Regarding the proposal of the Japanese to buy bullets, Yang Xingguo agreed without thinking about it.

However, in terms of shells, no matter how high the price of the Japanese is, Yang Xingguo will not sell a single shot.

Because the Liaodong Army could not produce its own artillery shells, and the artillery shells that the Japanese army wanted were used in large quantities by the Liaodong Army.

Yang Xingguo didn't want to let the artillery unit become a pile of scrap metal in the future because of the lack of shells because of this immediate benefit.

As for the Japanese army's request for the Liaodong Army to send troops, Yang Xingguo did not agree or refuse.

Faced with this situation, the chief of staff of the Japanese army directly thought that Yang Xingguo was asking for benefits.

Under Yang Xingguo's stunned gaze, the chief of staff promised Yang Xingguo a lot of benefits for post-war distribution without thinking.

What disappointed him was that until he finished speaking, Yang Xingguo still looked at him and didn't say a word from beginning to end.

At this time, the chief of staff immediately thought of the commander-in-chief before leaving.

"Yang Xingguo is a very cunning person, and many times, he will only be moved when he sees the immediate benefits."

As a result, a smile quickly flashed on the corner of the chief of staff's mouth, and he continued to Yang Xingguo: "If you don't believe it, Commander Yang, our Imperial Japanese Army, can add an extra one million taels of silver as our sincerity ...... when buying bullets."

After only a short period of hesitation, Yang Xingguo affirmed: "You send the silver, but the specific time of sending troops must be decided by my Liaodong Army......"

"My Liaodong Army has a weak foundation, and can only carry out some small fights. But, I promise. As long as my Liaodong Army collects the money, then I will definitely keep my promise. Take the initiative to send troops in your decisive battle to attack the Russian army......"

The final result of the negotiations was. The Liaodong Army sold 20 million rounds of various bullets to the Japanese army for a total price of 1.2 million taels of silver.

Coupled with the 1 million taels of silver that the Japanese army promised to send, Yang Xingguo once again got 2.2 million taels of silver from the Japanese.

As soon as the chief of staff of the Japanese army left with a satisfied smile, Zhou Zhongju, who had been involved in the entire negotiation, asked with concern: "Commander, do you really plan to participate in the decisive battle between the Japanese and Russian armies?" ”

"Won't go!" Yang Xingguo refused without thinking about it.

Zhou ≧ ≧, Zhongju was stunned suddenly, and asked with a look of disbelief: "Then why do you still promise the Japanese, and also accept his money......

"You don't have to worry about the Japanese winning the decisive battle in the end, and send heavy troops to retaliate against us for this matter......"

A smile quickly flashed on Yang Xingguo's face, and he replied mysteriously: "Don't worry, I won't leave any excuse for the Japanese to send troops to retaliate against me......"

"As for why I promised them. That's also an excuse for us to pick up cheap on the battlefield. ”

"Think about it, not only do we have to collect the silver, but also find an excuse for us to enter the battlefield to pick up cheap in the future, such a good thing, why don't I agree?"

After buying a large amount of ammunition from the Liaodong Army, Dashanyan also had a lot more confidence in the decisive battle with the Russian army.

In the face of the increasing scale of provocations by the Russian army, Dashan Yan did not hesitate and directly ordered the front line to counterattack.

"Chief of Staff, are the attacking forces ready!" The commander of the Russian army asked the chief of staff with a serious face.

"Infantry artillery. It's all ready ......."

"The operational plan of the General Staff is to move three divisions first, and launch an attack on the Japanese army like a provocation in peacetime."

"Wait for the Japanese to leave the trenches. When a counterattack was launched against us, five artillery regiments immediately opened fire, inflicting heavy damage on the Japanese counterattacking forces......"

"The shelling is over. The attacking troops of the eight divisions were all pressed up, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese had not yet made up for the losses of the front-line combat troops. Quickly occupy the front-line positions of the Japanese army and eat the three divisions they have arranged in the front-line positions......"

After thinking about it. The commander replied with a satisfied face: "Very high, I agree with this battle plan......"

"Now that the chief of staff is ready, then I will wait at the headquarters for the good news that the attacking troops will destroy the three divisions of the Japanese army and occupy the front-line positions of the Japanese army......"

The dense Russian army, armed with rifles, like cattle, was driven to the battlefield by officers in groups, and went forward to attack the front-line positions of the Japanese army.

However, in the case that the strength and firepower were inferior to the Japanese army, in less than half an hour, the front of the Japanese position was covered with a dense layer of Russian corpses.

After losing two or three thousand people in a row, the Russian army seems to realize that such an offensive will not have any good results.

Immediately gave a signal to the more than 10,000 Russian attacking troops on the front line to retreat, intending to withdraw the troops and end the attack.

Such a good opportunity to beat the water dogs was placed in front of the Japanese army, and of course the Japanese army would not let it go.

As soon as the Russian army retreated, each infantry brigade of the Japanese army sent two infantry squadrons, armed with rifles, to rush out of the trenches and launch a counterattack against the Russian army, intending to leave more Russian troops on the battlefield.

The chief of staff of the Russian army, who was on the front-line position, his eyes lit up, and he decisively ordered: "The Japanese have finally been fooled...... Order the artillery, open fire immediately, and kill all the Japanese who counterattacked...... When it's over, shell the Japanese front-line positions and destroy it with shells......"

"Woo woo woo ......" Soon, the piercing screams of hundreds of shells across the sky began to sound over the battlefield.

More than 200 shells of various calibers, as if they had eyes, accurately smashed in the middle of the Japanese army.

The shell exploded, and more than a thousand ghost soldiers on the battlefield were blown to the ground before they could understand what was going on.

"Not good, it's a conspiracy of the Russians, with so many artillery pieces at once, they want to eat our counterattacking troops...... "......With just one glance, the commanders of the three divisions of the joint command of the Japanese army's front-line positions understood.

Shocked, he immediately ordered: "Notify the counterattack troops, and retreat immediately......"

"Order our artillery units to immediately counterattack and destroy the Russian artillery units......"

"Report immediately to the commander-in-chief, the Russian army has used at least two hundred artillery pieces to attack us, and the decisive battle has begun......"

For the Japanese counterattack troops who had already rushed out of their positions fifty or sixty meters.

By the time they received the order to retreat, the second round of Russian shells had already flown over.

In addition to the craters, on the battlefield where there are no hidden points, the explosive power of the shells is directly exerted to the maximum.

As a new round of explosions sounded on the battlefield, more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded on the battlefield.

Faced with the large number of casualties caused by the shelling, and in the face of the retreat order, the remaining Japanese spread their legs and began to retreat.

But no matter how fast they are, they can't be faster than the shells.

The 50-meter-long retreat road will be attacked by at least two rounds of Russian artillery fire.

The commanders of the three divisions of the Japanese Joint Command couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the counterattack force may have lost at least 4,000 people in the Russian artillery bombardment, the main force of the counterattack force was preserved after all.

However, they obviously underestimated the Russian army's determination and appetite for a decisive battle.

As soon as the counteroffensive forces retreated, the Russian army moved.

Tens of thousands of troops, like yellow waves, rushed towards the Japanese positions.

The shells that only fell in the middle of the counterattacking troops just now, as the counterattacking troops began to retreat, the general offensive of the Russian army began, and the shells like raindrops had begun to fall on the front-line positions of the Japanese army. (To be continued.) )uw