Now that the feng shui changes, the Japanese have to stick to this famous highland, but the attackers have changed to the Hualan people. How can it not be sighed? How can the Japanese army, which once suffered losses in the 203 Highlands, not know the difficulty and importance of defending this place? For this reason, the Japanese army placed the most elite unit here, and sent two other units to station Changshan and Jiaoshan to form a junction with the 203 Highlands.

The Feng army sent two infantry regiments to attack the 203 Highland from two directions. In order to suppress the opponent's firepower, the Feng army even took out a division-made machine gun and almost all heavy artillery. The fierce shelling made the 203 Highland fly into dust, and the soil on the highland was almost turned over, but the Japanese army's resistance was still very fierce.

It turned out that as the Western Special Zone became stronger and stronger, the Japanese military began to evaluate the defense situation in various places. Lushun, an isolated island in Fengtian Province, was naturally the top priority. After argumentation, the Japanese military proposed a defense plan that can be both sea and land. The core of this plan is to rebuild a large number of modern and more reasonable fortress systems around Lushun based on the original fortification foundation of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

The original turrets were equipped with new guns. They were connected to the base with a mobile gun stand and could turn 360 degrees. They used the shooting ports in three directions to shoot outwards, with a coverage angle of 120 degrees. While strengthening the artillery, a large number of machine gun fortresses combining light and dark were built on the hillsides of these turrets to protect the turrets and form cross-fire power on the attacking army.

For the most important 203 Highland, construction naturally spared even more effort. This highland is not large in area, and can also be assisted by firepower from Fortresses No. 3, 4 and 5, so no artillery is needed. However, on this highland, a large number of infantry positions based on concrete machine gun fortresses were laid. These positions combined with the experience and lessons of trench warfare in World War I, and set up a large number of underground ammunition reserves, concrete artillery holes, water supply stations, observation posts, command posts and bandage stations.

These facilities have extremely strong structural strength and complete artillery defense capabilities. According to the construction standards of the Japanese army, these fortresses were designed with reference to the 105mm caliber howitzer used by the Site Army at that time. Faced with the 76mm mountain cannons of the Fengtian Army, it was naturally not dangerous.

When the Fengtian army infantry began to charge, the Japanese army quickly rushed into the trench from the hidden unit and massacred the Fengtian army with their weapons. The dense ammunition was raging in the air, and the Fengtian soldiers who were advancing bravely fell one after another on the charge road without any progress. The Fengtian army's attack was locked four hundred meters in front of the position, and they could no longer move forward.

Zhang Xueliang was determined to conquer Lushun. He took out all his belongings, opened the cannon bullets, and the troops launched waves of attacks. However, in the two days of attack, the Fengtian army was killed more than 4,000, but they were still unable to conquer the 203 Highlands.

"Are we just like the Japanese in the past, we need tens of thousands of people to conquer this highland?" Zhang Xueliang looked at the place marked with the 203 highland on the map, and his brows were tightly frowned.

"Or what if we ask the Site Army for assistance? They have large-caliber artillery, tanks and bombers, and any of them can conquer this highland at a very small price," Guo Songling suggested.

"Am I so incompetent that I need the help of the Site Army to fight a small Lushun?" Zhang Xueliang was very dissatisfied with Guo Songling's idea. Although he had decided to join the Site Army, Zhang Xueliang still hoped that others would look up to him. Only by conquering Lushun can he gain a foothold in the Site Army in the future.

"Maybe Mr. Zhang shouldn't be so stubborn. After all, your brothers have parents, wives and children. Do you want to ignore their lives for your personal grudges?" A clear voice sounded, and then General Chen Hu accompanied a middle-aged man to the command center.

General Chen Hu was granted by Zhang Xueliang that he could enter his commander at any time, but he did not know the other person. Seeing that he did not have a slap on his shoulder, he seemed not a high-ranking official, but what he said just now was exactly what he said. Zhang Xueliang looked at the person who came and said, "This gentleman always kills people when fighting. Can we not fight because we are afraid of the death of soldiers?"

"These are two questions. Warriors can sacrifice, but they must sacrifice valuable things. How can you bear to sacrifice like this? "The visitor answered with his head held high.

"Then I'll teach me how to make soldiers die valuable?" Zhang Xueliang frowned, but the visitor did not answer directly. He smiled and walked to the map table, pointing to the contour lines around the 203 Highlands and said: "Use civil engineering operations, use horizontal trenches and vertical traffic trenches to cooperate. Use machine guns and sharpshooters to cover them, and let the infantry dig gradually to the 203 Highlands. As long as you dig the trenches to a depth of less than three meters, it will be difficult for the other party to hurt your soldiers even if the other party is on the highlands."

"It takes a long time," said Zhang Xueliang.

The visitor smiled slightly: "The Japanese navy was destroyed, and Lushun was hanging overseas, so they could not get any support. For such an army with ammunition and assistance, the longer it took, the weaker their combat effectiveness would be. Moreover, when you dig a trench, the only thing they could do was to use firepower to cover it. This would reduce sacrifices and consume a large amount of ammunition that the opponent was already nervous. Who do you think would be more anxious?"

Zhang Xueliang felt that the other party was right, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I will order the troops to start civil engineering work as soon as possible."

"No." The visitor waved his hand and said, "What I said was the helpless move I had to use when there was a lack of weapons. Now our weapons are enough to cope with this situation, and there is no need for very long civil and industrial operations tactics."

"I hope to hear it carefully." Zhang Xueliang's eyes became brighter and brighter. He wanted to know what kind of weapon it was to easily conquer the 203 Highland that could make him a headache.

The visitor smiled slightly but didn't say anything. This time, a rumbling sound of motor suddenly came from the sky. He then pointed to the sky and said, "The weapon I mentioned has arrived. Please go out with me to have a look."

Although Zhang Xueliang heard the sound of the plane, he was a little confused. The Fengtian army also had aircraft, and they had used aircraft bombing. The Japanese army had no air force stationed in Lushun, so they could only endure the bombing. However, the small bombs carried by the Fengtian army aircraft could not penetrate the roof of the reinforced concrete fortress, and the bombing could only return without success. According to the estimates of many generals of the Fengtian army, even a bomb weighing 500 kilograms could not penetrate these fortresses. Zhang Xueliang wanted to know how excellent the Site Army had, and how heavy the bombs could blow through the thick concrete fortresses.
Chapter completed!