The Japanese army's Shoushan position has 5 fortresses, two, three small, all made of concrete and bricks. The thickest part on the front can reach 1,000 mm, and the top is 300-400 mm. The large fortress can accommodate 6 artillery and 10 machine guns. The small fortress can accommodate 2-4 artillery and 4-6 machine guns, which can be said to be quite solid. There are a large number of trenches on the periphery of each fortress, with fox pits as auxiliary, and there are Japanese artillery positions in the rear.

This is the first time since the East China government joined the war, the People's Army has attacked the Japanese position without the fire support of heavy artillery. Of course, Jin Suidong, the commander of the 4th Army, also knew that such a position should not be attacked, so he first concentrated the 155mm artillery in his hand and launched a fire strike at the Japanese fortress.

However, the 155mm artillery is indeed limited in power when facing this concrete brick fortress. Whether it is the 155mm 25-diameter* gun equipped by the 4th Army or the 155mm 40-diameter traction field gun used by the 4th Army, bombarding the fortress, it can only smash a little cement stone, leaving a table-sized crater, which is extremely limited in damage to the fortress. After more than an hour of bombardment, five fortresses were hit by major blows. However, other artillery caused relatively large blows to the Japanese positions.

Now the 200mm self-propelled artillery is bombarding Liaoyang City, and it is impossible to come to support the 4th Army. Therefore, Jin Suidong decided to use tunnel blasting tactics to deal with these fortresses. In short, it is to send * from the ground to the side of the fortress, or dig an authentic tunnel to the bottom of the fortress, and then bury a large number of * ignition and explosions. This is also the most common tactics for dealing with a solid fortress without heavy artillery. In the old time and space, the ancestors of the time travelers were considered to be very proficient in such tactics.

But the danger of this tactic is also quite great. Needless to say, blasting from the ground near the fortress is not only necessary to first clear out most of the enemy strongholds and positions outside the fortress, but also to take firepower from the fortress and advance to the fortress with *, which naturally leads to a considerable risk.

The tactics of digging tunnels are much safer on the surface, but the actual danger is almost the same as ground attack, because tunnels cannot be dug from their own positions. This is because in the battle, the positions of both sides are at least hundreds of meters apart. If they start digging from their own positions, they have to be dug until the year of the monkey and horses to dig below the enemy's fortress. Therefore, they must be excavated within 100 meters of the enemy's fortress, or even a shorter distance. In addition, tunnel blasting also involves complex tunnel technology and calculations. The direction, direction, depth, and amount of drug buried in the tunnel all need to be accurately calculated.

In addition, whether it is ground blasting or tunnel blasting, not only will the personnel who commit the blasting be dead for life, but other troops also need to provide restraint and fire cover for the enemy, so the entire army will also suffer considerable casualties.

However, although the East China government has developed many weapons beyond the times, greatly improving the combat capabilities of the People's Army and reducing early casualties, it cannot guarantee that all battles will be easily won by advanced weapons. When it is time to fight, it still has to fight to the death. Now, the People's Army needs to fight to the death.

Jin Suidong decided to adopt a two-pronged tactic, using ground tunnels at the same time. On the one hand, he sent engineers to choose suitable locations on the battlefield and excavate tunnels; on the other hand, he also strengthened the attack on the Japanese positions and could not destroy the fortress. He could always impress the positions outside the fortress. If most of the positions outside the fortress were destroyed, the ground could be blasted.

Therefore, the People's Army not only strengthened its firepower on the Japanese positions, but also launched ground advances to the Japanese positions, and sent two engineer groups to select two more hidden positions on the battlefield under the cover of other offensive troops and began to dig tunnels.

The battle lasted for one morning. At around 12 noon, the People's Army's engineers successfully dug an authentic tunnel and blasted a Japanese fortress, and finally successfully destroyed a small fortress. However, the other tunnel was only half completed, and a considerable portion of the Japanese positions were destroyed. However, the Japanese army also had a certain resistance. The People's Army also organized two assault blasts on the ground, but neither of the two blasting groups could get close to the fortress and were all killed in the middle of the journey. The People's Army also paid a considerable price for this. The soldiers suffered more than 2,500 casualties, and there were 11 engineers and 6 blasters killed in the battle.

Jin Suidong estimated that if the fight continues like this, at least tomorrow will the Shoushan position be fully occupied, and the number of casualties of the People's Army will more than double. Fortunately, the 2nd Army had broken through the walls of Liaoyang City at this time, and the two 200mm self-propelled artillery were finally empty. So the command immediately ordered the 2nd Army to immediately hand over the two 200mm self-propelled artillery to the 3rd Army for use.

After receiving the order from the command center, Qiu Yahui did not hesitate and immediately sent a battalion to escort two 200mm self-propelled artillery to the 3rd Army to participate in the war. First, the atmosphere inside the People's Army is still very united. Even if the generals and officers compete with each other, they will be open and fair to make contributions on the battlefield without deliberately slandering each other or not cooperating with each other; second, the walls of Liaoyang City have been blown open, and the People's Army has also successfully advanced into Liaoyang City. Qiu Yahui believes that the battle to attack Liaoyang City is already in sight, and these two 200mm self-propelled artillery are indeed useless in his own hands. Of course, they cannot leave these two 200mm self-propelled artillery here. It is better to send them to the 3rd Army to let them play their own role.

Qiu Yahui also specially sent a battalion of troops to escort these two 200mm self-propelled artillery, which is also a prudent thing, because before the armored train cannons crossed the Liaohe River, these two 200mm self-propelled artillery were the only heavy artillery in the People's Army, and the attack tasks on the battlefield were all counted on them. And to a certain extent, these two 200mm self-propelled artillery were even more valuable than armored train cannons. After all, the armored train cannons can still be remanufactured after being hit. Once these two 200mm self-propelled artillery were seriously damaged, it is almost impossible to have new ones, because the carriers of the two 200mm self-propelled artillery were transported through heavy trucks.

Although in the organization of self-propelled artillery, in addition to the personnel operating the artillery, there are also an infantry company and a cavalry platoon guards. Four machine guns are installed on the self-propelled artillery, which is generally enough to protect itself. Moreover, the self-propelled artillery itself has strong movement capabilities, with a maximum speed of 30 kilometers per hour, and can escape when encountering dangerous situations. But now on the battlefield, although both sides have clear front lines and positions, in some areas, there are still some small troops intertwined and intertwined, and the road traffic conditions are also extremely poor. Self-propelled artillery can only run at a speed of more than 10 kilometers, so it is also impossible to avoid it.

However, after the self-propelled artillery left the 2nd Army, the People's Army encountered serious obstacles in the progress of Liaoyang City. It turned out that the People's Army thought that after breaking through the walls of Liaoyang City, it was sure to win, and the Japanese army had no power to resist at all. Qiu Yahui, including Qiu Yahui, was very optimistic and believed that it would be an easy clearance operation after entering the city. Therefore, Qiu Yahui also ordered the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division and the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division in the city to directly attack the Japanese command center, striving to control Liaoyang City as soon as possible.

Nazhi's Japanese army's will to resist was far beyond the expectations of the People's Army. After the 1st Regiment broke into Liaoyang City, it divided its troops into three groups and went straight to the Japanese command center, but was stubbornly sniped by the Japanese army. The Japanese army made full use of the city's houses and buildings to set up blocking positions to block the People's Army's attack from the front, and arranged a large number of hidden piles to shoot dark spots and attack the People's Army, and attacked from hidden alleys and streets to the flanks of the People's Army.

As a result, the three routes of the People's Army suffered major losses, because large-caliber artillery could not be used in the city, and before the attack, the People's Army was too optimistic about the battle situation in the city. Therefore, the heavy firepower weapon only brought 60 mortars, which was not only limited in power, but also shrank when used. The Japanese army could occupy civilian rooms at will regardless of the life or death of the residents in the city. In order to stop the People's Army, they even blew up and burned the houses, and even regardless of whether there were people in the house or not, but the People's Army could not ignore it.

Under the ideological education of the East China government, the soldiers of the People's Army have completely gotten rid of the conservative concepts of the feudal army in their thoughts, fully possessing the concept of modern army, protecting the people of their own country has become the belief of every soldier of the People's Army. Therefore, before firing bombardment, they must confirm that there is no one in the house or that there are not many people. When encountering Chinese people escaping on the streets, they usually carry out rescue. Of course, in such a fierce war, it is impossible to achieve no accidental injury to the people at all, but the People's Army did its best to reduce the accidental injury to the lowest limit and try its best to rescue the people. The People's Army also killed many soldiers for this.

Moreover, it seems that bullets may fly out of every corner of the city and shoot several soldiers; a team of Japanese troops may break out in every alley to fight with the People's Army in hand-to-hand combat. Moreover, the Japanese army's fighting spirit is extremely tenacious, and many Japanese soldiers are determined to die and die with the People's Army's soldiers.

So after more than an hour of battle, the 1st Regiment not only did not assault the Japanese command center, but was beaten by the Japanese army to retreat continuously, and eventually retreated to the city wall. With the fire support of the troops stationed on the city wall, it stabilized its position.
Chapter completed!