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Chapter 447 The Battle of Liaoyang (9)

Four machine guns fired at the same time with condescending force, including two heavy machine guns. In addition, other soldiers in the inside position were logistics personnel, they could still hide behind the carriage and shoot. They immediately killed and killed countless people. The remaining people scattered and looked for places to hide. However, there were not many trees in this area, and the Japanese soldiers could not find many suitable places to hide, so they had to lie on the ground.

The machine gun is arranged on the roof of the car, more than 3 meters above the ground, and it is more than 3 meters high. Even if the Japanese soldiers are lying on the ground, it is difficult for them to avoid the shooting of the machine gun. Many Japanese soldiers are lying on the ground and being shot by the machine gun, not to mention the attacks from both sides. Although the front and flank positions are restrained by the Japanese army, they can still divide some of their energy to attack the Japanese army entering from the gap.

Under the multi-faceted attack of the People's Army, the Japanese army inserted from the gap suffered heavy casualties. The remaining Japanese army also knew that the attack had failed again, but they could not even escape at this time because the machine guns of the People's Army were too fierce to suppress. Unlike the machine guns carried by the Army, because of the carrier of the self-propelled artillery, the machine gun bullets, even large-caliber bullets such as 12.7 mm, were almost unlimitedly supplied. When they were fired, they were like splashing water, and they were shot out in pieces. Even if they escaped, they would be hit by the machine gun bullets.

In the end, there were only 12 Japanese soldiers who fled back, and the Japanese attack ended in failure again. The Japanese general, Colonel Kobe Jiro, was so anxious that he stamped his feet and beat his chest. After all, he had great high expectations for this entry. At this time, a staff advised him that although the attack just now failed, he found that the People's Army formation was very empty and almost unprepared. Therefore, it was better to send an army around the back of the People's Army to attack and give the People's Army a front and back attack.

But Kobe Jiro rejected this suggestion, because the reason is very simple, it is too time-consuming to do so. Now the Japanese army cannot afford the most is time. It turns out that according to the Japanese scout report, it has been reconnaissed that at a location about 15 kilometers away from the battlefield, a People's Army army was moving towards the battlefield, with a number of about 3,000, which is roughly equivalent to one of his own corps. Considering the time when the scout returned to the report, when the Japanese army received the report, the distance between this army was probably less than 10 kilometers. Kobe Jiro was also very clear that he had not left much time for himself, and at most half an hour, which was even shorter. This period was only enough for the Japanese army to launch another attack, so Kobe Jiro had to choose the most confident offensive tactics.

The People's Army's positions are arranged very comprehensively. On the surface, the gap between the frontal positions and the flank positions is also effectively compensated. This means that the head of the People's Army is a very stable and cautious person. Therefore, Kobe Jiro does not think that the People's Army will let such a big loophole appear behind it. If this attack is no longer successful, this Japanese army may not be able to escape the fate of being wiped out. What's more, the two heavy artillery is that if you let these two heavy artillery go, it will be a great threat to the Japanese army. This attack must not be lost.

Of course, Kobe Jiroki decided the tactic of the last attack, which was to concentrate troops and attack a point of the People's Army's defense line without hesitation. In fact, through the attack just now, Kobe Jiroki discovered the real weakness of the People's Army's defense line, that is, the distribution of troops is too even. The so-called lack of weakness, in a sense, is that there are weaknesses everywhere. Therefore, as long as you grasp a little bit of attack and break through a little bit, you can run through the overall situation.

However, before the attack, Kobe Jiro also recruited officers from various brigades, squadrons, and squadrons to mobilize a short mobilization. Kobe Jiro said that the two artillery that the People's Army fought hard to protect was the most powerful firepower of the People's Army. Previously, the People's Army repeatedly broke through the positions of the Japanese army. It was these two artillery that the People's Army could not break through the positions of the Japanese army as long as these two artillery were destroyed, so for the victory of the entire army and the rise of the imperial country, they had to destroy these two artillery at all costs, even if they were to live out their lives. As long as these two artillery could be destroyed, they could become a hero of Japan. The spirit card would be enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine and worshipped for generations.

This mobilization of coaxing and deception really played a considerable role, because he knew that his spirit card would be worshipped in the Yasukuni Shrine, most of the officers were excited because for Japanese soldiers, this was the highest honor. So Kobe Jiro immediately ordered to concentrate his troops to attack the right front position of the People's Army. The reason why he chose to insert the right front position instead of the gap between the front and side positions was because the firepower of the People's Army was too strong. By breaching from the gap, it was equivalent to using the machine gun as a living target. When breaching from the position, he could be entangled with the People's Army, which could limit the machine gun firepower of the People's Army.

After the agitation, the morale of the Japanese army rose again, and even many wounded soldiers who could act participated in the attack. Therefore, after the losses of the first two attacks, the Japanese army was able to finally invest more than 1,500 troops, and the momentum of this attack was far greater than the previous two times. The Japanese army did not care about formation and tactical actions at all. While shouting "Banya!", they took big steps and rushed towards the position of the People's Army.

Although the People's Army concentrated its firepower and all the machine guns were fully fired, causing the Japanese army to fall into the ground in rows, the Japanese army's offensive continued, one after another. The soldiers in the front row fell down, and the soldiers in the back row immediately filled up, as if they were possessed by ghosts and gods. It could not be described as not afraid of death, but they did not care about death at all.

Although the People's Army fought several battles with the Japanese army, it was the first time I saw the Japanese army's "Banya" charge, and many soldiers were stunned by the Japanese army's offensive posture that did not care about death.

Several officers of the People's Army who were watching the battle in the cab of the self-propelled artillery had discovered the direction of the Japanese attack through drones, which was basically concentrated on the right front position, while other positions were deserted, and there were not even Japanese troops to restrain the attack. Therefore, Huang Taisong immediately notified Zhang Fangping of this situation and asked him to prepare early.

In fact, before the Japanese attack, Zhang Fangping was in a good mood, because he had just received a notice from Huang Taisong that reinforcements would arrive in 20 minutes. Judging from the situation of the previous two attacks, Zhang Fangping was full of confidence in defending the position. He knew that the Japanese army's advance was as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and was extremely excited. Zhang Fangping felt something was wrong in his heart, and he received a notice from Huang Taisong. Zhang Fangping also understood that the Japanese army's attack was different from the previous two times. If the Japanese army concentrated all its forces to attack the right front position and rely on the defense of only one company on the position, even if there were 6 machine guns and fire support from mortars and machine guns in the rear, they would probably not be able to defend. Therefore, troops must be transferred from other positions to reinforce, or take the initiative to attack the Japanese flanks.

But Zhang Fangping was a little hesitant, could this be a trap set by the Japanese army? He pretended to attack the right front position with all his strength, and after he drew troops from other positions to reinforce, he broke through from other positions. Therefore, after hesitating for a few minutes, Zhang Fangping finally made a decision, first rejecting the initiative, and transferring a platoon from the left front position and the right flank position to reinforce the right front position, and at the same time ordered the left wing position to prepare to reinforce the left front position.

At this time, Zhang Fangping's weakness was completely exposed. One was lack of experience. Of course, this did not refer to individual combat experience, but to command combat experience. Although Zhang Fangping had combat experience with the Eight-Nation Alliance, it was Jingqiang when he was an ordinary soldier and squad leader. However, when he was the commander of the platoon, he only participated in a few bandit suppression operations, and he did not even have a single actual combat during his battalion commander. For Zhang Fangping, a man who joined the army, his current cultural level was limited to being illiterate and basic arithmetic. He could not even reach the level of elementary school in the old time and space. He commanded a battalion of 6,700 people, and could reach a maximum of thousands of people to fight. It was indeed a bit embarrassing him.

The other one is that there is insufficient decisiveness. Of course, this is a direct reaction to insufficient experience. If you have not experienced a battle or a battle you have learned in a training class, you don’t know what to do. Moreover, Zhang Fangping is not the kind of person with talent for fighting, so he is also cautious and steady in commanding operations. However, when fighting problems are not just about to seek stability. Although the military books say that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, sometimes fighter opportunities appear and you must take some risks to seize them.

In the first half of this war, Zhang Fangping made no mistakes in command, but when it was at the time of the most important construction, Zhang Fangping made at least two mistakes. One was that there was no extreme decision. The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, and the decision must be very fast. Even if it was a wrong decision, it was better than a hesitant decision. Zhang Fangping hesitated for a few minutes before making a decision. In these few minutes, Guan Jian became the battlefield. It was in these few minutes that the Japanese army finally broke through the defense line of the People's Army and entered the position of the People's Army. Although the Japanese army suffered huge casualties of nearly 500 people during the attack, the number of Japanese troops was still far greater than the number of people in the People's Army's positions. Moreover, the Japanese army's hand-to-hand combat capabilities have always been above the People's Army.

The second mistake is that when changing the formation, they are too stable and want to pursue everything. The result is that the troops are dispersed and the main forces cannot be used in the most needed places on the battlefield. Only two platoons of reinforcements were transferred to the right front position. For the situation of the right front position, it is really a drop in the bucket. Moreover, if the reinforcements can arrive before the Japanese attack the People's Army's position, it may be possible to hold the position for a longer period of time and win time for Zhang Fangping for adjustment. However, it was too late when the reinforcements arrived, and the Japanese attacked the People's Army's position. Therefore, although these two platoons immediately entered the battle, they were unable to change the overall situation at all.
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