After going through many difficulties and dangers, Kojima Masatoshi finally escaped back to his own position. After returning to his side, he sat down in the trench and gasped for air, never daring to raise his head again.
After receiving the news of the failure of the frontline sneak attack, the Chief of Staff of the Guards Division, Tsunenobu Koyama, immediately rushed to the frontline position with several small staff officers.
When Tsunenobu Koyama came to the position, he did not see Kojima Masatoshi, the captain of the first regiment, and thought he had died for his country. He even shed a few drops of crocodile tears in front of all the soldiers.
Who knew he was remembering him there? But Masatoshi Kojima raised his head from the trench, looked at the chief of staff who was crying there, and wondered in his heart, when did I have such a good relationship with the chief of staff?
The Chief of Staff of the Guards Division, Tsunenobu Koyama, suddenly saw a head popping up in front of him. It was Kojima Masatoshi, the commander of the 1st Regiment. He was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what was going on. This guy must be
Greedy for life and afraid of death, he fled back.
Mistress Changxin came to Kojima Masatori in three steps, grabbed his clothes on the chest, and then asked him roaringly: "Your soldiers are all dead, why did you come back alone?"
Kojima Masatoshi looked at the ferocious chief of staff in front of him. He did not dare to say that he had escaped, so he could only say tactfully: "Sir, the enemy's firepower was too intensive. I observed for a while from behind and found that several of the enemy's
Firepower, in order to prevent the army from suffering losses, I can only endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden and come back to report to you."
After listening to this, Xiaoshan Changxin was so angry that he was so angry that he said, "This is nothing. You are still reporting on these firepower points, but I personally read them all after the formation."
Koyama Tsunenobu had no way to deal with this fool now. He was so angry that he slapped him in the face and left the forward position, going to their brigade commander to argue with him.
At this time, Nobuyuki Asada, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Guards Division, was lying on the map, studying the strategy for tomorrow's battle.
The brigade commander had no hope at all for tonight's night attack. This night attack could at most harass the Qing army, but it was impossible to break through the opponent's position.
At this moment, Chief of Staff Koyama Changxin slammed the door angrily and came in.
When Asada Nobuhiro saw the division chief of staff rushing in angrily, he immediately stood at attention and saluted him.
Koyama Tsunenobu did not dare to salute the brigade commander too much, and gave him a salute in return, and then said angrily: "Did you know that your first regiment captain actually escaped from the front line and returned to his position?
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Asada Nobuhiro was stunned for a moment, and then asked inexplicably: "Chief of Staff, please tell me clearly what is going on?"
Tsunenobu Koyama then sent himself to the front line to inspect and found that his first regiment leader Kojima Masatoshi had actually fled back to his position after leading the army in a night attack that failed.
Asada Nobuhiro was a little disapproving after hearing this. Kojima Masatoshi was a colonel. It was a bit unreasonable to let him lead the soldiers to charge into the battle. Now that he has finally come back, he is still using him to engage in military law. What is the reason?
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, we are in very short supply of officers now, especially senior officers like Kojima Masatoshi. I think we can forget about this matter. After all, we will have to rely on them to lead the troops in the future?"
After hearing this, Xiaoshan Changxin was helpless. After all, his immediate subordinates asked not to pursue the case last time. What can he do? Should he take the lawsuit to the division commander?
In the end, Xiaoshan Changxin could only say angrily: "In this case, you can take care of it yourself, but I remind you that if there is another escape tomorrow, I am afraid that even you will have to engage in military law."
After Tsunenobu Koyama finished speaking, he shook his arm and left the headquarters of the 1st Brigade.
Asada Nobuhiro curled up his lips when he saw the Chief of Staff leaving. How dare a person who climbed up through nepotism to be so arrogant in front of him? He would look at it in the future.
Although Asada Nobuhiro was dissatisfied with the chief of staff, he was also very angry at the fact that his subordinates had escaped. Just now, he was just protecting him in front of outsiders, but if he was not punished, all future officers would imitate him, so that his first
The brigade can't do anything anymore.
"Here's the order. Kojima Masatori escaped from the battlefield and was demoted to three levels for retention. If he doesn't finish the battle for me tomorrow, let him commit suicide by caesarean section."
After Asada Nobuhiro gave the order, he no longer cared about this matter and still concentrated on the map. Tomorrow was a tough battle. If he didn't think about how to defend himself, once the position was breached, the capital would be behind him.
As for Liu Haizhen, Liu Lu didn't dare to sleep all night because of the opponent's surprise attack. The flares were fired one after another, lighting up the front of the position.
After waiting for the sky to get brighter, Liu Lu rushed back to his headquarters and narrowed his eyes a little.
As daylight dawned, the dock became busy again. This time, hundreds of thousands of people came to the shore. Following them were countless artillery pieces. Finally, there were 20 Type 59 tanks.
After all the troops landed, Liu Hai led the staff to the dock.
After Liu Hai came to the horse head, he said to Ye Faguang beside him: "Now that the troops have landed, you go and command the troops. I hope to break through the enemy's defense within three days and allow the troops to enter the opponent's capital."
Although Ye Faguang was not very sure, he could not lose face in front of Liu Hai, so after performing the military salute like Liu Hai, he took the staff of his headquarters and hurriedly arranged for the next battle.
Liu Hai watched Ye Faguang leave in a hurry and asked Liu Wei, "Do you think Ye Faguang can break through the enemy's defense within three days?"
Liu Wei frowned and thought for a moment, then said uncertainly: "I don't think Mr. Ye is very sure. Everyone knows how crazy the enemy is. Now it's just the soldiers blocking the front. Who knows what will happen when we get to the back?"
There will be old, weak, women and children. I think Mr. Ye is a little soft-hearted and may not dare to let go in the end."
After hearing this, Liu Hai frowned and felt that it was no good. Being kind to the enemy was cruel to oneself, so he suddenly said to his guard Liu San: "You go to the front with my order. If everything goes well with the army, you don't have to say anything."
, if what Liu Wei just said really happens, you will pass my order and let the soldiers open fire immediately."
Liu San paid a military salute to Liu Hai, and with his orders, he hurried towards my position ahead.
Liu Hai was still a little worried when he saw Liu San leaving, and said to Liu Wei on the side: "Let the battleships put up their cannons and be ready to reinforce the front at any time. I don't want this war to be protracted."
Liu Wei received Liu Hai's order, quickly performed the military salute, and then went to arrange it.
Besides, Ye Faguang brought his command staff to the front and discussed with Lu Chun, the commander of the Third Army.
Then he ordered all the artillery of the two divisions to be concentrated and began a violent bombardment of the enemy's first line.
This time Liu Hai brought the Second Army and the Third Army of the Hunan Army with a total of 200 122mm howitzers and 150 155mm howitzers.
When these heavy artillery fires were fired together, the scene was like a meteor falling to the ground.
In addition to these heavy artillery, the divisions and regiments on the front also ordered their division and regiment artillery to carry out artillery bombardments.
At this time, the entire enemy position was shrouded in artillery fire, and the soldiers of the Guards Brigade could not even raise their heads.
These Guards Divisions are said to be their most elite troops, but in fact they have never experienced real combat at all. Facing such fierce artillery fire, no matter how hard the training is, people's psychological fear will not weaken.
In this way, the shelling on Liu Hai's side continued for nearly an hour, plowing the position of the 1st Guards Brigade three times.
For the soldiers on the battlefield, this hour felt like a century.
After the army's shelling on Liu Hai's side stopped, the other party's officers knew that they were about to prepare for a charge, and immediately drove the confused soldiers out of the bomb hole.
As a result, these soldiers had just prepared to meet the impact of Liu Hai's Xiang Army, when a more acute whooshing sound sounded in the sky.
At this time, when a squad leader saw this situation, he shouted in despair, "This is the navy's heavy artillery, we are all finished."
Before he finished speaking, countless 406 mm caliber artillery shells had already landed on the position.
Yesterday, these soldiers were frightened by the navy's huge cannon. This time they encountered it again, and many soldiers couldn't bear it at all.
Some people simply threw away their guns and ran towards the city behind.
These people had not run very far when they saw a group of well-equipped supervising soldiers appearing in front of them. They pointed their rifles at these people and shot them indiscriminately.
Those who escaped were immediately knocked down. The last remaining people saw that the situation was not good, so they returned to our position.
And those who fired did not pay much attention to the soldiers who returned to their positions.
In this way, the soldiers of the Guards Division could only hide in the trenches, curling their bodies as small as possible, hoping to use this method to withstand the bombardment of the navy's heavy artillery.
But they never thought that once this 406 mm caliber heavy artillery hit the ground, there would be no survivors within a hundred meters. Even if it was not hit directly, the shock wave would shatter people's internal organs into pieces.
Therefore, the impact of this round of naval bombardment on the Japanese was greater than the total of the army's bombardment in the previous hour.
At this time, the army saw that the navy was firing, and began to show off its power again. In this way, the soldiers on the front line had lost the ability to resist under the continuous bombardment of Liu Hai's army and navy, and the casualties were even more severe. Until now, there are
More than half of the squads were lost, and one or two squads were even directly hit by 406mm-caliber artillery shells. The entire squad evaporated in an instant.