Chapter 458: Fight to the Death and Don't Retreat

………………………………………… Boom Boom!

The positions of the Northeast Army were blown up by Japanese artillery fire. The soldiers hid in the trenches and did not dare to make the slightest move. The heavy artillery units of the Northeast Army did not hesitate at all, and the largest artillery battle broke out between the two sides since the beginning of the war.

Kill!

The Japanese army launched a decisive charge, and one by one Japanese soldiers wearing yellow uniforms rushed to the position of the Northeast Army with rifles.

"% fuck! Brothers, give it to Lao Tzu! The brigade commander has an order, even if our six brigades are exhausted, we can't let the little devils break through and go out with a single soldier! The commander of the first regiment of the sixth brigade shouted.

Da-da-da-da!

In order to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible, the Northeast Army did everything possible, and the portable automatic fire of light machine guns, pistols and other convenient automatic fires caused great damage to the enemy. But the enemy was outnumbered after all. There are also advantages in artillery fire. In addition, it is a breakthrough, and the soldiers are in full swing.

Poof! Poof!

Looking at more and more Japanese troops rushing up, the soldiers of the Northeast Army finally threw down those foreign objects, raised their bayonets and started hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese soldiers. The sound of bayonets cutting through flesh filled the battlefield with blood.

Kill!

When the snow bright machete was waved, the heads of the Japanese soldiers fell one by one. This is the Southern Military District Broadsword Brigade. There are only more than 500 people in the broadsword team of the Southern Military Region, but all of them are powerful northwestern men, and they are all playing with machetes in one hand.

The sudden entry of the broadsword team into the battle suddenly improved the form on the battlefield. The momentum of the Japanese attack was badly bruised under the broadswords of the broadsword.

Kill, kill, kill!

The heads of the Japanese soldiers were like gourds rolling on the ground. The corpses of Japanese soldiers who fell with blood sprayed were full of horror. This was an extremely heavy psychological pressure for the Japanese soldiers. According to the tradition of the Japanese army, Amaterasu did not accept headless ghosts. Without heads, after the Japanese soldiers died in battle, it was difficult for their souls to return to their hometown, to the arms of Amaterasu. Driven by this thought, the Japanese soldiers retreated in disarray, and a large-scale attack came to naught.

The frustration of the attack on the front line infuriated the Japanese commanders, and the gendarmerie executed several soldiers who had escaped first. Then concentrate on attacking again. The battlefield, which had been slightly calm, boiled again.

"it! The little devils of Dog Day are really crazy! Brothers, fight with them! The commander of the first regiment of the sixth brigade shouted.

The Japanese finally rushed to the position of the Northeast Army by virtue of their numerical superiority. Gaps began to appear in the Northeast Army's well-established defensive line for channeling. Everywhere were Japanese troops rushing to the battlefield and fighting hand-to-hand with the Northeast Army.

Tick Tick Tick Tick ...... The loud trumpet of the Northeast Army sounded at the rear of the battlefield. The soldiers of the Northeast Army were shocked, it was their reinforcements.

The soldiers of the remaining two regiments of the Sixth Brigade were all thrown into the battlefield at one time, and the battlefield was completely stabilized at once. The Japanese attack was like a storm, but the defense of the Northeast Army was like a strong embankment, standing still.

Lieutenant General Fumihachiro Shimakawa, commander of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, had a large amount of sweat oozing from his eyebrows. Looks extremely nervous.

"Chief of Staff, how's the front line?" It's been half an hour. The Japanese launched four attacks. But it still did not shake the defense line of the Northeast Army. Such a result filled Lieutenant General Shimakawa Fumihachiro's heart with worry.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Chinese Army has invested a lot of troops on the southern front, and the defense line is extremely strong, with the full assistance of heavy artillery units. Our attack was stubbornly blocked. Your Excellency, Division Commander, if this continues, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to open a breakthrough passage before the Chinese army attacks Wafangdian. Major General Kawai Cao, chief of staff of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, had a sad face. If they don't break through tonight, then their fate will probably be no different from that of the 1st Division.

Boom Boom!

Sharp artillery sounds were heard around Wafangdian, and except for the southern front, the other three lines had been forced under the city by the Northeast Army. The Northeast Army on its Eastern and Western Fronts had cleared all the obstacles of the Japanese army and was concentrating its firepower on the siege of the city. Although Wafangdian is a small town, because of the fact that Port Arthur is located in the south, and because Port Arthur and its surrounding areas were invaded and occupied by foreign powers, in order to prevent the possible attack of foreign powers on the northeast, he consciously carried out a frontal defense of Port Arthur during the Manchu Dynasty. Because of its geographical location, Wafangdian has become a solid defensive point, and the city wall is extremely thick.

Even with the geographical advantage of Wafangdian, the remaining troops of the Japanese army were still heavily damaged, and they are currently trapped in the city, making it difficult to make a difference.

The war on the Southern Front had reached a fever pitch. On a position of less than one square kilometer, 20,000 Chinese and Japanese troops were assembled in a desperate struggle. Heavy artillery units of two regiments continued to pour artillery fire on this land, and both China and Japan suffered heavy losses.

Once again, the Japanese attack was repulsed, and the troops on the position had lost nearly half of their troops. However, because of the order of the Sixth Brigade Headquarters, the Northeast Army would not retreat even if the losses were large.

When the headquarters of the 6th Brigade lined up the brigade headquarters guard battalion and other directly subordinate units into the battlefield, the Japanese attack was even more urgent and ineffective.

Japanese command.

"Your Excellency the division commander, Wafangdian is in an emergency, the east gate and the west gate are stormy, and they may be captured by the Chinese army at any time." Suddenly, the troops in the city received frightened news.

"Got it!" Lieutenant General Fumihachiro Shimakawa said in a deep voice. Of course, he knew that Wafangdian was extremely difficult now, after all, there were not many troops left behind in Wafangdian, and many of them were still lightly and seriously wounded. But now the situation on the southern front has reached the most dangerous moment, and once it is abandoned, the Japanese army may no longer have a chance to break through.

"Your Excellency the division commander, should you leave a group of men and horses back to the city to support the defenders and buy time for the army to break through?" Major General Kawai suggested.

"No, the war has developed to the point where all our forces must be fully committed to the battlefield in order to be able to win." Lieutenant General Shimakawa Fumihachiro said with a firm face, "Put all the troops into it, tell all the troops to break out at all costs, and the troops will break through the encirclement first and assemble again in Port Arthur." Lieutenant General Shimakawa Fumihachiro said helplessly. The Northeast Army's defense line is getting stronger and tougher, and it may not be easy for the troops to break through the encirclement completely, so they can only do their best to break through as much as they want.

Half an hour later, the Japanese attack did not achieve the expected results except for increasing the casualties between the two sides, and the heavy artillery battle between the two sides did not achieve any results.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the East Gate was broken through by the China Army, and now the first part of the China Army is rapidly sweeping the county, and the military facilities built by the Imperial Army have been demolished and burned down by the Northeast Army. The house that was originally used as a tent for the imperial army was also burned down. The herald said loudly.

"What? How can it be so fast? Lieutenant General Fumihachiro Shimakawa walked out of the headquarters and looked at the black smoke billowing from the Wafangdian, silent.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we must make a decision as soon as possible, the position of the opposite branch army is still strong, and we are afraid that it will be difficult to capture it in a short time. If the Chinese army comes from the rear, we will be attacked from the back, and it will be really dangerous at that time. Your Excellency, Division Commander, I suggest that we immediately return to the army Wafangdian, without the foundation of Wafangdian, we really may be wiped out! Major General Kawai said.

"Damn it!" Lieutenant General Fumihachiro Shimakawa said in a deep voice. The face is indescribably ugly. How he couldn't see the form in front of him. However, if they gave up the attack and withdrew to Wafangdian, they might be able to organize a general attack of the Northeast Army with the thickness of the high walls of Wafangdian, but the possibility of breaking through again had been completely lost. After all, although the defense of Wafangdian is strong, it is not large. Strategic space is limited.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you can't hesitate any longer. There is a saying in China that leaves the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. Now the first thing we need to do is to protect the 10th Division from being completely annihilated. Even if we are besieged in Wafangdian, with the strength of the Empire, we still have the ability to rescue us. If it is completely annihilated by the Chinese army. Then the 10th Division will be completely finished. Major General Kawai said loudly.

"Order the troops, evacuate in echelons!" Lieutenant General Fumihachiro Shimakawa said with a flushed face. His eyes were fixed on the scorching battlefield. He knew that with this evacuation, they were really alone. The results of this battle can be known without careful statistics, and the troops are bound to suffer heavy losses. Retreating to Wafangdian also handed over the initiative in the war to the Chinese people. They could only stay in Wafangdian and wait for reinforcements from the Empire.

The Japanese withdrew very quickly, leaving a part of their troops to block the pursuit of the Northeast Army, and then quickly broke away from the battlefield under the full force of heavy artillery, and then the troops quickly turned into Wafangdian.

Command of the Northeast Army.

"Commander, the Japanese army has withdrawn to Wafangdian!"

"Ordering the troops to intensify the pursuit, it must put pressure on the Japanese troops. Send electricity to the 12th Brigade in Wafangdian and let them destroy all the facilities in the city. Wells were filled and grain was burned. The facilities were all blown up, and I wanted to see what the Japanese could do with the empty shell of the tile shop. Zhen Zhen said with a smile.

"Commander, don't let the 12th Brigade compete with the Japanese army? The current 12th Brigade is already capable of eating this lone army, right? Qian Zhuangfei asked. In his mind, after eating this Japanese army, the army of the Southern Military Region could be drawn out for other operations.

"Nope! The young marshal let this group of Japanese soldiers live, and only if they live, it is most beneficial to our northeast. Zhen Zhen said with a smile.

"Besides, what can such a group of lonely beasts do in an empty shell city, as long as we have a certain number of troops left, we can trap the Japanese army here, so that we can draw some troops for other operations. The next step is the focus of our mission - Port Arthur! Zhen Zhen looked at the south and said.

"Commander, Port Arthur is defended by the enemy's fleet, and if we attack rashly, we may suffer great losses." Qian Zhuangfei said. Although he did not study abroad, he also saw the power of ship-borne heavy artillery. After all, after the Third Detachment of the Japanese Combined Fleet came to the Northeast, it once bombarded coastal facilities with great force, allowing Qian Zhuangfei to see the horror of ship-borne heavy artillery.

(To be continued)