The Japanese retreated, and the main regiment, which was at the forefront, took advantage of the situation and entered the position. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Japanese field artillery wing, although the order to retreat was issued in a timely manner, the power of the heavy artillery was too great.

The two battalions of the heavy artillery regiment only had time to fire five rounds of artillery shells before the Japanese transferred the field artillery, but these five rounds of 120 shells were enough to destroy 16 Japanese field artillery pieces, which was caused by the Japanese army's deliberate scattering of field artillery.

After learning of the losses of the field artillery wing and knowing from the reconnaissance unit that reinforcements from at least one regiment of the Liaodong Army had entered the position, the division commander immediately realized that the best time for himself to attack Donggang had passed.

Only one division and regiment that had lost nearly 30 percent of its strength continued to launch the offensive, and if nothing else, the Liaodong Army alone was equipped with more than 20 heavy artillery pieces that could tear its division to shreds.

Under such circumstances, the division commander decisively ordered the troops to retreat one mile back, and then consider how to attack after the next division and regiment arrived at the battlefield.

The commanders of both divisions were defeated by the Liaodong Army, but there is a good saying that the battlefield is the best place to learn to fight. Although the commanders of the two divisions had failed, their understanding of the combat effectiveness and various tactics and tactics of the Liaodong Army far surpassed that of other Japanese officers.

Although they were all defeated by the Liaodong Army, they also learned a lot of tactical tactics from the Liaodong Army that they had never been exposed to.

The two of them discussed together for more than half an hour, and directly formed a unified opinion.

"If you want to break through the defense line of the Liaodong Army in front of you, the first thing to do is to knock out the artillery units of the Liaodong Army.

And to knock out the artillery units of the Liaodong Army, the first thing to be knocked out is the heavy artillery units of the Liaodong Army that may give a lethal attack to its artillery at any time.

Less than two hours after Li Zhilong returned to his position, and before he had time to rest, the Japanese army, which had temporarily seized the initiative on the battlefield, moved.

The field artillery of a brigade, as if the shells did not cost money, desperately fired shells at the position.

It didn't take long for a large group of Japanese troops to press down on a dozen heavy machine guns behind them.

"It seems that the Japanese army has not yet had a long memory, do they not know that we are already armed with mortars? Since the Japanese army came to send them to death, then we will eat this piece of fat. Li Zhilong, who was still tired just now, had the spirit as soon as he saw the Japanese army's attack method, and ordered with a murderous face.

Soon, ten mortars from behind opened fire.

The heavy machine guns, which provided fire cover for the infantry, were silenced one after another in the violent explosion of shells.

But even so, the attacking troops of a large group of Japanese troops still did not mean to stop, and continued to rush towards the position.

At this time, the 2nd Regiment holding the position had already begun to block with light and heavy machine guns, and the Japanese troops were not willing to be beaten passively, and continued to rush forward in the face of bullets, while counterattacking with light machine guns that attacked with the team.

Although the counterattack firepower was far inferior to the blocking firepower of the Liaodong Army. But even so, the 2nd Regiment began to suffer casualties.

Under these circumstances, Li Zhilong immediately realized that the closer the Japanese army rushed to the position, the greater the casualties of the 2nd Regiment.

Because, the marksmanship of the Japanese reinforcements was outstanding, and once their infantry fired, the casualties of the second regiment would rise in a straight line.

Even if the Second Regiment finally defeated the Japanese attack, or even completely annihilated the Japanese troops of this brigade, Li Zhilong did not want to see too many casualties in the Second Regiment.

You know, the Japanese army has two divisions and more than 30,000 people. And he only has two main regiments in his hands that are not satisfied with the formation, and three regiments with their hands on their backs, with a total strength of less than 6,000 people, even if they fight out five Japanese soldiers by themselves, they are not opponents. On the battlefield, it is almost impossible to fight five Japanese soldiers by oneself, and it is already a good result to be able to fight three opponents with one person. After all, the Japanese army is not vegetarian either, they are all elite equipped to the teeth.

Therefore, as soon as the troops entered the position, Li Zhilong gave an order to all the battalion commanders: The next battle does not require the elimination of many Japanese troops, but only requires all participating troops to get the Japanese troops out of here with minimal casualties, and the longer it drags on, the better.

Seeing that the casualties of the 2nd Regiment were getting bigger and bigger, the mortars in the back had knocked out all the Japanese heavy machine guns.

Li Zhilong decisively ordered mortars to support the 2nd Regiment, shelled the Japanese attacking troops, and used artillery shells to blow the Japanese troops back.

But at this moment, a series of screams that were more piercing than mortar shells suddenly sounded over the battlefield, followed by a violent explosion from the mortar position behind the position.

After several artillery battles, although the Japanese artillery had not yet figured out what the mortars looked like. But the trajectory of the mortar shells in the air was clarified.

After the artillery staff spent more than a minute calculating the specific location of the mortar position, the commander of the field artillery wing directly drew a brigade to cover the artillery fire according to the plan.

The first hit hit and in an instant, nine mortars and dozens of gunners were annihilated by artillery fire.

"Not good, the Japanese found our mortar position. Too careless, forgot to let the mortar battery shift positions. Li Zhilong shouted loudly in shock, and then stared at the artillery position that had been shrouded in artillery fire with a nervous face, hoping to rush out a few people.

Perhaps because he heard Li Zhilong's call, less than five seconds after the explosion, more than a dozen artillery pieces rushed out of the smoke entered Li Zhilong's field of vision. Not only that, but each of these dozen artillerymen carried three major mortars on their shoulders.

Li Zhilong, who breathed a sigh of relief, decisively ordered: "Assign another mortar to the company, and tell them that they must move their positions every minute of artillery fire, and don't let the Japanese army cover us with another artillery fire." ”

"And their field artillery, which is also too arrogant, when we don't have artillery? Order the field artillery regiment to draw out a battalion, no, the field artillery of a brigade of the Japanese army will reach one and a half battalions of us, let the field artillery regiment draw two battalions to counterattack, and knock out this Japanese field artillery brigade for me. ”

Soon, a very piercing cannonball scream sounded above Li Zhilong's head.

Seconds later, a violent explosion sounded at the Japanese field artillery position.

To Li Zhilong's surprise, less than a minute after his two field artillery battalions opened fire, the Japanese army used a field artillery brigade to counterattack.

The shells on both sides come and go, so it's not lively.

"The Japanese army has two field artillery wings, and their strength is far superior to ours, and they can't fight for attrition, so they must knock out these two field artillery wings." Li Zhilong immediately thought of the gap between himself and the Japanese army, and said to himself with a frown.

In less than a few seconds, a firm expression appeared on Li Zhilong's face, and then he ordered the chief of staff beside him.

"Dispatch a heavy artillery battalion to counterattack and destroy the field artillery brigade that the Japanese army has just fired!"

Li Zhilong's idea was good, the heavy artillery battalion opened fire, and with the power of heavy artillery, five minutes into the sky, a field artillery brigade of the Japanese army would be completely annihilated.

However, Li Zhilong did not expect that the reason why the Japanese army only dispatched one field artillery brigade at a time to fight with the artillery of the Liaodong Army little by little was to let the heavy artillery in Li Zhilong's hand open fire.

Because, according to the reconnaissance of the Japanese army, the heavy artillery in Li Zhilong's hand was still within the range of the field artillery, although it was arranged several miles behind the position.

Although the power of field artillery was not as powerful as that of heavy artillery, the Japanese army could compete with Li Zhilong for numerical superiority and use twice or even triple the number of field artillery to bombard a heavy artillery battalion of the Liaodong Army.

The Japanese were confident that even if they could not destroy the heavy artillery, the heavy artillery cover would almost blow up the gunners of the heavy artillery unit. (To be continued.) )