When Fan Ming commanded his tank battalion to sweep around Xiangyuan, he encountered resolute resistance from the remnants of the Japanese army's tanks. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info These units came from the remaining strength of the Japanese 2nd Division, as well as some newly replenished Japanese tanks.

Although Japan has produced a pitiful number of tanks since the beginning of the war, this has not prevented Japan from supporting the defenders of the Korean Peninsula.

About 30 tanks were brought from the country and handed over to Takanomiya Mitsui. And Mitsui Takanomiya did not disperse them, and handed them over to the 2nd Division, which had collapsed and had been resting behind Pyongyang.

The 2nd Division was defeated by the 1st Armored Division of the Ming Empire in the Battle of Jiechuan, and it can even be said that it was defeated by Fan Ming's armored battalion.

Now, these two armored forces that have already fought against each other have once again encountered each other in Xiangyuan. I have to say that it is a fateful duel, and it is also a very laughable coincidence.

Because Shohara was important, the Japanese had the rest of the 2nd Division stationed here with the infantry; Also because of the importance of Xiangyuan, the armored forces of the Ming Empire regarded this place as their main direction of attack......

The power of both sides has been weakened compared to then. Fan Ming's current 45 tanks have been in a state of inadequacy, and the Japanese 2nd Division is even more seriously lacking.

At this time, the Fan Ming tank battalion had only 27 tanks that could be used, and the rest were either destroyed or waiting for parts in the hands of the maintenance troops behind.

The Japanese 2nd Division was even more pitiful, with only 56 tanks left in the entire division, which was not a few more tanks than a fully equipped tank battalion of the Ming Empire.

As for Fan Ming's armament, he is equipped with 27 No. 2 tanks, while Japan's 56 tanks are 91 combat vehicles with backward performance, so the comprehensive strength of the two sides is actually dominated by a missing tank battalion of the Ming Empire......

The battle for the periphery of Xiangyuan was extremely fierce, because the Japanese army received a death order that was not allowed to retreat. As the 2nd Division at the top of the Japanese army, the will to fight is still very strong.

Although they lost a large number of tanks, this is also a division, and it is the main division of Japan, so in the face of the attack of the army of the Ming Empire, they still fought very tenaciously.

However, the Ming Empire tanks outside Xiangyuan City were eating away at the Japanese army's defense line little by little, and the Ming army was indeed reinforcing more and more - which made the Japanese defenders fall into despair.

Originally, Xiangyuan was a small city on a major transportation route, and the scale did not allow the Japanese defenders to use the urban environment to fight street battles and waste time with the Ming army.

Now, the Japanese 2nd Division, whose flank was also in danger, had to ask Mitsui Takanomiya whether to continue to hold on to the same position, or retreat and abandon Shohara.

Sata Ohno was carrying the phone in his headquarters and complained to Mitsui Takanomiya on the other side of the phone: "Your Excellency General! My tank is being destroyed by the enemy...... We can't stay here forever! ”

"Any retreat is not allowed! Ohno-kun! This is the conduct of a samurai of His Majesty the Emperor! On the other side of the phone, Mitsui Takanomiya opened his mouth and repeated his decision harshly.

"Your Excellency, General! If we continue to hold on to Xiangyuan, then the 2nd Division will be completely wiped out here! Ono Sata still pleaded bitterly: "Please allow us to retreat!" Save your strength to fight again! ”

After Mitsui Takanomiya heard Ota Ohno's words, he sneered: "Hmph...... Ohno-kun, there is no need to save our strength, and we don't have a chance to fight again! This is the last line of defense we have to defend! ”

"It can't be! Checkmate! I'll stick here for a day! Cover you to lead Pyongyang's troops south! We can still hold on to Seoul! Ono Sata opened his mouth and said with a crying voice.

Although he didn't cry for Mitsui Takanomiya, he really wanted Mitsui Takanomiya to leave Pyongyang. Because if Mitsui Takanomiya starts to retreat south, his 2nd Division will also be able to get out of the south.

As a confidant of General Miyamoto Arihito, Sata Ohno has no good feelings for Mitsui Takanomiya, who "forced to death" General Miyamoto Arihito.

But he had to think for himself - if he left Pyongyang behind and ran away on his own, then Mitsui Takanomiya in Pyongyang's encirclement would definitely report the matter of Ono Sata's departure from the battlefield to the mainland.

At that time, even if he saved the remnants of the 2nd Division, he would not be able to escape a dead word. It is not clear that those high-level domestic leaders who are eager to find someone to take the blame will put the responsibility for the failure of the entire campaign on him.

Rather than die with the guilt of escaping from the battle, Ohno Sa thought about it, it was better to stick here and use the remaining remnants of the 2nd Division to defeat the generals and bury himself!

History is always a striking coincidence, and the choice of generals is often the same. In the case of survival, most people will choose to leave a reputation to continue their lives.

Of course, Mr. Sata Ohno has another choice - surrender to the Ming Empire, but he doesn't dare to choose this choice, and he doesn't even dare to think about it.

"Any kind of retreat, it will cause a collapse! When the time comes, let alone Seoul, whether we can get to Kaesong or not is a question! Mitsui Takanomiya smiled bitterly.

As the supreme commander of the Japanese Army, he knew too well the current state of the front-line defenders: as long as the officers ran away, they would follow with confidence.

At that time, any effort to redeem the rout will come to naught, and Mitsui Takanomiya will become the laughing stock of the whole world and the biggest sinner of the Japanese motherland.

Therefore, Mitsui Takanomiya has already made up his mind not to leave Pyongyang, even if he fights hard in Pyongyang and finally surrenders, it will be more elegant than taking people out of Pyongyang.

"The 2nd Division...... Just buried in Xiangyuan? On the other side of the phone, Ono Sata gritted his teeth and asked, "More than 10,000 elite soldiers of His Majesty the Emperor died here in vain?" ”

"10,000? 100,000 people said that they were lost! Ono-kun...... In this situation, we can only stick to the place and bring the greatest damage to the Ming Empire, which is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor! Mitsui Takanomiya opened his mouth and said persuadingly.

He paused, and continued to explain his tactics: "If you can delay for one more second, you can delay for one more second!" Wait for the victory on the part of the British and Ceylon! That's our last hope! ”

"What if it doesn't work? What if we don't hold out until that time and are annihilated? Ono asked at a very fast pace.

"......" was silent for a while on the other side of the phone, and then replied: "If this is really the case, at least we can't see it!" ”