First, the artillery of the 2nd Division stopped firing and began to transfer positions. First, the army launched an attack on the frontier positions of the Japanese Kabe Village, and if they fired again, it would easily hurt their own people by accident. Second, the artillery fired for more than 15 minutes, so the position should have been transferred long ago. Although the Japanese old artillery position had been destroyed by the People's Army, it is also necessary to prevent the Japanese army from having other artillery positions.

However, although the artillery fire stopped, the mortar troops who crossed the river were exerting their power and replaced the artillery to strike the Kabei Village position. A battalion was equipped with 9 82mm caliber mortars and 18 60mm caliber mortars. Although the mortar troops attacked the Japanese frontier positions in Kabei Village and were not as dense as the artillery troops, the purpose of the mortar troops was not to kill the Japanese troops in the position, but to cover the advancement of the offensive troops.

In fact, although the number of Japanese troops in the positions was not large, they were not only well-trained, but also after the training of the Russo-Japanese War, they had a lot of combat experience. When the People's Army launched artillery attacks, the soldiers immediately hid in trenches and bunkers, trying their best to reduce their losses. When the People's Army stopped artillery attacks and switched to mortars, the Japanese soldiers could also clearly feel the sharp decline in the artillery attacks, which also shows that it was the time for the other side to launch an attack.

So the grassroots officers of the Japanese army took action one after another and immediately organized soldiers to relocate the positions to defend with zero amounts of falling shells. Sure enough, the attacking troops of the People's Army were only more than 100 meters away from the Japanese army's position at this time.

It was not until this time that the People's Army's attack tonight was substantially blocked. Gunshots, bullets flew over, and someone was shot and fell to the ground, and casualties began to occur.

However, the Japanese army's blocking force was not very strong, and it could only delay the attack of the People's Army, and could not stop the attack of the People's Army at all. First, the People's Army had advanced to a distance of only more than 100 meters from the position, and it was not far away. At such a short distance, it was very difficult for the defensive party to block the enemy, unless it had a great advantage in terms of military strength or firepower, but the current military strength of the Japanese army not only had no advantage, but could even be said to be at a disadvantage.

The frontier position of Kabei Village was originally guarded by only one battalion of troops, and the troops guarding the position were insufficient. After being bombarded by the People's Army, although the Japanese soldiers tried their best to avoid it, and the artillery of the 2nd Division was mostly small and medium-caliber artillery, which was not that powerful, but there would be some losses. Now it is naturally even more difficult. Therefore, the People's Army has advanced less than 50 meters away from the position.

At this time, when the Japanese soldiers guarding the position saw it, they all knew that relying solely on firepower to block the People's Army, they could no longer stop the People's Army's advance, so they all used bayonets to fight out of the position, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the People's Army.

The People's Army's attack was two companies, with about 260 people, and more than 200 people who broke out of the position were not far apart. However, the Japanese army's training, combat experience, and bayonet battle experience, are better than the People's Army.

An ordinary Japanese army soldier usually has to go through 3-4 years of military training. A considerable number of soldiers recruited for this Russo-Japanese War are retired veterans. Although some are newcomers, they have been at least half a year of training. However, there are many veterans around them, and they have experienced battlefield training in Liaodong, so they have grown very quickly.

The People's Army was only more than four years old. The group of soldiers who experienced the battle with the Eight-Nation Alliance in the early days were originally small, and now they have basically served as middle-level officers at the company-level battalion level. People with practical combat experience among the lower-level soldiers basically gained experience in bandit suppression battles, which is indeed incomparable to the Japanese army. And so, the proportion of soldiers with practical combat experience in the People's Army is less than 40%.

The 2nd Division is also considered an ace unit in the People's Army, but one-third of the soldiers in the entire division are rookies who are just new to the battlefield. Therefore, both training time and practical experience are slightly inferior to the Japanese army, while other troops are much worse.

Another gap is the physical fitness of soldiers. After nearly 40 years of Meiji Restoration, Japan's national strength has been greatly improved. Therefore, the living standards of the people have indeed been significantly enhanced compared to before the Meiji Restoration. With better life, the physical fitness of the people has certainly also improved a lot. Because the soldiers have a higher social status in Japan, the overall living standards are above the average level of Japanese society. Although the physical fitness of Japanese soldiers cannot be compared with that of European and American people, they have to leave behind a lot of Chinese people of this era.

In fact, the living standards of Chinese people under the East China government have improved considerably, and the East China government is also very caring for soldiers. Because of their diet, they are not much worse than Japan, but after all, the time is too short. Now, both the people and the soldiers cannot compare with the Japanese.

There are three major elements of bayonet warfare: experience, body, and tactics. The People's Army does not have the advantage in the first two, and it can be said that it has obvious disadvantages, so it can only work harder on tactics. Since its establishment, a squad was equipped with two Type 96 pistols, which were specially prepared for bayonet warfare.

The Type 96 pistol was used in the early 20th century in the old time and space. It was extremely powerful in melee battles within 50 meters. Therefore, before the bayonet battle, the squad leader and deputy squad leader of each squad had installed the handle of the Type 96 pistol on the gun magazine, so that it could shoot with shoulders and improve the accuracy of shooting.

Of course, in addition to weapons, tactics are also very important. In bayonet battles, the soldiers in the squad are divided into two groups, with two squad leaders as the core, while the other soldiers are scattered on both sides of the two squad leaders and rise and spread forward, forming a "v" shape, which can not only protect the two squad leaders, but also not block the shooting routes of the two squad leaders.

Moreover, in the bayonet battle, the People's Army also had a big killer weapon, which was *. Therefore, when the Japanese soldiers rushed out of the position with a bayonet rifle, the attacking People's Army quickly arranged the array. The soldiers in the front row took out the * first, pulled the strings, and threw them at the Japanese soldiers rushing over.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

The explosion suddenly sounded. Although the lethality of * was not high, the Japanese soldiers were more densely placed; the psychological attacks on the Japanese army should not be underestimated.

Immediately afterwards, the squad leader and the deputy squad leader fired continuously. Although the accuracy of the Type 96 pistol is not high and the jumping hole is very serious, the distance between the two sides is too close. The Type 96 pistol has a total of 10 bullets, which can always hit several people.

After two strikes from the *, Type 96 pistol, the soldiers of both sides finally met and launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat. However, although * was no longer available at this time, Type 96 pistol was still very useful. The squad leader and deputy squad leader of each squad changed a magazine and immediately went into battle. Taking advantage of the advantage of continuous shooting, they shot at Japanese soldiers at close range, and sometimes even hit Japanese soldiers at a distance of 3 or 4 meters. Therefore, although the Japanese soldiers' bayonet skills and experience were obviously above the People's Army soldiers, the two sides still killed an indissoluble bond.

However, not long, the two subsequent battalions of the People's Army also crossed the Liaohe River and killed the Kabei Village position. Although other Japanese soldiers in the position also participated in the battle at this time, the number of people was still far less than that of the People's Army, so they were naturally no match for the People's Army. They were killed and fell to the ground and died. Some of the remaining Japanese soldiers fought to the death and eventually died, while some fled the position. The People's Army finally occupied the Kabei Village position in full. At this time, it was only 40 minutes before the 2nd Division launched an attack.

At this time, the ships crossing the river had transported the second batch of the three battalions of the 2nd Division to the east bank of the Liao River, so the soldiers immediately arranged defenses in the Kabei Village position to prevent the Japanese army from regaining the position. On the bank of the Liao River, it was very lively. In addition to the soldiers crossing the river being busy on board, the engineers had also arrived at the edge of the Liao River and built bridges on the Liao River. After all, the ship could only cross the people to the east bank of the Liao River, and at most mortars were transported, but the more powerful artillery could not be transported by ships, so they could only build bridges. Moreover, in the future, the People's Army's material transportation would have to pass through the Liao River, and the railway line would be extended to the east bank of the Liao River. Naturally, many bridges would be built on the Liao River.

Of course, it is not possible to build a train bridge in a short time, but in a short time, it is completely possible to build a few wooden bridges in the Liaohe River, such as floating bridges, to ensure that the artillery can pass through.

At this time, in the command center, in addition to receiving the good news from the 2nd Division, the 8th Division and the 9th Division also received good news. Both divisions had successfully crossed the Liaohe River, the 8th Division occupied the Sanjiafen position, and the 9th Division occupied the Daju Village position. Although there were first and later, all these results were achieved within an hour. It can be said that the People's Army's crossing operations had achieved phased success.

However, the victory of these situations cannot ensure the overall victory of the People's Army's crossing the river. First, Japan arranged six frontier positions along the Liaohe River, and now the People's Army has only captured three of them, followed by Japan and the second-line position of Zhengjiatun. Although the People's Army launched a fierce fire strike on the Zhengjiatun position, it is not enough to completely destroy the Zhengjiatun position. As long as the Japanese army is given a breathing opportunity, it can set up defenses in the Zhengjiatun position again, which is to support the frontier position.
Chapter completed!