According to his own judgment of the upcoming battle situation, Colonel Nakahata also began to adjust the deployment of troops and firepower. In addition to the north and south passages, two anti-tank guns were left in each direction, and one tank was used as a mobile anti-tank weapon.
Outside, he withdrew all the remaining anti-tank guns into the town, and fired a large number of grenades and explosives on the outside.
And all the artillery in hand were reorganized according to different types of artillery, and the firing range was redefined. The direction of firepower was strictly stipulated, with the focus being on blocking the innermost blockade ditch. And most of the anti-tank guns were withdrawn
After that, the firepower gap left by the north and south passages. However, the focus of troop deployment is still based on the north and south directions and their depth.
However, Nakahata Gouichi did not make too many adjustments to the defenders on the east side. The defense force on the east side was still based on the original main defense force of an infantry squadron, which strengthened two infantry squads, and a heavy machine gun squadron.
Lord, the garrison strength has not been increased.
In his opinion, although the Anti-Japanese Alliance is currently making many small moves in the east, unless they want to attack slowly, their offensive in the east should still be a containment. His main attack direction is not to the south.
That's the north. He is quite confident about the defense in the east and west directions.
It was just that a squadron of the Puppet Railway Guards, which originally cooperated with the Japanese troops stationed in Qingfengdian and was responsible for clearing out the countryside and collecting grain, was transferred from the west, and the main force of the Puppet Ding County Guard Brigade was added. Of course, when these puppet troops were deployed,
Special considerations have been made.
All puppet army positions are interspersed with Japanese army positions. Moreover, all puppet army positions are equipped with Japanese military advisers to ensure that they are always under strict monitoring. The distribution of ammunition is also replenished based on actual consumption figures.
All the machine guns have been confiscated.
Colonel Nakahata was very distrustful of the dogs raised by the North China Front. Although these puppet troops had no field capabilities, there was still no problem hiding in the fortifications and shooting outside. But once these puppet troops betrayed them at the critical moment,
It will disrupt his entire deployment. Therefore, these people still have to be used when the troops are insufficient, but how to use them must be determined.
Li He's movements were unhurried and unhurried, and although Nakahata Gouichi's adjustments were delayed, the progress was not much slower than his. It could even be said to be catching up from behind. Almost at the same time that Li He's preparations were completed,
The deployment of Nakahata Gouichi has also been adjusted at the same time.
Lin Feng and Du Zifu, who were south of Qingfengdian, were a little anxious because they had never received a report of Li He's attack. But since they had promised Li He not to interfere with his command, the two of them could only be patient and lead the way.
He led the troops south while waiting for Li He's report.
Although Li He's movements were not hurried or slow, his preparations were quite sufficient. Just to confuse the sight of the defenders in the town, a lot of preparations were made. Li He's meaning was still very clear, or else he would not
Fight, since the fight is fought, the outcome will be determined in one fell swoop. The development of the war situation will not give him much time to dangle with the Japanese troops in the town.
Therefore, although his preparations were a little slower, they were done more steadily and more meticulously. When both sides were in position and their strength had been accumulated, a battle could be said to determine the fate of the entire Japanese army on the battlefield west of the river.
The battle begins again.
After receiving the report that all the attacking troops were ready and in place, Li He raised his left hand and slammed down the next batch without any hesitation. As his gesture fell, a red flare flew into the air. Breeze
The sound of gunfire that briefly subsided on the front line of the store rang out again.
But when the gunfire sounded this time, apart from the bluffs in the north and south directions, there were surprisingly no shouts of killing in the positions in the main assault direction of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Compared to the intensive gunfire sounds on the north and south sides of Qingfengdian,
As well as intensive artillery shells falling inside and outside the town. The entire east side of the Qingfengdian battlefield, except for the sound of digging earth, was unusually calm.
With the cooperation of the division's engineering battalion, except for the Sharp Knife Battalion, which was temporarily on standby to save energy, the rest of the troops started from the first blockade trench and dug towards the Japanese second blockade trench under the cover of artillery fire.
According to Li He's request, follow the second blockade trench. Do not force a breakthrough. Dig over there from the first blockade trench.
Anyway, the distance between the two blockade trenches is only thirty meters, and there is no need to dig from the bottom. If enough digging troops are invested, only a slope that is one person deep enough for two people to pass quickly side by side, plus clearing minefields and other
obstacles. It will take up to two hours to dig through the second blockade trench.
According to his idea, I will not pass over your ground. Your minefields and the machine gun fire in the bunkers behind are of almost no use to me. If you want to kill me, I'm sorry to use your direct fire.
Not to me. As for your mortar group, I can use my artillery fire to block you to death.
As long as I can dig through the second blockade trench, the remaining third blockade trench will be easy to handle. As long as I can successfully reach the third blockade trench, I will not invest infantry as the first wave this time. I will use engineers and explosives and
You guys are talking. In order to cover the entire excavation operation, all the artillery assigned to him were organized into different artillery groups with different calibers according to his requirements.
Artillery with a caliber of over 100 mm should all hit the side of the third blockade ditch close to the Japanese positions in the town. The 120 mm mortars and the 82 mortars should be arranged in a trapezoidal shape according to their range to attack the Japanese outer positions.
Implement fire suppression and conduct artillery countermeasures against the Japanese mortar group.
As for the 76mm cannons, tank guns, and self-propelled artillery, they used direct fire to destroy the houses in the town one by one. Anyway, the Chinese people in the town had already been killed by the Japanese army in order to maintain secrecy.
was forcibly moved out.
Except for some puppet soldiers and some officers' families, there are almost no Chinese in the town, so he has nothing to be taboo about. At this time, there is no need to think about the houses in the town. They must have all been converted into fortifications by the Japanese army. Don't do anything first.
To destroy it, do we have to wait until the troops attack in depth and then fight for it house by house?
Not only must they be destroyed, but Li He also prepared a feast for these houses and the Japanese troops who must be lurking inside. When cannons and tank guns destroyed all the houses in the town, the third blockade trench was ready to explode.
. He planned to fire hundreds of incendiary bombs into the town, drive the Japanese troops out of their turtle shells, and eat them one by one with infantry.
His move was indeed beyond the expectations of Nakahata Gouichi. Nakahata Gouichi never thought that his assault direction would be to the east. Although the Japanese mortars responded very quickly. After discovering Li He's attempt
After that, all mortars were immediately mobilized in an attempt to block the anti-alliance excavation operations.
However, the quantity and power invested by Li He far exceeded their full suppression of artillery fire. At most, it was considered as interference, and the casualties caused were minimal. Especially the demolition operation organized by Li He made the people deployed in the town
The Japanese artillery had to move positions at any time, causing the Japanese fire support to plummet.
No matter which side the Chinese soldiers belong to, no matter which faction they belong to. Although their education level is generally low, most of them are from farmers. Their technical and tactical skills on the battlefield may not be good, and their military literacy may be very low.
But its ability to repair the earth is as good as any other country in the world.
Under Li He's supervision, his troops successfully passed the second blockade ditch in less than an hour. As for the second, third and final blockade ditch, he jumped directly into it.
Some engineers used the blasting rope specially developed by the engineers to use continuous blasting to quickly open several passages and quickly enter the third blockade ditch.
When Li He's attack force entered the third and final blockade ditch, Nakahata couldn't help but panicked. He changed his previous huddle-style defense tactics and desperately mobilized his troops to continuously launch tactical assaults.
, trying to drive the anti-Union troops out of the third blockade ditch.
However, Li He, who had long expected that he had this skill, immediately concentrated all the artillery fire that could be concentrated, and created a wall of fire between the third blockade ditch and the Japanese outer positions. The counter-assault action of Nakahata Gouichi on the ground was
, fought back directly, and tried their best to cover the engineers' actions in the third blockade trench.
When they arrived at the third blockade trench, the engineers, under the cover of infantry fire and artillery fire, used a combination of horizontal and vertical methods along the breakthrough section on the walls of the blockade trench to quickly blast out several blasting channels. The horizontal blasting channels were winding.
Reaching several hundred meters. The longitudinal blasting channels basically lead to the surrounding core fortifications that have been discovered on the periphery of the Japanese army.
At the same time, Li He ordered that two-thirds of all the explosives in his hands be filled in. The remaining one-third of the explosives were distributed to each assault company. These explosives were not just a few hundred kilograms, but more than 1,500 kilograms.
. Several of the longitudinal blasting channels were filled with 200 kilograms each.
Horizontal blasting was used to open attack channels for attacking troops on the ground, while vertical blasting was used to find Japanese traffic trenches. In order not to affect the effects of the explosion, when Li He decided to use this tactic, he also
He repeatedly discussed the method of simultaneous detonation with the division engineer battalion commander. He was not relieved until the engineer battalion commander repeatedly assured that simultaneous detonation was completely possible.
Li He's attitude was very resolute, and he would blow it up completely. Even if the Japanese army's underground communication trenches could not be found, the earthquake would destroy all the exposed and hidden bunkers on the periphery of the Japanese army. Even if it could not be destroyed, it would still be possible.
The defenders inside must be shaken and confused.
While the engineers in the front were nervously preparing for blasting, an engineer company was behind, under the cover of artillery fire, trying their best to open up channels for tanks and artillery to advance. As a reinforced battalion launching an attack,
In the second blockade ditch, preparations have been made.
When the engineer battalion commander who carried out the blasting pressed the detonator with his own hands, an earth-shattering explosion occurred in the Japanese blockade ditch south of Qingfengdian facing the Japanese position. A total of 1,500 kilograms of high-efficiency TNT explosives destroyed the Japanese army in an instant.
The entire third blockade trench collapsed. The soil kicked up by the explosion almost filled the entire south side of the blockade trench.
At the same time as the explosion, various fire points of the Japanese army on the outer defense line east of Qingfengdian were also directly destroyed by the shock wave generated by the violent explosion. The Japanese army used wood and reed mats to cover the traffic trenches covered with soil, and
In the violent explosion, large sections were exposed.
Before all the soil kicked up by the explosion fell, the assault battalion, which had been prepared, jumped up and launched an attack on the Qingfeng store. After breaking out of the third blockade ditch, the assault battalion immediately followed the predetermined plan and launched two attacks.
A company used the collapsed wall of the blockade ditch to launch an attack from the ground.