This time the Japanese army did not continue to stick to the defense line.

Before the attacking troops had fired with them, they took the initiative to give up the defense line and go to

Retreat on Shantou.

A battalion's offensive troops immediately chased after him without saying a word.

After shrinking the defense line, the Japanese army's less and less troops and firepower became sufficient again.

The offensive troops of a battalion, undoubtedly, once again stopped in front of the positions after the Japanese army contracted their defense line.

"It seems that the Japanese army is not strong enough! The field artillery regiment will continue to fire, end the battle immediately, and evacuate here!" The third regiment commander Huang Zhongxin shouted loudly with a little excitement.

As soon as the order was issued, the scream of shells passing through the sky remained above my head.

When Huang Zhongxin was about to say when the field artillery regiment had such a fast reaction speed, three violent bomb explosions sounded at the field artillery regiment position behind.

Before Huang Zhongxin could understand, Xu Hai's face changed and he shouted loudly: "Oh no, the Japanese reinforcements are coming. They brought cannons. Our field artillery regiment is in danger!"

Fortunately for Xu Hai, Huang Zhongxin next to him gave him a comfort as soon as he finished speaking.

"Don't worry, the field artillery regiment positions are arranged strictly in accordance with regulations and battalions."

"So, at most one battalion is attacked now, and saving two battalions will definitely launch a counterattack soon! It's not that easy for the Japanese army to eat our field artillery regiment as soon as they come up!"

At this time, the platoon leader of the investigation rushed over panting and reported: "Captain, the Japanese reinforcements have arrived. At least one of the Japanese troops in the regiment have rushed towards us quickly, less than two miles away from us!"

Huang Zhongxin frowned and said with a discomfort: "What do the Japanese army want to do? Another infantry corps are coming. Are they planning to fight us in a decisive battle?"

After thinking about it, Xu Hai said with a serious look on his face: "I don't know if it's a decisive battle, but it must be true that I want to wipe us out here! Otherwise, the Japanese army wouldn't have transferred so many troops at once."

"The appetite is really big, and they are not afraid of knocking their teeth!" Huang Zhongxin said with a gloomy face.

After finishing, he immediately asked Xu Hai: "Old Xu, what do you think we should do? Should we fight or withdraw!"

Xu Hai shook his head and replied: "It can't be retreated anymore. The Japanese army has rushed to us. How can we withdraw? I'm sure that as soon as we retreat, the Japanese army will follow us and kill us."

"It's nearly ten kilometers from here to Liaoyang. After being chased by the Japanese army for ten kilometers, how many people can we save!"

"There are also the field artillery regiment and mountain artillery battalion brought by Captain Huang. No matter how fast the retreat speed is, it is not as fast as the Japanese army's pursuit. Once we decide to retreat, it means we have to give up the field artillery regiment and mountain artillery battalion!"

Huang Zhongxin was suddenly stunned and quickly rejected: "No, no matter what, the artillery can't be completely broken here. Otherwise, we would not even have the strength to fight back in the next battle."

After some painful hesitation, Huang Zhongxin decided decisively: "If you can't withdraw, then fight!"

"Captain Xu, the enemy has a large number of troops. Although your second regiment has suffered a considerable loss, you cannot be idle! My idea is to leave the hundreds of Japanese troops trapped on the mountain to you to clean up. I will give you the mountain artillery battalion of the third regiment and end the battle as soon as possible."

"I will take the Japanese reinforcements to clean up the third regiment!"

Xu Hai nodded and added: "No problem, but I need to add one more thing. Send a scout immediately to expand the scope of reconnaissance and determine if the Japanese army has any other reinforcements! If so, we must report to the division commander for help quickly!"

"That's it!"

Xu Hai had less than 200 remaining soldiers, plus the hundreds of soldiers brought by the Chief of Staff, and less than a thousand soldiers quickly replaced the third regiment from the position.

Huang Zhongxin led nearly 2,000 elite troops from the Third Regiment to fight against the Japanese attacking troops.

As for the field artillery regiment, the field artillery battalion, which was attacked at the beginning, started from the first round of shells hitting the position and the explosion occurred, the gunners on the position quickly gave up the artillery and withdrew from the position.

Of course, these artillery soldiers who gave up on field artillery were not idle.

The Japanese field artillery brigade, which was destroyed by the Second Regiment's mountain artillery battalion, had more than a dozen field artillery pieces that were too heavy, and the Japanese army had no time to take them away when they retreated to the top of the mountain. All of them were captured by the Liaodong Army, along with artillery shells.

Now, these gunners who had just given up their artillery are quickly rushing into the artillery position full of bullet craters and Japanese corpses, adjusting their artillery and preparing to counterattack the Japanese army.

At this time, after one minute of preparation, the two battalions of the field artillery regiment had already pointed all the guns at the newly exposed artillery positions of the Japanese army.

Almost at the same time, the two field artillery battalion commanders issued the same order.

"Recharge high-explosive bombs and fire immediately!"

"Boom!" As the roar of artillery fire sounded at the two artillery positions, more than 30 artillery shells with screaming sounds quickly flew out of the cannon chamber, flew into the sky, and smashed towards the Japanese artillery positions.

Because many gunners of the field artillery regiment were former Russian prisoners, they were no worse than Japanese gunners in terms of strength.

Therefore, a round of shells passed and directly hit a hit rate of 80%.

The Japanese field artillery corps were not willing to fall behind and immediately started to fight back!

Both sides wanted to fire one more round of shells at the other side within the same time, causing more casualties to the opponent.

When the artillery battle was in full swing, the third regiment led by Huang Zhongxin and the Japanese reinforcements finally collided.

After a intensive firefight, the Third Regiment and the Japanese army each dropped hundreds of corpses, retreated for one or two hundred meters, and then began to confront each other.

Whether it was Huang Zhongxin of the Third Regiment or the division commander led by the Japanese army, they all saw the opponent's strong strength from the exchange of fire just now.

In this way, if you do not have artillery support and only rely on infantry to attack the opponent. Even if you are confident that you can destroy the opponent, you will suffer heavy losses and even lose combat effectiveness.

So, the two of them ordered the troops to retreat as if they had agreed.

They were all waiting, and after the shells on both sides separated, they decided whether to attack the opponent immediately.

The calm here did not affect the Japanese army attacking the hilltop.

In Xu Hai's view, more than a thousand soldiers under his command were killed in battle, which had more or less related to the Japanese army on the mountain.

Therefore, Xu Hai vowed to destroy these Japanese troops. Only in this way can he be worthy of the brothers who died in battle.

As soon as his mountain artillery battalion was in place, Xu Hai ordered the mountain artillery battalion to fire immediately.

Until Xu Hai, who was very unfavorable to him, was ordered to attack the two companies to form a scattered line to advance slowly towards the hill at the beginning of the shelling.

Only less than a hundred meters away from the mountaintop and had already entered the range of accidental injury of the shells, Xu Hai ordered the mountain artillery battalion to stop the artillery bombardment.

Before the Japanese army could react, hundreds of Liaodong troops immediately jumped up from the ground and began to charge.

The Japanese army also reacted very quickly. The Liaodong army had just rushed forward less than ten meters, and gunfire sounded at the top of the mountain.
Chapter completed!