"Go back and tell you the wing captain and stop attacking the military port!"

"However, the Liaodong Army that occupied the military port must not threaten the defense line we arranged outside Dalian City. I will immediately draw two brigades to your regiment leader. Use the troops of four infantry brigades to surround the military port, and you cannot let a Liaodong Army leave the military port."

As soon as the captain left the war room with the order, Oyama Iwa continued to order: "Chief of Staff, immediately draw two out of the twelve infantry brigades that had just been reorganized and send them to Captain Fujino's corps."

"Also, six more brigades will be drawn to reinforce the front line."

"Most of these people are technical troops, and their combat power alone will definitely not be much better. They may even be deserters again. Only by mixing with infantry can their combat power be exerted."

Fortunately for Matsuda, the violent shelling outside the city lasted for another five or six minutes, and finally stopped.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the Japanese who reinforced the frontier positions rushed to the position with great strength.

In their opinion, after such a violent shelling, there must be not many people left in the front line. If they don’t seize the time, the Liaodong Army will definitely take the opportunity to enter the front line.

But what surprised them was that they did not see the Liaodong Army's attacking troops until they rushed to the position.

The dense Liaodong Army did not seem to intend to attack, and stopped at five or six hundred meters in front of the formation to build trenches.

"What does the Liaodong Army mean? Is it because they lack troops and have no strength to attack, and plan to fight against the trenches and land us in Dalian City." Lieutenant General Matsuda frowned and said to himself.

The chief of staff next to him was not as worried as Matsuda.

The reinforcements rushed to the frontier position in front of the Liaodong Army. In the view of the Chief of Staff, the most dangerous level of defending Dalian City has passed. Although the five infantry brigades on the frontier have lost nearly 70% of their troops, as long as the frontier position is still in their own hands, the chances of defending Dalian and persevering until the commander-in-chief return to the aid will be much greater.

But he was not happy for too long, and the harsh whistle of the shells passing through the sky reached their ears again.

Before the chief of staff could react, the division commander's face turned pale, and then he suddenly realized his mind and shouted: "Bageyalu, we have been fooled. The Liaodong Army wants to use artillery fire to kill and injure our troops in large quantities."

"It's over, the five infantry brigades that have just been reinforced are finished!"

At this time, the Chief of Staff also reacted at the reminder of Matsuda and cursed: "Baga, the Liaodong Army is too cunning, how can they do this! Division Commander, I will contact them immediately and ask them to withdraw from the frontline position."

Matsuda shook his head and replied helplessly: "It's too late, hundreds of artillery cannons are bombarded together, and the Liaodong army has prepared for a long time, and the troops have no chance to retreat at all. Moreover, the casualties caused by retreating in artillery fire may be greater than those hidden on the spot!"

"Now I can only hope that the Liaodong Army will not have a long shelling time, otherwise our five infantry brigades will definitely suffer heavy losses."

After saying that, Matsuda, who had a pale face, immediately thought of the five infantry brigades that were heading to the front line to reinforce.

He ordered the Chief of Staff, who was also not good-looking, and said, "Immediately order the five brigades who are still on the road. When they arrive at the battlefield, they must not rush forward blindly. Unless the Liaodong Army attacks, they will not be able to go to the position."

"If it really doesn't work, I will give up my position and fight street battles with the Liaodong army."

Compared with the heavy atmosphere in the Japanese war room, the atmosphere at the frontier command center where Li Zhilong is located is much more relaxed.

"Commander Li, it's better to have your plan. I will eat five Japanese infantry brigades in one go. I believe that the commander of the Japanese division has the intention to commit suicide now. He lost five infantry brigades for no reason. He didn't even see our shadow. He would be frustrated if he put it on anyone." Li Xiaohu, the commander of the Guard Division, said with admiration at Li Zhilong.

"It's all small tricks. Please use them a year ago, it's nothing!" Li Zhilong said with a modest look on his face.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhilong raised his telescope and stared at the frontier positions of the Japanese who were completely covered by artillery fire.

In order to use shells as much as possible to kill the Japanese, the sudden shelling took another twenty minutes before stopping.

It is definitely impossible to let the Japanese suffer twice in one thing, so after this round of artillery attacks, Li Zhilong did not expect the Japanese army to be deceived again.

As soon as the artillery of mountain artillery and heavy artillery stopped, several divisions equipped with mortar racks began to be bombarded. The dense shells still hit the frontier positions of the Japanese and exploded, giving the Japanese no time to breathe.

As soon as the mortar was fired, the infantry also moved.

The two main regiments, in battalions, carried a large number of heavy machine guns, and rushed towards the frontier positions of the Japanese.

Like the usual attack, the heavy machine guns will stand up three hundred meters in front of the formation, find a suitable terrain to arrange heavy machine gun positions, and then roar to provide fire cover to the offensive troops.

At this time, although the explosions and smoke covering the frontier positions blocked the Japanese's view, the Japanese still saw the Liaodong Army attack.

The five brigades of Japanese soldiers were afraid that the shells falling from the sky would take their lives, especially those Japanese from technical troops.

But under the threat of infantry and officers around him, he could only bite the bullet and stare at the artillery fire and rush towards the front positions.

Because, in the face of the Liaodong Army's attack, the counterattack sounds from frontier positions were very weak.

Although the specific losses of the frontier positions were not clear, officers with rich combat experience could still judge that the frontier positions suffered heavy losses and the defenders were insufficient in sufficient force, which could not stop the attack of the Liaodong Army.

In this case, if the reinforcements are not quickly raised, the Liaodong Army will likely take the opportunity to rush to the position.

Apart from the infantry rushing towards the front positions, several squadron captains did not forget the only mortars and grenade launchers in their hands that could threaten the Liaodong Army from a distance.

Nearly a hundred mortars and grenade launchers were mounted on the spot, and they started to smash shells on the attacking troops with just a simple aim.

Soon, the offensive troops began to suffer casualties.

However, because the attacking troops had only one infantry battalion in each direction and were lined up in several scattered lines, the formation was very scattered, and even though there were casualties, the casualties were not very large.

And the Japanese who rushed forward in the fire of artillery were not so lucky.

An infantry brigade in each direction rushed towards the front positions. A round of shells fell down, and there were many Japanese killed and injured.

A brigade finally managed to kill the position and jumped into the trenches with gaps everywhere. An infantry brigade lost at least 30% of its troops on the road.

After the Japanese captain cursed Baga, he immediately ordered his subordinates to fight back.

Although the Japanese were constantly killed and injured by shells falling from the sky, or were shot into hornets' nests by heavy machine gun bullets shot in the face, the Japanese still fought back with no life.
Chapter completed!