On the other side of the Anping estuary, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army this time, Limi Shangwen, stood within the safety of the battlefield, holding a clairvoyant mirror in his hand and constantly looking at the soldiers who were attacking and rushing to cross the Anping estuary in the distance.

The casualties at the mouth of the Anping River, Immediately saw Shang Wen and his staff officers had already predicted it, and it would naturally be best if they could approach the ferry quietly, and besides, there was a mist as a cover in the early morning.

But what these generals did not expect was that when their troops were about to arrive on the shore, they suddenly found that the Qing army at the ferry had already prepared and waited for the arrival of their group.

After a continuous exchange of fire, the first group of Japanese soldiers gave up this smuggling when they saw that they had no chance to cross the river and their own casualties were increasing.

The smuggling of his army failed, and the staff officer of Shangwen was not too surprised, but he did not expect that the Qing army had arranged heavy troops at Anping Ferry, so that there was only one way to go.

Therefore, as for the current casualties, after these officers knew that the smuggling was not successful, they knew that it would be a little difficult to fight, but they did not expect that after the second strong attack, the Qing army on the other side of the river had no signs of collapse.

According to the experience of these officers in fighting with the Qing army in the past, even if the Qing army showed no signs of collapse at this time, there should have been a lot of casualties.

But judging from the current battle situation, the Qing army still held it tightly, and the position on the river bank showed no signs of panic, which was not the same as the situation of the Qing army they had encountered before.

These Japanese soldiers knew how hard the daily training of the army under Wang Bin was, and they had also experienced several times of suppressing bandits, and there would be actual combat exercises inside the army on weekdays, and there was no shortage of military salaries, food, and salaries.

Immediately Shang Wen kept looking at the battlefield at the mouth of the river from the clairvoyant mirror, at this moment the soldiers of the empire are still trying to get to the shore, but often they can't meet the requirements, even if there are some extremely lucky soldiers who land on the shore, but they will soon be because there are no follow-up soldiers to follow.

Often, some soldiers landed on the shore, but more soldiers could not even touch the shore, and the soldiers who landed on the shore were often gradually eliminated on land because they could not get follow-up support.

Seeing this, Lijian Shangwen believes that the reason why the ferry has not been taken at present is that the follow-up soldiers cannot keep up and cannot form support on the shore, which leads to this kind of soldier who has no support when he goes ashore, and some soldiers can't even reach the shore.

The most important thing is that the military strength invested is insufficient, so far the three consecutive attacks of the Japanese have only mobilized more than a dozen squadrons to continue the attack, and the strength has only reached more than 1,800 people, but the army under Wang Bin is stationed at the ferry position alone more than 1,500 people.

There was also an artillery battalion a kilometer behind the position, and a battalion of support troops was sent by Jiuliancheng when the Japanese army had just attacked.

At this moment, the defensive force of the ferry position had already exceeded 2,000 men, and the Japanese had only mobilized an army of 1,800 men, and they still attacked in turns, so they could not succeed in taking the ferry.

Of course, if the Qing army in the pass was to defend it, maybe the Japanese army of 1,800 people would really be able to take the Anpingkou ferry at this moment, but now it is not easy for the Japanese army to take it.

After seeing such a battle situation, he immediately judged that the soldiers defending on the other side had about half a unit's military strength.

With the insight of General Shangwen and the experience of fighting so many battles, it is not too difficult to see how many Qing troops there are at the ferry.

So after seeing the approximate number of Wang Bin's troops at the ferry from the clairvoyant mirror, he immediately saw Shang Wen immediately commanding the herald below.

"Well, I've sent an order to add an infantry wing and an artillery squadron to the force of the attacking crossing."

After the order of Limi Shangwen was handed down, the balance of power between the two sides suddenly changed dramatically, Wang Bin's army on the side of the ferry was more than 2,300 people, and after Limi Shangwen's order was issued, the military strength of the Japanese side immediately reached more than 5,000 people.

That's more than twice as many as the army defending the ferry.

After Tachimi Shangwen gave the order to increase the troops, although there were more troops, a place as large as the ferry port allowed more than 1,000 people to attack at one time, and no matter how many people there were, it would be unbearable.

Throughout the morning, the Japanese army carried out a total of five attacks, but all of them were repulsed by the defenders of the ferry, and by noon, the Japanese directly stopped attacking the defenders of the ferry, and the defenders could breathe a sigh of relief.

In the morning, the Japanese attacked in turns, and although all of them were repelled by the defenders of the ferry, the consumption of energy and ammunition was extremely great, and some wounded needed to be sent to the rear for treatment.

At the time of the armistice at noon, supplies were sent from the rear one after another, and all the wounded munitions consumed in the replenishment were also sent to the field hospital in Jiulian City.

At this moment, Wang Bin was in the field hospital in Jiulian City, watching the wounded soldiers constantly being transported from the front line, and some of them lost their legs and arms.

This is the case with the war, since it has already begun, this situation will not stop, but fortunately, the environment of the field hospital is still good, with Wu Liande, a medical scientist and Wang Bin's shallow medical knowledge, compared with some hospitals in the Guannai, I don't know how many times better.

After inspecting the hospital, Wang Bin was most concerned about the battle situation at Anping Ferry, and the battle situation should also reach the headquarters at this moment.

Immediately, Wang Bin returned to the headquarters, and sure enough, after returning to the headquarters, Duan Qirui stood in front of the map, staring closely at the Anping Ferry.

"How's the battle going ahead?" Wang Bin's words appeared in Duan Qirui's ears very abruptly, pulling Duan Qirui's gaze out of the map.

Duan Qirui saw that it was Wang Bin who asked, so he immediately repeated the battle situation at the ferry in the morning to Wang Bin.

After listening to this, Wang Bin also looked at the ferry on the map, and said while looking: "The direction of the ferry has attracted the attention of the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army will inevitably continue to increase troops in the direction of the ferry.

In this way, although the continuous attrition can inflict great casualties on the Japanese army, the casualties of our army will also increase sharply, and I will give my order to let the defenders of the ferry make a rout at the right time and withdraw to Jiulian City. ”

"My lord, is this a little early to retreat?" Duan Qirui said after listening to Wang Bin's words.

"It's not too early, the role of the ferry is only to properly block the enemy at the mouth of the river, not to turn the enemy into a useless war of attrition, in this way, it is better to let the Japanese army land, and then block the enemy in the area of Jiulian City and Hushan." (To be continued.) )