After repelling an attack from the Rakshasa Kingdom, Lu Chun immediately ordered his troops to start moving forward.
A large number of troops were added to the defense line, firstly to prepare for the attack on the second line of defense, and secondly to prevent the Rakshasa Kingdom from desperately counterattacking.
The Rakshasa Kingdom launched several more counterattacks that day, harassing the Hunan Army from all directions.
One is to tire out the Hunan Army, and the other is to find flaws in the Hunan Army's positions.
However, these were all in vain. Due to the superiority in military strength, Lu Chun did a very good job in defense this time and deployed his troops very thickly.
Therefore, Admiral Dmitry's several attempts did not achieve good results, and finally he had to stop this ineffective harassment.
In this way, the day's battle ended. The soldiers on both sides entered a state of rest, eating and sleeping separately, preparing for the second day of the battle.
The soldiers could rest, but their general was even busier.
After General Dmitry returned to the headquarters, a staff officer next to him immediately stopped him.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the supplies consumed today are huge. If the fight continues like this, we may run out of ammunition and food in a week."
"What's going on in Harbin? Didn't I say that a batch of supplies should have arrived yesterday?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, this is what I find strange. The supplies that were supposed to arrive are actually late, and the troops in Harbin did not send us a telegram explaining the reason."
Admiral Dmitry thought for a moment, then stared at the staff officer and said: "You mean there is danger in the direction of Harbin?"
"This is just based on military judgment."
General Dmitry was a little nervous after hearing this. You must know that Harbin is their rear area. If Harbin is in danger, then his hundreds of thousands of troops may not even be able to leave the Qing territory.
Admiral Dmitri came to the map, traced the road from Changchun to Harbin with his hand, and then said to the chief of staff beside him: "Send a reconnaissance team to search on the road between Changchun and Harbin to see if it is
It is not estimated that the troops were attacked."
"Yes, Commander, I will make arrangements right away."
After the chief of staff left, General Dmitry stared at the map, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper. Finally, he gestured with trembling hands, the distance from Changchun to the Rakshasa Kingdom.
If something really went wrong in Harbin, then he would have no choice but to retreat as soon as possible.
However, it is such a long distance from Changchun to the border. If there are no more supplies and there are pursuers behind, it will be very difficult to return to the Rakshasa Kingdom safely.
Now General Dmitry kept praying to their God, hoping that the troops transporting supplies had been attacked.
If this is the case, it means that Harbin is still safe. As long as there is no problem with Harbin's retreat, he can persist in Changchun.
Let’s not talk about General Dmitry’s grievances here, let’s talk about the Hunan Army.
After the battle ended, Lu Chun ordered the staff and other personnel to summarize the losses in the day's battle.
The final battle briefing was sent to Lu Chun, but the result was not optimistic.
In this day's battle, the Hunan Army led by Lu Chun lost a total of nearly 5,000 people.
Facing this number, Lu Chun felt his scalp numb and a chill running down his back.
This is an unprecedented number of casualties since the establishment of the Hunan Army. If we continue fighting like this, most of the Hunan Army's old foundation will be lost here.
At this time, Lu Chun's chief of staff Feng Lei spoke next to him.
"Commander, we can't continue fighting like this, otherwise our Hunan Army will suffer too much loss."
"Then what do you think we should do? The Rakshasa Kingdom has set up several strong lines of defense up front. If we don't break through these lines of defense, I won't even be able to see the city wall of Changchun."
"Commander, what I mean is that we can use Japanese soldiers to replace our Hunan Army soldiers."
Lu Chun's eyes lit up after hearing this, but he immediately became a little gloomy, "The Japanese soldiers' combat literacy is worse than ours. If they are used as the main attacker, there will be more casualties."
"So what? As long as the main force of our Hunan Army is preserved, we can just recruit them again after these Japanese people die."
After hearing this, Lu Chun still felt a little hesitant. He had served as the governor of the Japanese country over the years. To be honest, the Japanese people had served him well, and he also had some feelings for the Japanese people.
But Lu Chun was a very rational person. When faced with the issue of losses to his direct lineage or losses to Japanese people, Lu Chun made a choice immediately.
"Then what should we do? You should convey the order now and order the two divisions of Japanese troops to enter the first line of defense and prepare for the attack tomorrow."
"Yes, I will give the order now."
Chief of Staff Feng Lei was about to turn around and leave when he was stopped by Lu Chun again.
"Wait a moment."
"Commander, do you have anything else to say?"
"You tell the Japanese soldiers that there is no need to enforce battlefield discipline tomorrow. All seizures will belong to the Japanese soldiers personally."
Feng Lei was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he understood that Lu Chun was trying to inspire the Japanese soldiers to have the courage to attack.
"Yes, Commander."
Feng Lei left the headquarters, took a few guards with him, and then rode quickly towards the rear of the army.
The Hunan Army is the main force currently attacking Changchun, so their camps are set up relatively far forward. As for the Japanese army, which is the second-line force, their camps are at the rear of the army.
When Feng Lei arrived at the Japanese military camp, as the commander of the Japanese expeditionary force, the commander of the second division, Lieutenant General Sakuma Zumatai, was already there with him, and the other regiment commanders and staff members were there to greet him.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I am late to welcome you, so please forgive me."
Feng Lei just nodded, his face very serious.
Sakuma Zuomatai was not dissatisfied with Feng Lei's attitude, because when he was stationed in Japan, he knew the chief of staff's attitude towards Japanese people.
Chief of Staff Feng Lei was not as fond of the Japanese country as their commander Lu Chun. When he was in the Japanese country, he interfered in the government and the army of the Japanese country many times, and even gave instructions to the king several times.
Therefore, everyone in the Japanese government and the public knew that this chief of staff lacked friendship with Japan.
Next, Feng Lei entered the headquarters surrounded by Japanese generals.
After arriving at the conference room, Feng Lei sat in the center of the conference room.
As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Sakuma Zumatai could only stay by his side.
Other senior Japanese generals were sitting at attention on both sides of the long table in the conference room, waiting for Feng Lei to teach them a lesson.
Feng Lei sat in the middle and pondered for a moment, then said with a sullen face: "Commander Lu Chun has ordered that the Japanese army will be the main force in tomorrow's attack."
After Feng Lei finished speaking, he looked down and saw that the Japanese army did not have any dissatisfied expressions, and a few of them even had smiles on their faces.
Feng Wei is a little confused now about these Japanese people. Don't they know that they will be used as cannon fodder tomorrow?
In fact, Feng Lei did not understand the current thoughts of the Japanese people. As senior generals, how could these Japanese officers not understand the meaning of Lu Chun's order.
However, some time ago, the news came back that the 1st Division followed Liu Hai on an expedition to Southeast Asia. All the soldiers of the 1st Division were rewarded with 50 acres of land, and the officers even received a large farm.
As the commander of the 1st Division, Yamachi Motoharu even received a small town as a reward.
Therefore, now the entire Japanese army has fallen into madness, especially those Japanese soldiers at the bottom. Now they don't care about their fate at all. What they want is to participate in the battle on behalf of the Hunan Army.
In this way, they can get huge rewards after the battle.
Even if you die in battle, you can still get 100 acres of land as compensation, and your family can live a happy life.
Feng Lei didn't understand the thoughts of these Japanese people, and he didn't want to understand, as long as these people fought to the death for their commander-in-chief.
"Commander Lu Chun also issued an order that all seizures on the battlefield tomorrow will belong to the Japanese soldiers personally, and there is no need to enforce battlefield discipline."
After conveying the order, Feng Lei did not want to stay in the Japanese military camp any longer, so he left the military camp with Sakuma Zumatai as a farewell.
As soon as Feng Lei left, the expressions of these Japanese people became much more relaxed, which showed that their fear of Feng Lei exceeded Lu Chun.
Sakuma Zumatai returned to the headquarters. This time he sat in the middle and looked at the division commanders below and said: "According to Commander Lu's order, we will send two divisions to be the main attack tomorrow. You guys
People can recommend themselves."
As soon as Sakuma Satama finished speaking, the commander of the third infantry brigade, Army Major General Yamaguchi Soomi, couldn't wait to stand up and said, "General, our second division, as a veteran division, is led by you personally, general."
Come out, I hope to be the main attacker tomorrow."
Sakuma Zuomata sat there and nodded, feeling quite satisfied.
Yamaguchi Motoomi, commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, is the acting division commander of the 2nd Division and is also his old subordinate. Now that he can be the first to stand up, he feels very proud.
"Okay, tomorrow's attack will be on the 2nd Division."
After Sakuma Zumatai said this, he looked down again.
The commanders of the divisions below are all looking forward to it, hoping that they will be selected by Sakuma Zuomatai.
Sakuma Samata first looked at Katsura Taro, the commander of the third division, but quickly eliminated this person.
Because Katsura Taro and the Japanese veteran faction are not clear about it, although the elder faction has surrendered to Liu Hai now, it is not popular anywhere to sail two boats like this.
In the end, Sakuma Mata chose Ogawa Mataji, the commander of the 4th Division.
The 4th Division in everyone's mind now, also known as Dabanshi Regiment, is a useless division in the Japanese Army.
The soldiers in this division all come from wealthy families, so they are very repulsive to unprofitable battles.
The reason why Sakuma Zuomatai chose this division was because he knew the tradition of this division. He just thought that in tomorrow's battle, this division would perform poorly and would not compete with his 2nd Division.
After being rewarded, his 2nd Division can also take the lead.