Facing the remaining three or four hundred remnants of the defeated generals, and more than 100 wounded people who had nowhere to move and could only lie in the anti-artillery holes. Rear Admiral Iwabuchi Mizushi, who was in charge of commanding the Marine Corps to participate in the war, and was the head of the personnel department of the Navy Maizuru Town. Relying on his experience of sharing weal and woe with the army on Kuah Island, he believes that under the current situation, there is no need for Sun Zhengzhuang's front line to be stubborn.

These remaining forces, which have no anti-tank weapons in their hands and even machine guns, may be able to withstand the enemy's charge once, but in any case it is impossible to resist a second time. Maybe the enemy will strike again, and then all the people will be wiped out.

The enemy forces in front of you were well-trained and well-equipped, and they were supported by a large number of tanks. If it weren't for their own carelessness, I'm afraid that the Marines in their hands would have been exhausted a long time ago.

If we continue to persist here, these precious marines of the navy, plus those even more valuable ships, can only be completely buried on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang. Not counting the warships lost in Bohai Bay this time, the Marine Corps died in Sun Zhengzhuang for one day, and with 78/10 casualties, the flank of the 9th Division on the front line of Tiger Wolf Village was ensured.

When the battle has reached this point, it can be said that the navy has done its best to the army. There is no need to bury all these precious soldiers to the army. The marines of the Navy are precious, and the ships are even more precious. Does their army think that the artillery, marine engineers, and other arms of those ships can be formed in a few months, just like the riflemen of their army?

He believes that all soldiers in the navy are technical arms, and it doesn't cost a lot to train them. At present, the losses of the Japanese navy are increasing day by day, and the replenishment of troops is not sufficient. The sinking of each battleship means a permanent loss of a large number of valuable sailors. Continuing to hold on here would mean the permanent loss of these valuable soldiers.

The rear admiral, who had always been known for his decisiveness and boldness, decided to take advantage of the fact that it was now getting dark to concentrate his remaining forces and retreat to the Qikou beachhead. As for the Army, let them think about their next steps. This time, the Navy has done its duty, and there is no need to shed blood for the Army.

During the Third Battle of the Solomons, because the battleship Kirishima under his command was sunk by the U.S. Navy, and after being salvaged ashore by the Army, he once gnawed snakes and lizards with the Army on Kuah Island, and even his own wounded soldiers and American prisoners. This dude who knows the cruelty of the South Pacific islands.

When he returned to Japan to serve as a member of the Yokosuka Town Shofu and was transferred to the head of the personnel department of the Maizuru Town Shofu. I once became angry because the current Minister of the Navy, Senior Admiral Shigetaro, made a show during the inspection, and was somewhat pretentious, and scolded in front of the Minister of the Navy. So that the dignified Minister of the Navy, the current Admiral, can't even get off the stage.

Although there are quite a few senior admirals in the navy, because the admiralty minister is too accommodating to the army, especially the prime minister, who holds three positions in one person. Almost unconditional obedience, some lose their naval dignity, and privately call it the Tojo Belt. But in front of the Minister of the Navy, he is probably the only one who has been publicly scolded. When he came up angry, even the highest commander of his navy scolded him.

Even with his classmate at the same time, Rear Admiral Takagi Sokichi, who served as the chief of staff of the Maizuru Town Guard, has been muttering in private that he wants to use the power of the Navy to defend the House in Maizuru Town to kill the land minister and the army top brass in order to end the war as soon as possible, where will he care about the thoughts of those hillbillies in the army?

If he had made up his mind to retreat, even if the admiralty minister he had scolded himself had called, I am afraid that he would not be able to stop his determination. This old man has always been a person who recognizes one thing and does not leave a way out for himself at all. Otherwise, he would not have scolded the actual supreme commander of the navy in front of a group of vice admirals and rear admirals.

Although the Marine Corps dispatched by the Japanese Navy this time is only a special Marine Corps at the level of a reinforced brigade. However, because the navy dispatched only one tank wing, the navy still attached great importance to command. A major general-level officer was specially dispatched to command the landing operation.

It's just that there are not many candidates available. Although the Yokosuka Naval Joint Special Marine Corps has been expanded, the commander is at the rank of vice admiral. It is obviously too embarrassing for a lieutenant general commander to command such a small number of landing forces to cooperate with the army.

You must know that the commander of the 43rd Army, who commanded the landing operation, was only a lieutenant general last month. A lieutenant general commanded two infantry divisions and regiments, together with more than 40,000 reinforced and subordinate troops. The commanders of the other two divisions also had nearly 20,000 troops under their commands.

The navy sent a lieutenant general to command only more than 1,000 people, which is at most equivalent to a wing commander of the army, that is, the position of a large adjutant. This is also a bit too unorthodox, so that it seems that the admiral of the navy is too worthless, and the vice admiral has become a temporary job for the vice admiral of the army.

Therefore, the navy unanimously agreed that it was necessary to send a senior commander. But this lieutenant commander must not go, and the navy really can't afford to lose that person. Even the Minister of the Navy, who has always followed the Prime Minister closely behind him and has always been concerned about maintaining the authority of the Prime Minister, absolutely disagrees with the Navy appointing a Vice Admiral to command.

However, this is after all the first time that the Navy has coordinated with infantry and tanks on a large scale, and it has to coordinate with naval ships to participate in large-scale operations on the ground. It is difficult to meet the needs of coordinating and summarizing some issues by sending officers at the rank of Osa. It is not appropriate to transfer a commander at the rank of major general from among other marines.

After all, the troops dispatched are part of the Yokosuka Joint Special Marine Corps. changed to another town guard to draw someone to command, which made the Yokosuka town guard house a little unable to get off the stage. The Japanese are humble on the surface, but in fact they have more face than anyone else. As a result, the election was carried out, and the third major general Iwabuchi, who served as the head of the personnel department of the Maizuru Town Guard, was selected.

Although this third major general Iwabuchi is not from the Yokosuka Town Guard, after all, before he was promoted to Major General and transferred to Maizuru, he once served as the headquarters of the Yokosuka Town Guard. And once served in the Yokosuka Town Guard Mansion for a long time, and he can be regarded as an old man in the Yokosuka Town Guard.

And when you open this guy's resume, it's quite rich. After graduating from the Naval Academy, he entered the Naval Artillery School, the Naval Mine School, and the Naval Aviation Corps one after another. He served in the Naval Air Force, as well as a staff officer and garrison captain at the fortress of the Naval Castle Guard, as well as the captain of a training cruiser and the battleship Kirishima.

Although this old man did not study at the Japanese Naval University, he trained new recruits and served as the chief gunner of naval ships. Even if he served as a naval aviation team attached, he also served as a fortress staff officer in the town guard house, and he can be described as an amphibious talent on the ground, at sea, and in the air. It's just that because I didn't study at the Naval University, I can only be transferred around below, and I have never served in the Navy Ministry or the Military Command Department.

Fortunately, the navy is not as perverted as the army, and there is no such rule that the promotion of generals cannot be done by the army. As long as it has the ability, the navy can be regarded as an eclectic selection of talents. Of course, some key positions, such as the commander of the Combined Fleet, and the most important air fleets, the commanders of the town guards, etc., are not the turn of people who do not have a diploma of the sea.

When he graduated from the Naval Academy, he was ranked thirteenth in the hammock. After decades of hard work at the grassroots level, he was finally promoted to the position of major general. Although he only served as the captain of the capital ship for seven months, he was sunk because of the battleship Kirishima where he was located, and he was transferred back to the mainland and became a land officer.

However, his resume is so rich that he can definitely be called a rare all-rounder in the Japanese Navy. The Japanese navy chose him to be the commander of this special detachment for landing operations. Of course, there are some people in the navy who think that this old man was personally named by the sea minister to command this ground operation is the sea minister's flawed revenge. This is because there are indeed a lot of people in the navy who are not optimistic about this landing.

It's just that this third rear admiral Iwabuchi, who was pinned on by the Japanese Navy, did not live up to the high expectations of the Navy. Facing an increasingly unfavorable battle situation, he clearly knew that if he continued to hold on to Sun Zhengzhuang's front line, the Marine Corps under his command would not only fail to meet the expectations of the navy, but would even find it difficult to survive tonight.

Therefore, with his experience as a senior operational staff officer in many fortresses, he immediately decided to break through the encirclement and retreat to the beachhead on the first line of Qikou, and then find a way to withdraw to the mainland. As for breaking through in the direction of the Ninth Division in the direction of Tiger Wolf Village, joining up with the Ninth Division, or getting closer, this Third Major General Iwabuchi never thought about it.

He believed that the Ninth Division, which was also trapped on the front line of Tiger Wolf Village, was the main force in the army's landing operation. Judging from a series of previous deployments of the enemy, they made up their minds that all the Japanese troops who landed were completely encircled and annihilated on the Qikou battlefield. In this case, even if he breaks through to Tiger Wolf Village safely, I am afraid that it will only be a matter of time before the entire army is destroyed.

After discovering that the Anti-United Nations adjusted its deployment and pulled away the tank forces that were facing the greatest threat to them. I could guess with my toes that the enemy army would immediately decide to break through in the direction of the eastern coastline after the tanks in front of him were withdrawn and the third major general Iwabuchi would be transferred in that direction.

Now the sky is getting darker, and the distance you can see is getting shorter and shorter. Although the remaining troops are small, they are also relatively flexible. The enemy now has transferred tanks again, losing the greatest mobility and the most powerful weapons. It is completely possible to use the cover of night to find a gap in the enemy's encirclement and rush out, or concentrate forces to stand out. As long as the encirclement of the enemy army can be highlighted, then the vast world will be able to accomplish a lot.

didn't know that his opponent, in the next battle, the third major general Iwabuchi, who had already prepared a table of sumptuous firepower feast for him, could be regarded as resolute after making up his mind. All wounded who were unable to move, but were able to sit up, were given thirty rounds of ammunition from a rifle and a heavy machine gun for cover.

Seriously wounded who could only lie down, one grenade each. However, he did not ask the wounded to blow up their grenades when needed. He gave the wounded two options, one was to surrender when the enemy rushed up. Of course, if he wanted to be loyal to the Empire, he didn't object, so each of them was given a grenade.

All the remaining people who were still able to run were gathered by him under the cover of Sun Zhengzhuang's ruined walls, preparing to break through in the direction of Dongqikou. However, given the risk of a nightly breakout, he did not take immediate action, and he had to wait for a suitable opportunity to arrive.

He had to wait for the enemy to transfer the tank cluster from his front and be thrown into the front line of Tiger Wolf Village by the enemy before he acted. Otherwise, when you forcibly break through, you will be eaten by the enemy reflexively chasing the tanks in one bite. On the terrain of this horse and Pingchuan, human legs cannot outrun tanks. The navy has paid such a big price for the army in this operation, and the army should repay the navy.