Chapter 23
After being stunned for a moment, Yamaki Ichiro immediately shouted,""Hurry up! Order the troops to retreat! Withdraw!"
He wasn't stupid. Under such firepower, if you still wanted to attack forcefully, you would only leave behind a pile of corpses.
"Your Excellency, we can't retreat! The warriors were too close to the Chinese army. We can't withdraw it at all."
The staff officer at the side said with a sad face. The troops at the front were already 50 meters away. How could they retreat at this distance?
Even the troops at the back were all at a distance of 100 to 150 meters.
At such a close distance and with such powerful firepower, if you dared to stand up and run, the bullets would dare to drill into your back and come out of your chest.
"Even if we can't retreat, we have to retreat! As many as they could be removed. At the same time, he ordered the artillery to immediately bombard the Chinese army's position.”
The staff officer was stunned.
"Your Excellency, firing at such a close distance will hurt the warriors of the empire!”
The staff officer looked at Yamaki Ichiro and said carefully.
"Ba ~ ga ~ you idiot! Do you think they can retreat even if they don't fire? Immediately fire the cannons and try to withdraw the warriors behind!”
Yamaki Ichiro slapped the advisor's face and shouted.
The bombardment began. Li Xiaochu reluctantly stopped the fire and began to retreat quickly. He knew that he had to retreat because the Japanese would definitely chase after him. Although the Japanese knew that this might be a scheme, how could the arrogant Japanese not chase after him?
After suffering such a huge loss, how could he let them leave? Therefore, he was not worried at all and quickly retreated.
On the other side, when the remaining members of the 35th Regiment's 3rd Brigade retreated, Yamaki Ichiro looked at his subordinates and almost cried.
His brigade had more than a thousand people when they attacked, but now there were less than four hundred people who had withdrawn, including the injured.
There were only 300 people left. In just a short while, more than 700 people had died in front of him. He had never suffered such a huge loss.
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Daisuke Fujii held his sword and sat on the ammunition box, watching the troops gather up batches of surrendered soldiers. He couldn't help but feel satisfied.
"Yuxi! These Chinese soldiers are too cowardly. So many people were actually captured by our 35th Regiment. I think we don't even need the Regiment Commander to personally lead the main force here, we can take down these Chinese soldiers.“
Daisuke Fujii laughed at the staff officer beside him. He knew that he would definitely be promoted after this battle!
To be precise, those who participated in this war would be promoted.
He might even be promoted to major general or regiment commander.
After all, their country was still in the process of forming a B-type division, and the northeast was also expanding its army. There was no reason for people like them who had made meritorious contributions not to be promoted, so he was very happy.
"Your Excellency, Lord Yamaki is back!”
A staff officer ran over and said with an ugly expression.
Daisuke Fujii Sueji did not notice the advisor's expression and tone. Instead, he smiled and said,""Has Yamaki-kun dealt with those Chinese people? Haha! Let him do it! There were still countless Chinese captives for him.”
Soon, Ichiro Yamaki arrived in front of Daisuke Fujii Sueyoshi with a face full of dust. At this time, Daisuke Fujii Sueyoshi had not noticed him. After all, he was in a good mood.
"Shan Mu-kun, how was the battle?"
Daisuke Fujii Sueji held his sword and looked ahead as he spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Your Excellency, I'm sorry! I failed!"
Daisuke Fujii was stunned for a moment before he turned to look at Ichiro Yamaki.
Daisuke Fujii Sueji frowned and looked at Ichiro Yamaki. He said in a deep voice,""What happened?"
"The firepower of the Chinese army is too strong. In less than half an hour, they had already killed over 700 of my men.”
As soon as Yamaki Ichiro finished speaking, he lowered his head in shame, not daring to look at Fujii Sueyoshi.
"Pa ~"
"Pa ~"
"Pa ~"
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Daisuke Fujii Sueji stood up and gave Ichiro Yamaki a series of slaps.
"Idiot! You have disgraced the Empire's soldiers. A large team couldn't even wipe out a few hundred Chinese people, and you even made more than seven hundred warriors pay the price for your stupidity.”
Fujii Sueyoshi was furious!
How many people did his infantry regiment have?
Over 3800 people. After continuous battles, his regiment only had about 3300 people.
The number of people in each brigade had always been maintained at around 1,100. If there were any losses, they would fill the other troops into the combat troops to ensure the establishment of the combat troops for the upcoming battle.
In the end, the Third Brigade was crippled. They would not be able to participate in the upcoming war.
Because he had lost too much, he had no way to maintain it. He could only wait for the new recruits to be transferred from the back to replenish them after the battle.
Moreover, he had suffered such a huge loss. After the battle, his regiment would probably suffer the greatest loss. If he was promoted, the higher-ups would see that his regiment had suffered such a huge loss.
Let's wait a little longer!
In other words, Yamaki Ichiro had cut off his path of promotion. Even if he was promoted, there wouldn't be much of a promotion. How could he not be angry?
Yamaki Ichiro did not even dare to breathe loudly. Who asked him to suffer a defeat?
"Where are they?"
Fujii Sueyoshi said in a deep voice as he looked at Yamaki Ichiro.
"They are retreating towards the city.”
Yamaki Ichiro said carefully.
Daisuke Fujii took a deep breath and said to a staff officer beside him,""Send a message to the division and ask when the main force will reach Xiaguan.”
"Ha ~ Yi ~"
After a while, the 9th division called back. After seeing the call from the division, Daisuke Fujii Sueji said in a deep voice,""Pass on my order. The 35th regiment will immediately assemble and advance towards the city. The major general will immediately lead the main force over.
I will leave this place to the major general.”
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Zhang Wenbin stood outside his temporary regiment command post and listened to the gunshots coming from the surroundings. He kept frowning, but he did not say anything.
Li Xiaochu ran in, panting.
"Guild Leader, I've already lured them over. The Japanese would probably come in a while. In this battle, we've taken out at least 600 to 700 Japanese soldiers. They've suffered such a huge loss, they definitely won't let us go.”
"Haha! You did well. Go and rest!"
Zhang Wenbin said with a smile.
"Pass on my order. Everyone is to act rashly. The Japanese are coming. Let the Japanese in!"
Zhang Wenbin's order was passed down. In this area in the center of the city, more than 5,000 soldiers of the First Precinct were scattered among various buildings.
Some of them were hiding on the roof, some were hiding in the basement, and some were hiding behind the wall.
This was a street battle, a street battle feast that Zhang Wenbin had meticulously prepared for the Japanese!
He wanted to make use of his familiarity with the streets to fight against the unfamiliar Japanese.
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