Chapter 767: Retreat

Momojiro shook off the dirt from his body, and there was silence on the battlefield. There were mutilated corpses everywhere, and an Indian soldier with an open stomach opened and closed his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound. His intestines flowed far away, more than two meters away. It's the first time that Momojiro has known that human intestines are so long.

"Brother!" Momojiro, who was standing on the battlefield and howling, was like a lone wolf, desolate and sad!

No one answered him, only a few crows that flew up "fluttering" and "fluttering". The crow croaked twice, then fell to the ground and continued to eat. Today's corpses are broken and easy to eat.

"Brother......!" Momojiro fell to his knees, trying to find his brother's body, even if it was a piece. The place where I can remember my brother is the overlapping five craters.

In the distance, there were little yellow spots of again, and Momojiro found a rifle with a bayonet, and looked at the Indians who were howling and charging, and stood with a gun!

"I am a descendant of Amaterasu, and I am a warrior of the Land of the Rising Sun. Come on! "The sun is shining from behind, and at this moment, Momojiro is like a god's residence.

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"Marshal, the position of the Japanese people has been broken through three times today. Although the Japanese people have taken it back, they ...... But the losses are heavy, and if we fight again tomorrow, I am afraid that the position will not be able to be recovered. Sun Xing bowed down and stood in front of Li Xiao, whose face was sinking like water, and carefully reported the results of the battle.

Li Xiao glanced at the afterglow on the sea, and then at the mountains burning like torches in the distance.

"Tell Yuan Chonghuan to shoot all the shells tonight. Fight in the city of Mumbai, and fight whatever you can. As it began to dark, they successively shrank their forces back to the dock to board the ship. Tell the Japanese to withdraw as well, and lay more mines on the position. Naval artillery was ready at any time to cover the retreat of the Japanese people. Today is fourteen, and the moonshine should be good. "Such an order had to be given.

Originally, Li Xiao thought that even if he couldn't defeat the city of Mumbai, at least he could destroy Mumbai on a large scale. Unexpectedly, Yuan Chonghuan's second division attacked for five days with the support of heavy artillery, and even touched the edge of the city. Second Division, let him down too much.

The battle had lasted for two days and two nights, and the 2nd Division had also used all its resources to attack various points outside the city of Mumbai. Pity! In the past few years, the Second Division has been suppressing bandits, and has never fought against the regular army at all.

When he played against the Eight Banners, the weapons were far less advanced than they are now. At that time, there was also something called a machine gun, and every ten rounds of ammunition had to be replaced by ten barrels. There are five people waiting for you to get things, and you can be an uncle. Now, just two or three people's big eight grains can suppress that thing to death.

The failure to confront the modern army led to the complete backwardness of the Second Division's operational concept. Now even the Indian army knows how to dig trenches and dig bunkers to avoid shells, and the officers of the 2nd Division still think that a single shell can blow the enemy apart. When the infantry rushed up, it was actually a marching process.

The scorching bullets taught them a profound lesson, and they struggled to get a high ground. Unexpectedly, they immediately organized an artillery counterattack, and a company that rushed up did not avoid the artillery in time, and as a result, the people smashed down with artillery fire, and the company was reimbursed for 100 masters.

In recent years, almost all the officers who graduated from military academies were sent to the three divisions in the northwest. has not fought against modern military regulations, resulting in the grassroots officers of the Second Division cooperating with Ben who did not know what was called infantry artillery. On several occasions, because the infantry rushed too close, the artillery was still bombarding, and as a result, their own artillery fire directly blew up their own infantry.

The commander of the infantry company put a gun to the head of the artillery commander and asked for an explanation!

Layers of chaos are dazzling.

In the final analysis, there has never been such a battle. Confused!

In the end, there is the foundation of the second division, and the first time I received the retreat order. The 2nd Division fired 10,000 artillery pieces in unison, and the shells fell in an arc to the outskirts of Mumbai. Wherever it was clear that it was a factory during the day, it was bombarded with shells.

It doesn't matter if you are a mask factory, a socks factory, or an arsenal, it's all one treatment. Anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't know what kind of factory it is, anyway, if it smokes, it will be blown up.

After firing the shells, the shell boxes were thrown into a huge pit. After the shells were fired, the cannons hung up on the wagon, and the groom slapped the horse's buttocks lifelessly.

The infantry planted mines while retreating, and at first the big guys didn't know why there were so many mines in the munitions transported to the front, but now they understand it, and they were ready to retreat in the first place.

When retreating to a large pit full of ammunition boxes, torches are thrown into it. The raging fire formed a wall of fire, and it was a dream for people to step over it.

The whole process of retreat was quite orderly.

The Japanese soldiers were a little chaotic, and a large group of people ran to the beach in a hurry. Even some marginal troops, who did not receive an order to retreat.

Momojiro was carrying a bag on his back, and inside the bag was the dirt on the battlefield, since he couldn't find his brother's bones, he could only bring a bag of dirt back, anyway, the soil on the position was full of his brother's flesh and blood. Running with the team with one foot deep and one foot shallow, his body sweated a lot, and his throat was dry and about to crack. I felt that the sweat on my body had turned the soil into mud, and on the position behind me, there were explosions from time to time.

It was a mine planted during the retreat, and I could see orange flames rising from a distance. Each one is closer to him, and the pursuers are completely dead. Walking on the earth, although the moonlight is bright, there is no way to know where there are mines underground.

This time, the mines sent down from above were very simple and pressurized, and when they were planted, they only had to be inserted into the ground. The charge was very small, the size of a twelve-point seven bullet. It's not a problem for one person to carry ten or eight, but if you accidentally step on it, then you will be considered unlucky. A low-powered mine that can blow up your entire foot.

As long as you step on one, you will immediately become disabled. I don't want to blow you up, I just want you to be a burden to your comrades. The most important thing is that the small size of the soldiers can carry in large quantities.

Indians don't care about wounded comrades, and if you accidentally step on a mine, you can only roll on the ground and wail alone. Even if you scream in your throat, no one will come to look at you. Wu Laohei's order was very cruel, and the sword mountain and the sea of fire in front of him had to be chased by Lao Tzu.

Of course, it's not just such small mines. There are also some large explosives scattered around the stars, especially in the narrower sections, the larger the explosives are planted.

A tin bucket was filled with explosives, glass ballast, nails, and even gravel. The explosion is like a goddess scattering flowers, and a small pebble the size of a walnut can kill you. A usually inconspicuous nail will cause you unspeakable pain.

Every time one of these explosives explodes, a crowd of people fell to the ground screaming, blood pouring from their bodies, and the sound was like hell.

The group ran until their lungs were about to burst, and everyone gasped like a bellows. The officer in front suddenly shouted to stop! Then he ordered everyone to dig bunkers on the spot and prepare to continue the battle.

Boxes of munitions were opened, and a few grenades and more than 200 rounds of ammunition were thrown in front of everyone. The shovels had long been thrown, and the soldiers had no choice but to dig with bayonets. I was forced to be anxious by a few whips, and I had to dig by hand.

A pair of hands were bloodied by sharp stones, and the dirt in front of the shallow bunker was all bloody. Fortunately, the passing Ming army couldn't look past it and threw down a lot of digging tools, which can be regarded as saving lives.

Momojiro grabbed a sapper shovel, and a guy named Watanabe next to him reached out and grabbed it.

"Whoa!" Momojiro pulled the bolt of the gun and pointed at Watanabe's head: "Put it down, or I'll kill you." "The face is no longer as immature as yesterday, full of ferocity and perseverance.

Watanabe didn't expect that the little guy who was a child on weekdays would now become a fierce hungry wolf. It can be seen from Momojiro's cruel eyes that he really dares to shoot.

Put down the gun, take the shovel Momojiro "snort" and "smack" and began to dig bunkers. It was hot and dry, and the clothes on my body were eager to be stripped off, but the bag wrapped in dirt was not put down.

As the day dawned, water began to seep into the dug pit. The Japanese soldiers, who were about to die of thirst, were like toads that had been ashore for eight days, lying in the mud puddle and began to drink. If you dig up a crab or something, it's just a shit luck, rub the sand twice on your body, throw it into your mouth and chew it "Gaba" and "Gaba".

The Indians caught up faster than expected. The sun has not yet come out, and the Indians are already in sight. Small yellow dots of appeared on the horizon one after another, but fortunately they were in a hurry, and the artillery did not follow.

Scattered shells smashed on the skirmish lines of the Indians, the mortars were left with no shells yesterday and now can only jam the firing.

Momojiro put the butt of the gun on his shoulder, and he didn't know what to mumble with words in his mouth. I don't know who fired the first shot, anyway, after a gunshot, the guns began to "crackle" here.

There were a lot fewer yellow spots, and muzzle fire began to flash on the opposite side. Bullets "swished" and "swished" on the head, and screams came from around them. The opponent shoots while running and has this accuracy, which is definitely not an ordinary unit.

After firing at each other for a while, both sides were killed and wounded. Of course, the casualties of the Japanese soldiers covered by the trenches were smaller, and the Indians, seeing that they could not take advantage of them, took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield.

A group of Ming troops came up to the position, followed by Korean people. Some carry baskets, others cauldrons. Each person is given a pickle gnocchi, the pot is filled with rice porridge, and the basket is filled with flatbread to eat as you like.

The Japanese soldiers are going crazy, it's been three days, and there are only three rice balls a day. From last night to now, there is no grain of rice. Not to mention having a mouthful of hot water, even a sip of clean water has never been drunk. The bitter and astringent water seeping out of the ground by the sea is a good thing for them.

After snoring and eating, a group of Japanese soldiers hid in the trenches. Everyone didn't have the heart to speak, holding their guns and looking at the sunlight on the sea. It's golden, it's very beautiful.

“かざぐるま

あれは四、五のほのか照れ隠し

ふたりで歩こうbaiと定めた川ではないけど,いつのまにここにいつのまによそに"

Watanabe began to hum a song, which at first was just one person singing, and soon turned into a chorus.

Li Xiao stood on the dock and listened to the Japanese soldiers singing.

The people of the Japanese country seem to be born with sadness, and they have heard "The Generations of the King" before, and the song is desolate and distant. As long as you listen to the song, you will have a very strange scene of the Kraken on the beach, combing her hair while singing.

"All the provisions were left to them, and no one in the second division was allowed to bring dry food for one day when they got on board. If the battle is not good, the food is left for those who can work hard. The ammunition is also as much as possible to satisfy the Japanese people, although I don't like them, but whether or not I can retreat safely depends on them. ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, Yuan Chonghuan's face had an embarrassed look.

Ignoring Yuan Chonghuan, Li Xiao turned around and got on the battleship.

Although the second division is only half the size of the first division, it has 50,000 people. 50,000 people want to retreat, how can it be done in one day. Fortunately, the war on Ceylon was coming to an end, and the Indians had lost Colombo and were shrinking to the north of the island.

Fortunately, Li Xiu was in the port of Mumbai and captured five large merchant ships. Each of them is fully arranged, and it can carry 4,000 people. The navy scoured the coast of India for ships, from sail cargo ships to small sampans, as long as they were floating on water.

Even so, it would take eight days to evacuate the second division. For eight days, the Japanese soldiers had to hold a seven-kilometer line along the port. After a series of fierce battles, there were only more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers left, and many of them were wounded.

In the end, Li Xiao didn't know how many could get on the ship under the cover of naval fire. Anyway, this time, I can only put the Japanese soldiers in front. Even if the second division doesn't fight well, it's still biological. In the final analysis, Li Xiao is still the character of protecting the calf.

got on the boat, Li Xiao sat on the Jianqiao Bridge, looking at the blue sea and not speaking. Tie Qing's face explained to everyone that he was in a very bad mood at this moment.

No one dared to speak, and the air on the bridge was about to freeze.

"Big brother, another cargo ship was found on the sea. The British one is new to Liverpool. Li Xiuxing rushed in.

"That's your navy's business, capture the cargo ship. If it's not anything valuable, throw it all into the sea. We have 50,000 people to transport when we vacate the space. ”

Yuan Chonghuan's face twitched unnaturally a few times again!

Re-invested in this sea area, the battle lasted for almost two months, and almost all the main forces of the Ming Navy were here. There are more than 50 warships, large and small, ranging from old-fashioned five-masted ships to new-style ironclad ships.

The number of new ironclad ships has reached thirteen, and it is precisely because of this crushing number that Wu Sangui's navy will shrink in the military port of Mumbai. Relying on the protection of the fort, he barely survived.

In the end, it's still greedy. He wanted to destroy Mumbai, but he didn't want to achieve this result. There was no choice but to fill it with the flesh and blood of the Japanese soldiers.