Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 544

The terrain finally began to gradually increase here. Behind the third trench, there was a group of bright and dark forts. Under the cover of Japanese naval artillery fire, most of them were destroyed, but seven or eight dark forts remained.Rushing to the barbed wire fence in front of the third trench, the Japanese soldiers in the front row consciously fell on the barbed wire fence as meat pads, even though many soldiers did not forget to fall on the barbed wire fence before they died.Numerous Japanese soldiers rushed through the barbed wire fence on their flesh pads, and the Chinese soldiers who had just emerged from the artillery holes in the trench opened fire one after another. The corpses of the Japanese soldiers quickly piled up a small wall near the barbed wire fence.The captain of the 25th Regiment of the Japanese Army knew very well that the last trench must be captured as soon as possible, and a beachhead with a greater depth should be established to open a passage for the second batch of landing Japanese troops to arrive an hour later.Holding a command knife, he personally led a small team to charge again.The Japanese army inspired by him also became more crazy, and they were about to rush into the trenches.

At this time, the machine guns in the bunker also roared, and the tongues of flame stared at the invading Japanese army like angry eyes. Seeing that the attack was blocked, the captain of the 25th regiment screamed angrily, and waved his command knife desperately. , ordered the soldiers to charge forward.Several bullets flying at high speed were nailing into the captain's chest and abdomen. The captain's strange screams stopped abruptly, and he fell to the ground like an empty sack. The Japanese soldiers behind stepped on his body and continued to charge forward.

At this time, the 11th and 12th Japanese fleets staying on the Yalu River, after receiving the order of fire support, immediately launched intensive shelling on the third trench and the bunker behind it. In 20 minutes of bombardment, 4000 shells were fired, and finally the remaining bunkers were completely destroyed, and most of the third trench was also destroyed. The artillery hole of the third battalion was also blown down, and all the officers and soldiers inside were killed.

After paying the price of the regiment leader and more than 25 soldiers, the [-]th Regiment finally occupied the third trench.The Chinese fortifications in Qianyang City were captured.

"What, Zi launched a surprise attack in Qianyang?" Zhang Zuolin stomped his feet angrily when he heard the news.

"Marshal, you don't have to worry too much. People are full of tricks. They sailed upstream from the Yalu River in warships, looking for weak defense areas one by one. As you said, the defense line on the banks of the Yalu River is hundreds of miles away. , it is impossible for us to arrange fortifications everywhere, and the landing is also expected, which in turn is not a bad thing. They come to the west bank, and they are inevitably unfamiliar with the terrain. We can just use them Annihilation in one fell swoop, if we rashly crossed the river across the river, we might have fallen into someone's trap." Yang Yuting calmly analyzed the war situation and won the approval of many generals present.

Zhang Zuolin also felt reasonable, and said, "How do you think this battle should be fought?"

Jiang Dengxuan, commander of the 2nd Army, and Yang Yuting are both officers who graduated from the non-commissioned officer school. No matter how powerful the cannon is, it is not as powerful as the naval gun. Their warships suppress and attack our coastal defenses on the river, and then the landing troops seize the fortifications. The key lies in the warships. After all, the Yalu River is not an ocean. Naval battles will never go away, not to mention the Beiyang Fleet is out of reach, and the best way to deal with warships right now is to bomb them with planes."

"That's right, that's a good way, haha, what do you think?" Zhang Zuolin asked everyone with a smile, and the generals present all agreed.

Zhang Zuolin slapped the table and said: "Pass my order, urgently transfer the bombing formation of Dalian Air Force Base, and carry out the bombing mission in Anton!"

"Yes!"

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the 2st Brigade of the 21nd Division of the Japanese Army arrived at the Qianyang position. After a short rest, they immediately issued an order for the entire brigade to go to Anton.

The news quickly reached Zhang Zuolin's ears. The 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army was less than 27 miles away from the defense line of the 15th Division of Anton, and the number of Japanese troops and supplies landing in Qianyang continued to increase. If a brigade goes ashore, by then, there will be a reorganized division on the south side of Andong, and it will really take a lot of effort to wipe it out.He immediately ordered the 10th Division to go south immediately to block the 27st Brigade of the Japanese Army, and firmly pinned the 21nd Division of the Japanese Army to the south of Anton.

The 27th Division headed south immediately after receiving the order, but before a regiment of the forward troops arrived at the scheduled combat area, they were scouted by Japanese scouts.In the face of the Japanese large-caliber naval guns, the vanguard had no chance to fight back.

"Has the formation of planes taken off yet?" Zhang Zuolin asked Yang Yuting, staring at the lawsuit on his forehead.

"It has already taken off, and it may take some time to catch up."

"Mom, I have a scar. The cucumbers and vegetables will be cold by then. Now the combat requirements have changed. If we go all out and go to the war, we can't make it up with the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed on the west bank." Zhang Zuolin He has a fiery temper and hates people the most. When he heard that the Japanese army conquered several fortifications one after another, he was furious, but after thinking about it, he was unwilling to let the soldiers face-to-face on a large scale, which might cause relatively large casualties .

"Marshal, don't worry, the staff department has formulated a second plan based on the current situation. We will attract the Japanese army to the predetermined area north of Antoho, and then concentrate artillery to bomb it at a fixed point. If the aircraft formation can arrive at that time If that is the case, the targeted strikes on the warships on the Yalu River at the same time will definitely wipe out the Japanese troops fighting across the river in one fell swoop."

Zhang Zuolin thought for a while, nodded, and said to Yang Yuting: "This is not bad, as expected of my old Zhang's chief of staff."

The weakness of the Northeast Army immediately made the Japanese army rampant. Ishii, the commander of the 4th Division, immediately let the 46th and 47th Wings who had been staying on the east bank of the Yalu River pass the pontoon bridge to further strengthen the frontal attack against the 27th Division.The fierce bombardment of the Japanese naval guns made the mortars of the 27th Division unable to use, and they could only use fortification machine guns to shoot at the Japanese attacking troops.

Since Anton is not an important coastal defense area, the coastal artillery force here is only equipped with three 3mm guns and one 130mm medium artillery. The formation suffered a lot from the shooting, and its position happened to be on the flank of the 1th Division's defense line, so that the 155st Brigade's attack could just include it in the attack range.Soon, the 11mm artillery turret was penetrated by a 12mm shell through the concrete wall on the top, and the huge explosion also showed that the ammunition of the turret was detonated.Of course, the Japanese fleet was also in a difficult situation. A cruiser was severely damaged, the turrets of the two front main guns were blown away, and a large hole was pierced on the left side of the hull. The hull tilted severely and had to withdraw from the battle with thick smoke. Just after sailing out of the mouth of the Yalu River, it sank south of Xindao.

At 5:4 in the afternoon, the 49th Wing of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army finally broke into the Andong area, and the 27th Division also received an order to withdraw from the defensive position. Zhang Jinghui, the commander of the [-]th Division, became anxious when he heard the order to withdraw troops, "What did the commander do? When we were beards, we smashed the kilns with small noses together. How can we be afraid of them now? It's really hard to understand. "

"Maybe the commander-in-chief has other arrangements. Since the headquarters has issued an order, we have no choice but to obey." The chief of staff persuaded.

Zhang Jinghui stomped his feet fiercely and let out a long sigh, "Hey! Order, withdraw troops!"

After the remaining gunners of the shore artillery force completely blasted the fort, they also retreated with the 27th Division, and the two regiments of the 27th Division also retreated slowly to the west.At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the two regiments of the 21st Brigade and the 4th Division of the Japanese Army finally joined forces in the north of Antou.Ishii was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the 2nd Division and 4th Division to gather the main force, replenish a large amount of ammunition and various equipment, and then attack the Northeast Army Command in the south of Andong.

就在人叫嚣：要以两个师团灭掉东北军全部的时候，东北军27、28师属炮兵团和第2独立炮兵旅已在安东外围展开，构筑好了炮兵阵地及机动阵地。两个师属炮兵团共有200门105毫米榴弹炮，而第2独立炮兵旅更是拥有50门105毫米榴弹炮、50门155毫米榴弹炮、50门130毫米加农炮，甚至还有5门双基推进剂式火箭炮！

At 7 o'clock that night, following the order of the Northeast Army Command, various types of artillery were fired together, and the ground in the entire Andong area was trembling violently. The main targets of the 155mm howitzers and 130mm cannons were the trenches and fortifications captured by the Japanese army. , the rockets were used to wipe out the Japanese ground troops attacking from the front, and the other artillery was responsible for concentrated strikes on the warships on the river.

People were stupefied all of a sudden, and Ishii yelled strangely: "What's going on, what's going on, what are the artillerymen behind!" At first, he thought that his divisional school had targeted the wrong target , But the news came from the communicator immediately, that it was a Chinese cannon, surrounded by Chinese artillery, and the Japanese army was completely surrounded by artillery.

Ah!
"Organize the breakout quickly, no, disperse the troops first," Ishii yelled frantically.

However, it was too late at this time. The Northeast Army's cannons seemed to have eyes, and they fell on the heads of the people. In addition, the people's defenses were lax at the beginning, and the formation was too concentrated. There was no chance to disperse for a while, and they were all killed The shells of the platoon exploded into meat paste, and the strength of the two divisions decreased rapidly and crazily, and the entire army was about to be wiped out.

"Immediately call for naval artillery fire support! Hurry up!" Ishii shouted, tugging at the signal soldier's ear.

The communication soldier grinned: "I don't know what happened to the communication device on the naval gun side, and I can't get in touch at all."

"What? Baga!" Ishii fell into complete despair, watching a shell fly across the sky towards his head.

boom!Ishii suddenly turned into a mass of scattered rotten meat!

(End of this chapter)