"Wait!" The chief of staff suddenly spoke. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"I don't know about other Japanese soldiers, but I know that the Japanese army here has a weakness. They are not equipped with heavy artillery, and under our artillery fire, they can only be beaten passively! ”

Li Zhilong's eyes also lit up, and he said thoughtfully: "This is an idea, we can try it." ”

"Didn't the Japanese put on a defensive posture? Then I'll bomb them with artillery, and there are more than 10,000 of them, and they're all gathered together. If they do not fight back, then they are ready to bear the heavy casualties caused by the shelling. ”

"If they use field artillery to counterattack, then the heavy artillery regiment can seize the opportunity to knock out their exposed artillery positions and relieve the pressure for the next blockade."

The chief of staff also agreed with this idea, but still reminded: "Division commander, just in this way, our shell consumption will be very large!" ”

"No problem!" Li Zhilong replied decisively.

"As long as you can hold them back, it's no problem to wipe out all the house. It was decided that the divisional field artillery regiment would immediately open fire on the Japanese army's assembly area, and hit wherever there were more Japanese troops. The heavy artillery regiment was ready, and as long as the field artillery equipped by the Japanese army dared to counterattack, it would immediately open fire to destroy them. ”

The commander of the Japanese division, which was facing the Fourth Division, had already received the news that the main force of the Fifth Army was going to send troops to attack Donggang.

As an old opponent of the Liaodong Army, the division commander was well aware of the importance that the Liaodong Army attached to the base areas and the common people.

It is certain that as long as the East Port is attacked, their base area will be threatened.

The Liaodong Army, which has been biting itself and not letting go, will definitely return to Donggang. At that time, he will be able to easily rush and reinforce Gaizhou.

Therefore, from the moment he received the report from the military headquarters, the division commander was in a much better mood, and then began to wait for the news that Donggang was attacked by the empire to reach here, and waited for the Liaodong Army that surrounded him to quickly return to Donggang after receiving the news.

But at this moment, the scream of a string of shells across the sky suddenly sounded over the battlefield, and then reached his ears. Then, a series of violent explosions rang out not far from the command center.

The division commander was stunned suddenly, and hurriedly shouted at the door: "Guard, what's going on outside?" What was the explosion just now? ”

When the guards rushed in, the chief of staff of the division also rushed in, and then reported with an anxious face: "Shelling, the Liaodong Army used the artillery of a field artillery regiment to shell us. Because the troops were temporarily stationed on both sides of the official road, the formation was dense, and the losses of the troops were very large. ”

"Eight Geya Road, is the Liaodong Army crazy? Isn't it time for us to attack them, how can they take the initiative to attack us in turn! After listening to the report, the shocked division commander immediately asked with an expression of disbelief.

The chief of staff shook his head and answered the question, but the worried expression on his face became more and more intense, especially after the second and third rounds of shells exploded at the station.

Without thinking about it, he reminded the division commander: "The casualties of the troops are too great, and they must counterattack." Otherwise, the troops will definitely suffer heavy losses, especially morale, and this situation of being passively beaten will affect morale the most. ”

"Once the morale of the troops is lost, the combat effectiveness will be greatly affected."

The division commander frowned and thought about it, and then asked, "Then how are you going to fight back!" ”

"With artillery, we also have the artillery of two field artillery brigades, which can completely suppress and eliminate the field artillery regiment that the Liaodong Army is shelling us!" The chief of staff blurted out his thoughts without thinking about it.

The division commander not only did not agree, but also scolded loudly: "Baga, you are confused, have you forgotten that the Liaodong Army is still equipped with heavy artillery?" Now let the field artillery wing open fire, isn't that for them to be sent to death? ”

"Ordering the troops to disperse immediately to avoid the artillery, I don't believe that the shells of the Liaodong Army will not be finished. Even if they have endless shells, the artillery in their hands will not be able to fire continuously without rest. ”

"As long as we hold out until the news of the main force attacking Donggang comes, the Liaodong Army that is blocking us will retreat. When the time comes, all the problems we face will be solved. ”

After waiting for ten minutes without seeing a counterattack by the Japanese artillery, Li Zhilong decisively ordered the field artillery regiment to stop the shelling.

Then he said to the chief of staff and others with a helpless face: "The opponent is too cunning to be fooled at all." ”

After finishing it, he directly ordered Li Jun, the commander of the third regiment, who had not yet participated in the battle: "The main force of the Japanese army may launch an attack on Donggang at any time, and I must return to Donggang with the main force." Commander Li, I decided to leave you behind, give you another twenty mortars, a heavy artillery battalion, two garrison regiments, and be sure to delay the Japanese army for three days, is there a problem? ”

A regiment to block a division of the Japanese army, even if the division commander strengthens himself a lot of artillery, this is still a battle with a very disparity in strength. But I thought that this division had already knocked out a lot of troops, and the division commander had to take two main regiments that were not satisfied with the formation to deal with the two divisions of the Japanese army. Li Jun, who knew that the division commander was more difficult than himself, although he thought of many requests in his heart, he was still embarrassed to say it in the end.

Under the gaze of the division commander, he thought for a whole minute before he affirmed: "I promise to complete the task, but I hope that the division commander can give me more mortar shells." ”

"No problem. I'll give you two thousand mortar shells, one mortar with one hundred shells. ”

With so many troops of the Liaodong Army leaving, it was impossible to escape the eyes of the Japanese reconnaissance troops.

When the commander of the Japanese division learned that there were only a few thousand troops in the Liaodong Army in front of him, the division commander immediately regained his confidence.

After confirming the departure of the main force of the Liaodong Army, he immediately ordered the troops to start attacking the positions that had been taken over by the three regiments.

An infantry brigade of the Japanese army, according to the old tactics, covered by heavy machine guns, holding rifles, roared and rushed to the position of the Liaodong Army.

Soon, they rushed to a position more than 100 meters in front of the formation.

Just when they thought that the Liaodong Army had really withdrawn, the whistling sound of the shells that they least wanted to hear was so piercing that it reached their ears. Then, a violent explosion sounded from a heavy machine-gun position behind them.

As the explosions continued to sound, a heavy machine gun that was screaming happily also dug fire one after another, and was blown into scrap metal by the shells.

As soon as the cannon sounded, the position that had been quiet just now was like a powder keg that had been suddenly detonated, and immediately a dense burst of gunfire rang out, which was very lively.

Constantly rushing to the positions, the Japanese troops did not have much preparation at all. In the face of the dense bullets whizzing over, it was like hitting an iron wall, and there was no way to attack a step forward.

The Japanese troops who rushed to the front were undoubtedly beaten into a hornet's nest by the overwhelming number of bullets, and then fell on the offensive road in unison. (To be continued.) )