Hundreds of light and heavy artillery guns, and at least ten infantry brigades of Liefeng Army surrounded the Tianshan Fortress and attacked continuously. According to the view of a Cape reporter, "This is no longer a fight between people, this is a fight between wild beasts, this is a fight between steel and steel!"

Up to now, the Liu army has invested more than 80 infantry companies just in front of the Tianshan Fortress, but the strength of the troops guarding the Tianshan Fortress is no more than six full-sized infantry companies. The artillery fire of the Liefeng people has destroyed everything on the top of the mountain, and only a few fortifications can survive. The defenders use rifles and bayonets to solve the battle without any cover.

The Liefeng people suffered even greater casualties. They took advantage of the night to attack the top of the left wing again and suppressed the Liu army to several solid fortifications. However, the Liefeng army was also completely injured, and the cadres were almost killed in battle, and the troops were in great chaos. However, in the early morning, Su Xue, who had no soldiers at hand, sent troops to fight back again.

This time, the eleven infantry companies were urgently mobilized by Liu Jingxiao. Liu Jingxiao even transferred all his security companies. The counterattack troops and the defenders responded bravely and attacked bravely. However, the Liefeng Army also fought to the death and resisted with bayonets, buttlets and even stones. The two sides launched several hours of hand-to-hand combat before the Liu army finally regained the position.

Su Xue didn't even feel like he looked at the Tianshan Fortress. There were cold corpses of soldiers from both sides everywhere, and some of them were still hugging each other tightly. However, in this situation, Aisu Saburo also went crazy. He concentrated all his artillery troops to launch an assault on the Tianshan Fortress, and never gave Liu Jun any chance to repair fortifications. Then the infantry launched an attack.

The battle between the two sides lasted for three days. The Liefeng Army rushed to the position again and again. Then the Liu army defeated the Liefeng Army again and again. Within one day, the hospital in the rear of the Liu army admitted 1,700 seriously injured people from the Tianshan Fortress. You should know that the Liu army's troops stationed on the Tianshan Fortress on that day did not exceed 1,000 people, and the battle situation had reached a tragic situation where the dead were far exceeding the injured.

However, Liu Jun still withstood the attack of the Liefeng Army, but Liu Jingxiao had already discovered in pain that so far, he only had six companies of reserves, but he really didn't want to use these six infantry companies. If the Liefeng Army makes a breakthrough in other directions, it would be really a big deal.

The infantry company retreated from the Tianshan Fortress and was still in an emergency. Even if it suppressed the integrated company, there were only about twenty people in an infantry company. How could it be pulled up? The comrades and Nao soldiers all took their guns. Liu Jingxiao just couldn't figure out how the Liefeng people were so enthusiastic about the Tianshan Fortress!

"It is a crime to bring untrained strong men to the battlefield!" This is one of Liu Jingxiao's famous sayings. However, when it comes to this occasion, Liu Jingxiao has already considered this possibility. Liu Jingxiao fought in Hebei and recruited tens of thousands of soldiers on the spot, in addition to 60,000 or 70,000 Masters served Liu Jun. Liu Jingxiao considered the possibility of urgently replenishing Masters into the army.

As for the reinforcements, he urgently drew two infantry divisions from the southeast, but it would take two days to arrive. Now he even drew half of the troops used to defend Guangdong in northern Fujian and north of Xi, and there were a lot of reserve troops added every day, but the consumption in Cangzhou was too great.

In the end, Liu Jingxiao had no choice but to make this decision: "Except for the Tianshan Fortress, order each infantry regiment to draw me a complete infantry company regardless of the reason!"

Su Xue also couldn't stand such occasions, so she could only come to Bai Ling, the old soldier. This old soldier was also very tenacious. He used every infantry company drawn by Liu Jingxiao just right. However, as long as he resisted the infantry company of the Liefeng Army head-on, he would often be exhausted in less than an hour after he was put in. The Liefeng Army rushed up the mountain desperately, and after all the bullets were fired, he started a hand-to-hand combat, and when the bayonet broke, he fought naked, which was completely crazy.

According to the records of the Liefeng people, they invested seven divisions in front of the Tianshan Fortress, five of which were judged to be "nearly completely destroyed!", while two divisions were recorded as "destroyed".

"Quick! Quick! Quick! You are here just right, the troops enter the position and unfold!" Just as the howling train stopped, Liu Jingxiao's messenger had already pulled the reinforcement army to the Tianshan Fortress. Eight companies rushed to the position with bayonets and finally drove the Liefeng Army down.

The entire Tianshan Fortress finally became a corpse, with broken corpses everywhere, and the air was filled with corpses. Then Bai Ling threw himself into the twelve infantry companies and launched a counterattack, but was completely defeated.

However, in the mountains of Tianshan Mountain, the 11th Army did have exhausted its vitality. The great damage of 55,000 people caused the 11th Army to lose its combat power in a short period of time, and the carefully reserved ammunition was almost exhausted. However, Qianwang Shendu still did not give up. He gathered the two newly arrived reserve infantry brigades, and almost succeeded in launching a surprise attack. Liu's army suffered heavy casualties, but was finally shot out.

In the next few days, the war finally eased. Liu's army suffered more than 30,000 crew cuts in this total attack. In addition, non-combat reductions, the battle and non-combat reductions in Liu's army ended in this Hebei Battle, which reached terrifyingly as many as 70,000.

However, the Liu army has the foundation of the seven southeastern provinces. Two newly arrived infantry divisions, plus the temporary recruitment of 24,000 reserve troops, although the overall combat power cannot reach the level before the war, it can at least make up for most of the amount.

The 23rd Division defended the Tianshan Fortress to the fortress first, and Liu Jingxiao gave special commendations, and was organized as an army based on the 23rd Division Command. However, everyone was very chessboard because the next time was the counterattack.

The 11th Army exhausted its infantry forces in three total attacks. According to intelligence, they have not received much supplementary troops and ammunition over the past period of time. The troops in front of Cangzhou have great hope of hurting it severely in an attack.

For the Cangzhou Army, the most favorable situation is that it is like now. The Eleventh Army launched an attack again. After such heavy losses, they launched another attack on the Tianshan Fortress. Although the scale was greatly reduced, the casualties were still very heavy, and the Liu Army was constantly recovering its combat power.

In the Seventh Army Command of the newly formed area.

Su Xue and Bai Ling, who had just returned from the hospital, were both very excited. Su Xue said: "Following this situation, in less than two days, the 11th Army will no longer exist!"

Bai Ling smiled faintly, but his eyes were filled with extreme enthusiasm: "Our army has prepared two infantry divisions. In addition, the two divisions directly under it, six divisions of other armies, a total of ten divisions. Just wait for them to hit the 11th Army when they can't attack at night, and they are very sure to wipe out the 11th Army!"

Just as they were excited to speak, the gate of the headquarters was suddenly knocked open, Ding Ning glanced at it, and then said to Su Xue: "The division commander's order, counterattack plan...cancel!"

Bai Ling couldn't help but ask in disappointment: "What's wrong? Why don't you seize such a good opportunity?"

Ding Ning smiled bitterly: "The latest news... Liefeng Army has landed in Jiaodong!"

Bai Ling knew that things were broken, and the Liefeng people advanced along the Jiaoji Railway. It is very likely that the Liu army's artery was cut off, the main artery of the Jinpu Road, and Shandong was the foundation of the Liu army. In Jiaodong, there were undercurrents, and the Liefeng people could use many cards.

Su Xue immediately asked: "How many landing troops are there? How many troops do we have in Jiaodong?"

Ding Ning shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet that the Liefeng people landed last night. The 11th Army's continued attack is probably a trick to ensure the landing in Jiaodong!"

Bai Ling was anxious: "What should we do with the division commander? We only put a group in Jiaodong. It is very difficult to maintain public order..."

Su Xue shook her head and said, "To be precise, there are one regiment headquarters and one half battalion, and another half battalion has been pulled to the front line of Cangzhou. The division commander has ordered the troops in Shandong Province to come and reinforce! "

Bai Ling is a very orthodox soldier. He estimated: "At the beginning, the Liefeng people could land at least two infantrymen a day and answered correctly, and then they could land in four brigades every day. This battle is difficult to fight!"

Bai Ling's estimate is correct. However, the first wave of landing of the Liefeng people is truly unprecedentedly huge. So far, the landing forces of the Liefeng people are expected to be equivalent to four special marines in the Navy, and two infantry brigades. There are still four infantry brigades on the sea that are disembarking, and the second wave of landing of the Liefeng people is expected to use twelve brigades.

This is an unprecedented landing, but in order to deal with the battle situation in Cangzhou, Liu Jingxiao has spent most of his capital here, and Shandong has very few troops.

Su Xue asked casually: "Jingxiao?"

Ding Ning replied: "He has just taken the train back! There are two infantry regiments who go back together. I guess many troops are going back to Shandong!"

And the operations of Cangzhou, the landing in Jiaodong is the opinion of the navy. Strictly speaking, the navy is jealous of the military achievements of the army. According to the navy, the navy of Shandong is almost weak to be negligible, and the strength of the Liefeng Army Navy is now the best in the world.

This strength is not only reflected in military ships, but also in the Marine Corps. The army has formed so many infantry divisions, and the Navy is unwilling to live behind. The Navy's Special Marine Corps has formed more than a dozen new forces, but these Marine Corps have only participated in the encirclement and suppression of Li Tiemei's volunteer army in southern Liaoning.

The army is full of territories and has gained a lot of territory. According to the navy, "Even in ports, the army will compete with us..."

But no matter what, the main force of the Liefeng Huan Fleet in Lushunkou has never done anything big for a long time except to clear out ships transporting arms to the south. Therefore, the Military Order Minister Fujiya Siba and Navy Minister Tian Weiyinshi jointly issued an order: "Our enemy is the army, and Shandong's territory must belong to the navy!"

Therefore, the Navy completely abandoned the Army and made its own arrangements. They only temporarily notified the Army before landing: "The Imperial Navy will land in Shandong on the D-D. Please cooperate..."

The base camp was originally unwilling to approve this plan, but the navy threatened: "If you don't agree, please give me the position..."

In order to maintain the unity of the cabinet, the base camp approved this plan under the pressure of the navy. The South Manchu army could not help but call out six infantry brigades. As a result, Qianwang Shendu wrote in his memoirs afterwards: "In the eyes of the Navy, the Imperial Army is just cargo. With the same tonnage transport ship, the Navy will only stuff a special Marine squadron, and the Army will fortify the next infantry brigade!"

But no matter what, the landing of the navy organization was smoothly no longer smooth. There was no main force of the Liu army on the scheduled landing sites, Rongcheng Bay and Longxu Island. There were only a small number of local troops stationed, and the Liu army troops left behind in Shandong were only 30,000.

Under such circumstances, two special Marines immediately went ashore, fought fiercely with the left-behind Liu army and occupied many key points. Then, people and arbores returned to the shore continuously, and six brigades had already arrived in one day. The special Marines of the Liefeng Navy, the army in the past only said: "Good equipment!"

The implication is that the Special Marine Corps is a scheming, but this time the Special Marine Corps attack was very powerful, and a small number of Liu troops could only fight and retreat, and all members of some teams were killed in battle.

However, the progress of the special Marine Corps was not particularly smooth. Liu Jingxiao has been in Jiaodong for many years. When he heard that the people of Liefeng came, the people spontaneously organized armed forces. The team of Liefeng people often encountered the people's armed forces all over the sky.

However, the Liefeng people still have some hope for this. According to the special information provided by Qianwang Shendu Zhongzuo, the Jiaodong region in history was the most armed people. The entire Shandong area opposed Liu Jingxiao's forces. The so-called four great masters of Jiaodong have always held a grudge against Liu.

Therefore, the Liefeng people hoped that people could rise up and wait for the King's Division. On the other hand, because the landing troops were too thin, the Liefeng people waited until the remaining four infantry brigades were all gone to the shore and immediately set off to prepare for the second wave of landing.

As for the advance speed calculated by meters on the Cangzhou front, the Liefeng Army landed in Jiaodong was very smooth, and some of their troops had reached the near-term effect in Weihai.

At this time, the commander of Shandong Navy Lu Da looked ugly. He pointed to a bunch of subordinates and cursed: "What are you doing? The ten infantry brigades of Liefeng people have hit our nests! Our navy also has marines, tell everyone! Weihai cannot be lost!"

An officer below echoed: "Commander-in-Chief, it is important to defend Weihai, but the key is to prevent the Liefeng people from continuing to reinforce!"
Chapter completed!