Although the attacking force was about to lose a thousand men under the combined blow of the Liaodong Army's blocking troops and artillery fire, the chief of staff standing next to Dashan Rock was very happy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the attacking troops were about to rush to the positions of the Liaodong Army.

At this time, Da Shanyan suddenly frowned and reminded: "Don't be too happy, don't you see that there are not many Liaodong troops on the blocking position at all?" Not surprisingly, there must be a second line of defense of the Liaodong Army behind it, and the main force of the Liaodong Army may be hidden in the second line of defense. ”

"Notify the artillery in front, immediately follow up the attacking troops, shell the second line of defense of the Liaodong Army, and cover the attacking troops to continue to assault forward."

The chief of staff frowned, did not dare to slack off, and immediately went to give the order.

Da Shanyan hurriedly stopped him, and then continued to order: "Wait a minute, the mountain artillery of the Liaodong Army is too fierce. The mortar troops in front suffered a lot of losses, and fifty mortars were drawn from the rear to reinforce them. There was not enough artillery to suppress the Liaodong Army, and the attacking forces would definitely suffer heavy losses. ”

In less than two minutes, there were still more than 4,000 devil soldiers left to enter the position of the Liaodong Army. After a series of violent explosions rang out, the gunfire that enveloped the battlefield directly stopped.

Dashanyan's tense heart did not relax because of this.

Soon, the communications staff officer rushed over to report the situation.

"Commander-in-chief, the position of the Liaodong Army has been occupied by us, and more than 1,200 people have been lost before and after. However, there were still several defensive lines behind the positions of the Liaodong Army, and the commander of the Matsui Brigade asked for instructions on whether the attacking troops should take advantage of the victory to attack. Continue to assault forward. ”

"Sure enough, there is really a line of defense behind it?" Dashan Yan scolded secretly in his heart.

But he ordered very seriously: "Reply to Matsui, as soon as the artillery arrives, continue to assault!" ”

"Also, if there is a third line of defense of the Liaodong Army behind you, you don't need to ask for instructions, continue to assault forward. But it is necessary to ensure that the troops are always under the cover of artillery, and do not be counterattacked by the Liaodong Army. ”

The second line of defense, which also had only one company, was again covered by nearly 100 mortar fire from the devils in less than two minutes.

As soon as the devils opened fire, the three mountain artillery battalions and a field artillery regiment that had been staring at these mortars also opened fire one after another, and staring at the devil's artillery position was a fierce attack.

As for the sixty mortars equipped by the 11th Division, they were not polite, and the shelling never stopped from the beginning of staring at the devil's attacking troops, constantly harvesting the devil's life with shells.

But for the Japanese army with an attack distance of 100 meters, even if there is a company of Liaodong Army to block it, it will only take one minute to reach the sky.

Therefore, sixty mortars only had time to fire six or seven hundred shells, and the devils killed the second line of defense of the Liaodong Army.

As just now, with a series of violent explosions sounding in the position, the devil attack force completely occupied the second line of defense prepared by Gao Jun, and the gunfire that enveloped the entire battlefield also stopped.

"Commander-in-chief, the position has been taken again. It must be that after the first few attacks, the Liaodong Army has not many troops, otherwise these two rounds of attacks will definitely not be so smooth? The chief of staff exclaimed with great joy.

Da Shanyan frowned, and said with a worried face: "It's still what I said just now, before there is no specific news, don't be happy too early, be careful and be happy." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the battlefield that had just quieted down was blasted to lobsters again.

Both the attacking troops and the artillery that followed up were again covered with artillery fire.

And that's not even counting the attacking troops, which had already lost more than 2,000 men, continued to attack.

There is no doubt that Commander-in-Chief Oyama Yan's fears just now have been fulfilled, and there is a third line of defense behind the second line of defense.

After the devils withstood artillery fire and once again took the third line of defense of the Liaodong Army, the total strength of the army had been sharply reduced to more than 2,000 people.

More importantly, most of the nearly 100 mortars they attacked with the team were blown into parts by the mountain artillery, and there were still about 30 mortars left.

Seeing that the attacking troops had not yet sent back good news, they put on a posture of continuing the attack. Dashanyan, who was already dignified, had slowly turned pale at this time.

The death of more than 3,000 attacking troops made him finally understand the purpose of the Liaodong Army to build so many defensive lines at one time.

By constantly retreating and abandoning positions, giving the attacking troops a little hope and increasing the offensive distance little by little, and then inflicting heavy casualties on the long offensive path with artillery shelling. After the total strength of the attacking troops is sharply reduced to a certain extent, they will directly fight them and counterattack and eat the attacking troops in one bite.

Of course, even if the Liaodong Army can't eat its own attacking troops in one bite, there is still no problem in inflicting heavy losses on its own attacking troops.

Thinking of this, Dashan Yan immediately felt a trace of fear in his heart.

On the next offensive road, if the Liaodong Army all adopts this style of play to deal with itself. As long as the artillery shells of the Liaodong Army are sufficient, and the mountain artillery equipped by itself cannot come up. At that time, not only will it be impossible to successfully raid the headquarters of the Liaodong Army, but even the remaining 50,000 main forces will be buried in the hands of the Liaodong Army.

At this moment, Dashan Yan thought of retreating.

Seeing that there were only about 2,000 attacking troops left on the battlefield, as long as one more defense line of the Liaodong Army was taken, it would be sharply reduced to more than 1,000 people. As long as the Liaodong Army concentrates its main forces to fight a counterattack against them, the more than 1,000 attacking troops will definitely only be passively beaten. Dashanyan then realized that the more than 2,000 attacking troops on the front line had been targeted by the Liaodong Army, and the entire army could be wiped out at any time.

Under the bewildered gaze of the chief of staff, he ordered loudly: "Retreat, notify the attacking troops to retreat immediately." This is a trap prepared for us by the Liaodong Army, and we must not be fooled. ”

As soon as the order was exited, the attacking troops began to attack.

Although the chief of staff next to him didn't understand why Da Shanyan gave this order, he still replied with a wry smile: "Commander-in-chief, it's too late, the troops have begun to attack, and now ordering the troops to retreat may turn into a rout." ”

"It's over, the attacking force must be finished!" Da Shanyan, who had a miserable face, was stunned for a moment, and then muttered to himself with a miserable face.

Soon, the chief of staff understood the reason why Oyama Rock had given this order.

Although it only took a minute for the attacking troops to occupy the defense line of the Liaodong Army, they did not have time to rejoice, and the next scene directly surprised him.

The attacking force, which still had more than 1,000 people, had just entered the fourth line of defense of the Liaodong Army when a rain of grenades ushered in.

As soon as hundreds or thousands of grenades exploded in the position, a dense group of Liaodong troops emerged thirty or forty meters behind the position, holding light machine guns and rifles, and rushed towards the attacking troops who were stunned.

Twenty or thirty light machine guns fired together, and the dense fire instantly reaped the lives of more than a hundred subordinates. (To be continued.) )