Thinking that his subordinates had reached the level of physical strength because of the continuous hurry, it was impossible for the cavalry of the Liaodong Army to catch up in a short period of time, and there were forests all around, so it was very good to slow down the cavalry's pursuit. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Dashan Yan decisively ordered the troops to stop and rest for two hours before hurrying.

As soon as the order was given, the surrounding subordinates seemed to lose their bones in an instant, and they fell directly into the forest to rest.

After lying motionless for an hour, the devil soldiers, who had recovered a little bit of physical strength, took out dry food at the urging of the officer, and then gobbled up the boiling water with a cold.

Because of the war horses, Dashan Yan is not so tired.

But after riding for so long, the bones of the mountain rock were also shaken by the war horse as if they were falling apart.

Da Shanyan, who was also lying on the ground and didn't want to move, waited for the orderlies to send dry food, and Da Shanyan felt that his body had recovered a lot.

glanced at the soldiers around him, and saw that the tired dark faces of his subordinates were a lot soothing, and they were all eating dry food to replenish their strength. A satisfied smile rarely appeared on Dashanyan's tired face.

At this moment, the communications staff officer hurriedly walked over?

Seeing the panicked expression on the other party's face, Dashan Yan immediately had a bad premonition, and the dry food in his hand was also thrown by him to the orderly soldiers around him, and then stared at the communication staff officer and asked.

"Is something wrong?"

The communications staff officer did not dare to conceal it, and replied: "It's Dalian, Dalian has been attacked by the Liaodong Army, and the commander of the Songtian Division who stayed in Dalian has sent a telegram asking for help, hoping that we will rush back to Dalian as soon as possible." ”

"Nani? Dalian was attacked by the Liaodong Army, aren't they chasing us, where did so many troops come from! Dashanyan's first reaction was not to believe it.

But within a few seconds, the suspicious expression on his face was replaced by shock, and then he suddenly realized and said: "Baga, I understand, the Liaodong Army's pursuit of us is fake, and the attack on Dalian is real." ”

"If the Liaodong Army really takes Dalian, then the last stronghold of the Manchurian Army in Dalian will be gone. Even if we asked the cavalry chasing us behind us, in the end we were still surrounded by the Liaodong Army, and were wiped out by the Liaodong Army, or trapped in Liaodong. ”

The communications staff officer whispered as he handed the telegram to the chief of staff: "Hi, Commander-in-Chief is wise. The commander of the Matsuda Division reported that the Liaodong Army, which attacked Dalian, was armed with at least 400 artillery pieces, including nearly 200 heavy guns. ”

"The outer defense line of Dalian was all covered by artillery fire from the Liaodong Army, and the troops suffered heavy losses!"

The chief of staff, who quickly read the telegram, frowned, and immediately asked: "What about the navy, Dalian still has a naval detachment of the empire." The guns on warships were much more powerful than heavy guns. It is impossible for Matsuda not to know that as long as Matsuda contacts the navy to open artillery counterattacks, he will definitely be able to suppress the artillery units of the Liaodong Army and hold Dalian! ”

Because there was nothing in the telegram about the Navy, and the communications staff did not know.

Just as he was about to reply and immediately telegraph back to Matsuda, asking about the navy. Dashan Yan said with a gloomy face: "If there is news, Matsuda will definitely send a telegram." ”

"There was no mention of it in the telegram, and as soon as it came up, it asked for help. I am afraid that something has happened to our naval detachment stationed at the Dalian military port. Otherwise, with Matsuda's character, he would never have left his son to send a telegram asking for help unless he had to do so. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer rushed over with a telegram with a panicked face.

"Commander-in-Chief, Commander of Matsuda Division: The military port was attacked by the Liaodong Army and has lost contact. In addition, the heavy artillery wing left behind in Dalian was also destroyed by the Liaodong Army with artillery fire first. The commander of the Matsuda Division asked the commander-in-chief to return to Dalian as soon as possible. ”

"How can it be so fast!" At this time, Dashanyan could no longer use the word shock to describe his expression at this moment.

Seeing the disbelieving expression on Da Shanyan's face, the chief of staff next to him reacted first, and then said with an anxious face: "Commander-in-chief, Dalian is the foundation of our Manchurian Army in Liaodong, and it must not be lost. ”

The devils next to them are all high-ranking officers of the Manchurian Army, so to speak, their roots are in Dalian. If Dalian is really lost, let's not talk about whether they can return to Japan alive. At the very least, the wealth they have accumulated in Liaodong for half a lifetime will definitely be lost.

As soon as the chief of staff finished speaking, these people rushed to persuade Dashanyan to return to Dalian immediately.

As the commander-in-chief of the Manchurian Army, no one knew the importance of Dalian better than Dashanyan.

Therefore, as soon as Dashanyan reacted, he ordered the troops to rest for another ten minutes and then start on their way, striving to return to Dalian without stopping for 20 hours.

Of course, Oyama did not forget to send a telegram back to the commander of Matsuda's division, ordering Matsuda to hold out for twenty hours.

Lieutenant General Matsuda, who was in the war room of the headquarters, walked back and forth in the small war room with an anxious face from the moment he heard the dense gunfire in the direction of the military port.

To Matsuda's helplessness, the gunfire had been ringing for nearly ten minutes, and there was still no intention of stopping.

Not only that, but nearly 20 minutes had passed since the Liaodong Army began shelling several positions on the front line covered by artillery fire from the Liaodong Army, and the division and regimental headquarters had not yet contacted them, nor did they know their specific situation now.

Finally, I saw a young staff officer rushing in, but it was Dashan Yan who asked him to hold on for twenty hours to call back.

"Baga, if you want a cannon without a cannon, you are just pressed and beaten by the artillery fire of the Liaodong army, how can you hold on for twenty hours!" The anxious Lieutenant General Matsuda didn't care about his superiors and subordinates, and scolded at the staff officer Shaozuo.

Fortunately, the chief of staff came back at this time, and he relieved the siege of the young staff officer in a very timely manner: "Division commander, the twelve independent infantry brigades have been reorganized, and I have drawn many officers from the division guard brigade to serve as the main officers, and I can send them to the battlefield at any time." ”

Lieutenant General Matsuda, who finally heard the good news, was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when a captain with a face full of gunpowder rushed in.

"Division commander, the military port has been occupied by the Liaodong Army, and the nineteen warships of the Navy parked at the dock have also been occupied by the Liaodong Army. They numbered thousands of them, and they had great firepower, and they used the heavy machine guns and artillery of the warships to stop us, and we could not rush into the harbor at all. ”

"The Wing Captain asked me to report that the two brigades have lost a third of them and are no longer able to attack!"

"Thousands of Liaodong troops, how is it possible, so many Liaodong troops, how did they get into Dalian!" Lieutenant General Matsuda subconsciously asked rhetorically.

However, after asking this question, he regretted it, if he could know how so many Liaodong troops infiltrated Dalian City, he would not have been so passive in this battle from the beginning to the present.

Thinking of the telegram that the commander-in-chief had just asked him to hold on for twenty hours, and then thinking of the limited forces in his hands, Lieutenant General Matsuda immediately made a decision. ++ Important notice of this site: The free novel app of this site, no ads, no errors, fast updates, member synchronization bookshelf, text size adjustment, reading brightness adjustment, better reading experience, please pay attention to the WeChat public account appxsyd (press and hold three seconds to copy) to download the free reader!