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After all, there is still a main division standing behind him. However, the reinforcements of the Liaodong Army still had more than half an hour to arrive at the battlefield, as far as the defenders on the position were concerned. Fighting with the Japanese offensive troops, the first to hold on must be the Liaodong Army.

The commander of the Japanese division, who had been staring at the battlefield in the back, also saw this, and at the same time his eyes lit up, he immediately ordered two infantry brigades to join the battlefield and strive to take the defenders' positions in one go.

After the Japanese follow-up attack appeared, the defenders had to draw up some of their firepower to stop them.

In this way, the firepower of the cavalry regiment and the garrison regiment, which was still concentrated, was dispersed. However, the bullets fired at them by the Japanese army did not decrease but increased because of the arrival of the follow-up attacking troops.

In the blink of an eye, the casualties of the cavalry regiment and the garrison regiment immediately rose in a straight line.

Soon, the two regiments could not stand it anymore.

The heavy casualties not only made the two regiment commanders feel great pressure, but also made ordinary soldiers see no hope.

As a result, many of the remaining people of the two regiments became desperate.

The commander of the cavalry saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. With an anxious face, he kept looking behind the position, expecting the artillery to free up their hands to reinforce the infantry as soon as possible.

At the critical moment, a voice full of excitement finally reached the ears of the cavalry commander.

"Regiment commander, the Japanese heavy machine guns have been knocked out by the mortar battery!" The commander of the first battalion of the cavalry regiment, whose face was full of gunpowder, was very excited to hand it over.

Soon, the screeching of a string of shells across the sky sounded above their heads, and a large number of Japanese positions lay down more than 100 meters away, followed by four violent explosions.

"It seems that the mortar company also suffered a lot of losses under the counterattack of the Japanese field artillery, and there were only four mortars left!" The cavalry commander said to himself with a frown.

But when he saw that four mortar shells took away more than a dozen Japanese lives in an instant, he said confidently: "Mortars have a fast rate of fire, even if there are only four mortars, they can shoot the power of more than a dozen guns." ”

"Inform the mortar company in the back that the division commander is going to rush back and use up all the shells we brought, I don't believe that after smashing hundreds of grenades, the Japanese attacking troops can still hold on and not retreat."

A mortar shell falling from the sky, as long as it smashed in the middle of the Japanese army, could make at least two Japanese soldiers incapacitated, either killed or wounded.

The mortar company, which had lost more than half of it, also knew about the crisis at the front, and after receiving the order from the regiment commander, they also began to fight desperately.

As soon as a shell flew out of the chamber, a new shell was immediately stuffed into the chamber.

The barrels of the guns were hot, and some even began to turn red. They didn't stop either, didn't care about the mortar being scrapped, and directly cooled it down with water from a jug......

In this case, in less than a minute, four mortars smashed nearly 100 shells into the middle of the Japanese army.

Today's 300 casualties are also a very huge blow and test for the Japanese army, which also suffered heavy losses.

In particular, in the shelling just now, the firepower point composed of 40 light machine guns was attacked, and after at least 20 light machine guns were destroyed, the Japanese offensive firepower was directly reduced to less than half of the pre-war level.

Taking advantage of your illness and killing you is something that everyone on the battlefield is willing to do.

The commander of the cavalry regiment did not miss this opportunity, and immediately ordered the remnants of the position to use all light and heavy machine guns, and greeted them with the most intense fire.

At the same time, the remaining four mortars of the mortar company were not idle, and after quickly moving to a new position, after firing forty shells at the Japanese army at the fastest speed, they immediately picked up the shells and rushed to the next artillery position to continue firing shells. ”

The two subsequent brigades of the Japanese army faced the bullets and finally converged with the two brigades in front. These two brigades have been bombed and there is not much left, whether it is the defenders of the position or the artillery in the back, they immediately adjust their deployment and concentrate their firepower to greet these two brigades.

The Japanese army, who was unwilling to lose, was also field artillery, with light and heavy machine guns greeting the defenders, bullets and shells coming and going, and the two sides fought so lively.

At this time, the two sides fight for willpower. Whoever can make it to the end will be the winner.

Ten minutes later, when the artillery shells brought by the cavalry regiment were about to be exhausted, the two brigades had less than 1,000 Japanese troops left, and they retreated.

"What's going on? How did the Japanese retreat, as long as they held out for another five minutes, five minutes at most, we were defeated! The cavalry commander frowned and said with a look of incomprehension.

The commander of the garrison was also puzzled, after all, there were still more than 1,000 Japanese troops in front of the position. As long as there are no accidents, the remaining 1,000-strong Japanese army should have no problem at all when they take the defense line under their feet.

But in this situation that was completely favorable to the Japanese army, the Japanese army actually retreated, which made no one understand the reason.

Within minutes, the piercing screech of cannonballs across the sky reached their ears.

The two regiment commanders who had dodged the battlefield immediately heard the screaming sound of heavy artillery shells crossing the sky.

They knew before the war that the Japanese army here did not have heavy artillery. After the heavy artillery shell crossed the sky, it smashed steadily behind the Japanese and exploded. You don't have to think about it to know that the heavy artillery that is firing must be asking for help from the Liaodong Army.

"Division commander, division commander is back, our reinforcements have arrived!" The doubts on the faces of the two regiment commanders were instantly covered with excitement, and they shouted together.

Although Li Zhilong was still five or six miles away from the battlefield, the reconnaissance company of the Fourth Division had arrived at the battlefield half an hour earlier and reported all the bad situation on the battlefield to Li Zhilong.

In order to hold the position, Li Zhilong also studied the Japanese army once.

Although the troops had not yet arrived at the battlefield, the heavy artillery assigned to him by the commander could have already fired shells into the positions of the Japanese field artillery wing.

In order to relieve the siege of the cavalry regiment and the garrison regiment and hold the position, Li Zhilong learned from the Japanese army, directly set up artillery on the spot, opened fire on the position of the Japanese field artillery wing, and first defeated the Japanese field artillery wing, so that the Japanese attacking troops lost fire cover and forced them to retreat.

Because each division of the Japanese army had only one field artillery wing, and the attack was inseparable from field artillery.

Therefore, although the two test-fired shells fired by the heavy artillery regiment did not hit the Japanese field artillery position, they took the commander of the field artillery wing by surprise, and the division commander, who was full of expectations for the attacking troops on the battlefield, was also taken aback.

learned that his field artillery wing was likely to have been targeted by the heavy artillery of the Liaodong Army. Immediately made a judgment: "Reinforcements from the Liaodong Army have arrived." ”

In order to avoid heavy artillery from the field artillery wing, the field artillery wing had to immediately end the shelling and transfer the artillery.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the Liaodong Army holding the position was able to strike at its own attacking troops with all its might. In particular, the elusive artillery of the Liaodong Army may have more than twice as many shells as it smashed on its own attacking troops.

In this case, the attacking troops will suffer heavy losses in the shelling, and even lose their combat effectiveness.

In order to avoid such an outcome, the commander of the Japanese division decisively gave the order to retreat and ordered the field artillery wing to immediately transfer its position. (To be continued.) )