The Japanese army did not shell the KPA positions before the attack, because Nozu Michikani had already figured out that the KPA was equipped with armored trains with a long range, so playing with the KPA artillery bombardment was completely looking for death, and it was better not to use it.

Although Nozu Michikani has not yet figured out how the KPA observed the landing point of the artillery shells and informed the soldiers in charge of firing the artillery, but even if the KPA immediately made an armored train to install the navy's large-caliber artillery, it is natural that they have a reason, and in the first battle of Liaozhong, Nozu Michikan suffered a lot. Therefore, Nozu Michikan decided to abandon the artillery bombardment before the offensive and let the army attack directly on the KPA positions. Of course, the Japanese army gave up only medium and large caliber artillery, and there were still a small number of small and medium-caliber guns of 57, 47, 37 mm, etc., which could be used with the soldiers, which could be regarded as making up for the lack of firepower.

Nozu Michikan also did not think that without artillery attack, he could not attack, because in essence, Nozu Michikan is also a spiritual person, in fact, not only Nozu Michikan, almost all Japanese soldiers in this era are spiritual people, and believe that the main factor of victory is to rely on the soldiers' bravery, morale and determination to not be afraid of sacrifice, and other factors are secondary, of course, it is a matter of Cheng Du's depth.

Although Nozu Michikani firmly believed that relying on the spiritual strength of Japanese soldiers could overcome all difficulties, he still had some sense after all, and Nogi Noshinori turned the battle of attacking Lushun into a meat grinder, which was also a profound lesson from the past, so Nozu Michikani also made a serious comparative analysis of the conditions of the two battles: the surrounding area of Lushun was mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Russians operated in Lushun6, In the past seven years, the Japanese army has built perfect and solid fortifications on the periphery of Lushun, and concrete forts have been built on almost every hill, so that the Japanese army will naturally make great efforts to attack, and will have caused huge casualties; but the terrain in Liaozhong is much flatter, and there are not many mountains, and the People's Army has only occupied Liaozhong for a few days, so what kind of positions can it build? According to the scouts' reports, the People's Army's defense line in Liaozhong is basically made of trenches. The fort was made of sandbags and covered with sandbags and a small amount of wood, and it was so simple that Nozu Michikani thought that the Japanese could break through the KPA line even without shelling.

However, the result of the battle on the first day was greatly unexpected by Nozu Michisuki, and the KPA not only blocked the Japanese attack and held its position by relying on such simple fortifications, but also inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese army.

And on this day of fighting, the Japanese army lost nearly 2,500 soldiers, and more than 3,000 soldiers were wounded, and in this day's battle, the Japanese army hardly got any good opportunities, and there were not many opportunities to connect close to the People's Army positions.

Only then did Nozu Michikan realize that the situation was wrong, and he personally braved the flames of war, approaching the battlefield to carefully observe the defense line built by the People's Army, and found some problems, the original People's Army's defense line and the trenches in Nozu Michikan's cognition are indeed a little different, it seems to be more complicated, and the line of the trenches is more tortuous, of course, these details were also noticed before the attack, but at that time he thought it was just the same, so he didn't care too much, and now it seems that this is probably famous.

In fact, although the trenches dug by the People's Army are simple, they are indeed Damingtang, and they are completely used in the old time and space of the trench layout of the First World War, the whole trench is divided into three layers, all of which are toothed or shuttle angle, which is conducive to reducing the killing area of the enemy's artillery: the first layer is the front-line trench, which is arranged with ordinary soldiers, and there is a chest wall about 40cm high on the side of the trench against the enemy, and there is a shooting port, and there is an elbow platform of about 30cm between the chest wall and the trench, so that the soldier can reduce the exposed part to the minimum when standing and shooting, and it can also be placedAnd on the side walls of the trenches, ammunition openings for bullets and other items were also dug out. A large number of holes were dug in the side walls of the inner trenches, which could be used to rest the soldiers on the one hand, and to defend against enemy artillery fire on the other.

The second layer is the support trench, which is the position of machine guns and mortars, about 30-40 meters from the front line trench, and the height of the breastwork is 90-100 cm, so that the machine gun will not be blocked by the front line trench when firing.

The third layer is the reserve trench, which is the area where the field hospital, the bunch, the front-line command post, the reserve and other places are placed, and it is about 70-100 meters away from the support trench.

There are communication trenches between the three layers of trenches, which are very convenient for communication, and before these three layers of trenches, there are also a number of foxholes, each of which can be arranged with a squad of soldiers, mainly to expand the depth of the position, and in the rear of the trenches, is the artillery position.

Of course, in addition to the trenches, the KPA's firepower is also arranged in accordance with the trenches, with 60 and 80 mortars responsible for striking at enemy troops at a range of 500-1000 meters; machine guns and grenadiers are responsible for striking at enemy troops at a range of 200-500 meters; rifles are responsible for striking at enemy troops at a range of 50-200 meters; and pistols and * are responsible for striking at enemy troops within 50 meters.

In this way, the formation of wave strikes against the enemy forces can give full play to the power of the people's army's firepower and striking intensity, and can inflict maximum damage on the enemy troops on the premise that the amount of ammunition delivered is comparable. In addition, the Japanese army still did not learn the lessons of the battle with the Russian army, and it was still lined up in a dense array during the attack, and the distance between the Japanese soldiers was basically no more than 5 meters, sometimes even only 2 or 3 meters, and it did not talk about the level of attack, covering each other, that is, blindly rushing forward, which was equivalent to giving the People's Army more room to play, and there was no threat of artillery to suppress, so the Japanese attack was almost down in rows, and it was not surprising that the casualties were heavy.

The first day of the battle turned out to be so unsmooth, this was indeed a great surprise to Nozu Michikan, and it was on the same night that Nozu Michikan received a telegram from the commander of the 11th Division stationed at Shaling Fort, Tsuchiya Harumitsu, and only then did he know that the progress of the battle at Shaling Fort was also unfavorable to the Japanese army, and the outer positions of Shaling Fort had been broken through by the People's Army, and it would be difficult to hold on to it tomorrow.

This is just a leak in the house and it rained overnight, and Nozu Michikan can't help but have a big head, there is no progress on his side, and the Sand Ridge Fort side can't withstand it for even three days, what can I do? After consulting with the staff officers, Nozu Michikan decided that at this time there was no choice but to strengthen the offensive and strive to capture Liaozhong before the loss of the Sand Ridge Fort, so Nozu Michikan also gave an order to Tsuchiya Harumitsu and ordered him to hold the Sand Ridge Fort at all costs.

However, Chief of Staff Yusaku Uehara believes that it is almost impossible to break through the KPA's defensive line only by relying on the army's strong attack and without the suppression and cover of artillery, so in tomorrow's battle, it is necessary to use artillery, and in view of the KPA's superiority in artillery firing distance, Yusaku Uehara suggested that the artillery be dispersed into brigades and even squadrons, with each unit equipped with only 3-6 guns, and be dispersed, so that such a multi-point dispersion can be used to interfere with the KPA's reconnaissance of artillery positions.

Nozu Michikan thought for a while, and also agreed with Uehara Yusaku's suggestion, after all, there was no better way, and any trick could only be tried, so he ordered Uehara Yusaku to arrange it.

Sure enough, the next day, the Japanese army launched another attack on the KPA position. And this time, the Japanese artillery finally came into full swing and first launched an artillery bombardment on the positions of the KPA.

After a day of arrangement, Yusaku Uehara arranged a total of 16 artillery positions, but first only 6 artillery positions were opened, each with 6 88mm field guns, mainly to test the KPA to see if the KPA could discover the Japanese artillery positions and carry out effective strikes.

However, as soon as the Japanese artillery was fired, the armored train unit of the People's Army immediately released a drone to reconnoiter and locate the Japanese artillery position, and the result was that in less than 10 minutes, the drone determined the location coordinates of the six artillery positions of the Japanese army. The train gun, which had been idle for a day yesterday, finally came into play, so the operator quickly determined the various shooting parameters of the train gun according to the data provided by the drone, and then filled the shell for launch.

After two rounds of calibration, the third round of firing finally succeeded in hitting a Japanese artillery position, and then two train guns carried out six rounds of firing, and a total of 7 shells accurately fell into the position, which immediately completely destroyed this artillery position. The train guns then turned the target to the next artillery position.

Within half an hour, the train artillery had destroyed three artillery positions in a row, and Yusaku Uehara couldn't hold his breath, the reconnaissance ability of the People's Army was really powerful, and the arrangement of scattered artillery positions in this way could be detected by them and carry out accurate strikes, so they hurriedly ordered the remaining five artillery positions to immediately stop shelling and move immediately. The remaining 8 unexposed artillery positions were also immediately evacuated. Then he informed Nozu Michikani that he would immediately order the ground forces to attack.

However, the evacuation of the artillery was not easy, and while the Japanese were preparing to evacuate, another artillery position was hit by train guns, and a total of 4 artillery positions were finally destroyed.

Fortunately, Nozu Michikani had already ordered his troops and launched an attack while the artillery was shelling. The Japanese artillery shelled the KPA position for almost 30 minutes, and although it did not cause major damage to the KPA's position, it did form a considerable suppressive force for the KPA, and at the same time played a certain covering role for the attacking troops.

However, as the Japanese artillery positions were destroyed by the KPA's train guns, the remaining artillery positions also retreated, and the attacking Japanese troops were once again met with stubborn resistance from the KPA.