"Command! The 1st Regiment withdrew from the first line of defense and returned to the 3rd line of defense for deployment, and the 2nd Regiment and the 213th Regiment of the 21st Division entered the second line of positions for deployment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Wang Sirui immediately gave the latest order after learning of the rout of the Japanese army at the front.

Because the entire position is in the shape of a pocket, the further back you go, the bigger the pocket becomes, and the more troops need to be armed.

In fact, the first regiment was to attract the attention of the Japanese army and lure them to send more troops to attack, so that the two regiments that were waiting for the second line of defense could be taken by surprise and killed and wounded the Japanese army as much as possible.

Of course, this has the advantage of letting the recruits who have not yet participated in the war see the blood, in this way, they can slowly adapt to the atmosphere of the battlefield and prepare for the encirclement and annihilation battle later.

And Wang Sirui doesn't know if the step-by-step method he adopted is correct, but for now, the effect is not bad.

The regiment suffered less than 100 casualties and more than 300 wounded, of which more than half were recruits. The casualties of the Japanese troops on the opposite side were even more serious, and the Japanese troops who attacked in the first wave had hardly too many wounded, and most of them were killed directly.

After all, on the first position, a regiment was equipped with nearly fifty machine guns, and this kind of firepower configuration was something that the Japanese army would never be able to break through, let alone imagine.

The first time the Japanese army invested about a large group of troops, nearly 1,000 or so offensive troops, but in the end less than 100 people returned alive.

Although the first regiment also paid a lot of price, it was too insignificant compared to the losses of the Japanese troops on the opposite side.

Although only one regiment participated in the defense, the other units were the same as the first regiment in terms of weaponry, and in the usual competition, several of their regiments also took turns to be the first, and their combat effectiveness was still comparable.

However, the 20th Division, which was watching the battle in the rear, was not so confident, and the 21st Division was adapted from Shandong.

Although at present, their military salaries and other logistical problems have been taken over by Wang Sirui and have become a real member of the Han army, but so far, because Wang Sirui also lacks some heavy firepower in his hands, the 21st and 22nd Shandong divisions are far inferior to the original Han army in terms of firepower allocation.

It is even inferior to the newly formed 189th and 20th divisions that have just broken away from the old troops.

In terms of heavy firepower, the 21st Division only has less than 20 heavy machine guns, which is still the treasure bump of the whole division.

But they didn't expect that the heavy firepower of a regiment on the Han army's side was twice as much as that of a division of theirs.

Even with those three newly formed units, they had more than sixty heavy machine guns in one division.

With Wang Sirui's order issued, a regiment of soldiers on a position quickly withdrew from the first position. Through the communication trench that had been dug in advance and connected to the second line, a mass disappeared on top of the first line of positions without realizing it.

At the same time, the Japanese artillery fire came again, this time the Japanese did not save shells, dozens of artillery pieces as if they did not want money, and they poured one shell after another frantically, hoping to blow up the entire first line of positions.

However, the frantic shelling did not have much impact on the soldiers of the regiment, and the well-trained soldiers did not affect their retreat because of the shelling, and the soldiers left their positions in an orderly manner, and then a squad of soldiers kept laying mines in the communication trenches.

Once the Japanese tried to advance through the communication trenches, they were bound to suffer huge losses. In Wang Sirui's words, this is called resisting every step of the day, and he will not miss any opportunity to fight devils.

"Alas, this mother-in-law is not the same as the stepmother-raised, look at the firepower of others, and then look at our ......" In the headquarters of the 21st Division, an officer said self-deprecatingly.

Although their weapon configuration is much better than that of most Qing troops, compared to the Han army, they are not enough to see.

Not to mention the deployment of machine guns, but this bullet is even more like no money, one after the other, if they are allowed to attack such a position, it is estimated that a division may not be able to take down the position defended by one of their regiments.

"I can't help it!" Another officer was similarly impressed.

"Alright, don't complain. What kind of mother-in-law raised by stepmother, it is all spelled out by yourself. Cao Kun stopped the complaints of his subordinates, and in fact, Cao Kun's position in the 21st Division was not secure.

After all, he jumped directly from the regiment commander to the position of division commander, and at present, his subordinates are either at the same level as him before, or his boss, and it is okay to say at the same level, but the two previous brigade commanders have made Cao Kun rack his brains.

Although they did not make any great achievements, they did not make any major mistakes. If Cao Kun made great contributions and was promoted to division commander, then it was not unacceptable, but Cao Kun did not make any immortal achievements, but like them, there was no great merit and no big mistakes, but people just sat directly in the position of division commander.

In fact, this can't blame the commanders of the two divisions below for being unconvinced, even if this situation is placed within the Han army, the soldiers below may not be convinced.

"Yes, it's all on our own, we came late, and we haven't done anything yet, so we should be unlucky?" A brigade commander has a strange aura of yin and yang.

"Brigadier Jiang, I know that you have an opinion about me, and I also know that I am not qualified to sit in this position, but since the army commander appointed me as the commander of the 21st Division, then there is naturally a reason for the army commander. Now that the war is imminent, no matter what gap there is between you and me, we should put it aside for the time being, and wait until this battle is over, and then we will go to the theory. Cao Kun said with a headache.

Although Wang Sirui forcibly placed him in the position of the commander of the 21st Division, compared to the 3rd Division, the 3rd Division personally led by Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun's position is too unstable.

"Hmph, that's a nice thing to say, but please rest assured, our 21st Brigade will never be instigated in this battle, but I just hope that some people won't take the credit of the brothers when the time comes." Jiang Runmin (book friend Longtao) continued.

"In that case, I'm going to put it here today. If this battle is lost, the responsibility will be borne by my Cao, and if I win, I, Cao, will not take any credit from the soldiers, and whoever should be is whoever. But I also said the ugly things in the front, if someone is not effective in fighting, don't blame me Cao for being ruthless at that time. Seeing that he was already faintly unable to control the situation of the troops, Cao Kun simply gave it up.

It's a big deal to disappoint Wang Sirui this time, and then forget about himself to the end.

"If you lose, you don't have to take responsibility for me, Lao Tzu will naturally bear it himself." Jiang Runmin said.

"Report!" At the door, a logistics officer from the military headquarters walked into the headquarters of the 21st Division, and although he was a little reluctant in his heart, he still reported according to the rules of the Han army.

Although this 21st Division was later reorganized, and together with them, they all belonged to the Han Army, but after all, they were not trained by themselves, so the soldiers of the original divisions were still a little resistant to the Shandong Division.

Of course, if it weren't for the military regulations, he wouldn't have such a good attitude towards Cao Kun even if he was killed, besides, if this was put in the past, Cao Kun would have to come to his side and say good things, don't look at him as a division commander, and he is just a small company commander in the logistics regiment.

Because of the location of the troops and the time and output, the Shandong Division has not yet had time to change into new military uniforms, so it is still possible to distinguish the two units directly from the military uniforms.

"What's the new order from the military department?" Cao Kun wondered.

He just came back from the military department, Wang Sirui is a famous general, shouldn't he change his order so quickly?

"Report to Division Commander Cao, the army commander ordered me to send you 30,000 machine gun bullets and 20,000 Mauser rifle bullets, and now the ammunition is outside the headquarters, please go and receive it." Lu Yao said.

As soon as he heard that the military department had given them ammunition, Jiang Runmin's eyes suddenly lit up, this is the first time that the eldest girl has been on the sedan chair, they have been submissive to the Han army for several months, and the Han army has never given them any ammunition.

Although the military salary is indeed issued by the Han army, what is the use of the army only having military salary?

In fact, they really misunderstood Wang Sirui on this point, why didn't Wang Sirui want to add to them? It's that Wang Sirui really doesn't have the ability to supplement them.

Yuan Shikai's army was slightly better, but there were as many as three weapons in their hands, and they were of different calibers. At that time, Wang Sirui had all Japanese 30 rifles in his hands, so where did Wang Sirui go to replenish their ammunition?

This is not long after Wang Sirui's arsenal was put into production, and a batch of Mauser bullets was sent some time ago, so it was barely able to replenish some to the 21st Division.

"Brigade Commander Jiang, I'll take two thousand machine gun ammunition and ammunition, and divide the rest equally between your two brigades." Cao Kun thought for a moment, his division headquarters had a heavy machine gun as a protective firepower, but there were only less than 500 bullets, Cao Kun still felt that it was more appropriate to leave some bullets here.

"Okay, no problem! I'm going to take it. A smile instantly appeared on Jiang Runmin's face, even if Cao Kun took 2,000 bullets, he would still be able to get 14,000 machine gun bullets and 10,000 rifle bullets, so he didn't have to worry about the embarrassing situation of running out of ammunition while fighting.

"Division Commander Cao, according to the provisions of the military regulations, this batch of ammunition is replenished to the 21st Division headquarters, and we don't care how the division headquarters distributes it, but you must be present in person to receive the ammunition, or send a deputy division commander to receive it, and you need to sign the receipt form. In addition, the commander asked me to tell you that this operation is mainly based on training, and if the number of casualties exceeds 300, another regiment must be replaced. Or explain to the military headquarters that behind your department, the first division and three regiments are ready to go up at any time. Lu Yao said. (To be continued.) )