"Your Excellency, the defenses of the people of China are too strong for us to break through their defenses. The casualties of the troops are too heavy, let's retreat! Lieutenant General Kawamura Keiaki, commander of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, said with a sad and indignant face. His 1st Division, which can be called the most elite unit in the Japanese Army, collapsed in less than two hours after going to the front, and the entire division suffered more than half of the casualties. If he continues to fight like this, I am afraid that it will not be long before his division will be exhausted.

"Yaga! Kawamura-kun, when did you become so cowardly? How can there be immortals in war? We have captured the position on the outskirts of Fukaya City, and we are about to invade the city and wipe out all the Shina people! How can you retreat at this time? Japanese War Minister Katsura Taro said with a dark face. By this time the battle had progressed, the Japanese had already suffered heavy casualties. 600,000 people, more than 400,000 have been lost in the battle for more than two days, and the corpses have accumulated a thick layer outside Fukaya City, and the blood that flows out has stained the soil red. If they withdraw at this time, then all their previous efforts will be in vain. In addition, the Japanese army will completely lose the chance to win. The squadron that will kill them all will be wiped out. Katsura Taro is not willing to give up like this, he will continue to fight. He believes that the squadron in Fukaya City will definitely not last long.

"Your Excellency, Lord of War, recognize the reality! If we continue to fight, all our soldiers will die! Lieutenant General Kawamura Keiaki persuaded again. He couldn't bear to watch his soldiers go to their deaths one by one!

"Kawamura-kun! I'm warning you! Return to your troops and lead the warriors on the attack! The empire needs warriors who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the empire, not cowards! If you don't, then I'll dismiss you immediately! Katsura Taro said with a gloomy face. As the Minister of War of the Japanese Army, he was not a fool. Judging from the current battle situation, he also knows that the chances of victory are very slim. But will he be able to stop now? If he withdraws his troops, doesn't that mean that he has failed again this time? Then how did he go back to see a friend in Shanxian County. When the time comes, I'm afraid he will have to apologize for his seppuku. Katsura Taro was absolutely unwilling to do this, so he would never give up until the last minute.

Lieutenant General Kawamura Keimei's eyes were full of sadness, and he could see that Katsura Taro had fallen into madness. Such crazy people commanding the Japanese army will only lead to the destruction of all the Japanese army. However, he also did not dare to disobey Katsura Taro's orders, otherwise, he would not only be dismissed from his post, but even Katsura Taro might directly execute him to deter other generals.

"Alright, Your Excellency the Minister of War, I'll go back and lead the army to continue the attack!" Keiaki Kawamura compromised. It's just that he said so, but he has already made up his mind in his heart, once the battle situation changes, he will immediately lead his 1st Division to withdraw from the battle, and he is not willing to give Katsura Taro, a madman, a funeral.

"That's right! Kawamura-kun, you have to believe that the final victory must belong to the Great Japanese Empire! Katsura Taro smiled and patted Kawamura Keiaki's shoulder, he was very satisfied with Kawamura Keiaki's softness.

The battle for Fukaya City continued, and the remaining nearly 200,000 Japanese troops launched a fierce attack on Fukaya City. The resistance of the squadron was also very tenacious, and the Japanese army almost did not move forward, leaving corpses in one place. Moreover, the losses of the squadron were very small, and the 9th and 10th divisions of the 8th Army lost less than a thousand people in these two days of fighting. It's just that the loss of ammunition consumption is relatively large, and it is almost about to bottom out. In addition, the damage to the guns is also relatively severe, especially many heavy machine guns and light machine guns, because the rifling of the barrel is smoothed, and the spare barrel has long been used up, and the shooting has to be stopped, which greatly affects the firepower of the squadron.

If the battle continues, perhaps Katsura Taro's strategy of running out of ammunition and launching a decisive attack will work. However, on November 17, the 36th and 37th Divisions of the Eighth Army in Kumagai City, as well as the troops directly under the Group Army, had already begun to attack.

On the afternoon of November 17, tens of thousands of elites of the Eighth Army launched an attack from the flank of the Japanese army. The dense artillery shells caused heavy losses to the Japanese troops who were attacking Fukaya City. The most important thing is that the morale of the Japanese army suddenly fell to the bottom. Reinforcements from the squadron appeared, which made the Japanese army no longer have any hope of conquering Fukaya City.

The commander of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, Kawamura Keiaki, immediately led the remnants of the 1st Division to retreat quickly to Takasaki. This immediately caused the collapse of the Japanese army, and the other Japanese troops also rushed to retreat. The Eighth Army of the Chinese Army, on the other hand, launched a pursuit. The cavalry brigade to which the group army belonged took the opportunity to reap the lives of the Japanese army on a large scale

Life. Quite a few Japanese troops surrendered one after another in a desperate situation.

The Japanese Minister of War Katsura Taro, seeing that the general trend was gone, also fled under the escort of the guards. However, instead of retreating to Takasaki, he took the opportunity to flee south. In his opinion, even if there are still 200,000 troops in Takasaki, plus these routs, they will definitely not be able to resist the Chinese. Only by escaping to the central or southern part of the state can you have a chance. In addition, this defeat also completely sobered him up. Obviously, Japan has no chance in this war. If you continue to resist, you will only lose your life.

Katsura Taro had already made up his mind, and when he fled to Kyoto, he immediately changed his strategy and persuaded the emperor to surrender. In this way, even if Japan is gone, those of them who are courtiers can continue to live. And Yama Prefecture Youpeng, the engong who gave him great help in Katsura Taro's career, has long been forgotten by him.

The Eighth Army pursued the Japanese deserters, and had pursued from Fukaya City to Honjo, ten kilometers away, and captured most of the Japanese troops, only a few tens of thousands of people fled, and the remaining Japanese troops were either killed or surrendered to the squadron. In this battle, there was no doubt that the Eighth Army won again and again. Moreover, in this victory, the war situation of Japan was completely established, and Japan no longer had a chance to turn over.

After receiving the news of the defeat of the Japanese army again, Yama County Youpeng was stunned. For this battle, he also had great hopes, but he didn't expect that in the end, he still lost. Moreover, it was defeated so badly. The 600,000 army, in the end, only tens of thousands of remnants of the defeated army were left, and many of these routs even lost their weapons in the process of escaping, and they were obviously frightened at all. It is obviously impossible to get them to go to war again in a short time.

Sensing the crisis, Yama Prefecture wanted to flee south with his army. However, Tomioka to the south had already been occupied by the 45th Division of the squadron. Shibukawa in the north was also occupied by the 44th Division of the squadron, and the Japanese army had no way to escape. The main force of the Eighth Army was marching towards Takasaki, and the end of the Japanese army was near.

On November 18, the Eighth Army officially launched its final assault on Gaoqiang, and thousands of artillery pieces roared, blowing up the entire Gaoqi into ruins.

In the battle of attacking Takasaki, the Eighth Army fought very smoothly. The resistance of the Japanese army was very weak. Perhaps it was the successive defeats that had deprived these Japanese soldiers of the courage to continue fighting. Often as soon as the artillery fire went down, when the squadron launched an attack, those Japanese troops rushed to surrender to the squadron. For the sake of national interests and personal lives, they chose to preserve their own lives.

"Lord Shanxian, the people of China have invaded the city, and we are almost unable to hold on. Please get out of here, I'll prepare a wing to escort you out of Takasaki! Lieutenant General Kawamura Keiaki, commander of the 1st Division, stood in front of Yama Prefecture Youpeng and said with an anxious expression.

"Kawamura! Did you find Katsura Taro? Youpeng of Shan County asked.

"Lord Yamagu, we have not found His Excellency the Minister of War, and he has not withdrawn to Takasaki with us. However, he was seen fleeing south with his guards! Keiaki Kawamura replied.

"Haha! It seems that even Katsura Taro himself is scared. Perhaps, I was wrong. A small country like Japan simply does not have the basis to become a world power. One of us will only lead Japan to ruin! Shan County Youpeng laughed and laughed, laughing so hard that even tears flowed out.

"Your Excellency, you're not wrong. It's just this era that is wrong. The people of China have outstanding leaders, and with the vast size and population of China, we in Japan are completely incapable of challenging them. My lord, it's getting out of here! It's too late! Keiaki Kawamura said.

"Forget it, I'm not leaving, Japan is over, and I don't have to live." Shan County Youpeng said stubbornly.

"Your Excellency, you can't do that! You are the veteran of the army, and the army needs to be supported by you! Kawamura Keiaki persuaded him.

"Haha, Army Veteran? Do you think that after the defeat of Japan this time, the people of China will let us keep the army? The Shina have risen, and they will not let us have another chance to threaten them! Shan County Youpeng smiled helplessly.

Kawamura Keiaki was speechless when asked.

Yama Prefecture did not choose to leave Takasaki, but took this place where he ended his life. After Kawamura Keiaki left, Yama Prefecture Aritomo learned about his life with seppuku according to the traditional method of Japanese samurai! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe (this site), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m. to read on this site. )