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Chapter 274: The Battle of Purple Mountain
274 The Battle of Purple Mountain
In fact, Crazy Qiu left in too much of a hurry.
He didn't notice that the tunnel fortifications dug by Zhou Xinghai and his men at Position No. 7 were very different from the fortifications currently being implemented by the National Army.
As the first group of Kuomintang officers who followed Ye Qingshan, Zhou Pingkou, Sun Mingxu, Zhou Xinghai and others all learned a lot from Ye Qingshan.
Among them, Zhou Pingkou mainly learned offensive tactics, while Sun Mingxu was better at logistical support.
Since Zhou Xinghai originally came from the Civil Engineering Department of the National Army, he had a lot of experience in tunnel warfare.
It was not until later that Zhou Xinghai saw a brand new tunnel design that Ye Qingshan gave him.
Immediately shocked.
Later, Zhou Xinghai continued to study this new tunnel design.
This time, Ye Qingshan took this into consideration when he asked Zhou Xinghai to lead his troops to support Zijin Mountain.
Zijin Mountain will face even more frenzied attacks from the Japanese next.
It was inevitable that they would be hit by fierce artillery fire from the Japanese, and it was just right that what Zhou Xinghai had learned could be put to use here.
Zhou Xinghai was also very excited when he took on this task.
Finally, he had the opportunity to verify the effectiveness of the new tunnel he had learned.
Only Ye Qingshan knew, without his verification, that this new tunnel design was definitely useful.
Because, in Ye Qingshan's original time and space, more than ten years later, a group of the strongest light infantry on the earth had already verified it for Zhou Xinghai.
Just relying on this novel set of tunnels.
This group of light infantrymen remained unmoved in the face of enemy artillery fire that was ten times more fierce than that of the Japanese.
Ye Qingshan believed that no matter how fierce the Japanese artillery fire was at this moment, they could not reduce the top of the mountain by two meters.
If the Japanese used this kind of tactics, within a year the people of their island nation would all be starving to death.
Moreover, this tunnel design was originally created by a top general.
The famous general absorbed the war experience of countless predecessors and martyrs and redesigned it.
Over three days, more than 10,000 people took turns digging, and finally the main tunnel of Zhou Xinghai's No. 7 position was completed.
“Commander, the headquarters called and asked us to be extra careful.
Tonight or tomorrow, the Japanese may launch a fierce attack on our Purple Mountain."
Zhou Xinghai was in the command center, studying how to fight defensively with a group of staff officers, when a Kuomintang officer ran over and shouted.
"knew.
Are there any special instructions from Chief of Staff Ye?
Never mind, I'll go ask it myself."
Zhou Xinghai went to the phone and dialed Ye Qingshan’s headquarters.
At this time, as the Guanghua Gate area was recaptured by the National Army, a passage to Zijin Mountain was opened.
The telephone line was also connected.
Ye Qingshan can talk to Zhou Xinghai directly.
"Hey, Chief of Staff.
Yes, the tunnel fortifications on our side have been almost completed.
Don't worry, even if the Japanese attack tonight, we are not afraid.
Yes, I won’t be careless.”
"Chief of Staff, when can we start our bird hunting plan?
Yes, I understand.
Wait two more days and you’ll know.”
After Zhou Xinghai hung up the phone, he did not forget to mutter in a low voice: The Chief of Staff is too cautious.
Boom boom boom!
At this moment, Zhou Xinghai suddenly heard a huge explosion outside, which shook his underground command center so much that dirt fell off.
"The devils are attacking!"
Zhou Xinghai shook off the dust on his body and immediately realized that Ye Qingshan had guessed correctly.
The Japs launched a general attack tonight.
Rumble!
At this time, the main position of Zijin Mountain and other surrounding flank positions were all hit by the Japanese heavy artillery.
Heavy artillery shells fell on the battlefield, creating a half-meter deep pit.
"Anti-artillery, get into the tunnel quickly."
An officer of the National Army shouted loudly, asking the soldiers on the position to hide in the tunnels.
The militiamen on Zhou Xinghai's side hid in a sturdy tunnel, listening to the deafening explosions outside.
I was also feeling nervous.
Fortunately, this sturdy tunnel gives us a sense of security.
The three days of hard digging were finally not in vain.
"Damn it, these devils really used heavy artillery this time."
Zhou Xinghai hid in the tunnel, listening to the huge explosion outside. He knew it was the Japanese heavy artillery.
Ordinary Japanese mountain artillery cannot make such a loud noise.
“I don’t know if Old Sun can take this opportunity to lock onto the position of the Japanese heavy artillery unit.
Just use rockets to wipe them out in one go."
Zhou Xinghai was not the only one who had this idea. Ye Qingshan also thought so at the first moment.
They immediately called Sun Mingxu and asked their rocket artillery battalion to prepare for the launch.
Then, he sent a telegram to the 88th Division, asking them to send troops out of the city to conduct reconnaissance and find the location of the Japanese heavy artillery.
Unfortunately, not long after, Ye Qingshan received a report from the 88th Division.
They found that the Japanese heavy artillery was not used in a concentrated manner, but seemed to be used in a dispersed manner.
"Damn it, the devils have learned their lesson.
They seemed to know that our Katyusha rocket launchers could only carry out a one-time coverage attack.
They deliberately dispersed their heavy artillery for use.
This way we can avoid being discovered and being wiped out by rocket launchers."
After Ye Qingshan received the report from the 88th Division, his face turned pale and looked a little ugly.
In this way, it will not be easy to deal with the Japanese heavy artillery.
Before the Japanese attack, the shelling of Purple Mountain lasted for a full hour.
"Damn it, my ears are almost deafened by the noise.
It has finally stopped.”
Zhou Xinghai patted his ears and said unhappily.
As the artillery fire stopped, the new recruits of the 1st Militia Division in the tunnel rushed out of the tunnel at the urging of the veterans.
Da da da!
Soon, fierce gunfire rang out on the battlefield.
Taking advantage of the cover of artillery fire, the Japanese had quietly approached the position.
The new recruits of the 1st Militia Division had just rushed out of the tunnel when they found that the Japanese were about to rush up.
Fierce gunfire broke out immediately.
The main force attacking Zijin Mountain was still the Japanese 16th Division.
In preparation for tonight's general attack, the commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Imao, had made adequate preparations.
The first wave of attackers were the most elite soldiers of the devil.
This old devil hopes to capture Purple Mountain tonight.
However, when the attacking devils rushed to the positions defended by Zhou Xinghai's First Militia Division,
But they were hit by heavy firepower.
The dense firepower points composed of heavy machine guns and light machine guns on their positions almost blocked all the advance routes of the Japanese.
The attacking Japanese troops, even with tanks and armored vehicles as cover.
Every step forward comes at a huge cost.
Boom!
From time to time, the Japanese tanks or armored vehicles would be blown up.
There was no way. Ever since Ye Qingshan’s troops were equipped with a large number of bazookas, the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles had an offensive advantage on the battlefield.
It's not as big as it used to be.
"Baga, what's going on?
Why is the firepower of the Chinese positions so fierce? "
The old Japanese soldier Nakajima Jinzhaowu was very surprised when he looked at the flames rising from the Purple Mountain and listened to the intensive gunfire.
Because he found that the firepower of the Kuomintang's defense on Zijin Mountain seemed to be more ferocious than before.