Chapter 494: Battle of the Liao River

Because the two sides accumulated a large number of troops and materials for this battle, and the Liaodong Army did not make trouble from it, the battle fell into confrontation and anxiety from the beginning. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to win, both the Japanese and Russian armies were desperately trying to increase their troops and supplies to the front line of the Liao River.

In five or six days, the Japanese and Russian armies lost as many as 30,000 or 40,000 men.

What's more, there were more than 100,000 elites of the Japanese and Russian armies on the Liaohe front, and after a few days of fighting, everyone became extremely tired.

At this moment, the elite of the 30,000 Russian troops redeemed from the Liaodong Army moved.

Because they have been recuperating for several days, as soon as the 30,000 Russian troops move, they immediately put huge pressure on the Russian troops on the defensive line.

Half an hour after the attack of 30,000 Russian troops, the Japanese defense line was torn open.

Subsequently, these tens of thousands of Russian troops were like a flood that burst the embankment, quickly breaking into the gap and expanding the breakthrough.

The changes on the front line did not escape the eyes of Dashan Yan.

As commander-in-chief, Oyama Rock reacted quickly.

Although the troops in his hands were all sent to the front-line battlefield, there were still many guards and logistics troops around the general headquarters.

After hastily assembling 5,000 guards and miscellaneous soldiers, Dashan Yan didn't say a word, and personally led these people to kill the gap.

Because the commander-in-chief, Oyama Yan, leads by example, and like ordinary soldiers, he always fights on the front line.

More than 5,000 people blocked tens of thousands of Russian troops for half an hour.

After the reinforcements drawn by the chief of staff Cong's other defense lines arrived, there were only more than 1,000 troops left in the 5,000 army, and even Dashanyan himself was bitten by a bullet, and the bright red blood directly dyed the gauze tied to Dashanyan's arm.

"Commander-in-Chief, you're wounded!" The chief of staff asked Dashan Yan with a nervous expression.

"No problem, as long as you hold the line of defense and block the Russian attack, there is no problem at all if you get a little injured! Chief of Staff, are the lines of defense stabilized? Dashan Yan waved his hand, looking indifferent to answer.

"It has been blocked, the Russian army that has entered the gap has lost at least 10,000 people, and the Russian army has been defeated and retreated under our counterattack, and it won't be long before the breakthrough torn by the Russian army will return to us!" The chief of staff hastened to report.

"That's good!" Oyama Iwa said with a sigh of relief.

But it didn't take long for a trace of murderous aura to appear on Da Shanyan's face, and he continued to ask the chief of staff: "How many soldiers have you brought here!" ”

The chief of staff replied without thinking: "There are three wings that came with me first, and five more wings will come later, with a total strength of more than 30,000 troops." Now, they're all here! “

Speaking of this, the chief of staff's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Commander-in-chief, do you have any ideas!" “

"Of course!" Dashan Yan replied with a murderous face.

"The Russian army has given us such a hand, even I myself have been injured, if we don't fight back, then the face of the Japanese Empire will not be lost by us here."

The chief of staff continued to ask: "Then what are you going to do, commander-in-chief!" “

"Immediately concentrate 20,000 elites, follow behind the rout of the Russian army, and launch a direct attack on the Russian army!" Dashan Yan decisively decided, his words full of murderous aura.

Seeing that the chief of staff hadn't reacted yet, Dashan Yan immediately explained: "The Russian army must not have imagined that we would dare to attack them just after experiencing a big defeat, so launching a counterattack at this moment must be the time when they are least vigilant." “

"One bad one, and this counterattack can turn into a big victory. Therefore, in public and private, we can't let go of this opportunity! “

The chief of staff nodded and replied, "If it can turn into a big victory, then it will be the best!" Commander-in-chief, this decisive battle has been fought for several days, and it's time for it to end. Otherwise, the losses of the troops will definitely get bigger and bigger! “

"Okay, then it's decided, Chief of Staff, you arrange the troops immediately!" As soon as the two of them were unanimous, Dashan Yan ordered.

20,000 Japanese troops, under the cover of night, quietly followed behind the rout of the Russian army.

In order to increase the success of the raid, the Japanese troops on other positions were not idle, and launched tentative attacks on the Russian positions again and again on the grounds of the Russian raids.

Under the cover of gunfire, the Russian rout, who were bent on returning to their positions, really didn't notice the Japanese sneak attack troops behind them that had become hungry wolves.

Soon, the Russian rout returned to their positions in groups under the response of the defenders of their own defensive line.

The unexpected happened when the last rout jumped into position and the defenders were ready to plug the gap in the line that had opened in order to meet the rout.

The 20,000 Japanese troops suddenly jumped up from a position a few dozen meters in front of them, and the hundreds of Japanese troops at the head were almost one man with a light machine gun.

As the man stood up, hundreds of heavy machine guns followed suit.

On the Russian defense line, the Russian army, which did not have time to react, was immediately knocked down in a large area.

At this time, for the Russian army, casualties are secondary.

The deadliest thing for them is chaos.

With so many Japanese suddenly appearing dozens of meters away, the first reaction of the Russian army was panic.

Therefore, in an instant, many Russian troops who were not killed by light machine guns fell into chaos because of panic.

Amid the shouts and curses of the officers, although the confusion lasted for a few seconds, it was enough for the Japanese troops to rush forward for dozens of meters.

At this time, the riflemen, who followed the machine gunners, suddenly threw a dense rain of grenades at the Japanese positions.

There was a large black field of grenades, although less than a third of them fell into the positions of the Russian army. But it's enough.

When the grenade exploded, a position more than 200 meters long in front of the Japanese army was instantly enveloped in gunpowder smoke from the grenade explosion.

The hundreds of Russian troops guarding the position, after the explosion, there were almost no survivors.

The first round of grenade explosions has not ended, and the second and third rounds of grenades have been on this position that has been shrouded in gunsmoke.

Whether it was the two flanks or the Russian troops behind, anyone who wanted to get close to this position was either killed directly or was blown up and retreated backwards, and they did not dare to approach this part of the Japanese assault position.

Soon, hundreds of Japanese troops armed with light machine guns rushed to the edge of the position.

With so many light machine guns firing together, some of the remaining Russian troops in the position were also devastated.

Soon, a gap with a width of more than two hundred meters appeared in the Russian defense line.

Opening the breakthrough, the well-trained Japanese army did not blindly break into the gap and continued to attack the hinterland of the Russian army.

Instead, it was divided into three, and one part continued to attack forward, blocking the Russian army that wanted to counterattack and recapture the gap.

The other two parts, under the cover of light machine guns, attacked both sides of the gap, expanding the gap while completely crushing the Russian troops on the position.

Compared with the willpower on the battlefield, the two Russian armies are not as good as the Japanese army.

In the face of the dense fire fired by dozens of light machine guns fired by the Japanese army, the Russian troops on many positions began to rout as soon as they lost thirty percent of their troops, and the officers could not stop them. (To be continued.) )