By the time the first round of shells of their counterattack landed and exploded, the two mountain artillery battalions had already retreated to a hundred meters away. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And at this moment, the counterattack of the 2nd Regiment against the Japanese army also started.

The 2nd Regiment, which was hiding in the trenches, set up all kinds of weapons as soon as they heard the order.

In just a few seconds, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, rifles, all fired bullets at the front of the formation.

After five rounds of artillery fire, the Japanese army had already lost and took care.

After the shelling stopped, they were still shrouded in gunpowder smoke and subconsciously jumped up from the ground, ready to rush out of the gunpowder smoke and continue to attack.

But at this moment, an impenetrable storm of steel swept directly towards them.

More than twenty heavy machine guns, more than forty light machine guns, plus one or two thousand rifles, fired together. The dense bullets overwhelmed one or two hundred Japanese troops at once.

Although the other Japanese soldiers lay on the ground for the first time, they were so pressed that they couldn't raise their heads, and you didn't have to say that they counterattacked.

Looking at the fewer and fewer subordinates around him, the captain was sure that even if the whole team died here, it would be impossible to take another step forward.

Unless the artillery wing now covers the defenders' positions, which is simply not realistic.

The artillery wing is now concentrating its artillery fire against the artillery that the Liaodong Army has just exposed, and it has no experience to take care of them at all.

Thinking of this, the captain decisively gave the order to retreat.

The artillery was used to repel the Japanese attack and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese attacking troops. Li Zhilong, who witnessed the whole battle, was not happy at all.

As he had just deduced, the attack launched by the Japanese army in front of him was premeditated, and the strength of the Japanese attacking force was far greater than he imagined. Although this method at hand taught the Japanese army a lesson, it was impossible to use the same method twice. When the time comes, the Japanese army will definitely have a new way to deal with itself.

Because, when the 2nd Regiment repelled the Japanese attack, a special operations squadron assigned to it by the headquarters had already informed itself of the latest information they had really found.

The total strength of the Japanese army in front of the battle was nearly 50,000 in three divisions.

In terms of artillery, in addition to the artillery wings of the three divisions, the Japanese army also specially strengthened two heavy artillery wings.

dispatched so many troops to attack him, Li Zhilong knew even if he was a fool that the Japanese army's plot was not as simple as Anshan.

Not surprisingly, the Japanese army dispatched heavy troops this time, and it is very likely that it will take revenge on the Liaodong Army and eliminate the Liaodong Army.

After ordering the special operations squadron to quickly send the news to Liaozhong through his own channels, Li Zhilong began to think about how to block the three divisions of the Japanese army with one division of his own and buy time for the commander to transfer troops.

Otherwise, as soon as these three divisions rushed into the base area, the base area would return to the locust crossing and suffer heavy losses.

The garrisons scattered throughout the base area will also be broken by the Japanese army due to the dispersion of troops.

At that time, the Liaodong Army may really be devastated by the Japanese army.

"It seems that this time our Fourth Division is going to break its muscles and bones!" Li Zhilong, who had a solemn face, muttered to himself.

Xiao Bing, the chief of staff who had just come from the position, asked puzzledly: "Division commander, what kind of nerves and bones!" ”

After Li Zhilong repeated the situation detected by the special operations detachment, Xiao Bing's brows also furrowed.

"Division commander, how can we carry the three divisions of the Japanese army with one division!"

"If you can't bear it, you have to carry it, otherwise, even if our Liaodong Army is not uprooted by the Japanese army, it will suffer heavy losses!" Li Zhilong said with a firm face.

"However, this is the case, the disparity between the strength of the enemy and us is here, with the strength of our one division, how can we block the attack of the three divisions of the Japanese army?" Xiao Bing asked rhetorically with a frown.

"Fight hard, you can't stop them!" Li Zhilong said thoughtfully.

"However, it's not like there's nothing left undone. Our aim is not to wipe out the Japanese troops of these three divisions, but to drag them here, to delay them for as long as we can, to buy the commander as much time as possible. ”

"In that case, we can completely wait for our four divisions in the defense area that stretches for dozens of kilometers, and take a good look at them?"

"What do you mean, Commander?" Xiao Bing hurriedly asked.

Li Zhilong thought about it and replied: "The strength of the Japanese army is several times that of ours, and the strength of the artillery is also several times that of ours. However, the Japanese army had one drawback. Of all the guns they are equipped with, the lightest is field artillery. “

"The field artillery is not like the mountain artillery we are equipped with, and it can be dismantled and carried by a few horses. The field artillery is heavy, and it can only be pulled by a horse to walk the pipe. This is true of field artillery, not to mention the heavy artillery equipped by the heavy artillery wing of the Japanese army. ”

Xiao Bing said thoughtfully: "That is to say, even if the Japanese army breaks through our defense line and wants to kill all the way to Liaozhong, it can only go along the official road." I understand, division commander, you want to destroy the official road and slow down the Japanese attack. I remember that this method was used by the commander when he was in Anshan, when he was fighting against the first heavy encirclement and suppression of the Russian army. ”

Li Zhilong affirmed: "The commander of this plan did use it at the beginning, but this time, I want to use this strategy more thoroughly!" ”

"Commander, what are you going to do?" Xiao Bing hurriedly asked.

"I leave you the mountain artillery battalions of the second regiment and the two regiments, and no matter what the cost, you will nail me here until after dark. After dark, no matter what the outcome of the battle was, he immediately withdrew from the battlefield and joined me in Anshan County. “

"Please rest assured, the division commander has a regiment and two mountain artillery battalions in hand, and I promise to hold ......the position," Xiao Bing affirmed loudly.

Then, he continued to ask with a worried face: "Then what are you going to do, division commander?" ”

"Clear the county seat of Anshan, and all the people on both sides of the official road must be moved."

"Also, use all the remaining troops of the division, plus the young and strong on both sides of the official road, to completely destroy all the official roads in our defense area."

This is, Xiao Bing seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up and said: "We also have to build a large number of trenches on the road that the Japanese army must pass through, and constantly block the Japanese army." At that time, we only need to hold one position for an hour or two, and a dozen positions will come down, and we will be able to buy the commander almost two days. Coupled with the time for the Japanese army to repair the official road, there will be three or four days. ”

"Also, if the Japanese army wants to speed up the attack and does not give the commander time to prepare, then it has to divide the troops. Leaving artillery, he launched a surprise attack on Liaozhong with only the infantry. But in this way, the remaining field artillery regiments and mountain artillery battalions of our division will be able to suppress them in the Japanese attack. It can not only stop the Japanese army, but also inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese army. ”

"Therefore, no matter how the Japanese army chooses, we can achieve the greatest victory at the minimum cost, and hold back the Japanese army to buy time for the commander. Of course, we will also pay a great price, especially the second regiment and the two mountain artillery battalions, in the face of the attack of the three divisions of the Japanese army, even if the whole army is not wiped out, it will suffer heavy losses. (To be continued.) )