Just when the soldiers of the 8th Brigade of the Japanese Army plucked up their courage and launched a fierce charge against the Ming army's position again, they realized that the foxholes they had just occupied were just an appetizer left for them by the Ming army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info And this appetizer is still a very light taste, and it is not a so-called heavy taste at all.

They had to pay a heavy price for every step they took, and the frontal firepower of the Ming army was so strong that they despaired. The dense rain of bullets shattered the spirit of bushido, in which the Japanese believed in it, and although the Japanese soldiers shouted the slogan "Long live His Majesty the Emperor" in an attempt to get their hands on it, the two-hour high-intensity attack had indeed made them "lose and exhaust again".

One Japanese soldier after another was killed in the middle of the attack by bullets fired by the Ming army, and the cross-fire made it difficult for these fanatics. The fragility of the traditional infantry, without the cover of armored troops and the lack of an advanced offensive system, in front of the preset solid defensive positions, was once again vividly interpreted by the two sides participating in the battle.

In the Liaodong battlefield that year, the Ming army was defeated again and again because it did not have the means to expand the breakthrough, and tasted the bitter fruits of countless failures in crusading against the rebels. Now they have also brought this taste to their Japanese opponents, so that the opponents can also experience the desperation of the battle.

Ten years ago, when tanks were not born, trench warfare was in vogue. The attacking side had to attack the enemy's position with more than ten times the enemy's casualties, and after capturing the position, there was no good way to immediately expand its own results, so the battle at that time was extremely fierce, and the attacker often had to pay ten times and a hundred times the loss, which was prohibitive.

Now, the Japanese army attacking Weiyuan is also facing such difficulties. They lost a large number of soldiers in the attack, and a single charge sometimes caused more than 100 soldiers to disappear into the darkness.

And the results they can get are often only a few tens of meters, or a few meters away. If it is placed at the level of the campaign, their advance seems to have value as a result, but for the officers and men of the 8th Division, this kind of gain is too heavy.

"Damn! Is the division commander crazy over there? In this case, we are not allowed to rest and recuperate, and attack directly? "The chief of staff of the 8th Brigade complained from a foxhole that had been temporarily used as a brigade headquarters.

Beside him, the brigade commander who was guarding the radio was expressionless. His brigade had two wings under his command, and the Irijiang Wing had already suffered heavy losses in the battle and had lost the ability to continue fighting. The other wing is no better now, with more than 100 men killed or missing in the attack.

If he continued to fight like this, even if his troops captured the town of Weiyuan, it was estimated that there would be no way to continue fighting. In other words, as a formed brigade, the 8th brigade in his hands is almost no longer necessary.

However, he had no choice but to carry out the operational orders of the commander of the Uehara Division, because from his vantage point, if he did not take advantage of the darkness to counterattack and regain the lost frontline position, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to recover its own defense line on the Yalu River when it dawned tomorrow.

If the armored forces of the Ming Army entered the plains, he did not dare to imagine what kind of disaster the Japanese army, which had lost air supremacy, would face. Therefore, when carrying out the attack order, he was personally mentally prepared to fight the 8th Brigade and recapture Weiyuan.

However, it is absolutely not enough for him to be prepared for this alone. When the so-called one-on-one attack was repelled by the Ming soldiers, the front-line officers and soldiers of the 8th Brigade were no longer willing to open their legs and take another step in the direction of the Ming army's position.

Who would have thought that even if there was a dark night barrier, even if the width of the frontal breakthrough was large enough that the true situation of the losses of the entire brigade and regiment was not known, but because the casualties and losses were really huge, the officers and men still realized the problem and no longer blindly carried out the combat missions drawn up by their superiors.

"The two remaining best squadrons of the Irie Wing called and asked if they could give the soldiers a break, they had been storming for three hours in a row, and they really had no ability to continue fighting." The telegraph officer over there put down the receiver in his hand and turned his face sideways to ask his brigade commander.

Similarly, the Wing Commander of another wing sent a telegram requesting the brigade logistics unit to replenish ammunition and recuperate before continuing the offensive. When all his subordinates rebelled, the commander of the 8th Brigade had to reconsider his decision.

"Send a telegram to the division headquarters...... Ask for a break for the troops...... No, half an hour! The brigade commander smiled wryly and addressed the telegraph operator with a message that was close to a request.

After all, the attack order issued by the division headquarters was to let the 8th Brigade attack continuously until it smashed all the defense lines of the Ming army and occupied the center of Weiyuan City. Now they were forced to stop in the second defensive position of the Ming army, and they were too far away from the orders they received.

It didn't take long for the telegram from the 8th Brigade to reach the commander of the 8th Division, Uehara Sawa, who was surprisingly silent after reading the telegram.

He frowned and walked around in circles, not scolding as his men thought, or insisting that his orders should not be changed. He was just like a hungry tiger in a cage, hovering and hovering in a small space.

Because at this time, he also realized that the entire 8th Division must face an important problem - strength! Attacking Weiyuan was only a small target for the Japanese counterattack forces, and it was obviously an extremely unwise and stupid choice to invest a large number of troops here.

However, he could only rely on the investment of troops to achieve the results of the battle, and this is what annoyed Uehara Ze. If he didn't drive his soldiers to tear apart the enemy's defenses with their flesh, then how could he occupy Weiyuan as quickly as possible? If the town of Weiyuan was not occupied, how could the Japanese counterattack force threaten the river crossing area occupied by the Ming army?

The choice left to Uehara was a contradictory and unsolvable problem: he would lose a large number of troops when he attacked Weiyuan, and the loss of a large number of soldiers made him unable to expand the gains after the capture of Weiyuan; But if he saves his troops but can't capture Weiyuan, then he will lose completely.

Now he finally knows where the uneasiness in his heart comes from, everything is under his control, the only thing that he ignores is that in the high-intensity attack, the loss of troops beyond the 8th Division itself can bear!

"Can't wait! Tell him...... The squadron leader takes the lead in the attack! Death is also death on the way forward! The squadron leader is dead, and the captain goes up to lead the team! The captain is dead, and the co-captain goes up to replace him! After weighing the time for more than ten seconds, Uehara gave his order.

As a divisional commander, he made up his mind to sacrifice his life for the sake of the Japanese Empire, just like Major General Kazuhiro Ozawa, who had just informed the whole army and confirmed that he had died in the same position. He will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and will leave his name in the history of Japan.

Unfortunately, after receiving his order, the soldiers of the 8th Brigade did not immediately attack. They reported that their troops were out of ammunition and waited for a full 20 minutes before slowly launching a second "tentative" attack under the cover of artillery fire.

Why is it tentative? Because of this attack, they only touched the front of the Ming army's position, and after fighting machine guns for a while, they hastily ended this feint attack - in the time of delay, the 8th Brigade more or less understood its losses, and the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level were even more frightened, and if they did not regain their strength, there was no way to continue the attack.

"What kind of battle is this? What kind of bullshit is this? Listening to the sparse gunshots, which were completely less agitated than just now, Uehara angrily slapped the table in his headquarters, teaching the commander of the 8th Brigade who had just been recalled from the front line.

"The losses at the front are too great...... The losses of the troops were already more than a third, and if it were not for the hard training and determination, these soldiers would have collapsed long ago. The brigade commander of the 8th Brigade defended his troops: "They are not asking for anything now...... Just want to rest. ”

"Rest? When they rested, didn't the enemy rest as well? The 8th Brigade has only been fighting for less than 4 hours, but the soldiers of the Ming Empire have been fighting from this morning to now! Uehara slammed the table and yelled at his men, "As soldiers of the Japanese Empire, as samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, can't you overcome this little difficulty?" ”

The brigade commander of the 8th Brigade hurriedly shook the pot, saying that I can't carry this pot: "Your Excellency General...... A third of the soldiers of the 8th Brigade were wounded or killed, but they did not take a step back! Doesn't this show the loyalty of the officers and men of our 8th Brigade to His Majesty the Emperor? ”

Knowing that it was not a solution to argue like this, Major General Uehara snorted coldly, even if he no longer dwelled on the issue of loyalty, he knew that he could no longer press his 18th Brigade, retain this complete structure, and use it in the later battles.

So he gritted his back teeth and gave the order to replace the troops and step forward: "Let the 8th Brigade withdraw and recuperate, and replace the 18th Brigade to go up!" It is necessary to take Weiyuan Town before 0:00 on the 10th! ”

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