Saotome Naoki was the division commander of the Japanese 42nd Division, and the troops that counterattacked Fan Ming's armored battalion near the fishing village were the main force of the 42nd Division under his command. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Speaking of which, this Saotome Naoki is relatively unlucky, and his division was originally transported thousands of miles from the Japanese mainland to the Korean Peninsula.

However, before his division reached Seoul, Pyongyang was occupied by the Ming Empire. So the 42nd Division began to retreat all the way south.

Since it was not a direct descendant of General Kumamoto, the commander of the coastal defense who succeeded General Takanomiya Mitsui in commanding the war on the Korean Peninsula, the route on which the 42nd Division was ordered to retreat to the south was on the western side.

As a result, the 42nd Division retreated all the way to the south, and when it came to the beach, it did not wait for the order to find a place to board the ship, so it could only ask its superiors when he would board the ship and leave.

What is devastating is that after Kumamoto gave the order for the 42nd Division to withdraw south, he put this matter aside. His men were busy organizing the troops under their command to board the ship and retreat, where did anyone remember that in the other direction, there was a division that no one cared about?

As a result, the 42nd Division was delayed for 2 days, and finally waited for the order to transfer to Pusan. Unfortunately, this order came too late, and the 42nd Division had already lost the opportunity to move closer to the Busan area.

When the 42nd Division approached the fishing village, they found themselves in a very dangerous situation. It was surrounded by reconnaissance troops from the Ming Empire, and it was impossible to bypass these troops and move to Busan unconsciously.

I have to say that in the Japanese Army at this time, there were still many people who were not afraid of death. The division commander and the two brigade commanders, plus several wing commanders, discussed it and decided not to leave!

The reason why the 42nd Division stopped in place was a mystery, but they did set up a defensive line with their backs to the sea in their place, and they were ambushed and planned to fight for the emperor until the last moment.

Major General Saotome Naoki was standing in the forest at this moment, holding binoculars, watching his soldiers rush towards the tanks of the Ming Empire.

However, now he is not feeling the bravery and fearlessness of his soldiers, but envying the tank combat power of the Ming Empire: "What a good thing...... Why don't we have such powerful weapons? ”

"Yes! Your Excellency, General, if we had this kind of weapon, why would we be worried about the current situation in the war. The chief of staff pressed the command knife and said with a depressed face.

What he said resonated with Saotome Naoki, and the division commander put down his binoculars, sighed and said, "It's really a shame to let you die here with me today." ”

"Don't say that, Your Excellency...... We are dying here today, at least on Japan's own territory. The chief of staff sighed: "A coward like Kumamoto will not understand our loyalty." ”

"Well said!" Saotome Naoki nodded, with a fierce expression on her face. He was a man of brutal character and courage to the point of recklessness, and his favorite words were loyalty.

However, because Japan was in a hurry to expand its army and equipment production could not keep up with the speed of losses, the 42nd Division was extremely short of heavy weapons. That's why Saotome hasn't used heavy artillery to bombard Fan Ming's tank troops until now - because he didn't!

It's a pity that he didn't mean that others didn't, and when he was standing in the woods commanding thousands of Japanese infantry, trying to flood the tanks of the Ming Empire with a sea of people, Fan Ming's reinforcements arrived!

These reinforcements are not grenadiers, nor other tanks, but shells from self-propelled howitzers of 150 mm caliber flying from ten kilometers away!

The self-propelled howitzers under the division headquarters joined the battle at the last moment, and fired ten shells in one go, which was considered a covering shot.

These shells fell one after another in the crowd of Japanese soldiers after a few seconds apart, and the attacking Japanese soldiers were confused at once.

However, because of the hasty fire, 4 shells fell behind the Japanese soldiers, and 2 more fell in the woods, and only 4 shells happened to land in the sea of Japanese soldiers.

This is not a 60 mm mortar, nor is it a 75 mm infantry gun - this is a real 150 mm howitzer!

The huge explosion suddenly made the Japanese soldiers unable to find their way, and a large number of Japanese soldiers fell with the explosion of the shells, and most of them had no possibility of standing up again.

Some Japanese soldiers who were far away from the explosion site got up and began to cry for their arms or palms, while others lay silently on the ground, looking at their torn bellies.

If braving a hail of bullets to storm a tank is a sign of courage, then a person who continues to attack after being shattered by a round of shelling is a fool.

Because after one round of shelling, a more accurate second round of shelling will soon be dropped, followed by a third and fourth...... If the offensive continues under such circumstances, the casualties cannot be described as heavy.

The Japanese soldiers are fierce, the Japanese soldiers are brave, but the Japanese soldiers are not fools. They began to think about retreating, and the distance between the 3rd Company and the Japanese army, which had not been widened, was now opened in an instant.

"Heavy artillery? How did their heavy artillery keep up so closely? How did their heavy artillery come in such a timely manner? The chief of staff of the Japanese army, who had never dealt with the army of the Ming Empire, asked with an expression of disbelief.

Of course, Saotome Naoki didn't know why, he just watched in a daze as his repulsed subordinates fled back to the starting position in embarrassment, and he regretted staying here.

He felt that his 20,000 soldiers would be able to stay here for days anyway, waiting for a transport ship or warship to pick them up. But now he felt that he didn't seem to have the ability to hold on here for a few days.

Opposite Mr. Lieutenant General Saotome, Fan Ming, who had withdrawn from the battle, looked at the mottled bullet marks left on the steel plate of his armored car, squinted his eyes from behind a gap in one part of the armored car, and looked at the forest in the distance.

"You think two rounds of heavy artillery are over? You think it's okay to hide in the woods? "The battle just now was too tragic and chaotic, Fan Ming's unit almost suffered, of course he wanted revenge, and he also wanted to destroy the Japanese army in front of him.

Soon, his wish came true - 20 Lei Gong 1 dive bombers appeared in the sky behind Fan Ming, and the bombs hanging under the wings looked so majestic......