"General, the 5th and 6th battalions have been blocked. The Chinese people have set up a defensive line on the flanks and stopped the 5th and 6th battalions with their powerful machine gun firepower. Now, these two battalions had suffered heavy losses.”Saitou reported.
"Baka!" Major General Shirakawa Masanori couldn't help but curse.
In the situation where he could not break through with a frontal attack, he had already regarded flanking attacks as his last resort. But now, the flanking attack was also stopped. This also meant that this attack had actually failed completely. It was impossible to defeat the enemy in front of him in one fell swoop. Moreover, under the enemy's powerful firepower, the casualties of the Japanese army were increasing by the second.
"General, from the current situation, I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat the Chinese. Should he consider retreating first to preserve his strength? Then, he would look for other opportunities?”Takeshi Saitou suggested.
Major General Shirakawa Masanori frowned. He was unwilling to give up on attacking now. It was even to the extent that after this attack failed, it might mean that Zhang Yuting would definitely lose this time. Unless the Dongying Empire could send more troops into this war. Otherwise, there was nothing he could do.
However, the Dongying Empire didn't have a choice yet. Sending out a few railway guards was already their limit. If they sent more troops, it would be a blatant invasion of the Tang Dynasty.
The Beiyang government might be angry but not dare to say anything, but the other countries would probably not sit idly by. Whether it was the United States behind the Feng family or the United Kingdom and France that were fighting against the Japanese, they would never tolerate a large-scale invasion by the Japanese.
One had to know that the Japan Empire was also one of the allied countries. They used the pretense of declaring war on the country to attack Blue Island and even turned the entire Lu Province into their sphere of influence. This had already made Britain, France, and the other countries very dissatisfied.
England, France, and the other countries had been asking the Japanese Empire to send troops to Europe to help them resist the attack of the Japanese. However, the East Ocean Empire had been trying to stop them from sending troops to Europe. If the East Ocean Empire sent a large number of soldiers into the Tang Empire, it would definitely make the British and French countries even more dissatisfied. Even if England and France were held back by Germany and could not free themselves. However, the East Ocean Empire did not dare to make things difficult for them.
After all, the rise of the East Ocean Empire was inseparable from the support of the Ying Country. Whether it was the 1894 War or the war against Russia, without the support of the Ying Country, the East Ocean Empire would not have been able to win.
"What about Zhang Yuting's cavalry? According to the plan, hadn't they already launched an assault?”Major General Shirakawa Masanori asked.
According to the battle plan, the Zhang Cavalry and them would launch a pincer attack on the Feng Cavalry. Originally, Major General Shirakawa Masanori had wanted to take advantage of the situation and let the Zhang and Feng Cavalry fight to the death so that they could win easily. But now, it seemed that the Feng Faction troops were simply a tough nut to crack!
"General, we haven't received any news yet. Perhaps, Zhang Yuting's cavalry had yet to attack. Or perhaps, their attack had already failed.”Takeshi Saitou said.
Major General Shirakawa Masanori's expression turned even uglier. His personal guess was that it should be the latter. In other words, Zhang Yuting's cavalry had already failed. Therefore, they now had to deal with the powerful Feng Faction troops alone.
"Damn it, this battle might really not be able to continue!”Major General Shirakawa Masanori could not help but curse.
At this moment, an officer ran over anxiously.
"Report, we have discovered a large Chinese army to our south.”The Japanese officer reported in panic.
"What is it? How did this happen?" Major General Shirakawa Masanori was shocked.
"General, those damn Chinese people want to completely destroy us!”Saitou Tsuneta was also panicking.
"Baka! It seems that we have completely underestimated the Feng father and son. Their army is stronger than we expected, and they have more soldiers than we expected!”Major General Shirakawa Masanori was on the verge of despair.
"Order the troops to stop attacking and immediately attack the south to break through the encirclement of the Chinese!”Major General Shirakawa Masanori decisively gave the order.
Major General Shirakawa Masanori was very clear that with the appearance of a new enemy, their retreat path might be cut off. If they continued fighting, they would only die. The only way now was to retreat immediately.
"Hi, General!" Saitou Hengda immediately passed down the order to retreat.
The 6 railway units that were attacking all gave up and retreated.
The Japanese's strange behavior immediately caught Feng Ping's attention.
"Major, the Japanese have retreated. We won!" Wang Liangchen smiled.
"Yes! The Japanese had failed this time. Furthermore, he retreated without hesitation. It seemed that the 3rd Infantry Brigade had arrived and had been discovered by the Japanese. That's why they retreated in a hurry." Feng Ping nodded.
"Young Marshal, should we launch a counterattack?”Wang Liangchen asked.
"Of course, this is a great opportunity. How can I miss it?”Feng Ping said.
"Order the troops to immediately pursue. This time, they had to annihilate all of these Japanese!”Feng Ping ordered.
Following which, the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division gathered their main forces and began to pursue the Japanese army.
At this moment, the remaining Japanese troops had already begun to attack the defensive line of the 3rd Infantry Brigade.
Although the 3rd Infantry Brigade was a newly formed unit with limited combat power, it was still a small unit. However, their equipment was also excellent, and their firepower was also very strong. The Japanese army had already suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers were extremely tired.
Even if they attacked without fear of death, they were still unable to break through the 3rd Infantry Brigade's defense line.
At this moment, the 1st Infantry Brigade's pursuers arrived from behind, immediately causing the Japanese army to be surrounded.
The Japanese army, who were attacked from both sides, no longer had the chance to escape.
After a fierce battle, the Japanese army was completely annihilated. The six railway garrison teams were all annihilated. Major General Shirakawa Masanori and Major General Saitou chose to commit suicide.
Some Japanese soldiers tried to escape and jumped into the Liao River.
However, the Liao River was currently in a period of high water flow, and the river water was rapid. Almost all of these Japanese soldiers had drowned in the Liao River.
This was why the temporary 1st Division didn't manage to capture a single captive.
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