"Reporting to the commander, the main force attacking from the north line is obviously there, with more than six heavy machine guns and mortars. After several rounds of bombardment by them, our fortifications are like paper. One round of machine gun fire and the position is lost," the adjutant continued to report, and the three mortars had been doubled in the report.

Yue Zhenyun walked back and forth in the command center with a frown on his face. This was completely beyond his expectation. The defense line along the Ba River was actually the most difficult direction to attack, so he did not deploy too many troops. As a result, he encountered a mortar attack. He also knew that any place that was bombarded was definitely a main force attack. In their barren mountainous area, artillery and heavy machine guns were more valuable than gold. He himself only had two, and he had no intention of using them until the critical moment.

"Send another company to support the northern front." Yue Zhenyun had to send more reinforcements to the northern front. If the enemy broke through the defense line, Bazhou City would not be able to stop the enemy's attack.

Du Chenyu, after rushing to the Lingshan defense line, stopped for a while and then launched an attack. He attacked with all his strength and even reduced the tentative attacks. Six shells directly destroyed several fire points. Zhao Rui and Luo Feng led the team to start the attack. Lei Jianqin was left in the camp to recuperate. This round, they directly raided the opponent at a distance of 6 meters before retreating.

Du Chenyu withdrew the team, gathered the guard team and the reconnaissance team and asked them to bring the machine gun assault team to assist Xue Chen in a roundabout way and try to combine Hu Haisheng and Xue Chen. With their help as the spearhead force, they broke through the Xishan defense line. They continued to attack here to paralyze the enemy's misjudgment of the main attack direction.

Luo Feng led more than 200 support men to cross the mountains and return to the west overnight. Zhao Rui led the team to launch another feint attack in the afternoon.

On the other hand, Luo Feng and his 200 men crossed more than 1500 meters overnight to Huilong Mountain and Yangling Mountain, and arrived at Xue Chen's camp at dawn. Luo Feng conveyed the young master's order to Xue Chen and Chen Jinhu, requiring them to join forces with Hu Haisheng and capture the West Mountain position before dark and march into Bazhong. Xue Chen would be the front-line commander.

"Tell the young master to order Captain Hu of the 1st Battalion to launch a full-scale attack at 8 o'clock at all costs." Xue Chen sent the signalman to contact the 1st Battalion.

This was Xue Chen's first time to command a large army at the front line. In particular, as Hu Laosi was the first person to follow the young master, his status had always been below two people and above everyone else. This time, Xue Chen was in charge of commanding Du Chenyu mainly because he was in the central position and the main force was also their two battalions.

Luo Feng led the team to take a rest as soon as possible. There were still three hours until eight o'clock, and the soldiers would rest for a while before going into battle.

Before the general attack at 8 o'clock, Xue Chen had already sent his reconnaissance company to look for a breakthrough in the surrounding defense lines, striving to capture the peak of West Mountain and realize a charge from a high position, which would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

It was still misty in the spring morning, and the soldiers were lying on the ground and moving forward. "Captain Xue, the reconnaissance team has assembled, please give the order." Luo Feng began to request a fight. They did not have many tasks yesterday, so they decided to request a fight in advance today to strive for the first merit.

"Brother Luo, you've worked hard all night, so you should take a break and start the second round," he said.

"It's okay, the morale of the reconnaissance team has now been fully restored," Luo Feng said firmly.

"In that case, Brother Luo, you lead the team to coordinate with our reconnaissance company to attack the main peak of Xishan Mountain. If we can take down Hill 101, we will be successful." Xue Chen also knew that he could not complete the task relying on his own reconnaissance company of more than 100 people, but the combat effectiveness of the direct reconnaissance team was completely different. Its equipment and tactical qualities were the best in the entire army.

"Yes, we will ensure the mission is completed," Luo Feng led the team away.

There was a sparse exchange of fire on the battlefield, and everyone was trying to test the opponent's firepower deployment. Xue Chen now had four more machine guns and a heavy machine gun, as well as an additional mortar. These were all powerful weapons. He planned to test the opponent's firepower points and then open fire and launch an all-out attack.

The one-kilometer-long rocky and dusty area was filled with bullets and "machine gun suppression". Chen Jinhu also became angry and fired his three light machine guns at the same time. Two companies pressed forward, and the pressure on the enemy increased dramatically in an instant.

"The artillery team is ready. Wait until the assault team advances 200 meters and then fire immediately." Xue Chen gave the order and decided to implement the first infantry-artillery coordination.

"Boom...", the two mortars finally welcomed their anxious wait for battle, and six consecutive shells hit two firing points.

Xue Chen immediately added two machine guns to suppress the enemy; the enemy's first line of defense at the foot of the mountain was about to be breached.

"Grenade..." Most of the grenades flew in an arc in the air and were outside the enemy's position, after all, there were still more than 60 meters away, but some flew into the enemy's position.

"Boom..." There was a deafening explosion and dust flew everywhere.

Chen Jinhu immediately led the team forward 10 meters, and the second round of more than 20 grenades flew out again. As expected, the first line of defense was broken.

"Retreat, retreat immediately to the second ridge defense line," an enemy battalion commander commanded his troops to begin retreating. They also threw grenades to slow down the speed of the attackers, but did not retreat. They quickly rushed to the trenches to clear the enemies in the trenches.

Two hours later, the first line of defense was completely breached, but the second line of defense on the ridge was the key and the most difficult.

The team began to rest and prepare lunch. "Inform all company commanders that all teams have lunch at 11 o'clock and start the general attack on the second line of defense at o'clock, ensuring that it will be broken in one blow." Xue Chen planned to take advantage of the time after o'clock in the afternoon when the sun is setting and the enemy is high up looking to the west. The direct sunlight will affect their line of sight, which is beneficial to the attack.

At noon, the soldiers took turns resting on the battlefield under the early spring sun, resting their spirits and recovering their strength. The medical team was checking and bandaging the wounds, and the logistics team was carrying bullets and explosives to the battlefield. Everything showed that a major battle was about to take place in the afternoon.

"Commander, the enemy's three armies have more than 3000 people attacking, and our army can no longer resist. There is mortar support in two directions." The adjutant just returned from the front line and reported the true situation to Yue Zhenlin.

Yue Zhenlin always felt that the Yue Family Army he had carefully built was no way inferior to the Du Family Army. The military training and salary were the best. Since he accepted the position of city defense commander, he was full of hope to restore the legacy of Yue Wumu. However, before his ideals could blossom, he encountered a heavy blow.

"If you don't want to let them go, let the Wulin Guards go too." Yue Zhenlin trained 100 personal soldiers, who were selected with the strongest combat power and loyalty, and most of them were Yue family servants and guards.

"Commander, 100 people scattered along a battle line several kilometers long will have limited effect. If they are wiped out, we will have no chance to make a comeback," the adjutant analyzed.

"Okay, you'd better prepare in advance in case of an emergency." Yue Zhenlin didn't want to be someone else's prisoner. He was born into a noble family, so how could he surrender to the Du family army that grew up in the mountains.

"The enemy is attacking again," several huge explosions were heard. Yue Zhenlin walked out of the headquarters and looked at the blue sky and the bright sunshine. It was supposed to be a beautiful season of spring with flowers blooming, but there was continuous artillery fire and smoke.

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