However, Kunata Oshima has no time to think about it. After all, the Japanese army cannot afford to waste time now, because Kunata Oshima had thought that the People's Army sent an army to block him here, so other troops are likely to be attacking Phoenix City with all their might. Therefore, he must not waste time here, and must break through the People's Army's defense line as soon as possible and rush to reinforce Phoenix City.

So Hinata Oshima also began to formulate tactics. Now the opponent's artillery is of course the biggest trouble for him. However, if the opponent has 30 artillery pieces, and they are spread out on three corners, then there will be only more than 10 positions in each corner, which is within the acceptable range of the Japanese army. If the opponent concentrates the artillery in one direction, the other directions will inevitably be weak. Moreover, although the enemy's triangular formation is strong, the distance between the three corners is still not small, exceeding the range of the artillery. Therefore, Hinata Oshima decided to send two brigades to attack the left and right positions of the People's Army, test the virtual and real situation of the People's Army, and then make a decision.

In the face of the Japanese attack, the People's Army did not use mortars to strike again this time, and even the grenade launcher was useless. It only used rifles and machine guns to strike the Japanese army. First, the Japanese army did not attack much. Although the People's Army did not dig trenches in a hurry, it could withstand the Japanese army's attack by relying solely on natural bunkers such as rocks and trees. Because the People's Army equipped with a large number of general machine guns, it was far better than the Japanese army in terms of firepower, and the People's Army carried it. Second, it was the People's Army's firepower.

The number of shells brought was also limited. After all, the 1st Division also set out lightly. Although it only brought two types of shells, the number of shells was only one base. The 82mm mortar was 32 rounds and the 60mm mortar was 45 rounds. It can only be said to deal with a medium-sized war. The battle to restrain the Japanese army just now used up more than half of the shells of the regiment, and the rest was naturally a little left, and it would be left until the battle was held to the time of the construction of the city.

Sure enough, the Japanese attack did not last too long and retreated in less than 20 minutes. First, the People's Army's firepower was indeed too strong; second, the Japanese attack was not real, it was just a test of the People's Army's strength, and there was no need to fight with the People's Army.

Kuna Oshima was also quite satisfied with this tentative attack, because the People's Army did not fire a single shot from beginning to end. It seems that the People's Army did not carry many artillery. In the first wave of artillery attacks, the People's Army was likely to use rapid-fire artillery similar to the French m1897 75mm field gun, which used high-speed shooting to create an impression of dense firepower and large number of artillery.

Although from the attack just now, the People's Army was obviously equipped with a large number of machine guns, in Kusato Oshima, machine guns are always easier to deal with than artillery. So Kusato Oshima immediately ordered two corpses of the 6th Brigade to attack the left and right positions of the People's Army separately.

This time Japan was obviously serious. Major General of the 6th Brigade supervised the battle personally and ordered his subordinate 7th Regiment to attack the left-wing position of the People's Army and the 35th Regiment to attack the right-wing position. Three brigades under each regiment launched uninterrupted attacks on the People's Army's positions in succession, attempting to break through the People's Army's defense line with continuous attack pressure. Moreover, although the Japanese army did not bring artillery, the machine guns were carried several, of course, all of which were Maxim machine guns. Although the number was not large, both range and power were above the general machine guns equipped by the People's Army. The Bising Maxim machine gun was a standard heavy machine gun. It also provided firepower support for the attacking Japanese army.

In fact, the People's Army also equipped with Maxim machine guns in the regiment-level troops, but this time they didn't bring them. The weight of the Maxim machine gun is too large. The total weight of a whole set of Maxim machine guns is about 65 kilograms, which is nearly twice the heavier than the 82 mortar. However, it is not unacceptable. After all, Maxim machine guns can be disassembled and transported separately. If they really don't work, they can also be carried by horses. It is completely feasible to carry a small number of horses. The main reason why Maxim machine guns are abandoned is actually bullets.

The rate of fire of a Maxim machine gun reaches 600 rounds per second, 2.5-3 times that of a general machine gun. The number of bullets is extremely large. Theoretically, a Maxim machine gun must be equipped with at least 3,000 rounds, but in actual combat, it is not impossible to shoot 10,000 rounds at a time. Moreover, when designing a general machine gun, the same bullet can be used, which can reduce the logistics burden. Although the mouth of the Maxim machine gun

The diameter is 7.62 mm, the same as that of a general machine gun, but the bullet is dedicated and longer than ordinary rifle bullets. Not only cannot be universal with rifle bullets, but the weight is also slightly heavier by 3-5 grams. Although such a weight difference is insignificant for bullets, when it expands to 1,000 rounds, or even 10,000 rounds, the weight difference becomes quite large. Therefore, in order to speed up lightly, the 1st Division could only give up the Maxim machine gun.

However, a Japanese wing was only equipped with 8 Maxim machine guns, while a regiment of the People's Army was equipped with 27 general-purpose machine guns. Even if a division of the Japanese army had 4 registrars, the number was incomparable. Therefore, the People's Army relied on general-purpose machine guns to organize a dense fire net, which did not allow the Japanese army to have room for breakthroughs.

The battle lasted for an hour, and the Japanese army had suffered more than a thousand casualties, but the situation did not make any breakthroughs. The People's Army suffered less than 200 casualties. However, the battle has reached this point, and the Japanese army has no way out and can only grit their teeth and carry out the attack to the end.

So Oshima Hinata ordered the 6th Brigade to retreat and rest, and sent the 18th Brigade to continue attacking the People's Army's positions.

The commander of the 18th Brigade was Major General Ryozo Hirasa. He saw clearly from the perspective of the viewer in the attack scene just now. Although the People's Army did not use artillery, there were too many machine guns and too dense firepower. To break through such a position, there must be more powerful firepower. The 6th Brigade's fault lies in the distribution of the offensive forces that were too evenly distributed, which seemed to occur in all aspects, but the result was that the attack was insufficient in every place, so the offensive force must be concentrated and the focus was breakthrough.

Ping Sarazora set the goal of the breakthrough on the left-wing position, because the right-wing position of the People's Army was leaning against a small river, making it difficult for the Japanese army to fully expand its strength. Therefore, Ping Sarazorazora ordered that the 19th Regiment feint attack the right-wing position of the People's Army to restrain the People's Army's forces, while the 36th Regiment attacked the left-wing position and concentrated the 16 Maxim machine guns of the entire brigade on the left-wing position in 14 to strengthen the Japanese army's suppression firepower.

Sure enough, the Japanese army's attack has indeed improved greatly. 14 Maxim machine guns can indeed suppress the firepower of the People's Army on local battlefields. Therefore, after nearly an hour of fighting, the Japanese army finally successfully captured two high grounds of the People's Army's left-wing position, but also paid the price of nearly 800 casualties. Of course, the People's Army suffered more than 300 casualties.

After successfully capturing the two high grounds of the People's Army, a prominent position appeared on the left wing position of the People's Army. This was an unknown small earth mountain. The People's Army had no time to measure the altitude of the earth mountain, so it did not use the principle of naming the altitude of the earth mountain by the public. Although the Japanese army did not know the name of the high ground, they also knew that once the Japanese army captured the high ground, the left wing position of the People's Army would be not far from collapse. After capturing the left wing position of the People's Army, it means that the Japanese army finally occupied the initiative on the battlefield. So the 36th Regiment of the Japanese army once again mustered up the courage to attack the A3 high ground.

It was only then that the Japanese leader, Hinata Oshima, had a little brow stretched. Although the loss was quite large, he saw hope for victory. Therefore, Hinata Oshima ordered the 6th Brigade to prepare, and waited for the 18th Brigade to capture the A3 Highlands and would go on the battlefield again and replace the 18th Brigade to maintain the pressure on the attack on the People's Army.

However, the Japanese army's attack on the A3 Highlands was not smooth. The People's Army's defense on the A3 Highlands was extremely tenacious, which also caused the Japanese army to suffer unprecedented resistance since the war began. Although the Japanese army concentrated 10 Maxim machine guns in the direction of the A3 Highlands to suppress the People's Army, this time it disappointed the Japanese army. Not only was the People's Army's firepower not suppressed, but the People's Army successively destroyed two machine gun groups.

Within more than half an hour, the Japanese army launched two attacks on the A3 Highlands, one of which had already captured more than 30 meters in front of the People's Army's position, and more than 10 Japanese soldiers even broke into the People's Army's position. However, the Japanese army's attack was taken by the People's Army's blast in the last step, and it was still impossible to break through the People's Army's defense line. The Japanese soldiers who broke into the People's Army's position were all shot dead by the People's Army because they could not get support.

As a result, more than 1,000 casualties were killed or killed in the Japanese army, but the People's Army's defense line was still unbreakable. When the Japanese army retreated, almost all of them were covered by the bodies of Japanese soldiers on the hillside of the A3 Highland.

In fact, the loss of the first two positions was done by the People's Army on the one hand. On the one hand, it was to dissolve the Japanese army's spirit and eliminate the Japanese army's fighting spirit; on the other hand, it also attracted the attention of the Japanese army. When the A3 highland became a local protruding part of the battlefield, the Japanese army's attention was indeed attracted by it, and they attacked with all their might at all costs, and even drew troops from the right-wing position.
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