This attack was without any warning, that is to say, this attack on the Japanese army was sudden, suddenly, that is, it was necessary to attack the enemy at the same speed as thunder and lightning, so that the 11th Division did not have any reaction, even if there was, when he reacted, his second line of defense had been occupied. The rest is either to withdraw or to fight with yourself, and the rest have no choice.

"Understood." Feng Guozhang nodded, raised the telescope in his hand again, and he saw that the Yellow Dragon Banner planted on the Japanese position had begun to move slowly, which estimated that the troops on the front line had received the order to attack. Attacking on the way.

The sound of boom shelling sounded again, but this time the sound came from the deep and extremely low, this was the front-line troops shelling the Japanese positions with mortars.

A small village five kilometers north of the village fort. There are only about 100 households in this village, but the small village that was once considered lively is now quiet with death, and there is no shadow of the people to be seen, and some are Japanese patrols in black uniforms, patrolling the village.

Here, it was the headquarters of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army.

Although Tsarist Russia obtained this land from the Qing Dynasty by force, the people here are still accustomed to the kind of houses of the Qing Dynasty, so decades have passed, and the people here still live in this kind of houses with Chinese architecture.

However, the original owner of this place had been cleaned up and buried in an abandoned dirt pit outside the village two days ago, and now only Japanese soldiers are here.

"What's going on?" Gangcun, the commander of the 11th Division, who was having lunch in the house, threw down his rice bowl, turned around and ran to the door and asked with a puzzled face.

"Your Excellency the division commander, it seems to be the forward direction?" A staff officer walked over and nodded.

Frontier? This must have been the front line under attack, and Gangcun, who thought of this, came to the map in three steps and two steps, and began to find out the direction and location of the shelling sound on it.

Syllable. Throwing the pen in his hand on the map at once, Gangcun gasped and was still cold, the direction of this artillery sound was the direction of his own defense of the 14th brigade, and opposite him, it was the strength of nearly 50,000 troops in two armies of the Liaodong Army plus a brigade of the Tsarist Russian army.

Judging by the shelling just now. This time, the Liaodong Army concentrated its artillery and launched an attack on itself.

"Damn." An angry scolding. Gangcun walked a few steps to the door. He knew that he had just come here, and the deployment had not yet been completely completed, but at this time, Liaodong actually launched an attack, which was not adding fuel to his fire.

A sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance from Tata Ta Ta Ta

So, the horses soon arrived in front of him, and the cavalry that jumped from above quickly walked in front of Gangcun: "Report to Your Excellency the division commander, the Liaodong Army has concentrated 10,000 horses to attack the position of our 14th Brigade, and now the forward position of the 14th Brigade has been broken through, and the Liaodong Army is breaking through to the second position.

What was expected was not expected at the same time, and when Gangcun heard this report, he was not furious, but a little surprised.

After an hour of artillery bombardment, he didn't have to think about it to know that the forward position would never be able to hold it, but the Liaodong Army attacked immediately after occupying the forward position, and did not even give a little buffer time, which made Gangcun very puzzled. Could it be that the Liaodong side is not afraid of its own counterattack.

"Let's go down." With a wave of his hand, Gangcun motioned for the herald to go down and rest, but he came to the map again.

Judging from the above, the main force of the 14th Brigade is concentrated in the second line of defense, and he is sure where the 14th Brigade can resist the attack of the Liaodong Army, and his 15th Brigade is now behind the flank of the 14th Brigade, if necessary, then the 15th Brigade will be able to transfer a wing of troops to support the 14th Brigade and stabilize the position, and he can also mobilize the army to stabilize the front in the second line of position.

The plan is very visible, but it is very effective, the village fort is not suitable for a large army to attack, as long as the main road is held, it is a very difficult bone for the Liaodong army.

The question is whether the 14th Brigade will be able to withstand the current attack in Liaodong, and once the second-line position is lost, this plan cannot be implemented.

"Order, let the 14th Brigade hold the second-line position at all costs, and let the 15th Regiment immediately transfer troops, start from the right side, attack the flank of the current army, and force it to abandon the attack."

Without the slightest hesitation, Gangcun quickly issued an order, and signaled the staff officer to quickly issue the order.

The staff officer quickly ran out, and after handing the order to the herald, he quickly ran over and accompanied him in Gangcun.

Boom boom boom bang on the outer positions of the village fort, and the shouts of killing still sprint the entire battlefield.

There were gunshots everywhere and the kind of screams that erupted in front of the people.

In the front-line headquarters, Duan Qirui was standing in front of the map, looking coldly at the 15th Brigade behind the 14th Brigade on the ground.

If this brigade is not mobilized, the Fifth Division will not be able to set off. After all, when the fiftieth is interspersed, if you encounter this fifteenth brigade, it will be too much of a waste of time.

Today it is not so much about abolishing the 14th Brigade as it is about transferring the 15th Brigade out of Gangcun. Good to come and reinforce here.

This is also why he must use the troops of one division to fiercely attack the enemy's 14 th Brigade and Regiment, and the purpose is to attract the troops of the 15 th Brigade and Regiment and open a way for the Fifth Division, which is ready to set off at any time

"You say, will Gangcun be fooled?" Bowing his head and pondering, Duan Qirui raised his head and asked Feng Guozhang, who was standing beside him.

This? Feng Guozhang did not rush to answer, but lowered his head and began to look at the map.

Judging from the map, the location of the 14th Brigade is very important, he is the frontal barrier of the 11th Division, once the 14th Brigade is breached, then the 11th Division will be under its own frontal attack, therefore, Feng Guozhang feels that this Gangcun will definitely make up for the 15th Brigade in the back, but he is not clear how many troops Gangcun will mobilize.

"It should be, one of our divisions attacks one of his brigades, and he must see that we are going to eat his fourteenth brigade, so Gangcun will definitely let the fifteenth brigade reinforce him." Feng Guozhang nodded and said seriously.

That's good, Duan Qirui nodded, as long as he dared to move, he would order the Fifth Division to start secretly interspersing as soon as possible to intercept the retreat of the Eleventh Division to the north.