The fierce artillery fire swept across the inner city wall of Shangqiu, destroying all obstacles along the way, including various fortifications exposed to the surface of the city wall. After continuous attacks, more than 500 officers and soldiers of the assault battalion were left, followed closely behind, quickly approaching the city wall between the inner and outer cities, with a city wall less than ten meters high. They were preparing to break into the inner city through the city gate hole that had been blown up by artillery shells, and directly attack the command of the Third Army of the Jinsui Army.

One hundred meters, eighty meters... The entire assault camp was only 50 meters away from the inner and outer city walls. There was no strange inner city wall just now, and several black holes were suddenly shot. Before the more than 500 officers and soldiers of the assault camp reacted from their shock. Six hot heavy machine gun fire tongues followed closely and gushed out from the six shooting holes.

More than 500 officers and soldiers, without any preparation, were swept to the ground and turned into corpses without even the minimum reaction time.

Time passed by minute by minute, and five seconds passed. Wang Baoqing, the battalion commander of the assault battalion, who seemed to be overconfident, reacted from his shock. He quickly exclaimed to his subordinates who were also shocked beside him.

"Damn it, why are you still standing there? You want to die... lie down, lie down immediately..."

Faced with the blow, hundreds of officers and soldiers who seemed a little caught off guard in a short period of time finally woke up from their shock, rushed forward and quickly rushed to the ruins beside them that could block bullets for themselves.

Suddenly, the several hot tongues that had just been harvesting the lives of comrades were directly lost. However, even so, the intensive strafing of a few seconds caused the largest casualties since the attack to the assault camp...

The officers and soldiers of the two infantry platoons were either dead or injured, and fell densely on the charge road...

Although the battalion commander Wang Baoqing was heartbroken by the heavy losses of the troops, he did not lose his mind because of this. Looking at his subordinates who were quickly lying on the ground and had already begun to launch a fire counterattack, Battalion Commander Wang Baoqing continued to order: "All light machine gunners, concentrate fire for me. Suppress the enemy's machine gun castle. Artillery, fire immediately to destroy the enemy's machine gun castle arranged on the city wall..."

The assault battalion fired in an instant with more than 30 light machine guns, and the six flames that were swept above the head of the assault battalion were restrained a lot. In the ruins where he was, his subordinates who were just pressed down and could not lift their heads, finally had the opportunity to counterattack. Of course, the artillery that the battalion commander Wang Baoqing relied most also took this opportunity to mount the mortar.

"Everything..." A series of dull mortar cannons erupted from behind. Several shells flew into the sky like eyes. Finally, they landed very accurately around the six machine gun castles and exploded.

However, it is a pity. The explosions of several consecutive rounds of shells, except for the several machine gun castles, all shrouded in the smoke generated by the shell explosion, did not achieve any other meaningful results. Six hot flame tongues were still rushing over everyone's heads intermittently.

"Battery Commander, it seems that our mortars are not working. The enemy's machine gun castle must have been reinforced..." The deputy battalion commander reminded with a frown.

"I also felt it. It seems that I can only ask for artillery fire support from the rear... The communications soldier immediately contacted the artillery command center and requested large-caliber artillery fire support to destroy the machine gun castle blocking us..." Battalion Commander Wang Baoqing nodded in agreement. Then, he ordered decisively.

The crisp sound of the transmitter rang out on the battlefield. In less than two minutes, a sharp whistling sounded above everyone's heads.

"No. It's a 105mm howitzer... Everyone hide quickly, don't be injured by the shells by chance..." As soon as the battalion commander Wang Baoqing finished speaking, a more violent sound of shell explosion sounded at the top of the inner city. What made Wang Baoqing feel glad that the flying shell fragments did not hurt the assault camp under the city at all.

"Damn it, these artillery soldiers are getting better and better. They hit the target at such a long distance. The communications soldier told the artillery that according to the artillery coordinates just now, he continued to blow me up..." The excited battalion commander Wang Baoqing roared with a murderous look on his face.

"Yes, battalion commander..."

When the order was issued, the whistling sound of shells began to sound on the battlefield. Just now, several machine gun castles that were still spitting out flames, including the entire city wall blocking in front of them... without exception, they were all covered by artillery fire and gun smoke.

One minute, two minutes... It was not until the six machine gun castles that no longer fired even a bullet outward. The strong artillery fire slowly stopped.

"I don't believe such fierce artillery fire. Can I destroy the machine gun castle blocking in front of us... Brothers, continue to rush to me. rush into the inner city and capture Wang Jingguo, the commander of the Third Army of the Shanxi Sui Army alive..." The battalion commander Wang Baoqing was quickly covered with a strong expression of confidence, and he ordered with a firm tone.

"Roar into the inner city and capture Wang Jingguo alive, brothers, kill with me..." More than 400 assault battalion officers and soldiers who were suppressed under the corner of the inner city wall for five minutes seemed to vent the anger that had been accumulated in their hearts. Wang Baoqing's order had just been issued, and a roar came out of the mouths of hundreds of officers and soldiers.

Jumped out of the ruins, attacked the formation in an arrow, and rushed toward the city wall still shrouded by gunpowder.

Fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters...

Facing the city wall that was getting closer and closer, the remaining 400 officers and soldiers of the assault camp gradually showed an expression of excitement on their faces, thinking that they were already in sight of victory when they rushed into the inner city. A dull sound of heavy machine guns fired sounded on the city wall again.

The hundreds of officers and soldiers who rushed forward quickly were like they bumped into an insurmountable iron wall that specifically devoured soldiers' lives. Any fire net formed by the six flame tongues was without exception, all of which were charged and fell into a pool of blood...

However, after the sudden firepower strike just now, the assault battalion's response speed was no longer average. After the sudden dense firepower network caused a platoon of casualties to the assault battalion, there was no longer a single assault battalion officer and soldier, who were still standing stupidly on the ground...

"How is this...it's possible, such fierce artillery fire, which was unable to destroy the enemy's machine gun castle..." Wang Baoqing, the battalion commander, felt the continuous blasting flames above his head, and said to himself in a daze.

"Battlefield Commander, wait until the smoke of gunpowder has completely disappeared, everything will be clear..." the deputy battalion commander reminded.

After two minutes of waiting, Wang Baoqing, who was completely within the range of enemy fire suppression, passed extremely slowly.

The expression on Wang Baoqing's face gradually changed from shock to anxiety at the beginning, and then when he was anxious now, the smoke filled the city. The smoke around the machine gun castle finally disappeared completely.

"Battlefield Commander, look, it turned out to be a pure concrete bunker. The enemy located in the inner city had been prepared for a long time and actually built a concrete bunker..." Looking at the scene at the outer city dozens of meters away, the deputy battalion commander directly showed an incredible expression on his face, and asked in surprise.

In Wang Baoqing's eyes, the machine gun castle in front of him was built temporarily by the Jinsui army hollowed out the city wall. However, he did not expect that the machine gun castle in front of him not only hollowed out the city wall, but also used reinforced concrete inside the city wall. A special protection that ordinary shells could not do without.

After just a few minutes of fierce artillery fire, the brick wall wrapped around the outermost part of the machine gun castle was blown up everywhere without surprise. Without the protection of the brick wall, the reinforced concrete prototype was clearly presented to everyone.

Wang Jingguo, the commander of the Third Army of the Jinsui Army, was lucky.

Due to the years of war in Shangqiu, the inner city walls had long been hollowed out by the garrison troops in previous years, and a large number of Tibetan soldiers were built specifically for hiding soldiers. With the Tibetan soldiers caves as a support, coupled with the large-caliber howitzers exposed by the Ninth Army since the artillery attacks for several days. The cautious king passed by directly mobilizing all manpower and material resources in the city to build reinforced concrete bunkers that these ordinary shells could not do anything to.

Now, what Wang Jing didn't expect was that these machine gun castles hidden inside the city wall were actually used.

In less than five minutes of artillery bombardment, while blew up all the brick walls around the castle, the huge shock wave generated by the explosion of the shell also killed all the Shanxi Sui army blocking troops among the six machine gun castles. And this happened to these six machine gun castles, and a brief stop was made during the shelling.

After the shelling, the inner city defenders immediately dispatched their troops into the machine gun castle and continued to fight back. This caused the current situation: when the officers and soldiers of the assault battalion were approaching 30 meters of the city wall, the sudden intercepting firepower caught the assault battalion off guard again.

"The battalion commander is a reinforced concrete bunker... Ordinary shells, even if they are 105mm caliber Liu Dan run shells, unless they hit the castle directly, they will not be able to do anything to it... I don't know next..." The deputy battalion commander said with a frown.

"The soldiers come to block the enemy, and the water comes to cover the earth... I remember that when we were not equipped with large-scale artillery troops, we still won the battle on the battlefield. Now we have artillery troops, but we cannot forget the spirit of infantry not to fear death. The shells cannot function for the time being, so we will explode ourselves... Notify the troops, prepare the ** bag, draw the blasting hands, and blast the enemy bunker..." Wang Baoqing ordered in a firm tone.

"Yes, battalion commander..."

In less than a minute, six blasting teams composed of more than ten officers and soldiers, including several 20 kilograms, were sent to the forefront of the battlefield. Under the order of Battalion Commander Wang Baoqing, hundreds of grenades responsible for cover were quickly thrown out with blue smoke.

The violent explosion of the grenade sounded, and a strong smoke rose directly in the open space between the assault battalion and the machine gun castle and spread out. While blocking the sight of the assault battalion's offensive troops, the strong smoke also blocked the shooting sight of the Shanxi-Sui Army machine gunners in the machine gun castle.

"Blaster, come on me..."

Dozens of blasters, holding their arms with their cubes, jumped out of the position like wild horses that broke away from the reins and rushed out quickly. They ran the arc-shaped attack route that could most effectively avoid bullets, and rushed to the machine gun castle blocked in front of them as fast as possible.

The machine gunners deployed by the Shanxi Sui army in the six-seater machine gun castle seemed to realize that the danger of death was approaching them step by step. Although the strong smoke blocked their sight, they could not prevent them from pulling the machine gun trigger and firing their hands.

At the same time as the grenade explosion sounded, six Jinsui army machine gunners subconsciously increased the firepower output of six heavy machine guns. When dozens of blasting hands rushed out of the position, the six heavy machine guns had already woven a dense bullet net in front of the castle with six hot flame tongues. Looking down from the air, it was like an insurmountable iron wall blocking them.

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"Damn Jinsui Army, I am incompatible with you..." Dozens of explosion soldiers lost almost all before they rushed out of ten meters. The battalion commander Wang Baoqing directly showed a strong expression of pain on his face, and cursed with hatred.

"Battery Commander, the enemy's firepower is too strong, and the blaster can't rush over..." said the deputy battalion commander.

"It's over, and it seems that we can only fight for the last one..." After a brief contemplation, Battalion Commander Wang Baoqing spoke with a serious expression.

"Fight for the last one..." The deputy battalion commander's face was immediately covered by a deep doubt and asked in confusion.

"Yes, it's just a fight... Do you remember the shelling just now? Although our howitzer shells cannot destroy the opponent's turtle shells, the shock wave generated by the shell explosion can completely shake all enemies in the castle. The shelling incident just now provides us with at least ten seconds of fire gap time."

"Ten seconds. As long as our blasting hand is used properly, we can rush to the shooting dead corner of the opponent's machine gun castle. Then, use the ** bag to completely destroy the opponent's turtle shell from the inside out..." Battalion Commander Wang Baoqing explained in a deep voice.

"Bombardment, use the shock wave to the Jinsui Army in the castle in the battlefield..." Wang Baoqing's words had just fallen, and a trace of worry followed. It appeared on the face of the deputy battalion commander.

Because he is very clear about the huge hidden dangers hidden by this attack method.

You should know that at this moment, the entire assault camp is only thirty meters away from the castle. The killing range of large-caliber howitzer shells is 20 meters. This directly means that the error range of howitzer shells behind them cannot exceed ten meters. Once the shelling error exceeds ten meters, your assault camp will be affected by the explosion of its own shells and will pay a certain price of casualties.

As the battalion commander, Wang Baoqing, of course, saw the worries of the deputy battalion commander, and before he could speak, he continued to speak: "Old Wang, I know what you are going to say. But what I want to tell you is that time is not waiting for me. If we take down the enemy army earlier, the casualties of other troops in the entire army will be much less. Among them, I won't say which one is more important, you should be clear. The casualties of some of the officers and soldiers of my assault battalion will be exchanged for victory in the entire battle. This battle is worth a try in any aspect..."

"Besides, theoretically, the killing range of howitzers shells is twenty meters. However, as long as the brothers hide, they will hardly suffer too much damage within ten meters. Therefore, the shelling error range left for the howitzer regiment will be as much as twenty meters. I believe that the artillery behind them can definitely do the error of twenty meters."

"But, battalion commander, you are not afraid of ten thousand. Once a shell from the howitzer regiment misses, it just falls between us. It will not be a few people, or even a dozen people. If it is serious, it will directly cause the losses of hundreds of people in my assault camp..." Although the deputy battalion commander agreed with the reason of the battalion, he still reminded him.

Wang Baoqing waved his hand, and a firm expression appeared on his face, and he said, "Old Wang, don't say it anymore. I, Wang Baoqing, have decided on this matter. If something happens, I, Wang Baoqing, will be fully responsible.... I will prepare for the blasting hand immediately. In addition, contact the artillery, and after one minute, start a one-minute artillery fire strike..."

"Yes, battalion commander..."

"Boom..." A howitzer company, more than 20 large-caliber shells were smashed down. Six machine gun castles were covered by smoke again without any surprise. As for the dozens of Jinsui army officers and soldiers in the six machine gun castles, they protected the surrounding turtle shells, although they blocked the attack of all the shell fragments. However, no matter how strong the turtle shell is, as long as there is a shooting hole, it is impossible to block the strong shock wave generated by the shell explosion.

The explosion sounded, and all the officers and soldiers in their teens, without exception, were blown to the point of bleeding from their orifices, turning into corpses...

Because it had already agreed in advance, just after one minute, dozens of blasters, regardless of whether there were shells in the air, rushed towards the machine gun castle that was still completely covered by gun smoke.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters... Under the anxious gaze of Battalion Commander Wang Baoqing, dozens of high-than-hope blasters finally successfully rushed into the shooting dead corners of several machine gun castles before the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui army entered the machine gun castle and launched a counterattack...

"It's done..." Looking at the machine gun castle that quickly disappeared into the smoke of gunfire, but there was still no gunshot. A hint of excitement suddenly appeared on Wang Baoqing's face.

Wang Baoqing did not wait too long. In less than two seconds, a violent explosion, accompanied by a ball of orange-red fireball, rose directly from the strong smoke, indicating that a machine gun castle blocked in front of him completely turned into ashes.

"Boom boom boom..." One after another, six violent explosions passed, and a saturation sound quickly roared out of Wang Baoqing's mouth.
Chapter completed!