Chapter 2**

Myths are broken

In the early morning, a large-wheeled tractor assembled from Hubei made a roar. With the help of more than a dozen soldiers, it finally drove out of the mud pit. After the soldiers burst into cheers, they quickly hung up a German-type 13 150mm heavy artillery and continued to move forward..com

As the equipment becomes heavier, logistics and roads have become the biggest concern for every officer. This heavy artillery weighing nearly 3 tons is almost a nightmare for logistics personnel. This is not the heaviest artillery of the National Defense Forces. A 18-ton giant cannon designed by the commander-in-chief and ordered a single piece from multiple countries has been included in the mobile artillery regiment.

Yue Peng didn't have time to think too much about logistics. This time, the commander-in-chief gave himself a task that was not easy. On the one hand, he wanted to block Haicheng, and on the other hand, he wanted to complete the siege of Sadao Araki as soon as possible. In addition, he had to take into account the defense of the entire South Manchuria Line and the Yalu River and prepare for the recovery of the Liaodong Peninsula! Many people do not know the final goal yet, so the pressure is far from what ordinary people can imagine.

Motianling has been fighting for a day and a night. The 2nd Brigade is no longer facing a half-toned Beiyang, but an elite corps of the Japanese Army. Inspired by the flag of mythology, Japanese soldiers can burst out with stronger combat power than usual, so the most urgent thing at present is to complete the detour against Motianling. The 1st Brigade is also the strongest force in the entire First Field Division. If it is just a light infantry, he is even sure to complete the cutting of the Japanese army in one day, but after taking the master to belong to the artillery regiment, the road restrictions are too difficult.

In front of him was the armored company that ambushed the Japanese cavalry team yesterday morning. Yan Baohang looked at the towed heavy artillery passing by in front of him with a little foolish silence. The thick muzzles made the flames of revenge deep in his eyes become stronger and stronger. He took a step forward and looked firm: "Commander, I want to join you."

"Do you want to join the army?" Yue Peng had heard about Lin Jiatai.

"I want to take revenge!" Yan Baohang's answer was very simple, but Yue Peng could not open this hole, because the National Defense Forces had strict military orders, and no troops or officers were allowed to recruit soldiers privately. All recruits must be assigned uniformly after completing training in the recruit training camp. So in the face of this young man, he could only shake his head: "Military orders are like mountains and no soldiers are allowed to privately recruit soldiers. If you want to join the army, I suggest completing your studies first. The most urgent thing in the army is talents, and it is the same if you come after you finish college."

"Commander, please keep me. As long as I can see the Japanese soldiers being defeated with my own eyes, I can be a civilian husband!" Yan Baohang almost cried in a hurry, but he could not mess around with others. He simply said that he could be a civilian husband. After thinking about it, Yue Peng finally agreed to him and temporarily organized him into the civilian husband team of the artillery regiment. If he still wanted to join the army after the war, he would recommend going to Wuchang for training, but he had to graduate from college first. Study with me h-u-n*h-u-n

Please remember

Yue Peng didn't know what impact this brief dialogue had. From then on, the life of this historical master of strategic intelligence changed. Later, he really listened to him and went to Tianjin Nankai University to study. After graduation, Yue Peng recommended him to join the National Defense Forces and go to the National Defense University for further studies. In 1923, he went to the German University for four years to study. After returning to serve again, he did something that made the world cold and had a far-reaching impact.

After Yan Baohang joined the carriage transporting ammunition, Jiang Zuobin came immediately: "Commander. Reconnaissance plane reported that there were two more Japanese gunboats on the Taizi River east of the Lin family. Judging from the model, it should be Uji-class and a Russian inland gunboat seized. The investigators confirmed that they had seen two 120mm and four 76mm naval guns. In addition, the scouts also heard local fellows saying that at least two Japanese inland coal ships docked at Lin family platform midnight last night. At that time, they also heard uniform slogans, as if they were unloading some heavy objects. We analyzed that it was likely that the Japanese heavy artillery brigade stationed in Incheon came to support it.

"The artillery can't stop me! Order all cavalry and armored companies to speed up the periphery and ensure that the main force launches the general attack on Linjiatai at 2 pm." Yue Peng snorted coldly, his eyes turned toward Motianling: "The 2nd Brigade must have fought very hard."

Yue Peng was right. After a brief rest, there was another violent explosion on the Motianling. After breakfast, the Japanese artillery began to bombard the positions of the 2nd Brigade. Perhaps after yesterday's battle, the Japanese army also felt that the National Defense Forces were far more tenacious than the Chinese team they knew before, and the infantry firepower was particularly fierce, so the preparation time for artillery bombing this morning was much longer.

Sadao Araki stood in front of the artillery position with a telescope in his hand, not very satisfied with the flashing fireballs on the Motian Ridge. The 75mm field cannon's projectile was too powerful to deal with the infantry hiding in the trench. However, he didn't care too much, because on the left side of the artillery position, the artillery that came to support from Incheon, North Korea last night had brought four Meiji Type 38 150mm heavy artillery, two of which had arrived and were being assembled.

"As soon as the 15-mm cannon fired, they should have broken down, right?" Sadao Araki was about to finish, and a burst of cheers broke out in the artillery position. After a moment, two assembled 150mm heavy cannons fired the first shell.

"boom"

Yu Dehai was deploying the next defense matters within the command post when he heard two loud noises that had never happened before. Before he could get outside, the guards rushed in: "Brig Commander, Xiaoguling was attacked by heavy artillery!"

Heavy artillery!

Yu Dehai and all the officers suddenly felt their hearts. The German standard deep-wide trench was enough to defend against 75mm-level field artillery, but heavy artillery was particularly dangerous. The shells weighing dozens of kilograms were enough to tear the entire defense line and blow the infantry out of the trenches, so they rushed to the mountain top observation center to check the situation. After they entered the observation center, Xiaoguling, marked with the 201 high ground, was already filled with smoke, and huge fireballs that rose from time to time could always stir up dust clusters of several meters.

Even though the Meiji Type 38 150mm howitzer shells were only 36 kilograms, their destructive power was still very amazing. A shell landed one meter away from the machine gun fort. If it was a 75mm field gun, the log fortress covered with soil could be easily blocked. However, at this moment, the entire machine gun fort was completely blown away, and a 7-person heavy machine gun squad and all the equipment were blown up. As more and more shells began to fall, the trench could not defend against the power of this shell. Even if it exploded in front of the trench, the splashed mud and gravel were enough to completely fill this trench.

In less than ten minutes, the trenches and fortifications on Xiaoguling were blown up to pieces and could no longer form a complete defense circle. Sadao Araki was very satisfied with the performance of the heavy artillery troops. Unfortunately, due to military expenditure and resources, Japan could not equip too many modified artillery artillery. However, if the coal and iron mines could be regained and the use of this battle to obtain Manchuria, Mongolia and even the entire China, the Imperial Army would have enough resources to equip more heavy artillery.

"Master Huatian!" Sadao Araki turned his head and wanted to look at a major behind him: "It's your turn!"

"Hey, Colonel! I will definitely take down Xiaoguling!" Huatian Brigade did not participate in yesterday's battle. He had the help of heavy artillery for a day and couldn't help but shout: "The martial arts fortune will last for a long time! Take a attack!"

When Major Huatian led the brigade to rush to Xiaoguling, Chen Yuan, the battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 23rd Regiment stationed here, also raised his head from the dust. He turned out to be the deputy captain of the 42nd Ballon d'Or. After the night of the uprising, he changed his name to Chen Baoguo, meaning that he would serve the country in his life. He participated in almost all the battles since the establishment of the 2nd Brigade and was an experienced combat hero. So when he saw that the trenches were almost filled with dust raised by artillery shells, he knew that the Japanese infantry would definitely come up soon, so he immediately organized everyone to concentrate all their weapons and prepare to face the impact of the enemy infantry.

As expected, the dense Japanese infantry soon appeared at the foot of the mountain. Due to the destruction of heavy machine guns, the 3rd Battalion could only rely on light machine guns and grenade launchers to block the enemy. But looking at the number of people who were put into Xiaoguling this time, Yu Dehai knew that it was bad. As soon as he was about to order support, two 150mm heavy artillery began to shell the main position, and the remaining Japanese troops also took the opportunity to run here, obviously trying to restrain themselves.

The violent shelling made the main position miserable. Seeing that the Japanese army had more and more infantry were invested, Yu Dehai was anxious and waved his hand and shouted: "It's too late! Take out all the firepower, I'm going to die here even today!"

Under his order, the reserve team quickly brought a large number of light machine guns and grenade launchers into the trenches, but at this time, Xiaoguling had reached the most dangerous moment. Chen Baoguo held up his rifle and leaned against the trenches and gasped. Unexpectedly, a battalion commander, was forced to take up a rifle and fight like a soldier on the second day of the war. After killing a Japanese soldier a hundred meters away, several Japanese soldiers stepped on their companions' bodies and rushed up next to him.

The 26 Han-2 light machine gun immediately turned the gun.

"Hoho"

Under the suppression of a 30-round magazine, these Japanese soldiers were finally knocked down, but just as the machine gunner changed the magazine, a bullet passed through his under-earth of the steel helmet. The entire position was finished without a machine gun! So there was no time for grief. Chen Baoguo rushed to the machine gun and picked up the new magazine and inserted it. After pointing it at the Japanese sergeant on the left, the sergeant was proud to break through the position, and a series of bullets drove him into a sieve.

After Chen Baoguo bombed the only three magazines left, he found that several places in the position had been broken by the Japanese army. Knowing that this time it was dangerous, he gritted his teeth and picked up the rifle and inserted it into the bayonet, and suddenly waved his hand and shouted: "Get the bayonet! The National Defense Forces attack!"

A loud slogan sounded from all over the position, and soldiers rushed towards the Japanese army, which was twice as many as the number of them, with bayonets erected, and in an instant, dozens of bayonets pierced their respective targets, blood penetrated into the earth and turned into snow mud, and the entire Xiaoguling was full of figures fighting each other. The bayonet was gone with a stock! The stock was gone with fists! You had to bite your teeth with your teeth to be willing to be satisfied!!

Countless figures strangled together like this, and the soldiers rolled in the blood with their necks, shrapnel, stones and even branches, and smashed whatever they touched! The cruel and bloody hand-to-hand combat broke out instantly!

After Chen Baoguo lifted the two bayonets that were stabbed at the same time, he stabbed a Japanese soldier with his backhand, probably until his bones were not pulled out. The Japanese soldier who was not dead seized the opportunity and rushed to stab him on the shoulder.

While blood was flowing on his shoulders, Chen Baoguo had already drawn out his pistol. After killing the Japanese soldier with two shots, he rushed to the side and shot a Japanese soldier who had pressed his comrades' neck and strangled his neck. However, the pistol was too few and it was quickly exhausted. Looking at it, there were already more than a dozen Japanese soldiers around him. "Haha, little carrot head! Come on, grandpa is enough today!" He laughed instead of anger, picked up the rifle without a bayonet and smashed it on the head of the nearest Japanese soldier. When the Japanese soldier found the officer, they all rushed up. Seeing that several bayonets were about to pierce into his body, a dense sound suddenly came from behind him.

At the most critical moment, the division's guard company finally rushed up. The only guard company equipped with machine guns rushed and stormed, fully exerting the power of the submachine gun. However, more and more Japanese infantry were supporting him. Seeing that even the guard company was about to fall into it, another voice sounded: "Serve the country, are you okay?"

When Chen Baoguo turned his head again, Fang Wei was already the first to rush into the Xiaoguling position. More than 2,000 soldiers from the 22nd Regiment shouted thunderously.

"Defense Forces, attack!"

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ps: I went to buy decoration materials in the morning, sorry, there is still some in the evening!

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