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After thinking about it, Yuan Lei continued to order to the side: "Inform the artillery, the attacking troops will open fire as long as they retreat a hundred meters back." This time we have artillery shells and artillery, and if we can solve it with artillery shells, we must not sacrifice one more soldier. ”

Seeing the Liaodong Army retreating under the cover of heavy machine guns and mortars, the faces of the devils who had just come up with reinforcements immediately became happy.

But less than half a minute after the smile appeared on their faces, the screech of cannonballs across the sky reached their ears.

The face that was still smiling with excitement just now turned pale when I brushed it. Some veterans who reacted quickly subconsciously lay on their feet in the trenches full of gaps, hoping that the trenches would save their lives.

Of course, these people did not forget to remind the recruits who were still stunned around them at the last moment to lie down on the spot.

But no matter how fast they reacted, they couldn't fly as fast as the shells could fly.

When hundreds of screeching shells smashed into the position, many devils were still standing in the trenches in a daze.

The cannonball exploded, and these devils, without exception, were overturned by the huge wave of air emitted by the cannonball, and fell to the ground.

The devil who was a little less lucky, was directly hit by a cannonball. Or they were thrown over the position by a wave of air, and then smashed to the ground and turned into corpses. Or it was directly blown to pieces by a shell, and not even a single intact corpse was left.

In the blink of an eye, several forward positions were enveloped in the thick smoke of gunpowder from the explosion of the shells, and violent explosions were occurring everywhere, as if the end of the world was coming.

Lieutenant General Matsuda, the commander of the Japanese division, realized that the reinforcements he had sent to the front line were exhausted as soon as the image of the forward positions being re-covered by artillery fire appeared in his sight.

The chief of staff who was guarding next to him couldn't help muttering to himself in shock: "Baga, the Liaodong Army is too arrogant, it's not fair, they have heavy artillery, we don't, as long as they want, they can use heavy artillery to bomb us at any time!" ”

Lieutenant General Matsuda shook his head, and then replied helplessly: "There is only winning and losing in war, and there is no fairness or unfairness. ”

"However, the artillery fire of the Liaodong Army is too fierce. No matter how many people we reinforce up, as long as the Liaodong Army has enough shells, it will only end up being blown up. Division commander, we must find a way, otherwise we will not be able to hold out at all for the commander-in-chief to come back to help. As soon as the division commander finished speaking, the staff officer asked with an anxious face.

Under the gaze of the chief of staff, a touch of firmness quickly appeared on Matsuda's face.

After taking a deep breath, he ordered: "Retreat, order all the troops on the forward position to withdraw, and come back as many people as they can, I don't want the forward position." ”

The chief of staff immediately reacted and asked, "Division commander, you want to fight street battles with the Liaodong Army!" ”

"Except for street fighting, I really can't think of any other tactics that can last for twenty hours!" The commander of the Matsuda Division replied helplessly.

But it didn't take long for Matsuda to return to his usual serious expression and ordered to the chief of staff: "In addition to the reinforcements sent out, our division still has four infantry brigades available, and there are five infantry brigades for the reorganized rout, and the engineer and baggage troops directly under the division can also be reorganized into three infantry brigades, all of which add up to twelve brigades." ”

"Chief of Staff, you divide it, each infantry brigade is responsible for a street in Dalian City, and the remaining brigades are left as reserves to reinforce the battlefield at any time. In addition, two squadrons were drawn from the guard brigade and the squadrons were used as units to act as overseers. ”

"From now on, as long as the troops who enter the position to fight in the streets, no one can take a step back without an order."

"If you retreat without authorization, the battle team will enforce military law on the battlefield!"

"There is another problem, despite the heavy artillery fire of the Liaodong Army, more than 10,000 people can still retreat. No matter how many people there were, they were all reduced to independent brigades, and the guards acted as reserves around the division headquarters. ”

Taking advantage of the gap in the shelling of the Liaodong Army, groups of Japanese troops quickly drove out of the barracks and rushed to the streets they were defending.

In the forward positions, which were completely covered by artillery fire, devils were constantly killed and wounded. In just ten minutes, the defenders of the position lost more than half of their troops. As the shelling continued, more and more devils began to be killed and injured.

After another ten minutes, the shelling finally ended.

Li Zhilong re-dispatched two infantry regiments to attack the five forward positions of the Japanese army with battalions as units.

The devils, who were still alive after the shelling, also received an order to retreat from the division commander at this time.

Although the mortars equipped with the Liaodong Army were still firing, shells falling from the sky kept smashing and exploding on the positions. But the rest of the devils know that if they don't retreat now, they will not be able to leave when the attacking troops of the Liaodong Army rush up and then retreat.

So, as long as the devils can still move, they can get up directly from the craters and trenches where they are hiding, and then run behind desperately.

In the end, the defenders plus more than 10,000 reinforcements, the Japanese army who withdrew to Dalian alive was only 2,000 people.

As soon as the Japanese retreated, the attacking troops of the two regiments easily occupied all the defensive lines that the Japanese had placed outside the city of Dalian.

"Commander, the devils actually gave up the outer defense line and retreated, I really don't understand what they mean!" Commander Bruce Lee, the commander of the guard division who directly commanded this attack, couldn't help but complain as soon as he rushed into the headquarters.

You must know that for this attack, Bruce Lee specially borrowed a large number of light and heavy machine guns from the other two divisions. The entire guard division was like a fierce fist, ready to smash on the devil and inflict a heavy blow on the devil.

But the result was completely the opposite, and the heavy punch that was finally made turned out was like hitting cotton, both aggrieved and helpless.

Li Zhilong saw the whole attack, and after listening to Li Xiaohu's complaints, Li Zhilong's brows immediately furrowed.

As the only one among several army commanders who had studied and had contact with Western military affairs, Li Zhilong could see at a glance that the devil wanted to fight in the streets with him.

For attacking troops, street fighting is a nightmare without good tactical tactics.

There are nearly 20,000 devils in Dalian, and Dalian City is very large, which is a natural battlefield for street fighting. Li Zhilong is sure that with less than 30,000 troops in his hands, if he really fights with devils in the streets, he will definitely not be an opponent.

After expressing his inferences and thoughts, more than a dozen division commanders and staff officers, who were still happy to take the outer defense line of Dalian City just now, also became solemn.

But after a full five minutes, the atmosphere in the command became more and more heavy, and still no one thought of a solution.

"Commander, street fighting must not be fought casually, I suggest that it be reported to the commander immediately, and the commander will be decided!"

After a painful struggle, Li Zhilong could only throw this question to Yang Xingguo. (To be continued.) )