The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1410: The strengths of peace overcome the weaknesses of the enemy (first update)

"boom……"

A mortar shell hit a light machine gun position not far from Shi Jin.

The fire splashed, and the three machine gun shooters surrounding the machine gun were instantly blown over. The body facing the shell was directly blown to pieces, and they fell to the ground without any movement.

The light machine gun also flew into the sky in the explosion, and then hit the ground so hard that even the barrel was bent.

Shi Jin's expression was very solemn.

I thought it was a very gratifying thing that the tunnel fortifications could withstand the joint attack of Kwantung Army aircraft and heavy artillery.

As a result, he couldn't laugh anymore when he rushed out of the tunnel and entered the ground fortifications.

Although the ground fortifications are not as strong as the tunnels, the troops spent several days building them, and hundreds of logs were used to secure the bunkers.

I thought it would be no problem to hold on to such a position for two battles.

As a result, they did not even withstand a single artillery fire preparation by the Kwantung Army.

Looking around, there was no section of the bunker that was several hundred meters long that was intact longer than five meters.

There are gaps and huge craters everywhere. Perhaps because the Kwantung Army's artillery fire preparations were too fierce, the layer of soil on the surface of the craters was scorched by the explosion, and you can feel the constant waves of heat when you step on it.

The trenches and bunkers were so badly damaged that they could no longer be used.

And the Kwantung Army's offensive troops were under everyone's nose again, and could rush up to the mountainside at any time. Facing one accident after another, Shi Jin had to give up the idea of ​​repairing the position and let the troops disperse directly to the crater closest to the entrance and exit of the tunnel, relying on The crater was used as a bunker to fight against the Kwantung Army's offensive troops.

After the blocking battle began, because the Kwantung Army's offensive troops did not know that a large number of Eighth Route Army troops were hidden in the blocking position halfway up the mountain, the sudden fire attack killed more than a squadron of the Kwantung Army in an instant.

The bloody results made Shi Jin excited again, feeling that he would be able to easily hold his position and repel the first round of the Kwantung Army's attack.

As a result, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

As the Kwantung Army mortar squadrons successively found attack targets and began to focus on the light and heavy machine gun fire on the defense line, the little battlefield advantage Shi Jin had just gained disappeared again.

Their mortars were too accurate...

In just a minute or two, nearly half of the light and heavy machine guns on the defense line were blown up.

Light and heavy machine guns are the main provider of blocking firepower for the Eighth Route Army. Now nearly half of the light and heavy machine guns are missing. The blocking firepower on the mountainside is obviously affected and becomes weaker and weaker.

The Kwantung Army's offensive troops seized the opportunity and charged forward desperately, hoping to capture Wulan Mountain in one assault and kill the Eighth Route Army on the line of defense.

At the critical moment, the artillery unit hidden in the tunnel by Li Yunlong finally entered the position.

They were carrying heavy mortar parts and shells, and the entrances and exits of some tunnels were relatively narrow. As a result, the last batch of them rushed out of the tunnel fortifications and entered ground positions.

As if he found a life-saving dish in despair, Shi Jin immediately ordered: "Set up all the mortars for me..."

"Fire at the offensive position where there are more kiddos."

"The number and caliber of artillery brought by the Japanese far exceed ours."

"If the enemy and we engage in an artillery battle, the final loser will definitely be us..."

"We can only find ways to use our strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses, and use artillery shells to attack the Kwantung Army's attacking troops... severely damaging them, so that we can have a chance to withstand the Kwantung Army's first attack and hold our position."

"Everything..." Amidst a series of dull gunfire, a few mortars that had been assembled first were the first to join the battle. The shells flew out of the smoke-filled blocking position on the mountainside, drawing parabolas in the air and hitting steadily. Kwantung Army offensive force.

"Boom boom boom..."

Violent explosions quickly spread across the battlefield. A total of six shells and five hit the target, causing at least twenty little Japs to lose their combat effectiveness. They were either dead or wounded on the offensive road and were unable to move forward.

"Boom boom boom..."

More and more mortar groups broke out of the tunnel fortifications, joined the battle, and fired artillery shells at the Kwantung Army's offensive troops, causing the casualties of the Kwantung Army's offensive troops to begin to increase sharply.

Of course, the cannonballs fired by the little devils were not idle either.

As if they had eyes, they continued to destroy the light and heavy machine gun fire points on the defense line, killing and injuring the Eighth Route Army troops.

What the enemy and we are doing now is to compete with each other for strength and consumption. Whoever compromises and bows first means that he will lose the battle here.

Two minutes later, the retreat order from the Kwantung Army brigade headquarters quickly reached the battlefield.

There were only a few squadrons of Japs left and they retreated from the battle in embarrassment.

As soon as the distance from the Eighth Route Army's defense line halfway up the mountain was extended to more than 200 meters, the three Little Japanese planes that had been hovering over the battlefield and on standby began to swoop down.

"Buzzing..."

A huge roar soon resounded through the battlefield, and soon the roar was replaced by the scream of bombs streaking across the sky. Then a huge fireball rose from the mountainside defense line, and the thunderous explosion lasted two or three seconds. It spread halfway up the mountain.

It's a pity that the entire blocking position was shrouded in smoke, and the pilot on the plane couldn't see clearly the situation on the ground, otherwise he would be so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot.

The moment the Kwantung Army's offensive troops began to retreat, the Eighth Route Army soldiers scattered in various bomb craters immediately rushed to the tunnel entrance and exit nearest to them, burrowed inside carrying light and heavy weapons, and hid until they reached the deepest part of the tunnel before stopping.

When the first aerial bomb dropped by the plane landed, except for nearly a hundred Eighth Route Army corpses on the surface of the mountainside, not a single moving Eighth Route Army soldier could be seen.

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The former enemy headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

The brigade commander was also unable to see the true situation of the blocking position halfway up the mountain through the smoke of the battlefield.

But the attack that had just ended had told him the facts: there were still many Eighth Route Army troops surviving on the mountainside defense line...

They are well-equipped and have a large number of mortars...

All this means that the preparations for the first round of artillery fire are not in place, otherwise the Eighth Route Army defending the mountainside would not be able to survive so many people.

As long as he strengthens his firepower and lets planes and heavy artillery blast the defense line halfway up the mountain again, there will definitely be fewer and fewer Eighth Route Army survivors there, and it is very likely that the next attack will be able to capture Wulan Mountain.

Facing the failure of the first round of attack, although the brigade commander was very angry, he was still full of hope for his next attack. He felt that no matter how strong the Eighth Route Army was, it could not be an opponent of aircraft and heavy artillery.

What's more, from the beginning of the fight until now, the two tank squadrons under his command have not participated in the battle.

The next round of offense will definitely involve them.

Even if there is still a part of the Eighth Route Army surviving halfway up the mountain, equipped with many light and heavy machine guns, the little blocking firepower cannot stop the steel torrent composed of the tank squadron, and they will eventually be wiped out on the battlefield halfway up the mountain.

(End of this chapter)