"In other words, we have lost nearly one division's strength in less than two days of attacking?" the chief of staff asked back with a gloomy face.

"Hi!" Lieutenant General Miyamoto admitted with a look of pain.

At this time, another division commander who had not spoken aside said, "We can't be in a hurry anymore. As long as we hurry, there will be flaws exposed to the Liaodong Army."

The commander of the division behind the palace rushed over and said, "If you don't hurry up, the Liaodong Army will have enough time to build a position to block our attack. At that time, we will lose the advantage of surprise attacks and can only attack the Liaodong Army head-on!"

"Even if we attacked head-on with the Liaodong Army, we would not suffer such a great loss." Lieutenant General Miyamoto, who suffered the biggest loss, complained in anger.

"Today, nearly 8,000 warriors have been lost, and I must have less than a thousand people as for the Liaodong Army that have been destroyed."

"If we lose more than 8,000 warriors in the front battlefield, with our military strength and artillery advantages, we can eliminate at least twice the enemy..."

"I would rather let the warriors die on the offensive road on the front battlefield than see the warriors die in the Liaodong Army's repeated sneak attacks, and die with peace of mind! Therefore, please carefully consider the next tactics and tactics."

The three division commanders shared the same words and hoped that they would not be in a hurry anymore.

The Chief of Staff was very reluctant, but he could only compromise. After all, as the Chief of Staff, he could not afford to suffer such great losses.

Soon, the Chief of Staff decided: "Engineers, every time they build one kilometer of road, all soldiers must stay within the protection of the field artillery regiment!"

In this way, the Japanese army, who had been repairing for a day, had only walked less than six kilometers, with less than 40,000 men left.

At this moment, Li Zhilong, who could hardly find any fighter plane, had to leave the reconnaissance troops to continue to pay attention to the Japanese army and brought his main force back to Anshan County.

At this time, three Russian corps sent by the headquarters rushed to Anshan County.

Li Zhilong also saw the secret letter Yang Xingguo wrote to him.

"It turned out that the Japanese and Russian armies jointly sent troops. I said, when did the Japanese army become so brave that they dared to attack us with only 50,000 troops? It turned out that they planned to attack both inside and outside and destroy us with the Russian army!" After seeing the new, Li Zhilong suddenly realized and sighed.

The chief of staff next to him, Xiao Bing shouted excitedly: "Terminal Commander, the commander's judgment on the Japanese army in the letter seems to be correct."

"The Japanese army looks aggressive on the surface, but in fact they have a lot of considerations. One of the important considerations is casualties. As long as there are serious casualties, they have to slow down their attack speed."

"Today's battle has proved this analysis. After the Japanese army lost thousands of people, they have turned into turtles. Every step forward is very cautious, and there is no momentum at the beginning!"

"Since the commander's judgment on the Japanese army in the letter is correct, the second judgment on the Japanese army must be correct." Li Zhilong said both expectantly and seriously. "It is definitely correct!" Xiao Bing said surely." If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would have many concerns about this cooperation, even if the cooperation was proposed by the Japanese themselves!"

"After all, no one can guarantee whether the Russian army would agree to send troops on the surface, but in fact, they encouraged the Japanese to send troops themselves, consume them a lot through the Liaodong army, and break the balance between the Japanese and Russian armies on the front line of the Liaohe River."

"What else, on the surface, promised the Japanese army, but in fact, they cooperated with us to eliminate these 50,000 troops, thereby defeating the Japanese army on the front line of the Liaohe River and regaining the defeat of the Russian army in the Battle of Liaoyang... it is possible!"

"Then let's do what the commander said in the letter!" Li Zhilong decided immediately.

"According to the investigation, the Japanese army was just divided. A division was left behind to protect the artillery and baggage, which gave us a chance. Chief of staff, you stay in Anshan County, I will take three Russian troops to stab the Japanese army's weakness!"

Because the official road was destroyed, they could only walk on the small path, and the three Russian corps only used slow horses to bring a battalion of mountain cannons.

One night, the temporary barracks of Japanese troops with large quantities of large trucks and heavy artillery appeared in Li Zhilong's vision.

Li Zhilong was very glad because the Japanese army here had to continue rushing after working on the official road. In order to facilitate the journey, the entire military camp did not carry it into a group. Hundreds of artillery and hundreds of large supplies were all lined up on the official road, stretching for several kilometers in front and behind.

As for one of the divisions that protected them, in addition to the division command stationed an infantry gang, more than a dozen infantry brigades were saved to be separated by two or three hundred meters from each other and stationed on the official road.

In addition, a large number of Japanese patrols in small teams also patrol within 100 meters of both sides of the official road to prevent enemies from approaching the official road to attack artillery and baggage.

"Team Commander Li, the Japanese army is very well prepared and it is difficult to sneak attack them!" One of the three Russian corps asked with a frown.

Li Zhilong shook his head and replied: "You are wrong. The mission we came here is not to sneak attack them and achieve the greatest success. It is to tell them that there is a unit like us behind them, which will make the Japanese army worry and lose the other way!"

"Time is tight, so I won't explain much! Give the order directly!"

Two hours later, it was already dawn.

The division commander who stayed here just sent someone to explore the road ahead and confirmed that the muddy road was able to walk on the big cart.

The scream of shells passing through the sky reached his ears. Then, a violent explosion remained not far away on the official road and rang out.

The only mountain artillery battalion brought by Li Zhilong, under the control of hundreds of Russian troops, fired shells at the official roads that had stayed at a large number of Japanese troops as quickly as possible, one round after another.

Soon, a section of the official road more than 300 meters long was covered by artillery fire, including an infantry brigade stationed on this section of the official road.

Under the fierce artillery fire, a Russian army quickly launched an attack on the Japanese army from two hundred meters away.

Two Japanese patrol teams standing in front of them, the Russian army killed them with one charge.

After that, the Russian army almost stopped and continued to attack the official road that had been covered by artillery fire.

At this time, the Japanese army, who had been briefly sent to Mongolia, also responded.

Because the official road that was bombarded was very close to the division command center, the division commander, who had been on the battlefield, responded after only a few seconds of judgment.

"The Sixth Artillery Regiment, fight back immediately and destroy the enemy artillery positions."

"The fifth and seventh two infantry brigades will immediately support the battlefield and block the enemy's attack!"

"The First Infantry Brigade of the Division Command is set off immediately and detours the enemy behind blocking their retreat. Today I will wipe out all these enemies who have attacked us!"

In less than two minutes, the Japanese artillery corps fired.

What the Japanese army did not expect was that as soon as the shells they tested landed on the mountain artillery camp, more than 100 old Russian gunners followed the battalion commander and threw down more than a dozen mountain artillery to escape.
Chapter completed!