Little did Hamid's enemies know that at this point Hamid's army, instead of being mostly killed by the shelling, was growing stronger at the sound of the guns.
At this point, Hamid's confidence grew as he saw that the shelling had little effect on the anti-slope fortifications.
As he listened to the rumbling of the artillery outside, he lamented in his heart, "If not for Old Brother Wade teaching me this anti-slope tactic, I am afraid that the lives of my several thousand men would have all been accounted for in the first two rounds of shelling!"
"The 'Shangganling' that Elder Brother Wade made me watch is indeed a textbook classic battle. The great volunteer army was able to achieve the final victory in this battle against the bombardment of millions of shells by the Americans not only because they were brave and good at fighting, but also because of their superb strategic vision and advanced tactical layout!"
"When I get through this battle, I'll dig up all the mountains around here and build a super fortress!"
At that moment, the shelling of the government troops continued.
They were carrying tens of thousands of shells this time, and with more than thirty guns, it would not be a problem to fire hundreds of rounds.
Moreover, their infantry was still advancing, so during this time, the artillery shelling continued at intervals of one round every three minutes.
After twenty rounds of shelling, the base in the valley was mostly levelled, with only a few houses still standing alone.
Some soldiers, carefully coming to the entrance of the trench, observed the damage to the base.
When they found that the base had been razed to the ground, many of them had red eyes, clenched their fists and gritted their teeth, their hearts full of hatred.
Maybe to Zayne, that shabby little courtyard was a nightmare, a hell, but to these soldiers, those little courtyards, those houses, were their homes.
And now, their homes had been blown away by the enemy!
Just as many of the soldiers were furiously trying to avenge the loss of their homes, a new barrage of shells came!
This time, instead of falling into the almost flattened base, the shells landed directly on the outer edge of the mountain on the south side of the base, which was the direct slope of the mountain.
Because, in the conventional perception of the other side, they felt that most of Hamid's soldiers, food and ammunition and other supplies must have been kept inside the base, so the shelling ahead for such a long time was to completely destroy their base as well as their supplies and equipment.
And it was clear to them that the main defensive forces of this Hamid base must have been concentrated on the positive slope of the mountain, so after destroying the base, they began to destroy the defensive positions.
They thought that by destroying all his defensive forces on the oblique side with heavy firepower, the tanks and infantry would be able to make a long drive in!
In this way, basically the infantry would only need to come over and sweep up and the war would basically be over.
However, what they didn't know was that Hamid's armed, and those other armed of the same type, were already extremely different.
Before they met Charlie wade, Hamid's base fortification was to dig some foxholes on the positive slope of the mountain, then build firing stacks with stones, and then use hay to make a top on top for concealment.
The fortifications were very simple and had no problem dealing with an enemy infantry charge at high level and with AK47 bullets from the infantry, and they did have a very big advantage.
However, if the other side plays with fire suppression, using mortars or RPGs, such foxholes are basically like paper mache and are simply the best graves for soldiers.
The government troops were now intensively bombarding the front slope, also to quickly dismantle Hamid's defensive forces.
However, they could never have dreamed that Hamid had just made a complete overhaul of the frontal fortifications.
The permanent fortifications, now cut out of the rocky mountain, were at the same time internally anchored and reinforced with multiple layers of reinforced concrete, constructed with the same robustness as the tunnels.