On the first line of defense on the periphery of Hakodate, it was a good thing for the 36th Division to regain the line of defense that had just been lost at noon, but the commander of the 36th Division, Xiao Ji Chaoye, felt as uncomfortable as a dog. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

That's right, they took back the line of defense, and it didn't take a single soldier, but what was the use of that? The original plan was to sneak attack at night, to erase their weaknesses as much as possible, and take this opportunity to kill more enemy soldiers, so that they will also reduce some pressure in future battles.

But what awaited them was an empty position, and there was not even a single enemy corpse left here except for the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who had died here in the previous battle. What's worse is that the cunning Chinese, even if they took the initiative to withdraw from their positions, they did not intend to make the Japanese feel better, and a large number of mines were planted on the positions.

In the clearing, under the corpses, there are only places you can't think of, there is no place they can't bury, make the best use of things, this word is used in the right place.

And in the face of hundreds of more casualties, the government and the opposition have no idea of continuing to sneak attack the Chinese at this moment, who dares to guarantee that they have laid other traps along the way?

But now that the night is dark and the wind is high, the first line of position in front of us is like a firepower net, and the Japanese army is forcibly stopped there, and the mines that strike have already issued a warning to the other side, if the 36th Division wants to continue according to the plan, it must first remove the mines on the first position, as well as the mines along the way, otherwise, no matter where the Japanese army goes, it will passively send a warning to the enemy troops on the opposite side.

But it's at night, the lights are black, what do they do? Light a torch? Isn't this tantamount to giving the direction to the enemy artillery? Only a fool would dare to do that.

As a result, in desperation, the government and opposition could only be forced to give up the plan of the night attack, and ordered all the soldiers to retreat and wait until dawn to make plans.

And what makes Xiaoji and the opposition depressed is that why did the Chinese, who had obviously won the victory, suddenly retreat? This does not conform to the common sense of the battlefield, nor does it correspond to the current war situation at all. According to the daytime battle, the Japanese side lost nearly 7,000 people, and the Chinese's losses are estimated to be less than 1,000, such a disparity in the proportion of casualties, the Chinese should try their best to attack at this moment, but why should they choose to retreat?

Conspiracy?

Or is there something hidden in this?

It is said that the most popular thing for Chinese to do is infighting, and they often make some ridiculous actions for their own interests, although this kind of thing has also happened in Japan, but it has never happened in some big things.

The Chinese have been able to achieve what they have today, and the government and opposition believe that they will not be a rabble, and their soldiers are even more dedicated than the Japanese soldiers.

He didn't want to think about the worst of things, because that would make him lose his way and make the wrong decisions.

But think about it from another perspective, if you are the commander of the other party, then under the current battle situation, what kind of situation will it be possible for you to give the order to retreat?

First of all, the first is the order of the superiors, this situation often indicates that the higher level of the command has a larger plan, and the attack of the 371st Division will disrupt the plan of the higher level of the command, so after discovering that they are attacking, they immediately order a retreat.

The Chinese have radio technology, which has long been transparent, but because the Chinese are relatively tight about radio, so far no country has seized radio from the Chinese, and there is no way to conduct corresponding research.

However, it is said that it has been studied in Europe, and it is currently being tested intensively, and even some troops have already used radio.

Thinking about it, Xiao Ji and the opposition felt that this possibility was not very large.

At present, the number of Japanese troops landing in Hokkaido is not large, and the Chinese are also due to the problem of naval capacity, so it is impossible to quickly deploy a large number of troops in place like the Sino-Russian war.

Therefore, theoretically, after landing in Hokkaido, the Chinese should solve all the Japanese troops in Hokkaido as quickly as possible, and then slowly build Hokkaido into a forward position for attacking Honshu Island.

Such a deployment is the most beneficial to the Chinese, and through the daytime fighting, it also proved that the 371st Division is indeed capable of eliminating the 36th Division in two days.

Seeing that the goal of the first stage was about to be achieved, but suddenly retreating, leaving a respite for the Japanese army at this critical juncture, no one with a little sense would have made such a decision.

Therefore, the government and the opposition quickly ruled out the possibility of an order from the superiors.

Then there is the last possibility, the reasons of the 371st Division itself.

The choice of too many casualties can be directly discarded, and it is simply unrealistic to say that the casualties are too large at this time.

The troops can be abandoned if they are too tired, and it has only been less than a week since they landed in Hokkaido, and no matter how much the troops have been fighting for a week and have not experienced the exhausting battles of attrition, it is impossible for them to be exhausted.

Is it a material problem? The navy has limited capacity, and in the limited time and capacity, they must quickly move a large number of troops to Hokkaido, and at the same time, they will also be responsible for transporting the materials of the landed troops, and if they focus on transporting troops in the early stage, then there may be a shortage of supplies.

And this is also a very likely situation, and it is also a very realistic situation. But this situation does not seem to be very reliable, because according to intelligence, just this morning, the 371st Division has just been resupplied, and it is at that time that their heavy artillery has arrived.

Even if the landing enemy army is generally short of supplies, at least the 371st Division will not be short of supplies at present, and if there is a real shortage of supplies, then the most reasonable solution should be to fight a fierce battle, like today's battle, and then stick to the first line, waiting for follow-up reinforcements or supplies to arrive.

Frankly speaking, if the Chinese really stayed there and the sneak attack plan for tonight failed, then Xiao Ji and the opposition would not have the courage to launch another battle the next day, or even the third day.

And two days is enough for them to carry out a supply, after all, there is only a distance of dozens of kilometers, even if they simply rely on manpower, there is time to come.

Just got supplies, fought a big victory, and then suddenly retreated, for a time the small government and the opposition were also a little confused, and they couldn't figure out the Chinese's routines at all.

This is what the battlefield is most afraid of, but the government and the opposition have no way to deal with it.

The sound of explosions in the distance did attract the attention of the 371st Division, but at this time, no one had the energy to deal with the Japanese, and the traps on the defensive line had already been left for them, as for whether the Japanese would be fooled, it was not a situation they could control.

At this moment, the 371st Division was stepping up its retreat, and the troops not only withdrew from the first line of positions, but even retreated directly to a place 10 kilometers away, and then the troops rushed to work overnight in batches, building a fortification there, and making a posture that they were going to fight a defensive war.

However, the defense line built by the 371st Division is relatively simple, that is, a tunnel of less than one meter, and then the excavated soil is directly piled up in front to form a bunker, there are no anti-artillery holes, not even machine gun bunkers, and the defense line is also scattered, section by section, and the vacant place in the middle is solved by individual pits.

This move of the 371st Division also confused the Japanese who had been staying nearby, and these Japanese, under the organization of the local government, planned to continue to destroy the road at night.

Although the daytime battle was very fierce today, and the losses of the Japanese army were particularly serious, the act of destroying the road was indeed effective, and the baggage team was delayed for several hours.

War is fought on time, a few hours a day, but what about ten days? What about a hundred days? Under the leadership of the Japanese government, these Japanese people also believed that as long as they could hold on, they would drive the invaders out of Japan sooner or later.

But today's situation is very special, because the 371st Division suddenly retreated, so that the Japanese civilians who were originally setting off to destroy the road panicked for a while, they were originally in a good hurry, but the enemy suddenly came, so they could only find a random place to hide first, planning to wait for the enemy to leave before going out.

As a result, I didn't expect the enemy to start arranging a defensive line next to them, this damn old life, if these civilians were soldiers and had weapons in their hands, they would definitely rush out and kill a few more enemies at this time.

But they are only civilians, and all that can be called weapons in their hands are shovels, hoes, flat burdens, and baskets for soil, and they fight the Chinese armed to the teeth? Unless the head is rusty.

Dozens of Japanese civilians looked at me and I looked at yours in the dark night, with a bewildered look, and they didn't even dare to make a loud voice in their mouths, for fear of being discovered by the enemy.

Although they have the courage to destroy the road under the organization of the government, after all, it is not to go to the battlefield, and it is also sneaky to do this work, and there are people who keep guards, and once they find the enemy, they will immediately retreat.

But now they are unexpectedly blocked here, and they are in a dilemma, not only these Japanese civilians can't come up with ideas, but even the people sent by the government have no ideas, and if there is some trouble at this time, they will wait to die.

And this area is not safe, as long as it is after dawn, they will lose their hiding place, and they will still be dead. (To be continued.) )