No wonder all the Japanese officers were frightened!
In fact, this was the first time in their military career that they had to retreat without a fight.
According to the position and number of torches held by the Chinese army, they were indeed surrounded from four directions, but their strength was not too exaggerated. Moreover, the alerted Japanese troops also began to deepen the depth of the field trenches. Unless the Chinese were equipped with heavy artillery,
Otherwise, even if there are no external reinforcements, the main force of the surrounded detachment will not be afraid at all.
But to say that the Chinese have heavy artillery, it is more reliable to say that the Sino-Japanese war has come to an end.
To put it bluntly, in the eyes of this group of Japanese army officers, the Chinese troops surrounding them did not have much fear of them.
However, their supreme commander chose the most impossible method.
After all, they still don't understand their major general detachment leader.
The main mountain road in the middle road was blocked and heavy reinforcements could not be carried out. Takeuchi Yunshan Division had been destroyed, and the navy's fighter formation had to wait until the afternoon to arrive. The Chinese even had Type 41 mountain artillery, and they were able to bombard the area where their own artillery positions were located accurately enough.
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These are not enough to destroy the fighting spirit of a Japanese major general.
But, that is just the thought that a Japanese Army Major General should have.
For Kunizaki personally, there is no need to fight this battle again.
This mountainous area in southern Anhui was the rugged Waterloo of his country. The heavy weapons of an artillery brigade were blown up and an infantry regiment was nearly wiped out. His military career was doomed to be basically over.
No matter how glorious he may be on the battlefield in the future, these unforgivable battle losses to the Tenth Army Headquarters and even the Fifth Division Headquarters on the distant battlefield in North China will not be covered up.
If you still want to withdraw from the military with dignity, the remaining Kunisaki detachment cannot suffer any more battle losses. How many Chinese people are killed is no longer that important.
That of course also means that there is absolutely no need to fight this battle again.
Moreover, Kunizaki also had a whiff that the Chinese did not hesitate to reveal the movements of the entire army but also wanted to show him the value of force.
The Chinese commander does not seem to have the intention of fighting to the death as he currently shows.
Kunizaki realized this only after the Takeuchi Unzan tribe was completely destroyed.
All the Chinese troops occupying the outer hills seemed to be aggressive, but they never launched an attack. They were probably waiting for other countries to make a decision.
You retreat, I will rescue our people, and this battle is over! Otherwise, if you want to fight, I will fight! At worst, we will just see who kills more people in this mountain, and we will die together.
This is the message that the Chinese soldiers sent to Kunizaki by encircling them without attacking. The cannon shot just now was more like a warning from the Chinese soldiers.
That means, if you want to run, run as early as possible, if you want to fight, do it now, and if you keep grinding for me, I will do it with my shirt off.
Qinglongling Village had been hit by artillery shells all afternoon, and it was not in vain. The artillery observers of the mortar squad who followed the Leng Feng Infantry Company had been calculating and observing the Japanese artillery shell trajectories in the trenches, and finally found the Japanese artillery position. General area.
Otherwise, Pang Dahai is a master of artillery, and the first wave of artillery shells would not have hit the Japanese artillery position 500 meters away, which really scared Kunisaki into a cold sweat on his forehead.
The situation was stronger than the people, and although it was more frustrating than Takeuchi Unzan, Kunisaki in the tent was stunned and finally made the decision to save himself a moment after the cannon was fired.
A major general in the army is indeed considered a senior military officer in Japan, but the higher the position, the greater the responsibility. Behind Kunizaki's stunned, there is also a family that is honored by him. He may not be afraid of death personally, but if he loses him With this big tree, the family may decline.
Death is very easy. Just cut your belly with a knife and wait for the intestines to flow out. Then kick your legs and go to report to Amaterasu. But death is like a lamp going out. Who cares about a dead major general?
Life may be difficult, but my former colleagues may help me out of past friendships, and I may be able to recover, and my family may be revived.
Kunizaki, who is burdened with many responsibilities, is stunned and has no choice! Preserving the current strength of the Kunizaki detachment is the only way for him to escape unscathed without having to go to a military court.
That terrible Chinese commander may have seen through all of this. I hope this is not true. This was what Kunizaki prayed secretly when he finally made the decision to return to the military tent in despair.
If that is the case, this Chinese commander will definitely become one of the Imperial Army's most formidable enemies.
However, Kunizaki did not intend to tell anyone his judgment, including the lieutenant general and division commander who would eventually question him.
The reason is also very simple. If he is unlucky alone, it can only prove his incompetence. But if a group of people are unlucky, the word stupid may have to be attached to some of the people above.
Selfishness in human nature has always been dominant.
"Report, the Japanese army began to organize two infantry squadron-level troops to move southward, less than 500 meters away from the positions of the 2nd and 4th companies. Two company commanders, Li and Qian, called to ask if they would resolutely fight back." The communications platoon leader held The telegram ran to Tang Dao at the independent battalion headquarters about one kilometer away from Qinglongling Village.
This may be the first time that Tang Dao did not take the initiative to go to the front line positions. He was responsible for sitting in the headquarters. Lei Xiong and Guo Shouzhi were responsible for leading the east and west sides, and the two main company commanders Li and Zhao were responsible for the south direction.
"What do the Japanese want to do?" Master Zhuang, who had just walked into the battalion headquarters made of tree branches with sweat profusely, was stunned.
If he is a Japanese commander, he will most likely respond to changes by staying the same, shrinking his troops and holding on to his position, waiting for the Chinese attack. He can not only kill a large number of Chinese effective forces, but also observe the strength of the Chinese troops, deploy firepower, and make corresponding tactical changes.
Even he wanted to find a contingency plan. It made no sense that the commander of the Japanese major general, who was somewhat famous, would not have thought that even if he was actually commanding an army colonel, he would not make such a low-level mistake and let his infantry be iron-clad from the beginning.
Go ahead and die!
This is unreasonable!
"Haha, they want to run away." Tang Dao's lips curled up slightly, and his eyes sparkled. "However, the brothers who surrounded me have been fighting for so long. It's so easy for them to escape at any time. If you don't let them
How about giving me a lesson?"
"Call back to Li Jijin and Zhao Daqiang. If the Japanese charge to the death as soon as they come up, then let me fight and fight back the Japanese. Then, there is no need to fight, the entire army will immediately withdraw to the position area of the 10th and 11th companies.
." Tang Dao turned around and gave the communications platoon leader a decisive order.
"Yes!" The communications platoon leader received Tang Dao's military order and turned around to leave.
Only Zhuang Shisan was left looking at Tang Dao with confusion. As the chief of staff in charge of logistics, he already knew that ammunition and other supplies were completely exhausted. He might have guessed that Tang Dao did not want to use all his manpower and material resources to fight the Japanese army.
If the fish is dead and the net is broken, it is very likely that the independent battalion will be wiped out.
But the Japanese had already made a gesture of running away, so why did Tang Dao order Li Jijin and Zhao Daqiang, the two infantry companies with the most complete personnel and equipment in the battalion, to attack with all their strength?
This is very puzzling.
"Hehe, do you think this old devil Kunizaki is so easy to fool?" Tang Dao sneered. "He pretended to break through the encirclement with leading troops and retreat, but he just wanted to see my reaction. If we didn't get a shot,
If he just let them withdraw, he would know that our infantry regiment had exhausted all its strength to kill him. Whether it was personnel or materials, it had been exhausted to the point where it could no longer support a battle of this scale.
The main purpose is just to rescue friendly troops and not to fight with them."
"Oh! What you mean, battalion commander, is that as long as we don't act resolute enough, Kunizaki will decide to stay and bite us back. After all, they will have the 18th Division as their backing." Zhuang Shisan suddenly realized.
"That's right, I asked Li Jijin and Zhao Daqiang to beat them with all their strength, just to tell Guo Qizheng that even if you want to run away, it's not that easy. You have to fight for my life. I want to save people, and I also want to save the Japanese.
I want to kill you!" Tang Dao punched the tree trunk next to him. "However, after yesterday's ambush, our army's ammunition reserves have reached the bottom, and we can no longer support a decisive battle with them, so we will kill dozens more little ones.
The Japanese are paying interest, and when they meet with his Fifth Division next time, they won't be so lucky."
Tang Dao’s words became a prophecy!
Time and space rotated, and when I met my old rival who had returned to the brigade again, I had already traveled from south to north, and it was still a mountain.
However, this mountain is not the same as that mountain, which is much more majestic and magnificent.
There are more bones buried under such a mountain!
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This chapter has been completed!