When the army aimed more than 80 31-year-old mountain guns at Luodatai from two different positions, the Russian army immediately counterattacked, and it was more ferocious than the firepower of the army, firing 28 centi, 15 centi, 12 centi, and three-inch artillery from more than six positions at the same time, which made the artillery positions of the Yue army in the Baijiatun area embarrassed and suffered heavy losses.

With Lieutenant Colonel Pakilov's effective and reading of the Russian army's traditional artillery combat thinking to adjust the new combat system, and at the same time having a more comprehensive superior artillery force, this is the first time during the entire Russo-Russian War that the Russian army has concentrated superior forces in a real sense to suddenly suppress the artillery of the Russian army.

This situation made Nozu Kando very embarrassed, and for a while, he didn't know how to attack his opponent, so he held a combat meeting.

This counteroffensive on Liaoyang is a very cautious operation, as Kodama Gentaro General Staff said, this time the Russian army was a premeditated surprise attack on Liaoyang, the firepower is extremely strong, and a large number of new weapons are equipped, so that the army headquarters rushed to respond to the battle, and a rash counterattack will only waste opportunities and troops, and ruin the national fortune of the empire.

Nozu Kando finally became the supreme commander of the Manchurian Army, replacing the magnificent sacrifice of Marshal Oyama Iwa, with pain and anger in his heart, as well as a passionate ambition, he firmly believed that the progress of the empire would not stop because of this, and he would continue to lead the army to reverse this most difficult situation.

He agreed with Kodama Gentaro to use him as a feint, which is conducive to Kodama Gentaro's main attack on the western battlefield, but how can there be generals and troops in this world who don't want to be the main attacker, this is his consistent philosophy, and he used it to teach his subordinates, how can he make a foolish disease at such a time? To this end, he brought Tsukamoto Katsuka's 4th Division, the 3rd Reserve Infantry Brigade, the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, the 14th Reserve Infantry Brigade, and the 1st and 2nd Engineer Squadrons of the General Station.

He wanted to effectively push his opponent down in Liaoyang, and let them know that the army of the Great Empire was 10,000 times more difficult to deal with than the navy.

Ambition and shouting are such things as waiting until they are overcome...... Nozu Kanmichi, who has fought all kinds of vicious battles all his life, is a powerful guy who has eaten the heart of the enemy, and his experience is so rich that he rarely commits the bloody diseases of his youth again.

He sat at the command table, looking at the group of young fools in front of him with indifference and contempt, and still couldn't even come up with a single countermeasure?

He was too lazy to roar and scold, that was his style before he was fifty years old, and now he was speechless in the face of the staff officers and subordinates, he just sighed lightly, and said: "Since the opponent is so well prepared, and the monarchs don't have a good countermeasure, let's go back and think about it again, in fact, even an old antique like me, who has fought a bad battle all his life, feels tricky in the face of this situation." There is still time, the imperial fortune shouted by the navy at this moment is really too much, if you can't continue to attack the other side before dark, you must be fully prepared, each of them to strengthen the construction of the camp, the opponent is an army that is extremely good at night raids, if you are defeated by their night raids, my old face that still has confidence on Your Majesty's side will be lost by you, I think I was also famous for strong attacks and raids when I was young. ”

As the chief of staff and junior, Yusaku Uehara only felt ashamed for a while when he heard these words, and immediately admitted his mistake and said: "Your Excellency the commander-in-chief, we will definitely find a way to defeat the other party as soon as possible." ”

"Ah, ah, don't be like that stupid person of Noshimu, in short, we will definitely have a way, at least wait for General Staff Kodama to attack!"

Nozu Guandao felt that his agitation method would definitely work, and the guys here were not rice buckets, they were all careerists who he admired who could climb up, so these bastards would definitely rack their brains.

As for the passionate words of "the national fortune is in this battle", probably only the villains of Dongxiang will think of it.

After the battle meeting, the offensive of the Yue army suddenly stopped, and then all the departments began to dig trenches frantically, trying to prepare for defense before dark, this sudden change really surprised Song Biao.

If this is the case, the probability of trying to defeat the army at night is very low.

What a nuisance.

After all, Song Biao is a young careerist who is actively climbing up, so he will not pin his hopes on his subordinates, and he is also considering new countermeasures.

The night attack must still be fought, because his troops are specially trained for this.

Before dark, Song Biao also held an operational meeting in his war department, because Lieutenant Colonel Martos was not there, he could only ponder this matter with Colonel Brusilov and Lieutenant Colonel Pakilov, as for Major Tuvanier, although he was a very shrewd gentleman, he never devoted his energy and mind to military science, although he graduated from the Russian General Staff Academy, he did not even read the "Selected Works of Dragomirov", a collection of modern and modern Russian classic military science works. You can't expect too much.

In short, he is a very intelligent and good person who does not learn and has no skills, but he is not suitable for being a military staff officer at all.

As for Cai Yi, Jiang Fangzhen, Jiang Yanxing, and Shu Fangde, they really can't have too high hopes, if they are really intimidated by their names and rely on them, it will definitely be people like Song Biao who will suffer.

Fortunately, Song Biao already had a very unique new plan, and when he talked about his idea with the two Russian generals, Colonel Brusilov praised it repeatedly: "This is really a good strategy, Colonel Beo, I must say that you are really a smart person like Napoleon in Asia, if anyone knows your ability and wants to risk fighting you, that guy must be crazy." If I could, I'd love to be with you all the time, as your cavalry commander, and it's certainly a fun thing to dedicate yourself to for life. ”

Song Biao was very surprised, thinking that he had recruited a general so quickly?

He immediately laughed and said, "Okay." ”

Colonel Brusilov sighed again: "I mean a joke, if you suddenly decide not to fight for Russia, but to fight for the French or the Germans, I will be embarrassed, don't you?" It's really nothing to you, like Antoine . Like General Jomini, a truly talented person, whether under Napoleon or Alexander I, can be reused, the key is that he is a Swiss, you and his situation is really similar, in a weak country, but a rare military genius, only to serve a strong country can use your talents. ”

Song Biao smiled, he didn't mind his evaluation of China as a weak country, but what others said was the truth.

He looked at Colonel Brusilov with a smile, still a little wanted to continue to seduce, and waited for a while before sighing with Lieutenant Colonel Pakilov: "I know everything, but I don't understand artillery and cavalry, I am very happy to have two of them here, I think, our cooperation will be very pleasant." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Pakilov modestly replied: "You are so modest, your tactics are always so risky, and indeed you are sure, I have a hunch that tonight's raid will be successful." ”

Song Biao thought for a while and said: "Since the two of you have no opinion, let's do it, but I don't know what the situation is with Lieutenant Colonel Martos, he doesn't even have any information and feedback on his side, Colonel Brusilov, please go and take a look at him, let's just say that it is my hunch, the army may also have a relatively large move on his side, and we must pay attention to guarding against the army." ”

Colonel Brusilov put his military hat on his head, got up, and said: "Well, I will go there myself now, and I will definitely convey your words to him." ”

Song Biao nodded and asked Jiang Fangzhen to send Colonel Brusilov away, while he continued to hold his military meeting and gave Chen Wu, Feng Wu. Major Esker and Major Polsk sent new missions to make them hurry up and start preparing.

In addition to the two newly formed reserve infantry regiments, Song Biao had eight front-line infantry regiments in his hands.

It takes too long and too high to train each infantry regiment into an all-encompassing elite force, because the time for intensive training is limited, Song Biao set up different training directions for the eight infantry regiments under his command, and also gave different adjustments to the equipment according to various directions.

Zhang Yahu's 2nd Manchurian Infantry Regiment was the most trained in defensive training and positional warfare, and it itself had a foundation in this area during the Battle of Heigoutai.

Chen Wu's 3rd Infantry Regiment in Manchuria was a reconnaissance unit and a mountain warfare unit, and it did a lot of relevant assault training. The 2nd Infantry Regiment of Major Baron Esker, on the other hand, focused on training in mountain warfare, taking into account positional combat.

Because the 1st Infantry Regiment in the Far East had a large number of Cossack soldiers, its training was mainly based on night combat and close-range white-knuckle combat, especially night combat, and it also did more street fighting training to prevent special accidents.

The 7th Siberian Infantry Regiment is the main training position for strong attack, which belongs to the most elite infantry regiment, and the grassroots non-commissioned officers have been carefully selected from top to bottom, and according to Song Biao's requirements, they can carry out squad tactical operations and net search tactical attacks.

The 4th and 5th Siberian Infantry Regiments were mainly engaged in conventional operations, emphasizing rapid mobile operations, and after training as engineers, they could all be stationed in positions.

If there is any direction in which the whole army must be trained in a unified manner, it is to march and fight at night, which is the biggest difference between Song Biao's New Manchurian Infantry Division and other Russian troops.

It's hard to say that you can train very well in a month's time, but as long as they are used properly, these infantry regiments are definitely more powerful than other Russian troops, and they are often just more powerful, and they will be very lethal in actual war.

With such a foundation, Song Biao was more flexible in tactical design than during the Battle of Heigoutai, and he decided to arrange for the 1st Infantry Regiment in the Far East to attack from the river bank and raid Xingtaizi today, while the 7th Infantry Regiment of Siberia was responsible for going ashore in the Yuejiabao area and attacking the artillery positions of the Russian army in Baijiatun on a detour, not seeking to defeat the Yue army, but only to blow up the enemy's more artillery and baggage shells.

Training is the basis for the presentation of the style of the troops.

After Song Biao made arrangements, the commanders of the various units immediately went back to start preparations and launched a sudden night attack at 3 a.m.

In the Lushan area, Song Biao prepared a lot of small fishing boats and rubber boats of the Yue army, the combined number was basically enough, and when they were ready, the two infantry regiments, one on the water and the other on the riverside, went up the Taizi River together, and quietly approached the rear position of the Yue army.

The army stationed an infantry wing in the Xingtaizi position, which belonged to the 37th Infantry Wing of the 4th Division, and the 4th Division at this time was not the war-weary period that followed, and its combat effectiveness was very high, even more powerful than the 1st Division and the 5th Division.

The infantry wing was extra cautious because it was deployed in the most advanced position, but it was still defeated by Lieutenant Colonel Kornilov, which is the turn of feng shui, and the night assassination offensive that the army is famous for is actually used by the Russian army more exquisitely.

Prior to this, almost all the artillery deployed by the Russian army on the eastern front were firing, and hundreds of shells hit various positions in waves, which made the army crazy that the enemy was going to attack at night, so they were very nervous, and as a result, when the 37th Infantry Wing of the western position collapsed, the other wings were also a frightened army, and no one sent troops to rescue the 37th Wing.

The worst thing was that the counterattack of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade on Hidei Tatsuda was caught by Major Neznamov's 7th Siberian Infantry Regiment and blew it up fiercely, and the worst thing was that the two infantry wings attached to it did not fight a single infantry regiment, and there were explosions everywhere.

Major Neznamov took advantage of the ambush from a small position, and fired more than 60 mortar shells, knocking the infantry wing and artillery everywhere, and then blowing up the ammunition depot, before withdrawing under the cover of the 1st Infantry Regiment in the Far East.

In order to cover the retreat of these two infantry regiments, Song Biao dispatched two infantry regiments and a militia brigade to shoot on the east side of the position, making a strong attack posture, and also used artillery to cover the pursuing troops of the Yue army, and then hurriedly retreated.

The army didn't sleep well all night, and everyone continued to spend their time desperately digging fortifications and guarding, and Nozu Kando realized that in fact, the night attack didn't need to rush over on such a large scale, just kill his artillery brigade, and it could be done so easily.

He felt that he was still plotted by his opponent when he was so old, which was really a shame.

Although Gentaro Kodama had gathered enough credible information to believe that this was the unit of the Manchurian Infantry Division, the commander might be Beo. Vladimir. The kind of person who is Song, that is, Song Biao, the person of Shina that Aoki Xuanjun said before, however, Nozu Kando thinks that this is impossible, he absolutely does not believe that the opponent is a Shina general, and he does not believe that the Russians will let the Shina people command the troops.

He thinks that Be'o. Vladimir. Song and Song Biao must be two people, but the Russian army has not yet released specific intelligence information.

It must be like this.

He was so stubborn that he thought that Be'er. Vladimir. Song, a Russian general, is still quite powerful, and among the Russian commanders he has confronted, this person is indeed the most brilliant one.

He saw this from Luo Datai's position, and he really didn't find that position so difficult to attack at that time.

He was glad that he was not a stupid person like Ximu Nonori, otherwise he might not be able to defeat the Lushan position if he ran out of troops.

(To be continued)