The tide of battle was reversed like this, and Otani's face was full of gloom. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He had to admit that the battle had been fought so far, and in the face of the all-out attack of the Chinese army under the cover of superior firepower, his subordinates had done their best. The soldiers of the Empire lacked courage and perseverance, only equipment and firepower superiority. He was a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, and he could see that the Chinese's ordnance and equipment were only stronger than the Russians at the beginning.

The thought in Otani Kihisa's heart had not yet fallen, but there was a sudden roar of "buzzing" in his ears. He hurriedly rushed out of the command headquarters, looked at the sky, and without waiting for a moment, he immediately shouted: "Plane! It's the plane of the Chinese army! Evacuate quickly, hide! ”

The roar in the sky was getting closer and closer, and the Japanese soldiers who were looking for the source of the sound in surprise suddenly became chaotic after hearing the sudden shout of the division commander. There are those who run to the shelter in a panic, and there are those who scurry around like headless flies, and they have never experienced an air raid, and they show a variety of conditions at this time.

A "da-da-da" sound suddenly came out, and I saw several planes painted red on their wings suddenly swooping down, and began to shoot at the crowd running on the ground with the flames of the machine guns in the nose.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Higher in the air, a series of fluttering black dots also landed at the right time, dropping the bombs one by one. One of them landed in a pile of concealed munitions, which caused an even more powerful explosion, and the shock wave that set off almost scratched the head of Kikuzo Otani, who was screaming loudly.

The ground was trembling slightly, and the surrounding ruined houses were constantly overturning. Otani Kikuzo leaped from the ground and, with agility that seemed not to match his age, ran into a shelter.

"Boom!"

Another bomb exploded nearby, and the broken wall next to it collapsed. Otani Kikuzo looked at the soldiers who were still running outside, and felt very remorseful in his heart, although Commander Nagaoka repeatedly reminded himself, but the Chinese Air Force had never attacked his troops in an air attack, so that he was so careless.

The plane in the sky raged for more than ten minutes before it flew away. Although it is not a long time, it is a nightmare existence for Otani Kikuzo. When he ran out of the hidden department, what caught his eyes was full of devastation. Everywhere there were blown up weapons, everywhere there were wounded soldiers, everywhere there were shouts for doctors. The stretcher bearers carried the stretchers and kept running quickly between the wounded, and a little farther away, there were a few dull explosions from time to time.

"Mommy, Mommy! I want to go home! A young soldier muttered. His abdomen was gurgling with blood, and the two soldiers next to him were desperately bandaging him, but it seemed to be to no avail.

When Otani Kikuzo heard this, his heart softened, and he walked up to the soldier, squatted down and whispered in his ear: "Child, we will send you home immediately, don't worry, you will be home soon." ”

"He just got married," the soldiers from the same village choked up.

The young soldier's eyes gradually began to become blurred, and he seemed to see that when he left the village, he wore a brocade belt on his chest, his newlywed wife followed him excitedly with a happy smile, and his parents accompanied him excitedly, encouraging him to make contributions to the emperor and expand the territory of the empire as he walked. It is said that the local products of Shina are abundant, and it is said that the women of Shina are beautiful and moving......

Otani Kikuzo's face was extremely gloomy, and he pulled out his command knife violently, and swung it at the half-cut wood burning next to him. He was about to curse a few times, but he didn't want to hear a "whine" sound in the air again, which made his face change again.

At this time, on the side of the Chinese position, the artillery of the 52nd Division and the artillery of the regiment that had been waiting for a long time were firing at the target of the area bombed by the planes before. They have been holding back for a long time, and all the resentment and anger that have accumulated in their chests have been turned into cannonballs and shot out. Hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers smashed together into that small section of the area, which was only a few kilometers in radius, making the sound of artillery so dense that it was basically impossible to distinguish the sound of explosions. However, such an intensive artillery bombardment lasted for two hours.

As soon as the artillery stopped, the Chinese soldiers in ambush 500 meters away rushed to the Japanese position, and the Japanese only made a slight resistance, and the first line of position was lost.

Before the 5th Division landed in Korea, it was killed by the Chinese Navy with submarines, and after it arrived in Songlin, not only did it not replenish much, but it has been fighting until now. Not to mention that there are no heavy weapons per se, and now they are ordinary ammunition, and there is not much left. After being bombed by planes and then subjected to two hours of saturation shelling, most of the fortifications on the Japanese positions were not only destroyed, but even the personnel were lost. Therefore, when faced with the hard work of the Chinese army, the weakness of the resistance of the entire front-line position was really unexpected. As a result, Qian Maoxian, the vanguard company commander of the 154th Regiment, after breaking up the two Japanese troops in one go, hit directly in front of the wing headquarters of the 11th Wing.

Kenjiro Shirakawa, the commander of the 11th Wing, did not expect that the forward position would be broken through so quickly, and the Chinese army rushed to him at once. On the one hand, he made an urgent report to the division and regimental headquarters, and on the other hand, he hurriedly sent out the reserves, the only full-strength squadron in his hands, to defend his wing headquarters.

The Japanese soldiers had a strong sense of tactics, and after the main line position was broken through, the rest of the troops did not panic at all, but under the leadership of the commanders of each unit, they organized a retreat and defended at the same time. Just like the more than 100 soldiers of the 11th Wing's Koju Brigade, after they were defeated head-on, under the leadership of the captain Kogiku Jiro, they seized a street and fought with the Chinese army house by house, where they successfully pinned down the strength of an entire battalion of the 154th Regiment. The Sakai Brigade behind it also did the same, and after urgently shrinking its troops, it resisted while moving closer to the wing headquarters. Seeing this, the other scattered soldiers were even more entangled together, and under the leadership of Wu Chang Cao Chang, they launched a resistance on the spot.

At this time, Otani Kihisa hid his gray face and was full of embarrassment. Before he could recover from the heavy shelling of the Chinese army, he received a report from Kenjiro Shirakawa, along with a report from the 42nd Wing on the right flank, which had also been dispersed by the newly arrived 158th Regiment of the Chinese army.

The right flank of the 42nd Wing's defense was located outside the town, where there were no dense streets, buildings, etc., so it was easy to break through when facing an attack, with the same shortage of troops. The 158th Regiment of the attacking Chinese Army, which was a fully manned regiment, had three battalions arranged in a zigzag shape based on the results of prior reconnaissance, with two battalions in front and one battalion and units directly under the regiment in the rear, and rushed into the position in one go. The 42nd Wing tried to counterattack it on its own, but it was really overwhelmed.

"Yaga!" Otani Kikuzo roared angrily. The two regiments of the Chinese army, one on the left and one on the right, rushed their positions like two dragons.

Otani Kikuzo realized that his Fifth Division was in danger. Although the Chinese army on the right flank advanced quickly, the greater danger came from the left flank, and the left flank of Kenjiro Shirakawa had already received news that his men were divided and surrounded, and they could not hold out for much longer.

A map of the development of the campaign quickly formed in his mind, with two Chinese troops in front and behind, two flanks outflanking and breaking through in the middle, which was to annihilate his fifth division under Songlin City in one fell swoop.

Otani Kikuzo, who thought about this clearly, couldn't help but gasp. As the commander of the lieutenant general's division, he is naturally well aware of the current situation in Pyongyang. Since the Chinese army recently defeated the logistical supply of the 8th and 11th divisions, its main force has gradually developed a posture of dividing and encircling the two divisions, and the defeat of the two divisions is just around the corner. Now to annihilate his 5th Division here, I am afraid that it is a further way to cut off the way of the defenders in Pyongyang, right?

"Division commander, the situation is urgent, please make a decision early!" The chief of staff of the division next to him was in a hurry, and the Fifth Division must not be broken by all its members. You must know that since Emperor Meiji personally awarded the military flag, there has never been such a precedent for the army, and the army cannot afford such a humiliation.

Hearing this, Ohtani nodded: "Order, Wing Captain Kenjiro Shirakawa of the 11th Wing, go all out to block the Shina Army and cover the transfer of the division headquarters." The 42nd Wing Mihara Saburo left two brigades to block the Shina Army, and the rest of the troops quickly disengaged and moved to Hequan-ri with the division headquarters. In order to Kawakami's squadron, immediately seize the position at the entrance of the town, and must hold there for at least two hours. ”

Hequanli is more than ten kilometers away, but the location is more difficult, and the Kawakami squadron is the only fully equipped field unit among the units directly under the division. Now that Otani Kikuzo has made such a decision, it shows that the situation is critical.

Ohtani's adjustment is not unpleasant, but Zhang Zuoxiang's movements are faster. As the main force of the 18th Army, he has been in Korea for so long, and he has never fought as aggrieved as he did two days ago. After the Japanese front was broken through, he immediately led the headquarters to move forward and released the other two regiments in his hand into two routes. The purpose was to advance again from the front, rear, left and right directions, completely block the escape gate of the Fifth Division, and completely annihilate the Fifth Division.

Therefore, the attacks of the 155th and 156th regiments were not as earth-shattering as the frontal, but quietly thundered. After annihilating the two Japanese squads in two directions, they took advantage of the fact that the Japanese army did not react, and broke into the vicinity of the division headquarters of the Japanese Fifth Division in one fell swoop. After defeating two squadrons in a row with heavy baggage and logistics, they successfully surrounded Otani Kikuzo.

Otani Kikuzo's left flank was completely divided and surrounded, a brigade was completely annihilated, and the right flank was also extremely bad, and Kawakami's squadron was smashed by oncoming artillery fire before it could reach the entrance of the town. Now that the division headquarters is also surrounded by layers, the end of the Fifth Division seems to have been deeply doomed.

"It's time to be loyal to the emperor!" Ohtani's hoarse voice rang out. He was desperate, he knew there were no more reinforcements. He slowly walked to the back of the headquarters, and the next thing to do was nothing more than to burn the military flag and commit suicide by disembowelment.

Half an hour later, when Zhang Zuoxiang walked in and looked at the corpses all over the ground, he finally breathed a sigh.