The Chief of Staff, who was most afraid of hearing this news, immediately realized that the line of defense under his feet was in danger.↗,

In addition to being frightened, the Chief of Staff quickly ordered: "The Japanese army has come another infantry corps, they must have come to the gap."

"Order the reinforcements to end the battle quickly and must block the gap before the Japanese army rushed up..."

After saying that, the Chief of Staff pointed at a colonel and ordered: "You, immediately organize a regiment to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army. Even if the entire regiment dies in battle, it will also prevent the Japanese army from entering the gap."

Soon, more than two thousand Russian troops collided with more than three thousand Japanese troops in the middle of the battlefield.

Thousands of Russian troops who besieged the Japanese in the gap also became desperate.

Facing the bullets fired by the Japanese army, rush forward without any chance. The front fell down and continued to rush back.

"The Russian army has started to fight desperately, and even used the initiative to attack..." Japanese commander-in-chief Oyama Iwata once again restored confidence in the attack and said with a sneer.

"The Russian army must have no other reserves, otherwise we would not have attacked us in such a desperate situation..." The chief of staff followed closely and said.

Dashanyan said with a sarcastic look on his face: "Try hard? Many times, it is not useful if you work hard."

"They wanted to stop one of our infantry corps with a regiment, and they were delusional. The Chief of Staff sent another infantry corps as well. Also, ordering the offensive forces on the battlefield to reinforce the gap at all costs."

Because the Japanese army is also equipped with a large number of light machine guns, relying on their firepower advantages, the Russian army that launched a counterattack saw the huge gap between themselves and the Japanese army as soon as they exchanged fire.

With almost no losses to the Russian army, relying solely on light machine guns caused hundreds of casualties to the Russian army.

After the two troops collided quickly, the Japanese army, which had two times the advantage of military strength and superb assassination skills, suppressed the Russian army from the beginning, and the Russian army retreated step by step, with heavy casualties.

At this time, the arrival of another Japanese infantry regiment directly became the last straw that crushed the Russian infantry regiment.

As soon as more than 3,000 new forces joined the battlefield, the Russian army lost hundreds of people. In addition to the losses ahead, only a few hundred people were left in an infantry regiment to fight.

How could hundreds of people block the clever attack of the elite Japanese troops?

In less than two minutes, hundreds of Russian troops were submerged in the Japanese offensive forces.

The Russian chief of staff, who had been paying attention to the situation on the position, could only watch the six or seven thousand Japanese troops rush towards him, rushing into the gap and joining the remnants of the Japanese army who were sticking to the gap.

After seeing the convergence, the Japanese army immediately split into two and launched a counterattack on the Russian defense lines on both sides.

The Russian chief of staff could only close his eyes with pain and said in despair: "It's over, the entire line of defense is over..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Russian army on the flanks, which were attacked by the Japanese army, began to collapse one-sidedly.

The gap in the Russian military defense line continued to widen, and more and more Russian troops began to collapse on the battlefield and flee backwards.

The Japanese commander-in-chief Oyama Iwai ordered: "Order all the soldiers of the army to attack immediately and defeat the Russian army..."

More than 30,000 Japanese troops, carrying various weapons, rushed out of the trenches and rushed towards the Russian defense line.

More and more collapsed Russian troops were immediately startled when they saw the Japanese troops catching up with them and fled to Liaoyang regardless of their own efforts.

The Russian chief of staff looked at everything with a stunned look on his face. Before he could react from the shock, he was surrounded by guards on the side and retreated towards Liaoyang.

When the Russian chief of staff reacted from the shock, he had already left the defense line dozens of meters away.

Looking at the scene of defeats around him and looking at the lowly morale subordinates around him, the Chief of Staff knew that the Liaoyang Battle, which the empire had prepared for nearly a year, ended with the Russian army's disastrous defeat.

This is the solemn Chief of Staff, who had only one idea in his mind, that is, to minimize the losses and allow more soldiers to live.

So, while fleeing with his subordinates, the Chief of Staff shouted: "Contact all the troops you can contact and retreat to Liaoyang City. The commander will pick us up in Liaoyang City..."

The offensive and defensive war directly turned into a great defeat. Yang Xingguo, who did not expect the Japanese army to fight so hard, realized after a brief shock that although the best time he was waiting for was not yet, time waited for no one. He had to seize this opportunity immediately and get benefits for the Liaodong army as much as possible.

So, Wang Hu, Zhou Qiangsheng, Li Zhilong, and Zhou Zhongju and Zhang Shanlin were summoned to the command center by Yang Xingguo as soon as possible.

"Captain Zhang has just informed everyone of the situation. Now, I will tell you what I want to get in the end through this action?"

"Look at the map, after the Russian army was defeated on the battlefield, it will definitely retreat to Liaoyang City. However, it is almost impossible for them to defend Liaoyang City."

"One is that their troops suffered heavy losses on the front line. In addition to being eliminated, broken up, and being captured by the Japanese army, those who were finally able to escape into Liaoyang City may not even have 20,000 people."

"The second is that they have no weapons and ammunition to defend the city. Many Russian troops lost their weapons when they were defeated. As for heavy weapons and ammunition, they were even left on the battlefield without anyone taking care of them."

"If you want no one, if you want no weapons and equipment, the Russian army will never be able to defend Liaoyang and wait for death?"

Zhou Zhongju suddenly asked: "The Japanese army can attack Liaoyang City again..."

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "The Japanese army fought for more than ten kilometers in a row, and the Japanese army had no energy to attack the city, and the heavy weapons of the Japanese army were also behind. Besides, the Russian army would still find ways to defend Liaoyang to the death within the next two days and block the Japanese army's attack."

"Only when Liaoyang is in the hands of the Russian army, can the Russian army gather more defeated troops and evacuate here smoothly."

Wang Hu, who had been with Yang Xingguo for the longest time, looked at the map and suddenly said, "Commander, I understand. You want to wait until the Russian retreats and take down Liaoyang."

"Yes, it's Liaoyang. With Liaoyang, the counties such as Anshan that we control will turn from the front line to the hinterland. More importantly, Liaoyang has a certain commercial foundation and a huge population. If you take it, you will kill three birds with one stone."

"But will the Japanese agree? The Japanese are bound to win Liaoyang. They have no intention of snatching Liaoyang from the mouth of the Japanese, and they have no intention of snatching food from the tiger's mouth!" Zhou Qiangsheng raised his concerns.

Yang Xingguo shook his head and said, "It is certain that the Japanese are dissatisfied. In order to avoid direct conflict, my idea is to occupy Liaoyang without firing a shot before the Japanese army reacts. In this case, no matter how dissatisfied the Japanese army is, there is nothing to say, unless he dares to risk being attacked directly at the risk of being attacked from both sides..."

"Impossible, I feel it's impossible. Commander, you are joking! How could we not shoot a shot and get Liaoyang from the Russian army under the noses of the Japanese army. Unless, unless the Russian army is willing to take the initiative to give us Liaoyang City." Zhou Zhongju subconsciously retorted.

Yang Xingguo smiled and said, "Deputy Commander, you guessed it right. I just want the Russian army to take the initiative to give up Liaoyang City to us..."

"As for how to do it, the reason is just two words: interest. As long as there is an interest that can impress the Russian army, the Russian army will definitely give us secretly the Liaoyang City, which it did not intend to defend to us." (To be continued.)
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