So this time, this ghost martial arts Dazuo didn't dare to play any tricks, even if he knew that it would be difficult to meet the requirements of the division commander to recapture the front line of Kongjiawobao in the shortest possible time. However, they also stubbornly commanded the troops that could be mobilized, and adopted the tactics of advancing at the same time and attacking from multiple directions.

The starting point of Ghost Wu Wuyi is the same as that of his division commander. It is to take advantage of the situation that the Anti-Japanese Union has just seized the front line of Kongjiawobao and has not had time to gain a foothold, and under the cover of artillery fire from the rear, to recapture the first line of Kongjiawobao in the shortest possible time. For Ghost Wu Wuyi, there is at least the idea of not letting Lieutenant General Chuan and Mi take himself as a scapegoat for the entire Tongliao battlefield.

After last year's war, the original ambition has long since worn out. Now I just want to survive peacefully until retirement, or be transferred to the Kannai battlefield as a garrison captain, I know that in order to achieve this wish, no matter whether I can overcome this hurdle or not, I have to take a hard step.

On the opposite side of the Ghost Martial Arts on May 1st, Hai Jingqing, the current commander of the 54th Regiment of the 18th Division, who played a key role in the battle of the 15th Wing of the 14th Division last year, did not have the slightest fear or politeness in the face of last year's old enemies and opponents. Ignoring the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army, he immediately commanded the troops to meet them directly.

Although he didn't know that the Japanese commander in front of him was the old enemy who slipped out from under the noses of his old troops when he fought to encircle and annihilate the 14th Division last year. However, the decisive victory against the 14th Division last year gave Hai Jingqing an innate advantage in mentality when facing the defeated generals of his former subordinates.

However, this time, in the face of almost all the ferocious counterattacks of the 14th Division, in addition to the fire cover provided by the mortars at the regimental level, and the in-depth long-range interception of some 107 rocket artillery, the mountain artillery of the 18th Division Artillery Regiment in the back has always been unusually silent. From the launch of the Japanese counterattack to the end of the battle, almost no shots were fired.

In fact, Hai Jingqing, who was the commander of the main regiment of the 18th Division in the Tongliao battlefield, had long known that the artillerymen who were not in the hands of many shells had already consumed a large part of it when they covered their capture of Qianjiadian and Kongjiawobao. In addition, part of the artillery was allocated to the 3rd Division to replenish the artillery shells it had previously consumed on the Bayantara front, and even the 18th Division, which later participated in the battle, had not much artillery left.

Long before taking Kongjiawobao, the division commander Wang Jun personally told him when he deployed the mission. Kongjiawo Fort is the gateway to the eastern part of the entire Tongliao County, and after capturing Kongjiawo Fort, the Japanese army is bound to send heavy troops to counterattack. But now there are not many artillery shells left under the consumption of the previous stage.

The division could only ensure that he could provide fire support in the battle to capture Kongjiawobao, but in the face of the Japanese counterattack, the artillery support that the division could provide would be quite limited. As a division commander, he could only provide him with part of the rocket artillery to carry out interceptive fire when he deemed necessary.

As for the rest of the time, I'm afraid the division won't be able to provide much fire support. Because the troops have to seize Tongliao County in the next step, they can't consume all the shells they have here. However, the division had already asked Commander Chen to mobilize as much as possible the artillery directly under the North of Tongliao to provide fire support during the battle of Kongjiawobao.

However, before the battle began, it was necessary to consider that the possible counterattack of the Japanese army would be extremely ferocious. Wang Jun still gave everything he had, replenishing the 54th Regiment with 200 rounds of 120-mm and 82-mm mortar shells, 150 rounds of 60-mm mortar shells and 57 recoilless shells, as well as some 14-mm and 12-mm anti-aircraft machine gun ammunition.

The ammunition transferred by Wang Jun is the last remaining mortar of the same caliber in the 18th Division. Before he got a large number of supplies from the rear, even if all his shells were gone, the division behind him could no longer replenish even a single shell. And the artillery directly under the headquarters also transferred most of the shells to the battlefield in the north of Tongliao.

Although the fire support is limited, it is not a big deal in terms of Hai Jingqing's consistent character of becoming more and more courageous when he is frustrated and stronger when he is strong. For him, if he destroys one more enemy army here, he will have one less defender in the next stage of the attack on Tongliao County. The Japanese army paid an extra price on the front line of Kongjiawobao, and when they attacked Tongliao County in the next step, the troops paid less sacrifice.

However, the artillery support that the division could provide was limited, but for the 54th Regiment, the firepower was not too thin. In addition to the mortars of various calibers and recoilless guns that he was equipped with, after hearing the words of Commander Chen, who had been specially told by the division commander to criticize the Third Division, before setting out, he had more eyes when he captured the front line of Kongjiawobao.

Although the two 77 field guns and the 94 rapid-fire guns were blown up by the Japanese army themselves in the end. However, he captured one 92 infantry gun, one 57-mm Grusen mountain gun, three Liao 14 infantry anti-aircraft guns, and 97 automatic guns. Although the ammunition seized from light and heavy machine guns was not too much, the number was as high as more than 10.

In addition, he had a regimental 14-mm anti-aircraft machine gun, a battalion 12-mm machine gun, a company general-purpose machine gun, and an automatic rifle that was uniform throughout the regiment. Although the artillery support he could get was limited, his infantry firepower was far stronger than that of the counterattacking Japanese.

In addition, although the two permanent fortification groups on the front line of Kongjiawobao were blown up, half of the defenders of the semi-permanent fortification groups inside were burned into roast chickens by flamethrowers, and they completely fell into his hands. The corpses of the Japanese army were dragged out, and these semi-permanent fortifications were ready-made fortifications.

When the Japanese army was building these permanent and semi-permanent fortifications, it took into account the situation of being broken through behind them. Therefore, on the Tongliao battlefield, all the Japanese fortification groups can shoot in a 360-degree circle. This is also one of the reasons why Bayantara's battle is so difficult to fight. As a result, it has become a ready-made field fortification that Hai Jingqing can use.

These semi-permanent fortifications that could be fired at 360 degrees, as well as the original trenches and communication trenches built by the Japanese army. He didn't even have to make a big deal to build it, he could form a complete defense system. Coupled with the absolute superiority of infantry firepower in his hands, he really has nothing to fear.

In order to recapture Kongjiawobao, the eastern gateway of Tongliao County, in the shortest possible time, Lieutenant General Chuan and Mi can be said to have made a bloody investment. Not only did nearly half of the troops of the Tongliao defenders be withdrawn, but all the artillery funds were also dried. Use the artillery fire that can be used to cover the counterattack of the ghost martial arts.

He also armed the more than 800 expatriates under the age of 45 who could fight with guns in the city with the Liao 13 rifles in stock, and strengthened the counterattack troops under the command of Guiwu Wuyi. Even the Tongliao Gendarmerie of the Japanese Army, which was not under the command of the 14th Division and was directly under the jurisdiction of the Military Police Headquarters of the Kwantung Army, was also pulled onto the battlefield by him as a field supervision team.

In order to cover the counterattack of the ghost martial arts, Lieutenant General Kawa and Mi can be said to have made a bloody investment. Within a short hour after the Japanese launched a counterattack, seven or eight hundred shells of various calibers fell on Hai Jingqing's blocking position. Among them, just 150 mm heavy artillery shells amounted to more than 100 rounds.

According to the number of artillery deployed by the Japanese army in Tongliao County, this firepower density can be described as unprecedented. Its firepower is almost twice as strong as that of Bayantara. That is to say, during this period, the Japanese army concentrated almost all the artillery in the entire Tongliao County to carry out fire support for the counterattack on the front line of Kongjiawobao, but despite the unusually fierce cover artillery fire, the Japanese offensive was almost impossible to enter the full speed attack range of 100 meters in the face of the dense infantry fire of the Anti-Union. According to the tactical habits of the Japanese army, the deployment of its attack formation, especially the distance of 200 meters where the infantry support fire is fully deployed, is like a wall of life and death for the Japanese army. No matter how much it costs, it will not be possible to break through to within 200 meters.

Hai Jingqing combined all kinds of weapons at hand to form a tight firepower echelon according to the range of fire. Sixty-millimeter mortars and snipers, specialized in dealing with grenadiers that were the greatest threat to machine guns in the Japanese army. The 12-mm anti-aircraft machine guns and the regimental 14-mm anti-aircraft machine guns were organized in a unified group to suppress the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns.

As for the light machine guns of the Japanese army, they were suppressed by the general-purpose machine guns when they got closer. A grenade fired by a 57-mm recoilless gun was sent directly to the western sky, including all the people and guns. Against the infantry, automatic rifles and squad machine guns weaved a dense web of fire at a distance of 200 meters. Although the time was very rushed, in the shortest possible time, Hai Jingqing still completed the point firepower grouping.

In order to reduce the threat and lethality of Japanese artillery fire as much as possible, Hai Jingqing strictly demanded that the forward troops should never shoot at a distance of less than 200 meters from the Japanese attacking infantry, and that the general-purpose machine gun must immediately shift its position after firing a chain of bullets to prevent the Japanese artillery from covering it.

The two anti-aircraft machine guns, which were deployed in depth and used for long-range fire suppression, were directly equipped by him into the remaining semi-permanent fortifications of the Japanese army. And two 12 mm machine guns and a 60 mortar formed a mobile fire group, which was specially designed to deal with the Japanese light and heavy machine gun group that had slipped through the net.

And his battalion belonged to the 82 mortar, which was used to stare at the Japanese infantry artillery. Hai Jingqing had only one request for them, as long as the two infantry guns of the Japanese army, which posed the greatest threat to machine guns, appeared, they must be the first to strike. In short, in a word, they must not be allowed to shoot a single machine gun. To ensure forward positions, there is enough firepower.

As for the most powerful regimental 120-mm mortar, he used it to suppress the starting positions of the Japanese attack in depth, as well as the concentration points of troops. Of course, if he can find the command post of the opponent, he does not mind directing all the heavy mortars that can be concentrated to come up with a salvo.

The 120-millimeter mortar currently used by the Anti-Japanese Union is an improvement on the basis of the M-1938 heavy mortar introduced by the Soviet Army. The weight was one hundred and one kilogram lighter than that of the Soviet gun, but the firing range increased to six and a half thousand meters. Moreover, there are several more types of ammunition fired than the Soviet-made prototype gun.

The total weight of this kind is only 174 kilograms, which is nearly half the weight of the 92 infantry gun, but the firing range is a full 4,000 meters. This 120-millimeter heavy mortar even has a range of 200 meters longer than the Japanese 41 mountain gun, but its weight is only a fraction of it.

After equipping the troops, it was extremely popular, and with a large range, moderate weight, and relatively good power and accuracy, the 92 infantry gun, which was originally a regimental artillery, was quickly eliminated. It is a heavy mortar of the same caliber as the Soviet-made one, and it has become the leading artillery of the Anti-United Nations regiment.

General Hai Jingqing belonged to a 120-millimeter heavy mortar, which served as a covering fire against the assembly and starting point of the Japanese counterattack forces, and this kind of artillery was enough to bear such a heavy burden in terms of range and power. Not to mention suppressing the concentration of Japanese troops, even if it is against the Japanese army's standard wing artillery 41 mountain artillery, it will definitely not fall behind.