As soon as the chief of staff left, the regiment commander began to dictate telegrams to Yang Xingguo, who was far away in Mukden. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Twenty minutes later, when the regimental commander and his guards finally withdrew from the shore defense artillery position, the entire position had been blown into flames.

Fortunately for the regiment commander, more than seventy percent of the gunners of the entire coastal defense artillery regiment were withdrawn.

Although it was very sad that the artillery was not brought out of the artillery fire, the regiment commander knew very well that he had to take these gunners, who did not have much combat power, to join up with the garrison regiment as soon as possible and leave here.

The imperial court even dispatched the Beiyang Naval Division, and it was impossible to bomb it just to come to Yingkou.

From the large number of transport ships following behind the ships of the naval division, the regiment commander was sure that there must be an army behind the naval division, and it was also an elite army with a large number of troops. The purpose of the arrival of the Beiyang Naval Division was probably to cover the landing of the army from Yingkou and directly enter Liaodong.

If these armies successfully landed at Yingkou Wharf, the coastal defense artillery regiment that had just escaped from the face of death might be made dumplings by the landed imperial army again if they were not careful.

After nearly 2,000 men of the two regiments finally escaped the range of the naval guns, Li Jie, commander of the coastal defense artillery regiment, ordered the troops to stop and use the terrain to build a blocking position together with the garrison regiment.

With more than 2,000 people on hand, and half of them are artillery, it is definitely impossible to block the imperial landing force.

When the speed of Carmen's attack is slowed down and the commander is given time to transfer troops, they can still do it.

As one of the few regiment commanders who can directly contact Yang Xingguo, Li Jie is clearer than many people about the opportunities and specific forms that the Liaodong Army is currently facing.

It can be said that in Liaodong now, in addition to more than a dozen garrison regiments, the combat units that can be used are the main force regiment and the headquarters guard regiment left behind by the headquarters to guard the coastline.

If the imperial court landing force is allowed to drive straight into Liaodong, then the troops that have not yet completed the assembly in Liaodong will definitely be broken down individually, and then they will be defeated.

Therefore, he must hold back the imperial landing force here, buy time for the deputy commander of the remaining headquarters, and gather troops. At the very least, it is necessary to buy some time for the headquarters to transfer, so as not to be dumplings by the imperial court landing force.

After not a single shell was fired at Yingkou, more than a dozen ships of the Beiyang Naval Division covered the transport ship and continued to approach the Yingkou wharf.

When they were still three or four hundred meters away from the pier, the ships finally stopped and began to strafe the pier with the machine guns on the deck of the ships to cover the landing of the infantry.

Because the two towns carried a large number of heavy weapons, it took a whole day for the army of the two towns to land at Yingkou Wharf.

The army was adrift at sea for two whole days, and even though these troops were all from the south, many of them knew how to water. After disembarking and landing, most of the soldiers' faces were still pale. If you don't have a night's rest, you basically don't have much combat effectiveness, let alone attack the headquarters of the Liaodong Army. And in one day and one night, Li Jie, who had more than 2,000 people in hand, built three lines of defense on the road that the official army must pass.

Although it was still impossible to stop the attack of the officers and troops, it was no problem to delay the officers and troops for a day.

Of course, Li Jie is not without confidence.

After repairing the position for a day, the nearest garrison regiment from here had just arrived here, and it was not surprising that two more garrison regiments had arrived here one after another.

At that time, Li Jie had nearly 5,000 garrisons in his hands, and he used them to harass the officers and troops attacking the troops, and dragged them for at least two days.

And two days was enough for the deputy commander to assemble at least two main regiments, and an artillery regiment to set up positions in the rear and wait for the officers and troops to land their troops.

The officers and troops landed at Yingkou from the sea, and before the battle began, the Japanese troops stationed in Lushun moved.

The Japanese army of four divisions was divided into two and killed the defense line of the remaining two divisions of the Fourth Army of the Liaodong Army.

When he first received the telegram, Li Zhilong was taken aback by the sudden military march of the Japanese army, and even doubted whether the Japanese army wanted to take revenge on the Liaodong Army and reoccupy Liaodong by taking advantage of the emptiness of Liaodong's troops.

What made Li Zhilong breathe a long sigh of relief was that the menacing Japanese army did not put on a decisive posture as soon as they came up, but continued to launch tentative attacks on the two divisions under their command with the brigade as a unit.

According to the Japanese army's style of play, it is entirely possible for him to take advantage of the Japanese army's attack to continuously strengthen the defensive line, and it is even possible to draw reinforcements from other places. Even if there is no main force, there is no problem in transferring a few garrison regiments.

Just when Li Zhilong didn't understand why the Japanese army put on such a posture, a telegram for help from Kang Jie of the 12th Division came.

The imperial court officers and troops of the two towns landed from Yingkou and directly killed the headquarters of the Liaodong Army. Coupled with this ambiguous attack of the Japanese army, Li Zhilong immediately understood that the Japanese army attacking himself was not to cooperate with the imperial court officials and troops and attract his two main divisions here, but to reap the benefits of the fishermen.

"Send a telegram to the commander immediately to report the situation. The Japanese army, the imperial court officers, and several large armies attacked our Liaodong Army together, and such a big matter was no longer something that our Fourth Army could solve, and we must ask the commander to make unified deployments. ”

When Li Zhilong's telegram was sent to Yang Xingguo, the news that Tongliao and Shanhaiguan had been attacked by the official army had already reached the headquarters.

"Chief of Staff, plus the Japanese army's attack is a whole four-way army, and now I can be sure that the Japanese army in Lushun and the imperial court officers and soldiers will come together to deal with us. It's just that until now, we don't know which of these four armies is the main attack, and which ones are feints to contain our troops. ”

"It's all possible, but the officers and troops of the two towns in the direction of Yingkou are the most likely." Chief of Staff Sun Liechen replied after thinking about it.

"There are also the Japanese troops in the direction of Lushun, they are too cunning, and the current offensive does not look sharp, but no one knows when they will change the offensive and give us a ruthless blow."

After thinking about it, Sun Lie replied with a calm face: "The most dangerous thing is the Japanese army and the more than 20,000 imperial officers and soldiers who landed in the direction of Yingkou. Our forces in Liaodong have all been transferred, and once they are allowed to enter Liaodong, the blow will be absolutely devastating for our Liaodong army. ”

"Chief of Staff, you're right!" Yang Xingguo nodded and replied.

Although Wang Hu, who was defending Tongliao, and Kang Jie, who was defending Shanhaiguan, sent telegrams, they were more to inform the enemy. Kang Jie, in particular, had few troops and a great appetite, and he also asked in the telegram whether he could carry out a counterattack at the right time, defeat the attacking officers and troops, and capture all the artillery and light and heavy machine guns equipped by the officers and soldiers. ”

"Send a telegram back to Wang Hu and Kang Jie first, and they have the final say on how to beat them. I only have one word, I will not send them to send a reinforcement, but they must block the attack of the officers and troops, and not allow an officer to break through their defenses. ”

After Sun Liechen ordered a staff officer to reply to the telegram, he followed up and asked, "What about the telegram of Li Zhilong and Li Jie?" ”

Yang Xingguo replied with a calm face: "There are definitely no reinforcements." ”

"Although Li Zhilong faced a lot of Japanese troops on his side, I believe in Li Zhilong's command ability, after all, there are two main divisions, a heavy artillery regiment, and seven or eight garrison regiments that can be transferred. Blocking the Japanese attack should not be a big problem. (To be continued.) )