"Why haven't the liaison officers sent out come back yet? Where's the communications corps? Where's the communications corps? 1st regiment, what's going on over there with the 1st regiment? Who knows? Who knows what's going on over there?" In the hidden headquarters, a member of the Qi Army
The division commander angrily questioned his subordinates.
But his men were almost as disoriented as he was: they had no idea what was going on, and the entire unit has yet to regain control.
At the beginning, a screaming aircraft was circling overhead and attacking, dropping a huge bomb every time it rushed down.
Unable to stop them at all, his division lost almost all its heavy artillery, and its position was riddled with holes.
What makes people even more desperate is that after these weird planes finally left, his position was flooded by the artillery fire of the Tang army.
It was really submerged! The opponent assembled almost 500 artillery pieces and bombarded his position specifically. The shells fell as if they were free, directly destroying his position.
In order to allow his troops to continue fighting, as the division commander, he sent out all the officers and signal troops he could find to convey orders and repair the trenches and hold on to the spot.
The result is that few of the personnel he sent out have come back to report the news. Even if they do come back, they are only messengers or signal troops on the second and third line positions.
The news they brought back was just a joke. Some people said that the front line positions had been broken through by the enemy. Some people said that they saw an unprecedented tank raging on the battlefield, and some said that the enemy troops had already broken through.
The second line of defensive positions was breached.
He didn't believe any of this news. Because he didn't think the enemy could break through the two lines of defense so quickly, which meant that his defense had completely failed.
So he immediately sent out communications troops again, hoping to collect really useful information. But this time, none of his communications troops came back, and all of them disappeared into the sea.
"Boom!" Not far away, another explosion occurred in another place. This time, you can clearly see the rising black smoke without a telescope.
The division commander frowned, moved to the window, and looked at the direction of the explosion: "Isn't that the No. 10 main bunker on the third line? What's going on?"
"I don't know. From the looks of it, he wasn't directly hit by artillery fire, was he?" the adjutant came over and said solemnly.
"Is the enemy's artillery fire so accurate?" When he mentioned this, Commander Qi Guo felt his balls hurt terribly.
His artillery position was blown beyond recognition by Stuka dive bombers. It has not recovered yet and cannot participate in the battle at all.
Therefore, when the Tang Army launched a ground attack, there was only sporadic artillery support on his defensive position. Most of the explosions were from Tang Army's artillery fire, which made him very annoyed.
What made him even more annoyed was that the nearest supply station connected to the railway track was bombed, and the munitions inside that were not transferred to him in time were also destroyed by the explosion.
This resulted in that he might not be able to obtain almost all subsequent supplies on time. For him, the division commander, this was definitely bad news.
Communications were paralyzed, and supplies were out of stock. The enemy happened to launch an attack at this time, and the situation had collapsed to the extreme.
All he can rely on now is that His Highness the Third Prince can respond quickly and immediately dispatch support troops to help.
"Let our reserves press forward! Regardless of whether they have broken through the first-line defense, they will reinforce the second-line defense position! No matter what, the main second-line defense position cannot be lost!" The Qi Army division commander gritted his teeth and decided not to know anything.
In this case, use your own reserve team.
He had no other choice. The situation had become so chaotic. If anything went wrong in the position, he, the division commander, would be in trouble.
Just a few minutes before the Qi division commander gave the order, Liu Guozhu's No. 4 tank had already given way to its position directly in front of the No. 10 main bunker, the main position of the Qi army's third line of defense.
A 105mm self-propelled howitzer modified from the chassis of the No. 2 tank slowly drove to the designated position under the cover of the infantry.
In the open square turret, artillery loaders pushed a shell into the breech and closed the breech.
Just now, the 75mm caliber artillery of the No. 4 tank did not pry open the solid cement bunker. The machine gun position is still firing at the Tang army.
The bullet hit the armor of Liu Guozhu's No. 4 tank, causing a splash of sparks. Because so many bullets hit, the color of the paint directly in front of Liu Guozhu's tank could no longer be seen.
However, Liu Guozhu still ordered his gunners to fire continuously, firing grenades one after another towards the perforations of the machine gun bunkers in the distance.
This powerful suppression indeed reduced the casualties on the Tang Army's side. At the same time, the 105 self-propelled howitzer over there had also been loaded and had the opportunity to fire.
"Fire!" The gunner covered his ears and loudly gave the order to attack. The artilleryman pulled the firing device of the artillery, and the entire gun body suddenly sat back, and a shell was fired directly at the machine gun bunker in the distance.
This powerful and heavy shell directly hit the arrogant machine gun bunker, directly blowing the cement bunker into pieces.
A puff of black smoke rose into the sky, and Commander Qi Guo saw a black smoke column in his headquarters, which was the explosion here.
After the bunker was destroyed and fell into silence, the Tang Army troops once again launched a charge. Countless soldiers shouted loudly and rushed to the high ground in the distance. The Qi Army soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor, collapsed along the way, and raised their hands in surrender.
There are countless of them.
One No. 4 tank after another was active on the position, covering the Tang army soldiers as they destroyed the city. The Qi army had lost two lines of defense, and the last border line of defense was already crumbling.
Arranged between the third line of defense and the second line of defense is the main heavy artillery position of the Qi army. There are also large and small ammunition depots, small barracks, and field hospitals distributed among them.
In short, on the first day of the Tang army's attack, all these facilities were lost. Whether the Qi army can hold on to the last line of defense actually has little impact.
In a trench, the shivering soldiers of the Qi Army had no idea what was going on. Signal soldiers and officers hurried past them from time to time. Everyone was confused and didn't know what to do.
Some people stuck their heads out and could see black smoke rising from the main position not far away, while others could see Tang Army chariots running over the barbed wire fence.
But the commanders still didn't believe that the two lines of defense in front of them were all broken through by the Tang army in one morning.
The commander on the side was still grabbing the collar of the signal soldier and loudly asking what happened. Over there, the Tang army had already jumped into the trench and started shooting.
These charging Tang troops were armed with Thompson submachine guns and were like tigers in the trenches. They moved forward along the trenches and knocked down the dizzy Qi troops one by one.
"Tang Army! Tang Army is coming!" A Qi Army soldier just exclaimed when a grenade exploded in the crowd.
The dust kicked up covered the sky and the sun. For a moment, the Qi soldiers in the trench staggered around. Their ears were filled with buzzing and their eyes could not see anything.
Touching his chest, a Qi Army soldier found that his palms were covered in blood. Before he could shout, a Tang Army soldier with a submachine gun rushed past him.
"Boom, boom, boom!" Before the dust and smoke from the explosion dissipated, continuous gunshots began to echo in the trenches. Some people were shot and screamed, while others begged for mercy loudly, but these sounds were not enough for the Qi soldier lying in the corner.
I can't even hear clearly.
In the division headquarters command post, the Qi Army division commander who had just sent people to see what happened on the main position No. 10, before he could get the exact news, gunshots rang out outside his headquarters.
"What's going on?" the division commander asked his subordinates angrily. While he was questioning, a Qi Army officer rushed into the headquarters, pointed outside and shouted: "Tang Army! Tang Army is coming.
Got it!"
"Nonsense..." The division commander wanted to scold his men to keep them calm. But before he could finish his first sentence, a bullet flew in from outside.
The bullet hit the wall, then bounced off at a weird angle and hit a kerosene lamp hanging on the beam.
"Dang!" There was a crisp sound, and the bullet shattered the kerosene lamp, making everyone shrink their necks in fear.
Just when these people were about to touch the weapons on their waists, a Tang Army soldier carrying a submachine gun rushed into the room.
He shouted loudly and pointed the black muzzle at the senior generals of Qi in the room: "Don't move! Raise your hands!"
The division commanders and officers, who originally thought they were in the rear and far away from danger, looked at each other for a moment and didn't even know what to do quickly.
"Tu tu tu tu!" The young Tang Army soldier, who was also a little nervous, pulled the trigger at this time and fired more than a dozen bullets.
For a moment, people in the room were on their backs, some knocked down tables and chairs, some ran away with their heads in their hands, and some subconsciously raised their hands.
"Raise your hands, everyone!" I don't know how, but I've been promoted to a large number of officers in the Qi State Division's Tang Army soldiers, and I shouted again.
This time, all the Qi officers who had been mentally prepared were very cooperative and raised their hands in unison without any hesitation.
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! I am the division commander!" Commander Qi Guo, who raised his hands in fear that the young man would kill him, quickly added, clarifying his identity.
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Thanks to the book friends: readers for the reward... I read the message. I’m sorry that this book didn’t win your favor~ It’s Long Ling’s fault, T-T
