Kawamura Keimei was confused. Before he came to Shandong, he never thought that he would encounter such a situation. To be honest, the Battle of Texas gave him a completely different feeling. There were only tens of thousands of people on the other side, but it was only a few of the total number of Japanese troops. However, the solid defense line formed by tens of thousands of people made it impossible for Japan's nine divisions to break through, and the loss of troops and generals. ●⌒,

It was not that Kawamura Keimei had not attacked the defense line that was heavily guarded. He participated in the brutal Russo-Japanese War, especially the Battle of Lushun. It was the largest and most powerful fortress in Asia built by Russia for many years. It not only had a large number of forts, but also had a strong fleet as a support. However, at that time, Japan, on the one hand, at sea, with the help of Britain's secret help, defeated Russia's joint fleet that had traveled thousands of miles away, blocked Russia's harbor, which was equivalent to weakening Russia's hand. On land, there was no shortcut to go. Facing the real fortress, it could only fill it with human lives. In the end, it successfully occupied Lushun and won the Russo-Japanese War.

Whether to use human life to fill it, in Kawamura Kyoko's opinion, this seems very tempting, but he has the hope of using other methods, but he chooses the cruelest and most expensive method. Japan is no longer a few years ago, during the Russo-Japanese War, and was eager to gain recognition from the great powers and entered a small country in the club of the great powers. After several years of development, Japan's strength has improved greatly in all aspects, and it is not suitable for suicide.

Besides, China is so big that it really needs a full-scale war. It is not just a place in Shandong. Japan's desire to realize its mainland dream is close at hand. Under such circumstances, the less losses, the more it shows the commander's ability.

When Kawamura Jingming was at a loss, in the place where the two sides fought, deep within ten meters underground, in the tunnel that had been dug out by a lot of effort in the northwest, a large number of fully armed soldiers were marching urgently. A distance of 5 kilometers for any warrior who had undergone strict training could reach within 20 minutes. Everyone maintained a considerable speed, and the whirring heat spread through the tunnel, and the temperature suddenly began to rise.

Most of the soldiers had only one thought in their minds. Hurry up, hurry up, and get enough time with the help of the robes above. They knew that for them, one more minute means cleaning up one more or several firepower points, and as long as 150 firepower points are cleared out. Coupled with the temporary trenches, the front line will be stable.

The long passage finally had an end. At the opening in front, the sun shone down. The first batch of more than 500 soldiers came out directly from the tunnel, 12 exits, and quickly came out, and then started digging with engineer shovels. Kawamura Keimei and the Japanese army did not expect that. Behind them, a line of defense was forming, and the remaining less than 7 divisions were in danger of destruction.

The Japanese army's eyes were still in the protruding places of the Northwest Army on both sides. As long as they broke through these, the Japanese army's front line could be expanded, and even circled behind Dezhou and attacked the rear of the Northwest Army. I think there should be such a strong defense on the front, and there should be no such strong defense behind it, and at that time it will kill two birds with one stone.

The Japanese and Kawamura Keiya both misjudged the stability of the northwest defense line. Even if it seemed to be weak, the positions close to both sides and the thickness of the positions could even be seen through at a glance, but they were strong enough. The continuous waves of impact, machine guns, rifles, mortars, and even a large number of grenades became weapons to kill the Japanese army. Under the premise of huge expenses and no due harvest, the morale of the Japanese army was lost.

If one moves, then declines and then goes out. Even if there is no loss, continuous attacks will completely lose their spirits, let alone brave the raging guns and bullets. Although the previous lessons told the Japanese army that attacking the dense positions that were held is no less than suicide, the Japanese army, which was not well-trained, did not know other ways, and would only charge in a group manner. Under the destruction of light and heavy machine guns, rifles, even mortars and grenades, they finally retreated.

Looking at his subordinate who was covered in bruises and even when he talked about attacking the defense line of the Northwest Army, Kawamura Keimei finally knew that the opponent was a person who could not attack the defense line. Even the Battle of Lushun during the Russo-Japanese War was not as bad as it is now. At least there were artillery artillery, and the losses were huge and acceptable. Now Japan is in general in artillery. Facing the protection of the iron walls, it lost strategic artillery. The remaining artillery was much worse than the extremely cruel artillery in the northwest. Although the total number of Japanese troops was still much higher than that of the Northwest Army, there was no hope of victory. The losses of the strategic artillery corps basically declared the end of the artillery attack, and the remaining artillery did not have the ability to make a final decision.

On the battlefield, attack is like sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. When the attack fails and you think of other ways, you will naturally have the intention to retreat. Kawamura Keimei has been through the battlefield for a long time. He is not a reckless person. He knows that at this time, he will let all his subordinates fill in and return. It is the best choice.

When the battlefield is in a state of anxiety, any party will take the initiative to retreat, which will bear huge lethality. Especially when the artillery is not as good as the other party, the sound of gold sounds sounded, and all the Japanese retreated like a tide. However, the artillery and machine guns in the northwest rang one after another. For them, a distance of hundreds of meters and less than 1,000 meters was almost a dividing line of hell. Every step and every meter, a large number of people fell down.

They gathered at about two or three square kilometers and began to reorganize. At this time, the fortifications behind were basically opened, with more than 150 fortifications, and the distance between each was about 30 meters or 150. In this way, the distance between the fortifications was 4.5 kilometers, which was enough to block the Japanese army. The Northwest Army used two divisions and less than 50,000 troops, and formed a very thin but very tough defense circle. The last chance of the Japanese had disappeared, and they could not escape. To be precise, the large army could not escape.

As long as the majority is annihilated, it means that there are annihilation. There are really a few people who are lucky enough to run out of the war zone, which is also common for war.

Kawamura Keiya was very decisive. As long as he turned on the retreat mode, he would resolutely. After concentrating the troops a little, Japan began to retreat. After all the fortifications of Yongguo, the remaining soldiers in charge of surrounding troops began to build positions. This time, everyone had a lot of movement. The Japanese left them with little time and had to act immediately. First, use engineer shovels to dig out a personal bunker.

Personal bunker is the first step in the Northwest Army's civil engineering training. To put it bluntly, it is to dig a pit that is half a person tall enough to accommodate a person lying there. This is how defense is first used to form the maximum protection in the shortest time, and then consider the functionality, combativity, and even anti-aircraft properties. All trenches are initially personal bunkers, and then gradually connect and form...

At present, the trenches have not been completely formed. Each fortification is 30 meters apart. Even if there are thousands of soldiers, they are distributed between 150, or about 40. In such a short time before, at most, they can only be dug up a personal bunker that can be enough for one person to fight, that is, close to the fortifications, and tend to be under construction.

After all, fortifications are the most stable place. For reinforced concrete fortifications up to half a meter thick, the cement used is also high-hard cement, with a very high mark. It is combined with the steel bars into a whole. Not to mention the Japanese 75 and 108, even if the original strategic artillery still exists, it must be concentrated at one point and bombarded more than 10 consecutive times before the defense of the fortification can be dismantled.

Aiming at the same point and hit continuously is a matter of luck for elite gunners, not to mention that Japan has been cleaned up by the northwest. Not to mention that there are no artillery guns that can be fired out, and the ship can be fired out, how much can it have? How many functions can it do? It cannot do anything to the fortifications in the northwest.

Finally, Japan finally discovered the difference here 1,200 meters away from the Yonggu Fortification. The reinforced concrete fortification less than 2 meters high was a slightly raised soil bun. Now, when the surrounding soil layers have been cleaned up, the exposed height is very eye-catching.

The Japanese army in front discovered the problem and reported it quickly. Then the officers took out the telescope, which was only a little over a kilometer. In the telescope, you can clearly see that more than one hundred permanent fortifications. The most important thing is that there are thousands of people around who are digging fortifications in full swing. At both ends of the permanent fortifications, the trenches are gradually taking shape.

Although I don’t know how the Northwest Army crossed the war zone for such a long distance and reached the other end, the Northwest people had a clear purpose. They dared to use less than 60,000 people to annihilate 9 divisions and almost 250,000 people. This is not a fantasy.

When Kawamura Keimei heard the report, he was stunned for a moment. He knew very well that at this time, a series of fortifications appeared behind him. What does this mean, and they were almost wrapped up. He quickly looked at it with a telescope and saw that only a few thousand people appeared. He sneered: "I still want to eat us, the artillery is ready to kill them for me!"

It cannot play any role in dealing with enemies, machine guns, rifles, etc. one kilometer away. The best thing is artillery. In Kawamura Jingming's view, even if the Japanese army is absolutely weak and has left tens of thousands of corpses here, it is not something that thousands of infantry can deal with. With the help of artillery, they will rush forward and eventually break through the opponent's defense. At most, there is a question of how many casualties. It is already planned to be filled with the appointment, and some casualties don't matter. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!