By the time the Japanese warships bypassed the headland of Longkou Bay and began to slow down, the Shandong Frontier Command could already completely determine that the landing place of this Japanese army was Longkou Port. 『*Words*Love*First*Hair』

Previously, the commander of the Shandong frontier had also imagined that the Japanese army might adopt the tactics of flanking the front and rear, and deployed defensive forces in various areas suitable for landing along the Bohai Sea, with as little as one battalion and as many as one regiment. For example, in Longkou Port, an infantry regiment of the First Mixed Brigade of the Hubei Army was stationed.

The regiment commander Sun Liangcheng's face turned a little pale after receiving the news, in addition to being afraid, but more because the upcoming big battle was too dangerous: according to the order of the headquarters, he had to delay the landing of the Japanese army as much as possible with the strength of one regiment. How many Japanese soldiers were there in front of them? That's a reorganized division plus an independent fleet, at least thirty or forty thousand people! I can't help but be nervous.

Fortunately, Shangfeng also seemed to know that compared with the menacing Japanese army, the strength of an infantry regiment was too weak, and he clearly told him that another infantry regiment of the 1st Mixed Brigade of the Hubei Army stationed in Dengzhou would arrive at Longkou Bay in an hour, and a tank regiment of the 47th Mixed Brigade stationed in Laizhou would also arrive at the flank battlefield in an hour and a half, and the bombers of Rongcheng and Qingdao had all taken off, and it was estimated that they would also join the battlefield in an hour or two.

Although reinforcements are pouring in, the key is how Sun Liangcheng will survive in the next hour! He had to rely on his weak forces and do his best to keep the Longkou Bay defense line from being breached. Once the defensive line was breached and the Japanese 18th Independent Division was fully deployed, the two regiments that rushed to the rescue would become a refueling tactic. It was broken by the Japanese army individually, which led to the erosion of the situation.

Sun Liangcheng clenched his fists, and said to Deputy Regiment Commander Zhu Peide and Chief of Staff Yu Xuezhong: "Brother Yizhi, Brother Xiaohou." Just now, Sun received an urgent telegram from the brigade headquarters, saying that the Japanese Second Fleet and the 18th Division will soon land in Longkou Bay, and our reinforcements are expected to arrive in an hour. The enemy's combat strength is ten times that of ours, plus the help of the navy. I guess we can't do it this time if we don't work hard, so I want to press the first line of defense to supervise the battle, at least to ensure that the defense line is not lost within 25 minutes of the battle! Brother Yi supervised the battle in the second line of defense. It is also necessary to hold out for at least 25 minutes after the first line of defence has been breached. Brother Xiaohou supervises the battle in the third line of defense, the third line of defense is our last line of defense, the construction is not perfect enough, I hope to support the arrival of reinforcements here. I wonder if you have any objections? ”

Zhu Peide and Yu Xuezhong said at the same time: "Regiment leader." "*Words*Love*First*Hair": I'll go to the first line of defense to supervise the battle! ”

Sun Liangcheng shook his head and said, "The first line of defense seems to be dangerous. In fact, it is the safest, because the range of the enemy's heavy weapons on the ship is too close, and the range of the small weapons is too long; The enemy forces that landed were wading through the water and had not yet fully deployed, and there was no time to resist at all, so it was best to deal with them. Both of them are elder brothers, so let the younger brother go! ”

Although Sun Liangcheng said it lightly, Zhu Peide and Yu Xuezhong both knew that the first line of defense had the highest casualty rate. First, because the enemy army has just entered the battle, it is in full swing. The so-called "one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion" is said to be this truth; Second, because the landing operation is similar to a battle against the water, it is necessary to open a breakthrough as soon as possible, otherwise the hedgehogs will gather on the beach and die in vain. What's more, the heavy artillery of the Japanese fleet is not fun, and once the cannon is down, the officers and soldiers in the area the size of a football field will not be able to escape their lives!

Seeing Zhu Peide and Yu Xuezhong open their mouths to speak, Sun Liangcheng's expression turned sharp: "This is an order, it must be executed!" ”

Yu Xuezhong had better take a step back: "Since it is an order, the only way to do it is to obey it." However, the soldiers are in danger, and the regiment commander is concerned about the morale of the whole regiment, so I implore you to bring more people up, and deal with any emergencies in time. ”

Sun Liangcheng waved his hand: "This time the Japanese army is menacing, the artillery fire must be extremely fierce, it will be useless to bring many people up, it is too eye-catching and troublesome, it is better to put two or three companies in the first line of defense, and the other personnel will temporarily retreat to the second line of defense, and then replenish in time when there are major casualties, so as not to be dumpled in a row." On the contrary, it is the chief of staff of Xiaohou that you are under the most pressure, the third line of defense is not very stable, and there are not many people, and you have to ensure that it is supported until the reinforcements arrive. So once the war starts, you immediately organize the non-combatants such as staff officers, nurses, medical guards, and cooks at the regimental headquarters, ready to fill in the gaps at any time! ”

"Yes!" Yu Xuezhong replied squarely.

Zhu Peide persuaded: "Regiment Commander, if the situation is wrong, you should quickly withdraw, after all, we still have the second and third lines of defense." As long as the green mountains are left, we won't have to worry about running out of firewood! In the words of Premier Sun, it is called 'people who have lost land, and people and land are saved; If you lose your land, you will lose your land'. ”

Sun Liangcheng did not answer Zhu Peide, but solemnly saluted Zhu Peide and Yu Xuezhong: "Two, the defense line is please!" Without waiting for the two to return the salute, he walked out of the regiment headquarters cleanly. Zhu Peide and Yu Xuezhong hurriedly followed: "Commander, take care of yourself!" Sun Liangcheng didn't turn around, and galloped away with the guards on his horse.

At this time, standing on the seashore of Longkou Bay, you can already see the sky-high white smoke rising from the chimneys of the Japanese fleet. When Sun Liangcheng was still a stone's throw away from the first line of defense, he saw a flash of light in the sky, and a moment later, a loud "poof" sound reached his ears. The guards beside him hurriedly shouted: "Regiment commander, hurry, hurry!" The Japanese have already attacked, and it is necessary to hurry into the anti-artillery fortifications! ”

Sun Liangcheng was indifferent, just kept waving his horsewhip, because he knew that this was just a calibration test launch by the Japanese fleet, and from the whistling sound, he could hear that the impact point was still far from here. If you really get caught by a shell from the 203mm main gun of the cruiser Tokiwa, not to mention that you are in the wilderness, even if you hide in the anti-artillery fortifications, you will basically die.

In the midst of the shaking of the ground and the mountains, Sun Liangcheng led the guards to climb into the trench with a rolling belt, but happened to meet Chen Tiaoyuan, the commander of the first battalion who came out to inspect, and hurriedly asked: "Xue Xuan, how is the situation?" ”

Chen Tiaoyuan shouted in a straight voice: "It's okay now, the Oriental devil's accuracy is too bad, and he basically didn't hit the position." Just now, according to the report of the commander of the third company, they said that one of their anti-artillery holes was hit by shells, and a squad of people covered it and did not come out, and now they are digging in the soil, and I don't know what the casualties are, and I am about to go over to take a look. Why are you here at this time, Captain? ”

"I'm here to oversee the war!" Sun Liangcheng also shouted at the top of his voice, "You don't have to rush to check the casualties now, hurry up and order the companies and platoons to disperse, and those who can't disperse quickly retreat, don't hide in the anti-artillery holes, which are useless against the heavy artillery of the Japanese fleet." At present, the Japanese soldiers are still shooting at school, so they should evacuate now and bring them up when they land. Hurry up, once they adjust to shoot Zhu Yuan, it will be troublesome! ”

"I'll go!" Chen Tiaoyuan hurriedly obeyed the order.

Sun Liangcheng lay in the trench and looked out with binoculars in his hand, only to see the Japanese warships lined up on the sea, aiming their guns at the shore positions and firing unscrupulously, as if they were sure that the Chinese troops had not counterattacked the artillery fire. Sun Liangcheng secretly hated in his heart: "Where is our navy?" If Yuan Shikai had handed over the army and the country to Mr. Sun earlier, why would we now let the Japanese fleet be sprinkled on the Chinese sea? But little Japan, don't be too arrogant, when the Air Force bombers come, I promise to let you have a good drink! ”

After all, the Japanese Navy had been on the battlefield for a long time, and it quickly adjusted its firing points, and the accuracy of the shells was markedly raised by several grades, and the shells of various calibers were smashed in an instant, and Sun Liangcheng saw with his own eyes that the barbed wire fences and obstacles on the beach were blown up into the sky, and the mines laid were also detonated from time to time. The trenches were the most important thing to take care of the artillery fire, and the raindrops of bombs blew the trenches to pieces, scattering the limbs of the broken officers and soldiers everywhere, and the screams of the wounded soldiers almost drowned out the rumbling cannons.

Sun Liangcheng felt that it was time for him to play his role! He walked along the trench, ready to soothe the terrified soldiers. Passing by the guard, he was about to call him to follow, but with a slight push, the guard fell to his hand. It turned out that this young man was shocked to death by the continuous shelling! Sun Liangcheng didn't have time to grieve and pity, just covered his angry eyes, and then continued to touch forward, along the way constantly comforting the frightened soldiers, encouraging the wounded who were shot and bleeding, and scolding the overwhelmed squad and platoon leaders, asking everyone to be calm and ready to resist the landing Japanese army at any time.

In the earth-shaking explosion roar, the officers and men felt that their days were like years, but Sun Liangcheng felt that time was fast, because in his opinion, every minute longer the shelling time, the time for his soldiers to fight with the swarming Japanese troops was one minute less, and the probability of completing the task increased by one point.

After about fifteen minutes, the heavy artillery group began to gradually extend into depth, and the Japanese landing ships began to gradually approach the coast. Sun Liangcheng had no scruples at this time, and ordered all the heavy fire of the defensive position to aim at the landing ship and open fire. Although Sun Yuanqi owns China's two major arsenals and is never stingy with equipping troops, there are so many people in each battalion, and the battalion's heavy firepower is only 8 Makqin heavy machine guns, 2 81mm medium mortars and 4 60mm light mortars, which is completely a drop in the bucket for the Japanese army that is attacking like locusts, and at most it can only cause them a little trouble!

Sun Liangcheng put down the binoculars in his hand, picked up a 1911-style medium-sized rifle of a fallen soldier, and said silently in his heart: Since you are in a hurry to seek death, let the horse come!

ps: I would like to thank all the book friends here, and thank Uncle He for editing the "millet" sauce! You are indeed a goddess! [End of Chapter]