It was late July and the weather was hot. Liu Jingxiao seemed to be in the direction of the smoke. Today, the south wind was blowing strongly, which was extremely unfavorable to the Hubei army.

Liu Jingxiao's cavalry battalion included two infantry companies, one cavalry company, and one platoon of grenadiers. The cavalry company was still in the sea and had not yet returned to its establishment, so the temporary expansion of grenadier platoons into the third company, and Liu Jingxiao then stayed behind from the third company.

Before he reached the front line, the sound of gunfire was getting louder and louder. When he arrived at the Yangloudong position, Zhou Zaizhi shouted loudly with his upper body naked and waved his pistol in his hand. He was indeed a brave and good-for-war tiger general.

Looking down further, I saw the Hunan Army rushing towards this side in a dense manner. The artillery team of the Mengding Guo regiment showed its power. There were already corpses everywhere on the front line, with countless casualties and injuries.

But the Hunan Army was really brave. Although the formation was broken and the flag bearer had changed several rounds, it still rushed forward and its morale was also very high.

The Hunan Army's fireworks team was also very impressive. The total number of artillery was as high as thirty or forty, most of which were six-pound long cannons, and all of them were blasting bombs. Although the lethality of the shrapnel was far worse than that of the shrapnel, the range of the six-pound long cannon was beyond the reach of the howitzers of Mengding Kingdom.

The maximum range of the twelve-pound howitzer in Mengding Kingdom is only 1,000 yards, while the maximum range of the six-pound long cannon is more than 1,500 yards. Therefore, the Hunan Army concentrated artillery into a group of artillery groups, and the artillery positions were placed at the forefront about 1,200 meters, just outside the range of the Hubei artillery.

On the one hand, it suppressed the artillery of Mengding Kingdom, and on the other hand, it supported the infantry's attack. For a while, the bullets were like rainstorms and artillery fire continued to the sky, and the Hubei army suffered a lot of casualties.

However, what caused the Hubei army the most headache was that the south wind was blowing strongly today. After the bullet was fired, the smoke was blown into the eyes of the Hubei army. For a moment, the eyes choked red and the shooting speed was extremely affected. Moreover, due to the strong wind, the shooting was neither accurate nor far. The artillery of Mengding Kingdom was even more affected, so the Hunan Army took the opportunity to launch a crazily attack.

Fortunately, the Yangloudong line is full of heavy mountains and steep mountains, which is a natural danger. Liu Jingxiao's engineering battalion has built many fortifications, and the entire army has occupied the geographical advantage. The artillery positions of Mengding Kingdom will be built on a high place, so that the Hunan Army can be killed and injured at any time.

As soon as a company of the Hunan Army rushed to a valley on the left wing, it was blocked by a devastating artillery fire from Mengding Kingdom.

But the Hunan Army seemed to be storming forward at any cost. A battalion on the right wing took advantage of this short opportunity to attack a mountain.

They crawled up desperately in the rain of bullets and the hot sun. When they ran to the hillside in anger, the defenders also threw grenades down desperately. The gravel splashed, blowing the Hunan Army to death and injuries.

However, the Hunan Army was not angry at all and climbed forward for about ten meters. The Hunan Army also began to throw grenades.

They used a small red grenade, which was very light and threw a distance of twice as much as that of ordinary grenades. It is extremely effective in mountain warfare and caused considerable casualties in the defenders.

Some Hunan Army continued to attack bravely, while others stopped to raise their rifles to shoot against the Hubei Army, while others continued to throw grenades at the defending positions.

The defenders also responded with rifles and grenades. The grenades they used were different from those used by Liu Jingxiao to guard Lin Xi. They could use them by pulling fire directly. Therefore, both sides threw grenades and caused devastating blows to each other.

Along a bloody road, the Hunan Army finally rushed to the top of the mountain and looked forward. The flat ground was right in front of us, as if the mountain had fallen into its own hands.

But what greeted them was a burst of artillery fire like the collapse of the sky and the earth. The artillery soldiers of Mengding Kingdom drew down all their firepower, and the advancement of the Hunan Army was beaten to death.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the Hubei army jumped out of the fortifications and committed counterattacks regardless of casualties. They attacked vigorously and frantically and attacked the remaining Hunan army in an instant.

But the Hunan Army's artillery was also not polite. With thirty or forty six-pound cannons all showed their power, and the frontier positions fell like rain, and most of the defenders fell in a pool of blood at this moment.

The successor team of the Hunan Army rushed up the mountain panting. After a bloody hand-to-hand battle, they finally seized the first mountain in Yangloudong.

But at this time, there were nearly 400 people in the original complete battalion of the Hunan Army, and only thirty or forty people stood on the top of the mountain, and the rest were either injured or killed.

A whole company of the defenders no longer existed, but the Hunan Army did not even have a chance to breathe. Taking advantage of the moment when they were not stable, a counterattacking infantry company of the Hubei Army rushed to the top of the mountain with a bayonet.

The counterattacking army thought that the military uniform was bulky and not as fast as the Hunan Army with a single-colored shoe and hat. They simply wore upper body naked, only knee-length shorts on the lower body, and had bullet bags and five grenades hanging around their waists, and rushed up roaringly.

It was also a short and fierce hand-to-hand combat, mixed with explosions, gunshots, shouts, and loud shouts. The Hubei army once again defeated the Hunan army, but the Hubei army company only had two platoons of troops left.

Similarly, on other positions, the same fierce battles continued to take place, and both sides showed their honor as soldiers.

But this was just the beginning. Yangloudong covered an area of ​​about ten miles and had a dangerous terrain. The Hubei army was in high positions and was almost defended. Although the Hunan army suffered seven or eight hundred casualties, it did not get any land.

Liu Jingxiao looked at her a few times, and Zhou Zaizhi was shouting. Seeing him leading the troops to reinforce, his face suddenly turned red and he shouted: "Jingxiao! I'm sorry! I threw away the Yanglou Well for you, and I will definitely take it back for him today!"

It turned out that today the Hunan Army used the main force to use the Yanglou Army, and the Yanglou Army defenders were Zhou Zaizhi's fourth battalion and supplementary battalion, and attacked the Hunan Army as many as 6,700 people.

The Hunan Army was brave, but Zhou Zaizhi's troops were also quite capable of fighting. The two sides fought against bullets and bayonets, and after a fight, Zhou Zaizhi's troops finally couldn't stand it and continued to attack Yangloudong.

The Hunan Army was mainly attacking the Lu Dangping unit of the Second Division. The division was really brave and accidentally entered the mine formation and rushed directly.

There were only a hundred landmines buried by Liu Jingxiao. Faced with such enemy troops who had broken arms and limbs and still charged to death, they did not have much effect, so they fought hard this time.

Liu Jingxiao didn't care about the loss of the Yanglou Department's position. After all, Yanglou Department is not a dangerous situation. Failure is expected. He said: "It's okay! The key is to defend Yanglou Cave!"

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