The pass is located less than halfway up the mountain, with a vertical height of only about 200 meters. The road from the foot of the mountain to the pass becomes steeper and narrower as it goes up. The charge speed cannot be increased. This is the key to annihilating the invading enemy. Important place.

However, more than half of the enemies defending the stronghold had already been killed or injured, and most of the remaining ones were frightened and cowered.

Although there was sporadic resistance on the collapsed barrier wall, and rolling logs and rocks were thrown down from time to time, and several New Army soldiers were injured, it did not affect the charge at all.

Chen Er, who was on the other side, led dozens of commandos up. They turned over and entered the side wall of Guanzhai and rushed up.

Chen Tianhua didn't show any signs of weakness in front of him. He waved his hand violently, and more than 20 guards including Fei Ge under his command stood in front of the lord with guns and rushed in.

For a moment, the Guanzhai was filled with the clanging sounds of assassinations, the sound of fighting, sporadic gunshots, and gasping curses.

These bandits had lost their fighting spirit and were frightened. They were completely frightened and panicked, and could not stop the influx of new troops. Many bandits saw that the situation was not good and had already fled.

Chen Tianhua sneered and aimed his gun at the deserters.

"Bang...bang..."

The two bandits thirty steps away were shot straight away.

The guards around him opened fire with their guns, accompanied by shrill screams. The pass had been controlled by the new army, and now it was time to clean up the remaining enemies.

The commandos led by Chen Er surrounded the remaining enemies. They lined up neatly and stabbed with guns.

"kill…"

Deafening.

The thrusting move that the commandos train every day is this unique move, which can block... thrust... kill...

I was still training yesterday, and it was a lot of fun trying out my skills today.

They were like killing robots, swarming up and crushing them directly, ignoring the enemy's weapons and moves, and stabbing every enemy they saw.

This kind of gun formation was crushing, and the enemies died one after another screaming in despair, and the screams continued to spread out of the Guanzhai.

It was estimated that Zhang Renkui and others could hear it on the top of the mountain, so he delayed sending troops to assist.

In the blink of an eye, all the bandits in Guanzhai were killed.

The leader of the gatekeeper, the gangster who shouted the loudest and took the lead in charging the battle, was so frightened that he turned around and ran away.

However, Chen Tianhua and his guards shot him randomly and beat him to pieces. The bullets pierced his chest from his back, and he fell into a pool of blood without hesitation.

After the battle at the first pass, the soldiers of the New Army sat on the ground panting and resting. Chen Tianhua asked Chen Er to send out guard posts to the surrounding areas and the mountains.

It's time to clean the battlefield again. No prisoners are needed here, only ordnance is collected. Except for Mauser rifles and bullets, and some grenades, the other old-fashioned muskets, bows and arrows are of little value.

Seeing hundreds of corpses lying in random directions from the foot of the mountain to the pass, many New Army soldiers could not believe that they had killed these ruthless bandits themselves.

In the spring and summer of last year, these recruits were ordinary honest refugees and hungry people. Most of them had never even touched regular weapons. They were thin and had no strength at all. In the eyes of many people, they were lambs to be slaughtered.

But now, he has a strong physique and can run ten or twenty miles with a heavy load. After several months of actual combat training, he has become a veritable sergeant and a killing machine.

They transformed from lambs into tigers and leopards.

Chen Tianhua looked at them with a variety of emotions.

The next step is to attack the main peak, Dragon King Peak.

Chen Tianhua looked up at the position of the sun, took out his pocket watch and took a look. It was now half past three in the afternoon, and there were still four hours before dark. Of course, he hoped to pursue the victory, capture the top of the mountain, and kill Zhang Renkui, the bandit leader.

Eliminate harm from life.

From this mountain village, there is only one way up to the main peak, surrounded by steep cliffs.

He called Chen Er together to observe with an optical telescope. The distance from Guanzhai to Longwang Peak on the top of the mountain was about 400 meters, but the distance from this road to the top of the mountain was about 700 meters.

This road is very steep and narrow in some parts, winding like a snake, and is about three feet wide. There are cliffs on the left and right. If you accidentally slip down, you will be shattered to pieces.

People who are afraid of heights would not dare to walk on them.

The key is that this road is full of bare rocks, stone bars, or piles of rubble, with no shelter or trees to block it.

This is really a situation where one man is in charge and no one can get in.

Before Chen Tianhua and Chen Er were allowed to watch or think too much, an unexpected incident came.

"Shh...boom..."

"Shush...boom..."

"..."

There was a series of loud noises.

About seven or eight artillery shells fell from the sky and landed in front of Chen Tianhua and the others.

"Lie down..."

When the first shell hit the ground, Chen Tianhua yelled while lying down.

However, most of the soldiers of the New Army were still immersed in joy and had no subconscious intention of lying down. They all watched with stunned eyes as the shells bounced and exploded like rubber balls on the hillside.

The shell did not fall in the crowd, but it was just as troublesome if it landed in the pile of rocks. Shrapnel and broken stones splashed in all directions and hit the crowd.

This caused the originally quiet surroundings to suddenly boil.

"ah…"

"Oops, I got hit in the face..."

"Help…"

"..."

The deadly gravel was like shotguns, hitting the surrounding New Army soldiers one after another.

Three were hit in the head and face, and four were hit in the body. They were immediately bloody and fainted.

The military doctor who came with the team immediately bandaged up the injuries. One of them was seriously injured in the head and was unable to recover. The other six wounded people were immediately sent back to the lumber camp base.

Unexpectedly, the boat capsized in this ditch, and the injured man's injuries were more serious than those suffered during the previous fierce battle.

Chen Tianhua immediately ordered the troops to spread out and hide, not to stay in the stronghold, because the location of Guanzhai was very clear to the gangsters on Longwang Peak, and the accuracy of artillery fire was high.

This shelling seemed to be a warning, indicating that they had a clear view from the top of the mountain and that if they tried to attack it, they would be risking death.

However, the gangsters on Longwang Peak did not conduct continuous shelling and retaliatory counterattacks, which was a bit unreasonable. From this point, it was revealed that the gangs did not have many artillery shells at the top of the mountain.

Chen Tianhua thought to himself.

Fired from the current artillery position below Guanzhai, the vertical height is 500 meters, and the diagonal distance is more than 1,300 meters. The range of the 75mm field mountain gun cannot cover the top of the mountain at all.

If there were a 125mm howitzer from World War II, it would be powerful enough.

Even if the three mountain cannons were dragged up to the mountain stronghold, they would still be hanging too high and would not be able to cover the target, which would be a waste of shells.

On the contrary, the artillery position is exposed, and the artillery on the top of the mountain can easily hit here.

In this case, there are a lot of machine rifles and old-fashioned firecrackers on the mountain. If we attack hard like this, we will suffer heavy casualties, and we may not be able to defeat them.

Chen Tianhua would definitely not do this kind of business that was not worth the gain.
Chapter completed!