Chapter 50
However, what the two Lieutenant Generals didn't know was that countless infantry battalions had already emerged from villages or hidden places in all directions of Chuzhou.
They wore tattered military uniforms and held weapons in their hands. Under the cover of the night, they quietly approached the Divine Mountain Forest. As they marched, they would occasionally confirm their direction and take out a map to adjust their position according to the points marked on the map.
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Time passed like this. The Japanese in the forest continued to suffer mental torture. Yoshizumi and Tanishou also continued to urge the troops to increase their offensive strength and destroy Zhang Wenbin.
Soon, it was already 11:50 p. m., and it was almost dawn. Yoshizumi and Tanishou became even more anxious.
"Your Excellency Major General, the situation of my division is not good. The Chinese army relied on the favorable terrain in the forest to block and attack our search team.
They also used the cover of the night to continuously set up a mine field. Up until now, they had been fighting for more than four hours. Not only had our army not achieved any results, but we had already lost more than a thousand warriors.
We can't continue fighting like this. At night, our advantage in numbers can't be displayed at all. Moreover, we don't have any weapons or air superiority.
On the other hand, the Chinese army had the advantage with the cover of the night. Although their strength was only one-tenth of ours, they were more agile.
Now, the Empire's army is in the open while the Chinese army is in the dark. We are too passive.”
Yoshizumi's Chief of Staff, Inoue Naoshimi, looked at Yoshizumi and said in a deep voice. In such a dark night, they had no advantage at all. Instead, they were at a huge disadvantage.
The advantage in numbers did not become their advantage at this time. Instead, it became a point where they were constantly attacked.
In the forest, their search team became more and more cautious, and their speed also slowed down. The more they did so, the more time they gave the soldiers of the First Regiment to set up a mine field and set up an ambush.
Yoshizumi Ryo did not say anything after hearing this. He was silent. His chest was filled with anger. Thinking of Prince Chao Xiang's corpse, thinking of the alliance flag that was cheated, thinking of Zhang Wenbin's words before he left, he felt even angrier.
He didn't speak, but Tanishou spoke.
"Yoshizumi, it's almost midnight. At night, the advantage of the Empire's army could not be fully displayed. We've already suffered such a loss in Jinling.
We can't go on like this. My 6th division is the same. We didn't achieve anything and lost our brave warriors. I think we should stop for a while and maintain our current state. We'll search again after dawn tomorrow.”
Gu Shoufu also felt very aggrieved. What did they not get? In these few hours, his 6th division had lost over a thousand men.
Hearing Gu Shou's words, his heart couldn't help but waver. He took a deep breath, as if to suppress the anger in his heart, and then said,"In that case, let's give up the search for the time being and wait for tomorrow's dawn.”
Inoue Naoto heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that. Just as he was about to pass down the order, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from not far away, mixed with the explosion of a grenade.
Moreover, the gunshots were very dense. Then, the sound of the Type 38 rifle could be heard, but the sound of the Type 38 rifle was not as dense.
"This gunshot. It came from the artillery regiment."
When Yoshizumi Ryo heard this, he looked in that direction and was instantly stunned.
Just as Yoshizumi finished speaking, gunshots came from two other directions. Just like the 9th division's artillery regiment, the gunshots were very dense.
Gu Shou Fu was also stunned. He looked in the two directions and said,""Is this the direction of the Field Artillery Regiment and Mountain Artillery Regiment?”
The 6th division and 9th division were slightly different in terms of their artillery.
The 9th division was one of the regular divisions, and their combat strength was strong. Each division was mainly composed of four infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, one artillery regiment, an engineering regiment, and a logistics regiment.
The 6th division had been formed earlier than the 9th division, and their battle history and battle achievements were also stronger than the 9th division, so they were slightly better equipped.
The 6th division was similar to the 9th division in terms of the cannons.
The 6th division had one field artillery regiment, one mountain artillery regiment, and two artillery regiments. The 6th division's field artillery regiment was mainly equipped with 75mm field artillery and a few anti-air cannons.
The Mountain Cannon Regiment was mainly equipped with 75mm Mountain Cannons and Type 92 Infantry Cannons, which were the typical support artillery for mountain warfare.
"The Chinese Army's First Regiment has more than five thousand people in this Divine Mountain Forest. Where did this troop come from?”
Ji Zhuliang Fu thought for a long time and could not understand.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. Right now, the cavalry regiments of our two Regiments have been sent to surround the retreat of the Chinese Army. We only have a large group of guards by our side.
They could not send reinforcements for the time being. They had to transfer two large teams from the divine mountain to support them.”
Gu Shou said after a moment of silence. Although they didn't know what was going on, they still decided to send troops to support them. They were worried that Tang Keqin's 20th Legion would be heading south. That would be a big problem.
Tang Keqin's 20th legion was also very strong among the Chinese army.
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At this moment, in the 9th division's Field Artillery Unit.
The Japanese soldiers of the Field Artillery Regiment were struggling to defend against the enemy attacks from three directions.
Around them, countless shadows were attacking under the cover of the night. These troops did not have any artillery, which was obvious from the fact that they had not fired at all after attacking for so long.
Although the Japanese had mortars, they did not have enough troops. The firepower of these people on the other side wasn't too bad either. At the very least, they had quite a number of light machine guns, constantly suppressing their firepower.
In addition, there were too many people on the other side, and they were coming from three directions. Gradually, they were getting closer and closer to the Japanese camp.
When they were only 50 meters away from the Japanese's position, the Japanese knew that they could not hold on any longer.
After all, the Japanese's artillery regiment did not have many soldiers. If they were infantry regiments, these troops would definitely not be able to fight. Unfortunately, they were not.
"Bullet ~ Retreat ~
A mournful roar spread across the Japanese camp.
Yellow bullets fell to the ground one after another.
"Charge ~ Ah ~"
A soldier in a tattered military uniform was holding a Leenfield rifle with a bayonet attached to it. When he saw the Japanese troops approaching Chi Chi and the Japanese reloading their bullets, he knew what was going on.
He stood up and shouted sternly.
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