After hearing Nomura Kichizaburo's words, the cold sweat of the captain came down, and the captain knew in his heart that if his explanation could not satisfy His Excellency the commander in front of him, then it was very likely that he would be ordered to be disemboweled. The lieutenant breathed a sigh of relief, tried his best to keep himself calm, and then said, "What Your Excellency General said is very true, these are not the reasons for the failure of the lowly position, but it is precisely because of the misjudgment of the Chinese army that the lowly position is the enemy. It was precisely because of the light enemy that in this attack, the humble post only carried ten Taisho ten-style grenadiers as weapons to suppress the enemy's machine gun fire. But Your Excellency the General should know that the effective range of this grenadier is only less than 200 meters, and the commander of the opposite branch is quite cunning, he actually sent at least a dozen sharpshooters to snipe the grenadiers of the imperial army, resulting in the grenadiers of the imperial army failed to send out a grenade, and the machine guns of the imperial army were named by the mortars and grenadiers of the Chinese people, and the machine guns of the Chinese people suppressed the imperial army on the beach, and continued to attack could only cause unnecessary casualties, so the humble position was forced to order a retreat! In any case, it was the mistake of the humble duty that led to the defeat of the imperial army, and the humble official is willing to bear all the consequences caused by it. After saying that, the captain of the army bowed his head respectfully, waiting for Nomura Kichizaburo's final verdict.

Nomura Kichizaburo quietly looked at the captain in front of him, although this guy lost the battle, but he was able to immediately analyze the reason for his failure, and on the premise of knowing that he could not do anything, he did not recklessly continue to attack, but decisively chose to retreat, which Nomura still appreciated very much, and after thinking about it, Nomura said in a deep voice, "If I give you another chance, can you guarantee to break through the position of the Shina people?" ”

Listening to Nomura's words, the captain of the army was ecstatic, and immediately lowered his head and said respectfully, "If Your Excellency the General can give him another chance to make meritorious contributions to his duties, he will guarantee to capture the position of the people of China and annihilate all this army on the river beach!" ”

Nomura Kichizaburo asked coldly, "What if it fails again?" ”

"It is impossible for the lowly to fail again, even if the jade is broken on the river beach, the lowly position will definitely capture the position of the Chinese people!" The captain said with a firm face.

Nomura Kichizaburo nodded with satisfaction, "Then you go down and prepare to launch a new round of attack!" ”

"Hayi!" The captain of the army breathed a long sigh of relief, this little life was saved for the time being, and after saluting Nomura, he slowly withdrew from the command room with his head down.

Nomura Kichizaburo didn't look at the captain of the army again, and at this time, Nomura's eyes were firmly fixed on the position of the river beach filled with gunsmoke, and at this time, a new round of bombardment by the army had begun. This time the bombardment was obviously more violent, and seeing that the fortifications of the Chinese army were destroyed by the fierce artillery fire of the Chinese army from time to time, Nomura Kichizaburo nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and the so-called "four days to occupy Wusong at nine o'clock in the morning" had failed, but the army did not give up and was actively preparing for a new round of attack, and it was difficult to predict whether the first battalion would be able to resist the attack of the next little devils.

"Hey, hey!" At this time, Weng Zhaoyuan's brigade headquarters was already in chaos, and the staff officers were constantly contacting the front-line troops with telephones, and the "tick-tock" telegram in the confidential room also sounded.

"Report to the brigade! The Fifth Regiment just called to say that the First Battalion of the Fifth Regiment guarding the position on the river beach had lost contact! It could be that the phone line was blown up. A brigade staff officer walked up to Weng Zhaoyuan and reported loudly.

Weng Zhaoyuan couldn't help frowning, "Damn! The phone line was blown up, didn't that kid Jin Zhao know to send someone to fix it? This bastard is always so out of tune! If you can't get in touch by phone, won't he Ding Rongguang send someone to contact him? Jin Zhao is out of tune? Is he Ding Rongguang so out of tune? ”

Looking at Weng Zhaoyuan's menacing appearance, the staff officer couldn't help but shrink his neck and whispered, "Commander Ding said that the artillery fire of the little devil is too fierce, and our people can't go up at all, and now I don't know what the situation of the first battalion is?" I only know that they have repelled an attack by the little devils. ”

Weng Zhaoyuan waved his hand helplessly, "Go down!" Weng Zhaoyuan thought about it, and then said to the chief of staff, Qiu Guozhen, "The river beach position is very important, and there must be no loss!" I'll go to the front line and take a look, and the brigade headquarters will be handed over to you for the time being. ”

Qiu Guozhen frowned and said, "Brigade! Or I'm going to take a trip, you stay in the brigade! ”

Weng Zhaoyuan shook his head and said, "Okay!" Don't fight, I'll go, I really can't rest assured if I don't run in person. ”

Seeing that Weng Zhaoyuan insisted on going, Qiu Guozhen could only agree, but repeatedly told Weng Zhaoyuan to pay attention to safety.

Twenty minutes later, Weng Zhaoyuan rushed to the front line in a hurry. At this time, Ding Rongguang, the commander of the Fifth Regiment, was anxiously observing the battle situation on the river beach position at the forward observation post, and as soon as he saw Ding Rongguang, Weng Zhaoyuan couldn't wait to ask, "How is the situation now?" ”

Ding Rongguang replied, "The artillery fire of the Yue army is too fierce, and our people can't go up at all. ”

At this time, Weng Zhaoyuan had already taken the telescope handed over by the adjutant and observed it, only to see that the river beach position at this time had already been covered by the artillery fire of the army, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled. Weng Zhaoyuan couldn't help frowning, and after a long time, he sighed helplessly and said, "I hope this kid Jin Zhao can withstand it!" How is Ding Rongguang's second line of defense? ”

Ding Rongguang said, "It has been arranged." ”

Weng Zhaoyuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good!" Once the river beach position is lost and the little devil lands successfully, you must block the little devil for me in the second line of defense. Obviously, in Weng Zhaoyuan's view, under such a fierce artillery bombardment, it was already difficult to hold the river beach position, and even Weng Zhaoyuan didn't dare to imagine how many people could be left on the river beach position after the little devil's indiscriminate bombardment.

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! Ding Rongguang solemnly saluted Weng Zhaoyuan and said loudly.

Weng Zhaoyuan nodded, but his brows kept frowning, Weng Zhaoyuan really didn't expect that the little devil's attack would be so fierce, according to this situation, if the little devil landed successfully, Ding Rongguang's second line of defense might not be able to delay the little devil for a long time, it seems that he has to prepare early! However, now that his troops are really limited, it seems that he can only send all the reserves to step up the construction of the third line of defense.

"The little devils are starting to land!" I don't know who suddenly shouted. Weng Zhaoyuan immediately picked up the telescope again, only to see that the river beach position that was still under artillery fire just now gradually calmed down, and on the river in the distance, it was faintly seen that a group of landing boats were approaching the shore.