Chapter 189 Retake or Retreat

The Japanese devils of Koga Ryutaro's regiment now had only one task: to recapture the artillery lost by the artillery regiment.

At this time, they didn't know that some of the cannons had already headed to Conghua County.

As for the remaining cannons, they were now being deployed. Liu Laopao would not let these cannons just sit here unused.

The Japanese devils of Yamada Jiro's battalion and Shibasaki Kinoshige's battalion finally charged closer. After paying a huge price in casualties, they reached a position thirty meters away from the position of Company Commander Hu Xiong.

At this time, the remaining Japanese devils in the two battalions added up to less than a squad. They were all stabbed down in one charge by the Tenth Company.

Regimental Commander Koga Ryutaro received a report from the front line: the two battalions were completely annihilated.

How could they fight like this?

Division Commander Miyake Toshio received the report that the 170th Infantry Regiment not only failed to recapture the cannons but also lost two infantry battalions, which made him very angry.

So far, his division had lost the artillery regiment, the cavalry regiment, and the 137th Infantry Regiment. Now he heard that the 170th Infantry Regiment had suffered more than half its losses.

How could they fight this battle? Now he remembered the suggestion of Captain Uehara Yosuke of the 137th Infantry Regiment.

As early as two hours ago, Captain Uehara Yosuke had suggested retreating, but now he had already died with the entire battalion.

If they didn't retreat, perhaps the entire division would be annihilated here by the National Army!

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Thinking of this, Division Commander Miyake Toshio couldn't care about anything else. He had made up his mind to retreat.

Division Commander Miyake Toshio looked at the map, looking at the nearest Conghua County. He thought of Captain Kannyu Komichi Yuda, who was stationed in Conghua, reporting that the National Army was attacking the city.

He also found a reason to retreat. He immediately issued an order: "The 104th Infantry Division will immediately disengage from the National Army and go to Conghua to relieve the siege."

After the order was issued, the 170th Infantry Regiment was still needed as the vanguard to defeat and rout the National Army troops blocking the road so that they could return to Conghua.

After receiving the order, Regimental Commander Koga Ryutaro looked at his regiment's task, which had not changed at all: he still had to defeat the roadblock in front of him.

However, the National Army troops blocking the road ahead were too fierce, and he was really a little scared in his heart. Regimental Commander Koga Ryutaro didn't dare to say this fear.

He could only pass on the order, urging the remaining two infantry battalions in his hands to attack immediately.

Fujiwara Yuo's battalion was accepting the order to clear the road and changed its marching direction, so it escaped from the fierce artillery bombardment.

They rushed out of the area of artillery bombardment and were waiting for news of victory from the front. After all, there were already two infantry battalions attacking in front of them.

What Captain Fujiwara Yuo never expected was that the Yamada Jiro battalion and the Shibasaki Kinoshige battalion were all killed in battle. The two battalions together had not been able to break through the National Army's defense line.

"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Captain Fujiwara Yuo was unwilling to believe such a thing. Since landing in Daya Bay on October 12, the casualties of their regiments had been less than ten.

Although his battalion had just suffered a fierce artillery bombardment and lost hundreds of Japanese devils, it was only a long-range artillery bombardment and had nothing to do with close-quarters combat.

Captain Fujiwara Yuo believed that as long as these Japanese devils launched an attack on the National Army's defense line, the National Army's troops would collapse immediately.

But why hadn't they collapsed this time? There must be other reasons for this. Could it be that the politicians of the Western countries had gone back on their word and sent their troops to participate in the war?

This was very possible! Captain Fujiwara Yuo found the reason. He didn't hesitate any longer and ordered the entire battalion: "Advance along the road, we must clear the road."

The 137th Infantry Regiment, which received the retreat order, Regimental Commander Kawasaki Shiro quickly conveyed the order. His regiment suffered the most casualties in this attack.

Takenouchi Takuma's battalion died yesterday, Uehara Yosuke's battalion was completely annihilated two hours ago, and the remaining Japanese devils in the Koike Hideki battalion and Sekiya Kaito battalion were less than a company.

In any case, they could now retreat. Division Commander Miyake Toshio was very considerate of his regiment, and the task of covering the rear had been handed over to the 161st Infantry Regiment.

In fact, Kawasaki Shiro's 137th Infantry Regiment no longer had the ability to cover the rear for the entire division.

When Captain Inui Tadao of the 161st Infantry Regiment received the retreat order, ten thousand alpacas galloped through his heart: the four infantry battalions of his regiment had already taken the initiative to kill their way into the National Army's encirclement.

According to the order to attack Fogang, the four infantry battalions had already engaged with the Special Operations Brigade. At this time, it was not easy to retreat.

On the other hand, Regimental Commander Miyata Kanejiro of the 108th Infantry Regiment was in the most relaxed mood: one of the four battalions of his regiment was guarding Conghua County, which seemed very safe for the time being, and the other three battalions had been subjected to artillery bombardment, but they had not rushed into the National Army's ambush.

After receiving the order to retreat, the news came that the 170th Infantry Regiment was encountering resistance while retreating in the direction of Conghua. Division Commander Miyake Toshio ordered the 108th Infantry Regiment to immediately follow up and prepare to provide reinforcements.

Regimental Commander Miyata Kanejiro, based on the thinking of not taking the usual path and not taking the road when he saw one, took the southwest direction when the south side was impassable. He ordered the entire regiment: "The entire force will break through in the direction of Zengcheng!"

The three infantry battalions of the Miyata Kanejiro regiment immediately advanced in the direction of Zengcheng. This road was actually not easy to travel, as it was all mountainous. If it weren't for the map in his hand showing that there was a road here, these Japanese devils would not be able to find it at all.

They rushed out of the area of artillery bombardment and advanced five miles along the mountain path without encountering any resistance.

At this time, Regimental Commander Miyata Kanejiro began to reorganize his troops and count the numbers. He reported to Division Commander Miyake Toshio that he had found a safe route for retreat.

Division Commander Miyake Toshio was now thinking of retreating to Conghua and recapturing the cannons of the two heavy artillery regiments. He was not simply trying to break through.

Regimental Commander Miyata Kanejiro's good intentions were wasted. Not only was he not valued by the division commander, but he was also severely reprimanded by the division commander. Division Commander Miyake Toshio was unable to order the 108th Infantry Regiment, which had already disengaged from the battlefield, to rush back.

He could only order: "Establish a defense line on the spot and gather the scattered Japanese devils."

Division Commander Miyake Toshio's order was seen through by Regimental Commander Miyata Kanejiro at a glance: this was the second retreat route left by Division Commander Miyake Toshio. If they couldn't clear the road to Conghua.

The Japanese devils of the entire division would retreat in the direction of Zengcheng.

While secretly scolding Division Commander Miyake Toshio for being two-faced, Regimental Commander Miyata Kanejiro ordered a company of Japanese devils to stay here to gather the scattered Japanese devils.

He led the Japanese devils of the entire regiment to continue to retreat backward. He would not be at ease until he retreated to Zengcheng.

Today's battle was too strange. Even now, Regimental Commander Miyata Kanejiro didn't understand how they had lost.

Regimental Commander Miyata Kanejiro, who already had time to reflect, didn't know that at this time, Regimental Commander Inui Tadao was experiencing incompetent rage.

Lin Fan stood on a high place watching the Japanese devils' attack. From the beginning of today's battle, the Japanese devils had repeatedly failed and fought repeatedly, and they had always maintained the momentum of attack.

When he learned from Platoon Leader Jing Liquan's report that a team of Japanese devils had retreated in the southwest direction of the battlefield, seeing that their direction of advance was Zengcheng.

After receiving this news, Lin Fan immediately ordered Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhixiong: "Close the door and beat the dog!" From this moment on, no more Japanese devils from the outside were allowed to rush into the encirclement, and no Japanese devils inside the encirclement were allowed to escape.

As for the Japanese devils who were still outside, the artillery would teach them how to be good Japanese devils.

After receiving the order, Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhixiong immediately ordered the reserve team located in Xiangshan to rush out and build fortifications on the road between the two Japanese regiments to prepare for resistance.

Now the 137th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese devils was the remaining few hundred Japanese devils who could withdraw from the battlefield, but without the protection of the 161st Infantry Regiment, they couldn't go anywhere.

The various teams of the Special Operations Brigade on the top of the mountain, after receiving Lin Fan's order, no longer only defended and did not attack as they had at the beginning.

The Japanese devils launched an attack on the top of the mountain, and the various teams of the Special Operations Brigade on the top of the mountain defended it. The Japanese devils wanted to retreat? That was not allowed, and the various companies on the top of the mountain rushed out of the trenches to pursue and kill them.

This made Captain Inui Tadao of the 161st Infantry Regiment very embarrassed: none of his troops could retreat.

It happened that the 108th Infantry Regiment, which was connected to his regiment, had disappeared without a trace at this time. The entire 104th Infantry Division seemed to have only his regiment still on the battlefield.

This idea was not right either, as there was still the 137th Infantry Regiment accompanying him. However, whether or not there was the Kawasaki Shiro regiment had no impact at all, as there were less than two companies of Japanese devils left in this regiment.

Inui Tadao didn't know at this time that there were still troops fighting in the entire 104th Infantry Division, such as the 170th Infantry Regiment, which was engaged in fierce fighting at this time. Regimental Commander Koga Ryutaro strictly ordered the last two battalions under his command to clear the road to Conghua.

Behind them, there were still troops from the entire division to pass through. With the idea of sacrificing for the entire division, Regimental Commander Koga Ryutaro had issued a death order.

This forced Captain Fujiwara Yuo to speed up the pace of the attack. Captain Fukuyama Yuji was also urging the hundreds of Japanese devils under his command to speed up their advance and closely follow behind the Fujiwara battalion.

As these two infantry regiments left, the bombardment by the artillery regiment and the two rocket artillery companies of the Special Operations Brigade finally stopped.

The Japanese devils in the field hospitals of the 104th Infantry Division also began to collect the wounded. There were three field hospitals moving with the entire division this time, and Division Commander Miyake Toshio set up another field hospital in Guangzhou City.

The other non-combat troops of the entire division, the logistics team and the engineers, also joined the ranks of collecting the wounded at this time.

For them, the artillery bombardment just now had also caused heavy casualties to them, but now that the artillery bombardment had stopped, the infantry had combat missions.

There was no time to deal with these wounded Japanese devils at all. There were too many Japanese devils wounded today, and the Japanese devils in the field hospitals alone could not handle it.

Division Commander Miyake Toshio then ordered the engineers and the logistics soldiers to work together to clean up the corpses and the wounded.

Sergeant Tanaka Jiro looked at the defense line of the Special Operations Brigade in front of him and began to hesitate in his heart: the number of Japanese devils who had fallen on the road in front of the defense line had increased from the 300-meter mark.

The location with the most Japanese devils falling was between 150 meters and 50 meters, and the ground on the road was stained red. Even the location where he was standing now, the drainage ditch on the side of the road was flowing with red water.

Maybe it was blood! Tanaka Jiro thought so.

"Advance! Keep advancing!" A voice suddenly rang in his ears. It was the voice of Squad Leader Miki Daio.

"Captain, look at the front!" Sergeant Tanaka Jiro reminded him. He thought that Squad Leader Miki Daio had not seen the corpses in the distance.

"We have to charge whether we see it or not!" Squad Leader Miki Daio's voice made Tanaka Jiro's heart cold.

The mountains of corpses and seas of blood in front could not change the squad leader's mind, which made Sergeant Tanaka Jiro very disappointed.

"The National Army in front..." Before he could finish his words. He was interrupted by Squad Leader Miki Daio: "Shut your mouth, if you dare to disturb the morale of the army again, you will be executed on the spot!"

Squad Leader Miki Daio also saw the piles of corpses in the distance, the obvious piles of corpses, and the obvious bloody smell on the side of the road.

As long as the Japanese devils had eyes and noses, they could see and smell it.

They were all trembling, and none of these Japanese devils were not afraid. Squad Leader Miki Daio was also afraid in his heart. All the Japanese devils were in fear. At this time, if Tanaka Jiro was allowed to continue speaking, this battle would not have to be fought.

Captain Fujiwara Yuo saw the piles of corpses lying on the road in the distance through his binoculars, and his face became as pale as the corpses.

The corpses could not lie. So many corpses lying on the ground at least showed that in the previous wave of attacks, the Japanese devils of the Yamada Jiro battalion and the Shibasaki Kinoshige battalion were brave.

They had been charging all the time. Although they had not completed their mission, they had all died on the road of attack.

What kind of troops were the troops opposite who were able to crush the organized attacks of two Japanese battalions?

Captain Fujiwara Yuo's heart was already pounding, and he doubted whether he could complete the mission.

No matter what he thought in his heart, now he could only order: "Attack immediately."

The Miki Daio squad was at the forefront of the entire battalion, and there were less than thirty Japanese devils left in this squad.

They bent their waists, held their guns, and cautiously groped forward. Now no Japanese devils were willing to charge.

There were too many Japanese devils lying on the ground in front, and these Japanese devils did not dare to be careless.

Company Commander Yamada Ueki shouted loudly: "Charge! Speed up and charge!" The Japanese devils of his company were walking slowly. How could they attack in this way?

He had to urge them loudly, and his command knife patted these Japanese devils flatly, urging them to speed up.

When the Japanese devils entered a distance of three hundred meters, Company Commander Hu had ordered heavy machine guns and machine guns to start掃射(sǎoshè).

This distance was still a bit far, but the machine guns were just firing bullets and trying their luck. As long as enough bullets were fired, the Japanese devils would definitely suffer casualties.

At the same time, the mortars and infantry guns of his company also began to fire.

Three hundred meters was a bit far for guns, but it was not far for mortars. It was a very close and suitable distance.

Sergeant Tanaka Jiro, who was already worried and afraid, finally didn't have to worry when a mortar shell landed next to him.

Half of his head was cut off by a shrapnel, and his entire body fell to the ground, falling on a corpse, and died.

The entire Miki Daio squad, which originally had few Japanese devils left, had fewer than a platoon's worth of troops left after being bombed by such a shell, with only eleven Japanese devils left in total.

Captain Fujiwara Yuo personally saw a shell explode not far in front, and at least twenty Japanese devils fell around it. Some of the Japanese devils were able to crawl up afterward.

Some Japanese devils, however, could never crawl up again. This situation made him very uncomfortable: his battalion originally had only five hundred Japanese devils left, and now there were still three hundred meters away from the National Army's defense line.

If he was bombed like this again, how many Japanese devils would be left to charge the defense line?

Captain Fujiwara Yuo didn't know, and Captain Fukuyama Yuji didn't know either.

Although Fukuyama Yuji's battalion was in a slightly rear position, three hundred meters and five hundred meters made no difference to artillery. His battalion was also bombed.

What to do?

The two battalion commanders made the same choice, and once again ordered: "Charge! Charge! Speed up and charge!"

Company Commander Yamada Ueki also understood: the longer these Japanese devils delayed on the road, the longer they would be bombarded.

Instead of being bombarded on the road, it was better to charge faster and pass through this bombarded area earlier.

His idea was correct, but the Japanese devils under his command did not cooperate.

Sergeant Nikko Yuko heard the company commander's order, but he still insisted on bending over, lowering his head, and walking in the drainage ditch of the road.

Although the blood flowing in the ditch made him very uncomfortable, it would make his body shorter and less likely to be hurt by the fragments flying out of the shells.

Of course, he was unwilling to leave like this, nor was he willing to speed up. Sergeant Kitakaze Yuhi also thought that it was possible to do this only when he saw Japanese devils walking in the drainage ditch.

So Captain Fujiwara Yuo saw that the entire battalion had stood in the ditch.

They lined up in two rows on both sides of the road, hiding and groping forward, and some Japanese devils who could not get into the ditch ran under the road and charged forward.

These Japanese devils dispersed, which greatly reduced the power of the mortars. Company Commander Hu ordered the mortars to continue to bombard the Japanese devils.

Machine guns and heavy machine guns fired accurately.

At this time, the Japanese devils charging at the front were already two hundred meters away from the position, and this position was still the time for machine guns and heavy machine guns to perform.