"The 10th Division has already exchanged fire with the new army in the north, but the other side does not seem to be in too much of a hurry to attack." Reading the entire telegram, the signal soldier's expression relaxed, but Yu Ling still frowned.

"Unexpectedly, at this time, that Lord Yuan will not lose his strength in vain." Judging from Yuan Shikai's personality, he will definitely make another move when she and the Japanese army are in a stalemate, and the benefits at that time are much greater than now.

However, even so, from this moment on, in order to ensure that the supply line is not disturbed, there will be three divisions on the northern front that cannot be deployed, although the remaining forces still have the strength to deal with the Japanese forces in the encirclement, but ......

"The 9th and 11th Divisions continue to advance the front and reduce the range of movement of the Japanese army, and I hope that today, they will advance at least four kilometers." The Japanese army was unusually constantly building defensive positions in the encirclement, and if it weren't for the fact that their positions were not the commanding heights, they would have seen a half-percent fortress after a while.

"Prepare a general attack on them tomorrow, just two divisions, and transport all the shells to the artillery positions."

It can't be delayed any longer, Yu Ling knows very well that there is a poisonous snake hiding in the shadows, and it can come out and bite her at any time, at this time, the hyena in front of her must be killed as soon as possible.

It is foreseeable that the casualties will not be small, after all, even if there are artillery to clear the opponent's machine gun positions, but the historical examples of battles can already show that it will not have much impact on the combat effectiveness of the defender.

What's more, the Japanese army is good at white-knuckle warfare, and the battle after entering the position is even more dangerous, but it has to be so.

"It's a pity that the attack is still late...... If it weren't for the war of annihilation, it wouldn't be so. She also knew that when the Japanese army was not ready for a position, the attack could easily be defeated in one fell swoop, but it was only the thousands of people in front, and the Japanese army after that would be even more difficult.

Therefore, she never regretted her original decision, just like Bai Qi would not regret the siege of the Changping Zhao army, although the things after the siege were dangerous and unpredictable, but it was a thousand times better than a stalemate with the enemy.

"It's not too late, commander, didn't you conduct a lot of drills last year for the attack on this kind of position?"

The staff officer, who had not spoken for a few days, couldn't help but interject at this time, since the founding of the army, the commander has been strengthening the training of offensive warfare, and even, everyone can remember when it is safest to stay in what position, when to leap forward, when to charge, and then also trained for assassination during the charge.

Now, this commander, who was extremely tough at the beginning, has now become weak!

"I hope so, too, to rest well tonight and prepare for tomorrow's decisive battle."

"Yes!"

Yu Ling also knew how good her chances were, but she was still afraid of that kind of positional battle, and it all came from her deep fear of the bloody positional battle like World War I.

She never thought that it would make any difference if she had used the tactics of the late stages of the First World War, or even the post-war period, and even the late stages of the First World War, the casualties in the battles were quite staggering.

But, now, everything she can do has been done, and the rest is just to do her best and obey the destiny of God.

"The feeling of running out of the last card in my hand is really bad."

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"Inoue-kun, I've already read your report." In the equally dimly lit Japanese command post, Nogi Noshinori was summoning his artillery commander, who had personally assigned him to coordinate the artillery fire of the two divisions.

Now, a task that seemed to him to be about to decide the life and death of the Japanese army in the circle was about to be entrusted to this young man to carry out.

"How about it, are you sure of destroying the opponent's artillery positions?"

With a wealth of experience in attacking fortifications, he knew very well what the opponent's artillery fire meant to them, and it was something that had to be eliminated, otherwise, it would only take less than five days for the entire army to be wiped out.

The next move must be to retain enough troops, otherwise, everything will be in vain.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency General, my subordinate artillery only has two artillery wings and one artillery group, and I can't guarantee this task, according to the calculation and speculation, their artillery has at least three positions."

Inoue was a little depressed, even if the opponent did not counterattack at all, it would be difficult for their firepower to destroy all of the opponent's artillery.

"Inoue-kun, I know, you're not a coward. But the Imperial soldiers will not tolerate the existence of a 'coward', and the Empire will not allow us to defeat on the borders of the weak Qing Kingdom, you know. ”

When Nogi Noshinori spoke, his eyes did not look at Inoue, and the white beard also made him not look angry, but had some kind feelings.

However, Inoue's cold sweat immediately flowed out.

"Yes!" He immediately bowed his head with a standard forty-five degree bow, it would be too stupid for him not to understand what Nogi Noshinori meant, and the current environment in the Japanese army did not allow any retreat.

Well, all orders, he must obey!

"Is it possible to gamble on all the artillery to make the other side lose the ability to attack fortifications?"

Inoue's heart sank, and it was indeed such an order.

Nogi Noshinori is not a person who cares about excessive casualties, he is just worried about unnecessary casualties, but if in order to achieve a certain goal, he must pay huge casualties, he will not hesitate to do it, just like the Liaodong battlefield, he let more than 2,000 soldiers die in vain in order to curry favor with the base camp.

Now that it was his turn, he couldn't give birth to any idea of being loyal to the emperor, only endless sadness.

He is not one of those idiots who can be easily brainwashed, artillery as a technical branch, whether it is a commander or a measurer, is an intellectual, and they know that they are not only for the emperor...... But......

"We have forty-two 75mm guns, and twenty-one 105mm guns, most of the 75mm guns are 38-year field guns, and some are 41-year mountain guns......"

"Well, I don't need to know that, I just want to know if I can do it." Nogi's tone became a little impatient, and Inoue could only stop his explanation.

"The opponent's 105mm guns, according to our calculations, more than forty, and even four 155mm guns, even if we fight with them to the end, they still have the spare strength to carry out artillery bombardment, but the strength should not be enough to capture our positions."

The result of "......" made Nogi Noshinori silent for a long time, and then it seemed that he had made up his mind.

"Then execute it."

"......" Inoue's eyes also darkened, although as a commander, he would not die in the artillery battle, but ...... His best outcome would be to die in an artillery battle.