Compared with the smooth capture of Anshan, the battle of the 2nd Paratrooper Division, which was airborne at Benxi Lake at the same time as the 1st Paratrooper Division, was far from being so easy. The airborne operations in the entire Benxi area were extremely cruel and bloody. After a hard battle, although the combat objectives were achieved, the 2nd Paratrooper Division that participated in the battle also suffered heavy casualties, and it took more than half a year to recover its breath

Compared with Anshan, Benxi first has no airport, so it can only take parachute landing but cannot take plane landing. In Benxi, because it happened to be on the Anbong railway line, it was a key garrison target of the Third Army of the Kwantung Army at this time. The Japanese army here is not just an independent garrison, but a whole reinforced wing, plus a large number of station garrisons and some small independent combat units, and even a tank squadron here.

Although at the time of the airborne landing, the main force of the Japanese army around Benxi was on the front line of the small city and the alkali factory in the east, and was fighting fiercely with Wang Xiaoming's vanguard troops. However, when the airborne landing, the Japanese army in Benxi City still had considerable strength. Moreover, in order to ensure the safety of the Anbong Railway, the anti-aircraft firepower and alertness of the Japanese army in this direction are not comparable to the scattered Anshan.

The most important thing is that Benxi is a completely mountainous terrain, and Benxi Lake, a city of coal and steel, is located on a small mountain plain. Both sides of the urban area are mountainous, and the entire terrain cannot be compared with the terrain of the entire urban area of Anshan, which is basically a plain. Moreover, Benxi Lake is not only located in the mountainous area, but also has a north-south trending Taizi River in the urban area, and the water volume is not small.

There are also mountains in Anshan, and there are even a thousand mountains in the northeast, otherwise it would not be called Anshan. However, the mountainous terrain of Anshan is to the east of the city and to the south of Anshan. The area where Showa Steel Works is located is basically a plain area. The terrain and climate of the mountainous area where Benxi Lake is located are not comparable to those in the plains.

In particular, the wind direction in the mountains is far from being comparable to that in the plains. Although the 2nd Paratrooper Division specially practiced parachute landing in mountainous terrain before the war, as well as a series of tactics for the terrain of Benxi Lake. However, this airborne operation still caused heavy casualties to the Second Paratrooper Division.

In fact, the battle to seize Benxi Lake was not very smooth from the beginning. In the end, the Japanese army here is a regular army, and its vigilance is far from being comparable to those newly formed garrisons in Anshan. The special reconnaissance unit that infiltrated Benxi Lake took a lot of effort under the strict guard of the Japanese army. Only then was he able to take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Japanese army in Benxi Lake, whose attention was attracted by the battlefield in the east, to infiltrate the surrounding area of Benxi Lake.

Around Benxi Lake, the Japanese army was too tightly guarded. On both sides of the Taizi River, you can overlook the entire urban area, and there are open bunkers built by the Japanese army everywhere, and a large number of anti-aircraft gun bunkers have been built. The anti-aircraft gunners inside, the officers on duty were also quite vigilant.

Between the bunkers, not only a large number of light and dark posts were arranged, but also patrols equipped with military dogs. A large area of barbed wire has been built around a number of important targets. At present, there is no urban area as large as a county in later generations, and searchlights are installed in almost all key parts.

Faced with such a situation, it was not an easy task to destroy the radar station in the north and to designate targets for the upcoming airborne landing without alarming the enemy forces as much as possible. Because the commander of the Anti-United Nations who led the infiltration did not know where to place this airborne area for a while.

The Japanese army turned the entire Benxi Lake urban area, relying on the surrounding mountains, and turned this small city, which is not big at the moment, into almost a fire hedgehog. The firepower on the mountains on both sides can not only directly control the Anbong Railway, the best passage in and out of the Benxi Lake urban area, but also control the entire urban area.

If the wrong place is chosen, it will have devastating consequences for the troops involved in the airborne. If the airborne area is selected on the east and west sides of Benxi Lake, then even if the loss is not large in the airborne process. But in the face of the fire of the Japanese fortification groups on the mountains on both flanks, the Airborne Forces, which had only light weapons, would not have anything good to eat.

After several hesitations, the commander who led the team decided to report the general situation of the entire Benxi that he had touched, and at the same time first get rid of the radar station on the mountain on the north side of Benxi Lake. As for the airborne area, let the superiors decide. But the battle to seize the radar station was also quite difficult.

Because of the importance of the area where this radar station is located, it has obviously become a key area controlled by the Japanese army. Its location is exactly in the core of the Japanese defense system in the north of the city, and what makes it even more troublesome is that in addition to the passage in and out, this radar station is not only surrounded by barbed wire fences full of canned food boxes that serve as alarms, but also lays a large number of mines, which undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty of the battle.

Not to mention how to infiltrate the radar station quietly, even as soon as this gun sounds, the speed of reinforcements of the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain may be quite fast. But watching the time on his watch pass minute by minute, the commander who knew that there was not much time left for him gritted his teeth and divided his two squadrons into two.

Under the cover of night, one infiltrated the predetermined airborne site and prepared to guide the paratroopers to land. The other is under his own command, to blow up the radar station that happens to control the airspace north of Benxi, and attract the attention of the Japanese troops in Benxi Lake City to cover the guide team.

One of the squadrons he led was divided into three groups, and he led a small team to go straight to the radar station, while the other two teams were responsible for cleaning up the Japanese fortifications around the radar station. He repeatedly told those who could be solved with silent pistols and crossbows not to shoot as much as possible. But as soon as the shots are fired, blow up this radar station at all costs.

After briefly explaining his battle plan, the commander who led the team did not hesitate at all, and immediately led his troops to secretly touch the hill where the Japanese radar station was located. Using silent pistols and crossbows, he quickly dealt with the Japanese troops in the fortifications at the foot of the mountain. Immediately divided into three routes, under the cover of the two flanks to clear the Japanese fortification group, they penetrated the Japanese radar station on the hill as fast as possible.

But just when they had already seen the faces of the Japanese sentries at the radar station, their good fortune came to an end. Several crisp gunshots suddenly rang out at the foot of the mountain, indicating that the bodies of Japanese soldiers had been found in the fortifications they had cleared at the foot of the mountain. And as these gunshots rang out, the radar station suddenly turned on the searchlight, illuminating the entire hillside with snow.

In several machine-gun fortifications on the periphery of the radar station, several cross-fire machine guns fired without warning, and the routes of the infiltrating troops to attack upwards were blocked. In the face of the change in the situation, the commander who knew that he did not have much time left for himself simply stopped adopting infiltration tactics and immediately launched a strong attack under the cover of snipers behind him.

The snipers took the lead in knocking out the Japanese searchlights and directly knocked out the Japanese machine-gun fortifications with bazookas. He commanded the troops and attacked the Japanese radar station in the mode of a tactical group. Using all the firepower in their hands, a Japanese squad that defeated the radar station was captured at the first time.

But despite seizing the vital radar station in the first place, the sound of this gun was like a stab in a hornet's nest. The extremely fast counterattack speed of the Japanese troops in the surrounding area immediately put the troops participating in the infiltration under tremendous pressure. The secret artillery group deployed by the Japanese army on the south bank of the Taizi River also hit the shells on the north mountain at the first time.

Especially the Japanese troops deployed on Nanshan, those flat-firing twin 25-mm anti-aircraft guns, even suppressed they couldn't even lift their heads. Although the performance of this Japanese-made anti-aircraft gun is mediocre, its performance in anti-aircraft combat is quite inferior. But when shooting flat, the power is also quite amazing.

Anshan and Benxi were the key air defense parts of the Japanese army because of their importance in the entire Japanese war system because of their industry. Except for military targets in the area, there were basically no bombs dropped. However, the Japanese still deployed a large number of anti-aircraft guns, as well as anti-aircraft defense warning radars.

From thirteen-mm anti-aircraft machine guns, to three-pack twenty-five-mm anti-aircraft guns. From 75-mm anti-aircraft guns to 100-5mm heavy anti-aircraft guns, the firepower is quite complete. At present, although these anti-aircraft guns are not used much time in anti-aircraft combat. However, the suppression of ground infiltration troops has shown considerable power.

The power of the flat-firing twin anti-aircraft guns posed a considerable threat to the capture of the radar station. And the attacking troops faced these anti-aircraft guns, but they were faced with a situation where they could not reach or reach them. At one time, the anti-aircraft guns that were fired by these flat-fire guns could not lift their heads.

Although the radar station was eventually taken first, the attacking squad suffered two-thirds of the casualties. Almost all of these casualties were inflicted by the accurate and ruthless anti-aircraft guns on the surrounding hills, guided by a large number of searchlights and flares. On the contrary, when it came time to defend against the Japanese counterattack, there were not too many difficulties.

Although the infiltration force took it at the first time and blew up the radar station. However, under the support of these anti-aircraft guns, as well as the 92 infantry guns and 41 type mountain guns from the mountains on the opposite side, a large number of Japanese troops who quickly surrounded them were tightly blocked, and they lost the opportunity to break through and were forced to stay on the hill where the radar station was located.

There was no way, the searchlights swept by the surrounding Japanese troops, plus a large number of flares that were constantly fired, illuminated the mountain where the radar station was located. The surrounding Japanese army is also constantly reinforcing rapidly. In a short period of time, the foot of the mountain was enclosed like an iron bucket.

The small radar station of the Japanese army, like a magnet, quickly attracted the Japanese troops in the area north of the Taizi River in Benxi Lake to the northern mountain of Benxi Lake. The loss of the radar station also alerted the Japanese troops in Benxi Lake City. What kind of place is the radar station, which is specially for air alert.

At this time, the real purpose of the enemy's seizure of the radar station is probably far from what it seems on the surface, just to seize a commanding height. This radar station, which controls the airspace around the entire Benxi area, will have irreparable loopholes once the air defense of the entire Benxi area is knocked out.

The Anti-Japanese Federation's attack on the radar station at this time was definitely ulterior motives in the eyes of the Japanese army. In the end, it is a regular Japanese field unit, and its ability to judge the situation of war is far beyond that of those miscellaneous garrisons. Although they did not know what the Anti-Union was going to do next, the Japanese defenders immediately adjusted their troop deployment.

Gather the original forces together, ready to send reinforcements north. Immediately with the squadron as an formation, they were deployed to various key points in Benxihu City, and sent troops to tightly control the iron bridge over the Taizi River and several key points of the Benxihu Railway Station. The entire deployment situation, relying on various streets in Benxi Lake City, has achieved decentralized deployment, but it can also be quickly centralized when needed.

In addition to the troops on the northern front line, the garrison of Nanfen Iron Mine will also be quickly transferred back to the city. Two squadrons were also dispatched to be used as mobile units in order to deal with accidents on the battlefield. The deployment of the entire Japanese army was adjusted very quickly, and most of the adjustments were in place before the 2nd Paratrooper Division was airborne.