On the whole, this defensive position is a trapezoidal shape, the distribution of troops is also very even, the most important three mechanical vehicles are arranged in the rear of the position, there are two layers of defense line, and the protection is also thorough, and the two self-propelled guns also have 4 machine guns each, two of which are 89 heavy machine guns brought by the crossing, the firing range can reach 1500 meters, and the power is much greater than that of ordinary machine guns, all have been erected on the roof, because the position of the roof is higher, so it can be used as fire support for the whole army. It can be regarded as a medium standard, although there are no outstanding highlights, and there are no obvious loopholes.

As soon as the positions of the People's Army were arranged, Zhang Fangping received a notice from Huang Taisong that the Japanese army had launched an attack on the People's Army. Zhang Fangping looked up into the distance, and sure enough, he saw that there seemed to be a figure shaking in the dense forest in front of him, so he hurriedly picked up his binoculars, and sure enough, they were all Japanese soldiers in gray and yellow uniforms, and they could even see their faces clearly. And look at the distance, it is about 1000 meters away.

It turned out that the Japanese army also understood that this place could basically be regarded as the area under the control of the People's Army, so it was absolutely impossible to fight here for a long time, and it was necessary to fight a quick battle. As a result, the Japanese army did not even set up a position, but only arranged the army to hide in the jungle about 1,200 meters away from the KPA, and then immediately sent two squadrons to attack the KPA position under the cover of trees.

Zhang Fangping put down the binoculars, and felt quite a little in his heart, this is still the 8 times the telescope that he was equipped with when he was promoted to battalion commander, but this thing is really easy to use, and the enemy can be found more than 1000 meters away, no wonder the chiefs often say that science and technology are combat effectiveness.

It turned out that Zhang Fangping's telescope was the binoculars produced by Zeiss company purchased by the East China government in Germany, although in this era, the price of binoculars was expensive, but the role in the war was huge, much stronger than the old-fashioned monoculars, so the East China government still purchased a large number of a batch, of course, all kinds of distances, to ensure that the commanders of units above the battalion level can be equipped with one, battalion level with 8 times the distance, regiment level with 12 times the distance, and division level with 16 times the distance.

Although Zhang Fangping's telescope is only 8 times the distance, in the army battlefield, this distance is completely sufficient, after all, the battalion commander does not need to command the overall battle, just fight the local battlefield for which he is responsible.

After determining the distance of the Japanese army, Zhang Fangping immediately ordered the mortar unit to bombard the Japanese army.

Now there are 24 60 mortars and 6 82 mortars in the KPA. Of course, to fight in jungle terrain environments, the main thing is to use 60 mortars. So the KPA 24 60 mortars were distributed in two batches, taking turns firing and bombarding the Japanese troops.

Although in the jungle, the trees provided a lot of cover for the Japanese troops, which greatly reduced the lethality of the shells, and some shells even hit the trees and failed to fall within the target range, but still caused some damage to the Japanese troops, and the Japanese troops also knew that their whereabouts and positions were discovered by the KPA, so they also accelerated the speed of their advance.

After several rounds of shelling, the Japanese also advanced to within 500 meters of the KPA position, and at this time, rifles, machine guns, grenadiers and other weapons in the two forward positions of the KPA were also fired at full power and launched a blow at the Japanese army.

For a while, dense bullets whizzed through the forest, causing the leaves to fall like snowflakes, and the splinters of the trees were shattered, and the stumps and broken trees flew in all directions in the jungle, mixed with the constant screams of the Japanese soldiers. And the Japanese army also had some accidents, this team of only more than 1,000 people, with so many machine guns and artillery, but this also further confirmed the importance of these two large-caliber artillery, otherwise such an army would not have been sent to escort, if these two guns can be destroyed, it will definitely be of great help to the Japanese army. Therefore, although the Japanese army was blocked by the KPA, the speed of the advance did not weaken, and while advancing, the guns were fired, and the terrain of the jungle also greatly weakened the firepower of the KPA, providing a lot of convenient conditions for the Japanese attack.

After paying the price of nearly 100 casualties, the Japanese army finally advanced to a position about 200 meters away from the KPA position, but at this time the Japanese army was not in a hurry to attack, but looked for a place where it could hide, hide its body, form a battle line, and launched a confrontation with the KPA, and at the same time, the rear also brought up machine guns and 37 rapid-fire guns to strengthen its own firepower. Efforts were made to suppress the KPA's firepower in one fell swoop and to prepare for an all-out attack on the KPA's positions.

First, the Japanese army has a large number of soldiers, and the quality of the soldiers is also stronger than that of the soldiers of the People's Army, and the speed and accuracy of shooting are higher than those of the People's Army; in fact, when fighting in the jungle, the accuracy of shooting is more important; second, although the Japanese army's machine guns are not as many as the People's Army, they use Makqin heavy machine guns, and the rate of fire and power are much stronger than the general-purpose machine guns used by the People's Army, not to mention that the Japanese army also has two 37 rapid-fire guns in formation, but the 37 rapid-fire guns are direct-fire weapons, otherwise the Japanese army will use them to directly attack the two self-propelled guns。

Moreover, the KPA's position was temporarily arranged, and there was no time to dig trenches and fill mud and sand bags, so it could only rely on natural shelters such as trees, bushes, and rocks, and the defensive strength of such a position was extremely limited, so after the Japanese army's battle line was arranged, the KPA's casualties increased greatly, and the firepower was gradually suppressed by the Japanese army.

And at this moment, on the roof of the two self-propelled guns, a total of 4 Type 89 heavy machine guns began to fire, providing fire support for the positions ahead.

The Type 89 heavy machine gun is a 12.7 millimeter bullet, the range and power are much greater than the general machine gun, although it is not as fast as the 37 rapid-fire gun, but the rate of fire of the machine gun is much faster than the 37 rapid-fire gun, not to mention a total of 4, and the woods on this machine gun bullet shielding effect is also greatly weakened, smaller trees will even be broken by the waist, or pierced. Therefore, after the addition of these four heavy machine guns, the firepower of the People's Army suddenly increased greatly, and two Japanese machine gun points were destroyed in a row, and the two 37 rapid-fire guns of the Japanese army did not dare to stay in the forward position, but retreated more than 200 meters, and did not dare to open fire recklessly. So in the firepower competition between the two sides, the KPA once again had the upper hand, but after all, it was an exchange of fire in the woods, which still had a certain hindrance effect on the firepower, and the KPA did not completely suppress the Japanese army.

Seeing this, the Japanese army no longer pursued fire suppression, and immediately launched another attack on the KPA's position, trying to close the distance and engage the KPA in a hand-to-hand battle. Despite the KPA's efforts, the Japanese were determined to attack, and with the help of trees, they gradually approached an area of about 50 meters from the KPA line.

Generally speaking, by this area, the offense is almost successful, and the defending side should be ready for a white-knuckle fight. But for the KPA, this distance was not enough, and the soldiers threw themselves at the Japanese army, and at the positions of the KPA, a series of explosions sounded, forming an almost uninterrupted line of explosions, and the fighters armed with Type 96 pistols also fired continuously to make up for the gap in the explosions.

And the distance between the two sides is shortened, the trees are also greatly reduced, and the blocking is much less, so the Japanese soldiers were killed, and the bullets hit are not calculated, although the fighting spirit of the Japanese army is still undiminished, and the charge is still brave, but the number of people who have no choice but to attack is not enough, and they did not expect that the People's Army can maintain such a strong firepower at this distance, and finally they still can't stand it, and retreat back, only a few soldiers rushed to the front of the People's Army's position, but because the number is too small, they were all annihilated by the People's Army.

At this time, the Japanese army also realized that although the number of this people's army was not large, it was not easy to deal with, so the Japanese army also changed its tactics, since it was difficult to win the frontal attack, so it was not to visit and try to attack from the flank, so the Japanese army sent a squadron to try to attack from the left side of the people's army, and the result was that the flank of the people's army was also tightly defended, and the Japanese army could not find an opportunity to take advantage of it, and finally returned home.

Although the two successive attacks were unsuccessful, the number of Japanese casualties had exceeded 300, but the Japanese army also discovered a loophole in the KPA defensive position, that is, the gap between the front position and the flank position was too large, more than 500 meters, although this range was also within the strike distance between the front and the flank, but after all, it gave the Japanese army an opportunity. After all, it is better than storming the positions of the KPA head-on.

The Japanese immediately readjusted their tactics and sent two squadrons to attack the KPA's left front and left flank positions, intending to divert the attention of the KPA's positions, and sent another squadron to insert between the front and flank positions.

This move really worked, after the Japanese army broke through, although it was also attacked by frontal and flank positions, but after all, it was pinned down by the attacking Japanese army, and it was difficult to concentrate firepower to attack the Japanese army that was inserted, so it could only cause a certain amount of damage to the Japanese army, but it could not stop the Japanese insertion at all.

The Japanese advanced almost 200 meters in the gap between the positions of the People's Army, with only a dozen casualties, and the two huge self-propelled guns were less than 300 meters in front of them, and there were several carriages around, and the Japanese soldiers couldn't help but be in high spirits, but at this moment, the gunfire around the two self-propelled guns rang out intensively.

In fact, Zhang Fangping is very aware of the weakness of the position he arranged, but the number of troops in his hands is too small, and to ensure the absolute safety of the two self-propelled guns, the defense line must be expanded, so it is impossible to do it tightly, and his response is to use the position of the inner line to make up for the gap, the inner line position is Zhang Fangping's battalion headquarters and the defensive circle with two self-propelled guns as the core, although the number is not much, only more than 100 people, and most of them are logistics personnel, but the firepower is very powerful, mainly from the 8 machine guns installed on the two self-propelled guns, although the direction of the Japanese attack is on one side, only 4 machine guns are available, but it was enough to deal with the Japanese troops who were inserted from the gap.