"Why are there so many Liaodong troops on the Bageya Road? Why do they still have such fierce artillery fire?" The sudden attack not only caused huge casualties to the Japanese offensive troops, but also scared the Japanese division commander.

"At this time, the new artillery equipped by the Liaodong Army had a fast firing speed and great power!" The Chief of Staff immediately responded and answered.

"However, this new type of artillery also has a disadvantage. Its range is very close and it cannot threaten the field artillery troops we arranged behind. The division commander and the reconnaissance force reported that when the main force of the Liaodong Army left, they took away all the heavy artillery and field artillery. Now only some mountain artillery can be seen in the defending positions, and there are not even field artillery."

"I think we can now order the field artillery wing to fight back. If we can take the opportunity to knock out the Liaodong Army's mountain artillery troops, then our field artillery wing will dominate the entire battlefield in the next reinforcement path and there will be no more threats!"

After analyzing the Chief of Staff’s suggestion very carefully, the division commander no longer hesitated and decisively ordered the field artillery wing to fire.

Under the cover of a field artillery brigade, the Japanese offensive troops who were suppressed in front of the position finally had the opportunity to retreat.

Looking at the hundreds of Japanese troops retreating farther and farther a few hundred meters away, the commander of the Third Regiment did not show any expression of dissatisfaction or disappointment on his face.

The chief of staff next to him saw that the Japanese hidden field artillery corps finally fired. As his eyes lit up, he quickly suggested to the regiment commander Li Jun: "The Japanese army was finally fooled. The regiment commander, should I immediately order the heavy artillery battalion to counterattack? The heavy artillery battalion has been hiding for so long, and every artillery soldier was holding his breath in his heart, waiting for the Japanese army to expose his field artillery battalion."

"No hurry, the Japanese army only used one field artillery brigade, and they still had one field artillery brigade that did not come out." Li Jun shook his head and denied.

"This conspiracy of hiding strength can only be done once. If you miss this opportunity, you will be almost impossible to deceive the Japanese army. Therefore, the heavy artillery battalion we hid cannot move. If you want to move, you must attack the Japanese field artillery corps at one time, so that they will never be able to turn over."

After the analysis, the division commander did not hesitate and immediately ordered the Chief of Staff: "Let the mountain artillery battalion go to the mountain artillery battalion, and let the mountain artillery battalion go to the mountain artillery battalion first, and force out the last Japanese field artillery battalion."

The power of mountain cannons is not as powerful as field cannons, but for the artillery soldiers on the Japanese field cannon positions, none of the mountain cannons that exploded beside them was fatal.

Therefore, as soon as the mountain artillery battalion fired, the Japanese field artillery brigade began to suffer casualties.

You should know that at this moment, the Japanese field artillery brigade was shelling the Liaodong Army's positions and covering the retreat of the offensive troops.

Not to mention that they don’t have the opportunity to fight back. Even if they have the chance, they need to readjust the gun shooting angle.

In addition, the mountain cannon shells that exploded around them were constantly reaping their lives. In just a few minutes, there was no way to fight back.

In this case, the last field artillery brigade left by the field artillery corps is undoubtedly the best choice for the Japanese army to carry out artillery counterattacks.

Thinking that his opponent had no heavy artillery that could threaten his field artillery corps, the division commander ordered the last field artillery brigade to fire and fight back without thinking!"

"****, the Japanese army was finally fooled!" Li Jun's anxious chief of staff shouted excitedly when he heard the screaming shells slashing over his head.

The regiment commander Li Jun was also very excited. Before the Chief of Staff said the second sentence, he decisively ordered: "Order the heavy artillery battalion and you can start the counterattack! Knock off the Japanese heavy artillery brigade in the shortest time!"

After the order was issued, Li Jun said with great relief: "Without the artillery, I see how the Japanese army will be arrogant next."

The sharp and sharp sound of heavy artillery shells passing through the sky just sounded in the air, and the Japanese division commander turned pale and shouted that he had been fooled.

The division commander was very clear about the importance of artillery troops to his next attack.

If the artillery loses, the next reinforcement path will definitely become very difficult. Even if you finally arrive in Gaizhou, the entire division will suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, as soon as he realized that he had been fooled, the division commander rushed to order the artillery to transfer immediately.

The field cannon is not a mortar. In just a few minutes, the gunner cannon weighing thousands of pounds without any effort.

A few minutes were enough for the heavy artillery battalion to fire one or two hundred heavy artillery shells at their positions.

In the end, a heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army did not have any field artillery bombs, and there were only four gates in full swing, not even a squadron.

As for the Japanese field artillery brigade attacked by the mountain artillery battalion, the eight field artillery cannons left to continue to be used.

After learning about the losses of the field artillery corps, the division commander was in tears.

At this time, he wanted to take the division directly back to the base. However, facing the command's urging telegrams one after another, he could only order the troops to continue to attack the Liaodong Army's blocking positions.

As for artillery, in order to reduce losses, fire support should be provided to infantry as much as possible.

The division commander had to order the artillery to learn the tactics used by the Liaodong Army, use artillery squads as units to fight three rounds of artillery shells and exchange them for another position, and slowly compete with the Liaodong Army for consumption.

The division commander was confident that after the main force of the Liaodong Army returned to Donggang, there must be not many Liaodong Army left here.

If the two armies fight to consume, the Liaodong army standing in front of them will definitely not be able to defeat them.

When the Japanese reinforcements were advancing towards Gaizhou like a snail, after a night of rest, the guard divisions and the Fifth Division, which had blocked the Japanese Fourth Army in their base and defense line, were ready for assault.

After being led by the baggage force enough irritability, nearly 3,000 elite troops from the Third Guard Regiment were all lurking in the forest less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position.

The two main groups of the Fifth Division, which was responsible for the feint attack, were also ready for attack.

Although the Japanese army guarding the positions did not know when the Liaodong army would attack them. Through the increasingly quiet atmosphere on the battlefield, they had already felt that the decisive battle was not far away.

In order to block the first round of attacks of the Liaodong Army, the Japanese army also fought desperately.

Not to mention anything else, the defense line in front of the Third Regiment of the Guard Division gathered the forces of a Japanese army.

In addition, the division commander in charge of this line of defense also specially strengthened a large number of light and heavy machine guns to the Japanese army on the line of defense.

More importantly, because the heavy artillery brigade lost its combat effectiveness, the Liaodong Army also had a heavy artillery regiment.

In order to avoid artillery fire and reduce the casualties of the troops in the artillery attack, the Japanese division commander spent a night digging dozens of anti-aircraft artillery holes of varying sizes on the defense line.

After hearing the prepared reports of all combat troops, Commander Yang Xingguo decisively issued an offensive order.

The mountain artillery and field artillery that were left in the two divisions, and the heavy artillery regiments that were still left in the heavy artillery division, were all used by the Liaodong army and fired shells at the three offensive points that had been selected long ago.

Especially the position in front of the Third Regiment of the Guard Division was directly targeted by the heavy artillery regiment.

Heavy artillery shells hit the Japanese position like they didn't have money and exploded, causing a ball of fireballs mixed with a large number of black smoke.
Chapter completed!