readx;?“ Go back and tell you Wing Commander, stop attacking the military port! ”

"However, the Liaodong Army in the port of occupation must not threaten the defensive line we have placed outside Dalian. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info: I'm going to send two brigades to your co-captains right away. Encircling the military port with the strength of four infantry brigades, not a single Liaodong army could be allowed to leave the military port. ”

As soon as the captain left the war room with the order, Oyama Iwa continued to order: "Chief of Staff, you immediately draw two out of the twelve infantry brigades that have just been reorganized and send them to Captain Fujino. ”

"Also, six more brigades will be sent to reinforce the front line."

"Most of these people are technical troops, and their combat effectiveness alone is definitely not much better, and they may even become deserters again. Only when mixed with the infantry can their combat effectiveness be brought into play. ”

Fortunately for Matsuda, the heavy shelling outside the city continued for another five or six minutes before finally stopping.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the devils who had been reinforced near the forward positions rushed up to the positions with all their strength.

In their opinion, after such a fierce shelling, there must not be many people left in the forward positions. If he doesn't hurry up, the Liaodong Army will definitely take the opportunity to enter the forward position.

To their surprise, they did not see the attacking troops of the Liaodong Army until they rushed to the position.

The densely packed Liaodong Army did not seem to intend to attack, and stopped at a position of five or six hundred meters in front of the formation to build trenches.

"What does the Liaodong Army mean, is it that they are not strong enough to attack, and they plan to fight the trenches against the trenches and leave us in Dalian City." Lieutenant General Matsuda, who finally received the report of the frontline battle, frowned and muttered to himself.

The chief of staff next to him was not as worried as Matsuda.

Reinforcements rushed to the forward position in front of the Liaodong Army, which, in the opinion of the chief of staff, the most dangerous hurdle of holding Dalian had passed. Although the five infantry brigades on the front line have lost nearly seventy percent of their troops, as long as the forward positions are still in their own hands, they have a much better chance of holding Dalian and holding out until the commander-in-chief returns for reinforcements.

But he didn't rejoice for long, and the piercing screech of the cannonballs across the sky reached their ears again.

Before the chief of staff could react, the division commander's face turned pale, and then he suddenly realized and shouted: "Bage Yalu, we have been fooled, the Liaodong Army wants to use artillery fire to kill and injure a large number of our troops." ”

"It's over, the five infantry brigades that just went up are finished!"

The chief of staff also reacted under Matsuda's reminder at this time, and scolded: "Baga, the Liaodong Army is too cunning, how can they be like this!" Division commanders, I immediately contacted them and asked them to withdraw from the forward positions. ”

Matsuda shook his head and replied helplessly: "It's late, hundreds of artillery pieces are shelling together, and the Liaodong Army has been preparing for a long time, and the troops have no chance to retreat at all." Moreover, the casualties of retreating under artillery fire may be greater than hiding in place! ”

"Now we can only hope that the shelling time of the Liaodong Army will not be too long, otherwise our five infantry brigades will definitely suffer heavy losses."

After saying that, Matsuda, who had a miserable face, immediately thought of the five infantry brigades that were reinforcing the front line.

Facing the chief of staff next to him, who also looked bad, he ordered: "Immediately order the five brigades that are still on the road, and they must not blindly rush forward when they arrive at the battlefield." Unless the Liaodong Army attacked, it could not go to the position. ”

"It's really not good, just give up the position and fight street battles with the Liaodong Army."

Compared with the heavy atmosphere of the Japanese army's war room, the atmosphere of Li Zhilong's forward command headquarters is much more relaxed.

"Commander Li, it's still your plan, you can eat the devil's five infantry brigades at once. I believe that now the commander of the devil division has the heart to commit suicide, and he has lost five infantry brigades for no reason, and he has not even seen our shadows, and whoever he puts on him will be aggrieved. Li Xiaohu, the commander of the guard division, said with admiration on Li Zhilong.

"It's all a little trick, you used it a year ago, it's nothing!" Li Zhilong said modestly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhilong raised his binoculars again and stared at the forward position of the devils who were completely covered by artillery fire.

In order to kill and injure the devils with shells as much as possible, this sudden shelling lasted another twenty minutes before stopping.

It is definitely impossible to let the devil suffer two losses in one matter, so after this round of shelling, Li Zhilong did not expect the Japanese army to be fooled again.

As soon as the shelling of mountain artillery and heavy artillery stopped, the mortar mounts equipped with several divisions began shelling. Dense shells still smashed into the forward positions of the devils and exploded, not giving the devils any respite.

As soon as the mortars fired, the infantry also moved.

The two main regiments took the battalion as a unit, carried a large number of heavy machine guns, and slaughtered the devil's forward position.

As in normal attacks, the heavy machine guns will stand down as soon as they reach the front of the formation, find a suitable terrain to arrange the heavy machine gun positions, and then let out a roar to provide fire cover for the attacking troops.

At this time, although the explosions and gunsmoke shrouded in the forward positions blocked the view of the devils, there were still devils who saw the Liaodong Army attacking.

The devils of the five brigades, although they are very afraid that the shells falling from the sky will take their lives, especially those who are from the technical arms.

But under the threat of the infantry and officers around him, he could only bite the bullet and stare at the artillery fire and rush to the forward position.

Because, in the face of the attack of the Liaodong Army, the counterattack guns in the forward positions were very weak.

Although the specific losses of the forward positions were not known, officers with rich combat experience could still judge that the forward positions had suffered heavy losses and that the defenders were insufficient to stop the Liaodong Army's attack.

In this case, if reinforcements are not hurried, then the Liaodong Army is likely to take the opportunity to rush to the position.

In addition to the infantry rushing to the forward positions, several brigade commanders did not forget the only mortars and grenadiers in their hands that could threaten the Liaodong Army from a long distance.

Nearly 100 mortars and grenadiers were set up in place, and they began to drop shells on the attacking troops simply by simply aiming.

Soon, the attacking forces began to suffer casualties.

But because the attacking forces had only one infantry battalion in each direction, and were lined up in several skirmish lines, the formation was very scattered, and a round of shells came down, although there were casualties, but the casualties were not very large.

And the devils who rushed forward under artillery fire were not so lucky.

An infantry brigade in each direction, densely packed towards the forward positions. A round of shells fell down, and pieces of devils were killed and injured.

A brigade managed to fight its way and jumped into trenches full of gaps, and an infantry brigade lost at least nearly thirty percent of its strength on the road.

After the captain of the devil brigade scolded Baga, he immediately ordered his subordinates to counterattack.

Although there are constantly devils who are killed and injured by shells falling from the sky, or are hit into a hornet's nest by heavy machine gun bullets fired head-on. But the rest of the devils still don't want to fight back.

Under the desperate counterattack of the devils, the casualties of the attacking troops gradually increased. From the 300-meter attack to more than 100 meters, in just five minutes, each battalion lost more than forty percent of its troops. (To be continued.) )