"Fight back...... Impossible, there are more than 10,000 Japanese troops, and we have only half of them, and even if there is artillery, we will not be able to fight a counterattack. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe disparity between the enemy and our forces is too great, and in defense, the Japanese army, which is equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, is not vegetarian. Yuan Lei's first reaction was not to believe it, and reminded Yang Xingguo with a worried face.

Yang Xingguo did not deny Yuan Lei's reminder.

Just as he smiled thoughtfully, and was about to give Yuan Lei an explanation, the screaming sound of a string of cannonballs crossing the sky suddenly sounded over the battlefield, from far to near, and quickly reached everyone's ears.

Because the screaming sound came from outside the city, Yuan Lei's face turned pale as soon as he heard the sound.

In his eyes, this shelling must have been launched by the Japanese army outside the city, and the commander Yang Xingguo was still by his side, and he could be affected by the shelling at any time.

So, Yuan Lei threw Yang Xingguo to the ground beside him without thinking about it, and then ordered loudly: "The Japanese are shelling, everyone quickly hide and protect the commander." “

The shell landed and exploded, and several violent explosions quickly sounded in the open space outside the city, and fireballs mixed with thick black smoke also quickly rose from the open space.

Seeing that the cannonball did not explode on the city wall, Yuan Lei breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said to Yang Xingguo.

"Commander, are you alright? It's too dangerous here, and just now it was just a test launch by the Japanese army. Please return to Command immediately, your position should be in Command ......"

Looking at Yuan Lei, who was speaking righteously in front of him, Yang Xingguo couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Chief of Staff Yuan, the explosion outside the city is indeed a test firing of artillery shells. But who told you that this was a test firing by the Japanese army, can't it be that our artillery is testing a firing? ”

"It's impossible to ......," Yuan Lei vetoed without thinking about it.

"The shells are obviously flying from the rear of the Japanese army, how can it be our own artillery? Besides, how could our own artillery run to the rear of the Japanese army to arrange artillery positions, aren't they afraid of being dumplings by the Japanese army! ”

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "Whether it is our shelling or not, you will know in a moment." ”

"After passing my order, three regiments defending the city, leaving one battalion at each city gate, the other troops quickly assembled, brought all the light machine guns and sixty percent of the heavy machine guns, and were ready to go out of the city to counterattack the Japanese army at any time."

After the order was issued, Yang Xingguo directly ignored the incomprehension and suspicion that everyone was looking at him, and turned his attention to the Japanese troops outside the city, waiting for the second round of shells to fall down.

The commander of the Japanese division outside the city also waited with a look of anticipation for the first round of artillery fire after the artillery test firing.

Soon, the violent screeching of hundreds of shells across the sky at the same time spread to their ears.

At this time, everyone at the scene showed three different expressions at once.

Commander Yang Xingguo stood at the head of the city with a confident face, looking ready to observe the results of the artillery battle.

Yuan Lei and others on the side, even with Yang Xingguo's assurance, still waited for the second round of shells to land and explode loudly with a worried face.

As for the Japanese, they saw that the shells were flying from behind themselves to the battlefield. Everyone, including the division commander, thought that their long-awaited artillery support had arrived. Next, I must take a good look at how many people are left of the defenders of the city after the shelling.

Soon, the screeching shells hit the ground and exploded.

At this time, a picture appeared that made the commander of the Japanese division jaw-dropping.

More than 100 shells did not fall on the head of Liaoyang City as he imagined, blowing up the defenders of the city head on their backs.

Instead, he covered an infantry brigade closest to Liaoyang City.

In just an instant, the thick smoke from the explosion of the artillery shells enveloped nearly 1,000 soldiers of this infantry brigade.

In the midst of the violent explosions, the division commander was sure that this infantry brigade would suffer heavy losses even if it was blown up and the whole army was destroyed.

"Bage Yalu, what are the artillerymen doing, they missed, I want to send them to the military court!" The angry division commander glared at a pair of red eyes and scolded loudly.

"Chief of Staff, immediately send a herald to the artillery position in the rear. If I can't get it right, I'm going to take them all to a court-martial. The warriors of my command will die at the hands of the enemy, and not by the misfire of their own artillery. ”

More than ten seconds later, when the anger on the face of the division commander did not dissipate a bit, the screaming of a new round of shells across the sky reached his ears again.

At this time, the division commander could only watch with a face full of pain as the subordinates of the two squadrons were again covered by more than a hundred shells.

"Eight grid tooth road, the artillery has not been contacted...... The artillery was ordered to stop firing, they missed and re-aimed at the head of the city and fired again. Facing the chief of staff, the division commander with an angry face roared again.

When the third round of more than a hundred shells covered the two infantry squadrons again, the herald who contacted the artillery positions finally returned.

This would have been a happy thing, but the news brought back by the herald had a feeling that made the division commander want to vomit blood.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the two artillery wings were occupied by the Liaodong Army, and the artillery wings were surrounded by more than a dozen subordinates of the Liaodong Army I brought over, and I rushed out of the Liaodong Army firepower alone to intercept and come back."

"Yaga, how can this be, Chief of Staff, can you tell me what the hell is going on? Why were the two artillery wings occupied by the Liaodong Army? The division commander immediately exuded a very strong murderous aura from his body, and asked the chief of staff with a pair of red eyes.

The two artillery wings had already changed hands before they could enter the battle, and the chief of staff who heard the news was also taken aback.

Especially when he thought of the picture that after the artillery wing changed hands, the entire division could be subjected to a full-scale artillery bombardment by the Liaodong Army, or even a full-scale counterattack. The chief of staff's face was full of shock, and immediately turned pale.

Faced with the question of the division commander, the chief of staff hurriedly said: "Division commander, we must immediately send troops to recapture the two artillery wings. Otherwise, not only will we not be able to capture Liaoyang City, but we will also be surrounded by the Liaodong Army and wiped out by the Liaodong Army at any time. Unless we retreat now on withdrawing from the battlefield, it is impossible for the commander-in-chief to agree to our proposal to abandon the attack on Liaoyang and withdraw from the battlefield. ”

The division commander's mind also turned rapidly.

The chief of staff proposed that in less than half a minute, he decisively ordered: "Then what are you doing: order the other three infantry wings to retreat immediately, launch an attack on the artillery positions from four different directions, destroy the Liaodong Army, and recapture the artillery positions." ”

The Japanese army was dumbfounded and dumbfounded by the special operations detachment.

On the head of Liaoyang City, seeing that all the shells like raindrops fell on the Japanese position and exploded, everyone except Yang Xing showed a stunned expression, and it was almost hard to believe their eyes.

Especially Yuan Lei, as soon as he reacted from the shock, he asked Yang Xingguo with an urgent face.

"Commander, how did you do that...... It was the rear of the Japanese army, how could our artillery hide in the rear of the Japanese army and arrange artillery positions. ”

"That's not our artillery, it's the Japanese. All I did was let the two artillery wings of the Japanese army change hands." (To be continued.) )