"Alas!" Hu Hao waved his hand feebly and said, "Ding Zhe, go to the front line yourself. I don't worry about others going."
"Yes, Commander!" Ding Zhe then went out.
After Ding Zhe went out, Hu Hao entered the back room immediately. No one knew what he was going to do.
Eleventh Brigade, Second Brigade Headquarters.
"Brigadier Wang, Brigadier, the Yulan River is deep and wide. There are only two stone bridges that are the only passages. However, tanks cannot pass through these stone bridges at all. According to reports from frontline spies, the Hujia Army has sent heavy troops there. Yes." Li Zishu, chief of staff of the Second Brigade, said, pointing to a river on the map.
"That's right, our armored forces have no place at all, and the Hujia Army has at least 50,000 people deployed in the Yulan River." The Chief of Staff of the 11th Brigade also said.
"Does the Hujia Army's Yulan River position have an accurate target?" Wang Bo asked.
"Basically sure!" Li Zishu nodded.
"Commander Wang, what do you mean..." Qin Xiang, commander of the second brigade, looked up at Wang Bo.
"Yes, I want to concentrate all the artillery fire of our two brigades on their Yulan River position to cover our infantry crossing the river!" Wang Bo said.
"Brigadier Wang, this is indeed feasible, but we can only hit their first layer of defense here. We still don't know the specific location of the second layer of positions."
"Then let's break through his first layer of defense first. The main thing now is to let our troops cross the river." Qin Xiang said.
"That's right, then gather all our howitzers to cover their first line of defense with firepower and cover our troops across the river!"
Finally, Wang Bo also said seriously.
Magnolia River position!
The Hujia Army's first line of defense deployed 20,000 people here.
Twenty thousand people crawled into the deep trenches to wait for the arrival of the Shu army.
The equipment of the Hujia Army is extremely backward. The gun ownership rate of the more than 20,000 people is only about 40%, about 50%, two or three people have one gun.
There are even fewer light and heavy weapons. A company may have a light machine gun, and a battalion may only have a heavy machine gun.
The most important thing is that there is no fighting spirit in their eyes.
There were even many people drinking, playing cards, and being extremely casual.
They didn't know that more than eighty howitzers had raised their muzzles not far away on the other side of the river.
The Second Brigade and the Eleventh Brigade gathered all the howitzers, regardless of caliber, as long as they could hit the target, they were all set up.
"Report to the two brigade commanders, whether the howitzers are ready to fire!" the commander of the second brigade artillery regiment saluted and shouted.
Qin Xiang put down the telescope and said slowly: "Fire!"
"yes!!!"
"Get ready to fire!"
The commander of the artillery regiment shouted, and the orderly waved the flag in his hand instantly.
Give the order after preparation is completed.
"fire!"
"Dong dong dong~"
"Dong dong dong~"
"Dong dong dong dong~"
The back seat of the howitzer was shaken to death by bursts of sand on the ground, and the shells were fired from the muzzle in an arc.
…
Magnolia River position!
In a card game, three soldiers were playing Landlords, surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers.
"If you win, win, give me money!" A soldier threw down his cards and laughed loudly.
"How can this be won?"
"Cheating?" the other two said.
"With so many people watching, where can I cheat? Give me money, give me money."
Then the two soldiers reluctantly took out the money.
This kind of situation can be seen everywhere on the battlefield. Even those who drink are blushing and can't figure out the way to go.
"Will the Shu army come yet? It's been a day and I'm exhausted." A soldier put down his gun and was about to smoke a cigarette when he saw dense black spots in the sky.
When the black dot got closer and closer, he discovered...
This is a cannonball.
"Boom..."
"boom……"
"Dong dong dong..."
"Boom!!!!"
"Ah~"
"There are shells!"
Originally, the casualties would be smaller if they were all in the trench, but they all came out and were in the open space.
There was no cover when the shell fell.
Some shells even landed in the crowd and exploded.
In the center, more than a dozen soldiers were blown to pieces.
Round after round of bombings caused considerable physical and psychological trauma to this group of less regular troops.
"Help..."
"Dong dong dong~"
"Mother……"
"Ah~"
…
Across the Magnolia River
An infantry regiment of the 2nd Brigade and an infantry regiment of the 11th Brigade had already assembled and were quickly pressing towards the stone bridge of the Yulan River under the cover of armored vehicles.
The howitzers behind them had not stopped firing, and they did not stop bombing until more than half of the troops had crossed the bridge.
Dozens of rounds of bombing have made the Hujia army unable to find North, and they were not discovered until the Shu army troops arrived in front of their position.
"The Shu army is coming up." A soldier shouted, but his shout was immediately covered up by the sound of gunfire.
The first thing to fire was the MG42 general machine gun on the armored vehicle.
The muzzle of the machine gun spurted red flames, and bullets poured into the position desperately.
The soldiers who had just emerged without being killed were suddenly beaten into pieces.
This powerful weapon, known as the "Bonecutter", is the enemy's nightmare during strafing.
Enemies overwhelmed by the powerful rate of fire and firepower cannot hold their heads up.
"Da da da~"
"Da da da~"
"Da da da~"
"Bang~"
"Bang~"
"Bang~"
The soldiers behind the armored vehicles also opened fire.
"Ah~"
"Hold your head and squat down!"
Within a few breaths, the soldiers of the two infantry regiments rushed into the position.
The soldiers of the Shu Army are not third-rate goods like the Hujia Army. They have been trained day after day.
After the soldiers of the Shu Army rushed into the position, anyone who resisted was killed directly without warning.
In the end, more than 20,000 people captured more than 4,000 people, and the rest were wiped out.
The battlefield was extremely brutal, with corpses scattered all over the place, but not many of them belonged to Shu soldiers.
"Brigadier, the position has been taken." Liu Shu said with the telegram.
"So fast." Wang Bo said excitedly.
"Yes, by the time they found out, our soldiers had already arrived in front of the position." Liu Shu said with a smile.
"Hahaha."
"Brigadier Qin, I think we can report to the commander." Wang Bo turned to look at Qin Xiang and said.
"That's right."
"But let's not wait and continue to march towards the second line of defense."
"Okay!" Wang Bo also nodded.
Tianfu!
Qin Jinhong received the telegrams from the Second Brigade and the Eleventh Brigade and smiled lightly.
"Well done."
"Commander, the first line of defense at the Magnolia River position has been broken. The second brigade and the eleventh brigade have also continued to advance. I think we can implement the next step of the plan."
Xu Zhiyong said with a smile beside him.
"That's right, it's time to verify their physical fitness." Qin Jinhong said with a smile.
"Song Qiu!"
"arrive!"
"Send a report to the 10th and 12th brigades!"
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