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After receiving the order, the two heavy artillery brigades concentrated their main artillery fire on the Jiuding Mountain heights.

24门155毫米远程加农炮、48门B-4型203毫米榴弹炮、36门M43型160毫米重型迫击炮。

There were also 24 155mm cannons bombarding the Mulong Mountain Heights.

The 36th Motorized Infantry Division's 122 24mm howitzers and 152 mm howitzers were responsible for shelling the Heitie Mountain Heights.

The three requisitioned K3E railway guns and rocket launchers were hidden first, which was also the trump card in Gu Zhengyang's hand.

Don't play all your cards at once; this is a big taboo on the battlefield.

Besides, the existing artillery force is more than enough for the Renaissance Army.

The two heavy artillery brigades have 36 heavy mortars, and the total number has exceeded 100, which is enough to give the Northern Frontier Army and the Anwu Army a hard time.

Jiuding Mountain Heights is located between the Heitie Mountain and Mulong Mountain Heights, and is also the core position of the Northern Xinjiang Army's Zibozhou Defense Line.

Once the Jiuding Mountain position is captured, the two high grounds of Heitie Mountain and Mulong Mountain will be unable to connect at all, and can be defeated one by one.

Therefore, the focus of both the attacking and defending sides was placed on the Jiuding Mountain position.

At the top of Jiuding Mountain, the commander of the 22nd Division of the Anwu Army was inspecting the position with several guards and staff officers.

When the soldiers and officers of the 22nd Division saw the division commander Qiao Qingyuan, they all saluted and looked at him with respect.

In fact, in terms of seniority, Qiao Qingyuan is not inferior to Tong Yong, the commander of the Anwu Army.

When Yuan Shicheng just started training his troops, Qiao Qingyuan served as his bodyguard.

Then, due to his outstanding abilities, he was transferred to the grassroots units.

Is always shining gold.

Qiao Qingyuan, a man of outstanding abilities, performed very well in many wars. He was brave and resourceful. In addition, he had served as Yuan Shicheng's guard, so he was highly valued by his superiors and promoted successively.

He even became one of the deputy commanders of the Anding Army, one of the five major armies of the Northern Frontier Army. If he took one more step forward, he would have entered the core senior leadership of the Northern Frontier Army.

However, when Yuan Shicheng cooperated with the Fuso people for his own benefit and sold out the national interests, Qiao Qingyuan stood up without hesitation and expressed his opposition.

This also made Yuan Shicheng very unhappy.

"Did I promote you and make you rich so that you can oppose me?"

However, Qiao Qingyuan's ability in fighting is indeed outstanding, and he is a rare talent in the Northern Frontier Army.

So he was transferred to Tong Yong's Anwu Army and appointed as the commander of the 22nd Division.

But what is certain is that he probably has no hope of getting promoted in this life.

But Qiao Qingyuan didn't take these things very seriously.

During his tenure as the commander of the 22nd Division, he trained his troops diligently and enforced strict discipline, but he was also very kind to the soldiers and did not exploit them. He was very honest. Coupled with Qiao Qingyuan's great reputation, he naturally gained the respect of the soldiers of the 22nd Division.

Qiao Qingyuan looked at the well-defended fortifications, but he still felt a little uneasy.

After all, their opponent is someone who has made the Japanese people suffer a setback.

Facing such an opponent, he was unsure.

In fact, Qiao Qingyuan still has very complicated feelings about the Fuxing Army.

He strongly agreed with the idea of dealing with the Renaissance Army, especially Jiang Hua's tough message to the great powers in the previous telegram.

This is the attitude a leader should have when facing powerful countries.

But he is a member of the Northern Frontier Army after all. Even if he appreciates the ideas of the Renaissance Army, the two sides are enemies after all.

"Come on, let me see how powerful your Renaissance Army is!"

"Bombard, bombard!"

Suddenly, a cry of surprise was heard from the battlefield, and there was even a hint of fear in the voice, as if someone had seen a great terror.

Qiao Qingyuan also quickly turned his gaze to the distance.

Sure enough, dense black spots drew an arc in the air, and even formed white trails in the sky, and the target was exactly their side.

"Quick, cover the division commander and get him into the anti-artillery cave, quick!"

When several guards saw this scene, they hurriedly pulled Qiao Qingyuan into the nearest anti-artillery cave.

Fortunately, they were lucky. The anti-bombing cave they entered was reinforced with cement. It was more than six meters deep from the ground and was connected to the tunnel fortifications in the mountain.

“Boom…Boom…”

Suddenly, Qiao Qingyuan felt an earth-shaking movement. The violent vibration even made him dizzy. Especially when the roar of cannons came, there was a brief blank in his mind and tinnitus in his ears.

This was a 203mm caliber heavy artillery shell falling on their heads.

If this bomb-proof cave had not been reinforced, Qiao Qingyuan would probably have been buried in it.

In an instant, the entire fortification group on the hillside and top of Jiuding Mountain were caught in heavy artillery fire.

Continuous artillery explosions rang out, and the fortifications that seemed very solid were destroyed one after another by the powerful heavy artillery.

They could only hide in the fortifications in fear and endure the bombardment.

"Is this the artillery of the Restoration Army?"

Without even looking outside, Qiao Qingyuan had already experienced the power of the Fuxing Army's artillery.

"150mm caliber, and the caliber of the shells is probably over 200mm..."

A bitter smile appeared on Qiao Qingyuan's lips, but it quickly disappeared.

He now has doubts: can the fortifications of Jiuding Mountain really withstand the artillery fire of the Fuxing Army?

"Return to the headquarters!"

Although the tunnel fortifications have not been completely completed, they are connected to the division headquarters.

Amidst the roar of cannon fire, Jiuding Mountain, Heitie Mountain, and Mulong Mountain were all engulfed in a sea of fire.

Moreover, the artillery shells from the Fuxing Army seemed to be free of charge, and they were bombarded densely onto the three high grounds.

Tong Yong, who was fighting in the urban area of Zibo City, couldn't help but change his face when he received the battle report from the front line.

"The Restoration Army's general offensive has begun. I hope we can hold on."

He heard from the Japanese that the Restoration Army also had large-caliber railway guns, with a caliber of at least 280 mm.

It is precisely because of this that he is very worried about the Jiuding Mountain defense line.

In the sky, a number of FW-189 tactical reconnaissance aircraft circled over Jiuding Mountain, Heitie Mountain, and Mulong Mountain.

When they find any suspicious exposed targets, they will guide the artillery group to carry out concentrated explosive bombing.

This also means that the surface fortifications on the three high grounds are being rapidly destroyed.

"Commander, the Restoration Army is truly too arrogant. Should we send our artillery to counterattack?"

The commander of the 21st Division of the Anwu Army said somewhat unconvinced.

The Anwu Army itself has an artillery regiment, and two artillery regiments were also dispatched from Quancheng.

They also had artillery from three artillery regiments.

Among them, the 7th Artillery Regiment belongs to the military artillery unit and is equipped with all Japanese artillery.

装备有36门38式75毫米野炮，18门四一式75毫米山炮。

Although the performance of Japanese artillery lagged behind that of Western powers, in ancient countries many warlord troops did not even have a few cannons.

So these Japanese artillery pieces are relatively not backward.

The other two artillery regiments that were transferred over were a Japanese howitzer regiment and a German howitzer regiment.

The compilation is the same, using the 36+18 method.

The Japanese howitzer regiment was equipped with 36 Taisho 105-year type 18mm field cannons and 120 -year type mm field howitzers.

The German-equipped howitzer regiment was equipped with 105mm and 150mm howitzers.

These two artillery regiments are also the most complete in organization and equipped with the most and most advanced artillery.

It was precisely because of the importance of the Zibozhou defense line to Quancheng that these two heavy artillery regiments were transferred here.

These two artillery regiments are also Tong Yong's trump cards of the Anwu Army.

"Don't worry, the Renaissance Army has fierce artillery fire, and they also have an air force that will be used at a critical moment."

Tong Yong knew his own strengths and weaknesses, and going into battle with the Fuxing Army at this time would simply be courting death.

So he dispersed the three artillery regiments into battalion units.

In this way, even if it is bombarded or attacked by air, it will not be destroyed all at once.

For four hours, Qiao Qingyuan had been counting on his watch since the bombardment began.

The shelling finally stopped after four hours. I'm afraid this is the prelude to the attack by the Restoration Army.

But what puzzled him was that he did not receive any call from the front line.

This also means that the ground forces of the Restoration Army have not yet appeared.

During the four-hour bombardment, Mulong Mountain and Heitie Mountain were actually in better condition, but the Jiuding Mountain Plateau was in a very miserable state.

There are potholes and craters everywhere, the top of the mountain has been flattened by two or three meters, and exposed fortifications can be seen everywhere.

Luo Qing, commander of the 5th Motorized Infantry Division of the Fuxing Army, used a telescope to watch the movements in the direction of Jiuding Mountain.

The entire Jiuding Mountain, which is less than 300 meters high, seems to have been blown into ruins, and there is no movement at all.

"Order the 15th Tank Regiment to mobilize a battalion and, together with the th Regiment, form an assault force to launch an exploratory attack on Jiuding Mountain.

The 16th and 17th Regiments each sent a battalion to launch a feint attack on the heights of Heitie Mountain and Mulong Mountain to cover the assault team in the direction of Jiuding Mountain.

He knew that it was not so easy to take down this line of defense.

During the four-hour bombardment, the Anwu Army did not fire a single shot, apparently they were hiding.

Then he would use this exploratory attack to expose their artillery.

"Contact the Second Air Force and let them go."

"Yes! Master!"

The Second Air Force is the largest tactical organization of the Air Force, which was established only five days ago. It is on the same level as the Second Corps and is also an army-level unit.

Although it is not as large as the First Air Force, it is also equipped with more than 300 fighter jets of various types, and this does not include land-based aviation.

If shore-based aviation is included, the number of fighter jets in Qidong Province will double.

Luo Qing had no intention of engaging in an artillery battle with the Northern Frontier Army. Those were outdated tactics from the last war.

The current tactic is air-ground coordinated combat, which is much more efficient than artillery battles.

The 5th Tank Regiment is a division-level tank regiment of the 5th Motorized Infantry Division.

The tank regiments of the motorized infantry divisions were all compressed into two battalions, each equipped with 45 Panther medium tanks and 68 Chaffee light tanks.

The tank unit mobilized this time was the Leopard medium tank battalion.

The appearance of the Leopard tank battalion also caused a great shock to the Anwu Army in Northern Xinjiang.