As soon as the regiment commander Liang Yu fired, his subordinates lying beside him started firing one after another, and the twelve mountain guns of the mountain artillery battalion also quickly fired the shells in the chamber. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The screeching shell flew in the air for a few seconds before smashing steadily into the Japanese heavy machine gun position and exploding.

In the blink of an eye, three heavy machine guns that were firing were drowned in a series of violent explosions.

The captain, who was guarding not far from the heavy machine gun position, knew that something was wrong as soon as he heard the sound of artillery.

In his opinion, the Liaodong Army, which can be equipped with so many artillery, must be the main force. And his own brigade, as the vanguard, although there were thousands of troops, was not equipped with artillery.

In this case, he didn't even have the least firepower to test it, and as soon as he went up, it was a team-scale attack, so wouldn't he let his subordinates go down to death?

In addition, the Liaodong Army, which was blocking in front of them, did not start fighting early or late, but only waited until the troops were about to rush to their positions before shooting. This style of play is known to a person, and the Liaodong Army in front of it wants to completely annihilate the strength of one of its own brigades.

Thinking of this, the captain secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and as soon as he heard the first round of shell explosions, he gave the attacking troops an order to retreat.

Then he held up his binoculars and stared at the attacking troops with a worried expression, hoping that they would withdraw safely.

As soon as the guns of the mountain artillery battalion sounded, a regiment opened fire.

Despite a series of downsizing in the heavy firepower configuration of the Liaodong Army, the regiment was still armed with ten heavy machine guns and thirty light machine guns. Plus nearly 1,800 rifles, all of which fired at the Japanese infantry with all their might.

In just a few seconds, a regiment fired 10,000 or 20,000 rounds at the Japanese army

Bullet.

Under the overwhelming sweep of dense bullets, the Japanese attacking troops in a skirmish line were knocked down in two rows at once.

The remaining living Japanese troops were not much better, although they dodged the first round of attacks of a regiment, but a regiment was condescending, lying in the trenches and could shoot them with guns with impunity.

The remaining more than 500 Japanese troops could only lie on the hillside and shoot at the same regiment in order to survive.

But even so, there are still people who are hit by bullets, lying on the hillside and never getting up.

At this time, the captain's order to retreat was finally transmitted to the battlefield through the signal flag.

Listening to the swishing sound of bullets flying overhead, a squadron leader lying on the ground couldn't help but scold: "Baga, the Liaodong Army has such fierce firepower, how can you retreat." Isn't standing up and retreating now a live target for the Liaodong Army? ”

Although the squad leader next to him agreed with this statement, he still persuaded the squadron leader: "The Liaodong Army is condescending to block us, and if we continue to lie here, we will be killed." can only retreat, as long as the speed is fast enough, maybe someone can run back, it is better than lying here and being killed by the Liaodong army. ”

"Bage Yalu, we are all too careless, we didn't expect the Liaodong Army to prepare such a big trap for us, Baga!" The squadron leader, whose face was heavy, couldn't help but curse loudly.

After scolding, he ordered very decisively: "Then retreat." Inform the squadrons and squads, leave no covering troops, and all retreat, the sooner the better! ”

As soon as the order was given, the squadron leader, under the cover of several guards, was the first to retreat.

Not to be outdone, the remaining hundreds of Japanese troops on the battlefield ran backwards.

What they didn't know was that from here to when they rushed out of the range of the light and heavy machine guns of the Liaodong Army, they had to run at least two hundred meters. No matter how fast they are, they have to run for about a minute.

And in this minute, more than 2,000 people from the 5th Division and 1st Regiment had enough time to continue shooting at them.

As soon as more than 500 Japanese troops began to retreat, their reserves were completely exposed to the Liaodong Army.

Neither the recruits nor the veterans on the battlefield missed this good opportunity to practice marksmanship. The Liaodong Army, which was frantically retreating, kept getting shot in the back and fell to the ground forward, unable to get up again.

In particular, the light and heavy machine guns on the position, a shuttle of bullets swept over, would certainly be able to splash a splash of blood in the midst of the dense Japanese troops, and sweep down two or three Japanese.

A minute is not long, but it is not short.

A brigade of less than a hundred Japanese soldiers remained, with the luck of the aftermath of the catastrophe, escaped by luck after the effective range of light and heavy machine guns.

Looking at the remnants of less than an infantry squadron in front of him, the captain was simply crying.

Then, not daring to stay here for even a minute, the subordinates retreated and retreated with them and the three surviving heavy machine guns.

Soon, the commander of the Japanese division who was following the pursuit learned the news of the almost total annihilation of the avant-garde brigade.

"Are you sure that the blocking force you encountered is the main force of the Liaodong Army, not the rear army of the Liaodong Army that gave up in order to delay us!" The division commander asked, staring at the captain of the avant-garde brigade.

"Hey! The total strength of this Liaodong army was more than 2,000 men, and it was equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and a brigade of artillery. I believe that no matter how stupid the commander of the Liaodong Army is, he will not leave an elite army to come to the palace! ”

The division commander nodded approvingly and replied: "Yo Xi, this means that the Liaodong Army we are pursuing does not plan to continue to run, they are going to fight us here!" ”

As soon as the division commander finished speaking, the chief of staff hurriedly walked over with excitement on his face and reported: "Division commander, good news. The commanders of the two divisions on both flanks have just sent someone to inform them that the main force of the Liaodong Army has stopped retreating and is building fortifications, and it seems that they are preparing for a decisive battle with us here! ”

"Great, that's exactly what we wanted. Is there any other news from the commanders of the two divisions, and do you have any requirements? The division commander's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked.

"Yes!" The Chief of Staff replied very cheerfully.

"The commanders of the two divisions hope that we will launch an attack on the Liaodong Army in an hour, and it will take them an hour to complete the encirclement of the Liaodong Army and completely surround the main force of the Liaodong Army here."

The division commander didn't want to turn the battle of annihilation that seemed to have been reached into a crushing battle, so he agreed without thinking about it.

Yang Xingguo, who decided to fight the Japanese army here, immediately understood the purpose of the Japanese army after learning that the Japanese army did not attack immediately, and then scolded with a mocking face: "The Japanese army has a really big appetite and wants to surround us here and eat it in one bite." I'm here today to let them understand that it is delusional to want to eat my Liaodong Army without a good pair of teeth! ”

"Chief of Staff, inform the Guards Division and the Fifth Division. Use this time to continue to strengthen the position, and after the battle starts, give the Japanese army a good start! ”

"Order the heavy artillery division Zhong Hu to take out all the family resources of the heavy artillery division. As long as the positions of the two field artillery wings of the Japanese army are discovered, they do not need an order, and immediately open fire to destroy them. ”

"The cavalry division is ready to counterattack, and as soon as the order to counterattack arrives, they must immediately go into battle."

"In addition, a company from my guard battalion will be transferred from the forest to the back of the Japanese army to meet the special operations detachment, and in the next battle, the seventy mortars in the hands of the special operations detachment will play a great role!"

It was not until this time that Sun Liechen and others knew that Yang Xingguo had planted an ambush around the Japanese heavy artillery brigade as early as before the expedition, and mobilized the main force of the Japanese army at the cost of retreating and losing several artillery regiments, creating an ambush for the Japanese heavy artillery brigade to destroy or severely damage the Japanese army.

After listening to the order, Sun Liechen, who had already admired Yang Xingguo so much, realized from the confidence on Yang Xingguo's face that as long as there was no accident, the three divisions of the Japanese army surrounded by him had become a piece of fat in the mouth of Commander Yang Xingguo. (To be continued.) )