The Chief of Staff's answer made Oyama Rock feel a lot better, but that was all. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Two consecutive attacks failed, not to mention the loss of more than 10,000 elite infantry, but also the loss of more than 100 mountain artillery pieces in vain.

Such a large loss made all the Japanese officers here full of fear for the next battle.

If you say it nicely, you are afraid of things, and if you say it badly, you are afraid.

You must know that these Manchurian Army officers have been defeated by the Liaodong Army more than once, and the current defeat makes them subconsciously think of the previous defeat.

Although he still has nearly 90,000 elites, nearly 300 artillery pieces of various calibers and a large number of mortars. Dashanyan knows that no matter how good the equipment is, no matter how elite the troops, if there is no morale, the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced.

Under such circumstances, he continued to attack the Liaodong Army, not only did he have no confidence, but the soldiers under his command were unwilling from the bottom of their hearts.

Therefore, in the face of the chief of staff's suggestion to continue to attack the positions of the Liaodong Army, Dashan Yan directly showed a hesitant expression.

But just giving up the good conditions created by the previous two attacks, Dashanyan was unwilling.

The chief of staff was right in saying that in the two attacks, despite the heavy losses of the Manchurian Army, the casualties of the Liaodong Army would not be much better, especially the indiscriminate artillery coverage at the end of the first attack. Dashanyan was sure that even if the fierce artillery fire failed to completely annihilate the Liaodong Army exposed on the surface of the position, it must have severely damaged them.

Although the second attack was repulsed by the Liaodong Army, and the Liaodong Army that stood in front of it also received reinforcements.

But Dashanyan is sure that there must not be many Liaodong troops that can evade the interception of nearly 100 mortars and finally reinforce the battlefield.

In addition, as soon as the attack was over, he ordered hundreds of artillery pieces to immediately launch artillery fire. In the face of the sudden artillery bombardment, the Liaodong Army, which had just been reinforced, must have suffered a lot of losses.

In this case, if the offensive is continued, the success rate will definitely be higher than that of the Liaodong Army when it is ready to attack.

After some hesitation, the unwilling Dashan Yan finally decided to attack again.

Although the morale of the dozen subordinates is low, they are all battle-hardened veterans and are well aware of the situation they are facing.

So, after Oyama made the decision to continue the attack, it didn't take long for everyone to agree, despite the hesitation on everyone's faces.

However, in order to increase the chances of success of this attack, the Japanese bombardment was covered by ongoing artillery fire, and the Japanese bombarded for half an hour before stopping.

After the shelling, the defensive line, which stretched for two or three kilometers, could no longer be described by the words "gaps everywhere".

At this time, the most appropriate sentence to describe the position of the Liaodong Army is that there is no gap in the entire defense line.

As soon as the heavy artillery and mountain artillery shelling ended, the mortars followed and fired.

The position, which had been quiet for less than half a minute, was again shrouded in explosions. More than 5,000 Japanese attacking troops, some excited, some confused, rushed to the position with rifles in their hands amid the shouts and curses of their respective officers.

The Japanese army's half-hour-long shelling was both beneficial and harmful to Xiao Bing. Therefore, during the whole shelling, Xiao Bing could still maintain a calm face.

But as soon as the shelling ended, Xiao Bing's brows furrowed.

As the division commander, Xiao Bing knew ten minutes ago that he still had more than 2,000 people left in his three main regiments to continue fighting.

As soon as he saw the Japanese attacking troops twice as strong as himself, Xiao Bing had a bad premonition that the position was likely to be unable to hold.

The chief of staff, who had been staring at the battlefield with a telescope next to him, suddenly reminded: "Division commander, the devil's artillery fire is too fierce, the positions have been blown up, and the front-line brothers don't even have a place to hide." ”

Xiao Bing nodded first, and then asked rhetorically under the incomprehensible gaze of the chief of staff: "The devil shelled for half an hour, is it possible that we will complete the task if we hold on for another half an hour." ”

The chief of staff replied with bewilderment: "Twenty minutes, hold on for another twenty minutes and retreat!" ”

Xiao Bing immediately replied with a firm expression: "It seems that we are going to show our last family background." ”

"Order the guard battalion, the reconnaissance company, to move immediately to thirty meters behind the position and lurk. Tell the troops, all traffic trenches again, don't let the devils find out. ”

"As for the trenches, if they are gone, they are gone. The position was full of shell craters, and as long as the three regiment commanders in front were not confused, they could think of using the trenches to continue to block the devils. ”

"Also, let all the remaining mortars fire, as long as you repel the devil's attack for twenty minutes, it will be over, and Lao Tzu will bet all his family money here today."

The doubts on the chief of staff's face were also replaced by very spicy, and then proposed: "Some time ago, the military headquarters sent us five hundred mines. I mean, all to the positions. When the troops retreated, they all buried them in the position to surprise the devils. The devil doesn't let us get better, and we don't let the devil get better. ”

"Yes, that's it!" Xiao Bing immediately supported.

"By the way, we also sent the unfinished shells to the position, and buried the mines together. Tell the engineer company that they have only twenty minutes to lay mines, and after twenty minutes they must retreat with the troops. Also, don't forget to write down the location of the mine, if it is not detonated by the devil, you will have to take it out in the future, don't hurt your own people. ”

Seeing the strong murderous aura that had been exuded from Xiao Bing's body, the chief of staff immediately went to give an order, and by the way, began to look forward to the tragic scene after the Japanese army hit the mine.

Soon, more than two dozen mortars were fired. However, the casualties of more than 100 people in one round could not reach the point of breaking the bones and bones for the more than 5,000 Japanese troops. More than 5,000 Japanese troops did not even hesitate, staring at the artillery fire and continuing to rush forward.

Da Shanyan in the back frowned at first, and then ordered with an excited face: "There are not many mortars in the Liaodong Army, immediately open artillery to counterattack and destroy them." ”

"The Liaodong Army has no mortars, and in the next battle, they can only be beaten passively."

After more than 1,000 attacking troops were blown up on the offensive road by the mortars of the Liaodong Army, the only artillery strength of the 10th Division was gone, and all of them were destroyed by the devils with mountain artillery.

At this time, Xiao Bing could only rely on the infantry to block the attack of more than 4,000 devils.

Fortunately, the three regiments brought a lot of light and heavy machine guns with them when they reinforced the position. Dozens of light and heavy machine guns were scattered in the crater, and the mortars continued to reap the lives of the devils.

The grenadiers who attacked with the devil immediately stopped and set up their cannons, stared at the machine gun fire point and opened fire.

Dozens of light and heavy machine guns were destroyed one after another after holding out in less than five minutes.

Of course, the Japanese attacking forces again lost almost a thousand people.

At this time, the Liaodong Army on the position, except for rifles and melee grenades, no longer had heavy weapons that could threaten the devils.

The three regiment commanders could only order the infantry to rush into the crater and use the crater as a position for a counterattack. (To be continued.) )