"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, what are we going to do next?" A division commander asked with a solemn face. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Get out of here immediately, otherwise, the main force of the Liaodong Army is coming, and we can't leave if we want to!" The Chief of Staff replied very cheerfully.

The commander of another division asked with a skeptical face, "Is it really that serious?" Your Excellency Chief of Staff! “

The chief of staff nodded in affirmation: "You haven't fought with the Liaodong Army, so you don't know how powerful the Liaodong Army is." The Liaodong Army is a hungry wolf, as long as there is a chance to find a flaw in us, it will rush at us desperately and deal a fatal blow to us. Otherwise, in less than two years, the Liaodong Army would not have defeated us again and again, defeated the Russian army, and finally developed and grew in a steady stream of wars. ”

Speaking of which, the chief of staff did not bother to explain to the commanders of the three divisions one by one.

After thinking about it, he ordered: "Order the whole army, retreat immediately, you can't stay here for a minute!" “

"The rear team is changed to the front team, and the troops behind the palace will set off first with baggage and heavy artillery, and the other troops will follow!"

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, the chief of the Japanese General Staff immediately gave the order to retreat.

When tens of thousands of troops were in full swing to prepare for the retreat, the commander of the rear division of the palace, who had just left for less than two hours, unexpectedly appeared in front of the chief of staff again with a solemn face.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, something has happened, something has happened! Your worst fears have happened! As soon as he entered the headquarters, the division commander reported with a frightened face.

"In order for the retreat to go smoothly, I will send someone to reconnoiter the retreat route as soon as I go back."

"But the reconnaissance unit had just advanced less than a kilometer before it ran into the Liaodong Army. If it weren't for the timely retreat of the reconnaissance troops, one of my reconnaissance squadrons would probably have been wiped out! “

"Plus, the reconnaissance squadron has brought back bad news! The official road we went back to was also destroyed by the Liaodong Army, and it was as complete as the official road on our offensive road. If it is not repaired, not to mention artillery and baggage vehicles, it will be difficult for even ordinary infantry to advance! ”

The chief of staff was stunned for a moment, and scolded loudly: "Eight Geya Road, we must be targeted by the Liaodong Army!" “

"Drag us here first, and when their main force arrives, they will annihilate us and destroy us here!"

The division commander no longer doubted at this time, and proposed with a solemn face: "Then I will send someone to repair the road immediately!" Strive to repair the road before the main force of the Liaodong Army arrives, so that the main force has an official road to retreat! ”

"I hope it's still time!" The chief of staff affirmed with a worried expression.

Repairing a completely destroyed official road is no less difficult than building a new one.

Although his soldiers were very hard, they only advanced less than ten miles in a day.

More importantly, the chief of staff of the Russian army, which had not yet withdrawn from the area controlled by the Liaodong Army, had just received news that a main division of the Liaodong Army had reached a position less than five kilometers behind him, and according to this retreat speed, he would have to fight with the main division of the Liaodong Army in two hours at most.

Although the total strength of the Liaodong Army is still not comparable to itself, the main division that is following the pursuit and the other Liaodong Army activities around it will not have a problem for me to act together and drag myself here.

Therefore, he must retreat immediately, and ask a main division of the Liaodong Army that is following behind.

Soon, the chief of staff's face became firm.

Facing the division commander in front of him, he decisively ordered: "Give up all artillery and baggage, the whole army will only carry light infantry weapons and three days' dry rations, retreat immediately, and get rid of the pursuers behind you as soon as possible!" ”

There is no doubt that this order was opposed by the division commander as soon as it was exported.

Although Japan is a great power, it is an island country after all.

Heavy artillery is still a very scarce weapon for troops. Therefore, several division commanders could not allow so much artillery to be dropped here for such a meaningless purpose.

The chief of staff was also very reluctant, but after thinking about it, he still explained: "In addition to giving up artillery and baggage, I can't think of any other way to bring back the more than 30,000 elites in my hands!" ”

"As long as you have another way, I can choose to give up the order just now!"

"Also, I know that everyone is very reluctant to give up heavy artillery, but compared to more than 30,000 elites, these heavy artillery pieces are nothing?"

"The heavy artillery is gone, we can draw it from the country. However, without more than 30,000 elites, it will take us at least half a year and spend a lot of financial and material resources to train them. ”

"The last thing I want to tell you is that in the battle of Liaoyang, which may be solved at any time, veterans are more important to us."

At this time, a division commander who came in a hurry said fiercely: "Since we want to give up these artillery, why don't we just blow them up." lest the Liaodong Army attack us with heavy artillery after capturing these heavy artillery. ”

"Time, we need time!" The chief of staff replied without thinking about it.

"It takes time to bomb guns and bomb baggage, and we don't have that much time!"

"What's more, the cannons and baggage are here, and after the Liaodong Army captures them, they will definitely find a way to transfer them. And this can buy us more time to retreat and break out.

Pursuing them were the cavalry divisions of the Liaodong Army, which had been training for half a year.

Although the official road that the Japanese had just walked had been restored, it was still muddy.

On such an official road, not to mention riding a horse, even wanting to run faster is a luxury.

Therefore, at this moment, the pursuit speed of the cavalry division is not much faster than that of the infantry.

An hour later, the cavalry division, which was closely following the Japanese army, saw a large number of artillery pieces and baggage that had been dropped by them.

"The Japanese must have discovered us, and only then did they abandon these heavy weapons and baggage and retreat in a hurry. The cavalry regiment was ordered to leave a battalion to keep an eye on the artillery and baggage, and the remaining cavalry continued to pursue the Japanese with me. The fat that has been bitten into the mouth, how can it be possible to slip away as much as you want, what does that look like to our Liaodong Army? The cavalry division commander commanded with a frown.

However, things were not as simple as he imagined.

Less than ten minutes after the order to pursue was given, a company commander brought him very bad news.

Throwing away the artillery baggage, there was no need for the Japanese army to continue repairing the official road. Although it was difficult to march on the completely destroyed official road, the infantry still had to march faster than the official road could be repaired at a much faster rate.

The official road that has been completely destroyed will be able to walk the infantry at once.

But for the four-legged cavalry, no matter how slow the speed is, it is impossible to continue on the official road full of potholes. (To be continued.) )