In view of the importance of Kongjiawobao, the 14th Division originally deployed a large number of troops to defend Kongjiawobao, the eastern gateway of Tongliao County. Three infantry squadrons, one engineer squadron, one squadron of heavy machine guns and one squadron of infantry artillery were deployed on the entire front line of Kongjiawobao, as well as four German-made Grussen 57 mountain guns turned out of the warehouses of the Kwantung Army, and a temporarily formed mountain artillery squadron was stationed in the front line.

Not counting the grenadiers, the entire Japanese army on the front line of Kongjiawo Fort had eight infantry guns and 57-mm mountain guns alone. As for the heavy machine guns, they are far more than the establishment of one squadron, and the actual number of armaments is as high as sixteen, which is almost equivalent to the number of two heavy machine gun squadrons.

In addition to the 14 th Division's heavy losses last year and the lack of replenishment of new light weapons, the light machine guns have also been replaced with 20 additional Czech-style light machine guns. Although its total force allocation is only equivalent to a reinforced brigade, the light and heavy machine gun and artillery firepower configuration is almost equivalent to a wing of other Japanese divisions.

The old 57-mm Grusen Mountain Gun, although the effective range was not as far as that of the 92 Infantry Gun. Compared with the 92 infantry gun, the power is also quite different. However, placing it in the fortifications as a close artillery support for the infantry can still play a certain role. Although the sum is only more than 200 shells, it can still provide some fire support after all.

Moreover, Lieutenant General Kawa Namimi was in a situation where the terrain was conducive to the rapid advance of tanks. In addition, for the defenders on the front line of Kongjiawobao, 12 20-mm automatic guns of the 97th type and 6 anti-aircraft guns of the 37th infantry of the 14th type of Liao were strengthened. and two Type 94 37 rapid-fire guns and two 77 mm Liao 14 field guns to form an anti-tank fire cluster.

At the same time, there is a permanent fortification group in the north and south directions of Kongjiawo Fort and the east Baoli camp area south of the railway, and there are more than 60 semi-permanent fortifications and light and dark bunkers in total. A full-fledged defensive system was formed along both sides of the railway line, as well as a network of cross-fire.

And when the Japanese army was fighting fiercely on the Bayantala battlefield, they took advantage of the several days that the defenders in the north had gained for the entire Tongliao battlefield. Taking advantage of the natural rivers and ditches around Kongjiawobao, as well as the tens of thousands of laborers trapped in this generation at that time, three anti-tank trenches were dug in three directions in a short period of time, facing north, east and south.

Judging from the number of firepower and troop deployment alone, Lieutenant General Kawanomimi can be said to have put a lot of effort into it. The infantry of the brigade size is equipped with only two field guns, which is still much better than the standard wing guns of the Japanese 41 mountain guns, and this standard is still unique in the firepower configuration of the Japanese field divisions.

According to the judgment of Lieutenant General Chuan and Mi, relying on the favorable fortifications and the fire support of a fairly powerful artillery group composed of eight 14-year-old 77-mm field guns, three 41-type mountain guns, and two 120-mm howitzers in the base of the small street, even with the cooperation of tanks, the anti-Japanese coalition could hold out on the front line of Kongjiawobao for at least three to five days.

Because the front line of Kongjiawobao not only had a strong fortification group to use, but also received fire support far more than the other two defensive areas in the north and south. The most important thing is the Japanese defenders on the front line of Kongjiawobao, because the distance is extremely close, and they can get rapid support from reinforcements in Tongliao City at any time.

But he didn't expect that the result was quite unexpected. The defense line of Kongjiawobao, which he painstakingly managed, was broken through in less than six hours. And the two squadrons he sent reinforcements were shot back by a dense rain of rockets as soon as they left Tongliao County.

Although there was a fierce battle on the front line of Kongjiawo Fort, Lieutenant General Chuan and Mi organized reinforcements many times, and mobilized as much artillery fire as possible to provide fire support to Kongjiawo Fort. However, he was never able to break through the opponent's long-range fire interception, and his artillery was inferior in range, and he could only watch the opponent's shells explode on the reinforcement route, and could not reach the rocket artillery position of the anti-United Nations.

Under a tight blockade, several small forces rushed over, albeit after heavy casualties. But for Cheng Dù, who was fighting fiercely on the front line of the entire Kongjiawo Fort, the little people who rushed over were tantamount to a drop in the bucket. The battle on the front line of Kongjiawobao only lasted six hours, and it did not give Lieutenant General Chuan and Mi most of the ways to change the situation of the battle. I could only watch the front line of Kongjiawobao being captured by two battalions of the 54th Regiment.

As the second batch of troops to be put into the battlefield, the 18th Division clearly accepted the lesson of the 3rd Division in attacking the fortified area of the Japanese army in Bayantara. Not only did the 53rd Regiment change its tactics, but within two hours it achieved more than imagined results. In the process of capturing the first line of Kongjiawobao, although the 54th Regiment did not fight as well as the 53rd Regiment in the north of Tongliao, it also achieved the predetermined combat objective within six hours.

During the battle, the two battalions of the 54th Regiment, which served as the main attacker, took advantage of the entire Japanese defense system and were divided into two parts by the Tongliao-Shuangliao railway line. In addition to a frontal attack, two companies of troops were also assigned to detour south of the road with the cooperation of a tank platoon, attacking from the weakest defense in the entire defense.

During the battle in Lunan, flamethrowers were used to attach sappers, and fire was combined with continuous large-scale blasting. First break through the flank of the Japanese defense zone on the first line of Kongjiawobao, contact and capture the Japanese army's defensive support points in the south of the road, and then forcibly intersperse the attack to the north of the road, and cooperate with the main offensive in the front.

At the same time that the troops on the south of the road were fighting, in front of the core area of the Japanese defensive position on the entire front line of Kongjiawobao in the north of the road, the forward infantry was adopted to guide the tanks to use direct fire outside the anti-tank trenches, and first cleared the field fortifications on the periphery of the permanent fortifications little by little. Opens the passage for infantry attacks and provides fire support.

Then the infantry used the cover of the tank's direct artillery fire to quickly break through the Japanese anti-tank trenches and go deep into the Japanese army. For the Japanese army's permanent fortification groups, geotechnical close work was carried out under the cover of smoke grenades fired by mortars. When the smoke bombs were insufficient, incendiary bombs were fired with mortars around the Japanese permanent fortifications.

After clearing the perimeter of the fortifications with 57 recoilless guns and rocket launchers, 14-mm anti-aircraft machine guns with high penetrating power, and tank direct-aim artillery. After starting from the Japanese anti-tank trenches and digging the passage directly under the Japanese permanent fortifications, the tactics of large-yield explosives blasting were adopted.

The two battalions of the 54th Regiment that participated in the battle adopted a combination of frontal and flank assaults, and the tanks adopted the tactics of direct-aim and precise fire outside the anti-tank trenches to clear the perimeter, infantry fire at close range, and a combination of long-range and near-range firepower. Under the cover of the rocket artillery group behind him, although the fight was very hard, he finally gnawed this hard bone within six hours.

It's just that after this war, the rocket artillery unit of the 18th Division, which was responsible for intercepting the Japanese reinforcements from Tongliao City, consumed quite a lot of shells. If it weren't for the time of reinforcement by Lieutenant General Kawa Namimi, it would have been a little late, and the reinforcements would have started only after the battle for Lunan had been resolved. I am afraid that after this battle, the ammunition in the hands of the rocket artillery of the 18th Division will be exhausted. For support in the follow-up battle, at least for a short time, it will not be needed.

The two regiments of the 18th Division participated in the battle, and they learned the lessons of the 3rd Division on the Bayantala battlefield and fought quite beautifully. In a short period of time, the two lines of Japanese defense due north and east were broken. As a result, the anti-union forces on the northern battlefield have approached Tongliao County, and on the eastern front, they have torn the last barrier of Tongliao County.

As for Lieutenant General Kawa and Mi, there is the Xiliao River in the north and west as a natural barrier, even if the anti-union soldiers have stabbed under their noses, there is no major problem. There are no means to cross the river, at most there is only some pressure. However, the danger brought by the capture of the first line of Kongjiawobao to the defense of the entire Tongliao County is completely different.

The defense line of Kongjiawobao, which was the eastern barrier of Tongliao County, was broken through in six hours, which was a rather adverse impact on the entire defense system of Tongliao. Except for the line from Zhangcaiyuanzi to Dongwazi, which is close to Tongliao County, and several support points in Panjiayao, there is no obstacle that can stop the advance of the Anti-Japanese Union in the east of Tongliao County.

If the Qian family shop further east is lost, it doesn't matter to Lieutenant General Kawa and Mi. Then the loss of the first line of Kongjiawobao, for him and the entire Tongliao defenders, is tantamount to Tongliao City is actually a wide open door. With the cooperation of the tanks, the Anti-Union could rush under the Tongliao city wall within an hour.

Lieutenant General Chuan and Mi, who knew that the situation had been severed, ignored the interception and artillery fire of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and concentrated nearly half of the troops that could be concentrated in Tongliao City, and the second wing commander, who was currently the oldest in the entire 14th Division and the only surviving commander of the three wings in World War I last year, immediately went out of the city to counterattack.

In order to recapture the front line of Kongjiawobao as much as possible, he not only used the artillery group that originally supported the operation in the east of the city. He also drew four 150-millimeter howitzers from the combat readiness warehouse of the Tongliao Kwantung Army, as well as four 120-millimeter howitzers from the artillery wing of the division and regimental artillery wing, from the artillery position of the ancient temple in the north of the city, which was firing at the anti-union artillery on the north bank of the Xiliao River, and all of them were reinforced to the east of the city.

Lieutenant General Chuan and Mi's intention is very clear, that is, to try to take advantage of the abundant artillery shells, as well as the opportunity of the anti-Japanese alliance to gain a foothold and be exhausted after a long battle, to cover the counterattack forces to recapture the front line of Kongjiawobao. Recapture Kongjiawo Fort, a tactical barrier in the eastern part of Tongliao County.

In the face of the rapid counterattack of the Japanese army under the cover of fierce artillery fire, knowing the gains and losses of Kongjiawobao, the main force of the 54th Regiment for the next step to seize the importance of Tongliao County disregarded fatigue and casualties, and launched a fierce struggle with the Japanese army on the spot. A fierce battle unfolded in the small village and town of Kongjiawobao.

Lieutenant General Zai Chuan and Mi can't recapture the front line of Kongjiawobao, and he himself doesn't have to be threatened to come back. Last year, he lost more than half of his troops and divisions and regimental headquarters before he was lucky enough to escape, and he knew that this division commander who had just taken office and had just caught up with this big battle and had fought all the way from Shanghai to Wuhan as the commander of the Sixth Wing. Unlike the former head of the secret service, he is better at doing secret service work, rather than being fooled by Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita, who commands operations.

After the battle last year, Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita took the responsibility for the defeat of the 14th Division on his own shoulders. Even if he discarded the division headquarters, he was not held responsible. But the lieutenant general in front of him, who has always been known for his hard-line style, will definitely not be as generous as the commander of the Kita Division.

If he says that he will let himself seppuku, I am afraid that no one will be able to save himself except for the commander of the Kwantung Army who can save his life. And he has the old thing that he left the division and regimental headquarters last year and has been listed in the entire Japanese Army, no matter how you look at the Kwantung Army Headquarters this time, there is no reason to pardon himself who is not yet a general.