Chapter 775: Liu Xiang

"The Chinese army is resisting very fiercely in the direction of Lao Huozi City."

Ryo Yamashita, chief of staff of the 8th Division, said: "Our vanguard encountered extremely fierce resistance and advanced with great difficulty. The first four tanks and two armed armored vehicles were all destroyed"

The division commander Onodera Shigetaro's face was gloomy, and his brows tightened more and more as he listened to the report of the chief of staff: "The situation is very critical. The second, third, and fourth garrison brigades of our railways are being frantically attacked by the Chinese army, and Lao Huozicheng has cut off the connection between our 8th Division and the railway garrison brigade, and we must open the main road as soon as possible, connect all our defensive areas, and keep Manchuria! ”

"However, we don't have enough troops, and we don't have enough weapons and equipment," Yamashita said with concern, "The people of Shina are very well prepared for this military operation, and I'm worried."

Onodera Shigetaro's tone was solemn: "Yamashita-kun, the lack of troops can be made up for with the will of the soldiers, and the lack of weapons can be made up for with the enthusiasm of the soldiers." Even if the Eighth Division is completely empty, it must block the attack of the Chinese people. Chief Nogi is our role model! ”

"Hello!" Yamashita Yeliang didn't promise loudly.

He was well aware that once His Excellency the Division Commander had decided on something, no one could change his mind. However, as a former student in Germany, I also know better that the style of play used by His Excellency Nogi Noshinori in the Russo-Japanese War is completely undesirable to exchange human lives for victory.

In the deepest part of Yamashita Nori's heart, he even thought that Nogi Noshinori buried so many imperial soldiers in the Russo-Japanese War, which was a fully realized act.

However, he did not dare to speak out about this idea

Under the stern demands of Onodera Shigetaro, the Japanese offensive suddenly intensified.

A large number of troops were invested in the old Huozi City, and the cannonballs flew around this small county town, and the sound of "booming" cannonballs made the earth tremble.

But the more this happens, the more it proves that the Japanese are really in a hurry!

They desperately wanted to open up the main road connecting the railway garrison brigade, and desperately wanted to save themselves from the passive situation in the northeast

The period leading up to the victory was always dark

Old Huozi City was completely submerged in enemy fire.

There were shells whistling everywhere, the Chinese and Japanese were everywhere strangled with the blood of soldiers dyeing the earth red, and death was a luxury in this every minute to live

The Japanese finally offered what they thought was the most powerful weapon:

Meat bullet tactics!

In the case that their own artillery could not suppress the other party, the Japanese still let wave after wave of soldiers launch a wave of higher charges!

Groups of soldiers poured in the direction of Old Huozi City.

Fierce battles were raging everywhere in and out of the city

Liu Xiang finally moved!

This Sichuan general, nicknamed "Ba Gecko", threw all his reserves into the battlefield that he had not been willing to use, cutting off the connection between the Japanese troops who rushed into Lao Huozi City and the Japanese troops outside Lao Huozi City.

In this way, Lao Huo Zicheng formed a very intricate relationship.

In the city, the Japanese fought against the Chinese soldiers who were hiding everywhere; Outside the city, the newly arrived Japanese troops were eager to complete the convergence with the Japanese troops in the city and completely occupy this deadly county seat.

And Liu Xiang personally supervised the battle on the front line.

If you advance, you will live, and if you retreat, you will die; If you keep it, you will live, and if you lose it, you will die! The whole brigade is united in its heart, holding its position to the death; The officers and soldiers of the whole brigade are of one heart and one mind; Greedy for life and afraid of death, don't talk about killing!

This is Liu Xiang's death order to his subordinates!

In fact, for the officers and men of the whole brigade, there is nothing to bargain with. The brigade commanders have put their headquarters on the front line, everyone is ready, throw your life here! …,

At the forefront of the 8th Division was the 17th Wing, which had high hopes for Onodera Shigetaro.

This team, which is dominated by Akita people, adheres to the consistent characteristics of Akita people, and it is difficult to make decisions when doing things. They actually arrived at Old Huozi City very early, but Wing Captain Aoki Kapa did not attack immediately at the first time, but kept waiting for orders from superiors, which also made the 17th Wing lose the best opportunity and had to face the re-strengthened position of the Chinese, and fell into a bitter battle.

But Akita people have another character:

Absolute obedience!

"You must enter Old Huozi City before three o'clock in the afternoon!"

After receiving this order from Onodera Shigetaro, Aoki Kapon did not hesitate and immediately put the Igarashi Infantry Brigade into the attack!

Liu Xiang was on the front line, and the Japanese army captain Takashi Igarashi was also on the front line.

Both sides received death orders!

The fiercest battle in Old Huozi City broke out

Within an hour, the Japanese launched four attacks. The fierce gunfire made everything on the battlefield fall into a terrible state.

The soldiers on both sides were strangled with flesh and blood on this small battlefield.

On the way to the charge, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were piled up like a hill. However, the Igarashi Brigade, which emphasizes absolute obedience, does not seem to see huge casualties at all, but still stubbornly launches a never-ending attack again and again.

Thanks to the efforts of the Igarashi Brigade, the first line of positions on the outer line of Lao Huozi City of the 11th Independent Brigade of the Chinese National Defense Forces fell into the hands of the Japanese.

But Liu Xiang was not angry, but showed a relieved smile.

This was the first time I had fought against the Japanese army, and I was a little worried before.

The defeat of the First Sino-Japanese Manchu Qing Dynasty and the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War brought an idea to the minds of some Chinese soldiers that the Japanese troops were very elite and very capable of fighting, and it was not easy to defeat them.

But when I experienced the war firsthand, I found that it was not all like this

The Japanese are simply trading their lives for victory.

"How many people does Japan have?" Liu Xiang, who retreated to the second line position, suddenly asked.

The chief of staff was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in confusion.

In fact, Liu Xiang doesn't need to know the answer.

He smiled slightly: "According to this style of fighting, if there are a few more big battles, how many Japanese troops can be used on the battlefield?" When all their experienced, well-trained soldiers are dead, what forces will they use to continue the war? ”

This general, who showed his talent during the Sichuan Civil War, did not make a mistake.

Indeed, once a full-scale war breaks out between China and Japan, as the war continues, it will be the Japanese who will lose. Their domestic manpower and material resources absolutely made it impossible for them to support a full-scale war between China and Japan.

Especially when they are about to lose all their overseas colonies, they are huddled on a few small islands, and the end result can only be failure

Liu Xiang's judgment was accurate, but he still had to face strong pressure from the Japanese Eighth Division.

Although the tactics of the Japanese army were undesirable, they were densely packed and attacked like a tsunami, which still plunged Liu Xiang and his officers and men into a fierce battle.

Igarashi Takashi, who had taken the first line position, greatly increased his confidence, and then threw his troops into an even more brutal war!

The Japanese troops, who shouted what slogans they didn't know, poured in like a tide, and then fell under the dense fire of the Chinese army. It didn't take long for a new charge mixed with slogans to begin again

Once, twice, three times

The soldier's arm was swollen, and the soldiers were numb from the fight. …,

They mechanically pull the trigger, mechanically throw the grenade, and then mechanically watch the attacker die in front of them

Life has become the least valuable thing in this cruel battlefield

Artillery shells often exploded around the temporary brigade headquarters of the 11th Independent Brigade, which made the guard company commander Guo Haian a little worried. He persuaded the brigade commander to retreat several times, but Liu Xiang refused.

"Tell Shen Jiaqiang in the city that Lao Tzu is helping him block the Oriental people outside the city, let him launch a comprehensive counterattack in the city, and eat all the Oriental people who entered Lao Huozi City!"

"Yes!"

"Where are our reinforcements?"

"Just received a telegram, it can arrive tomorrow afternoon at the earliest!"

"Tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow afternoon" Liu Xiang pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Tell the brothers that the reinforcements will only arrive the day after tomorrow, and let them all cheer up Lao Tzu and hold on until the day after tomorrow!" ”

The chief of staff was stunned again, and then immediately understood what the brigade commander meant

The sooner reinforcements arrive, the more easily the soldiers will become nervous, anxious, and restless. And once the reinforcements arrive early as they expected, the confidence and morale boost for the soldiers will be huge!

Igarashi Takashi obviously also felt the threat of the imminent arrival of Chinese reinforcements, and the attack of the whole brigade suddenly strengthened again!

The captain of the Japanese army threw all his forces into the battlefield.

The Japanese had red eyes and screamed for their lives, and a large number of deaths stimulated their nerves.

Everyone on the battlefield has completely forgotten life and death by this time, and human life has become the most humble thing in their eyes.

Many of them had no idea why such a war was being fought, but the purpose of the war had nothing to do with the soldiers.

That's what politicians play, that's just a decision made by the elites.

For the soldiers, there are only two things they have to do:

Win or die here!

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