Moreover, the Japanese army has not established a position in the periphery of Liaoyang for a long time, the fortifications are mainly tunnels, the fortresses are all civil structures, only a few fortresses are made of concrete structures, first, the cement technology of this era is still very backward, China almost does not produce cement in the modern sense, and Japan's domestic cement production is not high, and the transportation and demand are difficult, so there is not much cement; second, in the past, the defense of the People's Army was mainly along the Liaohe River to arrange the defense line, Liaoyang is only the second line, so in the months of confrontation with the People's Army, the Japanese army mainly operated the Liaohe defense line, but no one in the Japanese army thought of the Liaohe defense line that had spent a lot of effort to operate, in front of the armored train guns of the KPA is simply vulnerable, and it will not be able to hold even a day.

When the Russian army defended Liaoyang, it built a large number of positions, although they were destroyed a lot in the war, but there are still some that can continue to be used, but most of these positions are in the south of Liaoyang, and now the People's Army is attacking from the west of Liaoyang, so the Japanese army can not use much.

The first artillery units of the People's Army to fire at the Japanese positions were 155 mm * guns and 125 mm * guns, both of which had a range of 10 kilometers and were powerful, with a killing range of 40-60 meters, and also had a certain destructive effect on the tunnels. The orange-red tongues of fire spewed out from the muzzle of the cannon were very eye-catching and dazzling in the dark night, just like the dazzling fireworks that bloomed, and the roar of the cannon was like a rumbling war drum, announcing the advent of war.

As soon as the shells fell, they would release their energy in the Japanese army's position full of malice, turning into dazzling fireballs, blooming with explosive orange flowers, bringing out scattered mud and sand and gravel, destroying all targets that could be destroyed, and the earth trembled violently as if it was terrified of the fierce shelling of the People's Army, and no inch of land was spared. It is like the wrath of the thunder god in the flood era, scattering countless thunderbolts and lightning to the earth, and it is like the coming of the last day judgment in the legend and mythology, sprinkling the horror of death to the world.

Every time a shell lands, the Japanese soldiers within 20 meters of the shell landing point will be immediately blown to pieces and die, and those who are far away will not be any better, the impact of the explosion will be smaller, but the flying shrapnel and stones will also have a very terrible power, either death or injury. Therefore, the Japanese soldiers in the position could only lie in the tunnel at this time, listening to the continuous sound of explosions around them, enduring the breath of today, the air full of the smell of gunpowder, trembling, even those who do not believe in God on weekdays, are praying for the protection of Amaterasu at this time. I don't know when a cannonball falls into the tunnel where I'm hiding and sends myself to Amaterasu.

Although the Japanese army did dig a lot of tunnels in the past few days, the Japanese army's tunnel technology, because of its defense tunnel technology is still very backward, not only the direction of the tunnel is very straight, not much bending, and the depth is just enough to allow only one soldier to stand and shoot, about 1.3 meters, so the defense against artillery is very limited. During the First World War, a 90-degree right-angle bend would be set up within 15-20 meters of the tunnel, so as to limit the killing range of the shells to the greatest extent, and the depth of the tunnel should be at least more than 3 meters, even 5-6 meters, in order to effectively resist the shock wave and shock wave generated by the explosion of large-caliber shells. The interior of the tunnel uses a ladder structure, and soldiers usually hide at the bottom of the tunnel, and only stand at the top of the ladder during battle. However, the Japanese tunnels were apparently still at the amateur level, so the positions were also seriously damaged under the heavy fire of the KPA.

Of course, such a big movement, of course, the Japanese army will not be without reaction, in the rear of the Japanese position, there are also a lot of artillery positions, some of the artillery is placed in the open air, just covered with a layer of gun clothing, so when the reaction of the Japanese artillery also hurriedly removed the gun clothing, brought in shells, and fired back artillery.

In fact, in the dark of night, the Japanese could not distinguish where the KPA's artillery fire came from, let alone determine the location and distance of the KPA's artillery positions, so they could not take aim. But the Japanese artillery counterattack not only did not pose any threat to the KPA, but also exposed its own position. The 155-mm towed guns assigned to the KPA armies, under the guidance of the UAVs, launched a series of strikes on the Japanese artillery positions, clearing the Japanese artillery positions one by one.

After a wave of heavy artillery strikes, the relatively smaller caliber 105 mm guns, 75 mm guns also began to exert power, these two types of artillery are less powerful, but they are better in number, fast rate of fire, and more intensive fire strikes, and the Japanese positions have been seriously damaged, the tunnels have also been blown up, blowing up many places, so the second wave of artillery strikes on the Japanese positions are also more comprehensive, more indiscriminate.

The KPA fire lasted about 40 minutes, with a total of nearly 20,000 shells, before the shelling gradually became more and more relaxed, and two drones were released from the headquarters to reconnoiter the results of the shelling. And the artillerymen, who stopped shelling, began to readjust the firing units, carry out positional shifts or push forward.

Although the picture transmitted by the drone is a night vision effect, it can also be seen that the various positions of the Japanese army are already in a miserable situation, all the positions are as flat as the surface of the moon, the craters are dense, and it is like the ruins after the earthquake, crooked, almost no intact place, the tunnels dug by the Japanese army are also as rough as caterpillars, and it can be seen very clearly that the positions are covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers, in various postures, and most of them are incomplete, some are covered by sand, and some are only half of the body left。

It turned out that in order to prevent the People's Army from attacking at night, the Japanese army arranged half of the soldiers on the position and stationed them in turn, and the camp was not far behind the position, and the soldiers who kept vigil in the position every day were half of the garrison army, reaching 1/4 of the whole army. However, under the full coverage of the KPA's firepower, these soldiers became the first batch of victims, and the casualties were innumerable; some were blown to pieces and had no corpses left; some were broken and their bodies were incomplete; some had broken bones and tendons, and their heads were broken and bleeding; and some were buried in the collapsed mud and sand, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead, and some were still struggling to be killed by the bombing.

Although a few people were lucky enough to escape the shells, at this time, standing in this scene that seemed to be hell on earth, the shadow was alone, and although it had been greatly reduced, the shells that still fell one after another seemed to be a little numb, and they did not dodge. Even though it is seen in a silent image, those who watch can also feel that the survivors are in a daze, and their eyes are glazed, like walking corpses, wandering ghosts.

However, the KPA command was very satisfied with the effect of the artillery bombardment and immediately ordered an extended fire attack on the Japanese positions.

Although the Japanese camp behind the position is relatively hidden, but under the reconnaissance of the drone, it is still difficult to escape the result of being discovered, after the covering fire strike on the position, the target behind is naturally the turn of the camp, in addition to the Japanese warehouse, supplies, artillery positions and so on.

Of course, the camp was so close to the dense and prolonged artillery fire just now, and the sleeping soldiers had already been awakened, and most of them had gathered, of course, they did not know what the situation was in the position, but they heard the roar of the artillery, and for a long time, they thought that it was the fierce offensive of the KPA, so they all took their weapons and prepared to enter the position to participate in the battle. Of course, there are also a small number of fast-moving troops who have entered the battlefield and are buried with the soldiers who are keeping vigil in the defensive positions.

But at this moment, the second wave of blows from the KPA fell on their heads, and the scenes that happened on the positions were repeated.

Even if it was in Liaoyang City, the rumbling sound of artillery could be heard, and although it was more than ten kilometers away, when the sound of artillery reached Liaoyang City, it was no longer deafening, but the intensity of the explosion and the length of time it lasted in order still greatly exceeded the expectations of all Japanese officers.

Oyama Iwa and Kodama Gentaro were also alarmed, got up from their beds, put on their military uniforms, and came to the operational discussion room of the headquarters, while the other staff officers and adjutant personnel had also gotten up and gathered in the operational discussion room.

At the beginning, Oyama Iwa and Kodama Gentaro were not too panicked. Because the People's Army was going to launch an attack on Liaoyang, it had long been expected by the two of them, and both of them were quite confident in the Japanese defense line, although it could not be said to be impregnable, but it was completely enough to hold on for 3 or 5 days.

But as the KPA's shelling lasted for more than 30 minutes and did not stop, both of them couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, such a dense attack, 30 minutes in a row without stopping, how many shells are needed, it is estimated that more than 10,000 rounds, can the KPA move such waste shells?

Moreover, there were also reports of the battle coming back from the forward positions, but what were the contents: heavy losses, huge casualties, requests for support, and so on, and what the two men asked, how many troops the KPA had and where was the direction of the main attack?

The staff officers also started talking at this time:

"It's been almost 40 minutes since the shelling, how many shells are going on?"

"I think at least 10,000 shells were fired, maybe 20,000, maybe more. ”

"Does the KPA have so many shells? Are they going to use up all the shells for this battle?"

"That's right, this is too wasteful, it's a war!

"Yes, whether the commander of the People's Army will use troops or not, there is a reason for such a war. ”