Chapter 547: Divide the troops and break the enemy
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In less than ten minutes, nearly 500 Japanese troops all fell on the hill.
However, with their superb fighting skills, the Second Regiment also suffered heavy losses, and more than 700 people fell on the hill and could never stand up.
Soon, Yang Xingguo received a casualty report of the Second Regiment, and at the same time knew the fact that the Japanese army had dug a large number of anti-artillery holes on the mountain.
Seeing that Yang Xingguo had a calm face and did not speak, Chief of Staff Sun Liechen could only stand up and say: "It seems that the Japanese army already has a way to crack our infantry and artillery coordination tactics?" ā
"Occupying a hill with seven or eight hundred casualties, even if we have more troops than the Japanese army, we can't withstand such attrition. After all, the Japanese army had backup, we didn't! ā
"Commander, since these Japanese troops are so difficult to fight, then we will use the safest way to besiege them!"
"The reconnaissance unit reported that after abandoning all the baggage wagons, the Japanese brought twice as much ammunition with each soldier in order to maintain combat effectiveness. As for dry food, it was only in three days' supply. As long as we trap them here, starving them to death can starve them to death! ā
It didn't take a single soldier to destroy more than 10,000 Japanese troops, and in everyone's opinion, this was the best choice for the Liaodong Army.
But unexpectedly, Yang Xingguo, who had not spoken just now, refused as soon as he opened his mouth.
Faced with everyone's puzzled expressions, Yang Xingguo immediately explained: "I just got the news that the reinforcements of the two divisions of the Japanese army have set off. Now that the fish has been hooked, we have to eat the bait immediately. Otherwise, after the reinforcements of the two divisions came, we would have been attacked on our backs! ā
Sun Liechen frowned, and analyzed with a worried face: "But, commander, the Japanese army already has a way to crack our infantry and artillery coordination tactics!" If we continue to attack in this situation, even if we win, we will suffer heavy losses, and we will not have the strength to deal with the reinforcements of the two divisions of the Japanese army! ā
Yang Xingguo replied confidently: "If the Japanese army can come up with a way to crack our infantry and artillery coordination, then we can come up with a way to crack them!" ā
"Aren't they trying to consume us massively by playing melee combat? Then I'm going not to give them that chance! ā
Speaking of which, Yang Xingguo didn't give Sun Liechen time to react, and directly ordered: "That's it!" Chief of Staff, immediately gather all the scouts of the 1st, 2nd, and 5th Divisions. Our scouts are two-gun and very good at close combat. Several divisions add up to six or seven hundred people, and there must be one. ā
"The next attack of the troops will bring all these people with me, but I want to see if the Japanese are good at melee assassination, or the pistols we are equipped with!"
"Besides, the fish have already taken the bait, so the bait here doesn't have much effect!"
"Next, I decided to launch an attack in three directions together, you will decide how to arrange the chief of staff, I only need the result, two days, to eat the Japanese army here!"
Sun Liechen, who had already acquiesced to this style of play in his heart, thought about it and reminded: "Commander, will two days be too long!" ā
"The reinforcements of the two divisions of the Japanese army, if we march in a hurry, we can reach the battlefield in a day and a half at most, doesn't this make us suffer from the enemy?"
"No!" Yang Xingguo said decisively.
"You're saying they didn't meet our blocking forces. If they encounter our blocking troops, I will not let them get here for three days! ā
"You command the one, two, three, three divisions and a heavy artillery regiment to eat the Japanese troops here."
"I command the five divisions, the first two regiments of the guard division, plus the remaining two regiments of the heavy artillery division to meet the Japanese reinforcements!"
As soon as Yang Xingguo's order came out, he undoubtedly took all the risky battles on himself.
The five divisions, the two regiments of the guard division, plus the heavy artillery division, on the surface, had a total strength of nearly 20,000 people.
However, the real combat strength did not even reach 10,000 people.
The combat strength of the Japanese reinforcements was at least 25,000.
In addition, the Japanese reinforcements were also equipped with two heavy artillery wings and two divisional artillery wings, which were several times more than the commander in terms of firepower and strength.
Such a big disparity shows how much risk Yang Xingguo has to bear on the battlefield.
However, Sun Liechen also knew that Yang Xingguo was a tenacious person.
Now that he has made a decision, it is impossible for ten cows to pull it back, so it is almost impossible to change Yang Xingguo's order.
But for the sake of Yang Xingguo's safety, Sun Liechen still replied after thinking about it: "Commander, another regiment will be transferred to you from the third division of Division Commander Zhao." The remaining troops were enough for me to eat the Japanese army in front of me in two days. After all, they don't have artillery! ā
"Yes!" Sun Liechen's kindness, Yang Xingguo accepted it without thinking about it.
In order to seize the time, the troops led by Yang Xingguo had not yet left, and Sun Liechen used Yang Xingguo's cracking method to launch a new round of attack on the Japanese army.
After being covered by heavy artillery fire, the 3rd Division and 3rd Regiment, which had already advanced the troops to 30 meters in front of the Japanese formation, began to attack.
In the face of the grenades falling from the sky, there was not the slightest movement on the hill except for the violent explosion of the grenades.
The Liaodong Army, which had more than 2,000 people, did not hesitate any longer, and rushed to the top of the mountain with their weapons.
As in the battle two hours ago, as soon as the Liaodong Army rushed up the hill, the Japanese troops drilled out of the anti-artillery holes one after another, like rats drilling into the ground, and then rushed towards the Liaodong Army with their bayonets and rifles in their hands.
This time, the Liaodong Army, which was also holding a rifle, fired as quickly as it had in the previous battle, killing the Japanese troops who rushed to the front.
But after firing the bullets in the chamber, they did not fight with the Japanese soldiers with their rifles, but quickly retreated, keeping a distance from the Japanese soldiers. And leave the firing space to the scouts and platoon commanders behind them.
Ordinary riflemen retreated, company platoon commanders and scouts rushed forward with pistols, and soon more than a hundred pistols appeared in front of the Japanese troops.
"Bang Bang!" As soon as the crisp gunfire rang out, an impenetrable bullet net appeared in front of the Japanese army.
Because there were still pistols in the back of the fight, the Scout in front quickly gave up his position after firing his bullets, replaced the pistol with a new magazine, and continued to shoot.
The gunfire continued for nearly a minute before stopping.
In front of them, snipers from five meters to more than ten meters kill you, and a piece of Japanese corpses falls on top of each other.
At this time, there were less than 200 Japanese troops alive on the mountain of Nuoda, looking at the dense corpses under their feet, they had long been ready to fight with the Liaodong Army, they did not expect the battle situation to become like this, and the Liaodong Army did not give them a chance to approach at all.
In this case, they subconsciously thought of retreating.
But the riflemen, who had already rushed up again, were clearly not ready to give them this opportunity.
After reloading the rifles, they immediately fired row after row of guns at the Japanese soldiers. (To be continued.) )