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    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The "Xikang" stayed at sea less than five kilometers away from the shore of Shanhaiguan, pouring firepower onto the shore.  According to the guidance of the Western Sichuan Army in Shanhaiguan and the observation balloons raised from the battleships, the artillery shells accurately hit the Japanese defense positions.

    Subsequently, the heavy cruisers "Kangding" and "Lhasa" also opened fire. Although the 280mm main gun on these two battleships was not as powerful as the 305mm main gun on the "Xikang", it was still not something that the army's artillery could face.  Yes.  When each shell explodes, it will create a large crater dozens of meters wide. All Japanese soldiers within a diameter of two hundred meters will be killed.

    The light cruisers "Bazhong" and "Zigong" rushed to less than three kilometers from the shore and bombarded the Japanese positions unscrupulously.

    The four destroyers Beihai 5, Beihai 6, Beihai 7 and Beihai 8 were even more arrogant, almost rushing to the shore. The 75mm rapid-fire cannon on the front deck was firing even more.

    On the city wall of Shanhaiguan, all the generals of the Western Sichuan Army were completely shocked.  They only felt huge fireballs rising one after another from the positions of the Japanese Seventh and Eighth Divisions, leaving huge craters one after another.  Although we couldn't see the miserable condition of those Japanese soldiers, it must have been extremely miserable.  Especially when the main gun shells of the "Xikang" exploded, it was as if the earth was shaking, which was very shocking.

    "Grandma, the Navy's naval guns are too terrifying! If we fire all the cannons here together, we probably won't be able to catch up with these warships of the Navy!" Lu Hanyuan, the leader of the 232nd Regiment of the Western Sichuan Army, said in shock.  Those of them who were watching the battle found it a bit unbearable, let alone the Japanese troops who were shrouded in artillery fire.  It is conceivable that the Japanese army must be in hell at this moment.

    "Don't even think about how much money we spent on those warships in the Navy. Even the biggest one cost more than two million. More than two million is enough for our army to equip two divisions!"  Feng Yuan, leader of the 231st Regiment, said.  Of course, what he said was before the Western Sichuan Army equipped its troops with large-scale heavy artillery.  After the large-scale equipment of heavy artillery and other heavy weapons, the cost of equipping a division has also increased greatly. Now a division of the Western Sichuan Army costs about two million yuan.  Not counting wartime, even peacetime maintenance costs millions a year.  If it is wartime, this fee will continue to rise.  This is also the reason why the cabinet does not agree to the continued expansion of the army.

    "However, I still feel that the power of a big guy is much greater than that of a division!" said Lu Hanyuan, the leader of the 232nd Regiment.

    Indeed, after the naval warships opened fire, the Japanese position was completely shrouded in smoke.  Subsequently, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army also opened fire one after another, which made the firepower attack suffered by the Japanese army even more severe.

    "Order all troops to retreat immediately!" Shanxian Youpeng ordered with a cold face.  Now that the 7th and 8th Divisions were completely covered by the firepower of the Western Sichuan Army, it didn't take much to know that the Western Sichuan Army's counterattack was about to begin.  Originally, the 7th Division and the 8th Division were specially left by Shanxian Youto to prepare to resist the attack of the Western Sichuan Army.  The previous attacks on Shanhaiguan and Jiaoshan, no matter how fierce they were, did not allow these two divisions to enter the battlefield.  But unexpectedly, they were now being violently attacked by the Western Sichuan Army.

    Shanxian Youpeng's eyes were burning with raging anger.  In his opinion, the Western Sichuan Army was really shameless.  The battle between the armies actually attracted the navy.  Can the navy's huge naval guns be resisted by human power?

    During the artillery bombardment by the Western Sichuan Army, all Japanese divisions were in chaos.  The Japanese troops who were originally preparing to launch an attack on Shanhaiguan and Jiaoshan no longer dared to advance and retreated one after another.  The defense lines of the Japanese 7th and 8th Divisions were even more like Shura Hell.  A large number of Japanese soldiers desperately ran away, but as soon as the Western Sichuan Army fired a main artillery shell, dozens or hundreds of people were often wiped out.  These two divisions have suffered heavy losses under the fierce shelling of the Western Sichuan Army.  It is obviously impossible to expect them to withstand the attack of the Western Sichuan Army.  In other words, it is now impossible for the Japanese army to withstand the counterattack of the Western Sichuan Army. In this war, the Japanese army is still completely defeated.  And, it cost more.

    Under the orders of Shanxian Youpeng, the Japanese divisions began a hurried retreat.  The tragic scenes on the positions of the 7th and 8th Divisions completely frightened the Japanese troops who were fearless.  They didn't dare to stay here anymore. After getting the order to retreat, they ran away immediately.  He looked like he wished his parents had given him one less pair of legs.  The Japanese generals thought several timesThey tried to rectify the queue and retreat in an orderly manner, but all failed.

    The artillery and naval bombardment by the Western Sichuan Army only lasted less than half an hour and ended.  However, the two-kilometer-long defense line of the Japanese Seventh and Eighth Divisions seemed to have been plowed several times from beginning to end. There were dense pits everywhere on the position, and limbs and arms had been broken.  There were a total of more than 37,000 people in the two divisions, and almost one-third of them died in the shelling of the Western Sichuan Army.  At that time, they had already entered the position and were preparing to defend.  When the Western Sichuan Army's artillery bombardment started, they could not escape at all.  The fortifications they built may be able to deal with ordinary artillery, but they became fragile under the bombardment of the Western Sichuan Navy's naval guns.

    "Attack!" At 7 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Bowen, the commander of the Shanhaiguan War Zone, issued the order to counterattack.  Two cavalry corps with more than 80,000 men immediately launched an attack on the Japanese positions.  At this time, no one was left in the Japanese army's forward position. Except for some Japanese soldiers who were injured and unable to escape, the rest had already retreated.

    The two cavalry corps of the Western Sichuan Army did not stop and pursued them all the way.  At the same time, Navy warships also began to sail northward, continuing to bombard the Japanese soldiers retreating along the road.  This made the already chaotic Japanese army even more chaotic, so that when they encountered the cavalry army of the Western Sichuan Army behind them, they had no time to form a strong obstruction and were scattered by the high-speed cavalry formation.  Then, the sharp sabers in the hands of the cavalry began to harvest the lives of these Japanese soldiers. Relying on the high-speed sprint of the war horses, the cavalry was able to chop off the heads of the Japanese soldiers with very little effort.

    In order to escape as quickly as possible, the Japanese army threw away everything they could, including cannons, rifles, and even clothes.  The purpose is to reduce the weight of the body as much as possible, but even so, it is still difficult for them to escape the pursuit of the Western Sichuan Army.

    The Japanese army did not have many cavalry, each division had only more than 300 men.  Faced with this situation, the division commanders and other generals of each division abandoned the infantry and evacuated first with the cavalry.  They already knew very well that with the help of the Western Sichuan Navy, it was no longer possible for them to resist the Western Sichuan Army's attack.  Rather than doing this, it is better to escape by yourself.  They are noble Japanese generals and cannot be captured by the Western Sichuan Army.  In that case, they might as well just commit seppuku.

    The pursuit on the 21st did not stop until nightfall.  During this day's battle, the Western Sichuan Army killed more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers and captured more than 50,000 people.  In addition to the losses incurred by the Japanese army in these days, only less than 60,000 people out of a total of twelve divisions of the Japanese army escaped.  Moreover, this is just the beginning. The Western Sichuan Army will launch a crazy pursuit in the next time. It is very difficult to say how many Japanese soldiers will be able to escape in the end.

    The pursuit lasted for 5 days before it ended.  In the end, only more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers escaped, and the total number of Japanese soldiers captured by the Western Sichuan Army exceeded 80,000.  The remaining Japanese troops and Japanese generals fled to the Liaodong Peninsula.  A small number fled to North Korea.

    On the 26th, the First Cavalry Army captured Yingkou, and the Second Cavalry Army captured Dandong, and sent troops to continue deep into the Liaodong Peninsula and blockade the entire Liaodong Peninsula.  The navy also completed the encirclement from the sea. At this moment, the Japanese army still has 5 divisions on the Liaodong Peninsula, plus the defeated army in front, totaling more than 100,000 people.  However, the Japanese army, which lacked ammunition, could no longer withstand the attack of the Western Sichuan Army. They could only hold on to cities such as Lushun and Dalian. It would not take long for them to be captured and eliminated by the Western Sichuan Army.

    The Japanese army still has six divisions on the Korean Peninsula. The Western Sichuan Army crossed the Yalu River as soon as possible, captured part of North Ping'an Road in North Korea, and started a confrontation with the Japanese army.  Moreover, the Western Sichuan Army began to make final combat preparations, preparing to annihilate the Japanese troops on the Liaodong Peninsula and then send its troops on its back to kill all the Japanese troops on the Korean Peninsula.

    In just a few days, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes.  In China, after learning about the victory at Shanhaiguan, the vast number of people rejoiced as if they were celebrating the New Year.  People spontaneously organized parades to celebrate the victory.  Even those provinces that had just been brought under the control of the Western Sichuan Army were very excited.  The Manchu Qing Dynasty was defeated by Little Japan throughout the year, and now Little Japan is vulnerable to the Western Sichuan Army. This allows the majority of the people to recognize the power of the Western Sichuan Army and identify with Western Sichuan.  Everyone wants their motherland to be strong, and so do these people.

    "Compared to the joyful China, Japan is gloomy and gloomy.  The navy failed and all the battleships were sunk.  Now the army has also failed, and a large number of warriors of the Japanese Empire have been killed and captured, which has caused great panic in Japan.  Emperor Meiji and his cabinet also had to recognize the reality and began to prepare to admit defeat and negotiate peace with Western Sichuan.

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