In the Japanese command center, Kawamura Keimei turned pale. In fact, he noticed the first time the artillery in the northwest appeared. He had never thought that the artillery in the northwest even surpassed the artillery in terms of quality, which was almost impossible.

This time, the Americans spared no effort to support Japan. The artillery they brought out was definitely the latest products, all of which were the most elite artillery, but they are still not the opponent of the Northwest. Why is this?

He had thought before whether there would be some 350mm artillery in Texas in the northwest, but that was completely meaningless and not by the sea. The 350 artillery needed to build a fixed artillery position. Texas should not meet the conditions. In order to ensure the suddenness of the attack, the artillery was slightly leaning forward. However, this forward leaning made them completely lose the artillery. Looking at the fires coming out of the artillery position, he knew very well that even if the artillery was over, even if part of it could be rescued, the rest would not be enough to provide much support for his attack. He felt sad.

The attack on the morale was a huge blow to the morale. In the glass, the Japanese offensive was directly affected and was attacking the Japanese army. It was obviously panic and even stagnant.

Kawamura Keimei knew very well that if this continued, she would definitely suffer huge damage. At this time, the only thing she could not do was hesitate. If she did not advance, she would retreat. Stay there. The death was even worse. He immediately dispelled these sadness. The war had begun. At least one and a half divisions of the Japanese army had already launched a charge forward. Not only the line of defense in front of them, but also the lines of defense on both sides. At this time, they would suffer heavy losses. Although they had lost firepower support, the Japanese soldiers could not only defeat the enemy with the support of artillery. They faced the Russian fortress without hesitation and occupied Lushun with blood and fire...

Kawamura Keiya became firm and ordered the military horn to launch an attack. When the military horn sounded, the Japanese army, who were originally confused, quickly formed a forward camp, and the speed of charge was getting faster and faster.

Looking for death, Zheng Chunyun, commander of the 2nd Division, said calmly. There are also military signals in the northwest, but they are rarely used. Today, when radios and wired telephones are popular, using sound as a command signal will expose many problems and it is easy to let the other party know your intentions. It is better to use this stable one.

The command order was issued from the radio and was transmitted to every corner through a dense wired telephone network. All the front-line commanders were looking at the watch, and after the time was met, there was 30 seconds of preparation time. The Japanese army in the front was less than 550 meters. In the charge, this was already very close, but the remaining 550 meters became a natural barrier.

After 30 seconds, with the commands of the front line commanders, the machine guns began to sound. It was easy, and it was like a sound of tearing apart in the cloth, but it represented the sickle of the god of death. When the northwest arranged the firepower, it did not choose to arrange it on the front. Instead, it was distributed across the two sides. The machine guns distributed in this way had a more reasonable firepower. The directions on both sides brought greater penetration and reasonable distribution of firepower. It was simply a nightmare for the Japanese army who immersed their tactics in the Russo-Japanese War and maintained the group charge.

Japan's tactics have always lagged behind this era. In this case, Britain and France have tried to change, and at some point they still use such tactics, the most advanced tactics brought by the Northwest from later generations were like cutting rice when they met them. The dense crowds in front seemed to be knocked over by the sickle of the God of Death, one by one, and the killing speed was particularly fast.

Kawamura Keimei was a very flexible person. When she saw that she couldn't do it, she was about to order the charge troops in front of her to retreat. Unfortunately, everything was too late. Starting from the second-line position, according to the different distances, there were 60-120 mm mortars, 37 war defense guns, 75 cannons, 108, 120 howitzers and 155 heavy howitzers were distributed in sequence. These cannons were aimed at the front, and another division was concentrated, with more than 2,500 cannons, which was even more spectacular.

The sound of artillery sounded again. This time, not only the strategic artillery troops of the military headquarters, but also the divisional artillery of the 2nd and 3rd Divisions, 24 155 and 124 108, and several times the 75 artillery and mortars. The huge artillery brought a covert blow...

The 120mm heavy mortar may not be compared with the same 100mm howitzer, but as close-range lethal firepower, its rate of fire is much greater. When the sound of the heavy mortar sounds, the entire Japanese position, both in front and behind, is filled with an explosion of artillery.

There were sounds of cannons everywhere, and the sounds of cannonballs falling from the ground everywhere. Kawamura Keimei was also completely blinded by the sudden emergency fire. He watched the soldiers be swallowed up. Even though the order to withdraw the troops had been issued, thousands of cannons of all sizes poured out countless steel every minute. The Japanese who were familiar with saving wars had never seen such a luxurious scene. It was like artillery fire was worthless and they could fight casually.

The pouring of artillery lasted for 12 minutes in total. It suffered a devastating blow to the one and a half divisions responsible for the attack. In 12 minutes, 500,000 artillery pieces were fired, pouring dozens of tons of steel, which also brought an astonishing blow, with nearly 40,000 people, and less than half a percent survived.

The first batch of Japanese troops in four directions and six wings suffered a devastating blow under the attack of artillery and did not even have time to rescue them. Kawamura Keiya was still a little unwilling to go around and wanted to attack the other two northwest protrusions.

In itself, the distance between these two places is too far from Texas and should not have been the focus of the attack, but when the frontal attack was blocked, the Japanese troops behind squeezed up and became a group, these two parts became extremely terrifying. Kawamura Keiya also clearly felt that once the opponent encircled the circle, at least 6-7 divisions that rushed up would be completely surrounded.

Although from the rear, the Northwest Army did not build a position, the Northwest Army left a deep impression on Kawamura Jingming, at least in terms of defense capabilities. Toward east and west, two divisions and more than 50,000 troops were sent out, and they began to attack fiercely at the protruding parts of the Northwest Army on both sides.

It has to be said that Kawamura Keimei saw the opportunity very early. At this time, if the entire army retreated, as long as the cannon sounded, and one of the elite troops on both sides was encircled and cut off in half, at least 4 divisions would be lost. However, judging from the results after the war, this approach seemed not appropriate.

The northwest is near Dezhou, and it has been more than 4 months. In 4 months, a huge building complex has been built. Not only has a huge fortification group built on the front, a reinforced concrete structure of more than half a meter is almost the same as the permanent national defense line. With the help of a large number of personnel and construction machinery, 12 huge tunnels have been built. The Japanese are located right between the four tunnels. If the Japanese did not press the entire line and did not attack on both sides, the tunnel exit cannot be seen. The farthest tunnel exit is about 900 meters away from the Japanese army. The exit of the tunnel seems to be a natural formation, but it is arranged in the northwest. Among them, some of the surface soil layers and plants are permanent fortifications. Dozens of permanent fortifications are connected into one piece. With just a little processing, a solid line of defense can be formed.

The 2nd and 3rd Division never thought that they were just blocking the Japanese army. Their idea was to annihilate the Japanese army as much as possible. This tunnel and encirclement were prepared for the Japanese. Now, everything went smoothly.

Three regiments urgently entered the tunnel from the back, in another direction in Texas City, then passed through the tunnel and quickly headed towards the rear of the Japanese army. It was almost 5 kilometers, and at the speed of their rapid armed marching, it could be inserted in less than 30 minutes.

When coming out of the tunnel, it is the most dangerous time. The permanent fortifications have not yet been activated. You must use engineer shovels and other works to remove the soil and plants on the surface, dig out the shooting and observation ports, and the soldiers responsible for this are not protected.

The fierce battle and crazy impact attracted the attention of the Japanese. The two sides were relatively weak. Due to the location, the cannons could not be equipped. At most, the artillery was supported by the rear. There were only 155 and 48 155 guns, divided into two directions, aiming at the Japanese army in both directions, but the crazy Japanese ignored the cannons.

The concentrated fire artillery has a huge role in dense artillery positions, but the dispersed charge army has not had as much effect as imagined, that is, it relies on the solid positions and the machine gun mortars of the Northwest defenders to resist these attacks.

One charge, two charges, and three charges, it seemed that it was a crazy attack by the Japanese, which even occupied the first layer of the trench. However, before the Japanese army continued to rush forward from the trench, fire and explosion sounded. The Japanese army that captured the first trench was wiped out by bombs and turbulent oil in the trench. In addition, the previous losses, in just one hour, at least three divisions controlled by Kawamura Keiya had filled in, and there were a large number of wounded soldiers. The results of the battle were only two trenches.

The huge damage and harvest were disproportionate. After occupying the first trench, Kawamura Keiyaki realized that the seemingly weak defenses on both sides were at least 10 floors of positions. To capture them, it was not enough for all the Japanese to fill in them on the premise that the other party took the initiative to retreat.

Kawamura Keimei was in a dilemma. What should he do? He asked himself, but there was no answer. Everyone in the command center looked at him. In his confusion, every minute and every second, the Japanese army died, and time was no longer waiting for anyone. (To be continued.)
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