What made Matsumoto Yunqing even more angry was that he knew that if he went to Lin Yuan to talk about it, Lin Yuan would definitely deny it, and he would pretend to be confused with himself, and then he would be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering.

At this time, an attendant came over and said, "Mr. Matsumoto, Prime Minister Ito is in an emergency. ”

Matsumoto Yunqing didn't need to read it to know that the telegram was Ito Hirobumi asking him about the announcement, but he still opened it and took a look, and found that the content in it was the same as he guessed, and then said to his entourage: "Send a telegram to the prime minister, just say that I was deceived by Lin Yuan." ”

When Ito Hirofumi saw Matsumoto Yunqing's callback, he thought: "Alas, I know that Daolin is far from being so easy to deal with, so let's withdraw our troops as soon as possible, and quickly get out of the mess of Kaishantun." ”

So Ito Hirobumi asked the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters to issue an order to Nogi Noshinori to withdraw the troops, but Nogi Noshinori actually called back after receiving the telegram and said that he would resolutely not withdraw the troops, and also denounced the people in the staff headquarters as soft eggs and rice buckets, not samurai loyal to the emperor at all, but puppets played with by government civilian officials!

The Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters also had the intention of not allowing Nogi Noshinori to withdraw his troops, so he shirked Hirobumi Ito in every possible way. There is a strange thing about the Japanese army, that is, all countries in the world are governed by civilian officials, and the army is the government, and it must listen to the dispatch of government officials, that is, civilian officials, while the Japanese army is at the disposal of the army itself, that is, the army can do whatever it wants, and the government cannot interfere.

So what is the status of the government in the eyes of the Japanese army? It's just a wet nurse and a nanny, and when there are no soldiers in the army, they tell the government that the government is responsible for recruiting soldiers, and the government has no right to ask where the recruited soldiers go and who they fight with; The army needs weapons, and they also tell the government that the government will come up with money to make weapons, and as for how much it will cost and where the money will come from, the army does not care, anyway, if the government does not take out weapons, it will be disloyal to the emperor.

Therefore, the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters was also unwilling to be interfered with by Ito Hirobumi, so it acquiesced to Nogi Noshinori's non-retreat, Ito Hirobumi saw that he had exhausted his organs, but he was stabbed in the back by his own people in the end, not to mention that indignation.

Since Nogi Noshinori does not withdraw his troops, then Lin Yuan will be beaten! On December 26, Lin Yuan's 20th Regiment of the 7th Division, under the leadership of regiment commander Lu Xinghua, replaced the 2nd Division's armored battalion, and the 20th Regiment of the 7th Division was an integrated mechanized infantry regiment with two tank battalions, 90 TK-96 tanks, and two infantry fighting vehicle battalions.

The regiment commander Lu Xinghua was full of confidence, but he was poured a basin of cold water by Zhou Xiao, the commander of the second division, Zhou Xiao said: "The enemy has set up a lot of fortifications in Kaishantun, and intends to hold on for a long time, you must deal with it carefully." ”

Lu Xinghua said with a smile: "Comrade division commander, don't worry, our regiment will definitely clean up the Japanese army." ”

Zhou Xiao then told Lu Xinghua about the situation of the previous battle, and then retreated back, Lu Xinghua immediately held a meeting after seeing the situation of the Japanese fortifications to discuss the combat situation.

Lu Xinghua said: "I believe you have also seen the Japanese fortifications, I have to say that their fortifications are not as good as the Qing army, they now only have an anti-tank trench, this thing we have seen a lot when fighting with the Qing army, how to crack I believe everyone knows, but the tank camp in Beishan is too far away from Kaishantun, it is inconvenient to fight, so I decided, the first tank battalion, the first infantry battalion and the engineer battalion set off together, and set up a forward camp in Beishan, fifteen kilometers north of Kaishantun, which is close to Beishan, It's a great campsite. ”

The 1st Tank Battalion and the 1st Infantry Battalion immediately set off with the Engineer Battalion to build a camp near Beishan, because the engineering equipment of the Engineer Battalion and the infantry fighting vehicles of the Infantry Battalion were faster than the tanks, so they set off first, and when they arrived at the predetermined location, they happened to be bumped into by the Japanese reconnaissance troops.

The Japanese reconnaissance troops discovered Lin Yuan's troops, and Lin Yuan's troops also discovered them, but neither side fired fire, the Japanese reconnaissance troops quickly withdrew, and the 1st Infantry Battalion also reported the news to Lu Xinghua, Lu Xinghua analyzed: The current strategy of the Japanese army is to hold on, so it will not be dispatched, so the 1st Infantry Battalion and the Engineer Battalion will build a camp according to the original plan.

The Japanese scouts did not know that the tank unit of the Shoichi of Kumamoto was behind, so they reported to Shoichi Kumamoto and said: "The Japanese army was found, mainly infantry fighting vehicles and engineering vehicles. ”

As soon as Kumamoto heard that there was no main artillery chariot unit, he immediately called his staff officer Yoshizawa Tadashi and said, "You immediately draw up a battle plan, and take advantage of the unstable foothold of Lin Yuan's troops to give them a head-on attack." ”

Yoshizawa Tadashi hurriedly said: "But Lin Yuan has no reason to withdraw all the main artillery and chariot troops and replace them with infantry, I think Lin Yuan's troops must also have main artillery chariot troops, but our scouts didn't find it." ”

Kumamoto was in a hurry to win a big battle, where could he think so much, so he said anxiously: "It's okay, you don't need to be too careful, let our main artillery chariot troops go faster, and annihilate their infantry and engineering troops before the main artillery chariot troops of the Shina people arrive, now we need a victory too much." ”

Yoshizawa Tadashi immediately mobilized the second brigade of the chariot wing, and asked them to set off quickly to attack Lin Yuan's troops, and the captain of the second tank brigade, Sakuragi Kazuzen, received the order and immediately became full of fighting spirit, and led the second brigade of sixty tanks to set off, Sakuragi and Zenzhi said that Lin Yuan's troops could interfere with their communications, so they simply gave up the team style of play and formulated a set of "crazy wolf tactics" for their subordinates.

The so-called "mad wolf tactic" means that after the battle starts, each tank must behave like a mad wolf, do not cooperate and do not want a team, fight alone, even if they are killed by the Chinese, they must be injured, so that they can give full play to their numerical advantages! Finally defeated Lin Yuan's troops.

Such a madman's style of fighting was immediately accepted by every tank soldier of the 2nd Brigade, because the education they received was "dedication education", and the highest value of their lives was to die for the emperor!

Kazuzen Sakuragi led the 2nd Brigade to set off at 9 a.m. on December 26 and arrived at 3 kilometers from the location of Lin Yuan's troops at 10 a.m.

Sakuragi Kazuzen was dumbfounded when he saw the main artillery chariots appearing in front of him, and thought to himself: "Didn't the intelligence say that there are no main artillery chariots?" What's going on? ”

At this time, several squadron leaders sent messages and asked: "Captain, shall we fight or not?" ”

Sakuragi Kazuzen was about to give the order to attack, but after thinking about it, it was absolutely impossible, because the order of his superiors was to let him sneak attack the infantry fighting vehicle unit and the engineering unit, and now the main artillery combat vehicle appeared, and if he lost the battle, he would have to be disemboweled, so Sakuragi Kazuzen contacted Kumamoto Shoichi, and Kumamoto Shoichi immediately gave the order to retreat after hearing the report.

The Japanese tanks then turned around and walked back, and Li Yonglong, the commander of the first tank battalion, immediately said loudly when he saw it: "The little devil wants to run, brothers, don't let them slip away, chase me!"