"In other words, we have lost nearly a division of troops in less than two days of attacking?" The chief of staff asked rhetorically with a gloomy face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hey!" Lieutenant General Miyamoto admitted with a pained expression.

At this time, the commander of another division, who was not speaking on the side, spoke: "We can't be in a hurry anymore, as long as we are in a hurry, there will be flaws exposed to the Liaodong Army." ”

The commander of the division in charge of the palace also rushed over at this time and said: "If we are not in a hurry, the Liaodong Army will have enough time to build a position to block us." At that time, we will lose the advantage of surprise attacks, and we can only attack the Liaodong Army hard! ”

"Even if we attack hard-fought with the Liaodong Army, our losses are not so big." Lieutenant General Miyamoto, who had suffered the most, complained angrily.

"Today, we have lost nearly 8,000 warriors before and after, and as for the Liaodong Army that has been destroyed, I definitely don't even have 1,000 people."

"If we lose more than 8,000 warriors on a frontal battlefield, with our superiority in strength and artillery fire, we can destroy at least twice as many enemies......"

"I'd rather let the warriors die on the offensive road of the frontal battlefield than see the warriors die in the sneak attacks of the Liaodong Army again and again, and they won't be blind! Therefore, the chief of staff is requested to carefully consider the next tactical tactics. ”

The commanders of the three divisions unanimously hoped that they would not be in a hurry.

The chief of staff was reluctant, but he could only compromise. After all, such a large loss of troops, as chief of staff, he could not afford it.

Soon, the chief of staff decided: "Sappers, every time a kilometer of road is built, all officers and men must stay within the protection of the field artillery regiment!" ”

In this way, after a day of repair, the Japanese army, which had less than 40,000 people left, walked less than six kilometers.

At this moment, Li Zhilong, who could hardly find any fighters, had to leave the reconnaissance force to continue to pay attention to the Japanese army, and returned to Anshan County with the main force.

At this time, the three Russian regiments sent by the headquarters just arrived in Anshan County.

Li Zhilong also saw the secret letter written to him by Yang Xingguo.

"It turned out that the Japanese and Russian armies jointly sent troops. I'll just say, when did the Japanese army become so bold that they dared to attack us with only 50,000 troops, it turned out that they planned to attack us inside and outside and destroy us together with the Russian army! After reading the new Li Zhilong, he suddenly realized and sighed.

Xiao Bing, the chief of staff next to him, exclaimed excitedly: "Division commander, the commander's judgment of the Japanese army in the letter seems to be correct. ”

"The Japanese army seems to be menacing on the surface, but in fact there are many considerations, one of which is the casualties. As long as there are heavy casualties, they have to slow down their attack. ”

"Today's battle has proved this analysis, the current Japanese army has become a shrunken turtle after losing thousands of people, and it is very cautious with every step forward, and it is completely free of the menacing at the beginning!"

"Since the commander's judgment of the Japanese army in the letter is correct, the second judgment of the Japanese army must also be correct." Li Zhilong said expectantly and seriously.

"Definitely right!" Xiao Bing affirmed.

"If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would have been hesitant about this cooperation, even if it was proposed by the Japanese themselves!"

"After all, no one dares to guarantee that the Russian army will not agree to them on the surface, but in fact it is encouraging them to send troops themselves, and through the Liaodong Army, they will be consumed in large quantities to break the balance between the Japanese and Russian armies on the Liaohe line."

"What's more, on the surface, they promised the Japanese army, but in fact, they cooperated with us to destroy the 50,000 troops together, so as to defeat the Japanese army on the front line of the Liaohe River and reverse the defeat of the Russian army in the Battle of Liaoyang...... It's all possible! ”

"Then we will do what the commander said in the letter!" Li Zhilong immediately decided.

"According to the reconnaissance, the Japanese army has just divided its forces. A division remained behind to protect the artillery and baggage, which gave us exactly an opportunity. Chief of Staff, you stay in Anshan County, and I will take three Russian regiments to stab the Japanese army's soft underbelly! ”

Because the official road was destroyed, they could only take a small road, and the three Russian regiments only brought a battalion of mountain artillery with horses.

In one night, the temporary barracks where the Japanese army had stopped a large number of baggage trucks and heavy artillery appeared in Li Zhilong's field of vision.

Li Zhilong was very happy, because the Japanese troops here had to continue to rush after the official road. For the convenience of the journey, the entire barracks were not huddled. Hundreds of artillery pieces and hundreds of baggage wagons were all lined up on the official road, stretching for several kilometers in front and back.

As for the one division that protects them, except for an infantry wing stationed at the division headquarters, more than a dozen infantry brigades are stationed two or three hundred meters apart from each other and are scattered on the official road.

In addition, a large number of Japanese patrols in small units also patrolled within 100 meters on both sides of the official road to prevent the enemy from approaching the official road and attacking artillery and baggage.

"Division Commander Li, the Japanese army is very well guarded, it is difficult to sneak attack them!" The commander of one of the three Russian regiments asked with a frown.

Li Zhilong shook his head and replied, "You are wrong, our mission here is not to sneak attack them and achieve many results. It's to tell them that there is a unit like ours behind them, so that the Japanese army will be worried about one thing and lose the other! ”

"Time is pressing, so I won't explain more! Command directly! ”

Two hours later, it was already dawn.

The commander of the division who stayed here had just sent someone to the front to explore the road and confirm that the muddy road was a big car.

The screech of cannonballs across the sky reached his ears. Subsequently, a violent explosion sounded on the official road not far away.

The only mountain artillery battalion brought by Li Zhilong, under the control of hundreds of Russian troops, fired shells at the official road where a large number of Japanese troops were stopped at their fastest speed, round after round.

Soon, a section of the official road more than 300 meters long was covered with artillery fire, including an infantry brigade stationed on this official road.

Under the heavy artillery fire, a Russian regiment quickly launched an attack on the Japanese army from 200 meters away.

Two Japanese patrol squads in front of them, the Russian regiment wiped them out with a single charge.

After the end, the Russian regiment barely stopped, and continued to kill the official road that had been covered by artillery fire.

At this time, the Japanese army, which had been briefly ventilated, also reacted.

Because the official road that was shelled was very close to the division headquarters, the division commander, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, reacted after only a few seconds of judgment.

"The 6th Artillery Wing, immediately counterattack and destroy the enemy's artillery positions."

"The fifth and seventh infantry brigades will immediately support the battlefield and block the enemy's attack!"

"The 1st Infantry Brigade of the Division Headquarters immediately set out and made a detour behind the enemy to block their retreat. Today I will annihilate all these enemies who have attacked us! ”

In less than two minutes, the Japanese artillery wing opened fire.

What the Japanese army did not expect was that as soon as the artillery shells they test-fired fell on the position of the mountain artillery battalion, more than 100 old Maozi gunners followed the battalion commander and dropped more than a dozen mountain artillery pieces to flee for their lives.

The Russian regiment, which had already rushed to less than 50 meters from the official road, saw that the two infantry brigades reinforced by the Japanese army had rushed in front of them, and began to retreat after firing only a burst of bullets at them, not giving the Japanese a chance to surround them at all. (To be continued.) )