However, Oshima Hisashi didn't have time to think about it, after all, the Japanese army couldn't afford to spend time now, because Oshima Hisunao had already thought that the People's Army sent an army to block him here, so it was very likely that other troops were attacking Phoenix with all their might, so he must not waste time here, and he must break through the People's Army's defense line as soon as possible and rush to reinforce Phoenix.

So Oshima Hisunao also began to formulate tactics, and now the opponent's artillery is of course his biggest trouble, but if the opponent has 30 artillery pieces, scattered on three corners, then there are only more than 10 positions in each corner, which is within the acceptable range of the Japanese army. And if the enemy concentrates the artillery in one direction, it will inevitably be weak in the other directions, and although the enemy's triangular formation is solid, the distance between the three corners is still not small, exceeding the range of the artillery, so Oshima Hisunao decided to first send two brigades to attack the left and right positions of the People's Army respectively, test the reality of the People's Army, and then make a decision.

In the face of the Japanese attack, the KPA did not use mortars this time, not even grenadiers, but only rifles and machine guns to strike at the Japanese army. First, the Japanese army did not attack much, although in a hurry, the People's Army did not dig trenches, but only relying on natural bunkers such as mountains, rocks and trees, it was able to withstand the Japanese attack, because the People's Army was equipped with a large number of general-purpose machine guns, far superior to the Japanese army in terms of firepower, and second, the number of shells carried by the People's Army was also limited, after all, the 1st Division also set off lightly, although it only brought 82 mm mortars and 60 mm mortars, but the number of shells was only one base, 82 mm mortars were 32 rounds, 60 mm mortars were 45 rounds, and it could only be said that they could cope with a medium-sized war。 In the battle to contain the Japanese army just now, more than half of the regiment's artillery shells were used, and the rest was naturally left to be used until the battle was carried out and used at the time of Guan Jian.

Sure enough, the Japanese attack did not last long, and it retreated in less than 20 minutes; first, it was indeed the People's Army's firepower that was too strong; second, the Japanese Army's attack was not real in the first place, and it was only a test of the strength of the People's Army, and it was impossible to fight hard with the People's Army.

Oshima Hisunao was also quite satisfied with this tentative attack, because the KPA did not fire a single shot from beginning to end, and it seems that the KPA did not have many artillery pieces, and the KPA was very likely to use rapid-fire artillery similar to the French M1897 75mm field gun, which caused an impression of dense firepower and a large number of guns by firing at high speed.

Although judging from the attack just now, it is obvious that the KPA is equipped with a large number of machine guns, but in Oshima Hisina's opinion, machine guns are always easier to deal with than artillery. So Hisunao Oshima immediately ordered the two wings of the 6th Brigade to attack the left and right positions of the KPA separately.

This time, the Japanese were obviously in earnest, and Major General Ichibei of the 6th Brigade personally supervised the battle, and ordered the subordinate 7th Wing to attack the KPA's left flank position, and the 35th Wing to attack the right flank position. And although the Japanese army did not bring artillery, but the machine guns were brought with them, of course, they were all Makqin machine guns, although the number was not much, but both the range and power were on top of the general-purpose machine guns assembled by the People's Army, and the Bijing Makqin machine gun belonged to the standard heavy machine gun. It also provided fire support for the attacking Japanese troops.

In fact, the People's Army is also equipped with Makqin machine guns in regimental-level troops, but this time they did not bring it, not because the weight of the Makqin machine gun is too large, a complete set of Makqin machine guns weighs about 65 kilograms, which is nearly twice as heavy as the 82 mortar, but it is not unacceptable, after all, the Makqin machine gun can also be disassembled and transported, and it is completely feasible to use horses and pack them, and it is completely feasible to bring a small number of horses. And the main reason for the abandonment of the Maxim machine gun was actually bullets.

The rate of fire of the Maxim machine gun reaches 600 rounds per second, which is 2.5-3 times that of the general-purpose machine gun, and the carrying capacity of the bullet is very large, theoretically speaking, a Maxim machine gun should be equipped with at least 3000 rounds of ammunition, but in actual combat, it is not impossible to shoot 10,000 rounds at a time, and the general-purpose machine gun is designed to consider the versatility of the rifle, and the same bullet can be used, which can reduce the burden of logistics, and although the caliber of the Maxim machine gun is also the same 7.62 mm as the general-purpose machine gun, the bullet is dedicated, and longer than the general rifle bullet, not only can not be used with the rifle bullet, and the weight is also slightly heavier by 3-5 grams, although for the round round, such a difference in weight is insignificant, but when it is expanded to 1000 rounds, or even 10000 rounds, the difference in weight becomes quite large, so in order to travel lightly and quickly, the 1st Division can only abandon the Maxim machine gun.

However, a Japanese army wing was only equipped with 8 Makqin machine guns, while a regiment of the KPA was equipped with 27 general-purpose machine guns, even if a division of the Japanese army had 4 wings, and the number could not be compared at all, so the KPA relied on the general-purpose machine guns to organize a dense network of fire, and there was no room for the Japanese army to break through.

In the hour-long battle, the Japanese casualties had exceeded 1,000, but there was no breakthrough in the battle, and the KPA casualties were less than 2,000. It's just that the battle has reached this point, and the Japanese army has no way to retreat, so they can only grit their teeth and carry out the attack to the end.

So Hisunao Oshima ordered the 6th Brigade to retire and rest, and sent the 18th Brigade to continue the offensive to the KPA position.

The brigade commander of the 18th Brigade was Major General Hirasa Ryozo, and he saw very clearly from the perspective of the spectators of the attack just now, although the KPA did not use artillery, but there were too many machine guns and too dense firepower, and in order to break through such a position, it was necessary to have more powerful firepower, and the 6th Brigade Group's mistake was that the distribution of offensive forces was too even, and it seemed to be a comprehensive occurrence, but as a result, the offensive forces were insufficient, so it was necessary to concentrate the offensive forces and focus on breakthroughs.

Hirasa-razo set the goal of the breakthrough on the left flank, because the KPA's right flank position was against a small river, making it difficult for the Japanese forces to fully deploy. Therefore, Hirasa-ryo ordered the 19th Wing to feint on the KPA's right flank position to contain KPA's forces, while the 36th Wing attacked the left flank position, and concentrated 1 6 Makqin machine guns of the whole brigade on the left flank 1 4 to strengthen the Japanese army's suppressive firepower.

Sure enough, in this way, the Japanese attack really improved greatly, and the 1 4 Makqin machine guns could indeed suppress the firepower of the People's Army on the local battlefield, so after nearly an hour of fighting, the Japanese army finally succeeded in capturing the two heights of the left flank position of the People's Army, but it also paid the price of nearly 8 0 0 casualties, and of course the casualties of the People's Army exceeded 3 00 people.

After successfully capturing the two heights of the People's Army, a prominent position appeared on the left flank of the People's Army, which was a small nameless dirt mountain, and the People's Army had not had time to measure the altitude of this dirt mountain, so it did not use the prevailing principle of naming it after the altitude, and named this dirt mountain A3 Height. Although the Japanese army did not know the name of this high ground by the People's Army, they also knew that once the Japanese army captured this high ground, the left flank position of the People's Army would not be far from collapse, and breaking through the left flank position of the People's Army meant that the Japanese army finally occupied the initiative on the battlefield. As a result, the 36th Wing of the Japanese army also plucked up its courage again and launched an attack on the A3 heights.

Only at this time, the Japanese army's chief general Oshima Hisuno's brows were a little relaxed, although the loss was not small, but after all, he saw the hope of victory, so Oshima Hisunao ordered the 6th Brigade to prepare, just waiting for the 18th Brigade to capture the A3 heights, and will go into battle again, replacing the 1 8th Brigade to maintain the offensive pressure on the People's Army.

However, the Japanese army's attack on the A3 heights did not go well, and the KPA's defense on the A3 heights was unusually tenacious, which also caused the Japanese army to suffer unprecedented resistance since the start of the war. Although the Japanese army concentrated 10 Makqin machine guns in the direction of the A3 heights to suppress the fire of the KPA, this time it disappointed the Japanese army, and the KPA not only did not suppress the firepower, but on the contrary, the KPA knocked out two machine gun groups in a row.

In more than half an hour, the Japanese army launched two attacks on the A3 heights, one of which had already attacked an area of more than 30 meters in front of the KPA position, and even more than 10 Japanese soldiers broke into the KPA position, but the Japanese attack was stopped by the KPA's indiscriminate bombing at the last step, and it was still unable to break through the KPA's defensive line, and the Japanese soldiers who broke into the KPA position were all killed by the KPA because they could not get backup.

As a result, the Japanese army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, but the KPA's defense line remained impregnable. And when the Japanese retreated, the slopes of the A3 heights were almost entirely covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers.

In fact, the loss of the first two positions was deliberately done by the People's Army; on the one hand, it was to dissipate the sharp spirit of the Japanese army and wear down the hard work of the Japanese army; on the other hand, it was also to attract the attention of the Japanese army, because when the A3 Heights became a local protrusion of the battlefield, the Japanese army's attention was really attracted by this place, and they attacked with all their might at all costs, and even drew troops from the right flank position.

The KPA concentrated 2 battalions of troops on the A3 heights, with a total of 18 general-purpose machine guns, forming a powerful firepower network, and at close range, a large number of * were also used, not only firmly holding the position, it can be said that the tactical objectives of the KPA have basically been achieved. However, the People's Army also paid a lot of price for this, not only killed and wounded nearly 400 soldiers, but also a large amount of machine gun ammunition, and now the whole division's machine gun ammunition has been used up more than 6 percent, and it is the 1st Regiment that did not participate in the battle behind, and all the machine gun ammunition was given to the 2nd Regiment guarding the left flank position, after all, the People's Army is lightly armed, and it is impossible to bring too many bullets.