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    ¡°Commander, urgent telegram from headquarters!¡± On the evening of May 16, the garrison at Shanhaiguan Pass in Western Sichuan received a telegram from the General Staff Headquarters.  Shanhaiguan Theater Commander Zhao Bowen suddenly beamed with joy after receiving the telegram and reading it.  Although reinforcements would arrive in four days, during these four days, they still had to resist the Japanese attack.  But, four days later, it was time to fight back.  It was simply impossible for the Japanese army to break through the Shanhaiguan defense line.

    "Send a report to the Third Division and the troops on the front line and tell them to endure for another four days. In four days, the reinforcements will arrive. By then, it will be time for us to fight back!" Zhao Bowen said with a smile on his face.  .

    "Yes, commander!" The signal corpsman immediately went to send the report.

    The soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army who knew the counterattack time were very tired physically and mentally, but their morale was also high.  This made it even more difficult for the attacking Japanese soldiers to conquer the Western Sichuan Army's positions.

    On May 17, the Japanese army once again launched a fierce attack.  Several Japanese divisions, except for the two divisions of the cavalry army that defended the Western Sichuan Army, the rest of the divisions once again took turns attacking the Western Sichuan Army's defense line. Even the Japanese Second Division and the 3rd Division, which had only a few thousand people left,  The Thirteenth Division once again took to the battlefield. One can imagine how determined the Japanese army was.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" "Da da da!" On the battlefield, the sound of artillery shelling and the low roar of heavy machine guns rang out. During the attack on Shanhaiguan and Jiaoshan, the Japanese army left corpses everywhere, but there were more  Many people stepped on the corpses of their comrades and continued to move forward.  The Japanese artillery also launched a fierce bombardment, and Jiaoshan was even completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke. If it were not for the strong defenses of the Western Sichuan Army, it would have been destroyed by the Japanese army long ago.  The city top of Shanhaiguan was also filled with gunpowder smoke. During the Japanese bombardment, stone debris flew everywhere, and soldiers from the Western Sichuan Army were killed or shot to death.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, this is already the fifth day. Our army has suffered heavy casualties, but the Chinese defense line is still impregnable. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to break through the Western Sichuan Army's defense line!" On a high ground outside the battlefield, the Japanese army's third  Lieutenant General Yamachi Motoharu, the commander of the 1st Division, said with a sad and indignant look.  These soldiers are all passionate men of the Yamato nation!  Now it has turned into corpses.

    "I know, but we have no choice. The cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor regard us as the last hope. If we cannot win, not only Japan is finished, but we are probably finished too!" Yamagata Aritomo said.  As one of the elders of Japan, he knows that the current situation in the country is no longer optimistic.  The navy of the Kawanishi Army is said to have destroyed the entire city along the Seto Inland Sea. Japan has paid the price of 100,000 deaths and millions of people homeless.  Japan's heavy industry also suffered a devastating blow.  Not only did the navy lose all its warships, the Etajima Sea School was destroyed, and the thousands of elite Japanese navy trainees inside were basically lost.  In this war, Japan was completely defeated.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, since we have lost, let's simply surrender. Save the seeds of revival for the Japanese Empire instead of letting them die!" Lieutenant General Yamachi Genji said.  His First Division has been reduced by 40% in the past few days of fighting. If this continues, they may all be killed in a short time.

    "How can the guys in the cabinet agree to surrender now? They still expect us to win and end the war with dignity! If we fail, the Chinese will definitely impose extremely harsh conditions. Don't forget  , after the end of the Japanese-Qing War last year, what conditions did we impose on the Qing Dynasty? We ceded a large area of ??territory and had to pay compensation of 200 million taels of silver. Those people in Western Sichuan were much more ruthless than the Qing Dynasty. Their asking price was absolutely  On top of this. When the time comes, what will the empire have to compensate them? Therefore, only brave soldiers can use their lives to fight for victory for the empire. Only in this way can losses be reduced, and the empire can have a chance to rise again!  "Shanxian Youpeng closed his eyes in pain.  How could he, the commander, feel better if he personally sent these Japanese soldiers to the battlefield to die?  However, there is no way around this.  He could only carry out the orders of the cabinet and the emperor.  Although he knew that as time passed, victory was getting further and further away from them.

    In the next few days, the Japanese army's attacks became more and more crazy. They seemed to have realized that the end was getting closer and closer to them.  Whether they were attacking Jiaoshan or Shanhaiguan, the Japanese troops were completely desperate and did not estimate their own lives at all.  Compared with the Shanhaiguan defense line, the defenses at Jiaoshan were slightly weaker. Starting from May 18, the Japanese army adjusted their attack strategy and made Jiaoshan a key target.  Suddenly, the Third Division of the Western Sichuan Army defending here was under tremendous pressure.  Hard workNot far from Shanhaiguan, only 3 kilometers away, it can get full artillery support from the Western Sichuan Army. Otherwise, the Third Division will not be able to hold on at all.

    By May 20, a thick layer of corpses had accumulated under Jiaoshan, and the defense line of Jiaoshan was broken through by the Japanese army several times.  Many positions on the periphery have been occupied by the Japanese army. Only the main position at the top of Jiaoshan is still under the control of the Third Division of the Western Sichuan Army.  If the Japanese army can attack fiercely for two more days, the Kakuyama position may really be in danger of falling.  However, there is no time now.  The reinforcements composed of four divisions of the Western Sichuan Army all arrived on the battlefield before the evening of May 20.  The two cavalry corps have already been prepared, and everything is waiting for the final attack order.  Although there are insufficient artillery, the artillery formation formed by the Western Sichuan Navy has now reached the sea outside Shanhaiguan.  It can drive to coastal areas at any time to provide fire support to the army.

    That night, Zhao Bowen held a military meeting at the simple command post in Shanhaiguan to discuss tomorrow's counterattack plan.  This time the counterattack will be led by two cavalry armies. After the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army clears the obstacles, they will launch a rapid attack on the Japanese army. With their strong mobility and impact, they will break down the Japanese army's defense line and separate the Japanese army.  Surrounded.  The reinforcements from the four divisions that will follow will launch a final attack on the divided and surrounded Japanese troops until they are completely eliminated.

    "Everyone, the Shanhaiguan Defense War has now entered its 16th day. During these 16 days, we have made the Japanese army pay a heavy price. Now, reinforcements have arrived, and tomorrow is the time for us to fight back. Navy warships  , are already in the open sea. At 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, they will launch an artillery attack on the Japanese army based on the coordinates we provided. Priority will be given to shelling the Japanese 7th and 8th divisions. Our artillery will also join them to fight for  The Japanese defense system was destroyed immediately. After that, the navy's warships and our artillery began to extend the bombardment. The First Cavalry Army and the Second Cavalry Army began to dispatch, breaking through the Japanese defense line as quickly as possible and dividing them.  The 1st Division, 2nd Division, 14th Division and 15th Division went into battle after the cavalry attack to eliminate these Japanese troops as much as possible. The commander-in-chief has ordered that these Japanese troops are the elite of the Japanese army. Eliminate them all.  If so, the Japanese army will suffer heavy losses, which will be extremely beneficial to future wars!" Zhao Bowen said.

    "This is the specific combat plan. Does anyone have any objections?" Zhao Bowen asked after finishing speaking.

    "So, where is the end point of this combat plan? Is it just to defeat the Japanese troops outside Shanhaiguan? What about the Japanese troops in Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula?" Major General Zhou Shun, commander of the First Division, asked.

    "The commander-in-chief's order is to keep attacking until the Japanese army is eliminated or surrounded. During this period, the navy will stay in the Bohai Sea and provide us with artillery support throughout the process. For the Japanese army on the Liaodong Peninsula, the navy will also blockade them from the sea. At that time  Let us destroy it!" Zhao Bowen said.

    Everyone nodded. The Japanese army came out in full force this time. There were still more than 200,000 people on the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula.  If these Japanese troops are also wiped out, within a few years, the Japanese troops will not be able to recover at all, and it will be difficult for them to pose a threat to China again.

    ¡°If there are no objections, let¡¯s adjourn the meeting! Everyone go back and get ready to start an all-out counterattack tomorrow morning!¡± Zhao Bowen said.

    Many generals of the Western Sichuan Army filed out and left the command post.  Everyone is quite excited.  The Navy has achieved a great victory, and the next step is up to them.  As the boss of the military in western Sichuan, they cannot let the navy look down on them.

    On the morning of May 21, General Youpeng of Shan County got up early.  Last night, he was a little upset and couldn't sleep.  So I got up relatively early today.

    His headquarters is only two kilometers away from the seaside. Feeling the clear sea breeze is refreshing.

    Suddenly, plumes of smoke appeared on the sea.  Pillars of dark smoke covered the sky and reached the sky.

    "What is that?" Shanxian Youpeng frowned, and then he looked at it with a telescope.  However, his face turned pale instantly.  What appeared in his eyes was a huge battleship like a hill.  Behind this huge battleship were two slightly smaller battleships.  At this moment, he understood everything.

    "Come here, order the troops to retreat immediately!" Shanxian Youpeng ordered loudly.  Although he had not personally experienced the power of naval guns, he knew it.  The huge-caliber naval guns on the battleship are simply not something that human power can contend with.  If they were bombarded by Western Sichuan Navy naval guns, the Japanese army would inevitably suffer heavy losses and might even collapse.

    "Boom!" An orange-red fireball flashed on the battleship in the distance.  Half a minute later, Shanxian Youpeng felt that the ground was shaking and his ears were buzzing.  And on the position garrisoned by the Japanese Seventh Division,A large pit with a diameter of hundreds of meters has appeared.  The Japanese soldiers who were hit had no bones left!

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