In the first ten minutes, the artillery fire was extremely intense, followed by ten minutes of relatively steady bombardment, and then another ten-minute rapid fire.
Hiding in the stuffy basement, feeling the faint tremors again and again, and listening to the muffled thuds, these no longer put much psychological pressure on Gao Yang because he had gradually adapted to the shelling. As they say, once unfamiliar, twice familiar.
Suddenly, the tremors and vague thuds came to an abrupt stop.
Gao Yang picked up the radio and said in a deep voice, "All companies, count the numbers, report casualty status, over."
It wasn't long before the casualties were reported one after another: sixteen dead, twenty-five severely injured, and minor injuries not counted. This was the result of quickly evacuating the position; if they hadn't left and stayed on the position where the enemy shells hit hard, there would be no problem with the casualties being ten times higher.
