Rise From Eight Hundred

Although the little sparks are still on the mountains in the distance, they are everywhere in all directions.

Even a fool knows that underneath these sparks are Chinese soldiers and they know what they are doing.

They are actually surrounding us.

They majestically surrounded an imperial army with more than 2,000 troops and thousands of peripheral troops.

When did the Chinese become so bold?

The imperial army was actually surrounded one day?

I don’t know if this is the first time for the Imperial Army. Anyway, in the impression of His Excellency Major General Kunizaki, who has always made great progress in the battlefields of North China and Southeast China, the cliff is his first time.

At this point of being surrounded, just like Tang Dao said, Your Excellency, Major General of the Imperial Japanese Army, is a proper little girl.

At this moment, my eyes were almost blinded by the torch that the Chinese were holding openly.

No, perhaps the reason why the Japanese army major general solidified into a statue together with eye excrement is not just that the Chinese are timid, nor is it that they are pink enough, but that it is terrifying to think about it.

The Chinese officer who was able to hold him off for a whole day at Mouse Mountain and successfully attack the artillery brigade at night and blow up more than a dozen cannons had already proven with his record that he was a strong and cunning opponent...

But would such an opponent come to rescue his subordinates with great fanfare at the risk of annihilation for no reason?

Yes, when he saw these sparks for the first time, Kunizaki knew the intention of the Chinese people who came around crazily.

I'm just here to save people.

But this is definitely an irrational and almost crazy move.

The more than 2,000 people under his command may not be able to attack the Chinese army that is entrenched on the mountain. But if the two sides change places, the Chinese will need at least several times his strength if they want to attack him. Even with this, he will receive air support from the navy. Even if the Chinese gather a large number of troops, he believes that they will only get a bloody blow.

Even if they mobilize two troops, the Chinese main force may not succeed in saving people, but will be trapped in the battlefield.

But the Chinese just did it.

This is illogical!

Or, there must be other logic in it.

For example, they are confident that they cannot mobilize the two armies on the periphery, especially the stupid one Takeuchi Yunshan.

As soon as this idea came to mind, Kunizaki felt a chill rush from the soles of his feet to the sky.

"Order the entire army to immediately enter the defense line and reinforce various fortifications at the same time. Each infantry squadron leader must be more vigilant, pay attention to the whereabouts of the Chinese, and wait for military orders from the detachment headquarters!" Kunizaki, who had been dazed for a while, suppressed his uneasiness. , put down the telescope and calmly ordered.

"Hi!" The Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff nodded heavily.

Seeing that Kunizaki was stunned and looked ugly, he hesitated for a while and finally asked: "Your Excellency, detachment leader, are we going to go to Colonel Takeuchi Unzan's side again?"

The three infantry detachments sent out in the afternoon were like nothing, and no one has returned to report so far. The officers of the Kunisaki detachment actually already know that they are in danger.

"Continue to use the radio to make calls. There is no need to send out reconnaissance leaders to contact us. Based on the Chinese's current position, I'm afraid we have underestimated their military strength. They have at least one infantry division or even more. The Imperial Army is very worried about this mountain. The situation is unfamiliar, and with insufficient troops, it will only increase casualties." Kunizaki waved his hands with a pale face. "We can only wait for the navy and the mainland to take off normally and bring us good news."

"Hi!" Seeing that Kunizaki was stunned and made up his mind, the Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff could only nod and turn around to leave.

In fact, both of them knew very well that the situation was probably not optimistic, especially at this moment when the Chinese suddenly put up such a large array in the early morning.

However, whether it was Kunizaki, who was cold all over, or the Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel, who was worried, the worst-case scenario was that the Takeuchi Unzan Division suffered heavy losses and a serious decline in combat effectiveness, and they would never have thought that the Takeuchi Unzan Infantry Regiment had already suffered a heavy loss. After being wiped out in ashes, even Takeuchi Yunshan, an army commander, was put into eighteen different postures for Chinese military reporters to take photos for. In the future, it will become an extremely important war history material in the Chinese Military Museum.

Kunizaki's luck was completely shattered after three painful hours.

First, the central army he mobilized was unable to move.

At the moment when the sun was just rising, the Chinese completed a terrifying explosion on the way to the cross pavilion of the newly assembled central army.

The entire mountain cliff was blown across, and thousands of tons of rocks blocked the mountain road. It was not impossible to pass through it. The entire army had to abandon all their baggage and throw away all their artillery.

To put it bluntly, only people can climb through.

Are infantry without cannons still the invincible imperial infantry? After passing the battlefield in the mountainous area of ​​​​Wannan, Kunizaki suddenly understood that the cliff was no longer there.

In the face of this cunning and tenacious Chinese army, even if they have artillery, they may not be able to win, let alone without artillery.

Moreover, the artillery brigade borrowed from the 36th Infantry Brigade is already the last resort of his Kunisaki detachment. If they are all thrown away, I am afraid the Chinese will really be able to deal with him unscrupulously.

In desperation, he could only order his army in the middle to be more vigilant and stationed in place. It didn't matter if they couldn't participate in the decisive battle with the Chinese, but they would be doomed if they were not ambushed by the Chinese.

The only thing that comforted Kuniaki was that the Chinese did not blast the cliffs during the march of the army. Otherwise, thousands of tons of rocks would fall down, and countless imperial army soldiers would be buried here.

The Chinese certainly wanted to, but the facts did not allow it!

First, the commander of this Japanese army was as cautious as a frightened bird, sending out as many as four infantry squads to explore the way, and the distance from the slow-moving main force was as far as 1,000 meters. If he was not careful, not only would his plan to blast the Japanese with rocks fail, but he would also be surrounded.

Because there were only 4 Chinese soldiers in total to carry out this task of blocking the Japanese army's central route.

Gu Xishui and Niu Er's Special Operations Group 1 was also equipped with 15 mountain people responsible for carrying explosives.

Seeing the Japanese army being so cautious, Gu Xishui immediately gave up the unrealistic idea of ​​bombing the Japanese troops and immediately detonated 200 kilograms of explosives buried in the cliff, blowing up half of the hill next to the road. A large amount of rocks fell and split the simple road from Guangde County to Wuhu in two.

The Japanese army wanted to clear the stones on the road and make it passable for carriages and cars, not to mention a few hours, even if they were given two days, it might not work.

In other words, Tang Dao completely pinned down this Japanese army with more than 2,000 troops and a large amount of baggage, and only sent 4 elite soldiers to do it.

Although both sides did not lose a single person, the independent battalion was too much of an advantage in this exchange.

Of course, for Kunisaki Zheng, even if his central army could not come, it would not scare him. He still had a main force of more than 2,000 people, as well as the remnants of Takeuchi Yunshan. Even if he was left with 1,000 people, more than 3,000 imperial infantry, it would be enough to resist 8,000 Chinese.

This is because Kunisaki Shige took the initiative to lower the combat ratio of the Chinese army. If it were half a month ago, he would have dared to say 20,000 Chinese.

The navy Malu did not disappoint him this time. Although the fog was still thick, the navy still took the risk to take off a reconnaissance plane at the urging of the Tenth Army Headquarters.

So, after receiving this good news and full of expectations, Major General Kunisaki Shige received unbelievable bad news an hour and a half later.

The navy reconnaissance plane reported that in a river valley a few kilometers away from the battlefield, it found a battlefield after a fierce battle, and driven by curiosity, it took the risk to jump into the low altitude of 300 meters and found a large number of neatly arranged fruit corpses.

After circling several times in a row at low altitude for observation, it finally had to regretfully tell the army idiots that up to 2,000 corpses could only belong to the Imperial Army.

A few corpses wearing shit-yellow military uniforms but with blood profusely proved their identity.

As for why a large number of remains were naked, the stunned generals of the Tenth Army Command knew without the Japanese naval pilots' detailed description that it must be that the cotton-padded clothes had become the spoils of the Chinese army.

The remains of many Chinese soldiers have shown that those Chinese soldiers from the south did not even have winter clothes when they went to the battlefield. Suddenly, they had cold-resistant clothes. No matter how disgusting it was to take them from the dead, it was better than freezing to death!

‘According to naval reconnaissance, Takeuchi Yunshan’s troops have all been destroyed! ’ Kunisaki took the telegram sent by the Tenth Army Command in disbelief and read it over and over again several times before he believed this fact.

No wonder the Chinese dared to attack in large numbers. Kunisaki finally had an answer.

Although it was the answer he least wanted to face.

“Baga! Baga! All the Chinese are dead.” Kunisaki’s roar in the military tent silenced the Japanese officers standing more than ten meters away.

“Chinese, what are they doing?” After a long time, Kunisaki’s questioning voice finally came out after he finally calmed down.

"Sir, they are frantically digging fortifications and have not launched an attack. I think they are also quite cautious about our positions." The lieutenant colonel chief of staff reported hurriedly.

Before he finished speaking.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Fierce artillery bombardment suddenly sounded.

A cloud of gunpowder rose around the artillery position in the distance.

Pang Dahai's mountain artillery platoon of four mountain artillery gave the brigade-level lieutenant colonel chief of staff a loud slap in the face at the right time.

The whole place was silent.

Kunisaki walked out of the field tent, his face as pale as a dead person.

"Pass on my order, the 3rd and 8th Infantry Battalions, each will select an infantry company and a heavy machine gun squad, and send two infantry artillery squads to accompany them, and advance southward with all their strength. If they are blocked by the Chinese army, they will immediately charge forward, and the rest of the infantry companies will hold their positions and wait for follow-up orders." Kunisaki looked at the black smoke rising from his own artillery position and gave the order in a cold voice.

Is this, retreat? Breakout?

The Japanese officers were stunned!