General Dmitry's eyes turned red when he saw that his last artillery was also destroyed by the opponent.
But as a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, he quickly calmed down. If he continues to attack now, it will only increase casualties.
So General Dmitry ordered the attacking troops to withdraw and defend the third line of defense with all their strength.
Since this is already the last line of defense outside Changchun City, if he is lost, the city wall of Changchun will not be able to withstand the opponent's heavy artillery, so General Dmitry can be said to have suppressed the last treasure here.
This line of defense must rely on this line of defense to kill a large number of Hunan troops.
Opposite him, Lu Chun temporarily stopped attacking after taking the second line of defense.
In the command city, Lu Chun discussed with generals at all levels the next attack on the third line of defense.
However, the atmosphere in the conference room is now very depressing. Although the attack in the past two days has been very smooth, the enemy's first and second directions were quickly captured.
But everyone can see that in the past two days, the soldiers of the Rakshasa Kingdom did not defend with all their strength, nor did they engage in repeated battles.
But that's it, everyone has seen the toughness and courage of the Rakshasa soldiers. If it weren't for their superior firepower, the Hunan Army would have suffered heavy losses.
As for the next third line of defense, the Rakshasa Kingdom will definitely not give up easily. Only then will the truly tragic war begin.
"Let's talk about it, it's already the last moment. As long as the third line of defense is conquered, Changchun will be completely undefeated. By then, the enemy will be the turtle in the urn."
After Lu Chun asked, he looked at the generals below, which meant that they could speak.
As a result, the generals below looked at each other and fell silent.
Lu Chun frowned, and then said: "Since no one is talking, I will call your name."
"Du Jie, you are a strong general of the Second Army. Please get up and tell us how we should fight next?"
Du Jie, the commander of the 4th Division who was named, stood up and gave Lu Chun a military salute, and then said: "I'm afraid there is no other way for the next war but to fight head-on."
Du Jie looked at the lieutenant general present, and then continued: "At this point, the Rakshasa Kingdom has no way out, and if they don't hit us hard, they won't even have the ability to break out."
Du Jie's words are on point. Judging from the current situation, the Rakshasa Kingdom's army is at a disadvantage. If it is assumed that there is no danger to defend on the Northeast Plains, they will face the Hunan Army, which has superior firepower.
It's just throwing yourself into a trap.
Therefore, if you want to evacuate safely, you must severely damage the Hunan army outside Changchun City, making it unable to pursue, and then you can calmly withdraw with the remaining troops.
After hearing this, Lu Chun had no expression on his face, and then said to the others: "What do you mean?"
The other instructors looked at each other, then whispered for a while, and then introduced their representative, Ye Guobing, commander of the 7th Division.
"Commander, we all agree with Commander Ye's judgment. It looks like it will be a tough battle next."
Lu Chun stood up, turned around and looked at the big map hanging behind him. He thought silently for a long time, and then said: "It seems that the next step is indeed a hard battle. As long as we annihilate the current enemy, Luo
There will be no danger for the Chasra Kingdom in the Far East, and they will be forced to negotiate with us on the spot."
After saying this, Lu Chun turned around and said, "Tomorrow, the Japanese third division will be the first round of attack. The other troops will prepare in order according to the unit and number, and continuously attack the third line of defense of the Rakshasa Kingdom. I will
Arrange artillery to cover you from behind to minimize casualties."
The generals below also noticed that Lu Chun was ruthless and wanted to use continuous attacks to tire out the Rakshasa Kingdom on the opposite side without giving the opponent a chance to breathe, and then capture Changchun City in one fell swoop.
At dawn on the second day, the Japanese Third Division, led by their division commander, Army Lieutenant General Katsura Taro, arrived at the forward position and prepared to launch an attack.
Katsura Taro held a telescope at the front of the position and looked at the enemy's position.
I saw the third line of defense on the opposite side, with numerous bunkers and criss-crossing trenches, almost surrounding Changchun City.
Facing such a position, Katsura Taro's heart trembled. As the first attacking unit, he would definitely suffer the greatest casualties. After this battle, he didn't know how many people in the 3rd Division under his command would be able to return alive.
Japanese country.
At this time, Katsura Taro felt a burst of sadness in his heart. The majestic Japanese country could only serve as a supplementary army and shed blood for the interests of other countries.
Katsura Taro couldn't help but look back at the soldiers beside him with sadness in his heart. Unexpectedly, at this glance, he found that not only were all the soldiers not afraid, but they all showed determination and joy.
It turns out that these Japanese soldiers were all civilians. They used to fight for the Japanese country and received only some military pay, which could not even support their families.
Now as a servant army, although the name is not nice, the military salary is distributed according to the level of general and soldier, and the life of the family is much better.
What's more, the news came back from the 1st Division some time ago that all their soldiers have become small landowners.
Even soldiers who died in battle received a large amount of pensions, enough to allow their families to live a good life.
In the hearts of these ordinary soldiers at the lower level, they are not afraid of death, but they are afraid that they will not get the respect they deserve after they die, and their wives and children will be displaced at home.
Now Liu Hai has solved all these problems for them. Not only do they have generous military pay, but they also have a lot of rewards. As long as they charge, they can get a lot of wealth.
This is something that Katsura Taro, who was born into a noble family, cannot understand.
At this moment, the artillery behind the position began to roar.
This time, Lu Chun knew that it would be a very cruel war, so he gathered many artillery pieces that were resting in the rear.
Currently, a total of more than 1,000 large-caliber artillery pieces are placed on Lu Chun's artillery position.
Lu Chun just wanted to use a large number of large-caliber artillery to kill a large number of enemies, destroy the enemy's defense line, and then put a heavy psychological pressure on the defending soldiers.
With the continuous roar of artillery, the positions on the Russian side were bombed into a mess, and countless bunkers were destroyed before they could function.
At this time, the soldiers of the Rakshasa Kingdom faced such fierce artillery fire. They could only pray to their God in the cannon-proof hole that the cannon would not fall on them.
Moreover, this time the bombardment was extremely long, lasting nearly two hours in total.
After the bombardment, we looked at the Rakshasa position on the opposite side. Now almost all the bunkers no longer existed. Even the rear of the formation had been beaten to pieces, and many of the communication trenches had lost their function.
The position facing Lu Chun suffered the heaviest losses, with almost all the trenches lifted to the sky.
However, the enemy's position seemed to have suffered heavy losses, but their soldiers did not suffer much damage.
Because after these two days of fighting, General Dmitry also discovered the Hunan Army's combat pattern, which is that at the beginning of the battle, they will carry out violent shelling to kill a large number of our own effective forces.
Therefore, in the morning, General Dmitry ordered the soldiers to retreat a certain distance to avoid too serious losses in the initial artillery fire.
As the roar of the artillery on the Hunan Army's side ended, General Dmitry also rushed the soldiers back to the front line, and then stood ready.
Lu Chun observed the war situation on a hillside and saw that the enemy's position was almost destroyed. The next step was to look at the 3rd Division.
As the main attacker this time, Katsura Taro, in order to reduce his own casualties, also gathered all the light artillery in their division behind the position, and then provided fire reinforcements to the soldiers when they charged.
As the charge horn sounded, the soldiers of the 3rd Division launched a division-level charge.
This has never happened in the battles in the past few days.
Facing an advance of tens of thousands of people, the Russian soldiers on the opposite side did not take it lightly. When the Japanese soldiers approached more than 200 meters away, various light and heavy machine guns and rifles began to fire.
The soldiers of the attacking Japanese 3rd Division had good military training. As soon as they heard the sound of machine guns, they immediately fell to the ground and stopped advancing.
At this time, the light artillery in the rear came in handy. Relying on their experience, they began to pour artillery shells on these firepower points.
The Rakshasa soldiers on the opposite side seemed to be going crazy now. A machine gunner fell to the ground, and the assistant next to him immediately caught up to ensure that his firepower would not be interrupted by the enemy.
The Japanese soldiers in front of the Rakshasa Kingdom's position were now holding rifles and starting to shoot at each other.
Speaking of which, the Japanese soldiers' marksmanship was really impressive. The Rakshasa soldiers were at a disadvantage when shooting within a distance of 200 meters.
If the company of Rakshasa soldiers hadn't kept suppressing them with machine guns, I'm afraid their first-line soldiers would have been maimed soon.
After a round of suppression by artillery fire, when the enemy's firepower paused slightly, the soldiers of the 3rd Division who were lying on the ground jumped up and began to quickly move towards the enemy's position.
As a result, they had just ran a few dozen meters when the machine guns on the Rakshasa Kingdom's position started roaring again.
At this time, the Japanese soldiers who had just advanced a certain distance were knocked down in large numbers, but the taxi soldiers behind did not look at their fallen colleagues at all. Instead, they stared ahead with their rifles in hand and quickly charged into the trenches of Tsarist Russia.
But their assault was very difficult, and scores of soldiers would fall down every time they took a step forward.
Katsura Taro, who was behind the position, looked at the soldiers of his third division, dying in droves, his eyes were red, and now he wished he could rush forward.
Faced with this situation, Lu Chun, who was behind the position, had no good solution. He could only order the artillery in the rear to provide limited support.
As the cannon fired again, shells fell on the Rakshasa Kingdom's position, finally allowing the Japanese soldiers who were halfway through the attack to breathe a sigh of relief.
However, because the Japanese and Rakshasa positions were too close, artillery fire from the rear did not dare to attack. The front could only shell the rear of the Rakshasa position, and at the same time frighten the Rakshasa machine gunners on the front line.