Although the explosive power of 155 mm shells is far less than that of 200 mm shells or 240 mm shells, it is already a large-caliber artillery in the army, and it is superior in number and density, and the range of artillery positions is small, and there are no fortifications such as trench cover, so after a round of shelling, the old artillery position of the Japanese army was covered by an explosion, not only all the artillery and ammunition were almost all destroyed, but even the artillery on the position also suffered heavy casualties.

When the Japanese command received the news, there was a surprising silence, at this time they had received the return of the Zhengjiatun position, knowing that the losses of the Zhengjiatun position were huge, and now the old Fangshen artillery position was also hit by a blow that was almost annihilated, it turned out that the Japanese army had made a lot of plans for the attack of the People's Army, and thought that it was foolproof, but they did not expect that the People's Army did not follow the script they had set at all, and as soon as they got started, they hit people with two fierce punches, which made people dizzy.

At this time, a staff officer muttered in a low voice: "If only the base camp approved our battle plan, we wouldn't be so passive now." ”

A month earlier, Nozu Michiki had submitted an operational plan to the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, suggesting that the army take the lead in launching a surprise attack on Liaoxi and annihilate the People's Army in Liaoxi in one fell swoop, even all the way to Jinzhou, so as to prevent future troubles. It turned out that Nozu Michiki had always been famous for surprise attacks in the Japanese army, and since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, he was also known for his non-stop strong attacks, and at the time of the Battle of Mukden, his Fourth Army replaced the scarred Kuroki as the main force of the assault.

This plan really frightened the personnel of the General Staff Headquarters, because at that time, although Japan and the East China Government had already fought each other, they still hoped to prevent the East China Government from entering the war through diplomatic means, and Britain and France were also exerting pressure on the East China Government at that time, so Japan thought that the success was still very large, and even if Nozu Michiki's plan was successful, it would only eliminate a part of the People's Army, but the consequence would be to completely force the East China Government into the battlefield.

Therefore, the chief of staff of the army, Aritomo Yamaguchi, personally wrote a letter to Nozu Michiki, strictly ordering the 4th Army not to take the initiative to attack, and not to cross the Liao River, otherwise it must be carried out by military law. Nozu Michiki also complained a lot about this. But no one expected that the KPA attack would be so fierce, and that the Japanese army would have no room to fight back. So some people couldn't help but spit out again.

At this time, the chief of staff, Major General Uehara Yusaku, suddenly stood up, walked a few steps to the complaining staff officer, opened his mouth to scold the Japanese state, slapped him twice, and said sharply: "Now is not the time to listen to your complaints and scratch your hair, but everyone must work together to deal with the current situation." ”

The staff officer was beaten to the point that his eyes were full of stars, but he didn't dare to collide with Uehara Yusaku, but instead stood upright and nodded desperately: "Hi, hi." ”

The corners of Nozu Michiki's mouth also showed a smile, although he was very annoyed that the staff headquarters had vetoed his battle plan, and he was the one who complained the most at ordinary times, but now is definitely not the time to complain, at this time, complaining will only affect his military morale, but Nozu Michiki is inconvenient to take the initiative to stand up to stop everyone's complaints, after all, he is the one who complains the most on weekdays, so it is better for Yusaku Uehara to take the initiative to be this villain.

Sure enough, by Uehara Yong's attack, some people who still wanted to complain immediately shut up, after all, who else would be bored with this at this time, and then another staff officer said: "Our old Fangshen artillery position was destroyed by the army of overseas Chinese, so I am afraid that the two positions of Kabei Village and Houzheng Tubao will not be able to hold it, or immediately reorganize the Zhengjiatun position, prepare to block the army of overseas Chinese, and at the same time transfer the artillery on the other artillery positions as soon as possible." ”

Another staff officer shook his head and said: "It's useless to do this, the artillery of the overseas Chinese can hit so far, it is obvious that the naval guns have been brought ashore, so it is useless for us to restore the Zhengjiatun position, as long as they use artillery bombardment again, they can easily destroy our position." ”

Yusaku Uehara sighed and said: "If we had known that overseas Chinese would use large-caliber artillery, we could have prepared early and made targeted arrangements during tunnel operations, which could not only reduce a large number of losses, but also hold the position, but now it is too late, it will take at least a few days to rearrange the position against large-caliber artillery." "Yusaku Uehara is a well-known expert in tunnel warfare in the Japanese army, so he has studied tunnel operations, from being a tunnel to defending against shelling.

"Smack!"

Nozu Dao slapped his heavy table and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send people to the Zhengjiatun position, order them to reorganize immediately, within half an hour, at least 2 regiments of troops should be pulled out, and immediately rush to the two positions of Kabei Village and Houzheng Tubao to garrison, if the People's Army crosses the river to attack, immediately kill the position and engage in a white-knuckle battle with the People's Army, if the position has been broken by the People's Army, then carry out a white-knuckle operation on the spot to block." ”

It turned out that Nozu Michiki was generally certain at this time that the KPA must have dragged the naval guns ashore and concealed the reconnaissance of the Japanese scouts, otherwise it would not have been possible to fight so far. As to why the fire was so accurate, Nozu Michiki believed that it must have been the KPA's scouts who carried out a detailed reconnaissance survey and mapping of their positions and drew a map with high accuracy, which could be used as a reference for shelling; and why the KPA scouts' activities were not discovered by the Japanese was of course negligent on the part of the Japanese soldiers.

In fact, Nozu Michiki's guess is still roughly accurate, of course, the drone is what Nozu Michiki can't think of, even if the opponent's artillery hits far and accurately, so Nozu Michiki also knows that although the People's Army has not launched a ground offensive now, it is not far away, blindly relying on the position defense is not able to defend, and can only kill the position and the People's Army for close combat, so as to offset the artillery advantage of the People's Army, and Nozu Michiki still has considerable confidence in the melee ability of Japanese soldiers.

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At this time, the KPA finally launched a river-crossing attack on the Japanese defense line of the Liao River, and the KPA provided 120 small boats for each part of the river-crossing troops, each of which could accommodate a squad of soldiers and two oarsmen. He had already laid an ambush in the dense forest near the place where he crossed the river, and when he received the order, he immediately took up his boats and ran to the river, and put them down in the river, and the soldiers immediately jumped into the boats, and then the oars rocked in unison and rowed to the opposite bank.

The artillery units of the divisions and the artillery units directly under the corps also withdrew their camouflage and opened fire one after another, bombarding the positions on the other side of the Liao River to cover the troops crossing the river and attacking.

According to the establishment of the People's Army, each division has 54 75 mm guns, the ordinary division has a division of 100 mm * artillery regiment, a total of 24 100 mm * guns, and the main division is also equipped with a 125 mm * artillery regiment, and the army has a 155 mm * artillery regiment, all of which are 18 guns, so the whole division has a total of more than 330 guns.

The armored train guns and self-propelled guns also stopped firing, and only the car towing guns, after knocking out the old artillery positions of the Japanese army, immediately turned to the next artillery position and attacked another artillery position of the Japanese army.

Amid the "booming" artillery fire, the first batch of 40 small boats of each division to cross the river had already entered the Liao River, carrying the soldiers of a battalion in charge of the assault to the opposite bank, and the boats in front had already passed through the middle of the Liao River, after all, the Liao River was only more than 200 meters wide, and it would not take much time to cross the Liao River.

The boats crossed the Liao River one by one, and the soldiers on the boat jumped off the boat and waded ashore before the boat could completely dock, and in the process of crossing the river, they hardly suffered any blows, because the Japanese artillery positions were knocked out by the KPA, and the forward positions were also heavily shelled by the KPA, and the troops deployed in the front line were still flawless in their own care, and of course they were powerless to stop the KPA from crossing the river.

After crossing the Liao River, the soldiers of the People's Army looked for cover on the bank of the river, and at the same time set up mortars to cross the Liao River with the boat, while the two oarsmen on the boat immediately rowed back and turned back, and the whole process was unsteady and orderly. It turned out that during the period of time when they were stationed in Liaoxi, the People's Army conducted special training for the operation of crossing the river, and also arranged two actual combat exercises for crossing the river, so the soldiers had also undergone full training, and they were already familiar with the road and knew what to do when they got to that point, and they basically did not suffer any blow during the whole process of crossing the river, and it seemed very relaxed.

The second division attacking from Daniu Town was the first to cross the Liao River and reach the opposite bank in 10 minutes and 45 seconds, the second was the 8th Division attacking from Xinfatun in 11 minutes and 30 seconds, and the 9th Division attacking from Laodafang Town was the last to complete the river crossing in 13 minutes and 15 seconds. And all the troops crossed the river much shorter than during the exercises.

Seeing that the first batch of soldiers had already crossed the Liao River, all the troops that crossed the river also sent the second group of soldiers to cross the river to strengthen the troops crossing the river. At this time, the KPA soldiers, who had already crossed the Liao River, had already launched an attack on the forward positions of the Japanese army.