The Battle of Takarazuka was a very tragic battle. The Japanese army threw more than 60,000 corpses in this area less than 15 square kilometers and fled back to Osaka in a hurry. This result made Hu Xiaomao very dissatisfied. He thought that his ambush this time was perfect and should be able to wipe out the main Japanese army, but he didn't want to have only one of the threes? After analyzing it later, there was no way to cause such a battle result. First of all, I didn't expect that the Japanese would be so strong in fighting will and have such high combat quality! After discovering the Chinese ambush, the second and fourth towns immediately took on the heavy responsibility of blocking the enemy and covered a large number of troops to escape from the gap between artillery fire...

The second reason is the terrain of Takarazuka. The Qing army had no way to ambush the two wings, but the frontal positions were seriously injured and killed in the initial battle, and even blocked the Japanese army's desperate attempt and could not attack, so they had to watch them escape safely.

The Qing army left behind 60,000 Japanese corpses with nearly 10,000 casualties. The wounded were not among them. In any case, it was a great victory, but Hu Xiaomao was not happy: the combat situation in Kobe City was very unfavorable. The Japanese were determined to be turtles and curled their heads and limbs into their shells. Bao Chao was a great hero. Faced with such a battle where they could not see the enemy, they were powerful and had nowhere to be used. Seeing that the weather was getting colder, both the morale and combat power of the troops were declining sharply, and they had reached a point where they were almost unable to hold on.

Bao Chao was full of black thread, and Hu Xiaomao was so envious in his heart that he was about to die: "If I had known this was the case, I would have changed with you!"

Hu Xiaomao smiled bitterly and glanced around him. Li Hongzhang was also worried, as if he had grown aged out of thin air. He knew that this was not entirely due to the unfavorable war, but because he felt sorry for Zhang Peilun's injury. Zhang Peilun was injured in the Japanese night attack, and his injuries were very serious. He was shot on the head and chest. He was unconscious for several days. Even Li Hongzhang proposed that he could not even find a way to send him back to China for treatment. He heard from the military doctor that it would have to wait until the injury stabilized. Now he was suffering from waves. He would definitely not be able to persist in the country and throw his life on the sea!

"Master, Chunting, I have thought of a solution on the way here. Can you please listen?"

"Oh?" Li Hongzhang forced himself to look at him, "Please tell me Hu Junmen."

"I think we might as well give up Kobe! Go to Osaka instead!"

This is a step for the sword to take a slant. Li Hongzhang and Bao Chao were stunned, "Don't you hit Kobe?"

"Yes! No more! We have bombed the left and right here, and the Japanese hid underground and couldn't find him. They also wasted precious time here in vain. So they simply let the troops go over Kobe and take Osaka straight! After taking Osaka, we either rest on the spot or continue to advance to Osaka, with the initiative in our hands.*.**/* If the enemies on Kobe are willing to continue to hide, we don't care. If they want to attack us, they will change positions with each other, and they will fight or retreat, it will depend on us! If they dare to attack Osaka, it's best. We will siege the city and fight and see where they can hide?"

"Old Hu is talking about it!" Bao Chao was the first to scream, "Master, let's do it like this? Let's let Kobe go and turn to fight Osaka!"

After all, Li Hongzhang was much more calm and thought about it calmly and asked, "Then Kobe doesn't care? What if the situation in Osaka is the same as here?"

"Kobe is not ignorant. Leave some people to guard the passage southward to ensure that the Japanese cannot cross our defense line. As for Osaka, Huine asked the captured Japanese soldiers, and the situation there was not as bad as Kobe. It was similar to the Japanese towns and prefectures we occupied before. Even if there were some casualties, at least they could fight face to face with each other."

Li Hongzhang thought in a long and thought. Hu Xiaomao's plan had no tactical problems and was extremely operable. Once successful, it would inevitably force out the turtled enemy in Kobe City. However, there was a huge obstacle: attacking the Hanshin area was an imperial combat plan. If he did not invite an order, he would sue someone in the future and say that he had a rebellious act, he would not be able to endure the disaster! In terms of what happened in China, the emperor borrowed the case of Yang Naiwu and started a massacre, killing two red-topped officials in succession, and demoted no less than ten officials. If he did it at this time, who would know what the consequences would be?

After waiting for a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked familiar with his plan, "I think I have to ask for an order before I can stop doing this."

Hu Xiaomao and Bao Chao waited for a long time, but they didn't expect that this would be the result. They were disappointed and were about to persuade him again, but Li Hongzhang said, "But I think that the so-called military force is very fast, so it is not easy to let the errands waste time and waste time. It's better to do this. We ask for an order and attack at the same time. What do you think?"

"Of course!" Bao Chao browsed and turned his hand and patted Hu Xiaomao hard on the shoulder, "Old Hu, it's time to see me this time! You don't know that these ten days have caused me to be suffocated to death!"

The troops left the combat area called Takarazuka in Fukuchi Mountain and continued to advance steadily towards Osaka. The dense torches illuminated the entire battlefield like daytime. Although the Japanese army was defeated in this Battle of Takarazuka, their defense positions were not chaotic, and several huge bonfires rose on the front of the position, one to illuminate the battlefield.

Second, it can block the Qing army's attack and illuminate the target for the soldiers behind. The Qing army was not willing to be outdone, and also raised several bonfires in front of the position. If the Japanese army dared to attack at night, they would inevitably suffer a devastating blow!

The troops of both sides confronted each other all night, but they were not idle. The Japanese army was desperately strengthening the position defense, and the Qing army was also preparing for an attack. But the next morning, the troops suddenly received an order: stop fighting and wait for the order!

This waiting lasted for three days until the early morning of the fourth day. A new Qing army unit that crossed Fukuchi Mountain from Kobe to replace the combat position of Hu Xiaomao's troops. Bao Chao led his troops to catch up from behind and fought in rotation.

When the troops arrived at the designated position, Bao Chao immediately issued a combat order. As soon as dawn, the Qing army's infantry phalanx was ready in front of the enemy's formation. In contrast, the Japanese seemed much "timid" and all hid behind their own defense lines. They did not place the infantry phalanx in front according to the traditional defense methods. The Japanese learned a lot from the battle between the Chinese. The scattered lines relying on the positions were their main defense line now, and this was also the defense line that best exerted the power of the rifle.

The battle was launched at the same time from three directions. The Qing army relied on the support of artillery to effectively suppress the Japanese scattered troops, but it was unable to kill and injure the enemy on a large scale. The Japanese defense line was extremely strong. The Qing army launched three consecutive attacks, but they were all repelled.

This surprised and admired Chen Benqin both that he had just withdrawn from Kobe City. On the way he arrived, he learned about the battle that took place here a few days ago, and even more so that his side had won a great victory. But he didn't expect that the will of the Japanese army was so tenacious? He was still insisting on fighting while the soldiers were lost by more than one-third? Where did they come from so many people?

The shelling bombarded the Japanese positions intermittently until dark, but it did not stop. The Japanese army also bombarded at night as if they were crazy. When a group of people was tired, they replaced another group of people and damaged the barrels, and replaced another group; it seemed that Gao Yueshi wanted to use the bombs fired from the artillery to bury all the Qing army alive.

Bao Chao was extremely disappointed, "You are all wastes! Old Hu can destroy 60,000 Japanese troops in one day, but you can't even open the passage to advance?"

"Military Gate,..." Chen Benqin opened his mouth, but turned into a helpless sigh.

How can this be compared? Hu Xiaomao made up his mind and then moved, but his troops had just retreated from the position of Kobe Castle. The soldiers were not rested and immediately entered the battle. Moreover, the offense and defense were transferred, so the battle was definitely not good!

"What? What do you want to say?" Bao Chao asked with his eyes widened and asked, "The weather is getting colder and colder now, so why don't you take Osaka early? Do you let your brothers spend the winter in the wild? Tell you that even the brothers agree, I won't agree!" He waved his hand and said loudly, "If you still can't take the Japanese position of Takarazuka today, I will take people up! It's better to let the Japanese kill you than to let Lao Hu see the jokes of our Sichuan soldiers!"

Chen Benqin and the master Jian looked at each other and felt that the military gate was a bit in a devil's way! After Hu Xiaomao's troops handed over the Fukuzhi Mountain front line, they led their troops to turn northwest, and over the radius of 320 kilometers of Fukuzhi Mountain, turned northwest, and prepared to attack Osaka. They were not here at all. How could they say jokes? And even if they were here, with Hu Xiaomao's temperament, they would definitely not have such a bastard who would stand on the shore.

There is nothing to say about him at the moment, so he had to nod, "Please rest assured that until tomorrow, Bei Yi will definitely lead people to take down the enemy positions in front."

"You'd better be able!" Bao Chao said, "If you can't get it down, what if you think it?"

Chen Benqin was furious. After more than a dozen battles, the brothers' bloody friendship was ignored. Is it necessary to fill his life with a little setback at the moment? "If I can't get it, I am willing to accept the military law!"

This was a sign of becoming a battle of will. Master Jian winked at his colleagues and pulled Chen Benqin out of the tent.

I made a promise in front of Bao Chao. Although it was due to the situation, Chen Benqin felt a headache. Once he couldn't take down the enemy's position, he would be willing to spare and he would have no face to see anyone. "Old Gao, tell me, the Japanese guard so tightly, how can we fight?"

"I thought about it recently. The only reason why the Japanese were able to break through our army's positions is that they did not care about the number of casualties of soldiers, just like the last time they were in Fukuyama Castle? Bi Guangrong led 1,500 people to defend the position, and there were also Liu Heng and Lu Bingli's troops attacking behind him. Aikawa Xuejiang Ning was willing to throw down six or seven thousand corpses, and finally broke through the position. Do you know this?"

Chen Benqin and others nodded. This battle was very famous. Aikawa Xuejiang attacked the fierce attack without regard to casualties and finally took the position under extremely unfavorable circumstances and left for them calmly. Although Fukuyama Castle finally fell into his own hands, this battle was the most serious casualties between the two sides in the entire siege. Although they were not participants in person, they had heard of it for a long time.

"This is how the Japanese are. When it's time to take their leave, they will be merciless." said the master. "I think we will do the same in tomorrow's battle. The large army will attack together and suppress all the brothers. We have nearly 100,000 people. Can we still not solve the enemy's defense lines?"

Wang Zhengyi frowned deeply. As the master said, what the Qing army general lacked was the ruthless decisiveness of the Japanese, and he was always reluctant to watch his brothers die on the battlefield. He didn't know that because of this, he threw down more corpses on the front line of Kobe and Fukuchi Mountain! The reason was self-evident. The battle continued every day, and casualties were even more inevitable. With the accumulation of few, the numbers were terrifying.

Chen Benqin's eyes swept across everyone's faces, "Okay, just as the executive said, but there is no need to wait until tomorrow morning to start the battle tonight! Try to take down the Japanese army's position before dawn tomorrow morning. You send orders to cheer up your brothers, and all the troops will launch a general attack together tonight."


Chapter completed!