Mountain artillery is actually not a special type of gun, it is a small-caliber light howitzer, and it is the kind that can be detached and humped into the mountain. Don't look at the only 75 calibers, and the shells weigh only 6.5 kilograms, but the power is definitely not small, especially since the artillery battalion fires high-explosive shells specially designed for anti-personnel personnel.

The radius of destruction reached a terrifying 20 meters or more.

Ordinary people have no concept of this, thinking that it is only 20 meters, but as long as you know a little bit of mathematics, you will know the relationship between area and radius. This 20-meter killing radius actually represents a killing range of nearly 1,000 square meters.

The terrible thing about the shells is that, in addition to the terrible waves of air that can lift people into the sky, there are also scattered fragments of shells that can tear people apart. Even the sand and gravel on the surface can be used as a killing weapon when accelerated by the explosive power of the explosion.

Of the six shells, except for two that hit the mountain explosion 20 meters below the summit, the other four all hit the summit, and nearly half of the 9,000-square-meter area of the summit was covered by the terrifying damage of the shells.

What's even more terrifying is that the old pass is a mountain of stones, and the stone fragments that have been blown up by the cannonballs are scattered everywhere, which is much more than the number of cannonball fragments themselves.

To dodge the frantic shrapnel and air waves of these shells, the trenches were the only option for the Japanese troops located on the top of the hill.

However, the trench nearly 1.7 meters deep, which was originally dug by the first battalion of the Independent Regiment by means of blasting, was already slightly shallow at this time, not to mention that it took them two hours to fill it with sand and soil for more than 70 centimeters. But can a small trench of more than 90 centimeters really work against artillery?

The answer is, yes.

Even the bile of the people hiding inside is about to be scared out.

Except for a few unlucky ones who were directly blown up by the shells because they were too close to each other and flew around, most of the rest of the Japanese troops avoided the madness of these four shells, that is, when the manic waves swept past the little butts of the Japanese soldiers lying dead in the trenches, they felt that their eyes were cold.

Hopefully, the Chinese with artillery do not have many shells. The Japanese soldiers lying in the trenches were eager to learn from Western priests to make crosses on their chests, and no longer could do it like the Chinese with their hands together in anticipation of the manifestation of the Buddha in the Western Heavens.

As for Amaterasu, let's go to Teniang's! This thing makes us No. 200 people bombed here, and it's not a good god.

To tell the truth, the Japanese soldiers who were praying and His Excellency Shoichi Okazaki, whose face was as pale as paper at the bottom of the mountain, did not think so.

When the salute of the four cannonballs exploded on the top of the mountain, the cavalry wing commander, who was still slightly upturned at the corners of his mouth just now, and his eyes were dark, if it wasn't for the soldiers around him to support him, he would definitely grab the ground with his head.

By this time, if he still doesn't understand that he has fallen for the Chinese, then he is really a pig. Two squadrons plus one squadron, a total of more than 200 soldiers, accounting for half of the entire cavalry wing, were deceived by the Chinese to the top of the mountain, and then, shelled.

What will be the consequences of that?

I'm afraid that the Japanese army can think of it with his own little Ding Ding, which is very short at all.

"Baga, order Captain Zhenyi and Lieutenant Young Doctor to quickly leave the battlefield." He didn't even have time to regret it at this time, and at the first time, he quickly ordered the four squads that were feints on both flanks to quickly withdraw and move closer to him. By the insidious shelling of the Chinese, he seems to have seen a larger conspiracy of the Chinese.

Compared to this thought, which chilled his vest, half of the main team on the mountain didn't seem to be so important. If the lost soldier is about to go back, he may be punished and will be beaten by His Excellency the division commander, but that is a right that only the living can enjoy. He had to go back alive first.

Otherwise...... Okazaki remembered with a cold heart the dozen or so colleagues he had seen hanging and dried like dried salted fish more than an hour ago。。。。。。

A rush of urine crept in.

It's a pity that it's easy to attack, but if you want to withdraw, it's also a technical job.

Retreat, but also have to cover the fire alternately and slowly retreat. The only result of handing over one's back to the enemy is death. No matter how fast you run, can you outrun the bullets?

What's more, there is a sudden increase in at least three times the number of bullets.

When the shells were still flying in the sky, Commander Ye, who had been in the front-line position with a solemn face, finally showed a hint of joy on his face, and slammed his hand to the ground, "Order the front-line position, fire with all my might, leave the little devils, mortars, fire at Lao Tzu, kill the little devil heavy machine gun and then give Lao Tzu their grenadiers." ”

The 4 mortars equipped with the 772nd Regiment began shelling the Japanese heavy machine guns 600 meters away almost at the same time as the order was given. The artillerymen who were lying in ambush at the artillery position behind the ridge had already calculated the firing range of the two heavy machine guns on the left and right flanks of the little devil's arrogance for nearly an hour.

Even if you can't kill with one shot, then have a few more shots. At this time, the heavier the machine gun, the more rookie it is, and there is nothing that cannot be solved by shells.

At the same time, the two Maxim heavy machine guns that were still hidden on the left and right flank positions began to roar wildly.

Compared with the Maxim heavy machine guns with perfect bunkers, condescending heights, and a higher rate of fire, the four light machine guns equipped with a rate of fire of only 400 rounds per minute and a magazine capacity of only 20 rounds per minute and still need to fire from the back are scum.

In an instant, the situation of fire suppression on both sides was reversed.

As soon as he saw that the little devil's heavy machine gun was dumb and the light machine gun was suppressed, the 100-shot Hanyang Zao on the front-line position was much bolder, and he tried his best to lie down and shoot at the Japanese army who was still hiding behind the boulder at the foot of the mountain.

More than 100 Hanyang-made rifles and four light machine guns that shoot with the accuracy of the Japanese army are not inferior to those of the Japanese army, although it is not said how much damage is to the little devils who are suppressed to death, but if you want to leave the cover and run back, it is impossible.

Including a few grenadiers that were extremely arrogant before, they were hiding behind the rocks and didn't dare to come out easily, but there were at least two light machine guns staring at them, constantly shooting in the direction where they were hiding to remind them that as long as they dared to show their figures, it was yours to sweep.

When their own firepower was completely suppressed, those familiar old devils who played with grenadiers only dared to hide behind the stones and estimate and shoot, but the accuracy was far worse than before.

Okazaki was about to vomit blood.

Naturally, it was not because the wings were dead pressed and could not retreat, what he vomited blood was that the Chinese were really poisonous.

In addition to mountain artillery, there were even mortars.

Four mortar shells in a row exploded at a distance of no more than 15 meters from the two heavy machine guns, causing several shooters to lie down on the spot one after another to dodge, and more than eight mortar shells flew from the rear of the main position of Jiuguan, which landed directly on the four heavy machine gun positions under Jiuguan that were still in a daze.

The violent explosion directly blew up the two heavy machine guns into twists, and at the same time, it also blew up six shooters and ammunition men into the sky.

However, compared to the six terrifying fireworks that bloomed again on the mountain, what made Okazaki Shoichi Nakasa cold and desperate was that his conjecture was right.

Although he didn't want his prediction to be so accurate.

Miles behind him, he heard the sound of gunfire that made him desperate.

The Chinese even sent troops to copy his back road.

Although there were still 100 imperial warriors on the position 3 miles behind him, who he once thought could withstand two battalions of the Chinese, at this time, he no longer had illusions.

There were more cannons from the Chinese on the opposite side than he thought. Even if the mountain artillery with a range of up to 7,000 meters does not extend the shelling, just a few large-caliber mortars that have been exposed on the Chinese positions here have already shrouded their own positions within range.

The commander of the Japanese cavalry wing, who has incomparably rich combat experience, has already judged from the effect of the explosion of the Chinese mortar shell that it is the most equipped 82-caliber mortar in the Chinese army, and the range of that thing is as high as 2,500 meters.

How could a temporary field fortification be able to stop the bombardment of such a large-caliber mortar? Moreover, on the side of Asada Yunshan, there was not a single heavy machine gun, and the only thing left for them was 6 light machine guns and 6 grenadiers.

Can they, really resist the attack of the insidious and crazy Chinese, and thus hold out until the arrival of the infantry wing? Shoichi Okazaki didn't dare to have such illusions.

Compared to the incomparable desperation of their supreme commander at the foot of the mountain, Endo Fukina on the top of the old Seki Mountain and the 200 imperial warriors under his command may be more desperate.

Anyway, Okazaki Shoichi still had a chance to stand there and froze in his head with despair. They, however, were blank in mind under the violent explosion of shells.

Just ten seconds later, six more shells exploded at the top of the mountain. This time, it is solid for 6 pieces. The entire summit of the mountain is covered with air waves.

Trenches have never been the best place to hide from shelling, otherwise you have to prevent artillery holes and make wool? Although it was already the best place that the Japanese could find.

Once a shell explodes in the trench, not only the people who are more than ten meters away from that section will be unlucky, but the crazy wave of air rushing along both ends of the trench is the most terrifying thing.

At this time, only hiding in the individual anti-artillery holes dug in the trenches is the most reliable choice.

Unfortunately, all the anti-artillery holes had been filled in with sand by the Chinese soldiers, and they could only lie in the shallow trenches hoping that their luck would not be so bad.

However, not only is there a chance that the cannonball will fall there, but the Bofors Mountain Cannon is also accurate enough to aim at your own trench and bombard, so that at least one shell will fall into the trench in each round.

The artillery battalion of the independent regiment fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition every year in each artillery squad was not in vain, and the results of the artillery bombardment were absolutely excellent.