Taking advantage of the enemy's slight relaxation, the soldiers of the 3rd Division once again got up from the ground and began to charge forward.
But now the Rakshasa soldiers opposite them were also jealous, and no one retreated at all. They used rifles and machine guns to shoot at the Japanese soldiers of the third division who were charging forward.
Immediately, the attack of the Japanese soldiers was suppressed, so that the men of the third division had to lie on the ground again and crawl forward.
However, as it got closer and closer to the Rakshasa Kingdom's position, the losses of the Third Division also increased.
After the battle lasted for an hour, the 3rd Division had left piles of corpses in front of the Tsarist Russian position, and the blood shed by the soldiers had formed small rivers.
Lu Chun, who was at the rear of the position, saw this situation and knew it could not continue. If the fight continued, the 3rd Division's will would collapse no matter how firm it was.
So the 3rd Division was ordered to start retreating, and at the same time, in order to ensure that the 3rd Division could safely withdraw to its position.
Lu Chun ordered the 4th Division, which was defending the second line of defense, to move forward to respond.
As the order was conveyed, the soldiers of the Third Division finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to retreat in an orderly manner.
The artillery fire behind the position also began to roar, used to cover the 3rd Division.
Originally, everything was going well. As long as the 4th Division stepped forward to respond and provided close fire support to the 3rd Division with machine guns and light artillery, the 3rd Division could quickly withdraw safely.
As a result, the Daban Division ostensibly started to lead, but after the soldiers rushed up, they started performing various performances.
Some soldiers suddenly fell to the ground clutching their chests just twenty or thirty meters away from their positions.
Some people just lie there in the middle of the charge and never move forward again.
Although the various light artillery of the 4th Division also started firing, there was no headshot at all, and a few shells even landed among the soldiers of the 3rd Division.
Lu Chun from behind could see all this clearly through the telescope.
By now Lu Chun was gritting his teeth in anger, thinking that the 4th Division should not have been sent in from the beginning.
However, the matter has come to this, and it is useless for Lu Chun to be angry again, so he can only make amends.
So Lu Chun quickly issued the second order, that is, the 2nd Division, which was resting behind the position, immediately took up the position of the 4th Division and moved forward to support the 3rd Division.
The 2nd Division, which had suffered heavy losses in yesterday's offensive battle, could only once again move forward with rifles in hand to respond.
The 2nd Division was indeed advantageous. As soon as they moved forward, all their machine guns began to fire accurately at the Tsarist Russian positions to suppress the enemy's firepower points. Their various light artillery also kept roaring, for
Provide support for the retreat of the 3rd Division.
The remaining soldiers of the 2nd Division also moved forward quickly and established a simple position on the spot.
In this way, amid the exchange of fire between the Second Division and the Tsarist Russian soldiers, the 3rd Division finally returned to its starting position.
After the 3rd Division had safely withdrawn, Katsuraro was furious and took out his pistol from his gun case and rushed towards the headquarters like the 4th Division.
When Katsura Taro arrived at the headquarters of the Fourth Division, the guards in front of the door knew something was wrong when they saw him like this, so they swarmed up and surrounded Katsura Taro.
Among these people, Katsura kept roaring.
"You guys let me in, I'm going to kill this bastard Ogawa Mataci."
After finishing speaking, Katsura continued to shoot into the sky, trying to drive away the soldiers around him.
But these guards were all Ogawa Mataji's confidants. Seeing Katsura Taro letting him into the headquarters like this, his own commander might not be doing well, so no one retreated.
There was such a commotion outside with shouting and shooting. Inside the headquarters, Ogawa finally couldn't bear it anymore.
He walked out of the door, looked at the chaos in front of the door, and shouted loudly: "Stop it, what are you doing? Do you still have any dignity as a soldier?"
As he congratulated his soldiers for finally returning to their respective posts, Katsura Taro in the middle was revealed.
As soon as Katsura Taro saw Ogawa Mataji coming out of the headquarters, he stepped forward and punched him, knocking him to the ground.
And Ogawa once again seemed to know that he was in the wrong this time, so he lay on the ground with his head in his hands, and let Katsuraro beat him up.
Just as the two Japanese division commanders were having a fuss in front of the position, Lu Chun from behind finally arrived.
When Lu Chun saw this situation, he was so angry that he trembled and said directly to his guardian: "Get these two bastards away from me."
Following Lu Chun's order, the guards behind Lu Chun swarmed forward, pulled Katsura Taro and Ogawa up from the ground again, and separated them.
The two people didn't notice Lu Chun's arrival at first, but now they were separated and realized that their old boss was here.
To be honest, Lu Chun has been leading the army in Japan for many years, and these people have unconsciously regarded Lu Chun as their backbone.
Moreover, Lu Chun was quite kind to the Japanese soldiers and did not despise them like other Hunan army generals.
Therefore, both Japanese generals and soldiers respected Lu Chun very much.
Now Katsura Taro and Ogawa looked at Lu Chun in front of them and immediately lowered their heads, as if they were defeated quails.
Lu Chun took a few steps forward and came to Katsura Taro and Ogawa Mataji, and slapped them three or four times in succession.
"Asshole, do you still look like a senior general? Don't you feel ashamed to make a fool of yourself in front of so many soldiers?"
Katsura Taro and Ogawa again stood at attention and listened to Lu Chun's scolding, not daring to complain at all.
Lu Chun cursed for a while, then breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What's going on?"
Now Katsura Taro finally feels like he has met his mother.
"Commander, this bastard doesn't know how to command the 4th Division. When retreating, these people did not work at all, causing a large number of deaths of soldiers of our 3rd Division."
When Lu Chun heard what was going on, he looked at Ogawa Mataji who was standing aside.
Ogawa stood there and smiled bitterly for a while again. He couldn't even explain. It was indeed the inability of his soldiers to do their job that caused the loss of the Third Division.
Seeing this scene, Lu Chun understood Ogawa's difficulty again. This 4th Division was indeed difficult to lead.
In the end, in order to appease the 3rd Division, Lu Chun stepped forward and patted Katsura Taro on the shoulder, and then said: "I did not consider this matter carefully and did not consider the combat effectiveness of the 4th Division. Otherwise, the 3rd Division
The regiment is temporarily undergoing repairs at the rear and does not need to participate in the upcoming war."
After hearing this, Katsura nodded repeatedly. If they did not have to participate in the next war, their 3rd Division would be able to retain more activities.
Such an incident finally subsided.
However, Katsura Taro was not happy for long. When he returned to his position and told the news to the soldiers below, he did not expect to be filled with complaints.
It turns out that in Liu Hai's army, rewards are very clear. It goes without saying that soldiers who died in battle will receive generous pensions.
Injured soldiers will also receive good treatment, and various good medicines, such as panacea, etc., are available for free.
But if you don't win the war, then the overall reward will be much less.
From the perspective of the soldiers of the 3rd Division, this time they attacked the Rakshasa Kingdom's position, although they suffered heavy losses, they did not achieve any results. If their military merits are counted after the war, their military merits will not be very high.
As a result, their final share will be much less than other troops.
Therefore, all these low-level soldiers complained about Katsura Taro.
However, at this point, Katsura Taro had no choice but to lead the soldiers of the 3rd Division dejectedly to the back of the position to rest.
The attack of the Japanese 3rd Division failed, so the next step was to turn the direct 4th Division into the main offensive force.
The commander of the 4th Division, Du Jie, is currently earning money and discussing with his chief of staff He Xingquan how to attack next in order to reduce his own casualties.
Du Jie saw the attack of the Japanese 3rd Division just now very clearly from behind the position. He lost nearly 6,000 men in just one attack on the 3rd Division.
Now it was finally the turn of their 4th Division to attack. Du Jie did not want to lose more than half of their 4th Division after the battle.
As the chief of staff, He Xingquan, with his brows furrowed like a mountain, finally came up with a solution that was not a solution.
"The defense opposite the city division commander is very tenacious. If we just rush in and fight like this, the losses will be as heavy as those of the Japanese Third Division."
"Then what can you, a talented scholar, do?"
He Xingquan was originally a scholar. He wanted to join Liu Hai's staff at first, but was rejected. In the end, he could only join the Hunan Army. However, because of his flexible mind and ability to learn hard work, he quickly became a member of the 4th Division.
Chief of Staff.
"Division Commander, we can only take a risk now. Pull out all our 60 mortars and 80 mortars and let them follow the attacking soldiers and attack forward."
"In this way, they can accurately provide fire reinforcements to the soldiers at the front at close range."
Du Jie frowned after hearing this. You must know that these artillery pieces are the treasures of their 4th Division. If the losses are too heavy in this war, it will really make him feel distressed to death.
"The division commander can no longer think about this. If the weapons are lost, we can still apply to the commander-in-chief. If the soldiers are all dead, how will we explain to his parents?"
"Okay, I'll listen to you this time. Let the platoon-level artillery unit follow the soldiers 200 meters behind to minimize casualties and provide reinforcements to the front."
As the order to enter the palace was given, the Hunan soldiers of the Fourth Division also rushed out of the trenches and began to quickly attack the enemy positions ahead.
The Rakshasa soldiers on the opposite side had repelled the Japanese 3rd Division last time, and now their confidence has grown a lot.
Therefore, they are now preparing their formations with full confidence, hoping to inflict heavy losses on the enemy in the next battle.