Chapter 519: The Japanese Army's Chance
"Report, we found a large number of Liaodong troops behind us, with strong firepower, and they are attacking and advancing towards us. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn addition, the patrol force blocking them has been eliminated, please send troops to stop their attack immediately! The squadron leader reported with a hint of fear, very nervous.
"Baga, it must be the reinforcements of the Liaodong Army coming over!" The co-captain subconsciously made a judgment.
After finishing, after only a few seconds of thinking, he made a decision: "The Liaodong Army has an advantage in artillery fire, even if it does not have as many troops as us, it will bring us a devastating blow!" Order the troops, continue to surround the Liaodong Army trapped on the mountain, and without an order, no one can take the initiative to attack, exposing the troops to the artillery fire of the Liaodong Army......"
"Captain Tanaka, you bring an infantry brigade to the rear to launch a counterattack against the reinforcements of the Liaodong Army, and you must not let their two armies converge. Also, pay attention to anti-artillery during the battle! ”
Tanaka Shaosa, who received the order, did not leave immediately, but asked with a look of incomprehension: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, I don't understand!" In this way, the Liaodong Army can only be dragged here, and it cannot destroy them. And in the whole process, we also have to lose a lot of troops! ”
"I just want to drag all the Liaodong troops on the battlefield here!" A hint of murderous aura quickly flashed on his face, and the co-captain blurted out.
"Why?" Tanaka Shaozo frowned and continued to ask.
The wing commander explained without thinking: "The price paid here to eliminate the Liaodong Army is much smaller than the cost of destroying them when we launch an attack. Today I want to turn the Liaodong Army here into a decoy, lure out all the troops of the Liaodong Army hiding in Liaoyang City, and then destroy them little by little through the field battles we are good at! ”
Tanaka Shaozo was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a look of surprise: "I understand!" According to the report, the Liaodong Army has only one division here, and even if there are reinforcements, it will not exceed three divisions! ”
"If they defend the city, even if we can take Liaoyang, it will be a heavy loss, after all, we are the attacking side. But the field battle is different, and with a certain superiority in troops, we will definitely be able to defeat them at a very low cost! Your Excellency the Wing Commander is wise and humble, so he commands the troops to block the reinforcements of the Liaodong Army! ”
The wing commander replied with great satisfaction: "Yo Xi, I also have to write a letter to the division commander immediately, such a huge plan must be supported by the division commander." I believe that with the vision of the division commander, he will not let go of this good opportunity to wipe out the Liaodong Army in large numbers. ”
Xu Hai, who was trapped on the top of the mountain, was condescending and could easily see all the conditions under the mountain.
After seeing every move of the Japanese army, Xu Hai did not know what the final purpose of the Japanese army was? But one thing he was sure of was that it would be impossible for him to leave here anytime soon.
Although a brigade of Japanese troops could not stop the joint attack of the third battalion and the artillery battalion, it was still possible to block them for an hour or two.
No, as soon as this infantry brigade fired, the dense bullets caught the three battalions by surprise.
Because the Japanese army had the advantage of the terrain, the third battalion, which lost nearly 100 people, had to retreat a few dozen meters.
The chief of staff who commanded the battle was also not a vegetarian, and as soon as the attack was blocked, he immediately asked the mountain artillery battalion to cover the Japanese army with artillery fire and cover the third battalion to continue the attack.
But the Japanese army seemed to be unable to be killed, no matter how many artillery shots the mountain artillery battalion fired, as long as the third battalion approached, the Japanese position would definitely shoot a burst of dense bullets.
Knowing that he had no artillery support and had to guard against the shelling of the Liaodong Army, Tanaka Shaoza did not send all the brains of a brigade to the battlefield to be bombed, but took one infantry squadron at a time, so that Tanaka could minimize the casualties caused by the Liaodong Army to himself.
Xu Hai is trapped on the mountain, and he can't move if he wants to! The three battalions and artillery battalions under the command of the chief of staff could not break through in a short time under the resistance of the Japanese army. For a time, the two armies were in a stalemate, and no one could help the other.
At this time, the commander of the Japanese division, who was seven or eight kilometers away, had already read the secret letter written to him by the wing commander.
After handing the secret letter to the chief of staff, the division commander immediately asked: "What do you think?" ”
The chief of staff thought about it and replied: "This is indeed an opportunity, and the reason is stated in the letter." I think that we should seize this opportunity, even if we fail to completely annihilate the Liaodong Army in the end, the Liaodong Army will have more casualties than us. It's still a win for us! ”
The chief of staff's answer strengthened the determination of the division commander, and after only a brief hesitation he made a decision.
"Then let's do this, Chief of Staff, you take a wing to set off first and reinforce the battlefield. I led the rest of the division to follow! In addition, we immediately informed the two divisions on both flanks and the heavy artillery brigades behind us of our decision, and asked them to push the battle forward and join the battle at any time if they could. ”
By the time the Japanese began to send a steady stream of troops to the battlefield, the Third Regiment and the Field Artillery Regiment were already less than five miles away from the battlefield.
After receiving a briefing on the enemy situation sent by the chief of staff of the Second Regiment, regiment commander Huang Zhongxin had already urged the troops to speed up on more than one occasion.
After finally seeing the battlefield situation through the telescope, Huang Zhongxin issued a combat order without thinking: "The first battalion, immediately reinforce the second regiment and the third battalion to defeat the Japanese blocking troops." ”
"The second battalion bypassed the Japanese blocking force and tore a hole in the Japanese encirclement to cover Commander Xu's breakthrough."
"Other troops, follow me directly to the main force of the Japanese army. took such a big advantage of us and killed so many brothers in our division, today I want to annihilate them all and avenge the brothers who died in battle! ”
The three regiments, with battalions as units, quickly rushed to the battlefield.
The first to engage the enemy was to attack the Japanese army and block the troops to get a battalion.
As soon as a battalion of hundreds of people joined the battlefield, the Japanese army, which had already suffered heavy losses, immediately felt a huge pressure.
As a last resort, the captain had no choice but to join the battle with the remaining two disabled squadrons in his hand.
As soon as the Japanese army moved, the Liaodong Army also moved.
As soon as the Japanese blocking fire was strengthened, the two battalions began to retreat in alternate cover.
Just when the Japanese light and heavy machine gun fire chased the attacking troops and beat them on the buttocks, the Deshan artillery battalion had already been prepared, and immediately fired a round of shells at the Japanese position.
Because the Japanese troops were all concentrated in the positions and fought, they did not have time to retreat and dodge, and the results of this round of eighteen shells were simply beyond imagination.
In the blink of an eye, dozens or hundreds of Japanese soldiers were blown to the ground.
And it was only at this moment that the Japanese troops in the province reacted and rushed to the craters where the positions could dodge the shells.
But no matter how they dodge, some people will be blown up after a round of shells.
In addition, all the troops of a brigade of the Japanese army were here, and the mountain artillery battalion was particularly energetic in firing its artillery, and one shell after another smashed into the middle of the Japanese army and exploded.
When the shelling stopped and the two battalions resumed the attack, there were less than 300 remnants left of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, and many light and heavy machine guns were destroyed by the rapid artillery fire just now.
Tanaka Shaosa looked at the position in front of him full of craters, and his face was covered with solemnity.
He knew that with his existing strength and equipment, he would not be able to stop the attack of the Liaodong Army at all. But without an order to retreat, he could only lead his subordinates here to fight to the death. (To be continued.) )