Part 3: Bloody War of Resistance  Chapter 11: Chaotianque   Chapter 4: Fish is not a fish, Net is not a net (Five)

The entire Jinan, or the entire Nanman area, was moving at high speed around Li Mingjun from the Jingmu Mountain area, and both commands were staring at this place.

While commanding the troops to retreat, Naosaburo Okabe was paying attention to the battle in the Ryomu Mountain area. After the Ryomu Mountain area started, the Central Team on the Western Front attacked fiercely and quickly broke through the Hunhe River. The 188th Division suffered heavy losses. In just one day, half of its troops were lost, and almost all of the heavy artillery were destroyed.

The battle in the Ryomu Mountain area attracted the attention of the Chinese Air Force. The main force of the Kwantung Army, which was retreating, was less bombed, and the retreat speed was accelerated. The remaining troops of the 188th Division fought and retreated under the command of the division commander Yamamoto, and struggled to block the surging Chinese team.

The Chinese team landed in Gaizhou quickly rushed towards Xiuyan. The Second Vehicle Brigade fell into a tough battle after making a profit in the first battle. In half a day, all positions outside the city were lost, and the Vehicle Brigade was forced to retreat to the city.

The Chinese team entering North Korea was advancing along the Tumen River. Several blocking lines organized by the North Korean garrison and the Kwantung Army were easily crushed. The vanguard of the New First Army was approaching Huishan.

What is even more dangerous is the Eastern Front, the two divisions of 174 and 183 were bitten by the Forty-Nine Army, unable to get rid of them, nor could they carry out the order to quickly move south and cross the Yalu River.

"Is there any telegram from Nakajima?" asked Naosaburo Okabe. At this moment, Naosaburo Okabe's command has been transferred to Dandong. Dandong has been martial law throughout the city, and patrols are everywhere in the city. Chinese people are prohibited from taking to the streets.

There are Japanese expatriates everywhere on the street. These Japanese expatriates have traveled thousands of miles with a small amount of luggage. They finally reached Dandong. Now they can enter North Korea by crossing the Yalu River.

Qin Yansanro shook his head. After Kazuya Nakajima reported that he was preparing to retreat and fight, there was no news again, which made people worry.

"Reported, the Lushun Naval Base Command called."

Qin Yansanro received the telegram, looked at it for a moment and was shocked: "Commander, General Hassei refused to retreat."

Naosaburo Okabe grabbed the telegram, which was sent by Major General Hase, the commander of the Lushun Naval Base. Hase clearly refused to retreat in the telegram: "….., Lushun is the Manchurian Fortress of the Empire, an important military port. During the Russo-Japanese War, tens of thousands of Yamato samurai warriors once fought in the bloody battle and pioneered the supreme glory of the empire. As a descendant of the empire, you must not hand it over to the china without firing a shot. This is a disgrace to the glory of the predecessors. I am willing to lead the navy soldiers to defend Lushun, fight to the end, and add another glory to the empire. See you in the Yasukuni Shrine!"

After reading it, Naosaburo Okabe couldn't help feeling upset. In Japan, the army and the navy were not subordinate to each other, and even he, the commander of the Kwantung Army, could not control the commander of the Lushun Naval Base. According to the situation report he received, most of the warships and equipment at the Lushun base had been evacuated, and Hase had at most more than 1,000 people left. In addition, the Lushun Guard Team had only 2,000 people. It was impossible to defend the natural port of Lushun, such a small amount of troops.

"I'll call General Hase again," Okabe Naosaburo was helpless. Hase was not under his command and could not obey his orders. Moreover, there were many conflicts between the army and the navy. If a navy general could fight against the army general, he would not only not be punished, but also be praised by the top navy leaders.

"The Kwantung Army has decided to retreat to North Korea. If your troops stick to Lushun, they will fight alone. The empire cannot provide any support. The best way is to retreat to North Korea as soon as possible, preserve their strength and block the Chinese army."

Hase's telegram came back soon, with only one line of words on it: "See you in Yasukuni Shrine, thank you!"

Naosaburo Okabe shook his head, not planning to pay attention to Lushun anymore. Now he no longer cared about Lushun. The entire Kwantung Army was rushing to retreat. The Chinese team was coming from all directions. If he could not retreat across the Yalu River within two days, the entire army would be in danger.

"The telegram will speed up the troops and make sure to arrive in Dandong today." Okabe Naosaburo was worried. The 188th Division, which was cut off, was under great pressure. He could not guarantee that they could still hold on until tomorrow.

Asakusa, the commander of the 188th Division, looked at the red sky with great expectations, looking forward to the arrival of night. He fully understood why the North China Expeditionary Force failed so quickly. The Chinese team launched a three-dimensional attack from the sky to the ground. In just half a day, his entire division and subordinate troops lost half of his troops.

The front line was broken, and Asakusa had to lead his troops to retreat for six kilometers and continue to block the attack based on the geographical location here. The Chinese team did not pursue immediately, but stayed and spent two hours consolidating the beachhead position, building a floating bridge, and improving logistics traffic. After completing all this, they began to attack Asakusa's weak defense line.

This attack was like a storm. Fighters in the sky kept diving and bombing. Rocket artillery fired on the ground and rocket launchers roared, heavy artillery roared, and bombarded wildly. Only after the bombardment was inflicted, the infantry launched a tide-like attack, and all the positions on the front line of the attack were lost.

Asakusa was unable to counterattack against the lost position, so she could only retreat step by step, delaying the strong pace of the Zhong** team as much as possible. In just one day, Asakusa was as long as it took for a hundred years. The time was so slow. The phone kept tweeting, and he didn't have to answer it to know what the content was.

The troops, all positions were requesting reinforcements. Two of the seven squadron leaders had been killed and two seriously injured. The remaining three were all slightly injured. All the troops in the division were put into battle, including the logistics brigade, the artillery brigade that had fired artillery shells, the engineering brigade, and even the guards of his division headquarters had all been reinforced to the front-line positions.

But the troops are still insufficient!

On the hill ahead, an hour ago, he had just reinforced the last squadron of the division guard squadron. The sunset disappeared, the artillery fire turned the sky red, and the smoke covered the red again, turning it into black.

"Teacher Commander! Division Commander! I need reinforcements! I need reinforcements!"

The sound from the microphone was indeed asking for help. Asano shouted angrily: "Didn't you just give me a small team? It's only an hour! No, forty minutes! Deer Antler! You have to persevere! It's going to be dark soon. This is the last attack of the Chinese army, the last attack! Persist! Persist! You have to persevere!"

Without waiting for the answer of the antler, Asano smashed the microphone heavily on the landline. The troops and forces were needed everywhere. He was under the attack of the four or five Chinese armies. If it weren't for the terrain here, his tiny force would have been surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese team.

The Chinese Second Army and the 23rd Army appeared in front of them. The Fifth Army and the Fifth Army that appeared on the other side of the river did not appear on the battlefield. Asano guessed that these two armies were detouring and stumbled behind him, but now he couldn't care so much. As long as he could block the Chinese team in front of him, he would be grateful.

Gunshots were heard everywhere, and the light of the explosion of shells flashed across the sky from time to time, illuminating Asano's worried face. This was a typical Japanese face. The thin military cap was covered on his head, and two ropes hung weakly behind his head.

Although he cheered up the antlers, Asano was still not sure that the antlers could hold until dark. He looked at the hill ahead with hatred. In one day, the hill had already lost a captain and two squadron leaders. The antlers who were commanding on the mountain were the captains of the regiment, and he had to go to the front line.

The gunshots at the top of the mountain were still fierce, and Asano's hands behind him were clenched and opened, open and clenched, with his eyes anxious and full of worry.

"Chief of Staff, send a call to the commander of Okabu. The Chinese army is in a fierce offensive and our troops can no longer maintain a wide line of defense. After tonight, our troops will retreat to Songguo Mountain to fight for the last battle."

As night gradually descended, the battle in the Jingmu Mountains gradually subsided. Li Mingjun moved his division headquarters to the mountain captured by Wudur and others. Yanchiling was successfully conquered by Song Ge in the evening, and the situation of the entire division further improved. Li Mingjun felt that he could leave the mountainside beside the road and command in a better place, at least he could look at the surrounding mountainsides instead of looking up.

As night fell, gunfire in the mountains around them gradually subsided. The soldiers who had fought for a day either sat or lie down, while the health soldiers seized the time to change the dressings for the injured and sent the seriously injured soldiers to the temporary hospital.

The division headquarters was located in an observation post of the original Japanese army. Most of the observation post had been blown up by artillery fire. The bodies of two Japanese officers were lying on the trench outside the observation post. Li Mingjun came up and asked someone to clean up the two corpses.

"Damn it!..." Li Mingjun turned his head and saw that the guard was scolding Udur. Udur was dirty, with a black and white face on his face. He lowered his head and listened honestly.

Li Mingjun shook his head gently. They met Udur on the way up the mountain. Udur was helping a soldier down the mountain to the battlefield hospital. When the head guard saw Udur, he was furious and stopped him directly. He scolded him angrily. However, the wounded explained to Udur. Li Mingjun heard that the wounded was the leader of the Udur cover group.

The team leader told Li Mingjun very hard that Udur had eliminated at least thirty Japanese devils and could have committed a crime and not punished him. Li Mingjun asked someone to carry the team leader down and then handed Udur over to the guard commander.

Listening to the reprimanding of the head guard, Li Mingjun shook his head gently. He walked over. The head guard and Udur quickly saluted. The head guard's military salute was standard, but Udur's military salute was crooked.

Li Mingjun corrected the military salute for Udur, patted the dust on his body, tidied up his military uniform, and then looked into his eyes and said, "I have participated in a battle and I am a veteran. Udur, now you are a veteran."

Udur grinned. During the battle, the team leader had already introduced him some military rules and veterans to him. What these two words meant was that he had already understood a little bit. These two words did not mean wearing military uniforms, staying up for a year, and when the new recruits entered the camp, they would be automatically upgraded to veterans. Instead, they had experienced the baptism of war, experienced life-and-death battle with their comrades, and gained the trust of those who were trusted by comrades.

"However, the army has military rules, and you don't understand some things," Li Mingjun said, turning his head to the head guard and said, "Don't teach him, now what you should do is to teach him, general military discipline, tradition, honor, these are the souls of soldiers. Do you understand?"

The last three words were said to Udur. Udur nodded without understanding. Li Mingjun nodded no longer explained. Just as he was about to say something, a report from the staff came from behind. The radio station had been connected, so he hurried into the command center.

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Chapter completed!