Soon, an artillery staff officer came running over and reported the bad news that the heavy artillery wing had lost its combat effectiveness. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, Major General Watanabe collapsed on the ground in despair on the spot.

After ordering the guards to drag down the arrogant brigade commander, the chief of staff directly said in a heavy tone: "Gentlemen, the strength of the Liaodong Army is far beyond our imagination, this time, we were defeated, not only defeated, but also defeated very completely. ”

"I'm sure that the Liaodong Army in front of us must want to eat us here now, maybe there are troops already detouring behind us and blocking our retreat. Therefore, we must retreat immediately, before the Liaodong Army surrounds us, evacuate here! ”

The chief of staff said these words at this time, including Lieutenant General Murakami, and none of the officers above the rank of major general spoke out against it.

Just as he was about to continue, a young man rushed in.

Before he had time to take a breath, this Shao Zuo reported: "Sir, something happened, a large number of Liaodong Army appeared behind us, more than a division, equipped with a large number of artillery and light and heavy machine guns, just ten miles behind us!" “

"The Liaodong Army has blocked our back road, how can it be so fast, where did they come from so much!" Murakami asked loudly with a pair of incredulous eyes.

The chief of staff thought about it and said: "The conspiracy, from the very beginning, was a conspiracy against us. ”

"Two blockades, destroy our living force. After almost, directly surround us and wipe us out! The artillery of the Liaodong Army is very calculating, no wonder they can continue to grow and develop in such a harsh environment. ”

When everyone's eyes were focused on the chief of staff, the chief of staff with a heavy face decisively ordered: "We have been surrounded, in order not to be completely annihilated by the Liaodong army, we must immediately break through and leave here!" “

"The Liaodong Army has just blocked our back road, and there should be no defense line yet!"

"We can only break through before the Liaodong Army's defense line is formed, so the Liaodong Army has not much time left for us."

"Inform the two cavalry wings to set off immediately, tear a hole in the back for me at all costs, hold him, and wait for the main force to break through and retreat!"

"Murakami-kun, transfer an infantry wing from your division, follow the cavalry and advance in young clothes, and cooperate with the cavalry wing to hold the breakthrough."

"The others, the rear team changes to the front team, retreat immediately!"

Murakami, who received the order but did not leave, hurriedly asked: "What about the baggage, our two divisions plus the heavy artillery brigade, and hundreds of carts, do you want to bring them to break through together!" ”

"Throw it, throw it all to the Liaodong Army, slow down their pursuit of us!"

"In addition, the general ammunition supply must be sufficient, rifles and light and heavy machine guns must carry two bases of ammunition. I reasoned that our retreat would most likely not go well and that there would be battles to be fought. ”

Every move of the Japanese army did not escape the eyes of the scouts of the Liaodong Army.

As soon as the troops were deployed, Yang Xingguo received the news.

After thinking about it, Yang Xingguo asked Sun Liechen beside him very unexpectedly: "Except for the three divisions, how many troops can we have in our hands to participate in the battle?" ”

"There is a regiment in the first division, a regiment can be drawn from the second division, and a regiment can be drawn from the fifth division! The first division has the best physical strength and will be able to fight immediately, the second division has rested for a few hours and can continue to fight if it persists, and the fifth division has just withdrawn and is still recovering its strength! ”

"Two regiments are enough!" Yang Xingguo replied confidently.

Under the gaze of a pair of scorching eyes, Yang Xingguo only thought for a few seconds before ordering: "Our Liaodong Army is not the official army of the imperial court that was defeated in one blow, not the Japanese army can fight if they want to, and they can leave if they want to!" ”

"I don't know until now, it's too late!"

"Brothers, if nothing else, the Third Division has blocked the way for the Japanese army to retreat. Less than 20,000 Japanese troops in front of us have become turtles in an urn, and we can eat them at any time as long as we want. ”

"In order to reduce casualties, I decided to beat the Japanese army first and beat the water dogs, and deplete their limited troops!"

Seeing that his subordinates had begun to gear up, they were eager to try.

Yang Xingguo no longer hesitated, and ordered very decisively: "Heavy artillery division, don't keep it this time, fire all the artillery, and let the Japanese infantry also taste the taste of shelling!" ”

"After the Japanese were blown apart, the heavy artillery division began to extend its artillery fire. The 1st and 2nd Divisions each sent a regiment to follow the Japanese and chase them fiercely, killing as many Japanese soldiers as they could. ”

As soon as two cavalry wings and one infantry company set off, more than a hundred heavy artillery shells with a screaming sound smashed into the Japanese position and exploded.

At this time, the Japanese army was distributing ammunition and there was little vigilance.

As soon as more than 100 heavy artillery shells exploded, a dense cloud of black smoke rose up from the position.

The Japanese troops, who were almost unprepared, were blown to the ground in pieces.

In the blink of an eye, the Japanese lost hundreds.

For the Japanese army, the damage caused to them by more than 100 heavy artillery shells is secondary, after all, the Japanese army still has nearly 20,000 people.

For ordinary soldiers, the biggest role of heavy artillery is deterrence.

A heavy artillery shell fell, and the soldiers within a radius of several tens of meters were either killed or wounded, and they were not spared.

In the face of such powerful shells, all the soldiers were full of fear, afraid that the next round of shells fired by the Liaodong Army would come to their heads.

Therefore, as soon as the second round of shells fired by the Liaodong Army hit the position and exploded, the Japanese troops in the position began to become chaotic.

Especially after the chief of staff gave the order to retreat to their ears, one by one the Japanese soldiers were deeply afraid that they would be hit by heavy artillery shells when they ran one step too late.

As soon as they received the order, the Japanese troops, who had begun to be confused, were in small groups and squadrons, and they were so crazy that they fled for their lives.

At first, the squadron leader and squad leader were able to restrain their subordinates and retreat along the official road.

However, as heavy artillery shells fell from the sky, it was as if they had eyes, and all of them smashed on the official road and exploded.

The Japanese army, who had managed to escape their lives, quit.

They ignored the constraints of the squad leader and the squadron leader, fled from the official road, and began to run for their lives in a very chaotic manner.

At this critical moment, the two regiments sent by Yang Xingguo attacked.

Two regiments, although they numbered just over four thousand men, were armed with all the light machine guns of three divisions.

The machine gunners, who rushed to the front, began to pull the trigger of the machine gun as soon as they saw the retreating Japanese troops entering the firing range.

After the dense gunfire rang out, the Japanese soldiers who fled behind were all shot in the back and fell to the ground forward.

The bullets from behind were no worse than the shells falling from the sky to the Japanese rout.

Seeing that the soldiers behind him were shot and fell to the ground, the soldiers in front of him were directly anxious.

It was not easy to survive the battle, and they didn't want to die on the way to escape so inexplicably.

Therefore, these people subconsciously accelerated the pace of their escape, and even worse, some soldiers even threw away the weapons and ammunition that hindered their escape, completely looking like lost dogs. (To be continued.) )