If the telekinesis thing really exists, the current Sendai division commander can undoubtedly use telekinesis to break the necks of his subordinates, and with the heavy pressure in the heart of this division commander and the surging heart, he may be able to kill a few more. It's a pity that the commander of the Sendai Division is just an ordinary earthling, so he glared at the deputy chief of staff fiercely with a murderous gaze, and said in the characteristic tone of the commander suppressing his subordinates: "The reason why the prisoners were shot in front of the battle was to let the Beiyang Army on the opposite side know what kind of results they would encounter after their attack failed." ”

The commander of the Sendai Division really can't say too much, and the artillery fire that intercepted the follow-up troops of the Beiyang Army has already consumed more than half of the artillery reserves of the Sendai Division. The navy's artillery is very close, but the communication between the two sides is not smooth, and it is also a matter of uncertainty whether the summoned shells will hit the head of the Beiyang Army or the head of the Japanese army. Second, the traditional contradiction between the War Department and the Admiralty also determined that the commanders of the Sendai Divisions could not command the Navy at all.

Faced with this reality, the commander of the Sendai Division had to control the situation as much as possible before the next order from the War Department arrived. According to the opinion of the commander of the Sendai Division, as long as he could effectively intimidate the Beiyang Army and ease the Beiyang offensive a little, the commander of the Sendai Division thought that he could bear the charge of this idea.

The deputy chief of staff was not very receptive to the division commander's explanation, "Your Excellency, will this method work?" If we just stick here, there is no need to take drastic measures. ”

As soon as he heard the word "stubborn", the head of the Sendai Division couldn't hold back any longer, "Baga! He shouted angrily.

When retreating from Laoshan Yangkou, no matter how much the Sendai Division advertised that it was going to attack Rizhao, the purpose of attacking Rizhao was to better attack the People's Party. This must be said, but from the division commander to the military cao below, they don't believe it. It is far more difficult to end a war than to start a war. As for a decent retreat, it is absolutely impossible unless a victory is won.

Even though the Japanese naval guns were trying their best to cover the fire, the artillery and bullets of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army were trying their best to kill and injure the Japanese troops in the rear. After five or six days of fighting at Yangkou, suffering endless shelling and shooting every day, and losing thousands of officers and men, the Japanese fled to the warship with their tails between their legs. No amount of beautification could make the Japanese believe that it was a victory.

The capture of Rizhao also brought a little excitement to the Japanese army, and the War Department issued an order to the Sendai Division was simple, "hold on". The War Department did not have an obvious plan for the operation after the occupation of Rizhao, but fools could see that a division that penetrated deep into Chinese mainland would inevitably die if it encountered the troops of the People's Party. The Japanese army searched all that could be looted in the empty city of Rizhao. Within two days of the good days, tens of thousands of Beiyang troops attacked. The defeat of the Battle of Qingdao and the fact that the Kyushu Division was almost completely annihilated brought psychological pressure to the commander of the Sendai Division.

The Fourth Beiyang Army broke through the Japanese army's position in the first wave of attacks, and the possibility of completing the task of "holding on" was greatly reduced, and this could not but make the Sendai Division's psychological panic feel far greater than the feeling of the actual combat capability decline caused by the loss of troops. Killing prisoners of war was also a practice that the division commander wanted to relieve his own psychological pressure.

The deputy chief of staff of the Sendai division was probably able to understand the division commander's thoughts, and the deputy chief of staff's opposition to the shooting of prisoners of war before the war was not directed at the division commander. The Beiyang Army was menacing, and the deputy chief of staff was worried that the shooting of prisoners of war was likely to trigger a fierce retaliation psychology of the Beiyang Army. One of the purposes of the Japanese army's formation of troops based on regional origins is to hope that the troops will be able to improve their cohesion because of regional factors. Vengeance is also a form of cohesion. Seeing the villagers die in battle can always give the Japanese troops more reasons to fight. But seeing the division commander's angry appearance at the moment, the deputy chief of staff also closed his mouth in amusement. The Japanese army has a strict hierarchy, and according to investigations, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army under the command of the People's Party adopts the principle of "equality of officers and soldiers." The Japanese army was greatly ridiculed when they were studying. Because the Japanese army could not imagine how the army could operate smoothly without the hierarchical high ground. The deputy chief of staff was also one of the ridiculers, and he naturally did not dare to go beyond the "rules" of the Japanese army.

But the deputy chief of staff's concern was obviously justified, and suddenly there was a screech of shells piercing the air. Just by listening to the sound, it can be determined that the Beiyang Army has opened fire on the Japanese again. Everyone in the Sendai Division, Regiment and Regiment Headquarters immediately became nervous, and the report from the front line arrived in a blink of an eye, "Your Excellency Division Commander, the Beiyang Army has begun to charge again. ”

The assembly of infantry and artillery is a very important way of fighting, and it is heard that the Beiyang Army began to attack under the cover of artillery fire. Without saying a word, the commander of the Sendai Division strode to the telescope under the bunker of the headquarters. Sure enough, in the telescope, I saw that the flow of people composed of the blue uniforms of the Beiyang Army rushed towards the Japanese position again.

Even if Wu Peifu does not have the combat capability of the People's Party, he is not incompetent. This attack is still divided into left, center and right three ways, but these three ways have absorbed the experience of the last attack. At least on the route, the attack of the Beiyang Army on the three routes was more orderly. The Beiyang Army was not as willing to waste as many shells as the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army and fired live ammunition, and could not constitute a barrage attack. Wu Peifu used a very primitive method, observing through balloons, to determine the approximate firing area on the Japanese position. Artillery fire and shrapnel were everywhere, which could affect the Japanese army's operations. The Beiyang Army relied on a force of bravery, and launched a brave attack on the Japanese army on the road drawn by the blood of the Beiyang brothers during the last attack.

The Japanese also learned their lesson, and the heavy machine guns began to fire fiercely. The Beiyang Army immediately lay down and took advantage of the high rate of fire of the Lee Enfield rifle to return fire. The reliability of the Japanese heavy machine guns was significantly inferior to that of the Lee Enfield rifles, and the concentrated fire of the Beiyang knocked out some of the heavy machine gun fire points, while the other part of the heavy machine guns stopped roaring due to mechanical problems. At this moment when the Japanese firepower weakened, the Beiyang Army, which was lying on the ground, stood up and began to charge.

For the bravery of the Beiyang Army, the Japanese army obviously underestimated it. As soon as the attack failed, the Beiyang Army immediately organized the next attack. The consequences of the shooting of prisoners of war were revealed. The shooting of prisoners of war certainly relieved the anxiety of the Japanese soldiers, but also made the nerves of the Japanese soldiers unable to be tensed immediately. To put it more colloquially, after the "murderous gas leak", the speed of condensation again is not so fast. Since the shooting of prisoners of war was not able to demoralize the Beiyang Army, it could only inspire the Beiyang Army's determination to fight to the death.

The Japanese troops on the first line had to stand up their bayonets to fight the Beiyang Army, and the Beiyang Army's three-way attack only broke through a Japanese position on the left last time, and this time the two attacks on the center and the right were successful, and they both entered the Japanese army's first-line position. The black military uniform and the Japanese army and the Beiyang army in the blue military uniform were mixed together in an instant. Gunshots, roars, bayonet clashing, screams mingled.

The two Beiyang follow-up troops immediately began to follow up. The Sendai Division was not allowed to stop the follow-up units of the Beiyang Army with artillery again. However, this time, the Japanese were limited to the problem of shells, and the Japanese were no longer able to carry out the same heavy artillery bombardment as last time, but tried to shoot more accurately. Artillery strikes were carried out on two reinforcements.

Wu Peifu did not repeat the mistakes of the past, and a large number of Beiyang troops suddenly poured out from the rear of the Beiyang Army that was originally "blocked in attack", and the troops who were a little shrunken at the beginning of the attack suddenly changed their original appearance, stood up and rushed up against the Japanese army. The Japanese troops opposite them were a little shaken because the first-line position next to them was attacked by the Beiyang Army. was attacked by the Beiyang Army on the left on the front and smashed into the position. The Beiyang Army reinforcements behind the left flank took advantage of the situation and poured into the Japanese position.

The Japanese artillery was firing according to the fixed Zhuyuan, and in the blink of an eye, the left side of Beiyang rushed into the position of the Japanese army's right flank, and it was too late for them to adjust their shooting Zhuyuan. A large number of Beiyang Army had already killed all the Japanese troops in the first line of the Japanese army and began to break through to the second line position.

After Wu Peifu got the news, he roared viciously: "The victory or defeat lies in this, the artillery shoots out all the shells." "The artillery of the Beiyang Army immediately fired all the shells at the Japanese position.

The Beiyang artillery shells effectively disrupted the communication of the Japanese army's second- and third-line positions, killing and wounding many Japanese soldiers. The flying smoke and dust affected the observation of the Japanese army, and the Beiyang Army continued to attack forward with a shout.

The port area under construction in Rizhao is a large flat area where there is not much to rely on. After breaking through the front of the Japanese army, the troops of the Beiyang Army moved forward. If it was a revolutionary army of workers and peasants, at least a well-trained British, French, and German army, the best strategy at this time was to let go of the enemy's sharpness and let them rush in. The defending side mobilizes forces to form a pocket formation. After sending troops to plug the gap, the pocket array relied on heavy machine guns and other firepower to encircle and annihilate the invading enemy troops. At least in the recently concluded Battle of the Marne, this method of warfare was used several times by both warring parties.

But neither the Beiyang nor the Japanese army had such a high level of military accomplishment and quality. The Japanese army was afraid that the Beiyang Army would cut off contact with each other after cutting into the position, so the commander of the Sendai Division ordered the troops at all levels to block the fierce attack of the Beiyang Army, and the troops began to counterattack.

Wu Peifu trained his troops very strictly, and his subordinates did not dare to disobey military orders even if they were afraid of death. Moreover, the tradition of "winning with courage" of the Beiyang Army is still there, and in the face of the counterattack of the Japanese army, the Beiyang Army also bravely rushed forward to fight to the death with the Japanese army. As the Japanese artillery fell silent, Wu Peifu ordered all the troops of the Fourth Army of the Beiyang Army to enter the battle. The entire battlefield boiled like a cauldron. The battlefield where rifles are used gradually turns into a Shura field of hand-to-hand combat after the enemy and the enemy are mixed up.

On October 10, Chen Ke, who was in Zhengzhou, received news that "after a bloody battle, Rizhao's Sendai Division has boarded and retreated from Rizhao. Beiyang Wu Peifu occupied Rizhao. Ask the central government what to do next. ”

How to act, it seems that there are not many options. Either allow Wu Peifu to stay in Rizhao, or send troops to kill Wu Peifu. Chen Ke instructed: "At present, the traffic between Rizhao and other areas will be cut off. At the same time, he contacted Wu Peifu and asked him if he would like to accept medical support from us. He sends his troops to our controlled areas, where we can heal them. ”

Wu Peifu was able to beat the Japanese away, but he could not annihilate the Japanese on the beach. I think that the Beiyang Army also suffered heavy casualties. Chen Ke knew that Wu Peifu was very fierce, the executioner of the 27th Strike, and Wu Peifu was also on the list. If you are a commander who is more intelligent and sympathetic to his subordinates. At this time, it will also get off the donkey and automatically walk and pull it down. However, Wu Peifu must want to learn from Zhang Lingfu. Chen Ke didn't care about attacking this newly released "anti-Japanese celebrity".