The commander of Shi Liancheng's first machine gun regiment was Jing Zhongcheng, a disciple from the secret camp of the ancient tomb. To deal with the little devil's infantry brigade without field artillery and mountain artillery, he naturally will not use 1 company. A 3rd company has already pressed a brigade of little devils here and can't move.

Seeing the death of one of his squadron leaders, Captain Kikyo finally understood a truth: "Without artillery support, my brigade can no longer advance half a step." ”

Previously, he was still angry about asking for reinforcements for the leader of the forward squadron under him, but now Kikyo Yushi Shaoza moved faster, directly ordered the troops to retreat three hundred meters, and then sent an urgent telegram to his wing commander Moriki Ishiro Osa:

"The main force of the enemy was found on the front line of Tianmo Mountain, and the identity is unknown at present. However, the enemy's machine gun fire was fierce, and the striking distance far exceeded that of the Imperial light machine guns, and the commander of the 3rd Squadron of our 9th Brigade was already broken by His Majesty the Emperor. Without the cooperation of mountain artillery, it will be difficult to quickly break through the enemy's position, so tactical guidance is hereby requested. ”

Moriki Isro's 79th Wing was actually not idle, and after the 9th Brigade set off as a striker, the two subsequent Brigades had already crossed Kaifeng to Sanjuli. Because it was getting late, Moriki Isro Osa had already ordered the troops to stop advancing.

Due to the strict blockade of the news by the upper echelons of the little devils, the news about the destruction of the Sixth and Fourth Divisions and the destruction of the industrial bases on the Jinzhou, Yingkou, and Lushun lines has only been conveyed to the division commander level, and the level of the wing commander does not know what is really happening.

Because of this, Moriki Isro, like the group leader and squadron leader below him, had a better understanding of the situation in Korea than before July 1937.

However, as a wing commander, it is equivalent to the head of the integrated regiment in other armies, and the rank is not low, so some details still attract the attention of Moriki Ishiro Osa.

For example, along the way, there was not a single patrol soldier on the railway, and there was no police station in Sanjuli, nor did you find Korean police officers or Japanese military police.

Could it be that after the management and management of the Great Japanese Empire, Korea has now become "unrelenting and never closed at night" and has been completely transformed into a "gentleman's country" in history?

The answer is definitely no, because Moriki Isro Osa himself doesn't believe it. The Great Japanese Empire would have such tremendous energy because there were still endless black sheep on the island, and it was impossible for the Korean Peninsula to become a gentleman's country.

After further observation, Moriki Ishiro found that although the local people still bowed to the Japanese Imperial Army, they did not see the usual "smile" on their faces. And soon he will run away and hide, as if he saw a plague god.

Could it be that the Imperial Japanese Army went out for half a year, and in the blink of an eye, it changed from a "savior" to a plague god? This is not normal.

I found a few older people, but I couldn't get the essentials after asking for a long time. Either they are all shaking their heads, and they don't know; Either they just don't know what to say, and the answer to the question is completely the donkey's lips and the horse's mouth.

At this time, an urgent telegram from the 9th Brigade Kikyo Yushi arrived: a request for tactical guidance, and it also carried words like "otherwise"!

There was no doubt that the 9th Brigade was in great trouble, otherwise the word "otherwise" would not have appeared in the telegram.

As a warrior of the Great Japanese Empire, he has always been courageous, and there has never been an "otherwise". But now such a word rarely appears, which means that Kikyo Yushi Shaozo has lost confidence in defeating the enemy.

Instead of losing his temper like others, Moriki Isro Osa pulled out his command knife with a loud bang, and then grabbed an old man and shouted: "Are there anti-Japanese elements? What are the rebels? You tell the truth, or you'll die! ”

"Taijun, we really saw Taijun's ironclad car driving north from the railway, and then we saw a lot of Taijun also driving north, and then we saw Taijun you coming."

Still at a loss, Moriki Isro still didn't lose his temper, but in a flash of cold light, the old man in his fifties was already lying on the ground with his head separated, and his blood stained the ground red.

Wiped his command knife clean, and Moriki Ishiro Osa shouted loudly: "Ono Shojiro, lead your tenth brigade and immediately set off to reinforce Tianmo Mountain, there must be no mistake!" ”

Ono Shojiro looked up at the sky, and the surroundings had begun to darken, so he was a little undecided: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, it will be dark soon, do you want to attack the enemy overnight?" ”

Moriki Ishiro waved his hand impatiently: "Don't attack, immediately pick up the Ninth Brigade back, and then start a defense in the chicken well north of the wing headquarters, and prepare to continue the sweep tomorrow." ”

Can you come if you want to come, and can you leave if you want? How is that possible!

Bai Shujie had previously issued two orders: the first was the Tianmo Mountain Defense Force of Shi Liancheng's First Division, which immediately launched a counterattack to attract the enemy's main force. Then concentrate the strength of no less than one regiment and go straight to the line of Sanjuli and Xijingli.

At the same time, Liu Zhiliang set out from Wenyanli with no less than one battalion of troops, passed through the racecourse and Sankuli, and arrived at the line of Jiuhuali in concealment.

After that, Shi Liancheng's reconnaissance battalion found a really large force, that is, behind one brigade, three more brigades appeared, and the total was close to five thousand people!

"The 79th Wing? It turned out to be the king of the 40th Brigade of the Little Devil. Well, that's kind of interesting! Shi Liancheng received the report on the enemy's situation, and immediately said to Yang Zhaodi, the chief of staff at the level of "uncle": "Chief of staff, please send a telegram to the boss immediately, the real business has come to the door, and ask him how he is going to make a deal." ”

Yang Zhaodi, the third senior sister of Thirty-six Yan, was the former commander of the Guards Division of the Rehe Front Army, and Shi Liancheng's top boss. Later, the Flying Dragon Expeditionary Force was formed, and under the influence of Gan Tong, all the girls who originally belonged to Thirty-six Yan retreated to the second line and became ministers in the headquarters. Only this Yang Zhaodi wants to go to the battlefield, so there is a chief of staff.

"Call me Third Sister, what Chief of Staff?" Yang Zhaodi yelled at Shi Liancheng, then turned around and sent a telegram.

Shi Liancheng saw that the person who gave him a headache left, so he whispered to his deputy division commander and good brother Xia Enze: "Old Xia, my point of view is that you don't have to wait for the boss's order to take action directly, what do you think?" ”

Although Xia Enze also belongs to a general, the current situation is very weird, so he shook his head and said, "I don't think it's appropriate." If we want to eat this wing, then we must concentrate the strength of our entire division. However, we have just arrived at this place and the task of defense is also very heavy. ”

"If you can't concentrate superior forces, just rely on the 1st Infantry Regiment, the 1st Machine Gun Regiment and an artillery battalion that are pressing on the front line, it will definitely not work. With equal strength on both sides, we will definitely fight in a stalemate, and there will be a lot of casualties, and I don't think the boss will agree. ”

Shi Liancheng immediately nodded: "You have a point, this place in Sanjuli is not suitable, it is too close to Kaifeng and Kaicheng." In case the whole division of the little devils presses up, we can only retreat. Once you lose Tianmo Mountain and Jinchuan, there is no danger to defend to the north, which is bad. ”

The communicator ran over and said, "Report to the division commander: Tianmoshan has sent an urgent telegram saying that their enemy in front of them has increased the strength of another brigade, please ask how to deal with it." ”

Shi Liancheng did not hesitate: "Call back: the first machine gun regiment is all dispatched, and the army marches over the Xijing, and then prepares to cut off one of the enemy's tails and teach the little devil a lesson!" ”

The communicator turned to leave, and Yang Zhaodi happened to come in: "Very good, your guiding ideology and boss have a meaning!" What Senior Brother means is that since the enemy has come up with a wing, our goal has been achieved. Just teach the enemy a bloody lesson and make them not dare to act rashly. Don't launch a general attack on the enemy in front of you! ”

"Third sister, what do you mean by boss?" Shi Liancheng was still a little puzzled: "If according to the previous battle rules, the little devil is alone in the wing, the boss will definitely go down directly with a click, then it will be neat." ”

After all, Yang Zhaodi was still the division commander not long ago, and he was seven or eight years older than Shi Liancheng, so he was more thoughtful: "Your boss's two orders are combined, he just wants you to keep in touch with the enemy, and at the same time, you can't expand the scale of the battle indefinitely." ”

"The meaning of this is very simple, we do not have the capital to fight a war of annihilation now. If you think about it, there is sea on three sides, and even if you hit the beach, what can you do? As soon as the little devil's warship comes, we will retreat, isn't that a waste of money? ”

"But now it is different, our four regiments are only half out to contact the enemy, and in the future we can take turns to rest, so that there will be no danger of a tired division. As soon as the time comes, we can immediately move to a full-scale counterattack, and there is no need to rest the troops at all. ”

"If we fight in one blow, and the enemy is all pressed up, all our troops will have to move. Because there is no room for maneuver, it will not take half a month for us to collapse. ”

"When the time comes, if we can't even hold the front in front of us, Pyongyang will be in danger. You should know that the bridge over the Yalu River has been blown up, and if Pyongyang is lost, we will either die with the enemy, or we will all be driven into the sea! ”

"I see!" Shi Liancheng suddenly realized: "My mind is still in the territory of Rehe, and I have forgotten about the fact that there is water on all sides." We now have no way out, so we cannot adopt the original combat mode of movement warfare, but must use position-to-position, and all adopt a front-line flat push! ”

Xia Enze said: "Yes, that's what it means. Now it's different from before, if we move, Liu Zhiliang in the east must move, and then it will affect Wei Chong in the north, and as a result, Chen Jie can't escape. The entire Wyvern Expeditionary Force was brought in, and our goal of gaining a foothold in Pyongyang was not achieved. ”

Yang Zhaodi smiled and said: "The boss emphasized in the telegram: being a shrinking turtle for one to two years is to truly achieve the goal of flying dragons in the sky. From movement warfare to positional warfare, this is not only a change in ideology and concepts, but also a change in various tactics. ”

"The boss's order: eat one of the enemy's brigades and cripple another, so that the little devil feels distressed and begins to be suspicious. Our next task is to seize the opportunity to build a fortress, complete the operation of the front and rear three layers of underground trenches, be able to resist the bombardment of 410mm caliber naval guns, and prepare for a protracted war and a war of attrition. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.