The front of the attack of the Japanese army was the main position of Dacheng Mountain. The altitude here was 274 meters. The Japanese army chose a relatively gentle mountain position here as the main breakthrough point. They prepared to use huge momentum to exceed the opponent's firepower capacity density to achieve a breakthrough in one fell swoop. The location of this mountain is also quite good, and it can shoot a considerable length of the imperial guard defense front on it. After crossing Dacheng Mountain, it is Pyongyang.

During the day, the Japanese army tentatively attacked and mobilized their troops to repair the road ahead like crazy. After the main force of the division arrived, they transported all the ammunition and troops overnight, so that the attacking positions could accommodate enough infantry.

At four o'clock in the morning on October 3, the Japanese army began to have breakfast.

The staple food is rice balls mixed with rice and wheat, four for each person.

Because we had to carry as much weapons and ammunition as possible, the carrying of food became the secondary. In the Japanese army's plan, as long as we conquered Pyongyang, we would naturally be able to obtain food supplies. At this time, Kotoko Koto took out all the old foundation of the 11th Division. Anyway, if the Qing army's reinforcements came, he would be finished.

All the soldiers finished their meals, and then, led by officers, the soldiers handed the backpacks they carried to the large luggage columns of various departments to reduce the burden and enter the starting position.

According to Otsumoto's plan, two infantry regiments will be put into the front of this mountain defense line called the "Tiger Heights" in the future military history of the Japanese army. Most of the current firepower of the 11th Division, including eight newly added Russian-made 107mm caliber cannons, are also concentrated here!

The remaining wing is the general reserve team, and one wing launches restraining attacks in other directions based on brigades. Other units directly under the division, such as the engineering brigade, the cavalry brigade and other units, serve as flank cover.

The 11th Division made every effort and was ready to break through the Qing army's defense line in one fell swoop!

At 4:30 in the morning, the Japanese artillery began to move the artillery to the artillery position set up the day before in the faint light of dawn. There was a low-high mound barrier between this artillery position and the main defense position of the Qing army, with a straight line distance of about 3,000 meters. Several roads of advance were already clear on the top of the Japanese army. The artillery was also placed on the top of the hill.

At five o'clock, I felt that the sky was slightly bright. On the Japanese attacking positions, there was no other sound except for the sound of bayonets and rifles colliding with each other. The people in the brigade were crowded together, looking at each other nervously, silently tightening their shoelaces and cuffs. The officers did not dare to summon the team with whistles, but just passed the orders back one by one. The long grass shrubs were tied to the heads, and the officers looked at each other and shook hands silently.

On the hill behind the artillery position, Chong Yuan Guangfu and his staff have been standing here since four o'clock in the morning, looking at the dark Qing army position opposite like a sculpture. I don't know how long it took, a staff officer walked up and whispered: "Your Excellency, the time is up."

Chong Yuan Guangfu subconsciously looked up at the horizon: "Oh, it's going to dawn."

On the 274th Highland, Liu Xin made his final instructions to Park Jae-san: "Tell you that you remember, don't run around, don't be afraid! Put your waist and protect your head. The Japanese cannon curvature is not enough and it cannot hit us!"

After yesterday's battle, the North Korean soldiers suffered a considerable loss. The brigade strengthened him two thousand more overnight, and he had to teach them again.

Park Jae-san was more calm than he imagined at this time. In addition to muttering constantly, "Don't run around! Don't run around!" He also took the time to ask: "Sir, when will the Japanese start? Is it too he so hard!"

When? Liu Xin looked up at the sky that was getting brighter, took out his pocket watch and took a look. The hour and minute hands were almost overlapping on the Roman numerals of the sixth!

"It's probably coming soon!" Liu Xin replied.

It was already bright and the morning breeze was blowing. The moisture accumulated in the mountains and fields had slowly risen at dawn, forming a thin layer of mist. Occasionally, one or two birds cries sounded, but this morning seemed even more quiet. However, countless bayonets condensed with morning dew flashed on both sides of the front line!

The shells had been loaded, and all the shooting numbers had been marked. The Japanese artillery commander suddenly pulled off the grass circle that was tied around his head and waved heavily: "Let it go!"

As the fuse was pulled, the tube retreating rapid-fire mountain cannon shook suddenly and spit out a large ball of white fireworks. The Japanese army guarded the position on Xianren Mountain opposite, and immediately looked at the mud and dust!

"Let it go! Let it go!" One round of shells was loaded into the barrel chamber, and then it was spit out, killing the opposite position so that smoke was everywhere and shrapnel flew everywhere!

The Qing army's firepower configuration was focused on distance and close matching. Grenades were responsible for killing within 30 meters, rifles were within 200 meters, and light machine guns were responsible for killing between 200 and 500 meters, while mortars were responsible for the distance between 500 and 1,500 meters, and more than 1,500 meters, and then handed over to Maxim.

In a complete Guards unit, the brigade is designed as the current basic combat unit. In the brigade, it is equipped with rapid-fire guns of 75 mm caliber, and the scope of these guns is responsible for the firing range that cannot be reached by Maxim machine guns and 82 mortars.

However, due to the problem of traveling, the Second Cavalry Brigade was unable to carry artillery, and even the mortars were not many - you should know that the mortars of this era had to weigh hundreds of kilograms, and carrying them was not as good as the camel Maxim.

The position of the Japanese artillery team was only more than 3,000 meters away from the direct firing distance of the Qing army's positions. The Qing army's rifle firepower was useless at this distance, and even the Maxim heavy machine gun was not capable of catching it. The maximum range of the Qing army's mortar was only 3,000 meters, and it still could not reach the Japanese artillery position. However, the Japanese artillery fire could emit the greatest power at this distance and provide the highest accuracy!

A shiny shell filled the cannon chamber and then spit out. Needless to mention the new type of cannons purchased from Russia, they are just old-fashioned cannons that are backed. At such close-range, there is no need to carefully reset them. Anyway, they are aiming straight and they are all blooming on the other side's position!

With the Japanese artillery bombardment, smoke pillars rose from the opposite guard positions, and each of them rushed straight into the sky in different postures. The smoke pillars rose up in rows at first, but then they were no longer divided. Clusters of clusters emerged from the crowds. The fragments of temporary deer forts were covered by civil fortifications, and the human body could be vaguely seen lifting the sky - the limbs of the Korean soldiers who could finally bear the pressure of artillery fire. The earth and rocks were shaken down and rolled down from the mountain, hitting the Qing army that had already fallen down, as if the sky had collapsed and the mountain had also fallen down. Later, the opponent's defense line was shrouded in blue and black smoke. The smell of gunpowder filled the battlefield, flowing slowly, making people breathless.

After only thirty minutes of artillery bombing, more than a thousand shells had been fired. Most of the ammunition transported by the 11th Division had been empty, and the artillery positions were covered with copper shell shells.

At 6:30, the shelling came to an abrupt end. The Japanese officers led the attacking teams straightened up, raised their hands forward, and infantry behind them rushed out!

At the Qing army's position, Liu Xin squatted in the trench with his head in his arms. The soil from the Japanese 107mm cannon almost buried him alive, making him covered in dirt. His guards pressed him with his hands, as if he wanted to help him block the shells.

I don’t know how long it took for the dense artillery fire to stop. However, as soon as the shelling stopped, Liu Xin jumped up and kicked the guard who was pressing him just now: “Damn it, get out of the way, I can’t die!”

He spitted the earthy foam and rubbed his eyes and looked at the opposite side. At first, the smoke was heavy and he couldn't see anything clearly. He could only hear the sound of long and short waves of people coming from the opposite side. Without orders, the officers and soldiers who were avoiding cannons in the trench also got up and set up rifles. The wind in North Korea was strong in winter, and the mountain wind quickly blew the smoke away. When they saw the opposite formation clearly, everyone took a breath.

The Japanese attacking positions in the distance were not rushing, but pouring down!

Japanese soldiers wearing big-brimmed hats formed waves of dense attack arrays at the foot of the mountain like a landslide. The officers stood at the head of the team, holding Western commanding knives to lead the soldiers forward, and rows of rifles were rising and falling forward. On the distant mountain ridge, the Japanese army was still turning over continuously. The entire battlefield was almost filled with soldiers! Various shouting sounds came heart-wrenchingly. Each Japanese officer was tied with long strips of white cloth on his head, which was particularly eye-catching in a black military uniform.

Liu Xin jumped on the trench and looked at everything in front of him in amazement: "My grass! I plan to drown me with people..." He quickly grabbed a rifle, ran around the trench line with big strides, and told him to the heavy machine gun fire point under each fixed fortification bunker: "You can only shoot when you hear the machine gun I have fired, do you understand?"

Liu Feng and the battalion commander of the reserve team also saw the Japanese army rushing down like a tide on the back slope auxiliary position behind the high ground. The two looked at each other. "Crazy, crazy... They are planning to fight for bullets with people. As long as the density of people exceeds the density of firepower, they can break through! Damn it! Although war is a math problem, there is no answer like this!"

At this time, Yuan Shikai, who came to watch the battle, was extremely calm. "Although it was unexpected, it was reasonable. They came from afar, but they couldn't replenish supplies, and were worried about the situation in the south. Do they have to confront us and advance slowly?"

In such a battle, how could there be a complete end in the whole house? Therefore, Yuan Shikai's personal soldiers of the third battalion also became a reserve force. At the same time, in order to prevent chaos from occurring in the rear, he even brought Dayuanjun.

"Damn! You're just playing tricks on me! Are you scared to me? Where is the artillery? Wait for the shit!"

The 60 mortars of the Guards were also hidden in the trench bunkers. At this time, under the orders of their respective battalions, they began to suppress and shoot. Originally, there were only four gates and sixty gates in one battalion. This time, Liu Shaoqing strengthened another platoon for them, and each battalion became eight gates, and the firepower density was greatly enhanced. In an instant, a bunch of smoke columns emerged from the dense Japanese army.

The Japanese army crowd was like a large black carpet covering the entire battlefield. The smoke columns of ground were rising, and there was a gap on the black carpet, but in a blink of an eye it was filled. The artillery fire plowed from the front of the team to the back, and nearly a thousand pieces of high-explosive grenades were generated, and shrapnel roared and flew everywhere. Every explosion, a ball of flesh and blood rose up. However, the command knife of the Japanese officer still moved forward straight forward. Even if the ground officer and the soldiers fell down together, another officer immediately stood up to make up for the position.

The rate of fire of the frontier mortars has reached its limit, and Maxim and Eighth-Erman on the reverse slope position are also roaring constantly in order to suppress the enemy's reserve force. However, the Japanese army showed no sign of stagnation, and in a blink of an eye it was approaching the remaining Luzhai.

The soldiers who led the front pulled the deer away and climbed over from above impatiently. At this time, the Japanese army was only more than 300 meters away from Liu Xin and the others, and it was within the effective range of the rifle. Liu Xin had already jumped back to the trench and loaded the bullet, but still did not fire. On both sides of him, hundreds of rifles were mounted there, and the muzzles were trembling slightly, but none of them fired.

Two hundred and fifty meters, two hundred meters. Liu Xin finally called out the order: "Rifle---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter completed!