Age of Rebirth

Chapter 410: Kill Itagaki

At nightfall, the sound of guns subsided, and the battlefield was temporarily silent. The sky was dotted with stars, staring indifferently at the earth covered by night. Tomorrow would be a fine day, but both Tang Qiuli and Itagaki Seishiro knew very well that this silence Behind them is the final fatal blow, and the fate of the Itagaki Division has been determined.

On the surrounded Japanese positions, there were piles of bonfires and little lights, like ghost eyes in the dark night, erratic. Tang Qiuli could finally smile happily. The mad tiger of the division is in a desperate situation.

The Itagaki Division could not see the sun tomorrow, and the troops temporarily stopped attacking in order to adjust their deployment and launch the final blow. Two artillery brigades and four brigades were transferred to the banks of the Liugu River, preparing to counterattack the Kwantung Army's Southward Corps. The two divisions of the second echelon, the rest of the troops, participated in the general attack at two o'clock in the morning.

Itagaki, in the encirclement, was holding a meeting of the remnants of the troops and all officers above the commander level. In the process of retreating, he was blocked by Li Honggang. Itagaki commanded the troops to attack the positions of the independent division many times on the scale of the wing, trying to open A gap. [

The Japanese army without tanks and heavy artillery was repulsed by Li Honggang's troops many times, and suffered heavy losses. Itagaki had no choice but to stop. The squadron by the Liugu River had already surpassed itself in strength and firepower. It can only increase more losses and wipe out all the capital.

In the Nuluerhu mountain area, another Chinese squadron came out. Tang Qiuli was so vicious that he attacked from three sides and mobilized more than [-] troops just to deal with me, Banyuan. Looking coldly at the dejected officers, the Itagaki division had never suffered such a heavy blow. Half of the troops were lost, and the formation of each unit was incomplete. In the scuffle all afternoon, many people were lost.

Itagaki knew very well that Tang Qiuli would never let himself live until dawn. The second echelon was rapidly approaching him. If you are not good enough, if you are a little careless, you will be bitten severely by that Chinese devil.

However, that was his only hope. Only when they reached out could he have a glimmer of hope to get rid of the catastrophe. In the end, the desire to survive drove him to send a telegram for help to the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, explaining the desperate situation he was facing.

The Japanese army of the two divisions of the second echelon collected all the troops guarding Jinzhou and Huludao, and added more than 1 people. They set off overnight and rushed towards Suizhong. Itagaki was a treasure in the eyes of the commander of the Kwantung Army. If he made a mistake, he would not be able to escape the responsibility, reprimand and demotion, that is expected.

Therefore, the second echelon of the Kwantung Army frantically approached Itagaki. Their actions fell into the eyes of the special warfare unit operating on the front line of Jinzhou, and they immediately reported the information to the division headquarters.

Tang Qiuli was not worried. Within three or four hours, they would not be able to reach the Liugu River. Once they reached the river, would they be able to pass the blocking of the troops?Itagaki couldn't, and they couldn't either. It was [-]:[-] in the morning, and in half an hour, the Itagaki Division would cease to exist.

Itagaki was not completely desperate. He said in a hoarse voice: "Everyone, our department is facing great danger. A day of fierce fighting has caused heavy losses. This is a fierce opponent we have never encountered. I admit that because of my carelessness , causing the headquarters to fall into a desperate situation, I will request punishment from the base camp and the Supreme Commander."

"But everyone, is there no hope for our Itagaki Division?" At this point, his voice suddenly rose, with a touch of hysteria. The Japanese officers with their heads drooped heard this and raised their heads in unison. , the light of hope burst out in the eyes, your Excellency, division commander, is there another way?

Itagaki has a way, and he still has the last trump card in his hand, which is the cavalry regiment to which the division belongs. The cavalry regiment is fully loaded and has more than [-] cavalry. Itagaki is the last straw left by Itagaki. The situation on the battlefield No matter how nervous he was, he didn't use it, so after the fierce battle, the cavalry regiment took pride in maintaining a complete organizational system.

Itagaki wanted to use this force to pierce through the encirclement of the Independent Division in one fell swoop, and the direction he chose to break through was bold and surprising, which stunned all the Japanese officers present at the meeting. Your Excellency, Division Commander, could it be that he was strongly stimulated, and his mind burnt out?

Itagaki chose the direction of the breakthrough, not the Liugu River, but the Shanhaiguan Pass. He had his own reason. Not to mention the surge in the Liugu River, even if the cavalry broke through the blocking position of the Independent Division, when the troops crossed the river, the Chinese army would come from behind. This is called "strike at halfway" in the ancient Chinese art of war.

The troops crossing the river were met with fierce fire from the shore. The soldiers were like dumplings in boiling water, and they would be cooked immediately. The corpses of the soldiers floated along the Liugu River and filled Liaodong Bay. Yes, catastrophe.

The direction of Shanhaiguan is something Tang Qiuli never expected. Any normal thinking is to move closer to his own troops. Itagaki's thinking is not normal. , It's better than the squadron on three sides, the Jedi of the sea on one side, and the second echelon of troops, which just attracts the attention of the Chinese army.

Itagaki's reasoning convinced these Japanese officers who thought it was absurd. After the meeting was over, they prepared separately. Itagaki ordered all the troops to abandon their luggage and move forward lightly. It would be victory if they rushed to Shanhaiguan. At [-]:[-] in the morning, the breakout operation began.

The breakout time set by Itagaki was 10 minutes earlier than Tang Qiuli's total attack time. His idea was bold, and indeed had a very high success rate. In the dark night, the cavalry charged in the non-key encirclement direction, tearing open very likely.

It's really a pity that the opponent he met was Tang Qiuli, who knew Itagaki's character well. Adjust accordingly.

At 4000:[-] a.m., with their backs to the Liugu River and the encirclement in the direction of Shanhaiguan, fierce gunshots sounded suddenly, and more than [-] Japanese cavalry rushed over like a gust of wind. In the dark night, their hoofs beat the ground like thunder.

The independent division troops in the encirclement seemed to be caught off guard by this sudden situation, and after a little resistance, they were dispersed. The Japanese cavalry broke through the encirclement first, and the Japanese infantry behind rushed over like a flood that broke a dike. [

However, they were not as lucky as the cavalry. The opening was sealed by the dense rain, like a steel gate, blocking the raging flood. Back to the original location, only to listen to the hoofbeats of the cavalry regiment gradually going away.

Itagaki was dragged back to the original place by the retreating soldiers. He knew that his plot had been seen through by the Chinese Devil. What kind of guy was he? Instinctively felt that this was another plot by Tang Qiuli, the devil of China. His cavalry regiment was probably another piece of fat that was sent to other people's mouths.

The Japanese cavalry regiment rushed out of the encirclement and galloped for a while. They had no time to look back at the infantry behind them. Their task was to penetrate all the way until they reached Shanhaiguan. The flat field was just suitable for the cavalry to take advantage of their speed. Hill, what's ahead?The captain of the Japanese cavalry regiment who led the team thought secretly.

On the hill, a bright car light suddenly shot head-on, dazzling the Japanese cavalry. Under the light of the car, the dark cavalry covered the hill. Under the light, the bright saber was like a dense forest. Can't see the edge.

The captain of the Japanese cavalry regiment was bitter, no wonder he rushed out so easily, waiting for me here?The squadron cavalry on the opposite side must have at least 1 people, which is more than twice the strength of our own troops. Is there any way to fight this battle?

He guessed wrong, not more than 1 cavalry, but four cavalry brigades, more than 4000 cavalry, each of them could drown his regiment by spitting. Guessing that Itagaki will come to this move, the Japanese are beasts, but the horses are not, and the Oriental horses are strong and fierce, so it is good to change the structure of the horses of the cavalry unit, so this scene happened now.

The Japanese cavalry rushed towards the cavalry brigade of the independent division desperately, and everyone wanted to die. In the dark night, under the reflection of the car lights, more than 2 cavalry flooded the Japanese cavalry like a tide. The second cavalry brigade of Tong Batu , the first to meet the Japanese cavalry.

These Mongolian men are skilled in riding and swordsmanship, the neighing of horses, the clanging of sabers, sparks popping out in the dark night, Japanese cavalrymen were knocked off their horses one after another, and the master's horses ran neighing.

In less than an hour, the cavalry of the independent division wiped out the Japanese cavalry regiment at the cost of hundreds of casualties, captured more than 4000 horses, and won a complete victory.

Itagaki sat slumped in the tent, his face was pale, his spirit seemed to be taken away from his body, Tang Qiuli won his last bit of capital, what will happen tomorrow, will the sun of tomorrow shine on him?Itagaki didn't know.

Itagaki lost his soul in the tent, but he didn't know that at a place more than 1000 meters away from his tent, a young man in the uniform of the Japanese Army Major set up a long-barreled sniper rifle on a tree.

Strictly speaking, this can no longer be called a gun. The muzzle is surprisingly large, similar to a heavy machine gun. Fu Qiang, the deputy captain of the sniper brigade of the special warfare detachment of the Independent Division, brought a special warfare unit with him when the Japanese army retreated. , Taking advantage of the chaos in the Japanese military system, sneaked into the encirclement, the purpose is to find Itagaki and kill him.

Fu Qiang looked at Seishiro Itagaki's thin head in the front sight with cold eyes, put a large broken armor into the barrel of the gun, held his breath, and tapped the trigger, the recoil of the bullet from the barrel slightly hit his shoulder.

A gunshot, on the embattled battlefield, was unnoticed. In the tent, surrounded by Itagaki, the Japanese officer who was at a loss suddenly saw the head of the division commander disappeared, and it burst into a rotten watermelon, blood mixed with brain , splashing them all over their faces.

Itagaki's emaciated body flew upside down and hit the edge of the tent, and then fell heavily to the ground. If it wasn't for the lieutenant general's badge that was stained red with blood, no one would know that the thin body that was still twitching slightly was the so-called Itagaki. The courageous Japanese Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro.

(To be continued)