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Before we knew it, the battle had entered April and the Nationalist Army launched an offensive that lasted for more than ten days.

After solving the problem of Siping's southern defense line, they exchanged fire with Ding Wei's two large columns for several days.

Both sides suffered losses.

By maintaining a tenacious offensive, Mr. Du's injuries improved. He was supported by others and stood in front of the combat map wearing a coat.

The injury on the waist healed so quickly, it has been almost healed in just over a month?

"Ding Wei's troops are indeed much more tenacious than other troops. This is the first time our army has hit a wall since its attack. We have been unable to make any progress and suffered heavy casualties."

Mr. Du frowned as he listened to his subordinates' report.

"Especially in the direction of flank attack, the enemy's shooting skills are sharper than those of the Type A divisions. A large number of snipers have caused casualties to our troops."

The Kong Yong Column was originally a reconnaissance unit, with a high proportion of snipers and high requirements for marksmanship.

The men in this column were extremely proud of their excellent marksmanship.

Only if you can shoot accurately can you hold your head high.

In the light troops' confrontation, they gave a severe blow to the New Sixth Army and the New First Army.

The bullets hit people's heads and caused a large number of casualties.

Mr. Du gritted his teeth and looked towards Tazi Mountain. He must seize the commanding heights as soon as possible and rely on his firepower advantage to radiate the entire battlefield.

Sniper?

Humph, can it compare with a howitzer?

The idea is correct. Doesn't Kong Yong's column have many sharpshooters and snipers? So they can use howitzers and mountain cannons to attack.

The American-equipped troops were equipped with a large number of 75mm mountain guns, but there were not many 105mm howitzers, only 47 in total, plus 3 Japanese howitzers, totaling about 50.

The division was equipped with more than 200 American mountain artillery pieces.

Liao Jianchu immediately captured Tazi Mountain. The staff suggested that the howitzers and some mountain artillery be concentrated and placed on the Tazi Mountain position. The firepower would be enough to cover any battlefield.

"Humph, you are born in a peasant family, so your vision is always a little poor. Such an important high ground, Tazi Mountain, is poorly defended and disorganized. Inform Jianchu that Tazi Mountain must be captured tonight. I want to see the artillery position tomorrow."

"Yes, Commander!"

With an altitude of 400 meters, Tazi Mountain is the only commanding height in this area.

Artillery and machine guns need to be deployed from high ground, which can not only observe the battlefield but also cover the battle situation with artillery fire.

After receiving instructions from Mr. Du, Liao Jianchu concentrated his forces and attacked Tazi Mountain from a detour.

The New Sixth Army is a pure American-equipped army, equipped with a large number of vehicles and strong mobility.

There are fewer soldiers defending this side, so we can take the position in the middle of the night, rather than overnight.

Artillery fire covered the mountainous area. The Kuomintang troops armed with American weapons pressed forward into the position and easily captured Tazi Mountain.

The good news brought new excitement to the command center.

The artillery group was immediately mobilized to move closer to Tazi Mountain, and 50 howitzers and 70 mountain cannons formed a suppression artillery group.

Take advantage of artillery blockade.

When the news of the fall of Tazi Mountain came, the defeated Allied forces conveyed suggestions to Ding Wei one after another.

We need to draw out elite troops to counterattack Tazi Mountain. We cannot lose this commanding height.

Ding Wei remained unmoved and arranged for his troops to continue holding their ground. He just looked at the time and waited for the Kuomintang's artillery deployment.

At the Harbin Airport, Lin Yihu and others, who had rested for a long time, were making preparations before the war.

The crew is checking the condition of the aircraft.

Unlike before, this time the flight brigade added communication equipment to strengthen communication within the fighter formation.

It is no longer an awkward situation where communication relies on gestures and eye contact.

Li Eryong has also grown up and serves as the captain of the Second Flying Brigade. This grassroots flying hero has been appointed to a regimental commander-level position.

The captain of the flying squadron corresponds to the regimental level.

In Ding Wei's army, as long as you have military merits and can win battles, you will be given military ranks without hesitation.

Early the next morning, there was still a little fog at first, and we waited for the fog to dissipate.

The observer on the Tazi Mountain vaguely saw that something was wrong ahead.

Then he picked up the telescope and looked towards the flat area. There were those things that looked like giant steel beasts. Aren’t they howitzers?

The direction of the cannon muzzle is exactly the direction of Tazi Mountain.

At this moment, the personnel of the four artillery regiments were calibrating the artillery and transporting thousands of artillery shells.

With an order, a fire dragon emerged from the muzzle of the cannon.

With a loud bang, the shell landed at the preset position on Tazi Mountain.

Calibration completed, artillery fired in unison.

The violent artillery fire alarmed the commanders on the front line.

"Our artillery has been in operation since early this morning, and it will be enough to capture Siping today."

But then the troops felt the direction of the shell explosion.

The telephone rang throughout the headquarters, and then the telephone lines were cut by heavy artillery fire.

The artillery position on Tazi Mountain lost contact, and there was a sea of ​​fire in front of the scene, with shells falling on the artillery position one after another.

Four howitzer regiments, with a total of 216 howitzers, including 54 150mm howitzers, indiscriminately covered the Kuomintang artillery positions.

Please explain what fire coverage is.

Mr. Du was so startled that he sat up suddenly. He felt a pain in his waist and the wound seemed to have split open.

I touched it and there was no bleeding. It must be a small internal wound that was torn.

Ignoring the pain in his body, he hurriedly asked about the situation.

"How is the Tazishan position? Have you contacted them?"

Liao Jianchu stuttered, not knowing how to reply. He held the phone, looking at the flames in front of him, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.

The position that was captured with great effort last night was equipped with 120 artillery pieces to form an artillery cluster.

Now it’s like a pot of porridge, a pot of steel mixture.

"Mobilize the planes to attack Ding Wei's artillery regiment. It's terrible that he has such fierce artillery in his hands."

Throughout the War of Liberation, it can be seen that the Kuomintang’s aircraft did not have air superiority. The reason was that there were too few aircraft.

In addition, due to the shortage of crew maintenance personnel, many aircraft broke down and could not be repaired.

Moreover, a large number of aircraft are used for transportation, and only more than 400 aircraft are actually capable of combat.

The American Mustang fighter planes are indeed good, but they are also really expensive. In order to cope with the war, they bought some Mosquito fighter planes from Canada.

For an area where millions of ground forces are operating, just over 400 fighter jets really have little presence.

Is it possible that Ding Wei couldn’t think of what Mr. Du could think of?

After the artillery fire destroyed the artillery group on Tazi Mountain, Kong Yong's column launched a counterattack towards the commanding heights.

At the same time, a flying brigade was dispatched from Harbin, gathering hundreds of fighter planes and appearing on the battlefield in the south of Siping.

The sound of the plane roaring interrupted everyone's thoughts.

Oh my god, with so many planes and cannons, which one is the American-equipped division?

The battlefield was filled with smoke, bombs fell one after another, and fighter jets circled in the air.

There was no time to deploy anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.

Even if it is launched, it will not be able to form an effective attack.

After destroying the Tazi Mountain artillery group, several armies of the National Army were put in a passive situation. As long as the artillery fire was turned around, the frontal battle could be won.

Kong Jie and Kong Yong cleared the haze. After more than ten days of frustrated defense, it was time to let the American-equipped division see the offensive of the North Manchuria Military Region.

Counterattack, all-out counterattack.

Just before the situation on the battlefield changed, the night after the fall of Tazigshan, the chief of operations of the Manchurian Allied Forces Headquarters defected and took away the latest combat deployment information.

The current situation has taken a turn for the better.