New Year's Day was supposed to be a day of joy and hope, but the mood of Lieutenant General Michiharu Umezawa, the commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army that night, was as gloomy as the night outside.

Will he be able to capture Hirayama as scheduled and complete the strategic plan formulated by the general of the temple? In his heart, he thought about this issue carefully, but the more he thought about it, the more ugly he became, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his heart was upset, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the battle plan made before the war had too many negligence and loopholes! You know, just because of the lack of intelligence on the deployment of the Chinese army, his troops have unexpectedly stopped advancing here.

"Yamazaki-kun, please take a seat." Umezawa Michiji witnessed the daytime battle, and he clearly saw that the firepower of a company of the Chinese army could match or even slightly exceed the firepower of a large group of the Japanese army. Therefore, even the 6th Division, which has always been known for its fierceness, had to meet in the face of this cruel reality. Therefore, now he simply can't get angry at Yamazaki Yoshizuka Osa, who bows his head and apologizes in front of him.

After a pause, he continued: "For today's failure, I, as the commander of the division, should bear the most important responsibility. My telegram of apology to the general has already been sent, so please let go of the burden in your heart, properly comfort your subordinates, continue to carry forward the tenacious samurai spirit of the imperial army in the next battle, and go all out to defeat the Shina army in front of us and wash away the shame on us! ”

It is hard for Yamazaki Yoshizuka Osa to imagine that the person who said these words just now and took the initiative to take responsibility for the defeat of the battle was actually the "flower-like Umezawa" who was called "like a flower" in the Russo-Japanese War. Therefore, in his heart, he was very grateful to the division commander for his generosity and tolerance, which was really rare among the top echelons of the Japanese army. After all, the 13th Wing, which he commanded, although it launched a series of attacks during the day, did not seem to have been able to achieve the slightest success, except for heavy casualties.

Of course, gratitude is gratitude, and there should be some expression. So, he stood up and bowed, and in an impassioned and sinful tone, he said with sincere fear: "No, Your Excellency, Division Commander. The responsibility should be on me, it is my contempt for the Chinese army, and the major mistake in the estimation of the battle situation, which led to today's defeat, please punish me! ”

"Yamazaki-kun, the fact has come true, there is no need to say more." Umezawa Michiji stretched out his hand and shook it, then walked to the map, pointed to the map and said to the other wing commanders under him: "At present, the situation of our army is very difficult. In the west, there are more than 50,000 elite troops in three divisions of Cao Kun's division of the Chinese Army, and more than 30,000 troops in two divisions under Yin Changheng's department in the east; Although the Zhina Army, which was holding the main road in front of it, was a regiment, if our troops could not defeat it as soon as possible, and when the main reinforcements of the rear army arrived here, our Imperial Army would definitely be defeated in this battle. ”

"In the daytime battle, the Chinese army has shown terrible firepower and combat power, so in this battle, all the monarchs must be prepared for the jade shattering. In my telegram to the general of the temple tonight, I have earnestly asked His Excellency the General to give our army half a day's leniency, but His Excellency the General did not hesitate to refuse me. Since this is the case, then please gather your troops as soon as possible, prepare for a night battle, and open the road to Pingshan. Please! After Michiji Umezawa finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the officers under him.

"Hay!" The officers also spoke in unison.

Umezawa Michiji looked at the arrogant subordinates in front of him, and nodded slowly, although his face was slightly softened, but the worry in his heart still did not let go. The shock that the battle of Pyongyang brought to him and to the top of the Japanese army was really too great, and the annihilation and defeat of several divisions and regiments was something that had never happened in the Japanese Army since its founding!

Therefore, he is not half sure about whether he can break through the resistance of the Chinese elite troops in front of him now.

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Over there, Umezawa Michiji is getting more and more bottomless in his heart, but in his heart, Fan Shisheng has already made up his mind to take advantage of the cover of the night to change troops and give a ruthless blow to the little Japan on the other side.

Shen Shaoqing's sacrifice made him very sad, although he didn't know Shen Shaoqing's family background, but he admired that talented young man from the bottom of his heart. Otherwise, he would not have been the commander of the Sharp Knife Company transferred to the whole regiment as soon as he arrived in the regiment. However, the young man, who was now with hundreds of brothers from a battalion, fell in the midst of this brutal positional defensive battle at once.

"Commander? Regiment commander, why abandon that position at the front? With the sound of footsteps, Wang Derong, the commander of the first battalion, walked in angrily. He carried a steel helmet with bandages around his head, and his military uniform was blackened by the smoke of gunpowder.

Fan Shisheng raised his head, and when he saw that the bandage on Wang Derong's head was faintly oozing blood, he frowned and said, "Huh? Hung the lottery? It's okay to have a wound on your head, right? ”

"Regiment commander, that's a position soaked in blood and sweat by the brothers! How can you say that you have lost it? Wang Derong's face was sad and indignant, he did not answer the regiment commander's question, but asked further. During the day, he led his subordinates to fight bloodily on the forward position, even if the casualties were close to sixty percent, he did not move his nest. However, now that night came, the regimental commander did not say a word, but was about to abandon the position that had been sprinkled with the blood of the brothers.

"The division commander has an explanation, and the reinforcements will arrive on the battlefield tomorrow morning!" Fan Shisheng had long expected that Wang Derong, a brother who was several years older than him, would lose his temper, but he didn't expect to lose his temper so much. So, he softened his tone and explained: "In the battle on the Jinchuan side, our army has gradually gained the initiative, and the Japanese 6th Division is bound to be anxious to open the passage. You can also see their madness during the day, and now it's night, if you don't give them a counterattack, a ruthless one, maybe what will happen! ”

After hearing this, Wang Derong's face finally eased a little, and he seemed to have realized: "So, you want to?" ”

"That's right, it's a trap. I have concentrated all the artillery of the whole regiment, and when the Japanese attacking force breaks through the area, I will cover it with all-round artillery fire, and then ......" Fan Shisheng said, while ticking a circle on the map with a pencil: "Hit him hard and counterattack!" ”

"Then, why didn't you say it earlier, Commander, why didn't you make it clear to me?" After figuring out the facts, Wang Derong was suddenly a little embarrassed by his recklessness: "In this way, we will hand over the counterattack task to our battalion, right?" ”

When Fan Shisheng heard this, he immediately turned his face and said: "No, the current task of your battalion is to withdraw and rest and accept supplements!" You don't have to worry about the counterattack, I have already prepared the second battalion in the position. ”

"Regiment commander, brothers of our battalion ......" Wang Derong was as he spoke, when suddenly, a violent explosion of "boom, boom, boom" sounded in the direction of the front.

At this time, the phone on the table in the regiment headquarters also rang in a hurry, Fan Shisheng waved his hand at Wang Derong when he saw this, and then walked to the table in three steps and two steps, picked up the phone, and only heard the urgent shouting inside: "Report to the regiment commander, report to the regiment commander, the Japanese army suddenly launched a fierce artillery bombardment on our forward position, they are going to attack, they are going to attack!" ”

The call was from the forward observation post, and Fan Shisheng had even heard it, and it was the voice of the restless reconnaissance company commander. So, he directly gave an order: "Very good, you kid keep an eye on me, and when the Japanese attacking troops break through three-quarters of the position, you will give me direct contact with the artillery to carry out covering artillery bombardment." I want to let these little Japan feel what it is like to be purgatory! ”

Fan Shisheng gritted his teeth and hung up the phone, he took out all the shells to counterattack this time, and divided the artillery fire into two levels, that is, all the 60 and 82 mortars of the whole regiment hit the entire salient position, and the 75 artillery battalion of the regiment carried out blocking fire, attacked the enemy's deep zone, and suppressed the Japanese artillery fire. In this way, the Japanese attacking troops in front of the entire defensive position will be under his powerful artillery fire.

At this time, the Japanese naturally did not know that a huge disaster was about to fall overhead, and as soon as their own ten minutes of artillery preparation stopped, their attacking force marched in a wing.

Yes, that's right, it's the size of the wing. This was the battle plan drawn up by the commander of the 23rd Wing of the Japanese Army, Yu Rabbit Pill Osa, who was in charge of the attack, after learning the lessons of the 13th Wing during the day. He just wanted to learn from the original Marshal Nogi Noshinori who attacked Lushun, using the tactics of crowds, rushing into the position of the Chinese army in one go.

Takahashi Yu Rabbit Pill Daisa held a telescope in his hand, looking at his subordinates who were lined up in a dense line of more than 3,000 stragglers and attacking in the night, and his heart was irrepressibly excited. Closer, closer and closer, rushed in, the warriors rushed into the positions of the Chinese army! Great Japanese Empire onboard! His Majesty the Emperor onboard!

The expected counterattack of the Chinese army did not happen, perhaps they were all killed by the heavy artillery fire of the imperial army! Takahashi sighed in surprise in the heart of Rabbit Pill Daisa, and the corners of his mouth began to slowly hook.

It's just that the corners of his mouth didn't last long, and the whistling of cannonballs from the sky behind Rabbit Mountain gave him a blow to the head.

The whistling sound fell on the position that the Japanese had just occupied, and a series of large explosions occurred.

The earth is trembling, shrapnel is flying. In the dense artillery fire, I saw rows of Japanese soldiers who had no time to react constantly falling, and then the follow-up crowds continued to pour forward! Groups of Japanese youths with samurai dreams are constantly turned into mutilated corpses or wretched creatures that fall to the ground and wail under the grim reaper of steel shrapnel.

Thirty minutes, a full thirty minutes of covering artillery bombardment, made the 23rd Wing of the Japanese Army, which was originally fully organized, suddenly become fragmented.

This scene, not only Takahashi Yu Rabbit Pill Osa who was holding a telescope was stunned, but also Michiji Umezawa, who was outside the division headquarters, was also stunned! An entire team of Imperial Warriors, in just thirty minutes, was suddenly blown to pieces in the midst of this earth-shattering explosion.

"Order, the reserve troops immediately organize a defense!" Umezawa Michiji's face turned pale, and he hurriedly gave an order after reacting.

People who have been on the battlefield for a long time have the ability to adapt to the battlefield is naturally extraordinary. At this time, he could already foresee the next counterattack of the Chinese army.

Sure enough, the counterattack of the Chinese army came quickly, and as soon as his side deployed troops to defend, their side had already rushed over.

On the one hand, the number is superior, waiting for work, and on the other hand, the victorious division, morale is like a rainbow, and as soon as the two sides take on the battle, they are evenly matched. Ping-pong was half-loud, and when they saw that they couldn't take advantage of it, the Chinese army slowly retreated.

At this time, the Japanese army naturally did not dare to pursue rashly, and launched a new round of attack until dawn. However, after dawn, the battlefield of Rabbit Mountain ......