According to his own judgment of the next battle situation, the Nakahata Goichi also began to adjust the deployment of troops and firepower. In addition to the north and south passages, two anti-tank guns were left on each side, as well as one tank for use as a mobile anti-tank weapon. He withdrew all the rest of the anti-tank guns into the town, while a large number of grenades and explosives were fired on the periphery.

And all the artillery in his hands was reorganized according to the different types of artillery, and the firing circle was redivided. The direction of the firepower attack was strictly stipulated, and the focus was on blocking the innermost blockade ditch. and the gap in fire left by the north and south passages after most of the anti-tank guns were withdrawn. However, the focus of troop deployment is still on the north and south directions and their depth.

However, in terms of the adjustment of the defenders in the east, Nakahata Goichi did not make too many adjustments. The defensive forces in the east were still dominated by the original main defensive force of an infantry squadron reinforced by two infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron, and the garrison strength was not increased.

In his opinion, although the Anti-Union is currently in the east, there are many small actions. But unless they want to attack slowly, their offensive in the east should still be contained. His main direction of attack is either south or north. He was quite confident in the defense of the east and west directions.

It's just that a squadron of the puppet railway garrison that originally cooperated with the Japanese army stationed in Qingfengdian and was responsible for clearing the township and collecting grain in the vicinity, as well as the main force of the puppet Dingxian garrison brigade, were transferred from the west. Of course, these puppet armies have made special considerations when equipping.

All the positions of the puppet army were interspersed with the positions of the Japanese army. Moreover, all the puppet troops are equipped with Japanese military advisers to ensure that they are always under close surveillance. The distribution of ammunition is also replenished on the basis of actual figures consumed. All the machine guns have been confiscated.

For the dogs raised by the North China Army, Nakahata Goichi is very distrustful. Although these puppet armies have no field combat ability, there is no problem in hiding inside the fortifications and shooting outside. But once these puppet troops turn back at a critical time, they will disrupt his entire deployment. Therefore, for these people, they still have to be used in the case of insufficient troops, but they also have to be used in a different way.

Li He's movements were unhurried, so that although Nakahata Goichi's adjustment was preemptive, the progress was not much slower than him, and it could even be said that he was behind. Almost at the same time that Li He's preparations were completed, the deployment of Goichi Nakahata here was also adjusted at the same time.

Lin Feng and Du Zifu, who were south of Qingfeng Shop, were a little anxious that they had never received a report from 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 wait for Li He's report while leading the troops south.

Although Li He's movements were unhurried, his preparations were quite sufficient. Just to confuse the sight of the defenders in the town, a lot of preparation work was made. Li He's meaning is still very clear, either he won't fight, and since he has fought, he will decide the outcome in one fell swoop. The development of the war situation will not give him much time, and the Japanese army in the town will grind here.

Therefore, although his preparation work is a little slower, it is more meticulous and meticulous at the same time. When both sides were in their respective positions and their strength had been accumulated, a battle that could be said to have decided the fate of the Japanese army in the entire battlefield west of the river began again.

After receiving the report that all the attacking troops were ready and in place, Li He's raised left hand did not hesitate to go down to the next group. As his gesture fell, a red flare rose into the air. The gunfire that had briefly subsided on the front line of Qingfeng Store rang out again.

However, at the same time as the artillery sounded this time, except for the bluffs in the north and south directions, there was surprisingly no shouting of killing on the positions in the main assault directions of the Anti-Japanese Union. Compared with the dense gunfire on the north and south sides of Qingfeng Shop, as well as the dense shells that fell inside and outside the town. The entire east side of the Qingfeng Shop battlefield, except for the sound of digging and brushing, was unusually calm.

With the cooperation of the division's engineer battalion, except for the sharp knife battalion, in order to save physical strength, it was temporarily on standby. The rest of the troops started from the first blockade ditch and, under the cover of artillery fire, dug into the second blockade ditch of the Japanese army. According to Li He's request, the second blockade ditch should not be forcibly broken. Dig through the first blockade ditch to that side.

Anyway, the distance between the two blockade ditches is only thirty meters, and there is no need to dig from the bottom. If sufficient excavation forces are invested, only one person deep can be dug up a slope that two people can quickly pass side by side, plus the clearing of minefields and other obstacles. Two hours at most, enough to dig through the second blockade.

According to his thoughts, I will not be from your ground. Your minefields and the machine-gun fire in the bunkers behind you are of little use to me. You want to kill me, but I'm sorry your direct fire can't hit me. As for your mortar group, I can block you to the death with my artillery fire.

As long as I can dig the second blockade ditch, the remaining third will be fine. As long as you can successfully reach the third blockade ditch, this time you will not invest infantry as the first wave, Lao Tzu will use sappers and explosives to talk to you. In order to cover the entire excavation operation, all the artillery assigned to him was organized into different artillery clusters of different calibers according to his requirements.

Artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm was to be smashed on the side of the Japanese position in the third blockade ditch near the town. The 120-mm mortars and 82 mortars were arranged in a trapezoidal configuration according to the firing range, suppressing the fire on the Japanese army's peripheral positions and countering the Japanese mortar groups.

Seventy-six-mm cannons and tank guns, as well as self-propelled guns, were fired at the point of direct fire, destroying houses in the town one by one. Anyway, the Chinese people in the town have already been forcibly relocated by the Japanese army for the sake of so-called secrecy.

Except for some puppet soldiers and some officers' families, there are almost no Chinese in the town, so he has nothing to taboo. There is no need to think about the houses in the town at this time, and they must have all been converted into fortifications by the Japanese army. If you don't do it first, do you have to wait until the troops are attacking in depth and fighting house by house?

Not only did he have to knock them out, but Li He also prepared a feast for these houses, as well as for the Japanese troops who must have been lurking inside. Wait until the cannon and tank guns have knocked out all the houses in the town, and the third blockade ditch is ready to explode. He was going to put hundreds of incendiary bombs into the town. Driving the Japanese out of their tortoise shells and eating them with the infantry.

His hand was indeed very unexpected by Goichi Nakahata. Nakahata didn't expect that the direction of his assault would be east. Although the Japanese mortars also reacted quickly. After discovering Li He's attempt, he immediately mobilized all the mortars and tried to block the excavation operation of the Anti-United Nations with all his might.

However, the number and power of Li He's input far exceeded that of their artillery fire, and at most it was a little interference, and the casualties caused were negligible. In particular, the demolition operation organized by Li He made the Japanese artillery deployed in the town have to move their positions at any time, so that the fire support of the Japanese army has also plummeted.

Chinese soldiers belong to no matter what side they belong to, no matter which faction they belong to. Although the level of education is generally low, the vast majority of them are peasants, and they may not have a good level of technical and tactical skills on the battlefield, or they may have a very low military quality. But the ability to repair the earth is no less than that of any country in the world.

Under Li He's supervision, in fact, it didn't take an hour for his troops to pass through the second blockade, the second and third, and the last. He directly invested part of the sappers, using the blasting rope specially researched by the sappers, and adopted the method of continuous blasting, quickly opened several passages, and quickly entered the third blockade ditch.

When Li He's attacking troops entered the third and last blockade ditch. Nakahata Goichi couldn't help but panic a little, and changed the previous tactics of shrinking defense. Desperately mobilizing troops, they constantly launched tactical assaults, trying to drive the anti-coalition troops out of the third blockade ditch.

However, Li He, who had long expected that he would have this hand, immediately concentrated all the artillery fire that could be concentrated, and built a wall of fire between the third blockade ditch and the outlying positions of the Japanese army. The counter-assault action on the ground by Goichi Nakahata was directly fought back. Full cover for the sappers, the movement in the third blockade ditch.

When it came to the third blockade ditch, under the cover of infantry fire and artillery fire, the sappers quickly made several blasting passages along the wall of the blockade ditch along the breakthrough section. Horizontal blasting passages, winding up to several hundred meters. The longitudinal blasting passage basically leads to the periphery of the Japanese army around several core fortifications that have been discovered.

At the same time, Li He ordered to fill up two-thirds of all the explosives in his hand. The remaining one-third of the explosives were distributed to the assault companies. Instead of a few hundred kilograms, these explosives were filled with more than 1,500 kilograms. There were several longitudinal blasting tunnels, each of which was filled with 200 kilograms.

Horizontal blasting was used to blow up the attack channel for the attacking troops on the ground, and the longitudinal blasting was used to find the Japanese trenches. In order not to affect the effect of the explosion, when Li He decided to use this tactic, he repeatedly studied the method of simultaneous detonation with the commander of the division's engineer battalion. He was not relieved until the engineer battalion commander repeatedly assured him that it was completely possible to detonate at the same time.

Li He's attitude was very resolute, and the explosion was completely exploded. Even if the underground communication trenches of the Japanese army cannot be found, the earthquake will collapse all the exposed and lurking bunkers on the periphery of the Japanese army. Even if he can't be shaken, he will be confused by the defenders inside.

And the sappers in front were nervously preparing for the blasting. An engineer company was in the rear, under the cover of artillery fire, and was making every effort to open up a channel for the advance of tanks and artillery. As a reinforced battalion for a round of attacks, it was ready in the second blockade ditch.

When the commander of the sapper battalion, who performed the blasting, pressed the detonator with his own hands. The Japanese blockade ditch south of Qingfeng Store faced the Japanese position, and an earth-shattering explosion occurred. A full 1,500 kilograms of high-efficiency TNT explosives completely collapsed the third blockade ditch of the Japanese army in an instant. The earth kicked up by the explosion filled almost the entire southern side of the blockade ditch.

At the same time as the explosion, the various firepower 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 covered the communication trenches with wood and reed mats, and covered them with mud, and in the violent explosions, large sections were exposed.

Before all the dirt from the explosion fell, the assault battalion, which had already prepared, jumped up and launched an attack on the inside of the Qingfeng store. Immediately after breaking out of the third blockade ditch, the assault battalion immediately followed the predetermined plan, and two companies attacked from the ground using the wall of the blockade ditch that had been blown up.