At this time, something that worried the Japanese army even more happened. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The screeching of shells across the sky over the battlefield of the battle rang out.

Dozens of heavy artillery shells steadily smashed into the official road where the main force of the Japanese army was located, and exploded, setting off bursts of bloody rain on the official road.

"Baga, wasn't the heavy artillery unit of the Liaodong Army thrown off by us, how can there be heavy artillery here, how did they come over, why is the speed so fast!" Lieutenant General Matsumoto, who could only be beaten passively, scolded loudly with a belly of anger.

Matsumoto was right, the heavy artillery division that followed them far behind them was indeed thrown off by their rapid march.

However, Matsumoto forgot that in order to speed up the march, all the equipment of his two heavy artillery wings was captured by the Liaodong Army.

Ready-made artillery, ready-made shells, even horses that pull cannons and shells are ready-made.

After hearing this, Yang Xingguo didn't say a word, and immediately asked Zhong Hu to draw half of the artillery from the heavy artillery division to operate these heavy artillery, and then send an infantry regiment to assist in transporting these artillery, and finally send these artillery to the battlefield at the specified time.

Lieutenant General Yoshizawa next to him couldn't explain how the Liaodong Army had transported so many heavy artillery, but when he saw the official road that was completely covered by artillery fire, he immediately reminded Matsumoto.

"Matsumoto-kun, the Liaodong Army is too cunning. Their infantry was right behind our attacking troops, and now they are shelling our main forces, obviously to attack our main forces, and we must find a way to stop them! ”

Matsumoto's brow furrowed and said, "Their artillery fire is too fierce, and it's all heavy artillery. Relying only on the infantry, it is absolutely impossible to stop. Moreover, the bullets will not turn, it is impossible to bypass our attacking troops and focus on the pursuers of the Liaodong Army behind! ”

Seeing that Yoshizawa had a gloomy face and didn't speak, Matsumoto changed his tone and continued: "Artillery, only artillery shells can bypass the attacking troops in front and focus on the pursuing troops of the Liaodong Army. ”

"Order the field artillery wing to open fire immediately, and the artillery fire will intercept the counterattack force of the Liaodong Army."

Seeing that Lieutenant General Yoshizawa quickly showed an expression on his face that wanted to speak and stopped, Matsumoto immediately analyzed: "I know that you are worried that the field artillery wing will be attacked by the heavy artillery of the Liaodong Army as soon as it fires. ”

"However, if the field artillery wing does not open fire, not only will the remaining more than 1,000 soldiers of the attacking force not survive, but the main forces of our two divisions will also suffer heavy losses under the attack of their counterattacking troops!"

"Love with the field artillery, the infantry is now more useful to us!"

"Also, Yoshizawa-kun, don't forget, after we lost the heavy artillery that competed with the artillery of the Liaodong Army, the remaining field artillery was not a heavy artillery opponent at all. As soon as the cannon is exposed, it will be immediately devastated by heavy artillery. ”

"Now this decision is just to advance the time for the field artillery wing to be wiped out, and it can also exchange the lives of thousands of infantry, why not?"

As soon as the Japanese field artillery wing opened fire, Zhong Hu ordered the two heavy artillery regiments in his hand to start a counterattack.

Although it was known that the field artillery wing exposed by the Japanese army would not be wiped out in a long time, in order to reduce unnecessary losses, the Liaodong Army, which was closely behind the Japanese army, retreated to its position very neatly after firing a burst of bullets.

Although the hastily ended counterattack did not achieve the goal of eliminating the Japanese attacking force, it unexpectedly eliminated a Japanese artillery wing.

I am still very satisfied with taking over Yang Xingguo like this.

Because, without artillery, no matter how many Japanese troops are blocked here by themselves, they are still tigers that have lost their fangs, and they have no offensive ability.

Therefore, this situation is what Yang Xingguo is happy to see.

Now that the Japanese army has become a tiger that has lost its fangs, Yang Xingguo has nothing to worry about.

Immediately ordered the troops to organize a defensive line on the spot, block the Japanese troops, and prevent them from advancing a single step.

After the reinforcements of the two divisions of the Japanese army left, several county towns centered on Fengcheng became empty cities.

Except for the logistics base of Fengcheng, where a brigade was stationed, all the other counties had only one infantry squadron and some reinforcements conscripted from Korea.

Such a good opportunity, of course, the special operations detachments that are active around will not let it go.

Wang Hong, who was closest to Fengcheng, was the first to act.

The Japanese army that let go of Fengcheng had six or seven thousand men, strong and well-equipped. If you fight hard, even if you take the logistics base of Fengcheng, then Fengcheng will be almost destroyed in the war.

You must know that when Yang Xingguo first laid out, the reason why he wanted to win more than ten county towns centered on Fengcheng was to take over. One reason was to expand the territory, and the other reason was for the Japanese army to hoard supplies and ammunition in Fengcheng.

Although the Japanese army had not yet attacked at that time, Yang Xingguo could already imagine that the entire anti-encirclement and suppression operation would definitely be very hard, especially the consumption of various materials and ammunition, which would also reach an unprecedented level.

With such a large consumption, if it is not replenished after the war, the losses of the Liaodong Army will be more than a little, and to put it more seriously, the Liaodong Army may even collapse. In particular, the artillery shells that were consumed in large quantities on the battlefield had no other way to obtain them except to surrender or purchase them.

Once the Liaodong Army runs out of shells, a large number of artillery pieces equipped by the Liaodong Army will become scrap metal.

Therefore, the materials and ammunition hoarded by the Japanese army in Fengcheng can be said to a certain extent to be the key to whether the Liaodong Army can quickly recover its strength after the battle.

As the deputy captain of the special operations detachment of the Liaodong Army, Wang Hong knows this very well. Therefore, from the beginning of entering the territory of Fengcheng, Wang Hong began to lay out how to quietly take Fengcheng from the Japanese army.

However, as long as a brigade of Japanese troops was still stationed in Fengcheng City, there was no way to avoid the war, and it was impossible for him to quietly take Fengcheng and swallow the materials and ammunition that the Japanese army had hoarded in Fengcheng.

"We must find a way to transfer a brigade of Japanese troops out of Fengcheng!" Wang Hong decided after thinking about it.

After glancing at the map, Wang Hong decisively ordered: "This is it!" This is the Fengcheng outpost, and attacking here will definitely bring out a lot of Japanese troops! ”

"Captain Wang, you bring a battalion and a field artillery company to attack this outpost, and I will bring people to send reinforcements to see if I can eat an infantry brigade of the Japanese army first!"

The importance of the outpost position is self-evident, and the loss of the outpost means that the defenders of Fengcheng have lost their eyes and become blind and deaf.

Therefore, after receiving the news, the commander of the Fengcheng garrison brigade could only send troops out of the city even if he knew that the outside of the city was full of risks.

As the best commander of Fengcheng, Major General Sakai not only had to defend Fengcheng, but also ensure the safety of all materials and ammunition in Fengcheng.

Once the outpost is lost, the enemy can set up field artillery within range, shoot shells into the city, and destroy the mountains of supplies and ammunition in the city. (To be continued.) )