The chief of staff frowned and analyzed: "It is indeed a dilemma! The first two times we sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Liaodong Army, the Liaodong Army used this method to force us to divide our troops, and then each broke a large number of us and wounded us, and finally defeated us. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

The commander of a division who had just been transferred from China next to him asked with a look of disbelief: "Chief of Staff, is there no solution?" ”

"If it is to encircle and suppress the Liaodong Army and fight a decisive battle with the Liaodong Army, we have a way. As long as we advance step by step and do not divide our troops, the Liaodong Army will not be able to help us, and it is a big deal to encircle and suppress for a longer time and consume a little more materials and ammunition. The commander of a division that had been defeated by the Liaodong Army frowned and analyzed.

"But not now, our attack this time is a surprise attack on Liaodong, and we will retreat before the main force of the Liaodong Army returns to help Liaodong, and there is no time to advance step by step. Therefore, unless the troops are divided, time waits for no one, and it is impossible for us to make a surprise attack on Liaodong. ”

Oyama Yan replied with a calm face: "Sakamoto-kun is right, only by dividing the troops can this raid be completed. ”

"But as soon as we divided our troops, we gave the Liaodong Army every opportunity to break us. In particular, the combat effectiveness of the heavy artillery units and baggage units is not strong in the first place, and as long as they are targeted by the Liaodong Army, they will not escape being attacked. ”

At this time, the chief of staff tentatively replied: "Commander-in-chief, it is not impossible to divide the troops?" ”

According to intelligence, the Liaodong Army had only one army of 30,000 garrisons in Liaodong. Just break through the defense line of the Liaodong Army and eat at least one of their divisions. ”

Da Shanyan immediately reacted and said: "In other words, there are only two divisions and 20,000 people left in the Liaodong Army in front of us. ”

"We only thought that the previous heavy encirclement and suppression of the Liaodong Army failed because of the division of troops, and ignored that the total strength of the Liaodong Army was only 20,000, and we had an absolute superiority in strength and artillery fire."

"Even if we divide our troops, the 20,000 Liaodong Army, if we want to block our surprise attack on Liaodong, we will not have the strength to sneak attack the artillery and baggage troops behind us. Of course, the Liaodong Army can also choose to send heavy troops to attack our artillery and baggage troops. However, as long as we leave a division and regiment, coupled with the artillery to provide a steady stream of artillery support, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army is, we will not be able to help us. ”

The chief of staff said confidently: "I hope that the Liaodong Army will choose the latter and raid our artillery and baggage troops." Then the Liaodong Army will not have enough troops to block our surprise troops. ”

The commander, who had fought with the Liaodong Army and was defeated, shouted with a fanatical face: "As long as there is no heavy attack by the Liaodong Army, in two days at most, I can lead the troops all the way to Liaozhong, destroy the headquarters of the Liaodong Army left in Liaozhong, and then quickly retreat back with the capture before the main force of the Liaodong Army returns to help." ”

Seeing the expressions of approval and fanaticism on the faces of several subordinates, Dashan Yan, who also thought that there was no problem, immediately decided: "Then divide the troops, leave one division to protect the artillery and baggage troops, and leave two engineer wings, repair the official road, let them continue to advance, shorten the distance between the main force and the artillery as much as possible, and support each other if there is any accident." ”

"I personally commanded the other troops and raided the Liaodong Army's left-behind headquarters."

"In addition, the chief of staff's proposal just now is very good, it is best to attract the attention of the remaining two divisions of the Liaodong Army to our artillery and baggage troops. We can do something with the remaining troops to make the Liaodong Army think that they can easily take it. ”

The chief of staff's eyes lit up, and he immediately looked at Dashan Yan and waited for the following.

"As long as the Liaodong Army can see that our left-behind troops only have one brigade and regiment, not one division." Dashan Yan replied without thinking about it.

"The remaining troops are too small, and the Liaodong Army will definitely be suspicious. A brigade is no more, no less, and the two main divisions of the Liaodong Army can eat it in just one bite. I believe that the Liaodong Army will definitely be moved by the news. ”

The chief of staff immediately reacted and said: "I can let a brigade pretend to be a baggage unit to attract the Liaodong Army." ”

It took only twenty minutes for Dashan Rock to join the striker team with the main force.

Nearly 60,000 Japanese troops in three divisions and regiments continued to raid and fight for several days, and it was impossible to do without a little baggage and ammunition.

In the case that he could not walk the baggage cart, Dashan Yan decisively transferred nearly 2,000 horses from the baggage troops to carry the materials and ammunition needed by the troops for combat, and then pulled out the war horses of the two cavalry wings to assist the baggage troops in transporting ammunition.

In this way, the Strikers United has a horse that can be used to ride mines.

Seeing that the mines could no longer take advantage of the devils, the engineer company directly stopped fighting and retreated along the official road.

In less than an hour, it retreated behind the blocking position of the 11th Division and joined the main force of the division.

After another ten minutes, the Japanese forward wing also appeared in front of a blocking position.

Armed with mortars and grenadiers, and having experienced the victory just now, the devils do not take a single mass in their eyes at all.

As soon as they came up, they set up eighteen mortars equipped with the wing in an open field less than a kilometer from the regiment.

Then more than 800 infantrymen, armed with rifles and light machine guns, carrying heavy machine guns and mortars, approached a group of positions in a mighty manner.

"The little devil really thinks he is invincible! Without mountain artillery and heavy artillery, I see how arrogant you are today! The commander of the regiment, who had already received the news of the division of the Japanese army, said with a sneer.

The 800 devil soldiers who are getting closer and closer will undoubtedly pay a very heavy price for their arrogance and arrogance.

The regiment commander had not yet given the order to counterattack, and the commander of the artillery battalion next to him couldn't help but remind: "Regiment commander, give me one minute, and I can destroy all the eighteen mortars that the devils have set up in front of us." ”

"You are muddy when you are a devil artilleryman, won't they transfer? In a minute, you can destroy half of their mortars and I'll be satisfied. The regiment commander hit the commander of the artillery battalion angrily.

Seeing an embarrassed smile on the other party's face, the regiment commander immediately explained: "Eliminating the devil artillery is a trivial matter, and the devil will not be able to threaten your artillery battalion even if he is equipped with more mortars." So, what I want is not to eat their artillery, but to eat more than eight hundred infantry in front of us! As soon as your mountain cannons fire, you don't scare them all away. ”

Seeing the expressions of sudden realization on the faces of his subordinates, the regiment commander ordered in a timely manner: "The mission of the artillery battalion remains the same, the counterattack will be started with the sound of your artillery as a signal, and more mortars will be destroyed in the shortest time." ”

"After breaking up the devil artillery, immediately bombard the main force behind the devil, I looked, they are all within the range of the mountain artillery. You can blow up as many people as your artillery battalion can kill. Anyway, they are all devils, and if we die, we will have one less opponent. ”

"Three mortar companies, bombing me at the tail of the devil's attacking force and the heavy machine-gun position, trying to blow up an artillery fire isolation belt, so that the devil's attacking troops can't retreat if they want to."

"Infantry, as long as all the devils rush within three hundred meters in front of the formation, they will counterattack with all their might. Rifles and light machine guns against devil ordinary infantry, heavy machine guns against devil grenadiers. I heard that the devil's grenadier is very powerful, and it specializes in hitting our light and heavy machine guns, but the range is very close, and the heavy machine gun must ensure that the devil's grenadier will beat them into a hornet's nest as soon as they appear. ”

"Listen up, I'm going to eat more than 800 devils in front of me, and whoever lets the devils go, I'll find trouble with whom."

"Yes, regiment commander......" More than a dozen battalion company commanders replied with a feverish face, like hunters who saw their prey. (To be continued.) )