Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 419: Killing Itagaki

At night, the sound of gunfire subsided, and the battlefield was temporarily silent. The stars in the sky stared indifferently at the earth shrouded in night. It will be a good day tomorrow, but both Tang Qiuli and Itagaki Seishiro understand very well that this silence

Behind it was a ferocious final fatal blow, and the fate of the Itagaki division had been determined.

On the surrounded Japanese position, there were piles of bonfires and lights, like ghost eyes in the dark night, erratic. Tang Qiuli could finally smile happily. The troops fired hundreds of thousands of artillery shells at the cost of thousands of casualties, destroying Itagaki.

This mad tiger of the division is in a desperate situation.

The Itagaki Division could not see the sun tomorrow. The troops temporarily stopped attacking in order to adjust their deployment and launch the final blow. Two artillery brigades and four brigades were transferred to the banks of the Liugu River to prepare for a counterattack against the Kwantung Army's southward marching corps.

The two divisions of the second echelon and the rest of the troops participated in the general attack at two o'clock in the morning.

In the encirclement, Itagaki was holding a meeting of the remaining troops and all officers above the brigade captain level. During the retreat, he was blocked by Li Honggang. Itagaki commanded the troops to attack the ** division's position many times on a regimental scale, trying to

Open a gap.

The Japanese army without tanks and heavy artillery was repelled many times by Li Honggang's troops and suffered heavy losses. Itagaki had no choice but to stop. The strength and firepower of the Chinese troops by the Liugu River were already much greater than his own. If he continued to fight,

It can only increase more losses and wipe out all the capital.

In the Nuruer Hushan District, another Chinese army team came out. Tang Qiuli was ruthless enough. He attacked from three sides and mobilized more than 100,000 troops just to deal with me, Itagaki. He really thinks highly of me. Itagaki gritted his teeth and looked at me.

Looking coldly at the dejected officers, the Itagaki Division had never suffered such a heavy blow. One-half of the troops were lost. Each unit was not fully organized. They fought in a melee all afternoon and lost many people.

Itagaki knew very well that Tang Qiuli would never let him survive until dawn. The second echelon was rapidly approaching him. His mood was extremely complicated. Tang Qiuli's layout, with the strength of the two divisions of the second echelon, would definitely

If you are not careful, you will get bitten hard by that Chinese devil.

However, that was his only hope. Only when they reached out could he have a glimmer of hope and escape from the disaster. In the end, the desire to survive drove him to send a telegram for help to the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, explaining the desperate situation he faced.

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The Japanese troops of the two divisions of the second echelon gathered all the troops guarding Jinzhou and Huludao, adding more than 10,000 people. They set off overnight and rushed towards Suizhong. Itagaki was a treasure in the eyes of the commander of the Kwantung Army.

If he makes a mistake, he will not be able to escape his involvement. Reprimand and demotion are inevitable.

Therefore, the second echelon of the Kwantung Army frantically moved closer to Itagaki. Their actions caught the attention of the special operations team operating on the front line in Jinzhou, and they immediately reported the information to the division headquarters.

Tang Qiuli was not worried. They wouldn't be able to reach the Liugu River in three or four hours. When they got to the river, would they be able to pass the army's blockade? Itagaki couldn't, and they couldn't either. It was now 1:30 in the morning.

Within half an hour, Itagaki's division ceased to exist, and the Japanese troops who arrived could only come to collect Itagaki's body.

Itagaki was not completely desperate. He said in a hoarse voice: "Everyone, our unit is facing great danger. After a day of fierce fighting, we suffered heavy losses. This is a fierce opponent we have never encountered before. I admit that because of my carelessness,

, causing the headquarters to fall into a desperate situation, I will request punishment from the headquarters and the supreme commander."

"But, gentlemen, does our Itagaki Division have no hope at all?" At this point, his voice suddenly rose to a pitch of hysteria. The Japanese officers, who had their heads hanging down, all raised their heads after hearing this.

, eyes burst with hope. Your Excellency, division commander, is there any other way?

Itagaki has a way, and he still has the last trump card in his hand, which is the cavalry regiment to which the division belongs. The fully equipped cavalry regiment, with more than 4,000 cavalry, is Itagaki's last life-saving straw. The battlefield situation

No matter how nervous he was, he didn't use it. Therefore, after the fierce battle, the cavalry regiment was proud to maintain its intact structure.

Itagaki wanted to use this force to penetrate the Japanese division's encirclement in one fell swoop, and the direction he chose to break through was bold and surprising. All the Japanese officers present were stunned. Your Excellency, the division commander, must have been strongly stimulated.

Brain burned out?

Itagaki chose the direction of breakthrough not from the Liugu River, but from the front to Shanhaiguan. He had his own reasons. Not to mention the surge of water in the Liugu River, even if the cavalry broke through the blocking position of the ** Division, when the troops crossed the river, the Chinese army would be pressed behind them.

, this is called "attacking halfway across the border" in ancient Chinese military art, and is actually a taboo for military strategists. Itagaki, who is a master of China, is familiar with the allusions, so he does not dare to take risks.

The troops crossing the river encountered fierce firepower from the shore. The soldiers were like dumplings in boiling water and would be cooked immediately. The corpses of the soldiers floated along the Liugu River and filled the Liaodong Bay. That was the Itagaki Division.

Yes, a catastrophe.

As for the direction of Shanhaiguan, Tang Qiuli would never have thought of it. Any normal thinking would be to move closer to his own troops. Itagaki's thinking was abnormal. This was called going the opposite way, winning by surprise, and entering the North China Plain. He could definitely move towards Peiping.

, it is better than having the Chinese army on three sides and the Jedi on one side with the sea. The second echelon troops just attract the attention of the Chinese army.

Itagaki's reasoning convinced these Japanese officers who originally thought it was absurd. After the meeting, they prepared individually. Itagaki ordered all troops to abandon their baggage and move forward lightly. If they rush to Shanhaiguan, they will win. At 1:50 in the morning, the breakout operation began.

Itagaki's breakout time was ten minutes earlier than Tang Qiuli's general attack time. His idea was not unscrupulous, and indeed had a very high success rate. In the dark night, the cavalry attacked in non-key encirclement directions, tearing open the door.

The possibility is extremely high.

It's really a pity that the opponent he met was Tang Qiuli, who knew Itagaki's character well. He was a bold and unconventional guy who was used to taking risks and was familiar with Chinese culture. Therefore, Tang Qiuli deployed his troops accordingly.

Adjust accordingly.

At 1:50 in the morning, with its back to the Liugu River and the encirclement facing Shanhaiguan, fierce gunshots suddenly rang out. More than 4,000 Japanese cavalry rushed over like a gust of wind. In the dark night, the sound of hooves was like thunder, pounding the ground.

The ** division troops encircling the encirclement seemed to be caught off guard by this sudden situation. After a brief resistance, they were scattered. The Japanese cavalry took the lead in breaking through the encirclement. The Japanese infantry behind them rushed over like a flood that burst the embankment.

However, they were not as lucky as the cavalry. The opening was sealed by the dense rain of bullets, just like a steel gate blocking the raging flood. The rapid pace of the Japanese infantry stopped abruptly, leaving corpses everywhere.

He hurriedly retreated to his original location, and could only listen to the sound of the cavalry regiment's hooves fading away.

Itagaki was dragged back to his original location by the defeated soldiers. He knew that his plan had been discovered by the China Devil. What kind of guy was he? However, how did the cavalry regiment rush out? It seemed that the resistance at that time was very weak. He

Instinctively, I felt that this was another conspiracy of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli, and his cavalry regiment was probably just another piece of fat delivered to people's mouths.

The Japanese cavalry regiment broke out of the encirclement and galloped. There was no time to look back at the infantry behind them. Their task was to cut through all the way to Shanhaiguan. The flat wilderness was perfect for the cavalry to take advantage of their speed. In front of them was a long hill.

Hill, what else is ahead? The Japanese cavalry captain leading the team thought to himself.

On the hill, a bright car light suddenly shot forward, dazzling the Japanese cavalry. Under the light of the car, the dark cavalry covered the hill. Under the light, the bright sabers were like a dense forest.

Can't see beyond.

The captain of the Japanese cavalry regiment had a bitter taste in his mouth. No wonder he rushed out so easily and waited for me here. The cavalry of the Chinese *** regiment on the opposite side must have at least 10,000 people, which is more than twice his own strength. In this battle,

Is there any other way to fight?

He guessed wrong. It was not more than 10,000 cavalry, but four cavalry brigades, more than 24,000 cavalry. Every spitting breath could drown his regiment. Tang Qiuli was greedy for the Japanese army's more than 4,000 horses.

As for the horse, I was sure that Itagaki would do this. The Japanese were beasts, but the war horses were not. The Japanese horses were powerful and powerful, which could change the structure of the cavalry's war horses. That's why this scene happened now.

The Japanese cavalry rushed towards the **Division's cavalry brigade with all their might. In the dark night, under the illumination of car lights, more than 20,000 cavalrymen drowned the Japanese cavalry like a tide. Tong Batu's two cavalrymen

Brigade, took the lead to meet the Japanese cavalry.

These Mongolian men have superb riding skills and proficient swordsmanship. The horses neighed, the sabers clanged, and sparks popped up in the dark night. The Japanese cavalry were knocked off their horses one after another, and the ownerless horses neighed and ran.

In less than an hour, the cavalry of the ** Division completely annihilated the Japanese cavalry regiment and captured more than 4,000 horses at the cost of hundreds of casualties, achieving a complete victory.

Itagaki sat slumped in the tent, his face was gray, and his energy and energy seemed to have been extracted from his body. His last bit of capital was won by Tang Qiuli. What will happen tomorrow? Will the sun shine on him tomorrow? Itagaki doesn't

Know.

Itagaki was lost in his tent, but he didn't know that more than a thousand meters away from his tent, a young man wearing a Japanese major's uniform set up a long-barreled sniper on a tree.

rifle.

Strictly speaking, this can no longer be called a gun. The muzzle is surprisingly large, almost like a heavy machine gun. Fu Qiang, deputy captain of the sniper brigade of the Special Warfare Detachment of the ** Division, when the Japanese army retreated, he brought a special warfare

The detachment, taking advantage of the chaos in the Japanese army's organizational structure, sneaked into the encirclement with the purpose of finding Itagaki and killing him.

Fu Qiang looked at Itagaki Seishiro's thin head in the crosshairs with cold eyes, pushed a large armor-breaking bullet into the gun chamber, held his breath, and lightly tapped the trigger. The recoil of the bullet leaving the chamber slightly hit his shoulder.

The sound of a gunshot was not noticeable on the embattled battlefield. In the tent, the bewildered Japanese officers surrounding Itagaki suddenly saw that the head of the division commander had disappeared, bursting into rotten watermelons, with blood mixed with brains.

, splashed all over their faces and bodies.

Itagaki's skinny body flew upside down and hit the edge of the tent, and then fell heavily to the ground. If it weren't for the lieutenant general's collar badge stained red by blood, no one would have known that the thin body still twitching slightly was the one known as Itagaki.

The courageous Japanese Army Lieutenant General, His Excellency Seishiro Itagaki.

(To be continued)