Li Tuo and others were attacked by the rebels without warning, and it was dark in the evening. The rebels were very prepared for this attack, with four breaches centered on Marco Polo Bridge!
The light of a signal flare suddenly lit up in the sky, followed by the sound of drums and horns, and the sound of killing. The dark rebels began to attack the other bank from the south bank of the Yongding River.
There was no intelligence indicating that the enemy would attack today. The highest-level people in charge on the battlefield at that time were Li Tuo, the engineering director, and Bao Jun, the inspecting military minister.
When the battle started, there were even more workers than soldiers on the south bank defense line, and many of the imperial troops were taking turns eating dinner!
Boom boom boom... The rebel artillery began to roar, and the 88 field artillery captured from the battlefield hit the north bank across the Yongding River.
The flames of the explosion shot into the sky, and smoke and dust were everywhere!
"Sir, be careful..." Several personal guards pounced on Li Tuo and Bao Jun, and immediately after, crackling mud fell from the sky, hitting them everywhere.
"The Japanese have issued the sixth general attack order, and this time they are serious..." Li Tuo shouted to Bao Yun with a ferocious face as he was suppressed.
"There has never been such a large artillery coverage in previous feint attacks. They couldn't bear to part with the shells... This time the explosion was so fierce, it must be serious..."
"Deploy defense...deploy defense immediately, the whole army fights!"
Baojun also knew that the situation was urgent. He pushed away the guards and climbed up, "Counterattack... open fire, and the whole army enters the trenches to fight!"
Boom boom boom...another stream of shells came straight towards their position like eyes.
"Sir, hurry up and enter the fortifications... Damn it, someone must have leaked our location, there is some detailed operation... This is all coming straight to us!"
The guards protected Baojun and Li Tuo and quickly rushed into the largest permanent bunker south of the Marco Polo Bridge. This bunker had six shooting ports in a ring, and even the defensive shooting ports were reserved at the rear. Six heavy machine guns had already been fired. Ready, loaded with ammunition in the middle.
The interior of the circular fortification is more than two meters high, allowing adults to move freely. The concrete cover is more than one meter thick, and is filled with densely packed steel bars.
For such a permanent fortification, even if eighty-eight shells hit it, it would only make a small white dot crater.
Boom boom... As soon as Baojun and the others entered the fortification, they were bombarded by two artillery shells above their heads. It felt like they had experienced an earthquake. The soil above their heads fell down, and the debris under their feet vibrated and jumped.
But the people are safe, and the two shells did not penetrate!
"The enemy is coming! Open fire..."
Click, click, click... The trumpet-shaped shooting port began to spit out flames, and the rebels facing the bridge fell down like wheat.
"Something's wrong, something's really wrong... Isn't this a way to get yourself killed? Is that all Guiziliu did with these two tricks?" Li Tuo put down his binoculars and shook his head as he looked at the rebels on the opposite bridge.
"With a distance of more than 200 meters, how many people will they have to die to fill it up? Even a hundred thousand rebels won't be enough to fill it up?"
Baojun said coldly, "They are confusing us, they are waiting for dark... Guiziliu is not so unwise, they have many ways!"
Launching the attack in the evening, they naturally wanted to take advantage of the darkness to cover themselves. After all, the steel bars and concrete consumed by the Yongding River defense line were not in vain.
Sure enough, just after the first wave of rebels turned into corpses, the heavy machine gun observation post suddenly shouted that there was movement behind the corpses and that there were enemies crawling.
Groups of rebels crawled on the ground like lizards, each dragging a bundle of dry firewood soaked in kerosene. Once you reach the edge of the body, light the dry wood with a match and throw it directly ahead.
When the fire died down, thick smoke billowed into the sky. More and more firewood became available, and soon a wall of smoke formed. It was impossible to see what was going on behind the fortifications.
"Burst fire! Tentative burst fire...the enemy is right behind..."
Click, click, click... The machine gun began to fire briefly, shooting wherever there was a dazed figure. Screams kept coming from behind, but no one could see clearly what was going on.
What are the rebels doing? The rebels actually piled sandbag walls on the bridge and pushed forward one after another. A wall was built every ten meters, and there were gaps on the left and right.
The sandbag wall pushed forward with difficulty and soon reached the smoky burning zone. At this time, another pile of burning dry firewood was thrown forward, forming a new smoke wall and immediately extinguishing the old burning zone.
More civilians rushed up, carrying sandbags on their backs and building the fortifications like ants with difficulty. Soon, rifles were exposed from these sandbag walls. The 250-meter-long Marco Polo Bridge was covered in more than half an hour. More than sixty meters were captured by the rebels.
"Very good... If we continue at this pace, we can ensure that the soldiers charge within a hundred meters, which will greatly reduce casualties!"
In this attack, Yixin came to the battlefield in person and commanded it personally. He was in the hidden highland in the south. No one expected that he actually put on a huge camouflage tent in the highland woods.
Camouflage camouflage technology is currently the best used by the Chinese. This kind of camouflage tent is a prohibited arms product. It is really amazing that Guiziliu can get it.
There is also a mysterious guest in this hidden headquarters, the British military attache Delaney.
It was Delaney who informed Yi Xin of the great changes in Britain three days in advance. This loyal subordinate of Benjamin already knew about the victory on May 1 in late April.
He secretly left the city three days in advance and arrived at the south bank of the Yongding River under the cover of Guiziliu's direct descendants. This sudden attack took place only after three days of dispatching troops and generals.
Delaney was very curious about this field tent and has been studying it and even taking a lot of photos for the past three days!
At first, he didn't know what the colorful canvas could do. It looked very eye-catching, but once he distanced himself from the command post, he was surprised to find that his eyes were deceiving him a hundred meters away.
As if the eyes were dazzled, the headquarters had completely merged with the grove on the high ground, becoming a huge irregular green light spot.
Don't say you can't see clearly, even Emperor Tongzhi's two air force patrols in the sky did not find this command so close at hand!
Even in the photos taken, it is difficult to tell where the headquarters is hidden!
"It's amazing! It's indeed amazing... Dear Your Majesty, you can actually get the Chinese items that are not for sale. This shows that the Chinese are not monolithic!"
Yi Xin smiled faintly, "As long as there are people, there will definitely be double-minded people, and people who are half-hearted will definitely make small moves!"
"I really didn't expect that Prime Minister Benjamin's comeback was so fast. I believe Xiao Letian must be running back in fear now, hahaha..."
