"Boom, boom, boom!"

A dense wave of shells landed in the ranks of the Japanese troops and exploded!

Although the power of mortar shells is not as good as that of conventional artillery, after all, it is still a shell, not a rifle bullet that can be compared, and there are many of them, so countless Japanese soldiers were suddenly blown up to the flesh and blood, broken bones and tendons, and suffered very heavy casualties.

At the same time, the shelling also dealt a heavy blow to the psychology of the Japanese soldiers, because it was at night, and the Japanese troops were in a hurry, so this Japanese brigade did not carry heavy weapons, but the other side seemed to have a large number of artillery, judging from the density of shells, there should be 3 or 40 guns, from which it can also be inferred that the opponent's strength is definitely quite a lot, at least 1 regiment, otherwise it is impossible to transport so many artillery pieces ashore. And to be able to accurately hit themselves in the dark of night, such an opponent is obviously not something that a large group of Japanese troops can fight against.

Although the Japanese army has always been known for its tenacious combat and not afraid of life and death, in the face of such a completely one-sided battle, the opponent's strength and firepower are above their own, they still can't hold on, and can only choose to retreat.

The battle lasted just over 20 minutes and ended with the retreat of our own troops. And because it was a night battle, the hit rate of both sides was not high, so the KPA casualties were not large, only 3 people were killed, another 12 were wounded, and the Japanese killed about 100 people.

At this time, the second batch of landed troops also got off the landing ship and went ashore, and a regiment of marines had all gone ashore to gather, and the regiment commander Yi Xun received Luo Yue's order at the shore position, ordering him to immediately lead the whole regiment to attack Andong County.

It turned out that in the battle just now, Luo Yue found that the Japanese attack was very hasty, so he decided that the Japanese army was not prepared enough for the KPA to land at night, so he decided not to give the Japanese army enough time to react, and the first regiment did not have to wait for the second regiment to land, but immediately attacked Andong County. At the same time, 6 warships were ordered to concentrate their firepower on the defensive positions of the Japanese army.

The Japanese defense line was arranged on the outskirts of the county seat of Andong County, about 4 or 5 kilometers from the sea, but only two brigades were stationed.

The Japanese army also has only one brigade in Andong County, that is, two wings, one of which is stationed in Xiaosishan in the southwest of the county, after all, it is necessary to defend the strength of one division of the People's Army here, and one brigade must be stationed in Andong County, so the defensive position on the seaside side can only guarantee two brigades. And although there is a city wall in Andong County, it is mainly an adobe structure, and it has been in disrepair for many years, and there have been many collapses and damages, and the Japanese army has not been stationed in Andong County for a long time, of course, it is too late to repair the city wall, so it can only use sandbags to plug the broken gaps, and there are some trenches dug outside the city wall, which constitutes the defensive position of Andong County.

Although such a defensive line is not useless, the walls of the billet also have considerable defensive power for small and medium-caliber artillery, but the People's Army beckoned to come over, but it is a 280 mm caliber naval gun, whether it is an adobe city wall or a sandbag, in front of the 280 caliber shells are slag, as long as the shells hit the city wall or sandbags, they will be immediately blown up to the ground and splashed, and the soldiers on the city wall and behind the sandbags will also fly into the sky together. And the soldiers hiding in the trenches were no better, because the trenches dug by the Japanese army were very shallow, and they could only accommodate the soldiers to stand and shoot, and the defense effect against the huge shock of the shells landing on the ground and the cattle was not good, so many Japanese soldiers hiding in the trenches near the landing point of the shells were shocked to the point of cracking their internal organs and died in a very miserable state.

Although the KPA shelling did not last long, the six warships fired only 8 volleys, although they did not completely destroy the Japanese defensive positions, but they did cause heavy damage to the Japanese positions, and the city wall alone was blown open more than 10 large gaps.

Moreover, the blow of the naval artillery had just stopped, followed by a dense raindrop of small and medium-caliber shells, although the power was not large, but it was superior to the large number and high density, so the entire Japanese position was almost covered by the explosion, and with the dazzling sparks from the explosion, it ruthlessly devoured the lives of the Japanese soldiers. Moreover, the shells all fell in a large arc trajectory, and the angle between the trajectory and the ground was very large, and many shells fell directly into the trenches.

A regiment of pursuit artillery units fired nearly 1,000 shells at the Japanese position, so when the KPA launched a charge against the Japanese position, the Japanese resistance was extremely weak and could hardly cause any trouble to the KPA, and the starry fire on the position illuminated the direction of the KPA attack, allowing the KPA to easily break through the Japanese defense line and enter the city of Andong County.

Although in Andong County, the People's Army suffered the most stubborn resistance of the Japanese army since the beginning of the war, a Japanese army brigade left in Andong County put up a desperate resistance to the People's Army, and they fought hard with the People's Army with the help of houses and narrow streets in the county town, so in the streets of Andong County, and even in many houses, soldiers on both sides were engaged in a desperate struggle, and the weapons used were not limited to rifles, wooden sticks, bricks, stones, sand, and even punches, kicks and bites, all the means that could be used were used, and they also caused a lot of casualties to the People's Army。

However, at this time, the general trend of the war was determined, and the frenzied resistance of the Japanese army was nothing but a dying struggle, not to mention that the fighting spirit of the people's army was not inferior to that of the Japanese soldiers, so at most the defeat of the Japanese army could only be slightly delayed.

At this moment, the 2nd Marine Regiment also completed the landing and joined the battle, becoming the last straw that overwhelmed the Japanese army. As a result, the Japanese army, which could not resist it, could only choose to retreat and surrender the county seat of Andong to the People's Army.

At around 6 a.m. on May 29, the KPA completely occupied Andong County. At the same time, the 7th Division also launched another attack on the Koterayama position.

At this time, the six warships participating in the landing operation had moved to the sea near Kojishan and launched an artillery bombardment of the Japanese positions at Kojishan.

And when the Japanese position was bombarded by heavy artillery, the news of the loss of Andong County also spread to the Xiaosishan position, which made the Japanese soldiers guarding the position very moved, and at this time there was no point in holding the Xiaosishan position, and once the People's Army that attacked Andong County freed up its hands and attacked Xiaosishan, the Japanese troops guarding the position would be in danger of being annihilated, so the Japanese army really withdrew from the Xiaosishan position and retreated in the direction of Jiulian City.

At this point, the People's Army was able to fully control the area of Andong County and the mouth of the Yalu River, completing the first step of putting pressure on the Japanese army.

In this battle, the KPA annihilated a total of 2,563 Japanese troops and captured 415 prisoners, while 241 of its own killed and 385 wounded.

On the same day, Liu Tie commanded the 1st Army and launched an attack on Phoenix. Although the KPA did not really intend to capture Phoenix at this time, it was necessary to make a gesture of ambition, otherwise it would not be able to exert enough pressure on the Japanese army.

The garrison of the Japanese army in Phoenix City is based on the layout of the mountains around Phoenix, there are many hills around Phoenix, there are Tiger Ridge, Xujialing, Laogang, Da Kaba Ridge, Erlong Mountain, Phoenix Mountain, etc., and Lushun is quite similar, the Japanese army has a division of troops in Phoenix, and also makes full use of the terrain to arrange the defense line of Phoenix. However, due to the short time for the Japanese army to build a defensive line, they did not build many strong positions, but with the advantage of the terrain, the Japanese army still had confidence in holding Phoenix.

However, this time the KPA brought two 200 mm self-propelled guns, which were extremely powerful, so the KPA used these two 200 mm guns to open the way and launched an attack on the Japanese hilltop position. First, a heavy artillery bombardment inflicted heavy damage on the hilltop position, and then the infantry launched an attack on the hilltop. And the two 200-mm guns turned to attack another hill.

The attacking KPA also carried a large number of mortars, attacked with the synchronous army, and continued to shell the remaining Japanese fire points at the hilltop position, so the KPA offensive was very smooth, attacked the hill, and started a white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army. Although the resistance of the Japanese army was very tenacious, they held their positions and did not retreat, but they had no choice but to increase their casualties, not only themselves, but also the People's Army, which increased a lot of casualties, but after all, they still could not hold their positions.

In one day, the People's Army successively captured the two hilltop positions of Laohuling and Xujialing, and this was the result of the People's Army's somewhat restrained efforts, and if the People's Army attacked with all its might, it would be completely possible to capture three positions in one day.

The People's Army's all-day offensive from the night of the 28th to the 29th really made Kawamura Jingming in Jiulian City feel like a man on his back. Andong County was lost, the northwest gateway of Jiulian City was wide open, and the mouth of the Yalu River was completely lost. Of course, now that Japan has lost the right to control the sea, it is of little significance to control or not control the mouth of the Yalu River, but now that even Phoenix City is in danger, it seems that the Japanese army's retreat is really hanging in the balance. And Kawamura Jingming didn't have any good ways at this time, on the one hand, he strengthened the defense of Jiulian City, and on the other hand, he sent electricity to Liaoyang to rescue.

After receiving the telegram from Kawamura Jingming, Dashan Yan was really afraid, he didn't expect the speed of the People's Army to be so fast, and the attack was so fierce, he took Andong County as soon as he shot, and also made a major breakthrough on the front line of Phoenix City. But to be honest, Dashanyan doesn't have any good way now, because he can't go to Jiulian City! Besides, even if he flies to Jiulian City, what use can he have only one person? Unless he can take a few divisions to Jiulian City. Of course, these are all the cranky thoughts of Oyamabu, and the only way now is to let Nozu Michiguan, who is already on the way to reinforcements, speed up a little more.

However, unlike the People's Army, the Japanese army had radio stations and walkie-talkies to communicate, and once the army went out and left the cable telegraph node, it could only rely on manpower to transmit messages. Therefore, Oyama Iwa immediately sent his troops out overnight, and flew on fast horses to report to Nozu Michikan, asking him not to arrive in Phoenix City before 12 noon tomorrow, 12 hours earlier than Nozu Michikan had requested.

The signal corps caught up with Nozu Michikan at 11 o'clock in the night, although this order came suddenly, and it can even be said that it was difficult for some strongmen, but Nozu Michikan knew the priority of the matter after all, so he immediately ordered the 11th Division to get up and set off overnight, and leave all the heavy equipment behind, and go into battle lightly, and must rush to Phoenix City before 12 noon tomorrow.