Just when Lieutenant Kubo and Second Lieutenant Maruyama were about to die in battle together, the retreat bugle finally sounded.
The two of them wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads at the same time, looked at each other, and quickly crawled back.
Behind them, bullets hit the ground from time to time, making a "plop, plop" sound.
Colonel Tsumugi Nakamura, who was supervising the battle at the back, saw the heavy casualties of the troops and knew that the matter was irreversible. He did not want to waste the few troops on this position. He sighed and ordered the messenger next to him.
The soldiers blew the trumpet to withdraw.
Seeing the soldiers who suffered heavy casualties returning to the rear with scars and bruises, Nakamura Tsuji's heart bleeds.
Just now, he only gathered more than a hundred cavalry from the cavalry regiment. He originally thought that with the impact of the cavalry, he could quickly attack the Chinese position, and then the infantry quickly followed up to expand the victory, but it turned out that he overestimated the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.
Although the cavalry is very mobile and fast when charging, it will suffer a big loss when it encounters the infantry who have a complete position and fierce firepower.
The same unit, its performance this morning was completely opposite to its performance after having a simple position. Is this the same unit that was driven everywhere by the 108th Cavalry Regiment this morning?
"Sir Colonel, we have failed to live up to your expectations and failed to capture the China Army's position. Please punish us!" At this time, Lieutenant Kubo and Second Lieutenant Maruyama came to Colonel Nakamura and lowered their heads in shame.
Nakamura Takeuchi sighed and stepped forward to help the two subordinates, "There is an old saying among the Chinese people, which is that one learns from one's mistakes. I hope you can get some inspiration from today's lessons, so that you can be worthy of your failure today.
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"Hi! I will do my best to repay His Majesty the Emperor."
Lieutenant Kubo and Second Lieutenant Maruyama saw that the captain not only did not punish them, but also comforted them. They were so moved that they almost cried. They quickly stepped forward to express their loyalty. Well, it seems that Colonel Nakamura Tsumugi is more unlucky than Nakayama Takuo.
The art of controlling people is more than a little bit stronger.
"Okay, let's go back first!" Colonel Nakamura Takeshi glanced at the position in front, knowing in his heart that the opportunity to capture the position in front has been missed. The opponent is now on tight defense and has even laid mines in front of the position, hoping to capture it.
I'm afraid it won't be enough to fill the entire regiment on the opposite side.
Just as Nakamura was preparing to go back, there was a faint rumbling sound from behind. Nakamura turned around and saw dust flying about a mile ahead. He knew that a fast force was coming here without even looking.
"No, the Chinese reinforcements are coming. Everyone, turn in quickly!" Nakamura Jiu shouted and quickly ordered the soldiers to retreat to the starting position in the rear.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the 240th Regiment has withdrawn."
In a temporarily excavated headquarters, Torajiro Iwai listened to the reports from his subordinates with a gloomy face that was as dark as the night sky above his head.
He never expected that today, first of all, the cavalry regiment would be almost completely wiped out, and the two regiments of the Liantai militia sent out to counterattack would also be pushed back by the opponent. Heavy pressure was weighing on his heart like a mountain.
The chief of staff on the side, Colonel Kohori Akira, advised: "Your Excellency, division commander, we should report truthfully to Commander Okamura. The Chinese offensive is very fierce. They even dispatched tanks without air support."
We are very difficult to resist.”
Torajiro Iwai waved his hands a little irritably: "You also heard the telegram from the headquarters just now. The Chinese have bombed our airport. Most of the planes that just transferred over were destroyed, and not even half of the planes that survived were destroyed.
No, where will the air support come from for us?”
Kohori Akira stopped talking. Even though the top brass of the Japanese military department were shouting about the Bushido spirit and being invincible every day, anyone with any sense would understand that the reason why the Japanese army was able to occupy most of China in just a few years was because of far more
China's economic and industrial strength and Bushido spirit are just deceiving the people and soldiers at the bottom.
After thinking for a while, Iwai Torajiro said decisively: "The Chinese are covered by chariots. We cannot fight them head-on. We order the troops to retreat to the north bank of the Wei River immediately and build fortifications based on the river bank."
"this……"
Kohori hesitated for a moment, "Your Excellency, division commander, don't we ask Commander Okamura for instructions?"
"It's too late." Torajiro Iwai's attitude was very firm: "If something happens, I will take responsibility and execute the order immediately. By the way, you will inform the 6th Division, 47th Division and Commander Okamura of our decision respectively.
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"Hi!"
Seeing that Torajiro Iwai had made up his mind, Kobori no longer tried to persuade him, and after bowing, he immediately assigned the task.
After receiving the telegram from the 108th Division, the commander of the Sixth Division, Kanda Masane, was furious at first, but he soon began to think about it.
Now the Chinese army's offensive is fierce. Once the 108th Division retreats, the more than 10,000 Liantai militiamen on the right wing, who are armed to the teeth, will immediately free up their hands. Originally, the Sixth Division was already struggling to face the attack of the new brigade.
If even the Liantai Militia Group comes over, the Sixth Division will really be doomed.
"Retreat...immediately notify the commander of the Osako Tsusada Division, and everyone will immediately retreat to the north bank of the Wei River."
What does it mean to be defeated like a mountain? Just look at the Japanese army tonight.
Tens of thousands of Japanese troops scrambled to retreat, while tens of thousands of coalition troops chased the Japanese troops behind and beat them hard.
This is a war with more than 100,000 participants. If you just look at the scale of the war, it may not be a big deal. Whether it is the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Nanjing or the Battle of Changsha, or even the scale of last year's Hundred Regiments Battle, it is even bigger.
Much bigger than this.
However, this battle touched the hearts of the head of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and even the head of Yan'an, because it was the first time in a large-scale battle that the Eighth Route Army gained a battlefield advantage with inferior forces and was able to pursue the Japanese army all the way.
At about six o'clock in the morning, Gao Hongming, who had not slept all night, was standing next to the huge sand table at the headquarters, looking as motionless as a sculpture. Under his feet were piles of cigarette butts.
A voice sounded next to him: "Captain Gao!"
Gao Hongming turned around: "Oh...ah...Master Liu, Commissar Ping, you are here."
Seeing the bloodshot eyes in Gao Hongming's eyes, Political Commissar Ping said with concern: "Captain Gao, you haven't had much rest for two days. You'd better go back and have a good sleep. Commander Liu and I are here to keep an eye on it, so nothing big will happen."
questionable."
Gao Hongming smiled, "What are you talking about? You two are much older than me. If you want to rest, you two have to go. By the way, what are you doing here?" While speaking,
Gao Hongming saw a telegram in Master Liu's hand.
Mr. Liu smiled kindly: "Well, since you don't want to sleep yet, Xiaoping and I really want to discuss something with you."