While Yue Weihan was pondering the Japanese army's intentions, the Japanese 13th Division had already set up a posture outside Tumen Fortress.
At 2:10 p.m., the 19th Mountain Artillery Regiment of the 13th Division began shelling the Tumen Fortress. At the same time, the Japanese troops stationed in Shimen and two bomber squadrons of the Army Aviation Corps in Baoding also flew over the battlefield and bombarded the Tumen Fortress.
Indiscriminate bombing, for a time, the entire Tumen Fortress was blown up into smoke and dust.
The main bunker of Baodu Mountain has three underground floors.
In addition to being a rest room, the three underground floors are also the headquarters of the entire Tumen Fortress.
The power supply system of the fortress has begun to operate normally. The bright lights illuminate the entire underground headquarters as bright as day. Four high-power fans are running non-stop, bringing in a steady stream of fresh air. Although the entire underground headquarters is hidden deep inside
The belly of the mountain reaches tens of meters, but you don't feel any stuffiness at all.
The Japanese bombing was extremely violent, especially the heavy bombs dropped by Japanese bombers, which shook the earth when they exploded. Although the Tumen Fortress headquarters was hidden tens of meters deep in the mountain, the explosions on the surface could still be faintly heard.
The light bulbs hanging from the ceiling were shaking constantly, and the sundries placed on the table were shaking.
However, the Tumen Fortress, designed by civil engineering experts such as Mao Yisheng, has withstood the test.
Under the Japanese army's forty-minute indiscriminate bombing and the crazy destruction of hundreds of heavy aerial bombs, the eighteen large and small hills where the Tumen Fortress is located have been bombed beyond recognition, but the eighteen mother-and-child bunker groups
But only the soil layer covering the top was blasted out and many big holes were created. It only needs to be refilled with soil to restore it.
As soon as the Japanese bombing ended, Li Qinglong took the regiment's chief of staff, deputy regiment commander, and attendant adjutant to the observation post on the ground floor. At this time, strong winds, smoke and flying dust were blowing outside the main bunker.
It was soon blown away by the strong wind and disappeared without a trace, and the situation on the entire battlefield was clear at a glance.
Li Qinglong looked down through the artillery mirror and saw that the entire surface position of Tumen Fortress had been bombed beyond recognition by the Japanese army. There were big craters everywhere, broken trees and burning weeds, a scene of the end of the world.
The Japanese army dispatched about a small group of infantry, spread out in a fan-shaped skirmish formation, and slowly pushed towards Jingxingkou.
"This is just a tentative attack by the little devil." Li Qinglong immediately ordered, "Order the 1st Company to let the enemy within fifty meters, and then use grenades and rifles to greet them. Don't expose the machine gun fire!"
"Yes." The chief of staff of the 1st regiment snapped to attention, then turned around and gave the order.
Li Qinglong raised the telescope again and continued to observe the situation outside Jingxingkou.
The Japanese squad suddenly started to accelerate when they were still two hundred meters away from the first trench outside Jingxingkou. The Japanese soldiers all straightened up one by one, and then rushed up with bayonets in their hands and howling. Through the telescope, Li Qinglong could even see clearly
I couldn't help but see the ferocious expressions on the faces of every Japanese soldier, what a bunch of bastards!
When they were fifty meters away, hundreds of grenades were suddenly thrown from the trench.
Huge explosions suddenly sounded continuously from the front of the position, and the Japanese soldiers were immediately knocked to the ground one by one. Although not many were killed directly, many were killed by fragments, and many Japanese soldiers were injured by the explosion.
The shock wave shook everything to pieces, and it was impossible to tell the difference between heaven and earth.
Immediately afterwards, intensive gunfire rang out from the Japanese trenches.
Although the rate of fire of the rifle is slow, hundreds of people shooting at the same time are still enough to pose a fatal threat to the Japanese army. The Japanese team that launched the attack for the first time retreated in panic after throwing away more than 20 corpses.
More than a dozen people were killed. In a team of more than forty people, less than ten people were able to escape alive!
Japanese Army Forward Command.
Major General Fujita Toshihide, the Chief of Staff of the Fourth Army, put down his telescope, turned back to Colonel Tian Yusaburo, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese 13th Division, and said, "Tian Yong-kun, can you see it?"
Tian Yongsaburo shook his head and replied: "I only saw that the imperial army lost more than twenty warriors."
Toshihide Fujita said calmly: "Although the imperial army lost more than twenty warriors, their sacrifices can prevent the imperial army from suffering greater casualties, so it is worth it." After saying this, Toshihide Fujita said again, "Passed.
From the attack just now, we can already conclude that the garrison strength of the first trench of the China Army is only one company!"
Tian Yongsaburo nodded, then turned around and ordered: "Order, the 19th Mountain Artillery Regiment conducts a saturation bombardment of the trench fortifications outside Jingxingkou. The 58th Infantry Regiment and the 13th Engineer Regiment immediately enter the designated attack position. The bombardment is over.
The 58th Infantry Regiment immediately launched a group charge, and the 13th Engineer Regiment followed up to fill in the trenches!"
If Toshihide Fujita's judgment is correct and there is really only one company of Chinese defenders in the trenches outside Jingxingkou, then it is indeed the best choice for the Japanese army to invest an infantry regiment in a cluster charge. The strength of a regiment and the machine gun firepower can ensure a breakthrough.
The Chinese position on the opposite side can reduce the number of casualties to a minimum.
After a pause, Tian Yongsaburo added: "In addition, the tank squadron and combat artillery brigade directly under the division (which has three squadrons and has 12 37mm combat artillery) are ready to break through. Once the engineer wing fills in the trenches,
, that is, rush forward at full speed, approach and destroy all the bunker fortifications of the China Army, and clear the obstacles for the following infantry to advance."
"Hai." The communications staff member suddenly lowered his head and immediately took the order.
The main bunker on Baodu Mountain and the surface observation post.
When Li Qinglong was leaning against the wall and smoking, the shrill scream of artillery shells suddenly came from the sky.
The chief of staff of the 1st regiment quickly rushed to Li Qinglong and urged: "Regiment leader, the Japs have started shelling again. Let's go back to the underground headquarters. It's too dangerous here!"
"Why are you panicking?" Li Qinglong said coldly, "I didn't hear it. The impact point of the shell is far away from here."
After saying this, Li Qinglong jumped up and stood behind the artillery mirror. While observing the shelling through the artillery mirror, he said to the chief of staff of the 1st Regiment and other officers without looking back: "The last shelling was just a little devil."
conventional shelling, this time it should be their focus, and the target must be the trench positions outside the mouth."
The chief of staff of the 1st Regiment raised his telescope and took a look. Sure enough, Japanese artillery shells fell like rain on the trench position outside the mouth.
In less than a moment, the entire trench position outside the mouth was completely shrouded in smoke and flying dust.
"Look at this posture, the little devil is about to commit a large force to charge in groups!" Li Qinglong's eyes showed a fierce look, and he immediately turned around and shouted, "Give me the order, the 1st Battalion, the heavy machine gun battalion and the combat artillery battery will enter the position immediately.
If the little devil really throws in a large force to launch a mass charge, let them remember him hard, hehe."
Outside Jingxingkou, the trench position.
The three most advanced trenches were all built on the plain outside Jingxingkou, surrounding the entire Tumen Fortress in a fan shape. It can be said to be the first barrier outside the fortress!
When the Japanese army launched a saturation artillery bombardment on the trench positions, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company had already retreated into underground bunkers.
The three outer trenches are an important part of the entire fortress defense system. Not only are the surface fortifications reinforced with boulders, logs and cement, but solid bunkers are also built under the trenches. The underground bunkers can not only rest for officers and soldiers, but also serve as
Officers and soldiers provided shelter from Japanese shelling.
Before the Japanese bombardment ended, the 1st Battalion, 2nd Company, 3rd Company, the combat artillery company directly under the regiment, and the heavy machine gun battalion had entered the underground bunker of the outermost trench through the tunnel. At this time, the garrison strength of the outermost trench had increased to
The firepower density of a battalion exceeds that of an ordinary Japanese infantry regiment.
However, the Japanese army had no idea about this!
Half an hour later, the Japanese artillery bombardment came to an end. Before the smoke and flying dust on the battlefield completely dissipated, nearly three thousand infantrymen of the 58th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army rushed out of the trenches with roars.
Under the personal leadership of Colonel Gongren, they swept towards Jingxingkou like a tide.
Historically, when the Japanese army competed with the Russian army for the Lushun Fortress, there was a regiment-sized cluster charge.
However, after that, the Japanese army rarely carried out group charges at the scale of a regiment or above. Especially when facing the Chinese army, the Japanese army even hesitated to use group charges at the scale of a brigade. The reason is very simple.
There are only seventeen permanent divisions, and the number of elite veterans is very small. It is impossible for them to carry out a human sea charge like the Soviet Red Army or the Communist Party.
At this moment, in order to seize the Tumen Fortress, the Japanese army once again launched a regiment-sized group charge.
"Tian Yongjun, did you see it? This is a real infantry charge. I haven't seen it in many years!"
Seeing the black mass of Japanese officers and soldiers sweeping forward like a tide, the blood in Toshihide Fujimoto's veins began to boil instantly. He wanted to pull out the sword given by the Emperor and rush to the front line to lead the 58th Infantry Regiment.
The three thousand warriors of the team crushed the defense line of the Chinese *** team in one fell swoop.
The main bunker on Baodu Mountain and the surface observation post.
Li Qinglong's expression was steely, and he just stared indifferently through the artillery mirror at the rapidly advancing Japanese wave.
Soon, the wave of Japanese soldiers had crossed the kilometer line and entered the range of the heavy machine gun. The chief of staff of the 1st Regiment couldn't help but look back. He saw that the expression on Li Qinglong's face remained indifferent, as if he turned a blind eye to the surging wave of Japanese soldiers outside Jingxingkou.
Calm, Li Qinglong at this moment is so calm that it makes people tremble!
Suddenly, the wave of Japanese troops had entered within 500 meters.
Li Qinglong walked slowly to the phone, picked up the phone and said calmly: "Connect to the front line."
The Japanese army entered within two hundred meters. The chief of staff of the 1st regiment and other officers were almost suffocated with nervousness. However, Li Qinglong still had an indifferent expression. It was not until the Japanese army entered within one hundred meters that Li Qinglong said calmly: "Forward position?"
?It’s almost ready to fire now, don’t save bullets for me, just shoot me to death!”