The KPA shelling lasted almost 30 minutes, and more than 10,000 shells were poured into the positions of the Russian army, and the positions of the Russian army to the east and north were almost completely cleared by shells.

Although the Russian army also dug trenches in the position, the depth of the Russian trenches was only about 2 meters, and they did not dig anti-artillery holes in the side walls, so the defense against artillery bombardment was very limited. In addition, the People's Army's artillery is mostly of large and medium-caliber artillery, and the power of artillery shelling is far from being comparable to that of medium- and medium-caliber artillery. Due to the insufficient depth of the Russian trenches, the impact force formed by a 280-mm shell is enough to cause varying degrees of damage to Russian soldiers within a radius of more than 20 meters where the shell lands.

As a result, the KPA shelling caused heavy casualties to the Russian troops in the position, and after the shelling ended, the casualties of the Russian army were close to 3 percent, and the defense of the position was also destroyed by about 4 percent, and then the KPA launched a ground attack on the Russian position.

Although the remaining Russian troops in the position are still struggling to resist with the help of the remaining positions, the KPA's offensive is not blindly relying on people to pile up, but to give full play to the advantages of the KPA's firepower, because the KPA's mortars, grenadiers, general-purpose machine guns and other weapons can be attacked together with the synchronous troops, so they can easily break into a position close to the Russian position 300-500 meters to provide fire suppression support to the attacking infantry.

Powered by a general-purpose machine gun, Mortars, grenadiers composed of firepower is still quite powerful, unless the Russian army uses artillery to suppress, but the Russian artillery positions have been destroyed in the people's army shelling just now, the rest of the artillery is also busy hidden, now can only rely on the soldiers arranged in the position to use rifles and the people's army firepower confrontation, of course, the Russian army also has a part of the Makqin machine guns, so that it can provide strong fire support to the Russian army, but first, the number of Makqin machine guns is too small, and the whole army has only a dozen, which is simply not enough; second, once the people's army discovers the firing point of the Makqin machine guns, it will concentrate several mortars and carry out continuous intensive artillery bombardment, it will soon be able to knock out the Makqin machine gun fire point, so the firepower of the Russian army's position cannot compete with the firepower of the People's Army at all, and after the Makqin machine gun fire point was gradually knocked out, it was immediately completely suppressed by the firepower of the People's Army.

The People's Army's army also took advantage of the situation to launch a final assault, first breaking through the Xingwangtun position of the Russian army, and launching a white-knuckle battle with the Russian army guarding the position, and then Xingshengtun and Xinglong Nantun were also successively broken into by the People's Army.

Of course, the soldiers of the Russian army know that now the war is at a critical time, if they can no longer withstand the attack of the People's Army at this time and are completely driven out of the position by the People's Army, then this battle will be lost, and the Russian army can not compete with the People's Army in firepower, but in white-knuckle warfare has always been the best combat method of the Russian army, and the soldiers of the Russian army also have full confidence in their white-knuckle combat capabilities, and naturally their courage is doubled, so the Russian army is also brave at this time, fighting desperately.

However, the People's Army is not to be outdone, they have already invaded the positions of the Russian army, of course, there is no reason to retreat, not to mention that after the previous battle, the People's Army's white-knuckle combat ability has also been greatly improved, and there are *, 96-style pistols and other weapons that can play a big role in white-knuckle warfare, so they are also high-spirited, and it is difficult to separate the Russian army for a while.

It can be said that at the beginning of the white-knuckle battle, the soldiers on both sides showed a very heroic and tenacious fighting spirit, and fierce battles were being waged on every inch of the position, and some positions would even change hands several times; many soldiers even scuffled together, rolling back and forth on the ground, tearing and beating, and not only with bayonets, but also with stones, sticks, and even punches and kicks. Anyway, as long as there are weapons and methods that can be used, all the weapons and methods will be used; when the soldiers in front fall, someone will immediately take over; and the corpses of the soldiers killed on both sides have been intertwined in the position, and the blood stains the earth red, and has been absorbed by the mud and sand, but the living soldiers still do not stop and continue to fight to the death.

However, in the fierce battle, the People's Army still gradually gained the upper hand, first of all, the artillery strikes and firepower at the beginning of the battle, which caused relatively large casualties to the Russian army, and the Russian army was originally at a disadvantage in numbers, and the gap between the two sides in numbers was also further widened; secondly, although the Russian army's white-knuckle warfare can be better than the People's Army, the People's Army has a lot of auxiliary weapons, so the People's Army can take advantage of a certain advantage under the same conditions, this is not the era of cold weapons after all, and it can win simply by relying on individual combat effectiveness。

As a result, the Russian army's positions were constantly squeezed and eroded by the KPA, and it was very difficult to regain the lost positions, so they could only retreat gradually; although the KPA was not advancing quickly, it was very resolute, and when it occupied a position, it firmly held it and never lost it again, gradually and gradually expanding its superiority, and firmly grasping the course of the battle in its own hands. Moreover, as the People's Army gradually expands its advantages, the morale and fighting spirit of the whole army are getting higher and higher, and the resistance of the Russian army is gradually weakening.

At this time, in the headquarters of the Russian army on the southern front, the commander of the Russian army, Major General Levistam, the commander of the 2nd Division, and Major General Ike, the commander of the 71st Division, were like ants on a hot pot, because from the beginning of the war, the two of them almost never received good news, either their positions were lost, or the army suffered heavy casualties, and then the report of asking for reinforcements came, and now the two of them have sent all the reserves on hand, including most of the guards, and now the two divisions add up to only two companies of guards.

Suddenly, a signal corpsman rushed into the headquarters and said: "Report, the defenders of the Xingshengtun position have suffered heavy casualties, and Brigade Commander Plessikov asked for help to reinforce the strength of a regiment." ”

Levistam said angrily, "Didn't you just give him a regiment reinforcements an hour ago?

Ike also said: "Tell Plesikov that we don't have any reinforcements here, and let him find a way to resist it by himself no matter what." ”

Before the words fell, another communication soldier ran in and said, "Report, the Dongjiagou position is almost unbearable, please send troops to support." ”

Ike said angrily: "The Dongjiagou position has basically not been shelled, and the losses are minimal, how can it not be able to withstand it? This is clearly Netevsky's ineffective fighting, tell Nedevsky, I have no reinforcements here, if he can't hold the position, then let's live with the position." ”

At this moment, another communications soldier came running out of breath and said, "Report, prosper...... Xingwangtun position, lost...... Lost. ”

When Levistam and Ike heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked, and Levistam slammed the pencil in his hand to the ground, calling the name of the commander of the Xingwangtun position and scolding: "Rubbish, Vokanovsky is really a waste, it really dishonors the family......"

Before he finished his words, he saw the commander of the guard company, Major Buchinchev, hurriedly walked into the headquarters and said: "Your Excellency Division Commander, the Xingwangtun position has been broken through by the People's Army, and now the vanguard of the People's Army is only 6 or 700 meters away from our headquarters, and the defense line we have arranged has exchanged fire, and it is no longer safe here, please ask the two division commanders to transfer the headquarters immediately." ”

Levistam and Ike glanced at each other, and both of them understood that the "transfer of the command headquarters" at this time was actually an evacuation from the battlefield, but this evacuation meant that the war had been completely abandoned, and it was difficult to say that the war had really reached the point of no return? At this moment, only the sound of two explosions of "boom" was heard outside, and it could be heard that the location of the explosion was very close to the location of the command headquarters, and it was never more than 100 meters. This is the shelling of the People's Army, they have already discovered this place, and they are shelling here, division commander, move quickly. ”

In fact, there is no need for Buchinchev to persuade him at this time, the two explosions just now have already made Levistam and Ike see the danger, and of course the two of them will not risk staying in the command again, so Levisham waved his hand and said, "Withdraw, withdraw quickly." As he spoke, he took the lead and walked out of the headquarters in a hurry.

When he came outside, Levistam found that he saw soldiers scurrying everywhere, and the gunfire was very close to the headquarters, and a few shells fell on the nearby periphery, and it turned out that the Xinglong Nantun position was also broken through by the People's Army. And Levistam and Ike also know that the current battle situation is irretrievable, and it is time to withdraw from the battlefield, if they don't leave at this time, it will be too late.

So Levistam divided the direction, listened to the sound of gunfire for a while, pointed to the southwest, and said, "Retreat from this side." ”

The positions of the Russian army in the northeast were successively broken through by the People's Army, and the command of the Russian army was also withdrawn from the battlefield, and the Russian troops in the other positions had no intention of continuing to fight, and withdrew from the battlefield one after another, and finally became a situation of rout on the whole front. The People's Army, on the other hand, took advantage of the situation to pursue, divide and encircle the defeated and fleeing Russian troops, capture prisoners, seize supplies, and expand their own gains.

By about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the overall situation on the battlefield was basically decided, except for a few places where there was still a little sporadic fighting, while most of the KPA soldiers had begun to clean up the battlefield, count the captured supplies, take in the prisoners, and provide emergency battlefield treatment to the wounded.

It took only one day for the KPA to completely defeat the Russian army on the southern front, win the battle, and tip the balance of the entire battle in favor of the KPA.