But at this moment, more than 100 light machine guns equipped with the 3rd Division opened fire. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as the light machine guns fired, the firepower in front of the Japanese cavalry more than doubled.

As a result, the losses of the cavalry were also increasing. One step forward becomes more and more difficult.

The two cavalry captains who rushed to the rear, after glancing at each other, scolded the word Baga at the same time.

After the completion of the operation, a wing commander immediately ordered the troops to disperse, the two wings detoured, not to blindly rush in one direction, directly hit the muzzle of the Liaodong Army.

However, no matter how they dispersed, the Liaodong Army greeted them with a dense rain of bullets.

Because the 3rd Division was equipped with a large number of light machine guns, the Japanese cavalry was divided, and these light machine guns were also transferred, and they could always be blocked with dense machine gun fire in front of the Japanese cavalry.

"Eight Geya Road, the firepower of the Liaodong Army is too strong! The warriors simply can't rush forward! After the detour did not lead to anything, the wing commander, who had just asked the troops to attack in a roundabout way, once again scolded.

The other wing captain frowned and said, "Our two wings have already lost more than half, and we can't continue to charge, otherwise the warriors will all die here." There is no point in continuing to rush like this! ”

After the two glanced at each other, they almost said in unison: "To retreat, we must have infantry support and provide us with fire cover before we can break through a gap!" ”

The Japanese troops, who received the flag signal, immediately turned their horses and began to retreat.

But they were cavalry running fast, not infantry.

The infantry could retreat with a single turn, but they couldn't, and there had to be enough space to turn around with men and horses during the attack, and then retreat quickly.

However, the Liaodong Army in front of them did not intend to give them this opportunity, as long as they continued to rush forward, the dense bullets kept beckoning them.

In this way, the remaining Japanese troops on the battlefield can only retreat with a stupid method.

The cavalry in front blocked the bullets, and the cavalry behind quickly stopped, turned their horses' heads on the spot, and then slowly retreated.

It is undoubtedly very time-consuming to do this, but time is of the essence on the battlefield of life, and there is simply not that much time for them to do so.

As soon as the Japanese troops began to retreat on the battlefield, the cavalry that rushed in front to block the bullets was killed.

As a result, many cavalrymen who were parked on the battlefield and were turning around became targets for light and heavy machine gunners.

When the gunfire that shrouded the battlefield slowly stopped, the battlefield filled with the smell of blood could no longer see a Japanese cavalry still on a war horse.

From 130 to 300 meters in front of the battle, there was a whole layer of corpses of Japanese soldiers and war horses, densely packed, very bloody and tragic.

Hundreds of horses that were not killed were scattered alone on the battlefield and wandered back and forth on the battlefield.

"Division commander, more than 2,000 cavalry have retreated to less than 500 people, and the two cavalry wings of the Japanese army are finished, do you want people to bring back the war horses on the battlefield!" The chief of staff next to Zhao Zhigang was excited and hurriedly asked.

"Not only the war horses, but also the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese cavalry were all brought back. The remaining hundreds of cavalry have already been beaten by us, and they will never dare to attack us again. ”

After the third division finished cleaning up the battlefield, the infantry of the subsequent wing arrived at the battlefield.

Because the troops were lightly armed and did not carry artillery. After hearing what happened to the two cavalry wings, the captain of the infantry wing immediately broke off the idea of launching a direct attack.

In this way, the enemy and our armies spent an hour together very calmly.

After the main force of the Japanese army arrived at the battlefield, the 3rd Division finally dug the trenches that were not formed.

More than 10,000 Japanese troops, although they gave up almost all the baggage carts, they still brought a lot of field artillery that could be pulled by horses.

As soon as he heard the report of the commander of the cavalry wing, the chief of staff set up all the dozens of field guns and bombarded the positions of the three divisions.

The Third Division was not vegetarian, the field artillery regiment plus three mountain artillery battalions, and more than 100 mountain artillery pieces immediately counterattacked.

As soon as the violent explosion sounded at the Japanese field artillery position, the face of the Japanese chief of staff turned pale.

Under such fierce counterattack artillery fire, the chief of staff knew even if he was not an artilleryman that his limited dozens of field artillery pieces were by no means the opponent of the gunners of the Liaodong Army.

Artillery is not an opponent, and the chief of staff can only pin his hopes on the infantry.

While the artillery of both sides was still in an artillery battle, the more than 100 mountain and field artillery equipped by the Liaodong Army could not take care of the infantry, and the chief of staff immediately ordered an infantry wing to launch a cluster attack on the position of the third division.

In order to withdraw alive, the chief of staff also worked hard.

More than 100 heavy machine guns were drawn from various units to provide fire cover. Then nearly 100 light machine guns were dispatched as the first echelon of the attacking troops, and the three divisions were fired at the same time as they attacked.

The dense firepower immediately overwhelmed the third division, unable to raise its head. Even the heavy machine guns mounted on the positions could not fire continuously.

Even so, the light and heavy machine gunners who were taken care of by the Japanese army were constantly hit, and they were replaced with stubble.

Looking at the Japanese troops who were constantly advancing towards their own defense line in front of the formation, Zhao Zhigang was also frightened by such a fierce offensive of the Japanese army.

The chief of staff next to him frowned and said, "Division commander, the Japanese army is going to fight with us!" The defenders must be strengthened in fire, otherwise the brothers will not be able to stop them at all! ”

Zhao Zhigang directly shifted his gaze to the artillery staff officer next to him, and asked with a solemn face: "How is the artillery battle!" Can you pull out the three mountain artillery battalions! ”

The artillery staff officer hurriedly replied: "The Japanese field artillery unit has already lost more than half of it, and our field artillery regiment has lost less than 20 percent. The field artillery regiment can already clean them up independently! ”

"Good fight!" Zhao Zhigang replied with a satisfied face.

"Then let the field artillery regiment continue to destroy the Japanese field artillery unit...... Three mountain artillery battalions immediately adjusted their firing targets, two mountain artillery battalions shelled Japanese heavy machine gun positions, and one mountain artillery battalion shelled Japanese attacking troops. You decide exactly how to bomb it, and you must fire the cannon after two minutes. ”

When the unstoppable Japanese army reached more than 100 meters in front of the formation, the three mountain artillery battalions finally opened fire.

As soon as the shells hit the battlefield and exploded, the Japanese offensive slowed down.

In particular, the Japanese army's dense attacking troops, one shell went down, and at least a dozen sunsets were blown to the ground.

The heavy machine gun positions that were concentrated together were not much better, dozens of shells landed and exploded, and more than a dozen heavy machine guns were directly covered by artillery fire on the position, and all of them were silent.

After a few rounds of shelling, more than half of the heavy machine guns that the Japanese chief of staff had managed to concentrate had lost.

The infantry also suffered a lot of losses, especially the light machine guns that were under the heavy care of the mountain artillery battalion, and more than 30 of them were destroyed. (To be continued.) )