Years of the Republic of China 1913

Taking advantage of premeditated planning, the Tenth Division of Masaru Yamaguchi went smoothly. In the early hours of the morning, the Japanese Army, who had made all preparations, launched a surprise attack while the No. 20 Seventh Army on the opposite side was unprepared, and assembled hundreds of divisions The violent bombardment of the artillery caused great casualties to the garrisoned 54th Division immediately.

At six o'clock in the morning, except for a few guard troops, most of the 54th Division on the front line just woke up from sleep and are busy preparing breakfast. From the perspective of the front line soldiers, the withdrawal of the Japanese army on the opposite side is certain Yes, these Japanese ri retreated in batches, everyone saw it, and the news from the Kanto state also confirmed this point, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers have boarded It seems that this unstarted war will end sooner or later.

Out of this mentality, the frontline troops are much less wary than before, and most people think that it will be more difficult.This is the mentality of the vast majority of people in the 27th Army, including Commander Zhang Zuolin and Sun Liechen, Commander of the 54th Division.

When Ri's shelling began, the 54th Division was almost unprepared. When the first runway fell, the soldiers who were queuing up to receive corn bread and millet porridge didn't know what happened. Residual limbs, flesh and blood, along with fragments of pots and bowls, were thrown high into the sky in the flames, scattered everywhere, and in a blink of an eye, this place became a hell on earth.

The officers and soldiers of the 54th Division who were shelled were all beaten.For a while, the position was full of panicked crowds running around to avoid shelling.In this way, the casualties were further increased. It was not until a few recovered officers shouted and ordered the soldiers to hide in the trenches that the situation improved slightly.

However, Japan's bombardment became more and more ferocious, and the scattered soldiers could not be gathered safely. Some soldiers who escaped for their lives, except for the steamed buns or bowls and chopsticks in their hands because of breakfast, they were surrounded by food. There was not a single rifle available, and even in the place where the shelling was the most intense, only three or five people from the entire battalion that had just assembled escaped in embarrassment, and the rest were all blown into blood by the shells.

The organization of the 54th division was almost disrupted under the bombardment of the Japanese.Although Sun Liechen reacted immediately and gathered the troops to try to gather for defense, it was impossible to do this under the continuous shelling.Helpless, Sun Liechen could only retreat decisively with some of the troops that had already gathered.Prepare to retreat to the second line of defense before trying to figure out a solution.

During the retreat, the 54th Division suffered heavy casualties. Even Sun Liechen's left arm was injured by flying shrapnel. I also started the artillery fire extension and launched thousands of soldiers to attack.

Compared with the first line of defense, the second line of defense is obviously much better. Sun Liechen commanded the troops to garrison on the second line of defense, trying to stop Ri himself here.But what makes him sad is that despite his hard work, he finally gathered less than a brigade of troops.But most of the weapons and equipment were left on the first line of defense, especially heavy weapons. Except for a few small cannons and some machine guns arranged in advance by the second line of defense, the soldiers didn't even have a single shot, and most of them withdrew The soldiers either lost the weapons in their hands or didn't have time to get them at the beginning, and the entire army could go into battle with less than one regiment.

"Half time! Half time!"

"Damn it!"

Sun Liechen, with his arm hastily bandaged, crawled in front of the trench, gnashing his teeth as he watched the No. 30 Ninth Regiment of the Tenth Division, which had hardly received any counterattack, charge towards the first line of defense effortlessly. The Japanese army swarmed in with rifles like a tidal wave. Along the way, they saw the officers and soldiers of the 54th Division who were wounded and maimed and those who hadn't had time to withdraw raised their bayonets. It took just ten minutes. Take down the entire line of defense.

The cheers of the Japanese army who took down the first line of defense were so piercing.There were even a few Japanese soldiers who used bayonets to pick up the severed Japanese's head, flaunting their might and laughing in the direction of Sun Liechen, Sun Liechen's face turned red with anger.

"Teacher, let's fight back! Kill these bastards!" A regiment commander had tears all over his face, and only one company was left in his regiment.Most of the people were left on the ground, and even half of those who withdrew were wounded.Holding the binoculars, I can clearly see the face of the Japanese with his head on his bayonet. These are all his brothers Zuize!

"Slap! Slap!" Sun Liechen slapped him, and slapped aside the regiment leader who had pulled out his gun and planned to jump out of the trench to avenge his brothers: "Just use a dozen or so guns from your hundreds of men to fight against the little boy!" What are you doing? Do you want your brothers to die with you?"

"Master! But... the brothers all died miserably! Master! Revenge! Revenge!" The head of the regiment howled and cried, knelt on the ground and hugged Sun Liechen's legs, red-eyed and kept saying that he wanted to avenge his brothers.

"Revenge! Of course this revenge will be avenged!" Sun Liechen's teeth were almost gritted, the head of the regiment was heartbroken, wouldn't he, the teacher, be heartbroken?These are all his soldiers!He watched his soldiers fall under the Japanese artillery fire and bayonet one by one, but he, the division commander, was helpless.

However, Sun Liechen, as the commander of the 54th Division, is not Qiu Ba who only knows how to be reckless, otherwise Zhang Zuolin would not have entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of the defense line.Right now, the 54th Division has suffered heavy losses due to the sudden attack by the Japanese. It has also lost its line of defense and almost all heavy weapons, and there are not many rifles and ammunition in its hands. What's more, Ri himself on the opposite side is now in full swing. After taking down the first line of defense with minimal casualties, he will definitely not stop there, and will soon launch an attack on the second line of defense.

Sun Liechen knew very well that with the current strength of his troops and the strength of the defenders on the second line of defense, he might not be able to stop Ri himself, at most it would be a delay.The most reasonable countermeasure now is to organize troops on the second line of defense to block Xia Ri himself first, prepare for Zhang Zuolin's deployment of troops from behind to set up a third line of defense, and win time for the remnants of the 54th Division to safely evacuate.Now is not the time to act impulsively. Everything must be based on the overall situation. Otherwise, not to mention the second line of defense, even the third line of defense is probably more dangerous. If all three lines of defense fall, Fengtian will win the final battle. A line of defense, at this time, the Japanese artillery fire can directly penetrate Fengtian City, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Just at this time, Zhang Zuolin sent people to the front line, and simply asked the people to report back to Zhang Zuolin, and explained the situation on the front line and his own arrangements. After the people came hastily left, Sun Liechen quickly organized the manpower to deploy defenses, and asked the wounded to continue to retreat. .

At 07:30 in the morning, Ri himself, who took down the first line of defense, took a short rest, and after the cannons behind were in place, he began another attack that couldn't wait.This time, Sun Liechen was already prepared. Although Japan's artillery fire was still fierce, the casualties were much smaller under the protection of trenches and foxholes. After eating the ashes all over his face, he didn't even scrape a piece of oily skin.

It seems that the Japanese already thought that the Chinese squadron on the opposite side was vulnerable, or that the artillery shells of the Japanese army were not so sufficient. This time, the artillery preparations stopped after only 10 minutes. Soldiers prepare for battle.

The No. 30 Ninth Regiment of the Tenth Division is still in charge of attacking the Japanese army. Hundreds of Japanese troops rushed towards the second line of defense like ants. In his heart, the Japanese are not opponents of the Imperial Japanese Army at all, and they can take down this line of defense with just one charge.

"No one is allowed to shoot without my father's order!" Sun Liechen held a gun in his hand, hunched over the trench and trotted, shouting at the soldiers in a low voice.Except for the wounded and the remnants of the 54th Division that were evacuated earlier, there were only two and a half battalions in the garrison position.This is the biggest capital Sun Liechen can afford now. Soldiers who have no guns and ammunition to stay here will basically die. It is better to withdraw and reorganize first. He divides the remaining combatable troops into three parts. There is a battalion in the trench, another battalion is ready at any time, and a company and a half is behind as a reserve team. In any case, we must find a way to block the Japanese for some time.

The distance between the first line of defense and the second line of defense is only about five miles, and after a while, you can clearly see the ferocious faces of the Japanese army and the rifles shining coldly in their hands.

1000 meters, 800 meters, 500 meters, 300 meters... Sun Liechen held his breath, lying in front of the trench and staring wide-eyed at the Japanese army getting closer, but he still didn't give the order to start shooting.

"Half time! Half time!"

The other side was quiet along the way, and the squadron did not fire a single shot, and the Japanese soldiers easily rushed to a distance of nearly [-] meters from the position. Perhaps they thought that the squadron on the opposite side had already died under the powerful Japanese artillery fire. They escaped completely, and seeing that victory was in sight, the jubilant Japanese soldiers even shouted long live.

"boom!"

"Bang bang bang...!"

"Damn it! Who! Who the hell fired the shot? I'm going to kill him!" Sun Liechen, who was planning to wait for the Japanese army to get closer, was calculating the distance. Who would have thought that suddenly there would be loud gunshots on the battlefield, and he was so angry His forehead was smoking, and his eyes were burning with anger.I don't know which timid guy saw the Japanese army getting closer, and pulled the trigger when he felt nervous. The first gunshot sounded, and the rest of the soldiers also started shooting subconsciously.For a while, the battle was very lively on the battlefield, and even one of the only three machine guns rang out suddenly.

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