Chapter 404: The Defeat of the Seventh Division

In fact, it was not the heroic resistance of the officers and men of the Fifth Division that finally repelled the attack of the little devils. The real reason for the retreat of the Japanese army was that Lieutenant General Nishijima Sukeyoshi, the commander of the Japanese Second Division, suddenly learned that the Japanese 7th Division had been routed by the Chinese army and was now fleeing in the direction of Iga.

After scolding the Hokkaido Division for its incompetence, Nishijima finally had to give the order to retreat. Because the situation is unclear now, even if the Hokkaido Division is incompetent, it is impossible to be easily defeated by the Huaxia army, so there is only one possibility, that is, the Huaxia army has received a large number of reinforcements, and for the sake of prudence, Nishijima Sukeyoshi issued an order to retreat this time.

That night, Yusaku Uehara ran to Iga, and when he met Sukeyoshi Nishijima, Yusaku Uehara suddenly felt like he was seeing a loved one. At that time, when Yusaku Uehara gave the order to retreat again, he did not expect that things would develop to this point.

When the army showed signs of rout, Yusaku Uehara tried to stop it, but all of his efforts proved ineffective. Those Japanese militias can be used as cannon fodder when they fight, but once they lose the battle, these guys become a great problem. Because these mobble-bones groups are not subordinate to each other, their organization is chaotic, and it is quite inconvenient to command. And when retreating, these guys ran faster than anyone else, and they ran all the way, and even messed up the formation of the Seventh Division. Coupled with the fact that the Japanese army was already unprepared and retreated in a hurry, it would inevitably cause a certain amount of confusion. Letting these militia groups stir up is undoubtedly adding chaos to chaos.

"Uehara-kun! What the hell is going on, how could your Seventh Division be so lightly defeated by the Huaxia army. Nishijima asked with a cold face.

Yusaku Uehara sighed helplessly and said, "Speaking of which, it's all my fault for being negligent, I really didn't expect that the Huaxia army, which was not strong enough in force, would take the initiative to attack us, so I neglected to take precautions." Only then did the Chinese army smuggle across Lake Biwa and lead our Seventh Division to suffer from the enemy. ”

"The Huaxia people took the initiative to attack, which means that they must have received reinforcements, I don't know which Huaxia army came to reinforce?" Nishijima said with a frown.

"I don't know much about that." Yuyoshi Uehara couldn't help but blush.

"Nani?" Nishijima Sukeyoshi couldn't help but have a hint of anger on his face. This idiot was chased and beaten all the way. I still don't know who my opponent is, how did such a fool become the head of the division?

"At present, our army has only discovered the number of the Fifth Division of the Huaxia Army, and has not yet found the number of other Huaxia troops." Yusaku Uehara also saw Nishijima's dissatisfaction, but this is the case, and Yuyoshi Uehara has nothing to say.

Nishijima Sukeyoshi is now eager to scold this idiot, but after all, Uehara Yuyoshi is also the commander of the Lieutenant General Division of the Empire, and his status is equivalent to Nishijima Sukeyoshi, although Nishijima Sukeyoshi is angry in his heart, but he also dares to show it too much. "Humph! These Chinese people have always been cunning, and the Shangyuan Army didn't fall for them! ”

"Impossible!" Yusaku Uehara retorted vigorously. "At first, I thought that it was only a small Chinese army that penetrated into the rear of our army, but this Chinese army captured Omi Basan City very lightly, which is enough to show that this army is definitely the elite army of China. Moreover, the battle report in front of Genjun showed that this army had thousands or even tens of thousands of people. Therefore, I concluded that the 5th Huaxia Division on the opposite side must have received support, otherwise how could they have so many troops. ”

"Even if, as you said, the Huaxia Army has been reinforced, it will only have 20,000 troops at most, and just 20,000 Huaxia troops will completely defeat your Seventh Division and tens of thousands of militia regiments. And in just half a day, you were completely defeated, which is a disgrace to our entire Imperial Japanese Army. Nishijima said angrily.

"Don't mention those militias to me, they're just a rabble! If it weren't for these bastards disrupting our formation. How could we have been defeated so quickly? Yusaku Uehara couldn't help but get angry at this time.

"Okay, Uehara-kun! I don't want to argue with you about this, His Majesty the Emperor has given us the task of recovering Kyoto, but now we are blocked by the Chinese army on the periphery of Kyoto. If I can't take Kyoto, what face do you and I have to go back and meet His Majesty the Emperor. That's the end of the previous thing. I hope that from now on, Uehara-kun will work with me to break through the defense line of the Huaxia Army and recover Kyoto! Nishijima said coldly.

"I don't need to be reminded by Nishijima-kun about this. I haven't forgotten my own mission, if I can't take Kyoto City, I'd rather apologize for my guilt! Yusaku Uehara said with a stern face.

"Yo Xi! Uehara-kun is worthy of being the most loyal and brave samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, and if Uehara-kun can have this determination, why worry about the immortality of China. In this way, you and I joined forces to launch an attack on the Huaxia Army, striving to break through the defense line of the Huaxia Army in one fell swoop and reach the city of Kyoto. Nishijima Yoshisuke's face looked a little better.

"Hmmm! What does Nishijima-kun mean, when will we launch a new attack? Yusaku Uehara asked with a frown.

"The longer the time drags on, more and more Huaxia troops will come to support, so we must do our best to break through the defense line of the Huaxia Army, and I will concentrate the forces of your two divisions and regiments to launch a new round of all-out attack on the Huaxia Army early tomorrow morning." Yoshisuke Nishijima said with a stern face.

"Nishijima-kun is right, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for the locust army. Now that the pro-Chinese factions in the country had begun to agitate for His Majesty to accept Huaxia's terms and compromise with Huaxia, the Imperial Army was now desperate for a great victory to silence the bastards. Yusaku Uehara said with a gloomy face.

"Not bad! The best way to shut up those bastards is to create a great victory, and now let you and me join forces to create such a victory! Nishijima Yoshisuke said with a sneer.

"Yo Xi! For the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, for the sake of our Great Japanese Empire, defeat the Chinese and recover Kyoto! Yusaku Uehara said as he stood up and waved his fist.

"The Imperial Army will win! Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! The two old devils stood up and shouted slogans together. The two old devils shouted hoarsely several times, until their voices began to be hoarse, and then they stopped stupidly.

But what's the use of just shouting a few slogans, with the current strong strength of the Chinese Empire, if Japan wants to defeat Huaxia, it is tantamount to a fool's dream! These little devils can only hide in the house by themselves, YY, but YY is difficult to become a reality, when these little devils provoked Huaxia for the first time, they were already doomed to the fate of final destruction. (To be continued......)