The Chief of Staff frowned and analyzed: "It's indeed a dilemma! The first two times we dispatched heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Liaodong Army. The Liaodong Army used this method to force us to divide the troops, and then each defeated a large number of people and finally defeated us."

A division commander who had just been transferred from the country next to him asked disbelief: "Chief of Staff, is there no solution?"

"If we are encircling and suppressing the Liaodong Army and fighting the Liaodong Army, we have a way. As long as we advance step by step and do not divide the troops, the Liaodong Army will not do anything to us. At most, the encirclement and suppression will take longer and consume more materials and ammunition." A division commander who was once defeated by the Liaodong Army frowned and analyzed.

"But it's not possible now. Our attack this time is to raid Liaodong. We retreated before the main force of the Liaodong army returned to the rescue of Liaodong. There is no time to advance step by step. Therefore, unless the troops are divided, time will not wait for people, and we will never be able to raid Liaodong."

Oyama Iwata replied with a calm face: "Sakamoto is right. Only by dividing troops can this raid be completed."

"But we gave the Liaodong Army the opportunity to defeat us as soon as we split our troops. Especially the heavy artillery troops and the baggage troops, the combat effectiveness is not strong at all. As long as we are targeted by the Liaodong Army, we will be unable to escape being attacked."

At this time, the Chief of Staff replied tentatively: "Commander-in-Chief, is it impossible to divide the troops?"

According to information, the Liaodong Army had only one army in Liaodong and 30,000 troops. I just broke through the Liaodong Army's defense line and ate at least one of their divisions."

Dashanyan immediately reacted and said, "In other words, there are only two divisions of the Liaodong Army standing in front of us and 20,000 people."

"We only think that the previous few times of encirclement and suppression of the Liaodong Army failed because of division of troops. We ignored that the total strength of the Liaodong Army was only 20,000, and we had an absolute advantage in military strength and artillery fire."

"Even if we divide our troops, 20,000 Liaodong troops will not have the strength to attack the artillery and baggage troops behind us if we want to stop us from raiding Liaodong. Of course, the Liaodong Army can also choose to draw heavy troops to attack our artillery and baggage troops. However, as long as we leave a division and the artillery provides a steady stream of artillery fire support, no matter how strong the Liaodong Army is, it will not do anything to us."

The chief of staff said confidently: "I hope the Liaodong Army will choose the latter and raid our artillery and baggage troops. Then the Liaodong Army will not have enough troops to block our raid troops."

The commander who fought with the Liaodong Army and was defeated shouted with a frenzy: "As long as there is no heavy raid in the Liaodong Army, at most two days, I can lead my troops to Liaozhong, destroy the Liaodong Army's headquarters left by the Liaozhong, and then quickly retreat with the capture before the main force of the Liaodong Army returns to aid."

Seeing the expressions of approval and fanatical expressions on the faces of several subordinates, Dashanyan, who also thought there was no problem, immediately decided: "Then divide the troops and leave a division to protect the artillery and the baggage troops, and then two engineer corpses to repair the official road, so that they can continue to advance, and shorten the distance between the main force and the artillery as much as possible. If there is any accident, they can support each other."

"I personally command other troops and raid the Liaodong Army's remaining headquarters."

"In addition, the Chief of Staff's proposal just now is very good. It is best to attract the attention of the remaining two divisions of the Liaodong Army to our artillery and baggage units. We can do some tricks on the left-behind troops so that the Liaodong Army thinks they can easily take it."

The Chief of Staff's eyes lit up and immediately looked at Dashanyan and waited for the following text.

"As long as the Liaodong Army sees it, our left-behind troops will only have one brigade, not one division." Dashanyan replied without thinking.

"The remaining troops are too small, and the Liaodong Army will definitely doubt it. A brigade is not too many, and the two main divisions of the Liaodong Army can be eaten in one bite. I believe that the Liaodong Army who received the news will definitely be moved."

The chief of staff immediately responded and said, "I can let a brigade pretend to be a baggage unit and attract the Liaodong army to be deceived."

It took only twenty minutes for Dashanyan to join the forward team with the main force.

Nearly 60,000 Japanese troops in three divisions fought continuously for several days without any baggage and ammunition.

Without leaving the large cart of supplies, Dashanyan decisively drew nearly two thousand horses from the baggage troops to carry the materials and ammunition needed for the troops to fight, and then pulled out the war horses of the two cavalry corps to assist the baggage troops in transporting ammunition.

In this way, the forward United gets a slow horse that can be used to wading landmines.

Seeing that the landmines were no longer available to the Japanese, the engineer company stopped fighting and retreated along the official road.

In less than an hour, he retreated to the back of the blocking position of the 11th Division and met with the main force of the division.

More than ten minutes later, the Japanese vanguard corps also appeared in front of a regiment of blocking positions.

The Japanese who were equipped with mortars and grenade launchers and had experienced the victory just now did not take a look at the ball at all.

As soon as we came up, we put the eighteen mortars equipped by the corps in an open space less than one kilometer away from the regiment.

Then more than 800 infantrymen were arranged, carrying rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns and mortars, and approaching a regiment of positions.

"The Japanese really think they are invincible! Without mountain cannons and heavy cannons, I see how arrogant you are today!" The commander of the regiment, who had already received the news of the Japanese division, said with a sneer.

The eight hundred Japanese soldiers who are getting closer will undoubtedly pay a very heavy price for their arrogance and arrogance.

Before the regiment commander gave a counterattack order, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion next to him could not help but remind: "Governor Commander, give me a minute and I can destroy all the eighteen mortars that the Japanese had placed in front of us."

"If you think the Japanese artillery is made of mud, won't they transfer it? In one minute, I'm satisfied that you can destroy half of their mortars." The regiment commander angrily hit the battalion commander of the artillery battalion.

Seeing an awkward smile on the other party's face, the regiment commander immediately explained: "Destroying the Japanese artillery is a trivial matter. No matter how many mortars are equipped, it will not threaten your artillery battalion. So, what I want is not to eat their artillery, but to eat more than 800 infantry in front of us! Once your mountain cannons are fired, it is not to scare them all away."

Seeing the sudden enlightenment on his subordinates' faces, the regiment commander ordered at the right time: "The mission of the artillery battalion remains unchanged. The counterattack is turned on with the sound of your artillery as a signal, and destroy more mortars of the Japanese in the shortest time."

"After breaking up the Japanese artillery, immediately bombard the main force behind the Japanese. I saw that they are all within the range of mountain cannons. Your artillery battalion can blow up as much as you can. Anyway, they are all Japanese. If you die, we will lose one opponent."

"Three mortar companies were blown up against the tails and heavy machine gun positions of the Japanese attacking troops, and tried to blow up a fire isolation belt, so that the Japanese attacking troops could not retreat even if they wanted to retreat."

"Infantry, as long as all the Japanese rush into the front of the formation, they will fight back with all their strength. Rifles and light machine guns will deal with ordinary Japanese infantry, and heavy machine guns will deal with Japanese grenade launchers. I heard that Japanese grenade launchers are very powerful and are specifically used to attack our light and heavy machine guns, but the range is very close. Heavy machine guns must ensure that Japanese grenade launchers will be knocked into hornet's nests as soon as they appear."

"I've heard it all. I'm going to eat more than 800 Japanese in front. I'll cause trouble for anyone who lets them go."
Chapter completed!