Give up a trap for the Northeast Army

"The division seat has successfully retreated. Apart from a few Japanese corpses who were specially wearing our army uniforms, there was not even a bullet left for the Northeast Army. The entire battle was full of more than a hundred people, and there was no one injured..." The Chief of Staff Liu Qingwen, who quickly put down the phone, reported with an excited expression.

"Where is the Northeast Army, has our opponent started to take action..." Zhou Xingguo, the craftsman of the plan to wipe out the 8th Brigade of the Northeast Army outside the city, asked with great interest.

"A battalion of the Northeast Army's vanguard, after occupying the frontier positions of our army, was following the company and quickly approaching the first line of defense deployed by our army outside the city. Follow-up troops, including the enemy brigade headquarters, also began to approach the front line, with a very strong striking situation..." Liu Qingwen replied.

"It's good... Since we are performing for the Northeast Army now, we have to perform more realistically. Tell Commander Ye of the 79th Regiment that the first line of defense must be kept for half an hour. After half an hour, retreat to the second line of defense..." The battle situation gradually developed in the direction he expected, and Zhou Xingguo's face was immediately covered by a strong smile and ordered.

"Master, I will give orders to Captain Ye immediately..."

Compared with the smile on Zhou Xingguo's face, the brigade commander of the Eighth Brigade Ding Xichun also had a smile on his face because the news of the victory of the first battle was spread.

Looking at the messy branches on the position, you can tell at first that it was the 'corpse of officers and soldiers' abandoned by the Ninth Army. A disdain flashed across Ding Xichun's face and said, "This is the combat effectiveness of the Ninth Army. He didn't even take away the bodies of his comrades. I really don't know. How could such a unit take down thousands of Japanese devils in Lushunkou..."

Chief of Staff Chen Dongqun seemed to know a lot. He explained to Brigade Commander Ding Xichun with a positive expression: "The reason why the Ninth Army was able to take Lushunkou must be due to their sharp artillery fire. If I send tens of thousands of shells to my Eighth Brigade and all of them hit Lushunkou, my Eighth Brigade can also successfully take down thousands of Japanese troops in Lushunkou..."

"As for why the Ninth Army had such a bad battle. If Beizhi had a good guess, it must be caused by their continuous expansion of the troops. According to Beizhi's knowledge, the Ninth Army was quickly expanded from an ordinary infantry regiment in just one year. Even if their old troops, that is, a regiment's troops, have the experience of fighting with the Japanese army, and have strong combat power. However, after such a large-scale expansion, how many veterans can each army be assigned to? Therefore, after uninterrupted expansion, the combat effectiveness of the troops is weakened, that is certain..."

Chief of Staff Chen Dongqun's words immediately strengthened the judgment in the heart of the brigade commander Ding Xichun. The Ninth Army troops in front of him were not as powerful as he imagined. Since this is the case, it may be no problem to regain Lushunkou from the Ninth Army alone with just one of his own brigades.

Thinking of this, a sharp edge and expectation quickly flashed across the face of the brigade commander Ding Xichun. He was already a little eager to try. He ordered decisively: "Old Chen, immediately issue the latest combat order to the 622nd Regiment: the troops immediately launch an attack, and with lightning speed, they took down the first line of defense of the Ninth Army standing in front of them..."

“Yes, the traveler….”

In front of the Northeast Army was the first battalion of the 79th Regiment of Zhou Xingguo's troops. Although the entire defense line only has one battalion's strength. However, this battalion is definitely worth an infantry regiment of the Northeast Army in terms of firepower alone...

The battalion is equipped with 9 medium-sized mortars in 82 mm caliber, 9 small mortars in 60 mm mouth, 9 heavy machine guns, 30 light machine guns, 100 submachine guns, and 300 rifles of various types...

With such powerful firepower equipment, battalion commander Liu Xiandong was confident that he could definitely give the opponent's Northeast Army offensive troops a fatal blow for half an hour.

Seeing the main force of the Northeast Army being densely packed a kilometer away from the position, Liu Xiansheng's face not only showed any worry expression, but was shrouded in a slight excitement. As for the three company commanders lying beside Liu Xiansheng, all three faces were covered by the expectant expressions without exception.

"Battery Commander, the leader of this blocking battle must be handed over to my company... The battle on the frontier position just now was really frustrating. If it weren't for the order of the regiment, my brothers from one company after another could completely destroy the Northeast Army's vanguard battalion, so that the Northeast Army could not advance or retreat in a short period of time..." The company commander asked for the battle with a depressed expression.

After the words came, the other two company commanders were not willing to fall behind and began to ask for battle. As for battalion commander Liu Xiandong, the smile on his face did not change from beginning to end. He spoke until the three subordinates stopped quarreling and waited for their final decision.

"Okay, why bother? It took half an hour of blocking battle, I promise that everyone has a share..."

Speaking of this, battalion commander Liu Xiandong seemed to have thought of something. He changed his tone and spoke with a serious expression: "However, when fighting, you must be more at ease. In order to better complete the task assigned to us by the division, the blocking battle in the future must not only repel the enemy and defend the position, but also not to beat the enemy too much, and they are afraid of them. As for how to grasp this degree, it depends on you. In order not to expose our strong firepower in advance, in addition to the mortar, the first company will be the first to block... After blocking a attack by the Northeast Army, the second company and the third company will go on the battlefield in turn to block..."

"Yes, battalion commander..."

The first battalion of the 622nd Regiment of the 8th Brigade of the Northeast Army, although the attack dozens of minutes ago caused the troops to lose more than 50 people. However, such losses not only did not cause the first battalion to be damaged, but instead aroused the first battalion's desire for victory and the entire battlefield. Especially after occupying the frontier positions of the Ninth Army, each person received a reward of a piece of ocean. The remaining hundreds of officers and soldiers of the first battalion believed that the Ninth Army standing in front of them was vulnerable. In order to get more rewards, more oceans must take the lead, rush to the front of the troops, and grab the next main attack mission.

Before the attack order was issued from the commander of the 622nd Regiment, the battalion commander's request for battle was spread throughout the 622nd Regiment...

The first battalion won the first battle and took the lead in the entire military operation. It was impossible for the other battalion commanders to not be jealous. However, even though they were jealous, these battalion commanders did not lose their minds because of this.

The battle seemed to be very smooth when capturing the frontier positions of the Ninth Army. However, no matter what, the opponent's defenders deployed in the frontier positions only had one company's troops. One battalion used to attack the blocking positions of only one company in field battles. In the eyes of the other two battalion commanders, he was also very confident that he could take the frontier positions.

However, the two battalion commanders were not so confident about the attack that was about to break out. After all, so far, he was not clear about the distribution of the opponent's troops and the equipment. If he launched an attack rashly, he would undoubtedly suffer. Since the first battalion was rushing to find this main attack mission and help everyone test the specific situation of the blocking position in front of him, the two battalion commanders would certainly not stop him...

In this way, when he took the initiative to ask for battle and the other two battalion commanders encouraged him, the first wave of attack missions on the front line fell into the hands of the first battalion again.

"Brothers, the regiment said that for this attack, who will be the first to rush to the opponent's position will be rewarded with ten yuan. If the others succeed in rushing to the position, each person will be rewarded with two yuan. Now I order the heavy machine gun to cover it. The entire battalion will form a scattered line to attack and start attacking..."

A battalion with more than 400 people suddenly turned into a dense attack formation with a front width of more than 200 meters and a depth of more than eight rows. It was so majestic, like a gray wave of earth, slowly pressing towards the first battalion under the cover of several flames behind him.

Like the attack just now, the position guards at 500 meters were not moving at all... At 300 meters, a dense volleyball ferry suddenly rang out on the battlefield. More than 30 unlucky Northeast Army officers and soldiers fell directly on the charge road with the gunshots, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

Of course, while the gunfire sounded, the remaining offensive troops of the Northeast Army were like they had been drilled in advance, bent their waists lower. Of course, the charge route also changed from the straight line just now to the current ‘S’ curve.

The attack formation changed, and the gunshots on the head-on blocking positions became messy. However, what all the Northeast Army attacking troops did not expect was that although the gunshots kept ringing on the battlefield were messy, the accuracy of bullets was changed dramatically compared with the battle more than ten minutes ago.

On the short attack road, almost every time one meter advances, a Northeast army soldier will fall on the charge road.

In the blink of an eye, the first battalion of the 622nd Regiment of the Northeast Army unknowingly lost more than 100 troops. On the defending positions, the company commander of the 1st battalion of the 79th Regiment of the Ninth Army used the Northeast Army's underestimation of the enemy to give the opponent a "boiled frog in warm water" so that the opponent could consume the opponent's limited strength bit by bit without knowing the pain...

One hundred and fifty meters, the battalion commander of the first battalion of the enemy 622nd Regiment was still confident that he thought: as long as the troops work harder and face the closest themselves, the Ninth Army in front of him will definitely be like the same as before. The attacking troops of more than 400 people were left, with less than 300 people left. Looking at the entire attack road, starting from the 300 meters, there were more than 150 scattered scattered bodies, forming various corpses placed in various postures.

Of course, these phenomena are impossible for the battalion commander who is focused on looking ahead and thinking about victory.

"Brothers, if you work harder, the enemy will collapse... For the sake of victory and for the ocean, kill me..."

"Kill..." A loud shout sounded from the attack formation of the Northeast Army. Three heavy machine guns and nine light machine guns were under the command of the company commander, and they were already on the edge of the trench without realizing it, waiting for the launch order...

"Light and heavy machine gunners, don't save me ammunition. Target the Northeast Army in front of me, and fire hard and open fire..."

With the order of the company commander, more than a dozen machine gunners, regardless of the suppressive flames shot by the Northeast Army above their heads, directly aimed all the black holes at the enemy that was close to them.

The gunshots sounded, and dozens of fire tongues were like dozens of death gods who specialized in harvesting the lives of the enemy. Wherever the fire tongue went, the dense Northeast army officers and soldiers, without exception, were all beaten to the body of blood holes and fell into a pool of blood.

The sudden sound of dense machine gun fire and the screams of officers and soldiers around him finally woke the battalion commander from his dream. He clearly saw that the front, back, left and right were like dumplings. His subordinates who were constantly shot and fell to the ground were lost. When he saw the surroundings, he had lost more than half of the troops.

While the battalion commander was stunned, he couldn't help but skip a beat in his heart, and subconsciously exclaimed: "No, we're fooled. Retreat, retreat immediately..."

More than 400 officers and soldiers of the main battalion, with a look of embarrassment, were left with less than 150 people, including the battalion commander. As for the rest, all of them turned into corpses without exception...

"It seems that your opponents are not all a group of new recruits... From the perspective of firepower, the troops standing in front of us are a battalion. However, this battalion is essentially different from the company just now. Judging from their response to the battle, the main battalion in front of us must be the elite of the Ninth Army..." Brigade Commander Ding Xichun, who was watching the battle behind, spoke with a serious expression.

"Entertainment, even so, this main battalion cannot block the attack of our Northeast Army. As long as we continue to strengthen our firepower and consume all the limited elites of the enemy. Then, the gate to Lushunkou will be completely opened to us." Chief of Staff Chen Dongqun, did not lose his courage because of a failure of an attack, continued to speak with anticipation.

"You are right, order the 622nd Regiment to continue the attack. At the appropriate time, I will order the artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters to participate in the battle..." Brigade Commander Ding Xichun ordered in a firm tone.

"Yes. Brigade Commander..."

When the brigade commander Ding Xichun, inspired by Chief of Staff Chen Dongqun, ordered the troops to launch continuous attacks. What he didn't know was that as the defense lines deployed by the 27th Division outside Dalian City fell one after another, the Eighth Brigade of Ding Xichun's subordinate had fallen into a trap given to him by Zhou Xingguo.

The 1st Battalion of the 622nd Regiment had just withdrawn from the battlefield less than five minutes. Because of the tentative attack of the first battalion, the 2nd Battalion, which had already "find clear" the specific situation of the 79th Regiment of Zhou Xingguo's troops. Almost 500 Northeast Army walked out of the position again, lined up in an offensive formation, and prepared to launch a new round of attacks.

"Boom boom boom..." The first attack on the No-Da battlefield was undoubtedly the artillery units under the Eighth Brigade. In order to prevent their limited artillery from being completely wiped out by their opponents, Ding Xichun, who served as the attacking side, directly ordered the run and not to disperse it, and built a position in the platoon.

The explosion sounded, and shells from all directions were like eyes, landing on the first battalion's position and exploded very accurately. However, what Ding Xichun didn't expect was that the officers and soldiers of the battalion who were defending the position were already hidden in simple anti-aircraft artillery holes, waiting for the end of the artillery bombardment.

Of course, Liu Xiandong, the battalion commander of the first battalion, was not a passive person to be beaten. After he divided the 18 mortars under the battalion into three pieces and all of them were set up, he directly started targeted counterattacks.

One minute, two minutes... The rumbling cannon sounded for five minutes before it stopped due to the heavy losses of the artillery units on both sides. The 500 officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion of the 622nd Regiment of the Northeast Army followed closely behind dozens of heavy machine guns behind him and began to launch a new round of attacks.

Looking at the Northeast Army's attacking troops that were getting closer and closer to him in front of the position, the company commander of the second company quickly put down his telescope, picked up a rifle, and shouted loudly at his subordinates.

"Brothers, through their own actions, the first company eliminated the forces of nearly one battalion of the Northeast Army. Tell me, can our second company destroy an enemy battalion..."

"Can... can... can..." Three loud shouts suddenly sounded from the position.

"Very good. Since that's the case, everyone will cheer me up in the battle later... Now, since our heavy firepower has been exposed to the enemy, we don't need to hide it anymore. I ordered: the artillery platoon, and counterattack immediately. Through artillery guerrilla warfare, harass the enemy's heavy machine gun positions as much as possible to reduce the pressure on the position infantry..."

"Heavy machine guns, riflemen, once the enemy enters the three hundred meters position, they will shoot me hard.... Light machine guns, fire at two hundred meters position, submachine guns, fire at one hundred meters position. Now start, everyone is ready for battle..."

Mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, and grenades that are very suitable for melee combat. The entire battle lasted less than ten minutes. The 500 officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion had to quickly launch the battlefield like a flood due to the heavy losses of the troops.

It was not until the third round of offense that the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 79th Regiment, which was defending the position, pretended to be a defeated soldier and gave up the position after successfully eliminating 300 enemy troops. Of course, while giving up the position, a large number of Japanese corpses in the uniform of the Ninth Army were left in the blocking position without any surprise, serving as the result of the Northeast Army...

In half an hour, the first line of defense deployed by Zhou Xingguo outside the city was broken through by Ding Xichun. The excited and arrogant Ding Xichun, without any hesitation, led his troops to approach the second line of defense of the Ninth Army outside the city of Dalian without any hesitation...

In two hours, Zhou Xingguo deployed the second line of defense outside the city, and was once again broken through by Ding Xichun...

After Ding Xichun's subordinate ** Eighth Brigade, who paid a huge price of about 2,000 casualties, finally appeared in the third line of defense with high fighting spirit, engaged in a military confrontation with the 79th Regiment, and prepared to launch a new round of offensive.
Chapter completed!