After one order after another was transmitted from the headquarters, the entire Liaodong Army, like a huge war machine, quickly began to operate. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Guard divisions, heavy artillery divisions, cavalry divisions, quickly assembled and moved in the direction of Gaizhou.

It is almost impossible for such a large military movement of the Liaodong Army to be quiet. Therefore, as soon as the Liaodong Army was mobilized, Dashanyan, who had already transferred its headquarters to Lushun, ordered the two armies on the front line to prepare for battle, and then sent a large number of scouts, so as to find out the direction of the Liaodong Army's attack as soon as possible, so as not to be caught off guard at that time.

At this time, Yang Xingguo and Sun Liechen had already rushed to the station of Yuan Lei of the Fifth Division one step in advance, and several division commanders who participated in the battle also rushed here.

In the small headquarters, the five division commanders all stared at Yang Xingguo and Sun Liechen, and their eyes kept shooting out two hot gazes, waiting for Yang Xingguo to give an order.

didn't let everyone wait too long, Sun Liechen stood up and announced the order under Yang Xingguo's signal.

"The fourth division, one regiment of the heavy artillery division, one regiment of the cavalry division, and the five garrison regiments around Donggang are all under the command of division commander Li Zhilong, and they must carry out the task of trapping the enemy, and we must drag the 50,000 Japanese troops in the direction of Donggang to prevent them from attacking our base area or reinforcing Gaizhou!"

"The other troops, under the personal command of me and the commander, will destroy or severely damage more than 50,000 elite Japanese troops in the direction of Gaizhou!"

After Sun Lichen finished announcing the order, Yang Xingguo stood up and said, "If everyone has no objection to the order, then follow the order just now!" Division Commander Li, this time I came over with more than 120 mortars, and according to the establishment, your fourth division can only be equipped with 30. But for the sake of the battle in front of you, I will give you twenty more guns and five thousand shells. ”

"The performance of the mortar is known to the commander of the field artillery regiment under your command, and I can tell you for sure that as long as these fifty mortars are used well, they will definitely bring you unexpected results and greatly reduce the casualties of the troops."

In addition to the nearly 20,000 people taken away by Li Zhilong, Yang Xingguo still has a little more than 30,000 troops at hand.

With more than 30,000 people to attack the 50,000 elites of the Japanese army who were ready for battle, anyone with a little brain knew that the whole battle situation was very unfavorable for the Liaodong Army.

But Yang Xingguo did just that, and he made a lot of fanfare as soon as he came up.

The three regiments of the Guards Division, like three unstoppable chariots, swept through all the guard posts and positions placed by the Japanese army on the periphery in just two days.

"Commander, the defenders of at least one wing of the Japanese positions in front will most likely be supported by artillery fire from a field artillery wing. In addition, the other side built a lot of trenches and positions. Without artillery support, you will basically not be able to rush forward by relying only on replenishment! ”

Inside the headquarters, Sun Liechen held a telescope and analyzed while staring at what the Japanese army was looking for.

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "Not only the field artillery wing, but their heavy artillery must also be ready to fire in the back." As soon as our artillery fires, they will counterattack and destroy our artillery! ”

"We must find a way to take out their heavy artillery units first. According to intelligence, their heavy artillery brigade has a total of three heavy artillery wings and three independent heavy artillery brigades, with nearly 150 heavy artillery pieces. Both the number of artillery pieces, the caliber of artillery, and even the experience of gunners, far surpass us! Sun Liechen's face immediately became gloomy, and he analyzed Yang Xingguo.

"And the field artillery, they have three field artillery wings of more than one hundred and sixty field artillery. We had only two field artillery regiments and six mountain artillery battalions, and small-caliber artillery was no match for them. ”

"If we can't knock out their artillery in advance, we will definitely suffer heavy losses in the next battle!"

Zhong Hu, the commander of the heavy artillery division next to him, frowned and proposed: "It's really not good, let's learn from the last anti-encirclement and suppression, disassemble the artillery division, and fight with the Japanese artillery!" ”

"No way!" Before Yang Xingguo could speak, Sun Liechen vetoed it categorically.

"One of the reasons why we were able to win the last time we fought for consumption was that the Japanese army underestimated us too much and underestimated the enemy. Another reason is that the total number of artillery of the Japanese army is not comparable to ours, and then we won by luck. ”

"Now compared with the Japanese army on the other side, we don't have any conditions, if we fight for attrition, we must lose first, and if we lose, there is no possibility of turning defeat into victory."

At this time, Yang Xingguo spoke: "What the chief of staff said is right, this time we can't fight with the Japanese, we can't afford to fight!" ”

"However, it is obviously impossible to knock out the heavy artillery units of the Japanese army without paying a little loss. So, Commander Zhong, in order to knock out the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, you must be prepared to lose two heavy artillery regiments! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Xingguo didn't explain, and directly ordered: "The heavy artillery division has drawn out two heavy artillery regiments to arrange artillery positions in battalion units, remember to dig a good anti-artillery hole, the artillery can be lost, and the artillery cannot be lost!" ”

"Guard Division, when I was an hour old, I launched an attack under the cover of the fire of my own field artillery regiment, and I had to lure out the Japanese heavy artillery brigade first. Only then will we have a chance to knock them out. ”

Not long after the attack began an hour later, the Japanese defending the first line of an infantry wing were enveloped in the sound of violent explosions. Columns of black smoke also continued to rise from the position, more and more.

At this time, the Japanese artillery was not vegetarian either.

Less than two minutes after the field artillery regiment of the guard division opened fire, they fired three test-fired shells at the position of the field artillery regiment.

Soon, round after round of shells began to hit the positions of the field artillery regiment and exploded.

Yang Xingguo, who had a full view of the battlefield situation, saw that the firepower of the field artillery regiment was getting weaker and weaker, and although he was very anxious, his face still had a calm posture.

As commander, tens of thousands of people were staring at him. Yang Xingguo knows very well that no matter what time it is, he can't panic.

Just when Zhong Hu couldn't help but speak, Yang Xingguo finally began to give orders.

"Division Commander Yuan, let your field artillery regiment counterattack immediately, and at least severely damage the Japanese field artillery wing."

"Division Commander Zhong, let your two heavy artillery regiments get ready, the Japanese army will definitely use heavy artillery next, as soon as their heavy artillery fires, you will use the same number of artillery to counterattack for me, until the artillery of the two heavy artillery regiments is all destroyed and then stop."

With such a dozen, his two heavy artillery regiments will definitely be finished.

Although Zhong Hu showed a very reluctant expression on his face, in the face of Yang Xingguo's firm expression, he still decisively accepted the order.

As more and more artillery units from both sides joined the artillery battle, the first reaction of the Japanese lieutenant general sitting in the rear was that the Liaodong Army wanted to knock out its heavy artillery brigade first through this artillery battle.

But the Japanese lieutenant general was not worried at all.

Already two days ago, he received the artillery strength of his opponent from reconnaissance units and intelligence officers.

The army commander can confidently say that in the absence of any advantage, the Liaodong Army will fight with his own artillery, that is, to die.

Of course, in order to prevent the Liaodong Army from having any conspiracy, when the army commander ordered the heavy artillery brigade to counterattack with all its might, several divisions and regiments were not idle, and the communication arteries that might lead to the positions of their heavy artillery brigades were tightly blocked to avoid a sneak attack by the Liaodong Army. At the same time, a special reinforcement wing was dispatched to deploy within 500 meters of the artillery.

With such a tight defense, the army commander is confident that no matter how cunning the Liaodong Army is, it can't help its own heavy artillery brigade. (To be continued.) )