Chapter 358: The Japanese Approach

Lieutenant General Matsumoto was stunned for a moment, and then reacted violently. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Sakata said with a firm face: "You are right, only by breaking through can I report the reason for the defeat to the commander-in-chief, so that the commander-in-chief can re-understand the Liaodong Army, attach importance to the Liaodong Army, and not continue to make the mistake of underestimating the enemy in the Liaodong Army......"

After saying that, Matsumoto, whose brows were tightly knit, fell into deep thought.

After a full two minutes, Matsumoto said: "We must break through immediately, and before the Liaodong Army completes the encirclement, give up all baggage, and disperse the squadron and brigade to break through, and break through as many as we can......"

In the case of being surrounded by heavy troops of the Liaodong Army, once the troops are dispersed, it means that the troops are scattered. It's even harder to concentrate them than to ascend to the sky.

Although Sakata is desperate, he has not lost the most basic reason, and he still knows this bit of common sense.

Therefore, after Matsumoto's suggestion was spoken, Sakata did not answer immediately, but fell into hesitation.

Matsumoto knew that Sakata was afraid that after this order was given, his division would be completely dispersed and finished.

However, in the face of the increasingly severe situation around him, Matsumoto had to speak again to persuade him.

"Bantian-kun, there are at least six regiments of more than 12,000 people in the Liaodong Army surrounding us. They were armed not only with light and heavy machine guns that far outnumbered ours, but also with artillery of more than two regiments. ”

"If we don't disperse, the Liaodong Army only needs to use artillery to bring us a devastating blow......"

"There are also those huge numbers of light and heavy machine guns, once the Liaodong Army completes the encirclement of us and sets up all these light and heavy machine guns, we can't break through even if we want to......"

"The harm that scattered and broken out may bring to us is indeed great, but at least someone can break through and answer Liaoyang. More importantly, we can let the commander-in-chief of Liaoyang know how we failed? ”

"Only in this way, in the future battles with the Liaodong Army. We won't make the same mistakes......"

"With our current losses, we can recover the thousands of soldiers that may be lost in the future against the Liaodong Army for the empire, and this price is definitely worth it......"

Lieutenant General Sakata had to reply with a helpless face: "Eight grid tooth road, I didn't expect it." The dignified Imperial Army of Japan was beaten by the Liaodong Army to the point of being scattered and breaking through, and the Baga ......"

"Matsumoto-kun, just do as you say, disperse and break through......"

"I'll take a brigade with me. From the northeast, the Liaodong Army has not yet completed the joint of the encirclement to break through the ......"

In less than five minutes, 10,000 troops were divided into 20 breakthrough troops by Matsumoto.

Subsequently, the 20-way breakthrough troops dispersed and rushed to the place where the Liaodong Army had not yet appeared.

Of course, no matter how 10,000 troops are dispersed, it is also a very large target.

The three regiments closest to the Japanese immediately followed suit, scattered their troops in battalions, and opened fire on the Japanese breakthrough troops.

Thus, the encirclement has not yet been completed. Everywhere there were fierce gunfire.

The Japanese breakthrough troops who were stuck by the Liaodong Army immediately became desperate after knowing that they could no longer escape.

Completely disregarding the casualties, he fought against the Liaodong Army that blocked him, and planned to use his own death to drag the Liaodong Army here and cover other troops to break out of the encirclement of the Liaodong Army.

"Japan is really ruthless enough, and decisive enough......" After learning the news that the Japanese were scattered and broke through, Yang Xingguo was stunned for a moment, and said with admiration.

When he was done, he continued to himself: "Now it seems. It is impossible for us to wipe out more than 10,000 Japanese......"

"Disperse and break through, even if our encirclement is formed, such a large battlefield, there will be fish that slip through the net. Not to mention the fact that now our encirclement has not yet been formed. Randomly interspersed with some small units of Japanese troops, there is no problem at all......"

Sun Liechen, the chief of staff on one side, said: "The Japanese army's response was too fast, but it just worked hard for our artillery. I worked so hard to bring the cannon over, but I didn't even get a chance to fire a shell......"

"Commander, since the Japanese have dispersed and broken through, are we also in battalions. Disperse and pursue as many Japanese as they can, and strive to leave behind all the heads of these Japanese......"

Yang Xingguo replied without thinking: "Time is pressing, just give the order according to what you say......"

A planned battle of annihilation turned into a crushing battle because of the Japanese decisiveness and quick response.

The nearly 10,000 Japanese troops who scattered and broke through were caught up by the Liaodong Army and wiped out nearly 7,000 people.

However, the commanders of the two divisions of the Japanese army, all of them ran away.

After getting the news, Yang Xingguo had no other way than a wry smile.

Of course, in Yang Xingguo's heart, there are some worries.

Just as Lieutenant General Matsumoto thought in his heart at the beginning, if the commanders of the two divisions successfully broke through, the true strength of the Liaodong Army would be completely exposed to the Japanese.

In the future battle, it is almost impossible for the Liaodong Army to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

More importantly, these two division commanders, who knew a certain amount of about themselves, fled back, and it was no surprise that these two division commanders would definitely become their fierce enemies on the battlefield in the future......

Of course, these are all later words, the battle of Fengcheng is over, and the two main divisions of the Japanese army are also eliminated.

To achieve such a great victory, especially the capture of all kinds of materials, weapons and ammunition piled up in Fengcheng. It directly means that Yang Xingguo and the entire Liaodong Army, for a long time in the future, need to take time to digest these results little by little and turn them into their own strength.

The battle of the main forces of the Liaodong Army in Fengcheng ended.

In a group of mountains less than ten miles away from the county seat of Anshan, Li Zhilong's decisive battle against Sakai Dazuo had just begun.

Xiao Bing commanded two battalions and one heavy artillery battalion to successfully destroy the main force of 1,300 Japanese troops.

Plus the losses inflicted on the Japanese by sneak attacks along the way.

At the time of the dispatch, it was still the main force of the Japanese army of more than 5,000 people, and at this time there were only about 3,000 people left.

The regiment left behind in Liaozhong, if the Anshan garrison regiment is added, is no longer inferior to the Japanese in terms of strength.

In addition, the arsenal has been working overtime to build grenades in the past few days, and Li Zhilong has already stockpiled as many as 2,000 in his hands.

With 3,000 soldiers, a battalion of heavy artillery, and 2,000 grenades.

And the Japanese had only 3,000 demoralized and tired soldiers, of which the real combat strength was only 2,000, and all the rest were logistics troops, engineers, and artillery.

With such a big advantage and such a good chance for a decisive battle, Li Zhilong will certainly not let it go.

As a result, a group of mountains ten miles outside Anshan City was designated by Yang Xingguo as the last grave of 3,000 Japanese.

As in the previous days, the morning march, the gunfire around the troops did not stop.

Because Sakai Daisa sent a large number of reconnaissance troops on both sides and was equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns, as long as the Liaodong Army's sneak attack troops fired, they would use dense heavy machine gun fire to cover and counterattack.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the sneak attack force had to increase the sneak attack distance.

As a result, after a sneak attack in the morning, less than half a squad of Japanese lost their combat effectiveness.

As soon as the morning's march was over, the Japanese, who had been nervous all morning, sat down on the official road without any defense, as if they had collapsed all morning, ready to replenish their almost exhausted physical strength with dry food and water.

At this time, even the patrols who were on guard around couldn't help but relax their vigilance.

For this decisive battle, Li Zhilong gave an order as early as two days ago.

As soon as the Japanese stopped marching, the sneak attack had to stop.

After a few experiences without any sneak attacks, the Japanese in charge of vigilance had already decided in their hearts that the Liaodong Army would not come to attack them at this time, so they unconsciously relaxed their vigilance around them, and at the same time gave the Liaodong Army a chance to approach and sneak attack them...... (To be continued.) )