"Yes, the enemy's positions were set up very crudely, no different from the Manchu army of a few years ago. Order, the 1st Brigade of the 1st Wing attacked head-on and tested the enemy's firepower! Sasaki ordered.

"Boom!" The five-minute shelling ended quickly, and the Japanese field artillery bombardment did not usher in a return fire, and it seems that the previous rumors that the Zhenguo Army had a large number of artillery pieces were not accurate. Sasaki ordered the shelling to stop, the infantry sorted, artillery shells were a luxury for the poor Japanese army, and the bombardment just a few minutes alone fired nearly 200 shells, accounting for one-fifth of the number carried by the brigade.

A military musician beat a small drum around his waist, and a brigade of more than 500 infantrymen, led by a junior officer, lined up in a neat line and stepped on the drum to the enemy's position. When approaching the enemy's position about 200 meters, the young officer shouted: "Assault! Ichiro Oshima, who was standing in the first row, shouted and changed the rifle he was carrying on his shoulders to a position with the muzzle forward.

Fifty soldiers in the first row began to run at a uniform speed, Oshima while running, while paying attention to adjusting the formation of the soldiers, the footsteps of "dong dong" made Oshima feel his blood boiling, and there was such a sound behind him, the whole brigade entered a running state, and the drums became more and more intensive. With bayonets reaching the enemy's position, Oshima retracted his mind - the soldiers were of high quality, and although many of them were new recruits, they ran in a neat formation and strictly followed the requirements of the infantry drills.

Closer, closer, there was not much obstacle in front of the enemy's position, and Oshima could clearly see the enemy hiding in the trenches, revealing only a hat with a metallic sheen. "Bang bang bang!" Without any warning, the position of the Zhenguo Army suddenly opened fire when the Japanese entered a distance of fifty meters, and the bullets were all from rapid-fire rifles, and the rain of bullets reached its peak from the beginning.

Almost at the same time, three bullets hit Ichiro Oshima in the middle of the charge, and the veteran of more than seven years, Koso, fell on the way to attack. More than a hundred soldiers fell with him, and the officer of the brigade reacted quickly and immediately gave the order to retreat in a loud voice, but it was not easy to withdraw at such a close distance.

The bullets from rapid-fire rifles pursued the retreating Japanese soldiers until they had withdrawn two hundred meters before they stopped firing. "Quick! Shift to the rear! Lu Ming's order soon spread to every corner of the trenches, and after repelling the first wave of enemy attacks, the effect of "a little resistance" had been achieved, and continuing to hold on would only drag the Third Brigade here and unable to retreat.

The soldiers bent down along the trenches and quickly shifted to the place where the trucks were parked in Humen Town. The vicinity was all plains, there was no commanding height, and the Japanese troops on the opposite side could not judge the situation on the position. There were more than 200 trucks, enough to fit all the soldiers, the speed of the transfer of the 3rd Brigade was very fast, all the artillery, heavy machine guns and other heavy materials had been transferred in advance, and when the Japanese shells fell on the position again, the 3rd Brigade was already on the trucks leading to Zhangmu Town.

Sasaki was so angry that he lost more than 200 people in the first tentative attack, and he could clearly see through the binoculars that the enemy had a rapid-fire rifle with amazing firepower! I have never heard of such advanced weapons, it seems that if we want to break through this position, we must increase our efforts, and we can't let the division commander and other brigade commanders see jokes, the follow-up large forces are advancing to this side, and they must break through Humen Town before they arrive!

The smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield and the houses of Torano Town blocked Sasaki's view, and not sending enough scouts was also a mistake. Under his orders, the artillery group carried out a bombardment for a full fifteen minutes, and the second wave of the attack consisted of two groups, and he was determined to break through the position at once. According to past experience, the Manchu army would definitely take the initiative to retreat or even collapse in the face of such a large and powerful impact!

In fact, Sasaki was punched again, hundreds of precious shells were wasted, the enemy position was already empty, it seemed that the enemy had never existed at all, and what could prove the enemy's existence was only bullet casings all over the ground in the first-line trenches. The second brigade was pressed by the whole army, and the three brigades entered Humen Town to search, but no trace of the enemy was found, it was a completely empty city, and there was not even a single civilian or livestock.

A group of soldiers found a large number of traces in the rear of Humen Town, and after the field investigation of Sasaki and Nishiki Osa, it was found that these were the traces of fresh trucks, could it be that the enemy escaped through trucks?

The news soon reached the landing site, and the news of the capture of Humen shocked the Japanese high-brass, and the Zhenguo army was no different, as vulnerable as the Manchu army. After the order to speed up the landing was issued, Nishikanjiro led the 2nd Division to Humen, and the 3rd Division, which was about to complete the landing, would follow. "Onboard! Long live the Emperor! The shouts resounded across the coast, and everyone thought it was another armed march similar to the one in Tianjin and Beijing the year before.

It was already noon when he arrived in Humen Town, and Sasaki reported to Nishikanjiro the strange situation when the enemy army retreated, but he didn't pay attention to it. At that time, the Manchu army ran away on two legs, and now the wealthy Guangdong Zhenguo military truck escaped, and the nature is the same. But those trucks are so tempting, cement, steel, trucks, these things will soon belong to the Great Japanese Empire!

After a short rest, the 2nd Division did not stop long, and immediately marched in the direction of Guangzhou. The sturdy and wide concrete road provided great convenience, and Xikuanjiro had not yet experienced such a comfortable march, and he expected to arrive at Canton at about six o'clock this afternoon. "Or maybe the war will end in ten days!" Nishikanjiro thought to himself.

An hour after the 2nd Division left Humen, the 3rd Division led by Yoshimasa Oshima also left Humen and marched in the direction of Huizhou. Dashanyan and other high-level officials were stationed in Humen with the Fourth Division, and a large number of logistical supplies were also piled up here, and then distributed and transported to the front line of the battle.

"Your Excellency Commander, I will personally go to the Huizhou front line to command the battle of the Third Division of the First Army." The commander of the First Army, Kuroki Weizhen, said to the commander Oyama Iwa. He glanced at Obaogong, who was frowning, and turned to leave.

"Your Excellency General, don't worry, the transport fleet will finish the loading and unloading work of the Fourth Division this afternoon, and there is no need to return to China for transshipment, Prime Minister Xiyuan Temple Gongwang called, the transport ships needed by the second batch of troops have been formed, and they will set off after the formation of the escort warships, and they are expected to arrive here on April 18." Da Shanyan looked at Ao Baogong, who was frowning, and comforted with a smile. Like Kuroki Yuzhen, he was in a good mood, and it seemed that the enemy army was vulnerable at the moment, and the battle was likely to end in a short time, and he even thought that there was no need to send the Second Army. Even if he thinks so, it is not difficult to guess why the commander of the Second Army, General Obaogong, is worried.

"Your Excellency, Commander, our army has successfully landed and has a vast room for maneuver, and is already in an invincible position, and the Zhenguo Army in Guangdong is weak in combat effectiveness, although there are 100,000 people, but now it seems that they are all farmers who have just put on military uniforms, so there is nothing to worry about. It's a good thing that the empire can easily win, but it's a pity for the warriors of the Second Army who are determined to fight for the country and the emperor! "Ao Baogong also saw that it was unlikely that the Second Army would participate in the war, at most it would be involved in some carrying work, so it was better to go with the flow.

The Japanese army landed at Humen, and in the border area between Fujian and Guangdong, a conspiracy finally reached its climax. Under the leadership of Sun Daoren, 13,000 soldiers of the 10th Town of the newly formed Army passed through Zhao'an County, Fujian Province, and entered the territory of Raoping, Guangdong, and Deng Yinnan accompanied him as a liaison between the Japanese army and the 10th Town.

According to the prior agreement, today, April 14, the Japanese army will land and begin to attack the Zhenguo Army, which is also the best time for the attack on the 10th Town. Before setting off from Zhao'an, Xu Yingkui brought a large number of officials and squires from Fujian and Zhejiang to see off Sun Daoren and the tenth town, the scene was spectacular, the crowd was crowded, and more than 50 fat pigs were slaughtered alone, of course, there was no shortage of wine. As a result, it was supposed to leave in the morning and was delayed until noon, Sun Daoren saw that it was not early, otherwise he would not want to rest in Raoping in Guangdong tonight. Hurriedly restraining the soldiers, pushing away the squires who had come to toast, and began to march in a daze.

Sun Daoren drank about the same, and half of the nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command also drank, especially the officers, who drank even more. Even if the shaky army is drunk, it is impossible to win the battle! Deng Yinnan did not drink alcohol because he had an important mission, and Xu Chongzhi, who was only 17 years old, could not get used to the habits of this old-style army, and his mind was now filled with the revolutionary ideas of Sun Ge and others, and he was bent on expelling the Tartars and returning our rivers and mountains, so he did not think about Sun Ge and others firing guns with their mouths, while the Guangdong Zhenguo Party was working hard to save the country.

The Third Division of the Third Army, which set up sniper positions on the Raoping line, was not yet fully staffed, with only more than 9,000 men in the division, and all the soldiers were eggs who had just finished their recruit training, and the officers were also composed of instructors. Artillery and machine gunners and other technical arms are also insufficient, there is no way, the new army is not so simple to complete, artillery needs a certain knowledge of mathematics, infantry must learn to disassemble and assemble firearms, and junior officers must have a certain level of education. If nothing else, at least score clearly on the left and right.

Division Commander Lu Chu was not very worried, new recruits, after a few shells, brave the bullets and rush a few times to become veterans, training is not able to train elite soldiers. As a genetic person, he can be said to be a little suspicious of human life, how many recruits can survive the process of becoming veterans?