Snow Valley is a small but long valley in Changbai Mountain. Because the snow is very deep in winter, it looks white, and the snow on the mountains on both sides is blown by the cold wind and falls into the valley, and the whole valley is the place where the snow returns, all of which are called snow valleys.

When the Japanese army began to attack the Northeast, the Northeast Army used to block the front line in the Snow Valley, but because of the policy of avoiding the enemy's edge, the Northeast Army did not fight the Japanese army here, even so, with the easy to defend and difficult to attack terrain in the Snow Valley, the Northeast Army still let the Japanese army have some casualties in the Snow Valley. Therefore, the commander of the command of the DPRK army remembered this place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. What's more, Snow Valley is still on the road to Jilin Province and North Korea's official road. Location is extremely important.

At the temporary headquarters of the Northeast Army, Lin Hu, Liu Hei, and Cao Zheng gathered together to discuss the next military deployment.

"Haven't the heavy artillery units arrived yet? How can it be so slow? Cao Zheng said in surprise. If we extrapolate according to the time of the infantry's movements, even if the heavy artillery units can't get here now, they shouldn't be too far away. But now there is not a trace of the heavy artillery unit. Cao Zheng was a little surprised, after yesterday's high-intensity battle, everyone's dependence on heavy firepower has increased a lot.

"The heavy artillery unit has just set off, and I'm afraid it will take at least five hours to get here. Yesterday's war had exhausted all the shells accumulated by the heavy artillery units, and the logistical supply of heavy artillery was already insufficient, so the young marshal urgently mobilized a batch of heavy artillery shells and sent them in a special military column, and the heavy artillery units delayed a lot of time in order to wait for the batch of shells and to carry out maintenance on the heavy artillery. Lin Hu said.

"There is no heavy artillery. This battle is not easy to fight! Liu Hei's voice was a little low. Although this battle was fought heartily, the heavy casualties behind it made even a ruthless person like Liu Hei frown in distress.

Before the start of the war, the total strength of the Northeast Army in the entire southeast battlefield exceeded 200,000, and now less than 120,000 have rushed to the front line of Snow Valley intact to participate in the battle. The losses amounted to almost half. Although a large amount of weapons and ammunition were seized. However, the Japanese Type 38 rifle caliber was only 6.5 mm, while the Type 16 rifle in the Northeast was 7.92 mm. The bullet model does not match at all. Unless the Northeast Army uses captured Japanese-made rifles. The Type 16 rifle follows the large caliber of the German rifle in terms of caliber, and the soldiers are also accustomed to this large-caliber weapon, and they are a little disdainful of the Japanese-made rifles that were once used. Now in the Northeast, many Japanese-made rifles have been sold after the transformation, and most of them have gone to the bandits in the country and Russia in the north. After all, the increasing production capacity of the military industry in Northeast China made Feng Yong not attach great importance to these Japanese-made weapons.

"We also don't have enough ammunition. I have already reequipped all the troops of both brigades with Japanese-made weapons and used captured Japanese ammunition to participate in the battle, and it is no problem to maintain a high-intensity battle. Lin Hu said in a low voice. In order to restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Lin Hu not only emptied the ammunition depot from the establishment of the Southern Military Region to the present, but also organized all the troops of the two brigades to be reequipped with Japanese-made 38 rifles, so that the captured mountains of small Japanese 6.5 mm caliber bullets would be put to use.

"Two brigades? Almost! Cao Zheng nodded, the Northeast Army lacked weapons and ammunition, and the Japanese troops who retreated hastily after several defeats discarded a lot of baggage that was already scarce. Now at this time, facing the two Northeast brigades with sufficient weapons and ammunition, it is indeed enough for the little devil to drink a pot.

"What does theater headquarters mean? Ask us to wipe it all out? Liu Hei asked in a deep voice.

"The order of the theater headquarters is to end the fighting in the southeast battlefield as soon as possible and drive the Japanese invasion out of China. As for whether to wipe out the Japanese army or not, it depends on how this last battle goes! Lin Hu said.

"Grandma's. I'd like to eat the little devil on the other side all at once. But without the assistance of heavy artillery firepower, our losses will definitely not be small. "Although the Japanese army on the opposite side is defeated, the total strength is still 50,000 or 60,000. In yesterday's high-intensity battle, the Northeast Army could be said to have taken advantage of it, but in the final result, the degree of battle damage was not much different from that of the Japanese army. After all, before the war, the total strength of the Northeast Army was far more than that of the Japanese army, and the total number of Japanese troops was less than 160,000. After the war on this day, the number of losses was about the same as that of the Northeast Army. From this you can see the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. After all, more than 20,000 people of the 17th Division were attacked by Cao Zheng and burned alive. The Northeast Army did not pay too many casualties.

"Yes, the permanent divisions of the Japanese army are indeed very powerful, and they are not at the same level as the newly formed divisions. In this battle at our No. 1 assembly site, the Japanese 7th Division took all our attacks, and even so, in the end, we let them escape. It also allows them to maintain a lot of vitality. Lin Hu said.

"Even if the Seventh Division is seriously damaged now, as long as it is led by a permanent division, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army cannot be underestimated. However, the theater headquarters has already issued an order for a quick battle, and we may not have much time to wait for the arrival of the heavy artillery unit. Liu Hei said in a low voice. After all, it is not too far from North Korea, and with the Japanese army's stronger transportation capacity than the Northeast Army, the advantages of the Japanese army's logistics support will gradually be revealed. If the Japanese army's logistics are full, they will be even more embarrassed if they want to drive the Japanese army out of a strategic place like Snow Valley, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the Japanese army is determined to fight a war of attrition, the Northeast will not be able to consume Japan. After all, the Japanese army is fully armed, coupled with its strong maritime capacity, it can be said that reinforcements are continuously sent to the northeast.

"Although the heavy artillery unit is important, we can't fight because we don't have heavy artillery. Relying too much on external forces will reduce the combat effectiveness of our Northeast Army. Therefore, we should launch a quick attack, and even if we cannot immediately break through the enemy's defenses, we should weaken the enemy's living forces as much as possible in preparation for the next general attack. Cao Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, although there is no assistance from the heavy artillery force now, we also have a secret weapon, and the attack at this time may be able to achieve miraculous results." Lin Hu said with a smile.

"Secret weapon? What is it? Liu Hei asked in surprise. As the strongest military region built by the Northeast, the Southeast Military Region really has many good things that other military regions do not have.

"Tank!"

On the front line of the battlefield, the Japanese army replanned and strengthened the simple position originally built by the Northeast Army in Snow Valley. In order to make it possible to guard against heavy artillery bombardment, in order to build this last line of defense, Lieutenant General Yoshiko Akiyama, commander of the 7th Division, personally visited the front line and carefully explored each line of defense. This expedition restored some confidence to Lieutenant General Yoshiko Akiyama. The changes in the 13th and 15th Divisions also made him more pleased. Although the Korean army was defeated in yesterday's battle, in the battle of the No. 1 assembly area, the Japanese army has always had a slight upper hand in the competition of strength. Under the cover of the 7th Division, most of the troops of the 13th and 15th Divisions were successfully withdrawn. Although the losses were heavy, the two divisions, which had retreated more calmly, brought back a large number of seriously wounded, numbering more than 10,000 people, and with the Japanese medical conditions, as long as these people could be persisted in being sent to Korea, there was hope for survival. As long as these wounded soldiers are not disabled, they are the best soldiers after returning from injury. A soldier who has experienced life and death has a completely different combat effectiveness from a new soldier.

Walking past a defensive position, Lieutenant General Akiyama Yoshiko's brows couldn't help frowning, although this position was also built in accordance with the requirements of the engineer unit, but it was obviously suspected of being shoddy.

"Which division is this where you are stationed?" Lieutenant General Yoshiko Akiyama said in a deep voice. After such a tragic war, and now that the enemy has come to the front of the line of defense, and may attack at any time, such perfunctory fortifications have been built at this time, I really don't know how to write the word death. If it was before the war, the arrogant mentality of the Japanese army would have been understandable, but now he really can't bear it. Because in the face of opponents of the same strength, pride and complacency can only lead to self-destruction.

"Report to the commander of the division, this is the station of the Morino Brigade of the 18th Division, the commander of the Morino Saburo Brigade was injured in the war and has been sent to the rear field hospital for treatment, and now this should be under the command of the Chief of Staff of the Morino Brigade Okamura Yudasa." Major General Ono Hoshi, Chief of Staff of the Seventh Division, said in a low voice.

"The Eighteenth Division?" Lieutenant General Akiyama Koko's brows furrowed. In the battle of the No. 2 assembly area, the 3rd and 17th Divisions were completely annihilated, most of the 18th Division was surrounded and annihilated, and only a few thousand people escaped. The life and death of the division commander is unknown, the brigade commander was seriously wounded, and the troops have experienced such a crushing defeat that their morale is on the verge of collapse.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Division Commander." Major General Ono Fengsi said in a deep voice.

"What happened to Lieutenant General Shinnosuke Kikuchi? Is there any news from the rear field hospital? Lieutenant General Akiyama Yoshiko said in a deep voice.

"No, Lieutenant General Shinnosuke Kikuchi is seriously injured. But Your Excellency, Division Commander, I have a question, according to reason, he should be with Lieutenant General Iguchi Shenggo, Lieutenant General Iguchi Shenggo sent a farewell telegram and led the entire 3rd Division and the 18th Division Joint Headquarters to martyrdom, why did Lieutenant General Shinnosuke Kikuchi get out safely? Will he ......," Major General Ono guessed. Lieutenant General Shinnosuke Kikuchi was carried out by the rout of the 18th Division. When he came out, he had two robbery wounds on his body, one of which was relatively close to his heart. When he was sent back, he was already unconscious. So he was rushed to a field hospital. However, Major General Ono suspected that he had escaped on the battlefield. Because his appearance was too sudden. No one expected him to survive.

(To be continued)