Warlord: Red Alert Base, I challenge the whole world alone

About 30 kilometers ahead of Wangyefu Town is the outer defense line set up by the Third Regiment. This place is also called Coffin Valley because the terrain resembles a coffin.

Chi Haifeng's army was approaching, and more than 73 people from the rd Division were marching towards Coffin Valley.

However, he did not know that there was no one in Coffin Valley at this moment, and the Third Regiment in charge of the garrison had retreated to the second line of defense three kilometers away.

This place is just like the name of Coffin Valley, which means coffins are left for them.

Four artillery positions were arranged between 8 and 16 kilometers from the Coffin Valley based on artillery models. All artillery positions were connected by telephone to ensure unified command.

36门A-19型122毫米加农炮、18门ML-20型152毫米榴弹炮、24门M1型155毫米重型加农炮、24门B-4型203毫米榴弹炮，这些火炮数量加起来高达102门，最低口径都是122毫米的加农炮。

This is the coffin lid that Jiang Tianming prepared for the 73rd Division.

This artillery force is unique in the ancient country.

It is a blessing for the 73rd Division to be able to enjoy the care of so many heavy artillery.

As for whether they want this blessing or not, that is not Jiang Tianming's concern.

While the Provisional 5th Division on the other side of Kuntou River was still being bombed, the 73rd Division also began to be bombed.

The vanguard of the 73rd Division was the three regiments of the 226th Brigade, totaling nearly people.

Behind the 226th Brigade are the 73rd Division Cavalry Regiment and the Artillery Regiment, and the 227th Brigade, another brigade, serves as a reserve.

Because the terrain here cannot deploy so many troops.

Although their team was long, they were actually no more than 3 kilometers apart, so the entire 73rd Division was completely within the 20-kilometer range of the heavy cannon.

In addition, the terrain of Coffin Valley is narrow, with mountains on both sides and only the Xibe River in the middle.

When they were bombed, there was nowhere to hide.

There were four FI-4 artillery reconnaissance aircraft flying in the sky, guiding four artillery positions respectively.

其中36门A-19型122毫米加农炮负责掐头、射程达到了20公里的M1型155毫米长脚汤姆重型加农炮负责去尾。

18门ML-20型152毫米重型榴弹炮和24门B-4型203毫米重型榴弹炮自由射击，哪里人群最密集，哪里就是他们的炮火覆盖所在。

The 226th Regiment, as the vanguard of the 410th Brigade, was responsible for taking the lead. When they approached the Coffin Ditch, they all spread out in a skirmish line and approached the Coffin Ditch defensive position cautiously.

However, when they entered the Coffin Trench, they did not suffer any attacks.

The leader at the end of the team felt an uneasiness in his heart after seeing this strange scene.

"Something's wrong. This is so wrong."

According to their reconnaissance a few days ago, there were at least two thousand people stationed in Coffin Valley.

His troops had already entered the Coffin Trench, but the scene was so quiet. Something was definitely wrong.

Too much silence is also a psychological torture for them.

"Hold the 410th Regiment to a halt and request the artillery regiment to fire a round at the Coffin Trench first."

"Yes!"

The artillery regiment following the 226th Brigade deployed quickly. Since most of them were mortars and 77mm field guns, they deployed very quickly.

In less than ten minutes, artillery shells whizzed towards the defensive positions in the Coffin Trench.

One shell after another exploded in the position, setting off bursts of fire and smoke. The smoke began to fill the ravine, and the scene was still very spectacular.

After 5 minutes the artillery regiment stopped shelling.

They had limited artillery shells, and it was impossible for them to carry out artillery preparations that took half an hour or an hour.

The cannon was their courage, and the soldiers of the 410th Regiment shouted and launched an attack on the Coffin Valley position group.

However, they did not encounter any resistance until they rushed into the position.

"Commander, there's no one on the battlefield, nothing left, not even a single bullet left for us."

"What? No one?"

Not only the regimental commander, but even the commander of the 226th Brigade at the rear brigade command center could not help but feel confused and uncertain.

"Brigade Commander, I think Jiang Hua must have been frightened by our large army, so he didn't dare to fight us in Coffin Valley.

Instead, they withdrew their forces to Chishan County, hoping to rely on the city's defenses to stop our attack."

It seems that this is the only explanation that makes sense.

The commander of the 226th Brigade nodded and said, "Jiang Hua is really timid and will never achieve anything great.

Then let's all push forward to cover the 410th Regiment's advance.

Let our brothers go to Chishan County for dinner."

The 410th Regiment occupied the Coffin Valley position, and the 411th and 412th Regiments in the rear also entered the Coffin Valley.

At this time, the four artillery positions began to operate.

“目标棺材沟阵地，距离5290米，高爆榴弹、瞬发引信、方位角36-00，射角09-14、4发速射......”

"put!"

“Boom…Boom…Boom…Boom…”

The A-19 cannons on the artillery positions roared loudly, and the sound of the cannons exploded like thunder, echoing through the mountains.

Smoke and dust filled the entire artillery position almost instantly.

One shell after another whistled towards the Coffin Valley position 5 kilometers away with lightning speed.

ML-20榴弹炮和B-4榴弹炮则是把跟随在410团身后的411团412团作为目标，因为他们全都挤一块了。

Compared with the ML-20 152mm howitzer, the B-4 howitzer makes much louder noise when firing.

Even though the gunner responsible for pulling the fuse was several meters away, the roar of the cannon still made his ears uncomfortable in this narrow terrain.

As a burst of thick smoke gushed out of the muzzle, a large-caliber 203mm artillery shell whizzed towards the target 10 kilometers away.

24门M1型155毫米重型加农炮作为四款火炮当中射程最远的，其目标自然是队伍在最后的227旅517团。

102 heavy artillery pieces roared loudly, and dense artillery shells whizzed towards the 73rd Division.

The first to be bombarded was naturally the 410th Regiment, which was closest to it.

"what sound?"

When they heard the buzzing sound coming from above their heads, everyone who heard the noise looked up at the same time.

They saw black spots whizzing towards them at an extremely fast speed.

"Bombardment!"

An experienced veteran could tell at a glance that it was a cannonball and nothing else.

Without saying a word, they jumped directly into the trench in the middle of the position.

Those soldiers who were slow to react became the targets of these artillery shells.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

In an instant, the Coffin Valley position was filled with artillery fire, the ground shook, and dozens of shells fell one after another, forming continuous explosions.

The battlefield was filled with flames and smoke.

Faced with such intensive artillery fire, the 410th Regiment suffered extremely heavy casualties. At least 200 people were killed in this round of artillery fire, not counting those who were injured.

The 411th and 412th Regiments, which were still marching at the foot of the mountain, were stunned when they saw the scene in front of them.

The sudden bombardment caught everyone off guard.

However, before they could react, groups of shells fell towards the area where they were.

152mm and 203mm caliber heavy artillery shells fell into the crowd one after another.

In an instant, a bloody storm broke out among the crowd.

Especially those soldiers who were very close to the center of the explosion. When the fire of the artillery shell burst out, they were almost instantly blown into a bloody mist by the violent impact force, and their bodies became scattered minced meat.

The explosion of a 152mm shell is a little gentler than that of a 203mm shell.

When the 203mm heavy artillery shells fell, it was as if an earthquake had really come.

Many soldiers died without feeling any pain.

Amidst this incredibly fierce artillery fire, the soldiers of the 226th Brigade were filled with panic, their faces even distorted with excessive fear.

Some of them were blown to pieces by the continuously falling shells, some were knocked to the ground by the shock waves, and some were turned into a hornet's nest by the shrapnel.

The screams and shouts mixed together, making people shudder.

The officers of the 226th Brigade shouted at the top of their lungs, trying to stop the chaotic crowd from running around like headless flies, and instead make them lie on the ground and wait for the bombardment to pass.

But in the extreme fear, everything they did was futile and powerless.

These extremely terrified soldiers looked for any place to hide.

However, under the covering fire of heavy artillery, where could they hide, let alone in such a narrow terrain as Coffin Valley?

It seemed that only death was waiting for them.

The cutting of the heads has already begun, and the cutting of the tails has naturally not been left behind.

When the commander of the 227th Brigade heard the roar of artillery in the distance, he felt something was wrong.

Because this was not the sound of their artillery.

The sound of these guns was very dull, obviously the sound of large-caliber heavy artillery.

"Oh no! The 226th Brigade might have fallen into a trap."

It was obviously wrong that the Coffin Valley position ahead was empty, but when the artillery fire sounded, everything made sense.

The Coffin Trench was deliberately abandoned by the enemy to lure the 226th Brigade into taking the bait, and then they used artillery to bombard it, killing and wounding the 226th Brigade's active forces.

Fortunately, they were still some distance away from the 226th Brigade, otherwise they would have been the ones to be bombed.

"Woooooooo..."

Just as his mind was full of thoughts, a buzzing sound came from above his head.

He was very familiar with this voice because he had served in the heavy artillery unit of the Northern Xinjiang New Army.

This is the whistling sound of heavy artillery shells tearing through the air.

When he looked up, he saw dozens of shells coming towards them at an extremely fast speed.

"Bombardment!"

It was too late when I realized it at this time.

As soon as he finished speaking, shells came down like a torrential downpour.

The M1 155mm cannon fires a slightly larger shell than the ML-20 152mm howitzer.

When 24 shells fell one after another, there was a violent explosion among the crowd.

In an instant, corpses were everywhere and blood flowed like a river.

As the commander of the 73rd Division, Chi Haifeng was still sitting steadily in the prince's mansion, which was also the location of his division headquarters.

When the 226th and 227th Brigades successively reported that they had suffered heavy casualties due to heavy artillery bombardment.

At this time, bad news came again.

The Provisional 5th Division in Kuntou River was subjected to a large-scale air raid.

After this telegram was sent, they lost contact with the Provisional 5th Division.

His heart sank to the bottom at this moment, and there was a storm in his heart.