Chapter 1572

Hamid's enemies didn't know that at this time, Hamid's army not only hadn't been killed by the bombardment but was becoming even more valiant in the sound of the bombardment.

At this time, Hamid, seeing that the bombardment had almost no effect on the reverse-slope fortifications, also had his confidence greatly increased.

While listening to the rumbling artillery fire outside, he sighed in his heart: "If it weren't for Brother Ye teaching me this reverse-slope tactic, the lives of my thousands of people would probably have all been accounted for in the first two rounds of bombardment!"

"The 'Battle of Shangganling' that Brother Ye let me watch is indeed a textbook-like classic battle. The great Volunteers were able to achieve the final victory of this battle in the bombardment of millions of shells from the Americans, not only because they were brave and good at fighting but also because they had superb strategic vision and advanced tactical layout!"

"After I survive this battle, I will dig open all the mountains around here and build a solid super fortress!"

And at this time, the government forces' bombardment was still continuing.

They brought tens of thousands of shells this time, and with thirty-plus guns, firing hundreds of rounds wasn't a problem.

Moreover, their infantry was still advancing, so during this time, the artillery bombardment continued uninterrupted at intervals of one round every three minutes.

After twenty rounds of bombardment, more than half of the base in the valley had been razed to the ground, with only a few houses left standing alone.

Some soldiers carefully came to the tunnel entrance to observe the damage to the base.

When they discovered that the base had been razed to the ground, many people had red eyes, clenched fists, and gritted teeth, their hearts full of hatred.

Perhaps for Su Shoudao, that dilapidated little courtyard was simply a nightmare and hell, but for these soldiers, those little courtyards and houses were their homes.

And now, their homes had been blown away by the enemy!

Just when many soldiers were angrily wanting to take revenge, a new round of bombardment came again!

This time, the shells didn't fall into the base that had been almost razed to the ground, but directly fell on the periphery of the mountain body on the south side of the base, which was the front slope of the mountain.

Because, in the other side's conventional cognition, they felt that most of Hamid's soldiers, food, ammunition, and other supplies must be placed in the base. So the bombardment for such a long time before was to completely destroy their base as well as supplies and equipment.

And they also knew that the main defensive force of Hamid's base must be concentrated on the front slope of the mountain. So, after destroying the base, they began to destroy the defensive positions.

They believed that as long as they used powerful firepower to completely destroy his defensive forces on the front slope, tanks and infantry would be able to drive straight in!

In this way, basically, the infantry only needed to come over to sweep up, and the war would basically be over.

However, what they didn't know was that Hamid's armed forces were already vastly different from other armed forces of the same type.

Before knowing Ye Chen, Hamid's base defensive fortifications were just digging some foxholes on the front slope of the mountain, then using stones to build shooting parapets, and then using hay to make a top for concealment.

This kind of defensive fortification was very simple. If dealing with enemy infantry charges at a high place, it was no problem to deal with infantry's AK47 bullets, and it indeed had a very big advantage.

However, if the other side played with firepower suppression and used mortars or RPG rocket launchers, this kind of foxhole was basically like paper, simply the best grave for soldiers.

Now the government forces were densely bombarding the front slope, also to quickly disintegrate Hamid's defensive forces.

However, they never dreamed that Hamid had just thoroughly renovated the frontal defensive fortifications.

The current permanent fortifications were chiseled out inside the rock mountain body, and at the same time, multi-layer anchoring and reinforcement were done inside with reinforced concrete. The construction technology was the same as a tunnel, and the solidity was extremely high.

With the power of their towed artillery, the possibility of wanting to blow up such fortifications was almost zero.

Unless high-end heavy bunker-busting bombs were used, it was possible to blow up the fortifications.

But this kind of high-precision weapon could only be mastered by the five permanent members of the United Nations. Syria's overall firepower level was at best at the level of the 1960s and 70s, and it was simply impossible to get this kind of equipment.

Moreover, even if they had such equipment, they couldn't cause direct casualties to Hamid's troops.

Because, now in Hamid's frontal defensive fortifications, there wasn't a single soldier.

Hamid resolutely implemented Ye Chen's instructions. Since the other side was playing infantry-artillery coordination, then when the artillery stopped and the infantry started to launch a charge, he would then mobilize the troops to go over and fight defensively.

And at this moment, the soldiers were all safely hiding in the reverse-slope tunnels behind. The enemy fired dozens of rounds of shells, and Hamid's side didn't even have one person injured.

The other side's artillery was bombarding while the infantry was rapidly advancing toward the base. More than an hour later, the army of five thousand-plus was already close at hand, stopping at the foot of the mountain about two thousand meters from the base entrance.

At this time, another round of bombardment began!

The entire front slope of the mountain had been blown pitch black, and the small hilltop was soon scarred.

This was the last round of bombardment before the infantry charge. Once the infantry started to launch a charge, the bombardment had to stop, otherwise, large-scale bombardment could easily hurt their own people.

However, the other side's commander didn't know the situation inside the mountain.

Based on his past experience, he concluded that Hamid's troops must have suffered heavy casualties by now, and the defensive forces must have been mostly destroyed. So he immediately ordered the infantry to launch a charge under the cover of armored vehicles!

Hamid's base was already easy to defend and hard to attack. Once the north and south entrances were artificially cut off, any personnel and vehicles simply couldn't enter. So armored vehicles couldn't charge in directly either. The only thing they could do was cover the infantry to launch a charge toward the high ground while providing close-range machine gun and artillery support.

Hamid, in the frontal permanent fortifications, watched with his own eyes as the other side's armored vehicles roared closer and closer, followed by thousands of soldiers hunched over. Relying on the cover of the armored vehicles, the soldiers advanced to the foot of the mountain safely. Immediately after, the other side's artillery fired again, carrying out a new round of bombardment on the front slope of the high ground.

This round of bombardment lasted for twenty minutes. Twenty minutes later, as soon as the bombardment stopped, thousands of soldiers rushed out from behind the armored vehicles, shouting and charging toward the high ground.

In the eyes of the other side's commander, as long as the frontal high ground was taken, it was equivalent to taking Hamid's entire base.

In this kind of traditional ground attack battle, the significance of the high ground was very significant. As long as the high ground was taken in a local war, it was equivalent to taking the initiative of the war in this area, equivalent to forming a powerful firepower deterrent to the surroundings. Moreover, the high ground itself was easy to defend and hard to attack. A high ground guarded by five hundred people might not be taken by a charge of five thousand.

When defending, the side occupying the high ground was easy to defend, while the enemy attacking from a low place was hard to attack.

When attacking, the side occupying the high ground launched a charge like a hot knife through butter, while the enemy defending at a low place had almost no danger to defend. Even retreating was very difficult, because the entire back would be exposed to the other side.

Therefore, the other side's commander felt that no matter how many troops Hamid still had now, as long as the high ground was taken, and then a charge was launched toward the internal base from the high ground, the battle could be solved at once!

When thousands of soldiers swarmed up, Hamid's soldiers immediately began to enter the permanent fortifications on the front slope from the reverse-slope tunnels.

After the other side's thousands of soldiers had also completely entered the firing range of Hamid's permanent fortifications, Hamid suddenly ordered via radio: "Fire!"