First of all, the artillery of the 2nd Division stopped firing and began to shift their positions, first, because at this time the army had already launched an attack on the forward position of the Japanese army in Kabei Village, and if they fired again, it was easy to accidentally injure their own people, and second, the artillery had already opened fire for more than 15 minutes, and it was long overdue to move positions. Although Japan's old artillery positions had been destroyed by the KPA, it was impossible to prevent the existence of other Japanese artillery positions.

However, although the shelling stopped, the mortar unit that crossed the river with the troops took over the artillery to strike at the position in Kabei Village. One battalion is armed with 9 8 2 mm mortars and 18 6 0 mm mortars. Although the intensity and density of the mortar force hitting the forward position of the Japanese army in Kabei Village cannot be compared with that of the artillery unit, the purpose of the mortar unit is not to kill or injure the Japanese troops in the position, but to cover the advance of the attacking troops.

In fact, although the number of Japanese troops in the arranged positions is not large, they are not only well-trained, but also have been tempered by the Russo-Japanese War, and their combat experience is quite rich; when the People's Army launched an artillery bombardment, the soldiers immediately hid in trenches and bunkers, trying their best to reduce their losses, and when the People's Army stopped shelling and switched to mortars, the Japanese soldiers could also clearly feel the intensity of the artillery bombardment, which also showed that it was the moment when the other side launched an attack.

As a result, the grassroots officers of the Japanese army took action one after another, immediately organized soldiers, braved the number of falling shells, and rearranged the position to defend. Sure enough, at this time, the attacking force of the People's Army was only more than 100 meters away from the Japanese position.

It was only then that the KPA offensive tonight was substantially blocked, with gunfire, bullets flying, and people falling to the ground with bullets and casualties.

However, the Japanese army's resistance was not very strong, and it could only play a little role in delaying the KPA attack, but could not stop the KPA offensive at all. First, the People's Army has already advanced to a distance of only more than 100 meters from the position, and it is not far, and at such a short distance, it is very difficult for the defending side to block it, unless it has a great advantage in terms of strength or firepower, but the Japanese army not only has no advantage in its current strength, but can even be said to be at a disadvantage.

The forward position in Kabei Village was originally guarded by only one battalion of troops, and the strength of the defending position was already insufficient, and after being shelled by the People's Army, although the Japanese soldiers tried their best to dodge, and the artillery of the 2nd Division was mostly small and medium-caliber artillery, and the power was not so great, but there would be some losses, and now it was naturally even more stretched. It was not long before the KPA had advanced to a distance of less than 50 metres from the position.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers guarding the position saw it and knew that it would not be able to stop the advance of the People's Army by relying only on firepower, so they put on their bayonets, fought out of the position, and engaged in white-knuckle combat with the People's Army.

The KPA attack was two companies, about 260 people, and the Japanese army also had more than 200 people who fought out of the position, and the strength of the two sides was not far behind. However, the Japanese army's training, combat experience, and bayonet combat experience were superior to those of the KPA.

An ordinary Japanese army soldier generally has to go through 3-4 years of military training, and a considerable part of the newly recruited soldiers for the Russo-Japanese War are veterans, although some are newcomers, but at least they have gone through more than half a year of training, but there are many veterans around them, and they have experienced battlefield training in Liaodong, so they have also grown up very quickly.

The People's Army has only been established for more than four years, and the number of soldiers who experienced the battle against the Eight-Nation Alliance in the early days was originally small, and now they have basically served as middle- and lower-level officers at the company and battalion level, and those with actual combat experience among the lower-level soldiers are basically the experience gained in the fight against bandits, which is indeed incomparable with the Japanese army. And even so, the proportion of soldiers with actual combat experience in the People's Army is less than 4 percent.

The 2nd Division is also considered an ace unit in the People's Army, but 1/3 of the soldiers in the division are rookies who have just entered the battlefield, so whether it is training time or actual combat experience, it is slightly inferior to the Japanese army, and other units are even worse.

Another gap is the physical fitness of soldiers, after nearly 40 years of the Meiji Restoration, Japan's national strength at this time has been greatly improved, so the people's living standards compared with before the Meiji Restoration, there is indeed a significant increase, and life is good, the physical quality of the people has of course also improved a lot, because of the military social status in Japan is higher, the overall living standard is above the average level of Japanese society, although the physical quality of Japanese soldiers can not be compared with Europeans and Americans, but it is indeed a big cut behind the Chinese in this era。

In fact, the living standards of the Chinese under the rule of the East China Government have been quite improved, and the East China Government also takes great care of the soldiers, and in terms of diet, it is not much worse than Japan, but after all, the time is too short, and now neither the people nor the physical fitness of the soldiers can be compared with the Japanese.

There are three main elements of bayonet fighting: experience, body, and tactics. The KPA does not have an advantage in the first two areas, and it can even be said that it has a clear disadvantage, so it can only work more tactically. From the beginning of the formation of the KPA, one squad was equipped with two Type 96 pistols, which were specially prepared for bayonet warfare.

The Type 96 pistol was used as a ** existence in the early 20th century of the old time and space, and it was extremely powerful in melee combat within 50 meters. Therefore, before the bayonet battle, the squad leader and deputy squad leader of each squad had mounted the handle of the Type 96 pistol on the gun magazine, so that they could shoot against the shoulder and improve the accuracy of shooting.

Of course, in addition to weapons, tactics are also very important, in the bayonet battle, the whole squad of soldiers is divided into two groups, with two squad leaders as the core, while the other soldiers are scattered on both sides of the two squad leaders, and rise forward, lined up in a "V" shape, which can not only protect the two squad leaders, but also will not block the firing line of the two squad leaders.

And in the bayonet battle, the People's Army also has a big killing weapon, that is*. Therefore, when the Japanese soldiers rushed out of the position with their rifles loaded with bayonets, the attacking KPA also quickly lined up in array, and the soldiers in the front row first took out the *, pulled the strings, and threw them at the Japanese soldiers who rushed over.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The sound of the explosion suddenly rang out, although the lethality of * was not great, but firstly, the Japanese soldiers were standing relatively densely, and secondly, the psychological blow to the Japanese army should not be underestimated.

Immediately after that, the squad leader and deputy squad leader of each squad fired continuously, although the accuracy of the Type 96 pistol was not high, and the situation of jumping was very serious, but after all, the distance between the two sides was too close, and the Type 96 pistol had a total of 10 bullets, which could always hit several people.

After the double blow of the * and Type 96 pistols, the soldiers on both sides finally met in close arms and started a fierce white-knuckle battle. However, at this time, although * was not usable, the Type 96 pistol was still very useful, and the squad leader and deputy squad leader of each squad changed a magazine, and immediately went into battle again, taking advantage of the advantage of continuous shooting, shooting at the Japanese soldiers at close range, sometimes even hitting the Japanese soldiers at a distance of 3 or 4 meters. Therefore, although the bayonet technology and experience of the Japanese soldiers were obviously superior to those of the KPA soldiers, the two sides still had a difficult to solve for a while.

However, it didn't take long, and the two subsequent battalions of the People's Army also crossed the Liao River and killed the position of Kabei Village, although at this time the other Japanese soldiers in the position also participated in the battle, but the number was still far less than that of the People's Army, and naturally it was not the opponent of the People's Army, and they were killed one after another, while the remaining Japanese soldiers fought desperately and finally died, and some fled from the position. The KPA finally fully occupied the Kabei village position. At this time, there were only 40 minutes before the 2nd Division launched an attack.

At this time, the boats crossing the river had already transported the troops of the second batch of three battalions of the 2nd Division to the east bank of the Liao River, so the soldiers also immediately arranged defenses in the Kabei Village position to prevent the Japanese from regaining the position. On the bank of the Liao River, it was already very lively, in addition to the soldiers crossing the river busy getting on the boats, the engineers had also rushed to the Liao River, building bridges on the Liao River, after all, relying on boats can only cross the personnel to the east bank of the Liao River, at most mortars are transported over, but the more powerful artillery can not be transported by boats, can only build bridges. Moreover, in the future, the material transportation of the People's Army will have to pass through the Liao River, and the railway line will be extended to the east bank of the Liao River, so naturally it will have to build many bridges over the Liao River.

Of course, the erection of a train bridge is not something that can be completed in a short period of time, but in a short period of time, it is completely possible to erect a few wooden bridges and even pontoon bridges over the Liao River to ensure that artillery can pass.

At this time, in the command headquarters, in addition to receiving the good news from the 2nd Division, the 8th and 9th Divisions also received good news, these two divisions have successfully crossed the Liao River, the 8th Division occupied the Sanjiafen position, and the 9th Division occupied the Daju Village position.

First of all, Japan has arranged six forward positions along the Liao River, and now the People's Army has only captured three of them, and secondly, Japan still has the second-line position of Zhengjiatun position, although the People's Army has carried out a fierce fire attack on the Zhengjiatun position, but it is not enough to completely destroy the Zhengjiatun position, as long as the Japanese army is given a chance to breathe, it is possible to arrange a defense in the Zhengjiatun position again, and even support the forward position.

Therefore, the command immediately issued orders to the three divisions, ordering the 2nd Division to attack the Houzheng Fort position, the 8th Division to attack the Taojiacun position, and the 9th Division to attack the Majiafang Village position.