Rise From Eight Hundred

No wonder the Japanese officers were frightened!

In fact, retreating without fighting was the first time in their military careers.

According to the direction and number of torches held by the Chinese army, they did surround them from four directions, but the force was not too exaggerated, and the alarmed Japanese troops also began to deepen the depth of the field trenches. Unless the Chinese were equipped with heavy artillery, even without external reinforcements, the main force of the surrounded detachment would not be afraid at all.

But it is more reliable to say that the Sino-Japanese War has come to an end than to say that the Chinese have heavy artillery.

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of these Japanese army officers, the Chinese troops surrounding them from all sides did not have much fear of them.

However, their highest commander chose the most unlikely way.

After all, they still did not understand their major general detachment commander.

The main mountain road in the middle route was blocked and could not be heavily reinforced. Takeuchi Yunshan's troops had been destroyed, and the navy's fighter formation would have to wait until the afternoon to arrive. Even the Chinese had the Type 41 mountain artillery, and they were accurate enough to launch artillery bombardments on the area where their own artillery positions were located.

These were not enough to destroy the fighting spirit of a Japanese major general.

But that was just the idea that a Japanese major general should have. .

For Kunisaki personally, there was no need to fight this battle again.

This mountainous area in southern Anhui was Kunisaki's Waterloo. The heavy weapons of an artillery battalion were blown up and an infantry regiment was almost completely wiped out, which had doomed his military career to basically end.

No matter how brilliant he would be on the battlefield in the future, these battle losses that the Tenth Army Command and even the Fifth Division Headquarters in the distant North China battlefield could not forgive would not be covered up.

If he still wanted to retire from the military with dignity, the remaining Kunisaki detachment could not suffer any more battle losses, and it was no longer so important to kill as many Chinese as possible.

That of course also means that there is no need to fight this battle anymore.

Moreover, Kunisaki also sensed something from the fact that the Chinese were willing to expose their entire army's movements to show him their military strength.

The Chinese commander did not seem to have the heart to fight to the death as he was showing at the moment.

Kunisaki realized this only after the complete destruction of Takeuchi Yunshan's army.

All the Chinese troops occupying the outer hills seemed aggressive, but they had not launched an attack. They were probably waiting for Kunisaki to make a decision.

If you retreat, I will rescue our people, and this battle will end! Otherwise, if you want to fight, I will fight! At most, we will see who dies more in this mountain and perish together.

This is the message that the Chinese soldiers conveyed to Kunisaki by sieging but not attacking. The cannon just now was more like a warning from the Chinese soldiers.

That means, if you want to run, run as soon as possible, if you want to fight, fight now, if you keep dragging your feet, I will start fighting with my bare chest.

Qinglongling Village was bombarded by shells for a whole afternoon, and it was not in vain. The artillery observer of the mortar squad that followed the Lengfeng Infantry Company had been calculating and observing the trajectory of the Japanese artillery shells in the trenches, and finally found the approximate area where the Japanese artillery positions were located.

Otherwise, even if Pang Dahai was a cannon god, he would not have hit the 500-meter perimeter of the Japanese artillery positions with the first wave of shells, which really scared Kunisaki into a cold sweat.

The situation was stronger than the person. Although he was more frustrated than Takeuchi Yunshan, Kunisaki in the tent finally made a decision to save himself a moment after the cannon sounded.

A major general of the army is indeed a senior military officer in Japan, but the higher the position, the greater the responsibility. Behind Kunisaki, there is also a family that is honored by him. He may not be afraid of death, but if he loses this big tree, the family may decline.

Death is easy. Just cut the belly with a knife, let the intestines flow out, and then kick the legs to report to Amaterasu. But death is like a light going out. Who would care about a dead major general?

Living may be difficult, but former colleagues may still help him out of the past friendship. He may have a chance to rise again, and his family will also have a chance to revive.

Kunisaki, who carries many responsibilities, has no choice! Preserving the current strength of the Kunisaki Detachment is the only way for him to get out of the situation without going to the military court.

The terrible Chinese commander may have seen through all this. I hope this is not true. This is what Kunisaki secretly prayed when he finally made a decision and returned to the military tent in great loneliness.

If that is the case, this Chinese commander will definitely become one of the most terrible enemies of the Imperial Army.

However, Kunisaki did not intend to tell his judgment to anyone, including the lieutenant general division commander who would eventually question him.

The reason is also very simple. If he is the only one who is unlucky, it can only prove his incompetence. But if a group of people are unlucky, the word stupidity may have to be attributed to some people above.

Selfishness in human nature has always been dominant.

"Report, the Japanese army has begun to organize two infantry squadron-level troops to move south, less than 500 meters away from the positions of the 2nd and 4th companies. The two company commanders Li and Qian called to ask whether they are determined to fight back." The platoon leader of the communications platoon ran to Tang Dao in the independent battalion headquarters about one kilometer away from Qinglongling Village with a telegram.

This may be the first time that Tang Dao did not take the initiative to go to the front-line positions. He was responsible for sitting in the headquarters, Lei Xiong and Guo Shouzhi were responsible for leading the troops on the east and west sides, and the two main company commanders Li and Zhao were responsible for the south direction.

"What do the Japanese want to do?" Master Zhuang, who had just walked into the battalion headquarters made of tree branches with sweat on his face, was stunned.

If he is a Japanese commander, he will most likely respond to changes by staying the same, shrinking his troops and holding on to his position, waiting for the Chinese attack. He can not only kill a large number of Chinese effective forces, but also observe the Chinese troop and firepower configuration before making corresponding tactical changes.

Even he wanted to find a contingency plan. It made no sense that the commander of the Japanese major general, who was somewhat famous, could not have imagined that even if he was actually commanding an army colonel, he would not make such a low-level mistake and let his infantry be iron from the beginning. Go ahead and die!

This is unreasonable!

"Haha, they are trying to run away." The corners of Tang Dao's mouth curled up slightly, his eyes shining brightly. "However, the brothers who surrounded me and fought for so long are so easy to escape at any time. How can we not teach them a lesson?"

"Call back to Li Jijin and Zhao Daqiang. If the Japanese charge to the death as soon as they come up, then let me fight and fight back the Japanese. Then, there is no need to fight, the entire army will immediately withdraw to the position area of ​​the 10th and 11th companies. ." Tang Dao turned around and gave the communication platoon leader a decisive order.

"Yes!" The communications platoon leader received Tang Dao's military order and turned around to leave.

Only Zhuang Shisan was left looking at Tang Dao with confusion. As the chief of staff in charge of logistics, he already knew that ammunition and other supplies were completely exhausted. He might have guessed that Tang Dao did not want to spend all his manpower and material resources to fight such a war with the Japanese army. If the fish is dead and the net is broken, it is very likely that the independent battalion will be wiped out.

But the Japanese had already made a gesture of running away. Why did Tang Dao order Li Jijin and Zhao Daqiang, the two infantry companies with the most complete personnel and equipment in the battalion, to attack with all their strength?

This is very puzzling.

"Hehe, do you think this old devil Kunizaki is so easy to fool?" Tang Dao sneered. "He pretended to break out of the encirclement with leading soldiers and retreat with the whole army. He just wanted to see my reaction. If we let them withdraw without firing a shot, then he would know that our army has already killed his infantry unit. We have used all our strength, both in terms of personnel and materials, to the point where we can no longer support a battle of this scale. The main purpose is just to rescue friendly troops and not to fight with him. "

"Oh! What you mean, battalion commander, is that as long as we don't act resolute enough, Kunizaki will decide to stay and bite us. After all, they will have the 18th Division as their backing." Zhuang Shisan suddenly realized.

"That's right, I asked Li Jiujin and Zhao Daqiang to beat them with all their strength, just to tell Guo Qizheng that even if you want to run away, it's not that easy. You have to fight for my life. I want to save people, and I also want to save the Japanese. Want to kill!" Tang Dao punched the tree trunk next to him. "However, after yesterday's ambush battle, our army's ammunition reserves have bottomed out, and we can no longer support a decisive battle with them. Then we will kill dozens more little devils for interest, and wait until we meet with his fifth division next time. They will Not so lucky."

Tang Dao’s words became a prophecy!

Time and space rotated, and when I met my old rival who had returned to the brigade again, I had already traveled from south to north, and it was a mountain.

However, this mountain is not that mountain, it is much more majestic and magnificent.

There are more bones buried under this mountain!

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