The chief of staff of the Japanese army with tens of thousands of people collided with the division commander who had retreated from the battlefield before he arrived at the battlefield. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After learning the news that the previous division had been almost completely annihilated, the chief of staff did not say a word and immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing.

"Bage Yalu, how did you command, a division is not even an opponent of an infantry division of the Liaodong Army!" The chief of staff did not have a good face at the retreating division commander, and asked with a pair of eyes full of anger.

The division commander lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "Not an infantry division, an infantry division plus a cavalry division!" ”

"The main forces of the division that followed me were all defeated by the cavalry of the Liaodong Army!"

"The Liaodong Army has an artillery superiority, and it follows our retreating troops to attack. We, who are only armed with light and heavy machine guns, can't stop the cavalry attack at all! ”

"Then you give up your subordinates, just leave the battlefield without permission with some guards, and run for your life!" The chief of staff continued to sneer in an unkind tone.

"Hey! Your Excellency the Chief of Staff will be pleased and angry, and after the battle is over, the humble will personally ask His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief for his guilt. I just hope that the chief of staff can let the lowly post follow you, witness the elimination of the Liaodong Army with your own eyes, and avenge the warriors who died in battle. The division commander, who knew that he was wrong, did not dare to say a word more, so he could only keep asking the chief of staff for his guilt.

The chief of staff's face finally looked a lot better, and he nodded to acquiesce to the request of the division commander.

Then, with a frown, he asked the other two divisions: "You say, now do we continue the offensive or stop and report to the commander-in-chief and ask for reinforcements!" ”

"Keep attacking!" A division commander named Murakami replied without thinking about it.

The other division commander replied after thinking about it: "My opinion is to retreat and wait for reinforcements." ”

"After the loss of one division, we have two divisions left that no longer have a superiority in troops. There is also heavy artillery, according to intelligence, the scale of the heavy artillery of the Liaodong Army far exceeds that of one of our brigades, and in this case, we have no certainty of winning at all when we launch an attack on the Liaodong Army! ”

The chief of staff frowned, and immediately fell into deep thought.

A minute later, he turned to Murakami and asked, "Egami-kun's reasons are very good, and now you still think that we should continue to attack?" ”

"Hey!" Lieutenant General Murakami said with a firm face.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I also have a reason to continue the attack! We did lose a division, but the losses of the Liaodong Army were not small! ”

"In addition, according to the report of the reconnaissance force, after eliminating one of our divisions, the Liaodong Army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but built a defensive line outside Liaoyang City to block us! It can be seen from this that the Liaodong Army does not have the confidence to fight a decisive battle with us! ”

"As for the superiority in troops, we still exist. It's just that this advantage is not an overall advantage, but a local advantage in every attack! “

The chief of staff's eyes lit up and said, "I see what you mean!" ”

"All the troops combined, the Liaodong Army is more than us. But they have too many places to defend, and as soon as the forces are dispersed, there are very few troops standing in front of us. ”

"And we are the attacking side, and the initiative on the battlefield is in our own hands!"

"We can completely concentrate our forces, choose the battlefield on our own, and launch an attack on the weakest point of the Liaodong Army's defense!"

"With absolute superiority in troops and firepower, tear a hole in the defense line of the Liaodong Army at once!"

"With such a long defensive line of the Liaodong Army, as long as one opening is broken through by us, the entire defense line will collapse!"

Lieutenant General Murakami quickly nodded and replied, "Hi! Your Excellency the Chief of Staff is wise, and that's what it means! ”

The chief of staff's ugly face did not look good because of this compliment.

Instead, he stared at Lieutenant General Murakami and asked, "What about the heavy artillery?" Heavy artillery is not vegetarian, and a single shell may reimburse a squad. If there were no powerful heavy artillery units to press and beat the heavy artillery units of the Liaodong Army, no matter how great our losses were, we would not be able to break through the defense line of the Liaodong Army blocking us! “

"No!" Lieutenant General Murakami decisively vetoed.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, none of us are artillerymen. Whether it can win or not, only Watanabe-kun of the heavy artillery brigade has the final say. I believe that Watanabe-kun, who has rich combat experience, will definitely be able to give a satisfactory answer to the chief of staff! “

Several pairs of eyes immediately shifted to Major General Watanabe.

"The tactics and tactics of several artillery battles of the heavy artillery units of the Liaodong Army have been studied during this time! I also learned a lot from it. Humble and confident, on the battlefield, he can drag twice the number of heavy artillery of the Liaodong Army with a brigade! Major General Watanabe said with an arrogant expression.

"You dare to make a military order!" The chief of staff asked with Watanabe's eyes.

"Hey!" The confidence and arrogance on Watanabe's face did not change in the slightest, and he continued to the chief of staff: "It's just that the chief of staff needs to bear the huge price of losing more than half of the heavy artillery brigade!" ”

"No problem!" The chief of staff also replied very firmly.

"As long as you can hold back the heavy artillery unit of the Liaodong Army and cover the troops to defeat the Liaodong Army, I will ask the commander-in-chief for instructions on how much to replenish the heavy artillery brigade and regiment!"

Seeing that the chief of staff's face finally looked a lot better under the influence of Watanabe, Lieutenant General Murakami added very timely.

"I have one more reason to attack now!"

"Now when we launch an offensive, the initiative on the battlefield is in our hands, and we can fight as we want. And what the Liaodong Army can do is to defend passively, which is very beneficial to us. ”

"If the offensive is suspended, then the initiative on the battlefield will change hands. Because, the Liaodong Army will definitely not let us camp here. ”

"We have been stationed here for more than a month, and everyone should have felt that under the various sneak attacks of the Liaodong Army, we lost several infantry wings without even seeing the main force of the Liaodong Army."

"With so many warriors put on the frontal battlefield, if you use them well, there is absolutely no problem at all in destroying the Liaodong Army with the same strength......"

"Therefore, I implore His Excellency the Chief of Staff to take us on the offensive. At the same time, our army in the direction of Anshan was ordered to also launch an offensive to disperse the limited defensive forces of the Liaodong Army! ”

At this time, the chief of staff had already made a decision in his heart.

The commander of another division, who had just advised the chief of staff to stop the offensive, was also silent at this time.

Because, in the face of the analysis and explanation of the head of the Murakami division, he could not come up with any reason to refute it.

Soon, the chief of staff decided: "Yo Xi, then go on the offensive!" ”

"Order the troops, set off now, and attack and advance towards Liaoyang City. The sooner we get to the Liaodong Army defense line, the better it will be for us! ”

The Japanese troops, who had stopped on the road for less than ten minutes, set off again.

However, they went less than two kilometers further, and the official road, which had been completely destroyed by the cavalry division, stood in front of the Japanese army.

The chief of staff who got the news was just about to be furious, and Lieutenant General Murakami next to him took the lead and said: "Chief of staff, this is good news!" The Liaodong Army had no choice but to destroy the official road and slow down our march, which just proved that our judgment just now was correct, and the Liaodong Army was not ready for a decisive battle with us. (To be continued.) )