When the firepower is encountered by the roundabout way, it turns into a tragedy.△With the crossing and vertical firepower of the entire trench system, the firepower delivery volume of the Fuxing Army was four times that of the Russo-Japanese War. Not to mention the mortars, even the seventy-two machine guns assigned to each division were enough to smash the Japanese army's onboard charge.

However, the commander of the detour troops in the rear, Horio Harukami Nakasa did not want to give up. After the previous wave of attacks was confirmed to have failed, he took advantage of the last darkness before dawn to order the troops to attack the positions of the Chinese army. Miyata, the staff officer of the division with him, also agreed with this order. The detour troops have been exposed. If the flanks of the Chinese army cannot be successfully penetrated, it will be difficult for this troops to retreat. The gap between the lake and Longwan River that he passed before was probably blocked by the Chinese army. Therefore, the entire detour troops were trapped in this narrow triangle area built by the North Canal and Longwan River. If they do not penetrate the defense line, the troops will eventually be surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese army.

At 4:13, after firing a signal flare that the headquarters would charge to the death, the mountain cannons carried by the entire detour troops once again focused on bombarding the Beicai Village defense line. After all the shells were shot, the Japanese army began to stage a tragedy of flesh-and-blood fighting against steel.

After receiving the news of the Japanese detour on the east side, the front-line strengthened Beicai's defensive firepower, and the entire division's machine guns and mortars were concentrated there. When the report of the Japanese charge being repelled, Beicai Village was no longer the focus of the command. Instead, the night patrol airship sent the news that the Japanese army had set up a floating bridge on the Yongding River, which surprised everyone. This shows that Lei Yizhen's judgment was correct. Japan was indeed detouring on both sides at the same time, but their plan should be to attack the east first. After the defenders' attention moved east, they would launch an attack from the west. Of course, it is also possible that because the west detour was farther away, there was no attack yet.

After confirming that the airship's information was correct again, Lei Yizhen suddenly asked: "When will it be dawn?"

"Dawn? At most half an hour." Xu Dachun said. "What do you mean is that the enemy on the west side will launch an attack at dawn?"

"That's what it means." Lei Yizhen nodded, "It's the best time. Once dawn, no matter how good they hide, they will reveal their tails." After he said this, he turned around the house a few times, and then said: "Order: All artillery regiments on the western front will carry out cover artillery bombardment on the Huanghuashang area of ​​Douzhangzhuang to clear the enemy in front of the formation and disrupt their white-blade charge; stationed in the 121st Division in Langfang, immediately mobilized. After dawn, along the Beijing-Tianjin Line to the south and headed to the East Horse Circle to guard it; after dawn, the 123rd Division in the East Horse Circle to mobilize immediately, and after dawn, the Beijing-Tianjin Line to the south and headed to Douzhangzhuang to guard it; and..."

Lei Yizhen said that the brighter the eyes of the staff members were. The order was to move the entire defense line forward. Is this going to attack? Sure enough, within a few seconds, Lei Yizhen continued: "The artillery regiment on the south line immediately shelled the enemy in front to prepare for artillery fire. At dawn, the 4th Division began to attack. The 4th Division attacked south along the North Canal on the west side of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway and occupied Beicang; the 38th Division was on the east side of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. Attacked south along the railway and occupied Liu'anzhuang. The attack must be quick and decisive. If the Japanese army collapsed and retreated into the concession, they could pursue it; if they retreated into the concession in order, they could occupy Beicang and Liu'anzhuang."

Lei Yizhen said while the combat staff recorded the orders. When everything was finished, he felt that there was no more. So he said, "Repeat my order!"

"Order: All artillery regiments on the western front will carry out cover artillery bombardment on the Huanghuadian area of ​​Douzhangzhuang. To clear the enemy in front of the formation, disrupt their white-blade charges; to station in Langfang 121st Division. Mobilize immediately, and then follow the Beijing-Tianjin Line to the south to the East Horse Circle after dawn; to station in the 123rd Division to station in the East Horse Circle immediately, and after dawn, fly south to the Beijing-Tianjin Line to station in Douzhangzhuang." The combat staff thought to himself that there was a pause, and then continued:

"The artillery regiment on the south line immediately shelled the enemy in front to prepare for artillery fire. At dawn, the 4th Division began to attack. The 4th Division attacked south along the North Canal on the west side of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway and occupied Beicang; the 38th Division attacked south along the railway along the railway and occupied Liu'anzhuang. The attacking troops must be quick and decisive. If the Japanese army collapsed and retreated into the concession, they can pursue it. If they retreated into the concession area in sequence, they could occupy Beicang and Liu'anzhuang."

The staff officer finished retelling and Lei Yizhen was about to send him out immediately, when the chief of staff next to him Xu Dachun said worriedly: "This restriction on the garrison of troops within 20 miles of Tianjin City..."

"I'll pay attention." Lei Yizhen said. "Beicang and Liu'anzhuang are both twenty miles away. As for pursuit, according to the pre-war agreement, the Japanese army can only pass harmlessly within twenty miles of the concession. If they lead the battle to this area, it is not our responsibility." After he finished speaking, he said to the combat staff: "Send it out immediately, all units must not delay!"

"Yes!" The staff officer glanced at Xu Dachun, and immediately went out to give orders without explanation.

In the eyes of the Japanese generals, the Chinese army, like the Lu army, is a timid army. They dare not attack, but will only retreat. Of course, because they are fighting on the local area, the Chinese army will not dare to retreat again after retreating. Faced with such an army, they only need to attack and do not worry about the other party's counterattack. Faced with this situation, the Japanese's explanation is very absurd. They believe that the servility of the Chinese people has allowed them to develop a character that will only be beaten and not resist. This is not only the conclusion of the Japanese newspaper industry, but also the Manchu army, which also holds such a view. The counterattack in the Daqing River Valley under the 4333 High School was completely ignored by the top Japanese leaders.

The Zhili Dispatch Army Command, which had been in the middle of the night, was calm when the messenger made the decisive attacks of the east detour troops, and all the staff members fell into peace. The excitement and busyness that had been pretending to have appeared before suddenly dissipated. Just as everyone was thinking about the western troops, artillery fire rose from the north. As these shells exploded, the tables and chairs in the headquarters began to vibrate slightly, and the hanging lights flashed a few times before they could barely recovered.

When everyone was moved, Deputy Chief of Staff Anji Matsushi said, "Where is the Chinese army's artillery bombardment? Can't the heavy artillery wing suppress them?"

He asked this, and the staff officer next to him whispered: "The Chinese army's flight plane is here again. After the observation balloon of the heavy artillery wing was shot down, it is no longer possible to suppress the Chinese army."

"Oh..." Matsushi Anji said with great regret. He felt more and more that it was necessary to send a plane out for reconnaissance after dawn to determine the situation on the battlefield. However, when he thought of the machine gun on the Chinese plane, he held back his words.

At this time, a few phone calls rang, and a staff officer took it and listened silently. After he finished speaking on the phone, he turned around and said to everyone calmly: "The Chinese army is bombarding our surprise attack troops crossing the Yongding River. The troops suffered heavy losses. The division commander of the division, Lord Akiyama, suggested canceling the surprise attack and launching an attack when the situation is clear."

Lieutenant General Akiyama is Akiyama. During the Russo-Japanese War, he was a major general of the 1st Cavalry Brigade. During the Heigoutai Battle, he was defending Li Datun and fought to the death. He even sent Yongmao to the rear of the enemy and detoured the Russian flanks during the Battle of Fengtian. He was praised as the father of Japanese cavalry. After the war, he was promoted to Lieutenant General of the Army and appointed as the commander of the 13th Division. However, such a brave and fearless person would actually demand a delay in the attack.

Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii said furiously: "Akiyama is drunk?! The Horio corps used the price of shattering to attract the attention of the Chinese people to the east. If he doesn't attack at this time, should he wait for the Chinese people's airship to regain the battlefield?"

Shigeta Fujii was indeed the poison mentioned by Juego Inu. He tried to drive away any staff in the General Staff who were incompatible with him. Although Akiyama drank, he didn't like to take a bath. However, his courage was the best among many generals. If he could not attack, he would definitely be bombarded by the Chinese army's artillery fire. Since the Chinese army would bombard the west, it means that the Horio corps did not completely turn the attention of the Chinese commander to the east.

Many staff officers thought this way, but no one dared to say it clearly. Just when Shigeta Fujii wanted to order Akiyama to launch an attack immediately, another unfortunate news came.

"Your Excellency. The Chinese artillery is bombarding the frontier positions of our army. Lieutenant General Ikekou thinks that the Chinese army is about to launch a counterattack." After receiving the phone, the staff officer was sweating all over his head, but had to report to the Chief of Staff immediately. Unlike the previous news, the staff officers in the room stood up in shock. Chief of Staff Fujii yelled: "Nani! When will the Chinese army dare to take the initiative to attack?"

Fujii's roar was useless, and the staff were indifferent to his roar. Deputy Chief of Staff Anji Matsushima said: "Your Excellency, the troops should immediately move into the defense, and the troops sent out to detour should be immediately retracted to the front. There are at least fifteen to twenty divisions in the Langfang line of Yangcun. If they take the initiative to attack, it is not something that our six divisions can stop. They should retreat into the concession immediately..."

"Baga! When will the Japanese army need to hide in the concession to seek preservation?" Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii glared at Matsushi, and then ordered the staff next to him. "Immediately order the Kawamura Division to retreat, and the other four divisions guard the current defense line to the death, and they must not take a step back!"

"Hayi!" The staff officer next to him agreed immediately.

Looking at the staff officer next to him and standing, he said again: "I'll wake up Lord Heimu."

With the sound of cannons, no one knew that the Japanese army actually chose to defend the enemy. You must know that after a night of work, the Japanese army had only timbered up two trenches. Because the combat materials had not yet arrived, the barbed wire mesh only pulled an extremely thin one, and the shells were exhausted from the bombardment yesterday afternoon and the feint attack in the middle of the night. It can be said that once the Fuxing Army attacked, the only thing that could stop them was the Japanese rifles and machine guns, but these were not a problem. Even a complete Japanese fortification, with the sharpness of the Fuxing Army artillery, could break it hard, and then drive straight in and hit Huanglong.

In the darkness before dawn, Zhang Fugui, the commander of the 4th Division who received the order of attack in front of the front, was extremely excited. When the 1911 was in great power, he transferred to the 2nd Army from the Northeast. Except for entering the capital, he had never fought any other times. During the Battle of Fengtian during the 1911, he had to watch the Battle of Liaodong that began at the end of last year. Now, as soon as the Japanese army arrived ashore, he ordered him to do something ruthless, and even attacked the concession area in one fell swoop, which was exactly what he thought.

Looking at Zhang Fugui with a happy face, political commissar Liu Yide reminded: "Old Zhang, don't forget the commander's final explanation. Only when the Japanese scatter and retreat into the concession area can they chase after him."

"Don't worry, the political commissar and commander meant. Old Zhang knew very well. Isn't this just to ask our division to attack quickly? As long as we fight quickly, the Japanese will definitely disintegrate. It is certain to chase into the concession area." Zhang Fugui slapped his thighs, as if he was excited that he understood the commander's order. "It depends on the Japanese's ability now, but I really think that they should not be too soft. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to win."

The backbone of the 2nd Army came from the 1st Army. As long as he stayed in the 1st Army, he was a little bit irritating. Zhang Fugui, who received the order, was excited about it. Qian Ding, the commander of the 38th Division, was rarely cautious. After he conveyed the attack order, he looked at the map of the entire northern Tianjin with great concern. Liu'anzhuang was three kilometers east of the Beijing-Tianjin Line, and just twenty miles away from Tianjin City. To capture this place, he had to advance ten kilometers forward. During this period, there was no dangerous obstacle to the river. It was completely flat. The 38th Division occupied Liu'anzhuang, and the 4th Division occupied Beicang. The two divisions happened to take the Beijing-Tianjin Line as the central axis and serve as a supportive force. If the Japanese army was defeated, the two divisions advanced together and attacked the concession.

When Qian Ding looked at the map, Yang Shujie, the chief of staff of the division next to him, said: "Brother Ding, the Japanese army has been fighting all night, and it is already exhausted. The commander ordered an attack at this time. It is indeed a good opportunity."

"I know this is a good opportunity, but..." Qian Ding thought that the 38th Division had not actually fought any tough battles. Although the training was very strict, what level was? It was difficult to judge.

Knowing that he was worried that he would not be able to fight well to embarrass the 13th Army, Yang Shujie smiled and said, "It's a mule or a horse, and you always have to pull it out. Let's not think so much. Let Yishan and Wenliang get a headache."

One mountain is Wang Yishan, a native of Xunyang, Shaanxi. Like many officers of the 38th Division, he was a student of the Shaanxi Army Middle School of the former Qing Dynasty. According to history, he was later the chief of staff of the 17th Route Army of Yang Hucheng, but at this time he was the brigade commander of the 1st Brigade of the 38th Division; while Wen Liang was Niu Cexun, originally from Su County, Anhui Province. His father Niu Yuancheng followed Zuo Zongtang into Xinjiang and was promoted to the general of Yili Town for military merits. He was hereditary to the Moscow Military Preparation School in his early years and later entered the Shaanxi Army Middle School. According to history, he did not achieve much, but at this time he was entrusted with the rank of major general and was the brigade commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 38th Division.

Yang Shujie suggested that the two brigade commanders have a headache. Qian Ding just smiled. He believed that his subordinates were already rubbing their hands at this time and could not wait. He smiled and said, "Okay! Let them have a headache, but we still have to watch it. We should not let them be too aggressive. Be cautious first in everything."

Since Qian Ding dared to join the revolution in his early years, he was naturally bold in his actions, but he was extremely careful in his actions. He was like this, but his two subordinates were not like this. When artillery fire was everywhere, the commander of the brigade Wang Yishan had already gone to the trench to mobilize the regiment battalion commanders: "Comrades, I heard that every Japanese army unit has a brigade flag, which is given by the Japanese emperor, and is extremely precious. My request is very simple. This time, I will get a few brigade flags back and send them to the capital, which will be a long face of our 13th Army. Now all the troops that can be fought in the country have come, some are inside and outside the pass, some are killed and captured, and some are defending their positions without taking a step back, but I have never heard of those who have seized the flag. If our brigade can seize a few sides, then...

Although the national war is a turning point in China's fate, it is a good opportunity for soldiers to make achievements and serve the country. I hope you can win and succeed. It's over!"

Wang Yishan made a mobilization, and he came to seize the Japanese gang flag. After he mobilized, two regiment commanders and six battalion commanders rushed to the command post. It was dawn soon and they had to return to the army to take charge.

As the moonlight and starlight converge, the sky and the earth suddenly darkened, and such a deep twilight made the artillery fire even more dazzling. To all the soldiers, the sound of cannons that sounded in the second half of the night has not stopped, but has become increasingly fierce. As the bombarded party, the Japanese soldiers hid their bodies and heads deep in the trench. They no longer expect the cannon sound to stop earlier, but only prayed that the cannons should not fall on their heads. This is the soldiers' luxury hope, and unlike the soldiers, many officers who heard before the war that the Chinese army had only two million shells cursed in their hearts, is this the Chinese army with only two million shells? Is this the Chinese army with only two million shells or the Japanese army with only two million shells?

The officer's curse of the division commander, Yoshigo Ikeguchi, did not know, but he knew that the Chinese were about to attack. Without a telescope, just looking at the position and frequency of the Chinese artillery fire flashing in the dark, he could determine that the barbed wire and various obstacles on his front line had been completely destroyed by the Chinese artillery. And just like the attack yesterday afternoon, once the artillery fire extends to the rear, it is the time for the Chinese army to charge. There is no way for us to do this. Not to mention that there are airships in the sky that are constantly calibrating the Chinese artillery, but there is no airship. With the qualities of the Chinese artillery and the artillery that seem to be endless, our artillery can't compete with it. War, modern war, after all, it is still a war of artillery, destroying the enemy's obstacles, suppressing the enemy's artillery, blocking the enemy's reinforcements, and eliminating isolated and uncovering enemies is extremely simple.

Yoshigo Ikegu sat in the tent set up by the command post, and the old god was there. He was a little bored and even found a piece of paper and wrote the correct word "cannon" with a brush. He was not panicked at all by the Chinese attack, but instead was happy about this kind of attack. In his opinion, victory may be important, but the method of victory is more important. Let the Chinese army give this lesson to the empire.

As time deflected, at 4:40, the twilight suddenly faded at this moment. The originally invisible place began to be hazy at this time. The Fuxing Army artillery had been bombarded for more than half an hour. Finally, the firepower was extended deep in the Japanese positions, intending to suppress the Japanese artillery and block the Japanese army's reinforcements in the rear. Seeing this, the Japanese soldiers entered the front line of trenches one after another, waiting for the Chinese soldiers who charge forward. However, their trenches did not wait for the enemy, but were baptized by the rotating artillery fire again. The Japanese front line troops, who had suffered heavy losses, had to retreat into the rear trenches again, just waiting for the Fuxing Army artillery fire to extend back again. The Japanese army, who thought that the enemy would come this time, entered the front line of trenches again, and did not expect that this time it would be fake.

I was deceived twice, and when the artillery fire of the third Fuxing Army extended behind me again, from Chief Cao to the squad leader, they were all staring at each other, not knowing whether they should go to the front line to wait for the enemy, but at this moment, a shout came and the explosion of grenades sounded densely on the front line. When they wanted to enter the trench and fight to the death, the torrent of the Fuxing Army in camouflaged rushed over, dispersing the remaining soldiers who had been baptized by artillery fire one by one. Without taking into account these remaining soldiers, the officer responsible for breaking through rushed towards the target ten kilometers away without any nostalgia.

Before the artillery fire of the Chinese army stopped, the front trenches had already been lost. The news reached the dispatching army headquarters. Everyone was shocked. Fujii asked anxiously: "Is it the 2nd Chinese army?"

The chief of staff was still paying attention to the enemy's number at this time, and the staff officer who received the news had to answer: "I didn't say it on the phone, but the front line said that the Chinese army was in a state of unstoppable force, and the front line of trenches were soon lost."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Chief of Staff, Matsushi, who seemed to have found evidence, said: "Only the 2nd Army of China has such strength, and their main force has been dispatched."

Seeing that Matsushi exaggerated the enemy's advantage again, Fujii coughed dissatisfiedly and looked at the commander Kuroki Haeza: "Your Excellency, the situation is critical now, please decide the strategy."

Kuroki Weizhen didn't speak since he got up. After all, he was seventy years old and was in poor energy. He fell asleep last night. When he woke up, he found that the situation had changed drastically and the situation on the battlefield had changed from attack to defense. This really made him unbelievable. When will the Chinese army attack? Isn't this the sun coming out from the west? Why did the decisive charge fail? Is it said that the Japanese army's military power was about to fall to the ground in front of the Chinese people?

Kuroki, who had a messy thought in his mind, calmed down for a while. When he heard that the front line trenches were penetrated by the Chinese army, he asked immediately: "Where are the Akiyama Division and the Kawamura Division?"

"Your Excellency, you have ordered them to return to the rescue, but the Akiyama Division cannot rush back for a while through the entire triangular lake; the Kawamura Division is closer, and he is on the east side of the entire defense line at this time." Fujii Shigeta said, and as he said, he wiped the sweat from his head. Fortunately, Akiyama and Ikeguchi reported it before and afterwards, he had no choice but to terminate the offensive plan, otherwise...

"We cannot retreat into the concession!" Kuroki nodded and said extremely hard. "If the Chinese army cannot curb the offensive, then order the front-line division to launch a fearless death assault to break the Chinese army's attack. The honor of the Imperial Japanese Army would rather be broken than be trampled by the Chinese people, otherwise, we will be the sinners of the empire and the emperor's ministers."
Chapter completed!