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Volume 3, Chapter 504: A Head-on Attack

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    In the early morning, dew wetted his clothes, shoes and hats. Wu Ming didn't pay much attention to it. He just silently took the telescope handed over by Dai Ziran and checked the third brigade's defense line again.  The first line of defense in Meichi Ridge and Kenwu Mountain is the circular trench at the foot of Longmen Mountain. All the excavated soil has been transported away, and no trace is above the ground. The wavy trench is below the north side, every five meters.  There is a gun-proof hole that can accommodate two to three people. It is covered with a thick mud layer of more than 1.5 meters. There are beveled light machine gun and rifle shooting positions in the upper trench, which can attack the machine gunners and riflemen who are ambushing inside.  Provides good cover.  The second line of defense is the main position on the hillside one hundred meters behind the first line of defense. It is also a wavy trench. What is completely different from the flat ground is that a large amount of soil was dug in front of the trench, forming a vertical layer of about two meters. The excavated  The earth cover was compacted at the front of the trench.  The rifle and light machine gun positions are also covered by beveled surfaces and raised compacted soil on both sides. The heavy machine gun positions are all dug deep and covered with multi-layered wooden frames. The trenches are covered with compacted soil up to 1.5 meters thick.  There are also a large number of artillery defense holes built on the middle and forward side. Different from the first one, there are multiple artillery defense holes that can accommodate more than ten people, which facilitates the overall cover of the heavy machine gun team and the light artillery team.  The third line of defense is a reserve position, set up on the ridgeline of a mountain 200 meters above sea level. The structure is the same as the second trench, except that there is no heavy machine gun civil bunker, but there is a hidden artillery observation post bunker.  The three-dimensional defense position in front of us is the result of the New Second Army in more than a month.  During this confrontation, the officers and soldiers did not slack off at all, and turned the entire Longmen Mountain into an iron wall.  Wu Ming was currently at the top of Kangwu Mountain, which is more than 400 meters above sea level. He looked very carefully, but his tense face and slightly trembling hands revealed his inner anxiety and uneasiness.  After watching for a while, Wu Ming calmly turned back: "Ziran, have all the troops set off?" "Yes, since nightfall last night, the logistics and supply troops were the first to retreat, and then the chief of staff led the artillery brigade to set off. In the early morning,  The Third Brigade demobilized the Independent Division. After arriving at Zhibu Town, the Independent Division did not rest and set out directly with the New Third Division. " "According to the latest telegram communication, the two divisions have arrived at Datang Town in the southwest of Zhuji.  Now, only the Third Brigade and the agencies directly under our army are left in the entire Longmen Mountain area." Dai Ziran quickly replied, thinking for a while and said: "Although the brothers have withdrawn, they are all very concerned about the Third Brigade's blocking battle." This.  For two days, the Japanese army has been paying close attention to the movements of the New Second Army.  Once there is a slight change in the defense line of the New Second Army, the Japanese army will definitely pounce at all costs.  Whether the Third Brigade can withstand the Japanese attack is directly related to the safety of the entire army, and the generals cannot help but pay attention to it.  "Military seat, look, the Japs have started shelling." Dai Ziran pointed to the Caowu and Xiachenwu lines at the northwest foot of Meichi Ridge: "The Japs' shelling is very fierce. It seems that the next wave of attacks will be very fierce.  At the military base, the Japanese army has at least used a heavy artillery regiment. It will be very dangerous if stray bullets fall here. In addition, the area that the third brigade needs to defend is too large. Once the Japanese army breaks through a little, the entire defense line will be in danger We are still in danger.  "Let's withdraw first." "Wait a minute, I have to see with my own eyes how the third brigade fought the first battle, so that I can rest assured." Wu Ming picked up the telescope and checked the movements of the Japanese troops.  As Dai Ziran said, the Japanese shelling was very violent.  "Boom¡ª¡ª" Amidst the continuous explosions, clusters of orange fireballs rose into the sky around the third brigade position.  The Japanese army used two reconnaissance planes, and the artillery school shooter sitting in the co-pilot seat of the aircraft carefully observed the explosion point, and then a series of data was transmitted through the radio. After the Japanese artillery corrected the shooting angle, they started a new round of salvo fire, one after another.  Brilliant fireworks curled up over the garrison position.  Amidst the fierce roar, several artillery shells fell into the trenches and exploded, causing mud and sand to fly up. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers were spread out widely. At the same time, most of the officers and soldiers hid in the anti-gun holes during the shelling, so no major damage was caused.  harm.  However, the Japanese artillery bombardment continued, and the entire Longmen Mountain defense line was shaking horribly. Thunder-like explosions were heard continuously, and everywhere was shrouded in thick smoke and fire. The ground was plunged into a sea of ????fire, and raging air waves  Rolling everywhere, bombs roared to the ground one after another, and clouds of orange flames rose on the ground. Fireworks spread out with air waves, and raging shrapnel flew everywhere, swallowing up all targets within the killing range. The yellow  The fire soared into the sky, like a hell on earth.  "Boom¡ª¡ª" Although there is little direct damage due to the cover of the anti-cannon hole, the shock waves and huge sound waves generated by the explosion, one after another, are like heavy hammers hitting the anti-cannon.  Among the officers and soldiers in the cave, blood began to flow from the eyes, noses and corners of the mouths of many officers and soldiers.  Among the countless grenades, some always happened to fall near the anti-gun holes and exploded violently., the cave entrance suddenly collapsed, burying alive the officers and soldiers hiding inside.  After an hour of shelling, almost all the trees in Meichi Ridge and the northern foot of Kangwu Mountain were ignited by fire. The violent explosion made the ground feel like a magnitude 6 or 7 earthquake. The trees fell down in the explosion, and were in the sky.  Burnt into charred wood.  As the burst of artillery fire gradually ended, the Japanese army did not launch an attack immediately. Wu Mingzheng felt strange that a cloud of smoke suddenly evaporated from the Japanese front line, and clouds of yellow smoke rose into the sky, forming a side of seven or eight meters wide in mid-air.  Kilometers of terrible fog wall.  Since the wind direction today is exactly northerly, although the wind force is not strong, it is enough to push this huge yellow wall of fog along the wind towards the Longmen Mountain defense line.  "No, the little devil is releasing poison gas." Wu Ming's face changed drastically, and he immediately turned around and asked, "Have all the gas masks been distributed to the third brigade?" Dai Ziran nodded: "All have been distributed, in order to ensure that the three brigade  With the combat effectiveness of the brigade, the munitions and logistics department has ensured that every officer and soldier of the third brigade has one." Wu Ming nodded. At this time, several guards rushed up and put on gas masks for Wu Ming and the accompanying officers. After about an hour, they felt that they were guarding.  Almost all the officers and soldiers of the New Second Army were dead on the military position. The Japanese army stopped using poison gas, and then about a regiment of Japanese soldiers wearing gas masks began to attack.  The Japanese troops were getting closer and closer. As the officers and soldiers at the lookout sent out warnings, the officers and soldiers in the position who also wore gas masks came out of the anti-gun holes, entered the shooting position, and watched the front of the position vigilantly. ? One hundred meters, eighty meters, sixty meters, the Japanese army walked lightly, instead of shouting slogans as usual, but quietly, like devils from hell.  There was deathly silence on the garrison position. The Japanese soldiers who had lowered their heads and gripped their guns tightly, ready to shoot at any time, couldn't help but slow down, straightened their bodies, and lowered the guns in their hands.  At a distance of fifty meters, most of the Japanese soldiers relaxed. They thought that the defenders would be completely wiped out by this wave of poisonous gas offensive, and the formation began to become scattered. It was said that it was later than it was, and it was faster than that. Hundreds of them were quite serious.  The machine gun suddenly began to spray hot fire chains, and the dense rain of bullets swept away the casual Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers who stood upright instantly became living targets, and a large number of Japanese soldiers at the forefront were splattered with blood, and each one screamed miserably.  Fall down.  In this short moment, less than half a minute of firepower attack, about five hundred Japanese soldiers fell in a pool of blood.  However, the Japanese army was well-trained. The machine gun team immediately lay down and started firing at the machine gun firepower of the second brigade, covering the infantry and continuing to advance. At the same time, the Japanese army behind them counterattacked with accurate rifles and grenade launchers.  When the Japanese army advanced 30 meters in front of the position, countless grenades flew out of the trenches and smashed into the attacking Japanese army one after another.  "Boom, boom -" In the violent explosions, each Japanese soldier was pricked by sharp shrapnel and turned into a blood-spurting gourd. However, the red-eyed Japanese soldier did not care at all about the shrapnel flying in the sky, and did not even look at the pool of blood.  The struggling companion glanced at him and rushed upward with his head lowered.  The officers and soldiers of the Second Brigade continued to throw grenades. At the same time, hundreds of unscrupulous cannons were erected on the main position in the rear, and the gunners began to fill them with shells.  "Boom¡ª¡ª" Countless tens of kilograms of explosive packets fell into the ranks of the Japanese troops, and the Japanese troops fell to the ground row by row.  At the same time, a large number of officers and soldiers of the Second Brigade rushed out of the traffic trenches. Ignoring the threats of Japanese machine gun fire and grenade launchers, they threw rows of grenades at the crowded Japanese troops in front of the position.  Groups of Japanese troops were blown up.  The Japanese army also fired back with grenade launchers, but due to the close distance of their own infantry, very few targets were hit, and the Japanese infantry continued to charge and kill them all.  At this time, on the second and third positions behind the Second Brigade's forward position, artillery roared, and rows of mortars accurately flew over the heads of the Japanese troops and exploded in the middle and rear of the Japanese troops' ranks. Suddenly,  Amidst countless screams of airflow, the Japanese grenade launchers and machine gun positions went silent.  During the mortar attack, unscrupulous artillery and light and heavy machine guns continued to attack the Japanese army. The battle lasted for about half an hour. There were not many Japanese troops left standing in front of the position, but the Japanese army's cannons were blocked by the poison gas they cast.  They were out of sight and did not dare to move. As a result, one of the attacking regiments of the Japanese army was almost wiped out. In this battle, the Japanese army consumed more than 8,000 large-caliber artillery shells, used poison gas, and also invested a regiment of infantry in the attack. However,  The result ended in a disastrous defeat for the Japanese army. On the Third Brigade's side, only more than 300 soldiers were sacrificed, which can be said to be a brilliant victory.  After receiving the battle report from the front line, Wu Ming was very happy: "The little devil really accompanied my wife this time and broke up the troops. The third brigade is indeed the elite of our new second army. It has lived up to expectations. Now I can finally rest assured." "Yes, the third brigade performed really well."  " Dai Ziran praised a few words, and then whispered: "Military seat, we mustGone I just received the latest news that the Japanese 32nd Division and the 116th Regiment once again used poison gas bombs on a large scale when attacking the Xin'anjiang defense line. The 25th Army suffered heavy losses.  The 192nd Division was defeated without a fight, and the 32nd Division and the 116th Division were now rushing toward Lanxi.  " Wu Ming's face changed, and his good mood disappeared in an instant. At this time, the smoke containing poisonous gas had slowly dissipated. Wu Ming, with a complex expression, picked up the telescope and looked at the defense line of the third brigade again, and then went down the mountain without looking back.  .
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