Kawamura Jingming is confused, before he came to Shandong, he never thought that he would encounter such a situation, to be honest, the battle of Texas, to him is a completely different feeling, obviously the other side only tens of thousands of people, only a fraction of the total number of Japanese troops, but it is so tens of thousands of people, the formation of a solid defensive line, but so that the Japanese 9 divisions can not break through, the loss of troops.

Kawamura Keiaki did not attack the heavily guarded defense line, he participated in the brutal Russo-Japanese War, especially the Battle of Arthur, which was the largest and most powerful fortress in Asia built by Russia for many years, not only with a large number of batteries, but also with a strong fleet to rely on, but at that time, Japan, on the one hand, at sea, with the help of Britain, defeated the Russian combined fleet that came from thousands of miles away, and blocked Russia's seaports, which was equivalent to weakening one of Russia's hands. On land, there was no shortcut, and in the face of a real fortress, it could only be filled with human lives, and in the end, it succeeded in occupying Lushun and won the Russo-Japanese War.

Whether to fill with human life, in Kawamura Jingming's view, this seems to be very tempting, but there is obviously hope to use other methods, but choose the most cruel, the most costly method, Japan is not a few years ago, during the Russo-Japanese War, eager to gain the recognition of the powers, into the small country of the club of the great powers, after several years of development, Japan has made great progress in all aspects, and it is not suitable to use suicidal methods.

Besides, China is so big, and if it really wants an all-out war, it is not just a place in Shandong, and Japan's desire to realize the dream of the mainland is close at hand, in this case. The fewer the losses, the more the commander's capabilities are demonstrated.

At a time when Keiaki Kawamura was at a loss. In the place where the two sides fought, more than ten meters underground. In the tunnels that had been excavated in the northwest with a lot of effort, a large number of heavily armed warriors were urgently marching, and the distance of 5 kilometers was less than 20 minutes for any soldier who had undergone rigorous training, and everyone maintained a considerable speed and whirring heat. In the tunnels, the temperature suddenly began to rise.

Most of the warriors had only one thought in their hearts, hurry, hurry, with the help of the robes above, to buy enough time, they knew, for them. One more minute means one more firepower, or a few more firepower points, as long as 150 firepower points are cleared. Add to this the improvised trenches, and this front is stabilized.

There is an end to the long passage, the opening ahead. The sun shone down, and the first batch of more than 500 fighters. Straight out of the tunnel, 12 exits. Quickly came out, and then took the sapper shovel and began to dig, Kawamura Keiaki and the Japanese army did not expect that in their rear, a defensive line was being formed, and they had less than 7 divisions left, and they were in danger of being destroyed.

The eyes of the Japanese army are still in the prominent places of the Northwest Army on both sides, as long as these are broken, the Japanese army's front can be expanded, and even detour to the back of Texas to attack the rear of the Northwest Army.

The Japanese and Kawamura Keiaki both misjudged the stability of the northwest defense line, even if it seemed to be a weak point, the positions close to the sides, the thickness of the position, and even at a glance could see through it, but it was strong enough, several waves of continuous impact, machine guns, rifles, mortars, and even a large number of grenades, all became weapons to kill and injure the Japanese army, and under the premise of huge cost and no due gain, the morale of the Japanese army was lost.

Even if there is not much loss, continuous attacks will make the attacker completely lose its sharpness, not to mention braving the rain of bullets, although the previous lesson told the Japanese army that the impact on the entrenched dense position is no less than suicide, but the Japanese army, which is not well trained, does not know how to do other methods, and will only charge in groups, under the destruction of light and heavy machine guns, rifles, and even mortars and grenades, after losing almost 20,000 people, and finally retreating.

Looking at the men who were covered in bruises and even a little discolored when it came to attacking the defense line of the Northwest Army, Kawamura Jingming finally knew that the other party was a man he could not attack the defense line, even if it was the Battle of Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War, it was not as bad as it is now, at least there was an attack on the artillery, the losses were huge, and it was acceptable, now Japan is a comprehensive weakness in artillery, facing the protection of the iron wall, and losing the strategic artillery, and the remaining artillery, compared with the extremely ferocious artillery in the northwest, is too bad, Although the total number of Japanese troops was still much larger than that of the Northwest Army, there was no hope of victory. The loss of the strategic artillery wing basically announced the end of the artillery attack, and the remaining artillery did not have the ability to make a final decision.

On the battlefield, the attack is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, when the attack is unsuccessful, when you think of other ways, it is natural to have the intention of retreating, Kawamura Jingming has been on the battlefield for a long time, he is not a reckless person, he knows very well that at this time, he will let all his subordinates fill in, and it is the best choice to retreat.

When the battlefield is scorched, any side takes the initiative to retreat, will bear huge lethality, especially in the case of artillery is inferior to the other side, the sound of gold sounded, all the Japanese retreated like a tide, but the artillery and machine guns in the northwest sounded repeatedly, for them, a few hundred meters, less than 1,000 meters of distance, almost a hell of a dividing line, every step, every meter, a large number of people fell

Gathered in a place of almost two or three square kilometers, began to reorganize, at this time, the rear permanent fortifications, basically has been opened, more than 150 permanent fortifications, the distance between each is almost 30 meters, 150, so down, The distance between the fortifications and the vertical and horizontal is 4.5 kilometers, which is enough to block the Japanese army, and the Northwest Army has 2 divisions, less than 50,000 troops, and has formed a very thin, but very tough defensive circle, the last chance of the Japanese has disappeared, they can't escape, to be exact, the large army can't escape.

As long as the vast majority is annihilated, it means that the annihilation is annihilated, and there must really be a few people who are lucky enough to run out of the war zone, which is also a common thing for war.

Kawamura Jingming's decisiveness is very strong, as long as the retreat mode is turned on, then there is no hesitation, after a little concentration of troops, the Japanese began to retreat, after all the permanent fortifications were activated, the remaining soldiers who were responsible for outflanking the encirclement began to build positions, this time everyone moved bigger, the Japanese left them little time, they must act immediately, first dig out a personal bunker with a sapper shovel.

Personal bunker is the first step in the civil engineering training of the Northwest Army, to put it bluntly, it is to dig a pit half a person high, enough to accommodate a person lying there, and the defense is like this, first with the shortest time, to form the maximum protection, and then consider the functionality, combat, and even anti-artillery This kind of thing, all trenches, initially are personal bunkers, and then gradually connected and formed......

At present, the trench has not been completely formed, and each fortification is separated by 30 meters, even if there are thousands of soldiers, distributed between 150, that is, about 40, in the previous short time, at most it is possible to dig only one personal bunker for one person in battle, that is, close to the fortifications, there is a tendency in the case of construction.

After all, the fortifications are the most stable place, the reinforced concrete fortifications with a thickness of half a meter, the cement used is also high-hardness cement, the mark is quite high, and the steel bar is combined into a whole, not to mention the Japanese 75,108, even if the original strategic artillery still exists, it must be concentrated at one point and bombarded more than 10 times in a row before it is possible to break down the defense of the fortifications.

Aiming at the same point and hitting continuously, this is a matter of luck for elite gunners, not to mention the almost similar artillery that Japan has been cleaned up in the northwest, not to mention that no artillery can shoot out, and the ship is out,. And how much effect it can have, but not the fortifications in the northwest.

Finally, the Japanese finally discovered the difference here at a distance of 1,200 meters from the permanent fortifications, the reinforced concrete fortifications less than 2 meters high, which used to be a slightly raised earth bag, and now, when the surrounding soil layer has been cleared, the height of the exposed is very eye-catching.

The Japanese troops in front found the problem and quickly reported it, and then the officers took out the binoculars, only a little more than a kilometer, in the telescope, you can clearly see that there are more than 100 permanent fortifications, and the most important thing is that there are thousands of people around, who are digging fortifications in full swing, and at both ends of the permanent fortifications, the trenches are gradually taking shape.

Although I don't know how the Northwest Army crossed such a long distance in the theater of operations and reached the back of the other end, the purpose of the Northwest people is very clear, and they dare to use less than 60,000 people to annihilate 9 divisions and regiments, almost 250,000 people, this is not a fantasy.

When Kawamura Jingming heard the report, he was stunned for a moment, he knew very well that at this time, behind him, a series of fortifications appeared, what did this mean, it meant that they were almost wrapped, and hurriedly looked at it with a telescope, and saw that only a few thousand people appeared, and sneered: "You still want to eat us, the artillery is ready, kill them for me!" ”

In Kawamura Keiaki's view, even if the Japanese army is in an absolute weakness and has left tens of thousands of corpses here, it is not something that thousands of infantry can deal with, they will rush forward with the help of artillery, and eventually they can break through the opponent's defenses, at most it is a question of how many casualties there are, and they are ready to fill it with appointments, and it doesn't matter if there are a few casualties. (To be continued.) )