The Japanese artillery fire poured violently towards the Chinese position again.

At Konishi Hayami's almost crazy request, even the 150MM heavy artillery began to rush towards the positions on both sides of Tongguan.

However, the Chinese soldiers who received the military order still chose to go out of the tunnel and fired at the evacuating Japanese soldiers with rifles and machine guns.

The Japanese infantry wailed in the rain of bullets and became silent in the same desperate artillery fire as both the Chinese side and the Chinese side.

The sound of gunfire on the battlefield ranged from early morning to dusk until the last raft of Japanese troops disappeared on the river.

The second wave of offensive that the Third Division had already prepared did not happen after all, because all the Japanese army knew that it was unnecessary from the lower-class soldiers to Fujita.

The Chinese played a tactic of "letting dogs into the pit". The first batch of more than 4,200 infantrymen who landed on board had less than 600 people who could return on board the ship, and the remaining more than 3,600 were all lying in front of the Chinese positions.

And it is even more miserable in the left-wing position of the Chinese people, commanded by Colonel Konishi Hayami himself!

The two and a half infantry brigades invested, only 160 people could return, and most of the heavy machine guns and all infantry artillery were lost.

Because, the cunning Chinese can easily transport 200 kilograms of infantry guns off the ship, but they won't watch you move the guns onto the ship again.

In order to lift the heavy cannon body and walk on the river beach, he put the stupid label of "Click me!" on his forehead. The artillery squads were killed or injured, no less than the infantry entering a state of death charge.

Perhaps the only thing that makes the Japanese commanders thankful is that they don’t have to worry too much about the medicine!

The Japanese army that could return to Fenglingdu had almost no serious wounded. Under the fierce firepower that had been jointly attacked by the enemy and us, losing movement would be equivalent to death.

Therefore, after completely losing the strength of an infantry corps, the Third Division also lost a serious colonel corps leader.

Before he even arrived at the river bank, the news that Koxi Hayami had seen Colonel's cesarean section of his apology to the empire was conveyed to the Third Division headquarters.

Fujita Jin was rarely furious, but waved his hand to tell him to know, and sat alone in the innermost room of the field command center without lighting.

Perhaps only two major generals with big eyes staring at each other knew what their division commander was doing.

Fujita needs to be calm enough!

He needs to use a calm enough mind to persuade his boss Shiro Itagaki to temporarily give up the tactic of attacking Tongguan.

Facts have proved that the Chinese on the opposite side not only have fortifications that can withstand heavy artillery and heavy bombs, but also have enough fierce firepower. More importantly, their fighting will is far from comparable to the Chinese infantry division that was about to collapse on the Southeast battlefield and the North China battlefield.

The reality of two consecutive infantry regiments was defeated, and the reality of turning a Class A division into a mixed brigade brought Fujita's thoughts back to nearly a year ago.

If the Jinling Yuhuatai was stationed not an infantry brigade with less than 4,000 Chinese, but an infantry division with more than 10,000 people, an infantry division with continuous logistics, could his 3rd Division capture that mountain?

The answer is obvious, he can't defeat it, just like today.

As for the strength shown by the Chinese today, unless he has the courage to suppress all the infantry brigade of the Fifth Division specially transferred by the commander of Itagaki Shiro's army, he would not have the confidence to win.

But is that possible?

Even if Tongguan conquers, the Third Division is seriously injured and cannot recover without a year or two years. Is the glory of conquering China related to his goal-scoring Fujita?

The moment Konishi Hayami poked the samurai sword into her belly, it must have hurt!

Sitting alone in the darkness, Fujita Jin suddenly felt a little cold all over. This person from a famous family must not want to die, but if he doesn't die, who would take responsibility for this failure? This time, Koxi had seen him a long time ago, who would take the initiative to apologize to death next time?

The two major generals and brigade commanders outside the door? Or the chief of staff of the division who has always been down and obedient?

Fujita's eyelids drooped, maybe they were in a bit of joy deep in their hearts!

They didn't even think about the position of the division commander, but suddenly there were so many more seats, but I don't know how many of their confidants could be placed.

"Your Excellency Commander of Itagaki Legion..." Fujita Jin's voice was finally heard from the dark hut.

"Baga! Incompetent! Incompetent!" A bald man holding a message from Fujitajin was like a manic leopard, paced back and forth in the command center with his hands on his back, constantly cursing in his mouth.

The second-in-command who proposed to break away from the North China Front Army to form the Westward Advance Corps a few months ago was still in his ears: "The inability to form the Westward Advance Corps, General Shanshan Yuan was unable to change the situation in the North China battlefield in China. The empire's financial resources were already stretched. In order to force China to surrender as soon as possible, it is imperative to enter Guanzhong and advance southwest China into the west.

Itagaki, you are a powerful general in the empire. If you make a difference in this strategy, in less than a year, the empire may form a Southwest Front Army, and Itagaki will be the only candidate."

The commander of the front army, who is definitely the general level, will become the top figure in the Imperial Army Province. What he can decide will no longer be the fate of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, but that may be the fate of a country or nation.

For a soldier, who can resist this temptation?

But today Fujita Jin told him that things should not be done, let us withdraw!

Just say, who can tolerate it?

If Shiro Itagaki had a sword of Sakaya who killed the general, he might just chop off the dog head of Fujitaji who dared to say such words.

Unfortunately, even if he is as cruel as Itagaki Shiro, he is still rational enough to know that he not only cannot get Fujita into it, but he even needs to be comforted and won over.

Behind Fujita Jin was a powerful prince, whose confidants were all over the Imperial Army.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Kamura Xiaoji, who was surrounded by his thigh, is now like an engine installed under his butt. In just three years, he has been promoted from deputy chief of staff of the Kanto Army to commander of the 11th Army. Even if Wanjialing was so defeated, the corpse of the lieutenant general commander of the 106th Division was still the Empire spent a huge price to return it. He was just verbally scolded by the base camp. It was already a contemptuous faction in the Imperial Army.

Looking at the number of casualties reported by the Third Division, the manic patients forced themselves to calm down and stood in front of the map of Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces for half an hour. Finally, they said coldly: "I ordered the commanders of each division to temporarily suspend the attack on crossing the river and arrive at our army headquarters within two days to hold a military meeting!"

The Japanese army suspended the attack across the board, and the Third Division was even more like a dead mother, but the Chinese side was not too happy.

In order to completely shoot the Japanese army on the river beach, the brigades and regiments rushed the soldiers into the trenches under artillery fire, and there were also many casualties under the Japanese artillery fire.

Just by the evening statistics, the 28th Division suffered more than 900 casualties and more than 300 casualties in the Sichuan Army’s new recruits!

This is not as simple as the Japanese statistics. Those who cannot go back by boat can basically be considered as war damage. Many seriously injured people do not know whether they can survive the next three days. The list of casualties may rise sharply in a few days.

For this reason, Deputy Chief of Staff, who issued this military order, was also boycotted by several regiment commanders at the post-war summary meeting, believing that there was no need to let the soldiers shoot in the artillery fire at that time, which eventually led to excessive casualties.

Brigade Commander Hu stood firmly on Tang Dao's side, angrily scolded the regiment commanders for being short-sighted, and said on the spot that the military order was made by him. If he wanted to settle the score later, he would come and settle himself.

Tang Dao did not argue too much, but instead had a calm expression on his face to resign as deputy chief of staff of the defense zone on the spot at a high-level military meeting that only the regiment-level chief of staff could attend.

This made all the officers of the 28th Division stunned.

They do this a little bit hard!

Everyone knows that the annihilation of more than 3,000 Japanese invaders in this battle is definitely a brilliant victory. Not to mention that the entire army has killed or injured more than a thousand people, even if it is three times more, it is worth it.

The purpose of doing this is not to determine the command error of Deputy Chief of Staff Tang, but to slightly weaken his contributions.

On the one hand, the other hand, it comes from a higher level of instructing. This is the territory of the Tenth War Zone. What can someone in the Second War Zone make the show?

However, for the people of the 28th Division, they never thought that Deputy Chief of Staff Tang suddenly gave up and quit.

How many people who can get to the level of the colonel commander are criticized? Including Commander Fan and Commander Dong, who allowed the commanders to fire at Deputy Chief of Staff, they all knew that the Tang sword made great contributions in this battle.

Without the tunnel battle he suggested, the morning round of Japanese fighter jets could make the casualties more than the current ones. Moreover, the three strikes he had completed on the battlefield, each hit the pain points of the Japanese army, which was perfect enough to be written into textbooks.

Tang Dao suddenly resigned and his faction was about to leave. How could the 28th Division and others not feel anxious?

Some people and things only feel precious when they are lost. This is almost the essence of human nature. Although this feeling makes a group of middle-aged uncles who are at least teenagers older than Tang Dao feel hot on their faces, it does not prevent them from finding a solution at all.

It is so obvious that these old fryers can play with it clearly.

"Do not act irritating. This is just an internal meeting of my defense zone. I have announced earlier that the meeting minutes will not be retained. We are all a family. Since we are a family, the horse spoon will inevitably touch the edge of the pot." Teacher Dong quickly comforted the 'nail' in front of him with a little embarrassment.

"The two commanders and colleagues misunderstood. Tang Dao's move was not an act of impulse." Tang Dao shook his head slightly.

Then, Tang Dao left his seat and walked directly to the map with bright eyes: "After this battle, the Japanese Third Division had lost more than 5,000 troops. Even if they still had the intention to attack our Tongguan position again, they would have to replenish enough troops in ten days. In these ten days, it was enough for the 28th Division to build more dense tunnels.

The theater command mobilized another independent infantry brigade a few days ago, and the troops in the Tongguan Defense Zone had increased to 18,000. As long as there were no fatal mistakes, the Third Division could not break through the frontal position of our 28th Division even if it was not made.

This kind of defensive war is the most test of the determination and will of both the enemy and us to fight. Our army can fight five to one battle that day, let alone this kind of tactic of one to three or even four. The Japanese army will not give our army such a chance.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, such a large-scale anti-landing operation in the Tongguan Defense Zone has basically ended, and the Japanese army should have mainly raided the river bank.

If I stay in Tongguan, it will not be of much use. Maybe I have to take two commanders or Brigade Commander Hu to drink with me. With my alcohol tolerance, I am afraid..."

Speaking of this, a strong smile appeared on Tang Dao's face.

The six regiment commanders and two brigade commanders who were qualified to sit at the conference table, plus the army commander and the division commander, blushed collectively.

Tang Jiugan really doesn't show off. In terms of combat level, you may still be dissatisfied with others who want to fight, but when it comes to drinking, no one dares to say that they can compete with Tang Tuanzhao.

It was Tang Dao's victory that returned from the other side of the river, and destroyed a 280MM heavy artillery turret and 4 150MM heavy artillery records. The battle record has been confirmed by the spy lurking in Pingbei City. The theater command has promised that the two lieutenant generals of the army should at least have a first-class treasure tripod medal after the war. If that person was in a good mood, it would be impossible. The overjoyed Commander Fan personally took charge of Tang Dao and called for another division commander, two brigade commander, and six regiment commanders to accompany him. They were all real military commanders of the 28th Division, which gave Tang Dao a great face.

Tang Dao went to the banquet alone and faced the 10 generals of the 28th Division. No matter who came to toast, they would be drunk until they were drunk, to be precise, and the most famous Xifeng wine in Shaanxi Province was like boiled water.

At the beginning, the generals of the 28th Division were still a little conservative, and they always felt that it was not good to have 10 to 1. As a result, Tang Dao was so bold and had a pound of alcohol. The officers who had just stepped forward to challenge him one after another.

What a good guy, the dishes were served, and I drank 10 kilograms of white wine in two jars. Later, I drank 6 jars of 30 kilograms in total.

All the officers of the 28th Division, including Commander Fan, were supported by the orderly soldiers. A few of them had a lighter alcohol tolerance or were even carried back on stretchers. They were absolutely wiped out. Tang Tuanzu, who had drunk at least ten kilograms of white wine, could still ride a horse by himself.

No matter what Tang Dao did afterwards, at least he went back alone. In this tavern battle, Tang Dao won the final victory!

Tang Dao's fine style of the restaurant, "You want to drink, I will accompany you, no matter how much!", makes people lose the mind to try again.

The wine barrel is no longer enough to describe it, only the wine barrel is in line with the unique temperament of Tang Tuanzou.

So, when Tang Dao used this to "threaten" everyone in the 28th Division, Fan and Dong suddenly felt cold in their vests. If this guy really wanted to drink like this every day, it would be better to let him leave, otherwise it would not take three or five days. I'm afraid Tang Dao would be both the army commander and the regiment commander.

Because those who are present at the meeting can be drunk.

"Of course, Tang Dao rushed back to the Second War Zone. It was not just that the danger of Tongguan had been resolved, but that the Japanese army saw that they had hit a wall on my Yellow River defense line, and they might turn their guns and gather heavy troops to fight in the southern Shanxi." Tang Dao's smile gradually faded away, and he picked up the baton on the table and pointed at Zhongtiao Mountain on the map.

"The Japanese army's westward corps have three divisions in our Yellow River defense line. The third division suffered heavy damage, and there are two divisions that maintain their strength, especially the Fifth Division under its command of Shiro Itagaki, whose troop strength is as high as 50,000, and its combat power is the top of the Japanese invasion of our Chinese.

If he sees that the strategy of crossing the Yellow River is too great, he will first solve the garrison in Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi, completely eliminate the worries, and then gather the main force of the Japanese North China Front Army to attack our Yellow River defense line. By then, you can think about the consequences."

The 28th Division generals were suddenly ugly when they said a few words.

A Japanese Advance Corps has already caused a group of people to panic in the 10th War Zone. If a Japanese North China Front Army is added, there are only a few divisions of 100,000 troops and defense lines deployed along the Yellow River will collapse instantly.

"The 10th War Zone and the 2nd War Zone are connected by lips and teeth, and the other side is defeated, and the other side is finished immediately." Tang Dao spread his hands. "So, I have to rush back to join the war and do my best."
To be continued...