Chapter 473: The Japanese Army Is Afraid
"Eight grid tooth road, cunning sneak attack, they want to cannon!" The division commander, who had been paying attention to the entire battle situation, frowned and shouted with great dissatisfaction. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Then, he sneered directly: "The barracks of the Imperial Japanese Army, how can you come and leave as you want." In this case, how can the face of the Imperial Army of Japan be maintained! Order: Two infantry battalions on the front line will immediately counterattack, catch up with these sneak attacks, and destroy them! “
"Speed up the roundabout troops, don't let the sneak attack slip under their noses!"
"Artillery, provide artillery cover for the counterattacking troops at any time!"
More than 1,500 Japanese troops, armed with rifles and light machine guns, immediately chased after them.
In less than 20 minutes, more than 1,000 Japanese troops were led into an ambush circle.
As soon as Li Zhilong's attack was ordered, the Russian troops lying in ambush on both sides of the mountain road fired bullets one after another.
Light machine guns, heavy machine guns, rifles, pistols...... All sorts of gunfire rang out at once.
How could the Japanese army, armed with only a small number of light machine guns, be an opponent of two Russian regiments? In less than two minutes after the battle began, more than half of the more than 1,000 Japanese troops were lost.
At this time, Li Zhilong decisively gave the order to charge.
More than 3,000 Russian troops jumped up from their positions and immediately fought with the few remaining Japanese troops on the mountain road.
And it was only at this moment that the Japanese troops who saved on the battlefield were surprised to find that the enemy attacking them was not the Liaodong Army, but their own ally, the Russian army.
In the end, more than 3,000 Russian troops withdrew from the battlefield in ten minutes to end the battle.
Of the more than 1,500 Japanese troops, only a few dozen people reacted quickly and escaped by burrowing into the surrounding woods, while the others all turned into corpses.
Soon, the news was sent to the division commander.
"Baga, the Liaodong Army is really a difficult opponent! I've been a soldier for so long, and I've never met such a cunning opponent! The division commander who was holding back his anger was like an angry lion and scolded loudly.
The chief of staff hurriedly reminded: "Division commander, you are mistaken, it was not the Liaodong Army that attacked us, it was the Russian army!" “
"The Russian army thinks that it has done a seamless job, as long as the two brigades we attacked are completely annihilated, it will not be exposed. Little did they know that dozens of our warriors had escaped by burrowing into the forest. “
"The dozens of warriors who came back were sure that it was the Russian army that attacked them, and there were thousands of them in total!"
"Isn't the Russian army our ally now? How is it possible to attack us? Chief of Staff, is it possible to make a mistake, or is it possible for the Liaodong Army to find some old Maozi to pretend to be the Russian army and sabotage our cooperation with the Russian army! The division commander was shocked, and asked with a look of disbelief!
The chief of staff shook his head and replied, "I also doubted it...... However, after carefully questioning the soldiers who had escaped, I did not suspect it. ”
"The Liaodong Army can find someone to pretend to be the Russian army, but it is impossible to find thousands of people to pretend to be the Russian army, and these thousands of people still have a lot of combat effectiveness, otherwise our two infantry brigades would not be wiped out in such a short time."
"I'm sure, with such combat effectiveness and a scale of several thousand people, it can't be anyone else except for the formed Russian army!"
"Yaga, if this is true, then the matter is serious!" The division commander said with a frown.
The chief of staff also frowned, and asked thoughtfully, "What do you mean, division commander?" ”
"Before sending troops, we discussed this cooperation, and there is a worst possible situation, you should know!" The division commander replied with a gloomy face.
"The Russian army cooperated with the Liaodong Army to deliberately come to us and destroy our 50,000 elites!" The chief of staff couldn't help but exclaim.
At this time, the division commander had already made a decision and said decisively: "Whether it is true or not, we must be prepared!" ”
"Chief of Staff, you immediately report this matter to His Excellency the Chief of Staff, such a big matter, only the Chief of Staff can make a decision."
A few hours later, the Japanese chief of staff with a gloomy face received the news.
"Russian army, how can they be like this, one thing on the surface, one thing behind the scenes, it's too cunning!" Lieutenant General Miyamoto, who had suffered the most losses in this attack, shouted with anger and dissatisfaction.
Another division commander opened his mouth to persuade: "We can't judge that the Russian army is deceiving us based on this report alone." According to intelligence, the offensive of the Russian army in the direction of Liaoyang also suffered heavy losses. If you have been to all this and fake, then there is no need for the Russian army to attack Liaoyang so desperately! ”
"What if all the information we receive is fake? The battle in Liaoyang was a detailed battle directed by the Russian army and the Liaodong Army. Otherwise, I really can't find any other reason to explain why thousands of Russian troops appeared behind us, and they were still able to wipe out the elite of our two infantry brigades in a short time! Lieutenant General Miyamoto retorted loudly.
"This!" The commander of another division, who could not find an explanation, could only remain silent.
At this time, the chief of staff finally spoke.
"Baga, shut up for me......"
"In my opinion, we can trust this news, and we can't trust it...... But just in case, we have to prepare early. ”
"How to prepare, please show the chief of staff!" Lieutenant General Miyamoto hurriedly asked.
"Prepare several aspects together!" The chief of staff replied.
"The main force stops and continues to attack forward, and stands by on the spot!"
"Send someone to Liaozhong immediately, at least a major general, to confirm whether the battle in the direction of Liaoyang is real or a big drama staged by the Russian army and the Liaodong Army!"
"Finally, order the infantry that protects the artillery and baggage, immediately send out scouts, and be sure to find out this so-called Russian army unit and confirm their true identity!"
Li Zhilong didn't expect that the worried Japanese army would be so timid.
He had only sent troops once, and he was so frightened that the Japanese army did not dare to attack again.
Of course, this is also what Li Zhilong is happy to see.
When nearly 40,000 Japanese troops were stagnant, the battle in the direction of Liaoyang had reached its most critical moment.
In the two days of fighting, the headquarters of Wang Hu of the 1st Division had lost two defensive lines, and the troops had also lost more than one regiment.
At this time, the three regiments, which had not yet been on the battlefield, were relying on the last line of defense to fight to the death with the Russian army.
"Regiment commander, the Russian army has retreated......" After a burst of grenades, one of the main battalions of the Russian army, which launched the attack, retreated in embarrassment after dropping more than a hundred corpses.
Looking at the large number of Russian corpses stacked in front of the position, the regiment commander with a face full of gunpowder smoke asked directly: "This is the first time the Russian army has attacked!" ”
"Three times, the first was a tentative attack at the company level, and the last two were strong attacks at the battalion level!" The chief of staff on the side hurriedly replied.
The regiment commander took a deep breath and replied: "With a battalion-scale attack, it seems that the Russian army has not done its best!" Tell the brothers not to let their guard down and be ready to hide from Lao Maozi's shelling at any time......"
"In the front battle, our artillery was basically lost, and now we can rely on ourselves!"
(To be continued.) )