As soon as more than 30 heavy artillery pieces of the heavy artillery regiment were fired, the artillery commander of the Beiyang Army knew that he had been deceived. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this case, if you continue to fight, the end will not be a defeat for both sides, but a crushing defeat for yourself, and even the possibility of the entire army being wiped out.

After his face turned from solemn to pale in an instant, the commander decisively ordered the troops to transfer the remaining artillery, striving to transfer more artillery under the cover of the Liaodong Army's artillery fire.

Compared with ordinary mountain artillery, which can only destroy the Beiyang Army artillery with a direct hit, a heavy artillery shell can be easily destroyed as long as it explodes around the artillery.

Although the gunners of the Beiyang Army did not want to transfer the artillery, in the end, there were still less than 50 of them.

Faced with this result, the artillery commander even had the heart to commit suicide at this moment, which can be described as wanting to cry without tears.

As soon as the artillery battle ended, the Beiyang Army, which was hiding behind the city wall, rushed to the city wall with a roar, trying to enter the position before the Liaodong Army attacked.

As soon as they got on the city wall, the Beiyang Army found that a battalion of the Liaodong Army had rushed to a position less than three hundred meters away from the city wall.

Seeing that the Liaodong Army was still advancing in the direction of the city wall, the Beiyang Army that had just rushed to the city was also anxious, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, rifles, as long as the weapons that could shoot bullets, all greeted outside the city, wanting to push the Liaodong Army back.

But at that moment, a screech that they least wanted to hear reached their ears again.

Before the Beiyang Army, which was busy shooting outside the city, could react, a violent explosion sounded around them.

The remaining more than 20 field guns, more than 20 mountain guns, plus more than 50 mortars equipped by the three regiments, were fired at the head of the city at the same time.

Because of the mortars, more than half of the shells were directly hit on the city walls in the first round of artillery fire alone.

Even if a shell with the least power explodes, the Beiyang Army within four or five meters of the impact point will either be killed or injured, and all of them will lose their combat effectiveness.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of corpses of his subordinates fell on the city.

Such tragic casualties, not to mention the ordinary soldiers at the head of the city have not seen it, even the battle-hardened commanders have never seen it.

The commander was sure that under such a fierce artillery attack, he would continue to hold on to the city, and the shells alone would blow up all the troops of his own association.

Therefore, before the explosions had completely stopped, the commander ordered the troops to withdraw from the city and continue to hide from the artillery fire.

However, this time the Beiyang Army was not so lucky.

Compared with the mountain artillery, which can only fire the second shell at an interval of more than ten seconds, the mortar has a much faster rate of fire.

The first round of shells had not stopped, and the second round of mortar shells came to the city.

After more than 40 shells smashed into the city and exploded, several hundred Beiyang troops were killed or wounded at the head of the city.

"How did the cannonballs come so quickly, leave the walls immediately, the sooner the better!" The co-commander, whose heart was more painful than a drop of blood, shouted at his subordinates who had fallen into chaos in his loudest voice.

Just as he was about to continue to say something, for safety, the guards who protected him dragged him directly to the city.

On the chaotic city walls, the subordinates closest to the commander were the first to react, following the commander and retreating into the city.

The Beiyang Army, which was a little farther away, saw everyone running into the city and wanted to leave the city wall.

However, there are only two places that can leave the city wall, not to mention that the Beiyang army has gathered densely at the exit of the city wall, let's say that they did not encounter any obstacles, and rushed all the way to the entrance, which also took more than ten seconds, enough for mortars to fire several rounds of shells.

In the continuous sound of explosions, the Beiyang Army, which had left all the corpses on the ground, finally withdrew from the city wall.

Listening to the explosions that still resounded in the city, the co-commander couldn't help but curse loudly when he saw his subordinates who were almost half less around him and had a look of fear on their faces.

"What kind of battle is this, even the shadow of the Liaodong Army has lost more than half of it. If you don't solve the artillery of the Liaodong Army, there is no way to continue to defend the city wall, I have to go to find my lord, and there is no way to fight this battle. ”

While the shelling was still continuing, Wang Hu, who had always had his eyes fixed on Fengtian City, had already ordered the three regiments of the Sixth Division to each bring a field artillery battalion to launch a tentative attack on the remaining three gates of Fengtian, blocking all the Beiyang troops in the five towns in Mukden.

Because the mortars far exceeded the rate of fire and accuracy of the mountain artillery, the Beiyang Army defending the other three city gates was also uncomfortable.

In the face of the Liaodong Army outside the city that was constantly advancing towards the city gate, the Beiyang Army guarding the city head could immediately attract several mortars to cover it as soon as they opened fire.

After an hour of fighting, the Liaodong Army outside the city only wiped out thousands of Beiyang Army with artillery fire at the cost of losing dozens of people.

In this case, the Beiyang Army immediately changed its tactics.

As long as the Liaodong Army did not rush to 150 meters outside the city, the defenders at the head of the city resolutely did not shoot. And as long as the Liaodong Army covered the city with artillery fire, the Beiyang Army quickly left the city.

The Beiyang Army, which did not know that the Liaodong Army had mortars, still used the method of dealing with mountain artillery to solve the difficulties they were encountering.

In their opinion, as long as the Liaodong army rushed to a hundred and fifty meters outside the city, in order to avoid accidental injury, the Liaodong army would stop shelling the city. When the time comes, he will be able to use the light infantry weapons in his hand to greet the Liaodong Army and kill the Liaodong Army.

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel.

One hundred and fifty meters, although the explosions that kept sounding at the head of the city were much weaker, the remaining explosions still had no intention of stopping.

"What's going on? Why is the Liaodong Army still firing artillery! With a look of incredulity, the commander asked loudly to his subordinates, hoping that someone could give him an explanation.

To the commander's disappointment, he didn't hear the explanation, but instead heard the frightened reminders from his subordinates.

"My lord, it's too late to think about why. The Liaodong army is about to rush to the city, we must go to the city wall to counterattack, otherwise we will not be able to hold it! ”

Listening to the explosions that were still ringing at the head of the city, the commander could only grit his teeth and order his subordinates to go up the city wall to fight back against the artillery fire.

In this way, although the offensive of the Liaodong Army was blocked, their casualties increased sharply.

After half a day of fighting to defend the city, the commanders who held the three gates had to face a very cruel fact, they had no soldiers under their command.

At this time, the reserves that had been on the battlefield until a day later, and did not even need to go to the battlefield, could only go to the city wall in advance to fight.

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