"Bage Yalu, how can there be so many Liaodong troops on the position! How can they still have such heavy artillery fire? The sudden blow not only caused huge casualties to the Japanese attacking troops, but also frightened the commander of the Japanese division. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"At this time, the new artillery equipped by the Liaodong Army has a fast rate of fire and great power!" The chief of staff immediately reacted and replied.

"However, this new artillery also has a drawback, the firing range is very short, and it does not threaten the field artillery units that we have placed in the rear at all. The division commander, the reconnaissance unit, reported that when the main forces of the Liaodong Army left, they took all the heavy artillery and field artillery with them. Now only some mountain artillery can be seen in the defenders' positions, not even field artillery. ”

"I think it's time to order the field artillery wing to counterattack. If we can take the opportunity to knock out the mountain artillery unit of the Liaodong Army, then in the next reinforcement road, our field artillery wing will be able to dominate the entire battlefield, and there will be no more threats! ”

After seriously analyzing the chief of staff's suggestion, the division commander no longer hesitated and decisively ordered the field artillery wing to open fire.

Under the cover of the fire of a field artillery brigade, the Japanese attacking troops, who were desperately suppressed in front of their positions, finally had a chance to retreat.

Looking at the hundreds of Japanese troops who were retreating farther and farther away a few hundred meters, the commander of the third regiment did not show any expression of dissatisfaction or disappointment on his face.

The chief of staff next to him saw that the field artillery wing hidden by the Japanese army had finally opened fire, and his eyes lit up and at the same time he hurriedly suggested to the regiment commander Li Jun: "The Japanese army has finally been fooled. Regiment commander, do you want to immediately order the heavy artillery battalion to counterattack. The heavy artillery battalion had been hidden for so long, and every artilleryman held his breath in his heart, waiting for the Japanese army to expose his field artillery wing. ”

"Don't worry, the Japanese army only used one field artillery brigade, and they still have a field artillery brigade that has not come out." Li Jun shook his head in denial.

"This kind of conspiracy to hide strength can only be carried out once, and it is almost impossible to miss this opportunity and let the Japanese army be fooled again. Therefore, the heavy artillery battalion we had hidden could not move, and if it did, it would have to give a lethal attack to the Japanese field artillery wing at one time, so that they would never be able to turn over. ”

After the analysis, the division commander did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the chief of staff: "Let the mountain artillery battalion go up, the Japanese field artillery wing is within the range of the mountain artillery, let the mountain artillery battalion go up first, and force the last field artillery brigade of the Japanese army out." ”

The power of mountain artillery is not comparable to that of field artillery, but for the artillery on the Japanese field artillery positions, not a single mountain artillery shell that explodes near them is fatal.

Therefore, as soon as the mountain artillery battalion opened fire, the Japanese field artillery brigade began to suffer casualties.

You must know that at this moment, the Japanese field artillery brigade is shelling the positions of the Liaodong Army to cover the retreat of the attacking troops.

Let's not say they didn't have that opportunity to fight back. Even if they had the chance, they would need to readjust the angle of artillery fire.

Coupled with the mountain artillery shells that exploded around them were constantly harvesting their lives, there was no way to fight back in a few minutes.

In this case, the last remaining field artillery brigade of the field artillery wing was undoubtedly the best choice for the Japanese to carry out artillery counterattacks.

Thinking that his opponent was already running out of heavy artillery that could threaten his field artillery wing, the division commander ordered the last field artillery brigade to open fire and counterattack without even thinking about it! ”

"****, the Japanese army has finally been fooled!" The chief of staff, who looked anxious beside Li Jun, shouted excitedly as soon as he heard the screaming sound of the cannonball crossing his head.

The regiment commander Li Jun was also very excited, and before the chief of staff could say the second sentence, he decisively ordered: "Order the heavy artillery battalion, you can start a counterattack!" Knock out the Japanese heavy artillery brigade for me in the shortest possible time! ”

After the order was issued, Li Jun obviously breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Without artillery, I see how arrogant the Japanese army will be next." ”

As soon as the piercing screeching sound of heavy artillery shells piercing the sky sounded in the air, the face of the Japanese division commander turned pale and he shouted that he had been fooled.

The division commander was well aware of the importance of artillery for his next offensive.

If the artillery fails, the next road to reinforcement will definitely become very difficult. Even if he finally rushed to Gaizhou, the entire division would suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, as soon as he realized that he had been deceived, the division commander hurriedly ordered the artillery to move immediately.

Field artillery is not a mortar, and in a few minutes, no matter how hard the gunner tries, it is impossible to transfer the artillery weighing several thousand pounds.

A few minutes was enough time for the heavy artillery battalion to fire one or two hundred heavy artillery shells at their positions.

In the end, a heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army did not have any field artillery that had been blown up, and there were only four guns at full capacity, not even a squadron.

As for the Japanese field artillery brigade that was attacked by the mountain artillery battalion, it was slightly better, and there were still eight field guns left to continue to use.

After learning of the losses of the field artillery wing, the division commander could be said to have wanted to cry without tears.

At this time, he really wanted to return directly to the station with the division. However, in the face of one urging telegram after another from the headquarters, he could only bite the bullet and order the troops to continue to attack the blocking position of the Liaodong Army.

As for the artillery, in order to reduce losses, fire support was provided to the infantry as much as possible.

The division commander had no choice but to order the artillery to learn the tactics used by the Liaodong Army, and to use the artillery squad as a unit to fire three rounds of shells to change positions, and slowly fight with the Liaodong Army.

The division commander was confident that after the main force of the Liaodong Army returned to Donggang, there would definitely not be many Liaodong Army left here.

If the two armies fight for attrition, the Liaodong Army in front of them will definitely not be able to win themselves.

When the Japanese reinforcements advanced in the direction of Gaizhou like a snail, after a night's rest, the guard division and the fifth division, which had blocked the Japanese Fourth Army in their own station and defensive line, were ready for a surprise attack.

After receiving enough irritability from the baggage troops, nearly 3,000 elite guards of the reinforced 3rd Guard Regiment were all lurking in the woods less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position.

The two main regiments of the Fifth Division, which were in charge of the feint, were also all ready for the attack.

Although the Japanese troops holding the position did not know when the Liaodong Army would attack them. But through the increasingly quiet atmosphere of the battlefield, they already felt that the time for a decisive battle was not far off.

In order to block the first round of attacks of the Liaodong Army, the Japanese army also worked hard.

Not to mention anything else, the defensive line in front of the 3rd Regiment of the Guards Division alone gathered the strength of an entire wing of the Japanese army.

In addition, the division commander in charge of this section of the line also specially reinforced a large number of light and heavy machine guns for the Japanese troops on the defense line.

What's more, because the heavy artillery brigade lost its combat effectiveness, while the Liaodong Army still had the artillery of a heavy artillery regiment.

In order to evade artillery fire and reduce the casualties of troops in artillery shelling. The commander of the Japanese division spent the night digging dozens of anti-artillery holes of various sizes in the defensive line.

After hearing the report that all the combat units were ready, Commander Yang Xingguo decisively gave the order to attack.

The remaining mountain artillery and field artillery of the two divisions and the remaining heavy artillery regiments of the heavy artillery division, as long as they could still fire shells, were all used by the Liaodong Army to fire shells at the three attack points that had been selected long ago.

In particular, the position in front of the 3rd Regiment of the Guards Division was directly targeted by the Heavy Artillery Regiment,

Heavy artillery shells exploded on the Japanese positions as if they didn't need money, setting off fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke.

Soon, the Japanese positions were shrouded in thick gunsmoke. (To be continued.) )