in the command post, seeing that the firepower on the position was suppressed, hurriedly ordered the forward artillery of the second line of defense to open fire. The forward artillery is those heavy artillery that entered the artillery hole, Wu Fatzi was personally watching the battle on the position with a telescope, when he heard the order to call himself to open the artillery, Wu Fatzi sighed in his heart, this fortification is really good, the field of vision is vast, the shooting angle is also very good, it is simply a masterpiece!

"Fire!" Wu Fatzi gave an order, the heavy artillery that entered the gun hole opened fire, and one by one the 155 heavy shells hit the tank formation of the first division of the British Commonwealth, the huge shells are not what ordinary tanks can withstand, and the tanks that were directly hit were scrapped on the spot, even if they were not directly hit, the members inside were also shocked to death or injury! "The enemy's heavy artillery has fired!" A Commonwealth soldier reported loudly. "Artillery counterattack!" Division Commander John, seeing the group of shells exploding in the middle of his own tank, ordered his own artillery to open fire! As soon as the shells of the 1st Division of the British Commonwealth exploded, Liu Hai observed in the hilltop fortifications behind, and watched the explosion of the shells and the sound of the shells crossing the air, and Liu Hai took the map!

Bangs made a comparison on the map with his hand, and after calculating it through the scale, he probably determined where the opponent's artillery position was! "Just put the cannon in this place?" Liu Hai glanced at the 1st Division of the Commonwealth on the battlefield, "How much these British people look down on us!" "Are you going to give the order to fire now?" The staff officer next to him asked. "Yes, this is the azimuth angle of the shelling, send it to the artillery battalion behind!" Bangs said. This is the two artillery battalions with Wu Fatzi in the back, and Liu Hai directly ordered these two artillery battalions to open artillery attacks! Two battalions began to shoot in the direction given by the bangs, and the artillery regiment of the 1st Division of the Commonwealth was hit! Since the First Division of the Commonwealth did not think that the Volunteers had the ability to counterattack their own artillery, the artillery was actually lined up in an open field, fighting leisurely and taking it for granted!

When Liu Hai's heavy artillery smashed over, the artillery regiment commander of the 1st Division of the British Commonwealth on the position was cheering up his soldiers, and he used jokes one by one to make his soldiers understand that the Chinese were just a group of countrymen who didn't understand anything, and it was easy to defeat them! The regimental commander was talking calmly A cannonball hit, a huge cannonball detonated the opponent's cannonball in the open field, a huge explosion sounded, the artillery commander of the 1st Commonwealth Division was thrown out, and then the shells rained down, and the artillery regiment of the 1st Commonwealth Division without any protective and concealment measures was devastated, and the regimental commander was pushed on the hood of a car by the air wave, his head was hit to pieces, looking at his corpse, The commander of the Fifth Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army said sympathetically: "He shouldn't make jokes about Peng Dehuai!" ”

"Artillery fire covers a range of five hundred meters from the forward position!" Liu Hai looked at the Commonwealth infantry in front of the position, and they were about to retreat, and it was the right time to order coverage! And the Commonwealth soldiers in front of the position also knew that the attack was over, because in the current situation, such a position could not be broken at all! When the infantry attacking from the Commonwealth withdrew, the shells came, and the swarms of shells made the soldiers of the 1st Commonwealth Division, who were slowly retreating, know what it means to be covered by heavy artillery! "Bastard! The first offensive was like this, what were you afraid of in front of the position, why couldn't you achieve a breakthrough? The commander of the 1st Division of the Commonwealth scolded loudly. The enemy's pillboxes built by the division commander are very distinctive, and with the cover of the infantry, we simply have no way to achieve an effective breakthrough! A company commander who commanded the attack said: "I propose to increase the intensity and intensity of fire cover!" ”

"Order Scott and Willings' artillery regiments to enter the range, concentrate all the artillery fire on Maleang Hill for me, and send out bulldozers to see if we can carve out a road on the offensive route so that the tanks can charge with the troops!" The commander of the 1st Division of the Commonwealth thought for a moment and said. "Would you like to ask the artillery of the 5th American Regiment to come over and reinforce the firepower?" The staff officer asked. "Well, ask their artillerymen to come and help too!" said the commander of the 1st Division of the Commonwealth. The British's communications corps quickly sent the request for artillery fire to the commander of the 5th American Regiment, who sent his own artillery without saying a word! Looking at the artillery already in place, the commander of the 1st Commonwealth Division personally went to the tank battalion to guide the tanks in the artillery bombardment essentials, and also asked his bulldozers to follow the cover of the artillery to push a road. In the end, the division commander personally went to the company commander of the attacking unit to instruct the sappers to use the gap in the artillery to launch.* After several hours of preparation, the commander of the 1st Division of the British Commonwealth felt ready and ordered the second attack to begin, and the losses were overwhelming!

"The British actually put the artillery positions in the same place again?" Bangs looked at it with a telescope, "I see!" Order Wu Fatzi to pay attention to the attack of armored targets in the front, and as for the pile of artillery, tell Wu Fatzi's second battalion to kill him! ”