Round after round of shells, a steady stream of shells smashed into the Japanese positions and exploded. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the eyes of the Japanese army, the shelling time of the Liaodong Army, which was eager to break through, must not be too long. After all, their purpose is to break out in a short time, otherwise, they will be surrounded.

However, the Liaodong Army in front of him did not seem to be in much of a hurry to attack. The artillery fire was not very heavy, as if there was no end.

In case more and more shells smashed into the position and exploded, the captain of the Japanese army finally began to be anxious.

After hundreds of shells exploded one after another, the position he was holding on to was already shrouded in a thick layer of gunsmoke, and he couldn't see his fingers.

Not only that, the dozens of light and heavy machine guns specially reinforced by the brigade, because they did not expect that the artillery of the Liaodong Army would fight for so long, and the transfer was not timely, and most of them were blown into scrap metal in the shelling.

"Baga, the Liaodong Army is not breaking through at all, it wants to annihilate us!" The captain, whose face was blackened, scolded loudly in anger.

None of the squadron leaders around him dared to stand up and answer, because they also realized that something was wrong.

The gunfire on his side continued, but no gunfire came from behind the Liaodong Army.

There was no gunfire, which meant that the Liaodong Army that attacked itself was not attacked by the enemy, and it did not reach the critical juncture that it had to break through immediately.

In this way, with the advantage of artillery fire and still time, the Liaodong Army can consume itself little by little and wipe itself out.

Sure enough, the heavy artillery fire continued and stopped for less than two minutes.

Before the smoke of gunpowder that shrouded the position had completely dissipated, two companies of the Liaodong Army rushed towards the position with rifles and light machine guns.

Behind these Liaodong troops, nearly twenty heavy machine guns were lined up, and the muzzles of the guns were all aimed at their own positions.

As long as the counterattack is carried out at the beginning of their position, the heavy machine guns in the back and the light machine guns held in the hands of the Liaodong Army will definitely open fire immediately, and their subordinates will be suppressed on the position with intensive firepower, unable to move.

Although the captain could see the purpose of the Liaodong Army's attack at a glance, in order to hold the position, he could only take the risk and order the troops to counterattack.

The captain's inference was correct, as soon as he began to counterattack, the Liaodong Army fired very fierce suppressive fire at the position.

Because most of the light and heavy machine guns they were equipped with were destroyed in the shelling just now.

After the Liaodong Army opened fire, the subordinates, who no longer had an advantage in the number of light and heavy machine guns, were really suppressed.

Many officers who were unwilling to be beaten have repeatedly organized troops to counterattack.

But not only did he not succeed in counterattacking, but he also took the lives of his subordinates one after another.

At this time, the captain of the Japanese army was even more sure that the Liaodong Army that attacked him was to completely annihilate himself, not to break through.

Several squadron leaders next to him also became anxious at this time, and they all focused their eyes on the captain.

"Captain, the Liaodong Army is menacing, and it is not at all like the division commander said that it will attack us with cavalry...... They used infantry, and they also had a lot of artillery to provide fire cover! One squadron leader couldn't help but complain.

Another squadron leader then reminded: "The gunfire on the battlefield stopped more than half an hour ago, and after such a long time, there has been no gunfire, which is completely different from the division commander's original plan." Captain, humbly worried about the division commander of them! ”

Before this, all the officers believed that under the careful planning of the division commander, they must be the ones who won in the end, and no one thought that they would lose. But after being reminded by the squadron leader, coupled with the bad situation that everyone is facing now.

Many people, including the group leader, realized that the squadron leader was probably right.

didn't let everyone wait too long, and the captain replied in a heavy tone: "It seems that something really happened to the division commander." According to intelligence, the mountain artillery of the Liaodong Army was very limited. Unless the division commander is defeated, they will never be able to draw limited artillery to us! ”

"Then we're not alone!" A squadron leader couldn't help but exclaim, his face, which was still calm just now, now showed a trace of panic.

The captain, who didn't know how to answer this question, could only be silent.

At this moment, an exclamation suddenly sounded around them: "Sir, the Liaodong Army is about to rush up!" ”

The Liaodong Army, which had barely encountered any resistance along the way, opened fire as it rushed forward, and in less than three minutes, it rushed to a position less than 150 meters away from itself and directly entered the effective range of the rifle.

At this time, if he didn't let people counterattack, he would really not be able to stop the Liaodong Army from attacking.

But when the captain saw the bullets flying overhead, he saw his subordinates who were suppressed in the trenches and didn't even have a chance to raise their heads. As soon as the captain came to his lips, he was immediately swallowed back.

The captain knew in his heart that in this case, letting his subordinates counterattack would still not be able to stop the offensive of the Liaodong Army, but would suffer heavy losses.

If something really happens to the division commander, then it will be meaningless to stay here by yourself. To put it more bluntly, if you continue to hold here, no matter how big the troop losses are, it will become meaningless.

After some painful hesitation, the captain finally made a decision: "Retreat, abandon here!" Since the division commander has already been defeated there, then it will become meaningless for us to continue to hold on, covered by light and heavy machine-gun fire, and the troops will retreat lightly! ”

As soon as the Japanese retreated, Xu Hai's eyes lit up.

If the Japanese army continues to hold out, judging from the current battle situation, it will be itself that will win in the end. At that time, the rabbit will bite people even if it is in a hurry, not to mention the Japanese who are armed to the teeth.

Therefore, in the end, even if you win the battle, the troops will suffer heavy losses.

But as soon as the Japanese army retreated, the result was different, first of all, the morale of the Japanese army was gone, and it was impossible to fight hard.

Secondly, it is much easier to fight after the Japanese army no matter what, than to attack the Japanese position!

Besides, he still has a cavalry battalion.

As long as the Japanese army retreated and was exposed to the field battlefield, there would be no room for counterattack in front of the cavalry.

At the same time, the eyes lit up as well as the commander of the cavalry battalion.

As soon as the Japanese retreated, the commander of the cavalry battalion stared at Xu Hai with a pair of hot eyes.

"Cavalry battalion, attack immediately, bypass the infantry, and pursue and kill the Japanese rout......" Xu Hai decisively gave the cavalry battalion an attack order.

More than 300 cavalrymen, raising their sabers, swept towards the Japanese army.

From the moment the Japanese captain decided to start retreating, it was doomed that the battle would end in a crushing defeat.

The Japanese light and heavy machine gunners who were left to cover by the captain of the brigade were greeted by a grenade from the Liaodong Army without even having a chance to raise their heads and shoot, and they were blown into the sky along with their weapons.

The remaining hundreds of Japanese infantry who were almost armed with rifles and only wanted to flee for their lives were pursued by the cavalry battalion, except for a few dozen Japanese soldiers who reacted quickly and got into the woods and evaded the pursuit, and the remaining Japanese soldiers all became the souls of the cavalry battalion.

In less than an hour, the other two brigades of Japanese troops were also wiped out one after another.

At this point, the three divisions and regiments deployed by the Japanese army on the front line of Liaoyang were suddenly one less.

Of course, the Liaodong Army that participated in the battle also suffered heavy losses, with the 1st Division and the 2nd Regiment losing nearly 80 percent of their troops and equipment, the 3rd Regiment losing nearly 60 percent of their troops and equipment, the Field Artillery Regiment losing 70 percent of their troops and equipment, and the Cavalry Division losing 30 percent of their strength and equipment.

In a word, before killing the enemy, he lost eight hundred. (To be continued.) )