Although the explosion power of the 155mm shell is far less than that of the 200mm shell or 240mm shell, it is already a large caliber artillery in the army, and it is better because it is large in number and dense, and the range of the artillery positions is small, and there are no defensive fortifications such as trench cover. Therefore, after one round of artillery attack, the Japanese army's old artillery positions were covered by an explosion. Not only all the artillery, but almost all the ammunition was destroyed, and even the artillery on the position suffered heavy casualties.

When the Japanese command received the news, it was surprisingly silent. At this time, they had received a reward from the Zhengjiatun position. They knew that the Zhengjiatun position had suffered huge losses, and now the old artillery position was also hit by a nearly destructive blow. It turned out that the Japanese army had made many plans for the attack of the People's Army. They thought it was foolproof, but they did not expect that the People's Army did not follow the script they set, and they made people dizzy when they started.

At this time, a staff officer muttered in a low voice: "It would be great if the base camp approved our combat plan, and it would not be so passive now."

A month ago, Notsushi Daoki submitted a combat plan to the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, suggesting that the army take the lead in launching a surprise attack on the western Liaoning, annihilated the people's army in western Liaoning, and even attacked Jinzhou, so as to eliminate future troubles forever. It turned out that Notsushi Daoki has always been famous for surprise attacks among the Japanese army. Since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, he has also praised for his unstoppable attacks. During the Battle of Fengtian, his Fourth Army replaced the wounded Kuroki Weizhen's First Army and became the main force of the assault.

This plan really scared the staff of the General Staff Headquarters because although the Japanese and the East China government had had a feud at that time, they still hoped to prevent the East China government from participating in the war through diplomatic means. Moreover, Britain and France were also putting pressure on the East China government at that time. Therefore, Japan believed that the success was still very great. Even if Notsu Dao Takashi's plan was successful, what would it do? It was to eliminate part of the People's Army, but the consequence was to completely force the East China government into the battlefield.

So the Chief of Staff of the Army, Yama Prefecture, wrote a letter to Notsu Dao Tsu, strictly ordering the 4th Army not to take the initiative to attack, and to act not to cross the Liaohe River, otherwise it would have to be carried out according to military law. Notsu Dao Tsu also complained a lot about this. But no one expected that the People's Army's attack would be so fierce, and there would be no room for the Japanese army to fight back. So some people couldn't help but complain again.

The speech of the staff officer confirmed that it resonated with many people. At this time, Chief of Staff, Major General Uehara Yuzuo, suddenly stood up and came to the complaining staff officer. He opened his mouth and was the national scolding of Japan. He slapped him twice and said sternly: "It is not the time to listen to your complaints and make a fuss, but everyone should work together to deal with the current situation."

The staff officer was beaten to the point of being star-stirring, but he did not dare to confront Uehara Yuki. Instead, he stood attentively and nodded desperately, "Hi, Hi."

Notsushi Doki's mouth also showed a smile. Although he was very annoyed that the General Staff rejected his combat plan, he was the one who complained the most, but now it is not the time to complain. Complaints at this time will only affect his morale. However, Notsushi Doki is not convenient to take the initiative to stand up and stop everyone's complaints. After all, he is the one who complains the most on weekdays, so it would be better for Uehara Yuto to take the initiative to come out to be this evil person.

Sure enough, after being caused by Uehara Yong, some people who wanted to complain again immediately shut up. After all, who would have made this boring at this time? Another adviser said: "Our old artillery position was destroyed by the overseas Chinese army. Then Kabei Village and Houzheng Tubao two positions may not be able to defend it. So, they should immediately reorganize the Zhengjiatun position and prepare to block the overseas Chinese army, and at the same time transfer the artillery on other artillery positions as soon as possible."

Another staff officer shook his head and said, "This is useless. The cannons of overseas Chinese cannons can be shot so far. It is obvious that they have brought the navy's naval guns ashore. Therefore, it is useless to restore the Zhengjiatun position. As long as they use artillery to bombard our position, they can easily destroy our position."

Uehara Yuzusa sighed and said, "If we had known that overseas Chinese would use large-caliber artillery, we could have prepared early and arranged targeted arrangements during tunnel operations. This would not only reduce a large amount of losses, but also defend the positions. But it is too late now, and it will take at least a day to relocate the positions to prevent large-caliber artillery." Uehara Yuzusa was a famous tunnel warfare expert in the Japanese army, so he had a lot of research on tunnel operations, from the tunnel prevention operations.

"Bang!"

Notsudo slapped on his heavy table and said in a deep voice: "Send people to the Zhengjiatun position immediately and order them to reorganize immediately. Within half an hour, at least two regiments of troops should be drawn out to Kabei Village immediately, and the two positions of Houzheng Tubao were stationed. If the People's Army crossed the river to attack, they would immediately go out to fight with the People's Army. If the position has been broken by the People's Army, then carry out hand-to-hand combat on the spot."

It turned out that Notsu Dao Tsu was generally sure at this time that the People's Army must have dragged the naval guns ashore and concealed the reconnaissance of the Japanese scouts, otherwise it would be impossible to hit so far. As for why the attack was so accurate, Notsu Dao Tsu believed that it must be the scout of the People's Army who conducted detailed detection and mapping of his positions, drew a map with high accuracy, and could use the map as a reference to shelling; and why the activities of the scouts of the People's Army were not discovered by the Japanese army, of course, the Japanese soldiers were negligent.

In fact, Notsu Dotaka's guess is generally accurate. Of course, the drone is something that Notsu Dotaka could not imagine. Even though the opponent's artillery was shot far and accurate, Notsu Dotaka also knew that although the People's Army had not launched a ground attack, it was not far away. It was impossible to rely on position defense to defend. It could only go out to fight with the People's Army in close combat, so that the People's Army's artillery advantages could be offset. Moreover, Notsu Dotaka still had considerable confidence in the close combat capabilities of Japanese soldiers.

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At this moment, the People's Army finally launched a crossing attack on Japan's Liaohe defense line. The People's Army provided 120 small boats to each part of the crossing forces, each of which could accommodate a squad of soldiers and two oarsmen. He had been ambushing in the dense forest near the crossing area. After receiving the order, he immediately carried the boat and ran around the river, put down the boat in the river. The soldiers immediately jumped onto the boat, then rowed the oars and rowed to the other side.

The artillery belonging to each division and the artillery troops directly under the army also retreated to disguise and fire, bombarded the positions on the other side of the Liao River, and covered the troops crossing the river and attacking.

According to the organization of the People's Army, each division has 54 75mm* guns, and the ordinary division has a 100mm* gun regiment, with a total of 24 100mm* guns. The main division is also equipped with a 125mm* gun regiment, and the military division has a 155mm* gun regiment, all of which are 18. Therefore, the entire division has more than 330 artillery pieces. At this time, the firepower is fully opened, and the power is naturally quite amazing. The sound of "booming" cannons is endless, and the fire at the muzzle flashes, and the frontier positions of the Japanese army are also covered by artillery shell explosions.

The armored train cannons and self-propelled cannons also stopped firing. Only the car-torn cannons immediately turned to the next artillery position and attacked another artillery position of the Japanese army.

Amid the "bang" guns, the first batch of 40 small boats from each division crossed the river had entered the Liao River, carrying soldiers from a battalion responsible for the assault to sail to the opposite bank, and the ships in front had all passed to the center of the Liao River. After all, the Liao River is only more than 200 meters wide, and it doesn't take much time to cross the Liao River.

The boats crossed the Liao River one by one. Before the boat could completely dock, the soldiers jumped off the boat and waded on the river to the shore. During the process of crossing the river, they were almost not hit, because the Japanese artillery positions were destroyed by the People's Army, and the front-line positions were also violently bombarded by the People's Army. The troops arranged on the front-line were flawless and of course they were unable to stop the People's Army from crossing the river.

After crossing the Liao River, the soldiers of the People's Army looked for cover on the river bank, and at the same time set up mortars to cross the Liao River with the boat. The two oarsmen on the boat immediately rowed back. The whole process was unstable and very orderly. It turned out that during the period of stationed in western Liao, the People's Army conducted special training on the crossing of the river and arranged two practical exercises for crossing the river. Therefore, the soldiers also had sufficient training and were familiar with the road and knew what to do when they reached that step. Moreover, they were basically not hit hard during the entire process of crossing the river, which seemed very easy. So many soldiers whispered after crossing the river, saying that actual combat was much easier than exercises.

The second division attacking from Daniu Town was the first one to cross the Liao River and reach the other side, which took 10 minutes and 45 seconds; the second one was the 8th division attacking from Xinfatun, which took 11 minutes and 30 seconds; the 9th division attacking from Laodafang Town was the last one to cross the river, which took 13 minutes and 15 seconds. The time for all troops to cross the river was much shorter than the time of exercise.
Chapter completed!