Boom, boom, a huge fire broke out on the snow.
After the explosion, several medium-sized craters were blasted in place.
Not far away, a group of soldiers was directing a group of people to set up iron pots to boil water in the north of the city, and poured the hot water on the snow.
In winter, after snow and frost, the ground became harder than usual.
Many, a good shovel will be broken after a short time.
Pingluo is the largest county in northern Ningxia, bordering the Yellow River to the east and Helan Mountain to the west.
It is the gateway to and from the Ningxia Plain and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
The city of Pingluo County is small and strong, with only two gates in the north and south.
However, due to years of sand accumulation in the north, the sand outside is piled almost as high as the city gate.
If it is not shoveled away, the 45th Army can directly attack Pingluo's city wall from the sand in the north.
For this reason, Pingluo's defender generals The commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 15th Route Army ordered all the businesses and houses in the south of the city to be demolished, moved the people to the county town, and used the dismantled wood to build fortifications.
They also organized people to dig a trench wide enough around Pingluo City to block the 45th Army's attack.
Time was running out at this time, and Ma Baolin had to drive her brigade of people to dig trenches day and night.
So when Jiang Li arrived with a large group of troops, the trench outside Pingluo County had not yet been dug.
"It seems that Ma Hongbin has been prepared for this.
I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight."
Yang Yaofeng said with a frown.
At least in his impression, if his troops captured such a county, they would probably suffer heavy losses.
If Jiang Li let his men come in, Yang Yaofeng could only grit his teeth and fight for a few times.
But it's hard to say whether they can be taken down.
The Ma Jiajun all believe in Islam, and these people are extremely crazy when they fight.
"It's not easy to fight."
Jiang Wenhao, who had brought most of the team here, laughed.
Seeing Yang Yaofeng's somewhat annoyed eyes, Jiang Wenhao put away his smile slightly and ignored Yang Yaofeng.
"Military seat, let's hand over Pingluo County to the temporary first brigade."
"I'm humble enough to learn from Brigadier Jiang how to attack a city."
Yang Yaofeng replied in a neither soft nor hard tone.
"Well, you can fight for a while first."
Jiang Li nodded to Jiang Wenhao.
Since the night of 918, Jiang Wenhao has been his loyal supporter and dared to fight on the battlefield.
He has the talent of a general, but his character is also very aloof, and his relationship with Zhao Tieshu is not very good.
It was better to get along with other brigade commanders in the army.
After all, they fought bloody battles together in Fengtian battlefield.
However, Jiang Wenhao didn't feel good about Yang Yaofeng, who had become a monk halfway through, and became a brigade commander.
It was for Jiang Li's sake that he didn't reply in reply.
"Don't worry, we will never disappoint the Brigade.
If the Ma Jiajun is this kind of thing, two or three brigades will be enough to defeat the Ma Jiajun without the military."
Jiang Wenhao's slightly lanky face did not show any signs of Pingluo City.
The defenders took it seriously.
Jiang Wenhao turned around and said to Mo Jiarong, who was looking at Pingluo.
"Mo Jiarong, bring your team up.
I won't have to explain how to fight."
"Don't worry, we will never disappoint the soldiers or the brigade."
Mo Jiarong still had a whip mark on his face.
After giving a military salute to Jiang Li and Jiang Wenhao, he pulled the troops up.
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"Strategically, we should despise the enemy, but we must pay attention to the enemy tactically.
Although the Ma Jiajun is a little behind, there is always some reason why they can occupy half of the northwest from such a man-eating place."
Jiang Li picked up the telescope.
Jiang Wenhao was reminded not to underestimate the enemy.
Seeing the actions of Mo Jiarong commanding the 1st Regiment through the telescope, Jiang Li nodded secretly and dug trenches around the city in an attempt to block the enemy.
Jiang Li was full of expectations for the end of the war.
How could this kind of city defense method, which was almost in the cold weapon era, be able to stop the 45th Army.
I really don’t know what the quality of the warlords in the pass is like.
If those local emperors use this method to face the Japanese army.
I'm afraid I don't even know how I died.
Use the trenches to block the enemy, but ignore the high ground outside the city that can directly suppress the city with artillery fire.
This allowed Mo Jiarong to calmly deploy the mortars to the high ground outside the city.
Although it was not as high as the city wall, it was enough to suppress the defenders on top of the city.
Originally, Jiang Li planned to wait for the arrival of the 75 field artillery pieces that had not yet arrived before launching an attack.
After hearing the reply from the frontline sentry, Jiang Li planned to launch an attack.
It feels a bit incredible.
Only after going to the outside of the city to check it out in person did I really make up my mind.
The arrangement of the defenders can only show that they lack common sense about the ever-changing combat methods.
I really don't know how such a general can protect one side.
It seems that in the future, the training of officers will have to be kept up to date.
With the two mountain artillery batteries that had just arrived, some mortars, and hundreds of rounds of artillery shells, it was enough to deal with a county like this.
While Jiang Li was thinking this, the mortar company had moved to a place more than a thousand meters away from the city wall.
This was a relatively safe distance.
Of course, if the defenders in the city were Japanese troops, Mo Jiarong would not be so bold. .
"You bastard, what are these defenders doing?
They are so far apart and without attacking the city, our machine guns can't reach each other."
The regiment leader Ma Fugui scratched his head and looked at the brigade commander Ma Baolin next to him.
In order to prepare for the enemy's possible invasion of the city, , Ma Fugui also specially organized a team of two hundred swordsmen, specially used to kill the enemy troops who climbed onto the city.
Gun barrels are not as useful as swords in the battle to seize the city.
"You stand guard at the top of the city.
If the enemy attacks, just push them back.
I'll go to other places to inspect."
Ma Baolin frowned, not knowing what the other party had in mind.
He deployed two machine guns at the top of the city.
Once there were more enemy troops attacking the city, the machine guns would be enough to sweep them away.
If there were few people, a rifle would be enough.
Although the machine gun was powerful, it consumed bullets too quickly.
"Yes, Traveler."
Ma Fugui said, puffing out his chest.
Although Pingluo County is small, the city wall is very thick.
With this strong city and four to five thousand soldiers in the city, Ma Fugui naturally has information to defend it.
Watching the brigade leave the city, Ma Fugui felt relieved.
No matter what tricks the opponent played, the soldiers would stop them and the water would cover them.
But what happened next was beyond the expectations of all the defenders on the city.
"Distance 1275 yards, one test shot" Boom, there was a crisp sound, and the 82 mortar jumped over a distance of more than a thousand meters and landed more than ten meters outside the city gate.
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The sensation was neither big nor small, but it also made Ma Fugui break out in a cold sweat.
Damn it, what kind of artillery was the enemy firing?
It can actually hit like this, like throwing something.
Doesn't it mean it can hit the top of the city?
A strong sense of uneasiness suddenly surged in my heart.
Ma Fugui found an excuse and walked down to the top of the city, temporarily handing over the defense on top of the city to his battalion commander.
Soon, Ma Fugui's guess turned into reality.
After the initial test firing, crisp sounds of "Boom, Boom, Boom" sounded one after another.
The sound of explosions was heard one after another above the city of Pingluo County.
Mortars are the appetizer.
Ma Fugui, who still had two stone steps left to walk, turned over when he heard the explosion on the top of the city.
He rolled and crawled to a safe area.
The city was already in panic.
Just looking at the posture on the top of the city, In such a bad situation, there may not be many people left alive.
Several mutilated arms, legs and the like were thrown off the top of the city.
The people under the city were so frightened that their faces turned pale
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