"Retreat!"

With an order, thousands of Japanese troops slowly retreated, and on May 18, this was already the fourth large-scale offensive launched by the Japanese army in the last three days, but these four attacks had no other progress except for leaving a large number of Japanese corpses on the battlefield. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Each attack was stubbornly repelled by the Chinese army on the opposite side, and the Japanese army added nearly 10,000 casualties in these two days, but so far, with the continuous arrival of follow-up reinforcements, the number of Japanese soldiers has increased by 20,000, and the total strength of the Japanese army gathered around Hakodate has reached seven divisions and nearly 80,000 people.

Although it is almost the same as the Chinese Army in terms of total strength, it is difficult to compare it with the Chinese Army in terms of combat effectiveness.

The commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Yoshimasa Oshima, was even more worried that he had not closed his eyes for several days and nights, and every time he just closed his eyes, his mind was full of the war on the front line, and the methods that could be used Oshima Yoshimasa had been exhausted, but the war did not make the slightest progress.

Originally, the seven divisions had nearly 120,000 combat troops, but in just a few days, they lost nearly 40,000 people, and the losses of the Chinese army on the opposite side were only a few thousand at most, and the only consumption may be their ammunition.

In today's attack, Oshima Yoshimasa transferred a large group of artillery, which was a rare heavy firepower of the Japanese army, and because of the limited transportation capacity before, the Japanese side used more transportation capacity for the transportation of troops, and did not rush to transport artillery.

However, with the day of fighting, the artillery brigade, which had just arrived at the front line for less than a day, had disappeared into the long river of history.

The Chinese are like having endless ammunition, every time the Japanese attack, they can always use the strongest firepower to repel them, when the Japanese think that they do not have much ammunition, the Japanese will always be defeated by their own illusions, because the intensity of fire in front of them is not weaker than any previous battle.

Except for the Fourth Division, the other six divisions were basically a little nervous by the fighting here, but they had no way, once the order was given, they could only attack hard.

In this era, Japan has not completely changed its thinking from its previous international status, most of these troops are newly recruited in recent years or recently, in their hearts, they still fantasize that Japan is the most powerful empire in the world, although the Chinese can fight their homeland, but at most it is short-lived, and they will soon be unable to support it.

Everyone went to the battlefield with this mentality, but after a few battles, they found that they were wrong, they had been deceived by the top of the empire, although they were a little angry in their hearts, but the loyalty to the emperor in their hearts has always spurred them on, so that they have to launch an impact on the enemy's position again and again, even if they use their bodies to consume the opponent's ammunition, they are willing to stand up.

The minds of the people in front began to waver, but the people behind were still kept in the dark, the Japanese government did not truthfully announce the situation on the front line, and their people still did not know what kind of enemy they were facing and how powerful it was.

But the Japanese government did not lose its mind, and although they concealed most of the information from the front, they at least revealed some information.

For example, on May 15, Emperor Meiji took advantage of the remission of his illness to issue an edict, in which he declared that the strength of the Chinese Empire was very strong, and that the imperial warriors were able to compete with the enemy with perfect cooperation with friendly forces by relying on superb personal qualities and meticulous command of their superiors when their weapons and equipment were not superior, and gradually stabilized the situation at the front.

But the empire needed more warriors to go to Hokkaido, where they could drive the enemy out of the sea and from their homeland. Japan has the advantage of fighting at home, and the speed of the Chinese army increase will certainly not be able to catch up with Japan, and the emperor called on Japanese young people to take the initiative to enter the barracks, receive military training, and then go to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions to defend the country.

After the issuance of this highly confusing mobilization edict, Japan's Honshu Island received nearly 200,000 applications for enlistment in the army in just two days, perhaps because of time factors, most of these 200,000 school-age young people are from the vicinity of Kyoto, but as time goes by, according to the Japanese government's estimates, they will be able to mobilize at least 2 million troops this time.

Such a large number of troops is definitely not something that the Chinese can contend with, even if they have an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment, even if Japan is currently losing the war on the Hokkaido side, as long as it can stabilize Honshu Island and train these recruits into soldiers, then Japan will be invincible.

Of course, the Japanese top brass also analyzed the reasons for Russia's defeat, which was nothing more than the vast and sparsely populated Far East, insufficient number of troops, insufficient number of civilians, and Russia's civil strife, which greatly distracted the attention of the Tsarist government, and before they could free up their hands to deal with the Chinese, they had already lost a large amount of land.

The situation in Russia does not exist in Japan, so the Japanese top brass also has reason to believe that Japan will not repeat the mistakes of the Russians, and they will definitely defeat the Chinese.

But in any case, except for a small number of Japanese civilians and soldiers in Hokkaido who realized the strength of the Chinese Army, the rest of Japan did not know anything about the Chinese Army, and even the battle reports on the front line were not very clear. Nowadays, Japanese people are more like critically ill patients who are still hanging with only one breath, and as long as they take this breath, they will die in the next second.

When the order to retreat was given, Yoshimasa Oshima's eyes were red, and his head felt like it was going to explode, which was the sequelae of not resting for a long time.

The order given to him by the top level was to stabilize the situation, advance steadily, consume the effective strength of the Chinese little by little, wait for reinforcements, and wait for instructions.

Oshima Yoshimasa did act according to the orders of the rear, but this result made Oshima Yoshimasa very sad. After two days of fighting, they did consume some of the Chinese's effective strength, but their own losses were even greater, and Oshima Yoshimasa did not even dare to imagine what kind of situation the battlefield would be in a few days.

Japan's transportation capacity has also been a big problem, with the increase in troops, the follow-up transportation is mainly based on troops, with a small amount of material supplies, and now there are not many resources near Hakodate.

If they can't get a large amount of supplies in a short period of time, let alone continue the attack, they will even have a problem eating. Even the army can only ensure three meals of slightly thicker porridge a day to survive, and the Japanese army has been affected to a certain extent because they can't eat enough to eat during this time.

Although there were supplies in the rear, they could not supply them in large quantities, and in order to ensure that they could stay here for a long time, even the Japanese troops who had been supplied still did not dare to eat and drink. Who knows when the next replenishment will be?

Oshima Yoshimasa was full of thoughts about how to complete the task and how to drive the Chinese Empire into the sea, and because he had not rested for a long time, when he gave the order to retreat for the fourth time, the whole person suddenly went black and fainted.

Oshima Yoshimasa's fainting made the already demoralized Japanese camp instantly jump, and the accompanying military doctor hurriedly examined Oshima Yoshimasa, and finally came to the conclusion that he was overtired, and his blood pressure had increased, and he should get better after sleeping.

It's time for Yoshimasa Oshima to rest, but what about the Japanese troops of the seven divisions here in Hakodate? And who should be in command? And there is no such thing as a deputy position in the Japanese army, Oshima Yoshimasa fell, and theoretically speaking, a first heir should come out to temporarily assume the responsibilities of Oshima Yoshimasa.

But these seven divisions were all put together temporarily, if it was in the past, maybe they would still fight for this position, after all, if they perform well in this position, it is very likely that they will go further, which is a great thing, and no one wants to give up.

But now, everyone knows that taking over this position temporarily is not a passage to the future road, but a shortcut to the ghost gate, to put it bluntly, it is to die by yourself.

However, these seven divisions couldn't just wait for Oshima Yoshimasa to wake up, so the commanders of the seven divisions had to get together and discuss a way together.

First of all, I will definitely report the situation here to Tokyo, and I hope that Tokyo will make a decision on whether to appoint a new commander or continue to let Yoshimasa Oshima take the position.

Secondly, before Tokyo can reply, one of the seven of them must stand up and take charge of unified command.

However, considering that everyone's original intention was to refuse, the commanders of the seven divisions played a new trick with ingenuity, and for the sake of fairness, everyone finally decided to choose the temporary commander by drawing lots.

However, the final result was that the commander of the Fourth Division, Lieutenant General Mitsuharu Tsuchiya, served as the temporary commander, and when the commander was elected, the commanders of the remaining six divisions once again started to think about it, but this is not to blame them, who let the other six divisions fight in front of you to the death, and the fourth division stays in the back and watches the excitement happily?

Therefore, this time, the commanders of the six divisions jointly put pressure on Mitsuharu Tsuchiya, and the next attack must be carried out by the fourth division. Tsuchiya Mitsuharu was also very helpless, although he also wanted to, but when he thought of the bird-like appearance of the group of soldiers under him, he instantly lost his confidence, and neither agreed nor refused.

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