A few hours ago, Dashanyan received a telegram that the rear troops were attacked, and then the contact between Dashanyan and the 20 soldiers was cut off.

After confirming that all the dozen radio stations equipped by the rear troops lost contact, Dashanyan immediately realized that the rear troops were finished.

Even though he had no calculations, the Liaodong Army gave up his own troops with only more than 20,000 troops. To everyone's surprise, he directly attacked the artillery with a total force of more than 40,000 troops behind him.

Not to mention that the infantry of a division was defeated by the Liaodong Army without even persisting for half a day with the support of hundreds of artillery artillery fire.

You know, the reason why I left an infantry division to protect the artillery was to prevent the Liaodong Army from attacking its artillery.

In Dashanyan's view, an infantry division, five baggage corps, and hundreds of heavy artillery pieces, even if it is surrounded by the Liaodong Legion, it will be fine if it lasts for a few days.

But it was such a unit that he thought was indestructible. Under the attack of 30,000 Liaodong troops, he could not hold on for even a long time, which made Dashanyan shocked and incredible.

"Baga, how is it possible? How did the Liaodong Army do it? Without any advantage, we defeated more than 40,000 of us in just a few hours. Even if we have more than 40,000 pigs, more than 30,000 Liaodong Army will not be able to kill them all in such a short time!"

The successive defeats were already numb to the Chief of Staff. In his opinion, there was nothing on the battlefield that the Liaodong Army could not do.

So, the moment he received the telegram, the Chief of Staff realized that the artillery must be finished.

With his understanding of the Liaodong Army, the Liaodong Army either does not take action, and once it takes action, he will be sure to win.

Sure enough, in just a few hours, the connection between the headquarters and the artillery was completely interrupted.

If you cannot contact one or two of the radio stations, you can still blame the accident. But now more than a dozen radio stations have lost contact, so this cannot be described as the word accident.

At this time, the Chief of Staff was almost certain that the more than 40,000 artillery and baggage troops left behind were finished. Even if the entire army was not destroyed, the battlefield would collapse and become a defeated soldier. Otherwise, it would be impossible for more than a dozen radio stations to be brought out of the battlefield.

Thinking of this, the Chief of Staff did not comfort Dashanyan, but thought of his future as soon as possible.

If the Liaodong Army can destroy more than 40,000 Manchu troops behind, then it will have the ability to destroy more than 20,000 Manchu troops here.

At this time, the Liaodong Army, which was determined to win the battle, had already gathered its main force to fight to its position!

In order to survive, although the Chief of Staff did not want to touch Dashanyan's brow at this time, it made Dashanyan unhappy. But he still reminded: "Commander-in-Chief, I don't know if the hundreds of artillery we left behind were captured by the Liaodong Army."

"If the situation is so bad that we least want to see, once we are surrounded by the Liaodong army, there is a way for the entire army to be destroyed. For the future of the Manchu army, Bei Zhi begs the commander-in-chief to make the worst plan!"

Dashanyan, who had been cursing for a while just now, suddenly fell silent.

He had a gloomy face and thought for five minutes before he said firmly: "No matter whether there is any accident in the artillery and baggage troops in the rear, the remaining 20,000 people in the main force must not have any accidents."

The chief of staff frowned and asked, "But there is a Liaodong army blocking the road ahead. In a short period of time, it will not be able to break through the opponent's interception."

Seeing that Dashanyan did not speak, the Chief of Staff continued to remind: "Also, the main force of the Liaodong Army is likely to be coming towards us. If you cannot leave here as soon as possible, you may be surrounded by heavy troops of the Liaodong Army!"

Dashanyan still frowned and refused to speak.

Faced with this situation, the alive division commanders below could not help it.

I immediately told Dashanyan that he had thoughts, and some suggested attacking again and assembled all the mortars and light and heavy machine guns equipped with the troops to attack.

Some proposed to drive away the livestock looted by the troops to attack, use the livestock to block bullets in front, and cover the infantry to enter the Liaodong Army's positions.

Until several division commanders finished their thoughts, Dashanyan's frown still did not relax.

However, his eyes began to shoot out two rays of light.

With more than a dozen eyes staring at the same time, he said firmly: "No matter whether you can rush over or not, you can't safely withdraw from Lushun!"

"Don't forget, on the way back to Lushun, in addition to the thousands of Liaodong troops here, there is also the main force of the Liaodong Army that had just wiped out tens of thousands of artillery soldiers. Don't just break through here, and then you will run into the main force of the Liaodong Army."

The Chief of Staff looked dim and asked with a desperate look: "Then we can't go back!"

"No, we still have a chance!" Dashanyan replied without thinking.

Then without saying a word, he pointed to the map and analyzed: "The Liaodong Army killed one unexpectedly, and we can also kill the Liaodong Army and the other unexpectedly, breaking through in a direction that the Liaodong Army could never have imagined."

More than a dozen subordinates saw Dashanyan drawing on the map with his hands, and everyone showed an expression of disbelief.

The Chief of Staff was no exception, looking at Dashanyan in a daze and asked, "Isn't this going deeper into Liaodong? Commander-in-Chief, if we are surrounded by the Liaodong army on the road, it will be even more difficult to break out."

Not only was Dashanyan not worried, but he became more confident. He explained to his subordinates: "Even you think it is impossible to succeed in breaking through this direction, so the Liaodong Army must not have thought of this path."

"Also, in order to eliminate us, the Liaodong Army must have gathered all the troops that can be mobilized in Liaodong. If nothing unexpected happens, the entire Liaodong will definitely be empty now. As long as we avoid county towns and some important towns as much as possible, the entire retreat road will be unobstructed."

"Also, when we retreated, except for weapons and ammunition and ten days of dry food, all the remaining supplies were thrown away."

Even if the Liaodong Army reacts and sends heavy troops to pursue us, unless the Liaodong Army sends cavalry, it will definitely not be able to catch up with us."

"Of course, even if the Liaodong Army really sent cavalry to pursue us, we were not afraid. The cavalry had high requirements for roads. As long as we chose a few more mountain roads to retreat, the cavalry would not do anything to us."

At this time, many subordinates showed a sudden enlightenment on their faces, and even an expression of admiration for Dashanyan.

But there were still several subordinates with a hint of concern on their faces, including the Chief of Staff.

At this time, Dashanyan continued to analyze: "Of course, I can't take more than 20,000 soldiers to take risks just because I inferred it."

"If the main force of the Liaodong Army really comes to us, it will be tomorrow. In other words, we still have one night to investigate."

"Chief of Staff, send all our remaining cavalry to go deep into Liaodong to investigate and confirm whether Liaodong is really empty."

"Tell the cavalry that I can only give them seven hours to reconnaissance, and if my inference is correct, seven hours will be the best time for us to retreat and transfer."
Chapter completed!