Chapter 701 The Mountains Are Collapsed
It was impossible for the Japanese to turn a blind eye to the danger that was so close at hand. Similarly, the high authorities had already anticipated that the Japanese would likely bombard and disrupt the situation.
The Japanese 25th Division had only one artillery regiment, and the artillery was dispersed to multiple highlands.
The Second Army has three heavy artillery regiments and more than 100 105mm and 150mm howitzers.
The difference between the two is not just a tiny bit, but a matter of heaven and earth.
Japanese artillerymen on the mountain often only had time to fire one shot, and the next moment, the bombardment position would be covered by more than 10 artillery shells.
Although the Japanese artillery positions were hidden in caves and shelling could not directly destroy the artillery, it was still possible to destroy their firing windows and prevent them from shelling for a short period of time.
After more than ten rounds of back and forth, the Japanese artillery fire on heights 535 and 512 became silent.
Due to the obstruction of artillery fire, Jiangjun Hammer 3 was delayed for some time in arriving at the scheduled bombardment position.
Fortunately, each general hammer is equipped with a large number of logistics personnel, and potholes on the road and occasional minor faults can be eliminated in time.
Amidst the creaking sound, the muzzle slowly rose.
The soldiers of the Second Army were filled with joy, while the Japanese soldiers felt that the blood flow in their bodies had slowed down and their heartbeats also slowed down a lot.
Especially at Highland 535, which faces General Hammer No. 3, all the Japanese in the cave were stunned. Some of them clenched their weapons, while others had their fingers embedded in the cracks of rocks or in the soil.
The enemy is calmly deploying, and the danger is increasing exponentially, but he is helpless, and the Japanese soldiers are engulfed in despair and panic.
"Hiccup!"
After the shells were loaded, everyone began to cover their ears and swallowed involuntarily.
Although Li Zhaoying, Wu Yong, Gao Quan and others had already heard about General Hammer's achievements in the south, but had not seen it with their own eyes, they only had a vague idea in their minds of how strong it was, and no precise grasp of it.
At this moment, the eyes of tens of thousands of people are looking at Highland 535.
The soldiers seemed to see the little devil shivering in the cave, and the yellow water kept flowing.
"fire!"
Gao Quan yelled two words into the microphone, and then immediately covered his ears.
At a distance of 4 kilometers, the Japanese could not see the movements of the Chinese. They could only feel that the steel monster seemed ready to devour flesh and blood.
"Whoops!"
The ground suddenly trembled, and then a legendary demonic roar came from the sky.
The howling sound got closer and closer, and finally it was so sharp that it was unbearable for human ears. The Japanese soldiers in the cave did not bother to look up at the sky, but covered their ears in pain.
At a certain moment, the howling suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, there was a soft rustling sound coming from the cracks in the rocks, like a sharp sword thrust into the mountain from the sky.
The rock cannot stop it and can only be allowed to pour the power of God into the mountain.
The Japanese soldiers looked above their heads in horror. Everyone raised their ears, listening very seriously and attentively to every movement in the crevices of the mountain.
"Rumble..."
It was like a dull thunder suddenly sounded in the dark clouds in the sky.
However, to the soldiers of the island nation, the dull sound sounded like the sound made when the ground beneath their feet cracked before a major earthquake.
"Kakaka..."
After a violent tremor, the sound of breaking rocks began to be heard from inside the mountain.
In the horrified eyes of the Japanese army, the hard rock above their heads suddenly cracked and then fell overwhelmingly.
"ah!!!"
In the face of the mighty power of heaven and earth, any crazy obsession is vulnerable.
The Japanese army built a complete tunnel in the mountain. When descending the mountain from Yokogawa, they even considered how to block and escape gas bomb attacks and fire attacks.
However, when the shell exploded in the heart of the mountain, the perfect escape tunnel built by the Japanese army not only failed to help escape, but instead accelerated the collapse of the surrounding rock walls.
In Highland 535 alone, the Japanese army stationed two thousand troops.
If it were to attack by force, the Second Army would suffer 8,000 casualties, not 10,000. (This data refers to the Battle of Songshan)
The Japanese soldiers in the mountain ignored their weapons and equipment and rushed to the surrounding escape channels desperately.
However, the escape tunnel did not play any role in escaping, and countless people were buried screaming and wailing.
Looking from the outside, the entire 535 Highlands is shaking and collapsing.
The bunkers built by the Japanese army on the surface and at the foot of the mountain were buried in the collapse. The vegetation was tumbling, and the figures of some panicked Japanese soldiers could occasionally be seen among the rolling boulders.
The mountain has its own inherent stability, and it stands to reason that a single cannonball would not cause such a large area to collapse.
The power of artillery shells is only one of them. The Japanese army hollowed out the entire mountain and destroyed its inherent stability, which is also an extremely critical reason.
It can be said that it is your own fault and you will not survive.
The westward side of Highland 535 collapsed, exposing bare rocks.
The commander of the 25th Division, Yokokawa Shimoyama, witnessed the scene of the mountain collapsing in the distance. Although he had experienced several small-scale earthquakes when he was in the island country, he felt waves of earthquakes coming from between his legs at this moment.
The feeling of tightness, if you don't use any force, you will lose your composure.
"Baga..."
After a long time, the division commander uttered these two words feebly.
At this moment, Yokokawa Shimoyama should be extremely regretting the decision he made a few minutes ago to "let him shoot first".
From the explosion to the end of the collapse, when the smoke and dust disappeared completely, this process lasted for 6 minutes.
The 535 highland stuck on the Zhangduo Highway has completely lost its original appearance at this moment, and its height has also dropped from 535 to more than 400.
The entire highland has turned into a veritable out-of-control quarrying site.
More than 2,000 Japanese soldiers did not completely die in the collapse. Some of them were trapped in the cracks between boulders and escape channels.
When they woke up from the coma, there was darkness in front of them, and their tentacles were all sharp rock edges.
They subconsciously opened their mouths to shout, but no one responded to them except for the echo.
I struggled to move the boulder and tried to escape, but my strength was too weak and the boulder remained motionless.
Soon, the Japanese trapped in the mountain began to discover a problem that made them despair:
Breathing becomes difficult and oxygen is decreasing.
When Yokokawa went down the mountain, it was too late to think about rescuing the trapped people, because he discovered that the Chinese artillery troops did not stop moving during the earth-shattering collapse just now.
The steel behemoth has completed turning the muzzle and loading the artillery shells, and is wrapping its tongue with the blood of the Imperial warriors towards Highland 512.
"ah!!!"
"Bang bang bang..."
"Da da da..."
The Japanese soldiers in Highland 512 screamed in horror. They seemed to have seen their fate and unwillingly poured their firepower on the distant steel beast.
It doesn't matter whether the bullet can reach the target several kilometers away.
One officer was still conscious. He swallowed and shouted:
Chapter completed!