When Fu Liangzuo's airship brigade left, Yang Yong began to order the troops to prepare for the offensive.

Thirty minutes later, according to Fu Liangzuo's previous arrangement, Yang Yong ordered the artillery to launch a close-up artillery bombardment on Highland No. 10, which was defending the fortress outside the southern city.

Before this, because of the Russian long-range large-caliber cannons, the Guards could only rely on small and medium-caliber artillery to support infantry attacks or assist in defense, because this caliber artillery was not worthy of the Russian army's use of the treasure of the city. However, once the Guards' large-caliber artillery exposed their positions to fire ammunition, the enemy's large-caliber cannons would immediately be suppressed.

However, without the support of large-caliber artillery, the infantry could not knock out any permanent fortifications on the high ground.

This is why Irkutsk has never been able to conquer for so long.

Of course, Yang Yong believed that if he could sacrifice another 20,000 people, the city would have been conquered long ago.

However, this time, Yang Yong ordered all large-caliber artillery to attack. This includes long-range 105mm, 155mm howitzers, 120mm cannons, and also 280mm and 305mm mortars with a relatively short range.

The 14th Division is responsible for the main attack.

"The maximum number of defenders in the Fortress No. 10 is 30,000. Under the attack of heavy artillery, all permanent fortifications or tunnels will be destroyed. Even if there are reinforcements in the city, it is impossible to provide them with timely support. Now the enemy is exhausted, I will ask the artillery to support you for thirty minutes, and you must climb up to thirty minutes in thirty minutes!"

"yes."

After Duan Qirui assigned the mission, Liu Zhishan saluted and said "yes", and then took the lead in leading the troops into the preset position.

When the shelling suddenly became fierce again, Udinov guessed that the opponent was going to launch an attack. This was not the first time in four months. Although the No. 10 Highland Fortress is on the outermost periphery of the entire defense system, it has an underground channel connection with the main defense system of Irkutsk. As long as the opponent has no choice but to use his large-caliber fortress cannon, Udinov believed that the Chinese could not occupy the No. 10 Highland.

Unless the Chinese plan to throw 50,000 bodies here.

Of course, Udinov believed that the Chinese would not do this. Because military strength was originally an advantage of our side. If the soldiers were killed too many soldiers by the fortress, this battle would mean that the Chinese had failed.

"wrong!"

Udinov suddenly pulled out of his thoughts, he had a cold war and quickly ran out of the command bunker.

This sound is wrong!

Udinov looked at the mushroom clouds rising in front of him, and then felt the trembling roar in his heart. 'The Chinese used large-caliber howitzers and mortars!'

The fortifications he built with all his heart were like tofu under the attack of 280mm and 305mm mortars. Even 155mm howitzers were not something that civil fortifications could withstand. However, the question is why the Chinese dared to expose their heavy artillery troops to the attack of Russian long-range heavy artillery?

Udinov was waiting. In this case, his troops were trembling except hiding in fortifications, praying that the shells would not fall on his head and could do nothing. The only thing that could exert their power was the long-range large-caliber artillery among the four fortress artillery groups on the main defensive position behind him. This cannon with a range of more than 14,000 meters could suppress the 155mm howitzer of the Chinese. Similarly, only the large-caliber howitzer in the fortress could destroy the large-caliber mortars arranged by the Chinese on the frontier positions.

However, the firepower of the counterattack that should have sounded immediately was slow to move.

Udinov watched his soldiers being thrown into the air by Chinese large-caliber artillery shells, but he was powerless.

Why not fight back!

Udinov did not care about the danger and ran to the command bunker quickly, picked up the phone and yelled at the request of artillery fire support. However, no one answered the other end of the phone.

A 155mm grenade landed on the head of the command center. The three-meter-thick civil fortification collapsed under the bombardment of dozens of kilograms of high-explosion ammunition. Udinov's last thoughts remained at the scene I saw an hour ago, the four giants floating in the sky, and the yellow-green mist.

Why does the base never provide artillery fire support? This is the only reason he can think of.

The low breaths were covered by the rumbling cannons. With the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers of the 14th Division quickly charged towards the Highland No. 10. The explosion continued to extend forward, as if opening the way for them. Following the footsteps of the shells, they sometimes jumped into the crater formed by the bombs after the bombs exploded, and sometimes hid behind the big trees, like a wolf pack looking for opportunities to hunt in the jungle, quickly approaching the enemy.

"machine gun!"

Udinov is worthy of being an excellent general, and the Russian army's fortifications were constructed very well. Even under such firepower, there were still remaining fortresses that were stubbornly blocking the enemy.

Seeing that his comrades who were charging were almost suppressed by bullets, Chen Zhiji suddenly turned his head and waved. The machine gun squad soldier behind him immediately rushed to him with a Type 02 heavy machine gun.

While the machine gunner opened the pillow and set the machine gun, the loader had already stuffed the ammunition belt into the gun magazine. When he slapped the machine gunner's helmet, the whistling sound of the machine basket and the bullets began to sound.

The dense bullets gushed out of the muzzle, and the machine gunner crawled on the ground, and with the cover of the crater, he almost pressed his cheeks on the butt stock. The smoke from the muzzle made his eyes red, but his fingers never let go of the trigger.

After the bullets were swallowed by the bolts, they blinked out of the bullet outlet at the other end of the receiver. The hot shells with smoke fell on the ground, gradually forming a pile of shells, colliding with each other, making a pleasant jingle sound. The outer wall of the fortress bunker hundreds of meters away was blown everywhere. The machine gunners adjusted the muzzle while shooting, pouring all the bullets into the small shooting hole of the Russian bunker. But it was too small, and the Russian soldiers' spirit of sacrificing their lives was really admirable. After falling down, they immediately filled it up, so even if they were suppressed and unable to see the target clearly, the Russian machine guns never stopped roaring.

The dense bullets came and went, and soldiers on both sides were constantly torn to pieces and fell down. Explosions and smoke were everywhere on the front line less than a square kilometer.

Using the suppression of machine guns, Chen Zhiji quickly arranged a blasting team to attack. The grenade launcher kept firing grenades. Although the 50mm grenade could not destroy the bunkers in front of him, in fact, even the 70mm infantry cannon could not use these bunkers, otherwise the Guards would have captured Highland No. 10 long ago - but they could blur the defenders' vision.

Inside the bunker, a Russian officer was commanding the machine gunner to shoot frantically. Around him, several soldiers were quickly carrying ammunition. Suddenly, a long black subway pipe was stuffed into the shooting hole.

In the stone bunker, the soldiers stared at the iron pipe blankly, not understanding what this piece of white smoke was. At this moment, their thoughts seemed to suddenly stagnate.

'boom!'

A violent explosion sounded, and the rising fire could be clearly seen even a few kilometers away. The Russian soldiers stationed in the trenches next to them widened their eyes. They would never have thought that how could this bunker, which had not suffered any losses in the shelling, flew into the air all at once?

The nightmare began, the second, the third... the castles were almost uprooted by violent explosions, and the soldiers inside might not even be able to get the corpses.

"kill!"

When the threat of the machine gun was eliminated, Chen Zhiji suddenly shouted loudly. Hundreds of soldiers of a battalion rushed into the chaotic fortress with the cover of smoke. They were skillful in their movements and tacit cooperation. Often, Russian soldiers fired a few bullets after a shot.

The explosion of grenades, the piercing of bullets, and various shouts and exclamations filled the entire Highland No. 10, the complex internal passages of the fortress, and the external environment plowed by artillery shells, all made this battle even more tragic.

The Guards soldiers with more abundant combat experience and more complete training are obviously more experienced than Russian soldiers. Under the cover of grenades, they quickly cleared out the enemy along various passages.

A few hours later, all the periphery of Irkutsk fell.

When Zhou Chengyan, wearing simple protective suits and gas masks, brought his battalion into Irkutsk with the first batch, the scene in front of him almost vomited even after a long battle formation.

If someone asks him what hell looks like? He might say, look, this is it!

It is different from the cruelty of the battlefield I have seen in the past. Here, there is no smoke, no fire, and no broken limbs and arms. There are only corpses here!

Countless corpses!

Zhou Chengyan participated in the First Sino-Russian War and he had seen that cruel scene. But the real battlefield is different from here. Perhaps, on the battlefield bombarded by artillery fire, there were broken limbs and broken arms and corpses everywhere. Blood could dye the soil red. However, there were actually not many people who died in the battlefield.

After a battle, if it is at the level of division or larger scale, it may annihilate tens of thousands of people. However, this annihilation does not refer to all being bombarded into scum or being shot dead, but also includes prisoners.

I heard from the leaders of the division that there was a battle in Pyongyang that killed tens of thousands of people, which was a real blood flowing. The number of casualties on both sides even exceeded 50,000. But Zhou Chengyan had never seen it.

And he believed that there were definitely more than 50,000 people who died this time!

On the streets, on the squares, in the rooms, in all places, there were countless dead bodies. The festering skin, twisted faces, and spastic bodies were silently telling the torture they suffered before their death!

‘Hait~’

Some soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and started vomiting... But the soldiers who took off their gas masks also quickly developed symptoms, began to foam at their mouths and twitch...

"No one is allowed to take off the gas mask!"

Zhou Chengyan stood upright and shouted in horror. But his voice was wrapped in a gas mask and could not be sent far.

Zhou Chengyan began to run around the army, looking for grassroots commanders one by one with his epaulettes, and then kept telling them that they had finally managed to control the army. But at this time, hundreds of people had already fallen down.

The fallen soldiers were quickly carried back to the rear, and the army instructed that there would be a special ambulance team to save their lives as much as possible.

The remaining soldiers began to clean the battlefield.

In the tunnel.

In the narrow passage, Shi Duo was like a cheetah, kicking the closed door with lightning, and throwing the grenade that had been prepared in. When he had just been dodging along the wall, the violent explosion formed a huge shock wave, and rushed out of the door with countless debris, causing the wall opposite to beep. Before the smoke of gunpowder was dissipated, he drew his pistol and rushed into the room.

At this moment, a gray shadow suddenly rushed out from the corner of the wall. He didn't expect that there were still enemies in the room, but he had already come to avoid such a close distance. He could only dodge his waist and avoid the vital points, and at the same time he pulled the trigger with his fingers.

Amid the sound of "pa, pa", Shi Duo felt a sharp pain in his waist and eyes, and at the same time, a black shadow suddenly crawled onto his body. But before he could see who this guy was, footsteps sounded again behind him.

Before he could think about it, he suddenly turned around with the dead body. After exposing the back of the corpse to the door, the three Russian soldiers who were attracted by the explosion had already killed them with bayonets.

Three bayonets pierced into the back of the dead body almost at the same time, and Shi Duo's heart trembled. If he hadn't been cleverly holding the corpse and turning around, he would have been stabbed into a hornet's nest.

Without saying a word, he raised his hand and shot the guy on the left with the last bullet, and then suddenly pushed the corpse into the remaining two people. He pulled out the triangular bayonet from his waist with his backhand and stabbed it into one of the guys' chest through the armpits of the corpse.

When the last Russian soldier saw that both of his partners were killed, his eyes were blood-red, like a polar bear that had been furious. He even forgot to shoot and rushed to the ground with Shi Duo in his arms.

The severe pain on his waist made Shi Duo unable to use all his strength, and he also admitted that if he had to compare strength, he might not be the opponent of this strong guy like a bull. But don't forget that the reconnaissance battalion has a special national martial arts instructor, and they were all famous martial artists in the world before.

The things left by our ancestors are not to win with strength, skills are the real key!

After the Russian soldier was furious, he pushed his opponent to the ground, and swung his fist and wanted to give him a few ruthless moves, but unexpectedly, Shi Duo, who had been pressed down and could not move, hit his knee up.

Only a puff sound was heard, the fists of the three and five thick Russian soldiers seemed to have solidified, and their faces were almost purple. After a moment, they suddenly rolled away from Shi Duo, holding their lives in their hands and screamed.

Shi Duo quickly breathed a few breaths, rolled out the triangular bayonet, and slashed his neck with force, and blood was like a spring, splashing his face.

Seeing that he finally killed the last enemy, he could breathe a sigh of relief. Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the door, which really scared him. The battle of the rabbits and falcons just now had already exhausted him, not to mention that he had been stabbed on his waist, so he could only hold the long triangular bayonet tightly against the wall, panting and waiting for the final moment to arrive.

"Who is inside? He threw the grenade without answering!"
Chapter completed!