"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, we still have half of the heavy machine guns left in the battle! There were more than 27,000 troops left. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 According to the judgment of the battlefield, the total strength of the Liaodong Army in front of us is still about 8,000 people, equipped with more than 200 light and heavy machine guns of various kinds, and a battalion of mountain artillery. A division commander took the data that had just been counted and reported to the chief of staff in a heavy tone.

After a short silence, the chief of staff ordered: "Gather all the officers above the brigade level, and we will have a good discussion about how to break through the defense line of the Liaodong Army and evacuate here!" ”

At the headquarters of the Liaodong Army a few hundred meters away, as soon as the Japanese army took the initiative to retreat, Li Zhilong knew that the Japanese army was frightened by the counterattack fire reinforced by the cavalry division. In a short period of time, if there is no other way, the Japanese army should not attack again.

After breathing a long sigh of relief, Li Zhilong immediately told Wu Xin his thoughts.

After training for more than half a year, he finally encountered a big battle, and Wu Xin was certainly unwilling to wait here and wait for the Japanese army to take the initiative to attack him.

As soon as Li Zhilong finished speaking, Wu Xin's eyes lit up and said: "The Japanese are attacking us in front, and we will passively let go." Since they will not continue to attack in a short time, then why don't we go the opposite way, take the initiative to fight them, and take the initiative on the battlefield in our own hands! ”

"That way, we'll be able to drag them here for longer with minimal effort!"

From the beginning of this blocking mission, Li Zhilong had one idea in his heart: no matter what the cost is, he must hold his position and block the tens of thousands of Japanese troops in front of the formation.

Now after Wu Xin's reminder, Li Zhilong's eyes immediately lit up. At this moment, all kinds of ideas quickly surfaced in Li Zhilong's mind!

At this time, Wu Xin, who was standing in front of him, was in a hurry!

Li Zhilong didn't speak, and Wu Xin subconsciously thought that Li Zhilong didn't agree with his idea.

Although Li Zhilong is not his superior, the commander repeatedly explained before setting off that when he arrives here, he must listen to Li Zhilong's command. If Li Zhilong doesn't agree with his proposal, no matter how many ideas he has in his heart, he won't be able to do it.

When Wu Xin's face began to change because of this, Li Zhilong finally spoke.

"That's a good offer...... Master Wu, do you have any specific ideas? ”

"Yes!" Wu Xin said excitedly.

Pointing to the Japanese position not far away, he analyzed: "Although there are still more than 20,000 Japanese troops, due to terrain restrictions, they are still scattered on the official road that stretches for several kilometers, and the formation is very scattered!" ”

"My idea is to let the mountain artillery battalion shell one of the official roads and cut a small piece of fat from the main force of the Japanese army."

Our cavalry division, on the other hand, attacked quickly and ate this piece of fat in the shortest possible time, without giving the main force of the Japanese army any time to react. “

"It doesn't take much for each division, one to two brigades are enough."

"Once or twice, the Japanese may not take it to heart. But if there are too many times, the Japanese army will have to shrink its defenses to prevent our surprise attack......"

"At the moment, because of the terrain restrictions, the Japanese army is not equipped with artillery. The best way for them to shrink their defenses is to withdraw their troops and let them withdraw from the strike range of our mountain artillery battalions. ”

"Otherwise, no matter how much they shrink their defenses, our mountain artillery battalion will always be able to shell them and kill them."

"That's an idea!" Li Zhilong affirmed.

"Division Commander Wu, I will give you all the light machine guns, how long will it take you to destroy a brigade of the Japanese army!"

Wu Xin thought about it and replied: "It won't take too long to destroy them, four or five people will fight the Japanese army in the sky, and there will be one or two hundred light machine guns, and the battle will be over in ten minutes." ”

"However, we are too far away from the Japanese army, and if we have war horses, we may be able to rush in front of the Japanese army in less than a minute. But we don't have war horses now, and with two legs, it will take at least five minutes to rush in front of the Japanese army......"

"So, it will take us about fifteen minutes!"

Li Zhilong immediately affirmed: "Then fifteen minutes!" Master Wu, I agree with your plan, let's start acting immediately! ”

When more than a dozen high-ranking officers of the Japanese army had not yet discussed a result around the chief of staff for a long time, the screaming of shells that they were very familiar with suddenly sounded on the battlefield.

"Where to shoot!" A division commander just let out an exclamation subconsciously, and the commander of the heavy artillery brigade next to him turned pale in an instant, and shouted to everyone.

"Oh no, the shells are flying towards us, everyone hide quickly!"

Before the words of "boom boom boom ......" were finished, a violent explosion sounded on the official road several hundred meters.

The commander of the heavy artillery brigade shouted: "Mountain artillery, this is the artillery of this mountain artillery battalion firing!" ”

Before everyone could react to the shock and incomprehension caused by the shelling, a junior officer rushed in and reported.

"Sir, a mountain artillery battalion of the Liaodong Army suddenly opened fire, and a squadron on the official road was affected and suffered heavy losses. In addition, there is a brigade in front that is divided by the artillery fire of the Liaodong army, whether to order them to withdraw! ”

A division commander asked with a face full of incredulity: "What does the Liaodong Army want to do?" There are only a few thousand of them, and we are lucky that we don't attack them, they have the guts to attack us! Yaga! ”

The chief of staff replied with a frown: "Attack our main forces, they don't have the courage yet." However, pulling out the teeth of the tiger, cutting a piece of meat from the main force, and eating it, the Liaodong Army still did it very easily! ”

At this time, another Shao Zuo rushed in and reported: "Sir, a brigade divided by the artillery fire of the Liaodong Army has been attacked, and the Liaodong Army has dispatched at least two regiments, and the firepower is very strong!" ”

At this time, the commander of a brigade next to him suddenly spoke: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, that brigade is a lowly subordinate, and it also participated in the last attack, although the infantry has not suffered any losses, but the light and heavy machine guns have lost more than half, and they will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Liaodong Army, quickly give an order to withdraw them!" ”

"It's too late!" The chief of staff replied helplessly.

"The mountain artillery battalion of the Liaodong Army is not a vegetarian, and it is not easy to retreat from the interception of the mountain artillery battalion!"

Seeing that the heartache expression on the face of the brigade commander was getting thicker and thicker, the chief of staff continued: "No matter what, if you can withdraw one, you can withdraw one, you go and give orders!" ”

"Yes! Thank you, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff! The brigade commander said with a grateful face.

As soon as the brigade commander left, the chief of staff asked the rest with a frown.

"The situation is getting worse and worse, and the Liaodong Army definitely doesn't want to be beaten passively to give us such a play. The mountains here are high and the forests are dense, and there is only one way to retreat, so everyone must make a decision immediately! ”

After the chief of staff finished speaking, more than a dozen people, as if they had discussed it, lowered their heads at the same time and said nothing. (To be continued.) )