Lu Shan stayed up almost all night, he was very worried about the possible night attack of the Japanese army, and sent two groups of staff officers to the two infantry battalions on the front-line position to check, lest there be chaos. Over the past year, the continuous confrontation with the Japanese army, especially the bloody battle between the Chen family's shack and the Yongnuma detachment, made Lu Shan respect the Oriental soldiers. Although the equipment is not very good (Lu Shan has always used rifles as a measure of the equipment of his troops, he believes that the Japanese Golden Hook rifle is not as good as Mosinagan and is not as good as the German-made ones that he is used to). However, Fan Deping and Deng Qinghua thought that the Golden Hook rifle was accurate in shooting, had little recoil, and was suitable for use by new recruits), but it was a well-trained opponent with a particularly strong will to fight. Now to meet the attack of the main force of the Japanese army, Lu Shan cannot but be extra vigilant.

But the night was unusually quiet, and even sporadic gunfire was rarely heard.

The battle began in the early morning of the 26th. Contrary to Lushan's expectations, the Japanese attack was directed at the 4th Siberian Infantry Division, and after a rapid and heavy artillery attack, the Japanese launched an attack in the southwestern direction held by the Russians. However, the southeast direction guarded by the South Manchurian Independent Regiment was unusually calm, and for a time, the Independent Regiment became a spectator. It was not until nine o'clock in the morning that the Japanese army launched an attack in the direction of the independent regiment, about ten or so artillery shelled the front of the independent regiment, and nearly 200 shells fell before and after, according to Lu Shan's order, the eight guns of the machine gun battalion have not returned fire, Lu Shan wants to hide the strength of the artillery, and use it to crush the Japanese infantry.

In the battle of the Chen family's shack, Lu Shan learned the heavy damage of artillery fire to the infantry. Most of the casualties suffered by the South Manchurian detachment were caused by the artillery of the Naganuma detachment.

Mu Changchun, deputy commander of the machine gun battalion, an artillery expert of the independent regiment, completely agreed with Lushan's decision not to use artillery for bombardment. The machine gun battalion had already sent three observation groups to occupy the three commanding heights of the position, the highest houses and mounds, to find out the Japanese artillery positions, which was the most basic tactic of artillery, to find out the enemy's artillery position, and to bombard the enemy's artillery first.

The Japanese army deployed two brigades of infantry successively, and launched an attack on the positions of the 2nd and 3rd battalions in turn. The first squadrons were formed, but they were defeated by heavy cross-machine gun fire. Subsequently, the offensive forces were increased, and a second offensive was launched under the cover of artillery, in an attempt to gain a foothold on the north bank of the Heigou River.

The offensive was launched simultaneously in two directions, the 3rd and 2nd battalions. The Japanese troops in the direction of the third battalion were much stronger. There were six or seven hundred people on sight. The enemy in the direction of the second battalion was somewhat weaker. Lu Shan ordered artillery fire to block it. Machine gun fire was fired after the Japanese crossed the ice of the Heigou River, and the Japanese army's dark blue offensive skirmish line continued to fall, leaving a blue corpse on the gray snow. The Japanese troops in the direction of the 3rd Battalion approached the position for a time, but were crushed by a counter-charge launched by Sheng Guang. And in the direction of the second battalion. The Japanese stopped at a distance of 100 meters. Then came the retreat. Didn't even drag away the fallen companions.

"The devil is looking for a breakthrough." Lu Shan made a judgment, "A bigger and more ferocious attack is behind, tell Xiong Xun and Sheng Guang." Don't underestimate the enemy. "He sent the signal corps out. Now he is trying to get used to staying at the command post and commanding, rather than being on the front line. Since that stray bullet incident, the Military and Political Committee has made a decision that Lu Shan, as the supreme commander of the detachment, is not allowed to be on the front line under any circumstances.

After the Independence Regiment repelled two waves of Japanese attacks on the size of a large group, the front fell silent. But the Russian direction on the right flank is fighting more fiercely. At about 11 o'clock in the morning, the Russian army sent people to ask for help, and a Japanese army broke through the Russian position and entered Zhuangzi, and the 4th Siberian Infantry Division failed to counterattack, and asked the independent regiment to send reserves to counterattack the Japanese army that was approaching the rear of the independent regiment's position. Major Marinin was in a hurry and yelled at Lushan. Lushan did not dare to slack off, if the Japanese army reached a breakthrough and wedged into the village, his connection with the Russian army would be cut off and the defensive line would be severed, which was unacceptable. So the first battalion on standby was ordered to reinforce quickly, but when Cheng Erhu's first battalion attacked fifteen minutes later, the Japanese army had already retreated, and the two sides only fired at each other for a while, making a false alarm.

And so the morning passed. Counting the casualties, 16 dead and 33 wounded in the independent regiment, most of them were caused by artillery fire.

"What a fucking stupid! A reinforced infantry division can't withstand an incomplete division of the Japanese army! No wonder Lao Maozi has been defeated all the way to this day! At lunchtime, Deng Qinghua scolded.

With 16 infantry battalions in one division of the Russian army, plus six battalions of the 10th Division that were scattered and withdrawn, the Russian army should have plenty of strength. Isn't one division of the Japanese army just four wings? Even if one wing reaches four battalions, the Russian army alone is enough to hold the position, not to mention that there is at least one wing of the Japanese army on his front!

"The Russians have experienced the two major battles of Liaoyang and Shahe, and the establishment is no longer full." Lu Shan pulled the noodles into his mouth while staring at the map analysis.

"I think the Japanese are just testing in the morning, maybe they want to focus on our side." Shang Fengchun said.

"What the little merchant said makes sense! In the morning's battle, the Japanese may have discovered that our side was not guarded by the Russians. We must be vigilant and not careless. Lu Shan put down the bowl, "You guys are staring here, I'll go ahead and walk around." ”

"You forgot the decision of the Military and Political Council." Deng Qinghua reminded.

"I'll be back as soon as the battle starts, I promise." Lu Shan has already put on a leather jacket.

Shang Fengchun's guess was correct. The Japanese did discover that the defenders southeast of Heigou Terrace, facing the direction of the Heigou River, were not Russians. The 31st Wing affirmatively reported that it was a branch army, and although they wore Russian uniforms, at least thirty percent of them wore Chinese fur coats, perhaps the same South Manchurian detachment that caused the entire Naganuma army to shatter.

The fall of the Naganuma detachment stimulated the Japanese army. Even Marshal Oyama Iwa was furious.

The commander of the division, who was over seventy years old, Lieutenant General Tsumi Shobun, believed the results of the 31st Wing's fire reconnaissance, "The 32nd Wing transferred a brigade to the 31st Wing, launched an attack at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and broke through the defense line of the Chinese people in one fell swoop!" It only took five minutes of thought before making a decision.

"Division commander, I propose to continue to put pressure on the Russian army in the afternoon. Continue to deceive the enemy. Forcing them to continue to transfer troops to the western position, the 31st and 32nd Wings will suddenly launch an attack on the position of the Chinese people in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and capture Heigoutai in one fell swoop! The chief of staff of the division suggested.

"Yo Xi!" Lieutenant General Naowen Immediately affirmed the chief of staff's suggestion and revised his decision.

At the top of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Tsumi Shangwen was an outlier. Unlike most of the high-ranking generals who came from the Shogunate faction, Tachimi Naomumi was a shogunate general, and he fought almost all the Japanese generals in the Shogunate War, and all of them were defeated by him. It is said that even the first person in the Japanese Army, General Tomotomo Yamagu, was defeated at the hands of Naofumi Tachimi, causing the elders of Yama Prefecture to hide from Lieutenant General Tachimi. If it weren't for his origin, perhaps it would not have been Dashanyan who commanded the Manchurian Army, but Lijian Shangwen. Of course, he will not only hang the rank of lieutenant general.

The Russian army surrounded the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Shendan Fort. and then occupy Heigoutai. led to the collapse of the Japanese army's left front! And in terms of troop strength, the Japanese army was at a disadvantage across the board. If the Battle of Mukden is lost, the Japanese army will lose all the gains it has made since the beginning of the war, and even have to give up Liaoyang, a key point in southern Liaoning. There is no need for an explanation from the commander-in-chief of Oyama Rock. Immediately saw the urgency of the situation. So. Received an order from Oyama Rock. The 8th Division rushed to the aid from Liaoyang, and the action was extremely rapid. But there were very few ammunition belts, and it was necessary to quickly break the encirclement of the Russian army on the cavalry brigade of Akiyama Yoshiko. Consolidate the left front and wait for the arrival of the 5th and 3rd divisions.

In the morning, the 5th Wing was used to storm the positions of the Russian army, and at one time even broke through the positions of the Russian army, but was counterattacked by the absolute superiority of the Russian army and was driven out of the village. However, the 3rd Brigade of the 5th Wing confirmed that a Chinese army of no less than 1,000 men had been reinforced from east to west.

That's good, it's just great. Immediately saw that Shangwen was very satisfied with the tentative attack in the morning, and although he did not break through the Heigoutai defensive line, he found out the disposition of the enemy's army. In Heigoutai, the Russian army is undoubtedly the dominant one, they will move their forces from the east to the west, and the guards of the Chinese will be even weaker.

Lu Shan was lying in the trench of the second battalion at the moment and observing the Japanese position with a telescope, and the observation post reported that there were Japanese troops on the other side of the Heigou River, but the woods blocked the view and could not see clearly.

Xiong Xun suggested sending a small force to attack in order to find out the movements of the Japanese army. The suggestion was stopped by Lu Shan, "Get the people from the artillery battalion." Lu Shan ordered.

The staff officer of an artillery battalion soon came to Lu Shan, and Lu Shan remembered that he came with Shang Fengchun, and half of those people studied artillery, and they supported the training and combat of the artillery battalion.

"If the Japanese attack in half an hour, where should their troops on the front line be?"

"It's in that woods, and it can't be any farther." The staff officer said, pointing to the woods.

"Go and inform Huang Jinhui and let him try a few shots into the woods." Lu Shan gave the order.

Ding Xiaofu, commander of the machine gun battalion, has always been reluctant to work as an artilleryman, and recently contracted typhoid fever and was unable to move with the army. Lu Shan didn't know much about Mu Changchun, so he transferred Huang Jinhui, the deputy commander of the second battalion he trusted, to the machine gun battalion as the battalion commander.

Ten minutes later, the first fire rose from the edge of the woods. "Fuck, crooked!" Lu Shan scolded.

Then several more explosions rose from the flames and smoke, one of which hit the Heigou River. As the observation group fired, several shells were fired into the woods.

"That's pretty much it." Lu Shan held up the binoculars and muttered. There was a lot of peace in the telescope, and there was no movement in sight, "Fuck, not even a ghost." ”

Lushan's tentative artillery fire was early, and if it had been retreated for a few hours, the artillery would have achieved great results. The battle in the afternoon was still concentrated in the direction of the Russian army, and in the face of constant requests for reinforcements from the independent regiment, it was extremely embarrassing for the liaison officer Malinin. He admitted that in terms of defensive positions of unit length, the task of the Separate Regiment was heavier than that of the 4th Siberian Division. After all, there is a division on the defense, and this side is just a reinforced regiment, and it is still Chinese. If all the reserves are thrown over here, in case the Japanese army turns around and gnaws at the independent regiment, wouldn't it be whining and lamenting? Therefore, Major Ma Lining supported Lu Shan's decision and withdrew the first battalion sent to consolidate the junction. Fortunately, the Japanese attack ended at dusk, and the Russians held their positions in a row.

Xiong Xun, the commander of the second battalion, ate dinner at the regiment headquarters, and it was customary for him to call Lushan's command post as the headquarters. For today's defensive operations, Xiong Xun felt very relaxed. He only had two and a half companies in the front-line position, and he still held one and a half companies in his hand and did not use them. If the Japanese army had this attack intensity, he would have been able to complete the combat mission without using his own reserves.

General Lu Shan regarded Cheng Erhu's first battalion as the first main battalion, which was undoubtedly influenced by the commander. Xiong Xun admitted that in the eyes of Commander Long, Cheng Erhu's status was higher than that of himself, Sheng Guang, Ding Xiaofu and others. But that doesn't mean anything, the Mengshan Army pays attention to real combat exploits! Even Commander Long can't break this rule! Therefore, Xiong Xun was very happy that Lu Shan regarded Cheng Erhu's battalion as the general reserve, and he heard that he ran to the Russians twice in one day, and he really deserved it.

Xiong Xun returned to his camp and saw that the soldiers were eating, and the commander of the sixth company invited the battalion commander to dinner, and by the way, asked what orders were in the regiment.

"What's the order? Strengthen vigilance and strictly guard against sneak attacks by Oriental soldiers. If nothing happens tonight, there will be a fierce battle tomorrow! The officers take turns guarding tonight, and they are not allowed to go to sleep! ”

"Sleep? My battalion commander, this hellish weather is freezing to death, and you are not allowed to light a fire to keep warm, where can I sleep? The sixth company commander smiled bitterly.

"Make a fire? Are you going to use the Oriental cannon as a target? Xiong Xun reprimanded, "Hurry up and eat yours, it's cold." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the first gunshot rang out from the front, followed by someone shouting, "Fight, the little devil is coming!" ”

Xiong Xun was startled and hurriedly went to take out the telescope he was carrying. And the commander of the sixth company threw down his job and ran to the front. (To be continued......)

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