Twenty minutes after the Japanese army attacked, the Liaodong Army, which was hiding around the Japanese garrison, quickly whipped up and spread the news to the ears of Li Zhilong and Zhou Qiangsheng. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, the three Japanese heavy artillery brigades had just fired less than five rounds of shells, and the heavy artillery division had been pressing the non-moving heavy artillery regiment and began to counterattack.

The artillery shells of both sides come and go, using their fastest firing speed to fire more shells at the opposing artillery positions at the same time.

At this time, the other six regiments of the heavy artillery division had already opened fire for nearly two minutes, and after more than 2,000 shells exploded one after another, the Japanese heavy artillery brigade and regiment station was completely shrouded in gunsmoke, and there were shell explosions everywhere, raging fires, and Japanese corpses constantly being thrown high by shells!

But even so, the artillery fire of the heavy artillery division did not stop.

Their task was to shell for five minutes and to drain all the shells piled on the emplacements. Even if the heavy artillery brigade is now blown up and devoid of people, these shells will still be fired at the heavy artillery brigade.

In the position of the Fourth Division of the Liaodong Army, division commander Li Zhilong did not set the headquarters on the line of the trenches, but set up a small hillside less than 50 meters away from the defense line.

Standing in the headquarters, although Li Zhilong could not see the specific situation of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade station, he could clearly see the sky-high flames of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade station.

"The Japanese heavy artillery brigade is over! Chief of Staff, even if we retreat now and the Japanese army has no heavy artillery brigades, our fourth division can drag them here for at least five days! Li Zhilong, who was holding a telescope, said confidently.

Chief of Staff Xiao Bing nodded and replied: "Without the heavy artillery brigade, tens of thousands of Japanese troops will become tigers who have lost their fangs, we can clean them up as much as we want, and it will be less for five days!" ”

"However, the commander set up such a big platform for us, and used the heavy artillery division as a bait to kill and injure a large number of Japanese attacking troops and reduce our next defensive pressure! Such a great opportunity, we must make good use of it! ”

"Maybe after this battle, the 50,000 elites of the Japanese army will lose more than half of them at once! When the time comes, we will have no problem dragging them here for ten days! ”

At this moment, a staff officer suddenly rushed in and reported: "The division commander, the chief of staff, and the cavalry division have reported that a Japanese brigade is rushing towards our position with the cooperation of a field artillery wing, and the cavalry division has asked us to prepare for battle!" ”

"Chief of Staff, the Japanese army is finally here, we can work!" After Li Zhilong's eyes quickly shot out two hot glances, he ordered very decisively.

"Inform the regiments, prepare for battle!"

"Field artillery regiment, wait for the Japanese artillery wing to open fire, and then counterattack immediately. I'll contact Division Commander Zhong of the Heavy Artillery Division now, and in a few minutes I will draw out a heavy artillery regiment to support us and eliminate the Japanese field artillery wing! ”

"Three regiments of mountain artillery battalions, supporting the infantry, shelled the Japanese attacking troops. In particular, the Japanese heavy machine guns in front of the battle are too threatening to us, and we must fire artillery to destroy it as soon as possible! ”

The Japanese army had not yet entered the field of vision of the Fourth Division, and when they really found the commander of the Japanese brigade in front of them, they immediately ordered the artillery to open fire and use shells to blow a gap in the defense line of the Liaodong Army.

As for the infantry, continue to advance to the blocking positions.

As soon as the artillery fire of the field artillery wing ceased, the infantry launched an attack on the blocking position.

In the eyes of the brigade commander, his own arrangement must be the fastest way to quickly break through the blocking position of the Liaodong Army.

Soon, the field artillery wing

More than 50 field artillery pieces began to fire shells at the positions of the 4th Division.

A section of the position covered by artillery fire, a blocking position two or three hundred meters long, was immediately enveloped in gunpowder smoke from the explosion of the shells, and people could not see the situation on the position at all.

Listening to the sound of violent explosions constantly sounding in front of him, and feeling the tremor of the earth caused by the explosion of each round of shells, the face of the Japanese brigade commander turned red with excitement.

The whole person acted as if he had taken a stimulant, and ordered loudly: "The first and second brigades, prepare for the attack!" As soon as the shelling of the field artillery wing stops, attack immediately! ”

Although the position was covered by artillery fire, Li Zhilong, who was standing on the small hill behind the position, was not affected by the artillery fire and still clearly saw every move on the battlefield.

"Why hasn't the field artillery regiment counterattacked, the time has almost passed a minute, haven't you found the position of the Japanese field artillery wing?" Seeing the fireballs rising from the ground a few hundred meters away, Li Zhilong frowned and asked anxiously to the staff officers beside him.

"It should be soon!" Xiao Bing, the chief of staff next to him, was also very anxious, but he still said in a calm tone as much as possible.

"There are dozens of old Maozi gunners in the field artillery regiment, and with them, they should be able to fire the cannon quickly!

"Boom...... Woooooo As soon as he finished speaking, the artillery position behind Li Zhilong sounded the roar of artillery fire, and before Li Zhilong could react, the shells with a screaming sound skipped over his head!

Soon, the sound of a violent explosion remained in the position of the Japanese field artillery wing two or three miles away.

Seeing the sudden fireballs and black smoke rising from the position of the Japanese field artillery wing, several staff officers next to him immediately shouted excitedly: "Fire, our field artillery regiment has fired!" ”

Xiao Bing, who was holding a telescope and staring closely at the position of the Japanese field artillery wing, was also very excited, and then said: "At least half of the shells smashed into the position of the Japanese field artillery wing!" Fight well, tell the artillery regiment behind, just fight like this, one cannon will shoot ten shells first! ”

The Japanese were not idle, and the counterattack of the Field Artillery Regiment of the Fourth Division caught them off guard.

However, after a short period of confusion, the gunners, who were not injured, immediately under the orders of the officers, adjusted the angle of artillery fire according to the position of the artillery regiment of the 4th Division calculated by the staff officers, and prepared to counterattack.

After the field artillery regiment fired five shells in a row, destroying nearly half of the artillery of the Japanese field artillery wing, the remaining more than 20 field artillery pieces of the Japanese army finally began to counterattack.

However, with the number of artillery pieces less than half of that of the field artillery regiments, despite their sharp counterattacks, they still could not change the outcome of their own annihilation.

What's more, the Japanese army had just begun to counterattack, and a heavy artillery regiment separated from the heavy artillery division also opened fire.

The number of shells in a round of shelling is less than that of the field artillery regiment, but the power of the shells is more than twice that of the field artillery.

A field artillery regiment and a heavy artillery regiment of the Liaodong Army fired at half of the Japanese field artillery wing, and with such a huge disparity, no matter how powerful the Japanese artillery was, it could not change the situation of the battle.

In less than two minutes, the field artillery wing, which had been given high hopes by the brigade commander, was finished, and not a single shell was fired.

"Baga, how is it possible, how can the Liaodong Army still have such powerful artillery fire!" The brigade commander, who received the news of the annihilation of the field artillery wing, asked with an incredulous expression.

At this time, the chief of staff of the brigade next to him spoke: "Brigade commander, we have all underestimated the enemy, I didn't expect the Liaodong Army to have such a strong artillery strength!" Now that the field artillery wing is gone, do we continue to continue to attack as originally planned? “

"Of course you have to attack!" The brigade commander replied without thinking about it.

"Compared to the heavy artillery brigades, our losses are nothing at all? According to the original plan, go on the offensive! Take the heavy artillery position of the Liaodong Army! ”

After the order was issued, a thick murderous aura quickly emanated from the brigade commander. (To be continued.) )