The unwilling Japanese attacking force attempted two charges, but was knocked down by the powerful fire of the Huafu army, and left a large number of corpses.

They also wanted to use firepower to suppress the enemy like the Huafu army, and set up Makqin heavy machine guns to strafe the positions of the Huafu army, hoping to buy some time for their soldiers, but as soon as Makqin fired, they would immediately be attacked by several or even a dozen mortar shells, and after the dozen or so heavy machine guns were blown up, the Japanese army no longer dared to get them out, and they were completely dumb.

At this time, it was almost noon, after several unsuccessful breakthroughs, the Japanese army could only temporarily withdraw, and finally Utsunomiya Taro calculated the result at all, only a few short attacks, the two brigades lost more than 4,000 people, the loss was too great, Utsunomiya Taro was a little unbearable.

Counting the 5,000 cavalry troops, the gunners and escort soldiers of the artillery regiment also have 1,000 people, and counting the more than 4,000 infantry that has just been lost, the Fourth Division has lost more than 10,000 elite soldiers in one morning, and it is still the strongest branch of the regiment.

Utsunomiya Taro was distressed, but he had no choice, he had now lost the ability to defeat the enemy, the cavalry of the raid was gone, the artillery of the attack was gone, and most of the heavy firepower and heavy machine guns were lost, although there were still 17,000 people in name, but this also included baggage soldiers, engineers, military bands and medical personnel and some auxiliary miscellaneous diseases, and the warhead was about 13,000 people, and they were all infantry.

Can you defeat the enemy with these infantry in your own hands, Utsunomiya Taro doesn't have a little confidence now, the arrogance and selfishness that he originally had when he came is now gone, and he can now foresee his future, either killed in battle or dismissed. It is even possible to be court-martialed and punished for failure.

"Send a report to the military headquarters to report the current battle situation and losses of the troops, request the reinforcements of the 1st Division as much as possible, and request the Reich to send planes to reconnoiter enemy intelligence and support heavy firepower and heavy artillery. Enemy fire is strong. Our troops suffered heavy losses, but we will stubbornly resist the enemy's advance and defend the safety of Kyoto. "Utsunomiya Taro didn't dare to hide the situation here, so he could only report it truthfully, hoping that the Imperial War Department would see his efforts. But in the end, he also blushed and added, giving himself a statement that he could try to ease the treatment.

After the telegram of the Fourth Division was sent to the War Department, it caused quite a stir, and the Minister of War, Kenichi Oshima, held the telegram with his hand a little trembling, he really did not expect that the shape would develop like this. He couldn't believe that the enemy could inflict such heavy losses on the Fourth Division in such a short period of time.

"Send a telegram to the 1st Division, urging them to speed up their march and reinforce the 4th Division as much as possible, and now the first task is to block the enemy's attack and defend the safety of Dingdu." Kenichi Oshima was also a little scared, if Kyoto was lost, what kind of situation would the empire fall into. He couldn't even imagine it now.

"Telegraph the 4th Division, at any cost. Even if you fight to the last man, you can't let the enemy break through the defense. ”

"Telegraph the Imperial Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade to send heavy artillery to reinforce the front line."

"The telegram ordered the Army and Air Brigade to send planes to reconnoiter the enemy's positions."

"Mobilize the Kagoshima 2nd Division, Kyushu Island 6th Division, and 7th Division. Keeping Kyoto safe. ”

Oshima Ken suddenly issued a series of orders, he was really a little anxious, these divisions are the strongest combat force he can draw out now, if it is not enough, he can only organize reserve legions and sign civilians. By that time, it will mean that all the existing land forces of the empire have died out, and there is basically no ability to resist, and by that time, it is estimated that the empire will be eroded to a certain extent.

At this time, there are already rumors quietly circulating on the streets of Tokyo, which is naturally not released by the Japanese themselves, but the news that Guo Yutong's own forces in Japan secretly released it, the purpose is to make Tokyo chaotic, the more chaotic the better, he can watch the excitement on the sidelines.

Panic will ferment and spread, even if the war has not yet affected them, but this sense of oppression close at hand will make it difficult for these Japanese to sleep.

At this time, the Japanese government has excluded all military and police from the streets to maintain order, but it cannot stop the spread of people's private information, many people put down their work, especially those men in the family, and they all ran home to call back their wives and children, afraid that the enemy really came and they were no longer with their relatives, and they would be harmed.

At first, the government also organized staff and police to persuade the people not to listen to the rumors, but in the end, the more powerful the crossing became, it was already a little out of control, and finally the 1st Division passed through the streets of Tokyo, and many people also saw it, but this statement was confirmed, and the rumors were broken, and the government was helpless, and finally had to let it go.

There is no chaos in Tokyo, but the normal order of life and work has been broken, and people are panicking.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the 1st Division finally arrived at the battlefield, which also made Utsunomiya Taro breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly walked out of the makeshift headquarters and took his officer corps to meet the people of the 1st Division.

During the period of waiting for the 1st Division, Utsunomiya Taro was not idle, he did not dare to attack the positions of the Huafu army again, and he was afraid that the Huafu army would come over, so he began to let the soldiers dig trenches and build simple fortifications, hoping to increase the ability to resist the enemy's attack, and besides, it is much better to do something than to do nothing, so that the soldiers do not have to think nonsense.

"Gangmura-kun, it's finally time for you." Utsunomiya Taro stepped forward and said after saluting the commander of the First Division, Oka Village Chief Taro.

After returning the salute, Gangmura Chief Taro asked, "Uto-kun, how is the battle going now?" ”

Utsunomiya Taro looked at the group of officers behind the head of the village and said, "Please go to the headquarters for a while." ”

Gangmura Changtaro looked at Utsunomiya Taro who had a bad face, and knew that the other party's offensive should be blocked, and he brought a lot of people, and he didn't want to lose face in front of so many people.

A group of people approached the temporary headquarters, because it was a temporary construction, only temporarily built with earthworks and wood, so the place was not large, and the only people who could enter were officers at or above the brigade level of the division and regiment.

After everyone sat down, Utsunomiya Taro said bluntly, "Our attack has been blocked, the troops have suffered heavy losses, more than half of the casualties, and the combat effectiveness is already less than thirty percent of peacetime." ”

"What, how could this be." Okamura Changtaro listened to Utsunomiya Taro's words, his eyes widened in surprise, he really couldn't believe Utsunomiya Taro's words, but he had to believe that as the military director of an army, Utsunomiya Taro would not say such a thing at will.

"How much has you lost, please tell me." Gangcun Chief Taro said with a grim face.

"The cavalry brigade has been completely shattered, the positions of the artillery units have been attacked by the enemy's artillery, all the artillery of the fourth division has been lost, we launched a ground offensive, sending two brigades to attack the enemy's positions at the same time, and in half an hour, the troops lost nearly 4,000 people." Utsunomiya Taro briefly described the current situation of the troops.

The people of the First Division all had shocked expressions on their faces, they knew that the Fourth Division had only arrived half a day earlier than them, but in this half a day, the Fourth Division had suffered such heavy losses, it can be said that the Fourth Division was now basically disabled by the enemy, there was no cavalry to raid, no artillery to attack the fortified positions, and the infantry suffered heavy losses, I really couldn't believe it.

"The order of the military headquarters is to retake Yokosuka, and if we bypass the enemy positions, is it feasible to directly raid the enemy at the Yokosuka military port?" A brigade commander of the 1st Division asked.

"Stupid," Gataro Okamura scolded, "this is only fifty kilometers away from Tokyo, and if we don't block the enemy's road head-on, the enemy will attack Tokyo directly, and by that time, the empire will be occupied by the enemy, and His Majesty the Emperor will need us to defend it." ”

"Hayi." The brigade commander bowed his head and replied respectfully.

As the commanders of an army, Gangmura Chotaro and Utsunomiya Taro can clearly realize that their troops can only be pinned down by the enemy here now, and fight the enemy head-on, and the enemy is obviously a conspiracy, and they are not afraid of their own side using small means.

"Let's study how to destroy the enemy in front of us, even if the loss is great, we must block the enemy's advance, and we must not give the enemy a chance to break through to Tokyo, then the result is something we can't bear." Finally, Komura Chief Taro said.

The two division commanders, their brigade commanders, and staff officers began to study the next steps.

Attack, can only keep attacking, using the advantage of their own numbers, wear down the enemy's strength, the enemy comes from afar, personnel and weapons and ammunition are certainly not abundant, even if they exchange the lives of soldiers for the enemy's bullets, they will also wear out the enemy's combat effectiveness, and in the end the victory will eventually belong to the Imperial Army, but in this process, many soldiers' lives will be sacrificed, but now is not the time to estimate these.

"His Majesty the Emperor is behind us, and our mission is to protect the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, the heroic soldiers of the Empire, to destroy the enemies in front of us, and to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."

With the orders of the brigade commanders, despite the fatigue of the long-distance attack, the 1st and 4th Divisions joined forces and began a larger-scale attack.

The Japanese soldiers held the 38 big covers, bowed their heads and charged forward, hoping to kill a bloody way in the rain of bullets, the soldiers were constantly hit in the chest and head, bleeding and falling to the ground, this was completely a one-sided massacre, an unequal contest.

In the face of the Japanese soldiers all over the mountains, the Huafu army was also ruthless, and the Japanese army must not be allowed to take a step forward, a large number of bullets and shells were poured, and the massacre continued. (To be continued......) R1292