After more than 30,000 Japanese troops finally arrived at the position of the Second Division, three or four hours had passed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, no matter how seriously the official road was damaged, he had to wait for the official road to be repaired and drag the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery brigade to march together.

When they arrived at the battlefield, the first thing the Japanese army did was to set up the cannons.

More than a hundred heavy guns, under the orders of Rear Admiral Watanabe, were divided into artillery positions of a dozen brigade sizes.

In Watanabe's words, the Liaodong Army used this kind of dispatch many times before defeating the opponent in many artillery battles.

And what I have to do today is to repay the other side in the way of others.

At this time, the Japanese infantry could not wait, and planned to use a tentative attack to roughly find out the strength and firepower configuration of the defenders on the opposite side.

But the purpose of the Japanese army was not achieved.

As long as it was an attacking unit below the squadron, the 2nd Division did not even use light and heavy machine guns, and directly used rifles for roll call.

More than 100 elites, before they rushed to the front of the formation 50 meters, they were completely killed by the Liaodong army.

The division commander, who looked unwilling, was just about to increase the attacking force to a large group and continue to launch a tentative attack, when the chief of staff decisively interrupted: "Stop first, will your attack be of any effect?" Even if we test the heavy firepower of the Liaodong Army, when we bombard, these exposed Chinese will definitely be transferred! ”

"I told you at the beginning that the Liaodong Army is very cunning, and when repairing positions, a heavy machine gun must have repaired several reserve positions. Therefore, your tentative offensive will have no effect at all except a waste of troops. ”

Half an hour later, the more than a dozen artillery positions of the heavy artillery brigade and regiment were all completed, and Major General Watanabe, who had an arrogant face, immediately asked the chief of staff for battle and began to carry out artillery fire on the positions of the Liaodong Army.

The chief of staff didn't answer immediately, and after thinking about it, he asked the commander of the Murakami division next to him: "Murakami-kun, haven't our reconnaissance troops found the heavy artillery position of the Liaodong Army yet?" ”

"No, their heavy artillery disappeared as soon as they left the city. Through the wheel prints of the cannons on the tubes, the reconnaissance troops judged that the heavy artillery division of the Liaodong Army had also divided its troops. The size of an entire heavy artillery division is equivalent to five of our heavy artillery wings! ”

"Yaga!" The chief of staff couldn't help but scold.

"What do the reconnaissance troops do! A target as big as a heavy artillery division can be very embarrassing, and it simply disgraces the face of the imperial soldiers! ”

Murakami hurriedly explained: "The chief of staff is angry, it's not that our reconnaissance troops are inactive, it's that the Liaodong Army is too vigilant. Liaoyang City is full of patrol troops of the Liaodong Army, and there are even more patrol troops around the heavy artillery division......"

"We went deep into the two reconnaissance squadrons in Liaoyang, and at the end of the day, less than half of them came back alive. Other reconnaissance units were surrounded and eliminated by the Liaodong Army during the investigation! ”

At this time, Major General Watanabe of the heavy artillery brigade seemed to see that the chief of staff was worried, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, as long as the heavy artillery division of the Liaodong Army opens fire, our heavy artillery brigade will definitely destroy them as soon as possible!" ”

"In addition, we can preemptively destroy the positions of the Liaodong Army with heavy artillery, and force the heavy artillery divisions that have lost their traces to have to open fire."

"Yo Xi!" The chief of staff's solemn face finally relaxed, and he ordered with a firm face to several subordinates: "Watanabe-kun, I will give you half an hour to raze the blocking positions of the Liaodong Army to the ground, and at the same time, destroy all the artillery positions that the Liaodong Army may expose." ”

"The shelling is over, Murakami-kun, you organize an infantry wing to launch a decisive attack on the blocking position! Watanabe-kun's heavy artillery units must be on standby at any time to provide artillery support to the attacking troops, or to counter the heavy artillery units that may be exposed by the Liaodong Army during our offensive......"

Soon, the piercing screech of heavy artillery shells across the sky sounded on the battlefield.

Thirty-six heavy artillery shells fired by an artillery wing exploded after three or four seconds of flight and steadily smashed into the position of the Second Division.

Dozens of fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke quickly rose from the ground. The thick smoke from the explosion of the shell quickly spread to the surrounding area, centered on the point of impact.

In the blink of an eye, the positions that had been smashed by dozens of shells were enveloped in gunsmoke.

The trenches dug by the Second Division for several hours could withstand ordinary mountain artillery shelling, but they could not withstand heavy artillery shelling.

A heavy artillery shell, even if it is smashed next to the trench, can blow up a huge gap in the trench, or be buried by a large amount of floating soil blown out by the shell, and the trench will not look like at all.

Seeing the huge destructive power caused by the Japanese heavy artillery on the battlefield, Zhou Qiangsheng, who was staring at the position behind, couldn't help but gasp.

Although he knew that the anti-artillery holes on the position had been strengthened again and again, Zhou Qiangsheng, who was frightened, still asked with a worried face: "Chief of Staff, can the anti-artillery holes on the position be withstanded!" The power of heavy artillery is too great! ”

The chief of staff also looked solemn, and after thinking about it, he replied: "It should be able to withstand it, this kind of anti-artillery hole has been tested in previous battles." Unless the shell hits the hole directly and explodes, it will definitely not hurt our troops hiding in the anti-artillery hole! ”

"That's good, I hope the Japanese shelling doesn't last too long!" Although Zhou Qiangsheng breathed a sigh of relief, the worried expression on his face still did not change.

Facing the chief of staff, he continued to ask: "The field artillery regiment and the three mountain artillery battalions are ready!" After the shelling is over, the Japanese will definitely attack us desperately. Without the mountain artillery to provide artillery support, the losses of the troops must have been great! ”

"All ready, eighteen mountain artillery batteries, all scattered and arranged, and the muzzles are all facing a hundred but two hundred meters in front of our position!" The chief of staff hastened to answer.

"Also, according to the requirements of Commander Zhong of the Heavy Artillery Division, we dug an anti-artillery hole next to the non-cannon of the door. As long as it was counterattacked by the Japanese heavy artillery, the artillery gave up the mountain artillery as soon as possible and hid in the anti-artillery hole! ”

"Master Zhong's explanation is right!" Zhou Qiangsheng nodded and replied.

The cannon is gone, as long as you follow the commander, you will definitely be able to snatch a more powerful artillery from the Japanese. However, there is not a single qualified gunner, and it will take us at least half a year to train it! “

At this time, Zhou Qiangsheng thought about it and continued: "Let the field artillery regiment transfer the artillery target. To deal with the Japanese infantry, it was enough to have mountain artillery. Using field artillery against the Japanese infantry was too big and too useless. “

"Tell the commander of the field artillery regiment Wang, immediately determine the specific location of the artillery positions that the Japanese army is now exposed, and I will exchange a field artillery regiment for a heavy artillery wing of the Japanese army. Even if I can't wipe them all out, I'm going to inflict heavy losses and make them lose their combat effectiveness! ”

"A field artillery regiment for a heavy artillery wing of the Japanese army, we can really do it, even if the field artillery regiment loses all the equipment, we will make a lot of money!" The chief of staff replied after thinking about it. (To be continued.) )