The commander of the 4th Army Corps of the Japanese Army, Admiral Michiki Nozu, was woken up from his sleep and the first clear words he heard were: "Your Excellency, Commander, we are under attack by enemy troops. ”

The admiral immediately woke up from his sleep, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the frightened and anxious face of his adjutant Heijiro Ono, and at the same time heard the sound of "booming" shelling. While Nozu Michiki sat up from the bed, he said, "What are you panicking about? The overseas Chinese army launched an attack on that position. ”

Nozu Michigui did not pretend to be calm, because he knew that the combined fleet had planned to intercept the Russian fleet in the Tsushima Strait, and the time was about these days, so if overseas Chinese wanted to intervene in this war, it would be certain that in the past few days, Nozu Michigui had been ordered to organize the Liaodong defense line for more than three months, and not only made full preparations, but also formulated several contingency plans in case of emergency. It is precisely because of these preparations that Nozu Michigui does not panic in his heart, as long as he understands the direction of the enemy's attack, he can follow the plan and carry it out step by step.

However, Ono Heijiro's answer was: "It was our Zhengjiatun position that was shelled. ”

Nozu Michigui was getting dressed, and after hearing this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately said, "Zhengjiatun position...... How could it be the Zhengjiatun position?"

Due to the lack of troops, and the Liao River system of the river system of the river is numerous, so the Japanese army is to use the front loose rear tight force arrangement, in the defense section of the central Liao River, the Japanese army in the Liao River side of the three tombs, Taojia Village, Kabei Village, Houzheng Tubao, Majiafang Village, Forward positions were set up in six places in Daju Village, about 1,000 kilometers away from the Liaohe River, and each position was garrisoned by a battalion of troops, with the goal of monitoring the movements of the People's Army; while Liujiagang Village in the south of Liaozhong County relied on the Hara River and set up a second line of defense, about 10 kilometers away from the Liaohe River, and the main forces of the Japanese army were stationed on this position, and once the People's Army launched an attack on the Liaohe defense line, the main force of the Japanese army arranged on the second line immediately rushed to the support and garrison of the forward position.

At the same time, it can also avoid its own casualties caused by artillery strikes on the forward positions before the KPA launches an attack, and if the forward positions are lost, they can also retreat to the second line of defense to continue to garrison and maintain the battle line. But Nozu Michiki didn't think that the other side actually crossed the forward position and directly shelled his second line of defense.

However, his second line of defense is about 10 kilometers away from the Liao River, which is almost the limit of the range of the army's artillery in this era, is it possible that the People's Army has placed its artillery along the Liao River? If that is the case, it would not be bad, the artillery positions of the People's Army would be exposed, and he could take the opportunity to strike at the artillery units of the People's Army, and if he could really defeat the artillery units of the People's Army, then even if his second line of defense was shelled, it would be worth it. It's just that overseas Chinese can be so stupid?

Thinking of this, Nozu Michiki immediately came to his senses again, hurriedly dressed and came to the headquarters, at this time the other officers and staff officers of the 4th Army Corps were all in place, and the telegraph machine in the telegraph room next door was also full of people, and the sound of "Di Di Di Di" kept ringing, and from time to time someone came over and handed over the telegram received.

Nozu Daogui sat down in his place and said, "How is the situation in the Zhengjiatun position now?"

A staff officer said: "We have lost contact with the Zhengjiatun position, it is estimated that there must be a problem with the telegraph or antenna, and the last news we received is that the enemy is suspected of using large-caliber artillery, and the losses of the position are very heavy." We have already sent people to the Zhengjiatun position to check. ”

Nozu Michiki frowned, although the army rarely uses large-caliber artillery, but it is not completely nothing, the Japanese army conquered Lushun, and used 280 mm caliber cannons, of course, the diameter is only 15, so the firing range is only more than 10 kilometers, the Japanese army had to waste a painful price to capture the 203 heights, and with great effort, the giant artillery was moved to the high ground in order to launch a blow to Lushun.

However, it was very difficult for the giant artillery to move, and it had to be disassembled and carried and reassembled on the position, so the movement was quite large, and why did his own scouts not find any clues? However, now was not the time to hold the scouts responsible, so he said: "Immediately find out the artillery positions of the overseas Chinese, and order our artillery to prepare." ”

Another staff officer said: "We have already contacted the six forward positions, and we have not found the artillery positions of overseas Chinese along the Liao River, and judging from the sound of artillery, it is at least 7 or 8 kilometers away from the Liao River." ”

Nozu Michigui was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "This is impossible? It is impossible for the artillery of overseas Chinese to hit so far? Unless they bring the naval guns ashore." ”

Just then, a telegraph operator came in and handed a telegram to a staff officer. When the staff officer saw it, his face immediately became miserable, and he said: "Your Excellency, commander, we have been shelled by the enemy in the artillery position of the old house. ”

Nozu Michigui couldn't help but be taken aback again, the artillery position of the old house is an artillery position set up as a supporting artillery position for the two forward positions of Kabei Village and Houzheng Tubao, about 6 kilometers away from the Liao River, which is also a relatively safe distance, and is well hidden, and its own firepower can basically cover the waters of the Liao River in the two sections of Kabei Village and Houzheng Tubao, and I can't imagine that this artillery position has also been shelled by the enemy. The difficulty is that the overseas Chinese really moved the navy's naval guns to land.

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At this time, the Japanese army's Zhengjiatun position was already in a mess, and there were fires everywhere, and almost all the tents that had been erected were destroyed.

It turned out that after the first train shell hit, two train guns took turns firing, and two self-propelled guns also fired at the Zhengjiatun position. Although there are only 4 guns, they are all large-caliber guns, and the power of a 200 mm shell can cover most of the football field, while a 240 mm shell is even more powerful. And within 30-50 meters of the shell explosion, people will be killed or internally injured.

In fact, the positions set up by the Japanese army also considered the attack of defensive artillery, but it was to support a few logs on the top of the trench and cover some sandbags on it, such a defense still has a considerable effect on small and medium-caliber artillery, but the defense against large-caliber shells such as 200 mm and 240 mm is greatly reduced, and such fortifications can be destroyed with one shot. Therefore, as one shell after another falls, although there are not many explosions in the entire position, each explosion can cause huge damage to the position.

The whole shelling lasted only about 18 minutes, and the two train guns fired a total of 16 shots, while the two self-propelled guns fired 27 times, hitting a total of more than 80 shells into the positions, and most of the positions were cleaned by shells, and the explosion of two corpses of ammunition depots was also triggered, and the casualties of the Japanese were incalculable.

Immediately after the shelling, the self-propelled guns turned to the next artillery position, and the train guns regrouped their firing units and fired at the next target. Qiu Yahui and others were quite satisfied with the results of the shelling, and Deputy Commander Wang Jianping said: "It's a good fight, this position is destroyed, and the train guns and self-propelled guns are really powerful." ”

Liu Jun said: "Lao Wang probably won't blame the command and the Military Commission for favoring the Marine Corps now." ”

Wang Jianping was also a little embarrassed, touched the back of his head, and said, "I really didn't expect that these modified weapons would be so powerful." ”

Qiu Yahui said: "This is the advantage of being one step ahead, although our weapons are all modified, but the basis used for modification is the technology of the old time and space, and there are drones as a guide, so on the whole, it is probably 1 to 2 generations ahead of Japan, such a big gap can fully support us to win this war." ”

At this time, Liu Jun said: "Our first round of strikes has been successful, is it time for the car towing artillery regiment to open fire, strike while the iron is hot, and take down the Japanese position in one go." ”

Qiu Yahui nodded and said, "Inform the car towing artillery regiment that it can open fire." ”

The target of the 155 mm caliber car towing * artillery regiment is the artillery position set up by the Japanese army in the old house, although the Japanese army covers the artillery position of the old house very well, but under the aerial reconnaissance of the UAV, there is no way to hide, after all, from the perspective of aerial reconnaissance, peaceful reconnaissance is not the same, and the Japanese army does not carry out the cover of reconnaissance in the air defense of the artillery, so the UAV will be very clear to the artillery positions set up by the Japanese army, and also provide accurate shooting parameters for the artillery bombardment of the People's Army.

The purpose of striking at the Japanese army's Zhengjiatun position was to cut off the Japanese army's support for the forward position, while striking at the Japanese army's artillery position was to knock out the Japanese army's ability to strike at the attacking troops crossing the river, otherwise there would inevitably be heavy casualties when the KPA crossed the river to attack. Only after these two parts have been eliminated can the safety and success of the attacking forces crossing the river be ensured.

By this time, the 155 mm car-towed * artillery regiment had already been prepared, and the firing units of all the guns were set up and were just waiting to be fired. Therefore, after receiving the order from the command, a round of calibration was carried out, and the results of the shooting were determined to be accurate, and all 18 fire guns immediately launched a fierce continuous shelling.

The rate of fire of the 155 mm gun was much faster than that of the 200 mm gun and the 240 mm gun, which could reach 5 rounds per minute, and after firing continuously for more than 6 minutes in one breath, each gun fired 30 shells, and a total of more than 500 shells were fired.