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    "Your Excellency, Minister of War, the Chinese defenses are too strong and we cannot break through their defenses. The casualties of the troops are too heavy. Let's retreat!" Lieutenant General Kawamura Keaki, commander of the Japanese 1st Division, said with a sad and indignant look.  His 1st Division was the most elite unit in the Japanese Army. However, after going to the front line, it collapsed in less than two hours, and more than half of the entire division suffered casualties.  If the fight continues like this, it won't be long before his division will be wiped out.

    "Baga! Mr. Kawamura, when did you become so cowardly? How can there be no death in war? We have captured the positions outside Fukaya City and will soon invade the city and wipe out all the Chinese people! At this time  How can we retreat?" Japanese Army Minister Katsura Taro said with a dark face.  At this point in the battle, the Japanese army had suffered heavy casualties.  Of the 600,000 people, more than 400,000 have been lost in more than two days of fighting. The corpses have accumulated in a thick layer outside Shengu City, and the blood flowing out has dyed the soil.  red.  If they withdraw their troops at this time, all their previous efforts will be in vain.  Moreover, the Japanese army will completely lose the chance of victory.  The squadron that will come over immediately will destroy them all.  Katsura doesn't want to give up just like that, he will continue to fight.  He believed that the Chinese army in Shengu City would not be able to hold on for long.

    "Your Excellency, Minister of the Army, recognize the reality! If we continue to fight, all our soldiers will die!" Lieutenant General Kawamura Kageaki persuaded again.  He really couldn't bear to watch his soldiers die one by one!

    "Kawamura-kun! I'm warning you! Return to your troops immediately and lead the warriors to attack! What the empire needs are warriors who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the empire, not cowards! If you are unwilling, then I will dismiss you immediately  position!" Katsura Taro said with a gloomy face.  As the Japanese Minister of War, he is not a fool.  Judging from the current battle situation, he also knew that the chance of victory was extremely slim.  But can he stop now?  If he withdraws his troops, doesn't it mean that he has failed again this time?  Then how can he go back to meet friends in Shan County?  At that time, he may have no choice but to commit seppuku.  Katsura Taro is absolutely unwilling to do this, so he will never give up until the last moment.

    Lieutenant General Kawamura Kageaki's eyes were full of sorrow. He could see that Katsura Taro had fallen into madness.  Such a crazy person commanding the Japanese army will only lead to the destruction of all Japanese armies.  However, he also did not dare to disobey Katsura Taro's order, otherwise, not only would he be dismissed from his post, Katsura Taro might even directly execute him to deter other generals.

    "Okay, Your Excellency, Minister of War, I will go back and lead the army to continue the attack!" Kawamura Keaki compromised.  However, he said this, but he had already made up his mind to lead his 1st Division to withdraw from the battle immediately if the situation of the battle changed. He was not willing to be buried with Katsura Taro, a madman.

    "That's right! Kawamura-kun, you have to believe that the final victory must belong to the Empire of Japan!" Katsura Taro smiled and patted Kawamura Keaki on the shoulder. He was very satisfied with Kawamura Keaki's submission.

    The battle in Fukaya City is still continuing. The remaining nearly 200,000 Japanese troops launched a fierce attack on Fukaya City.  The resistance of the Chinese ** team was also very tenacious. The Japanese army barely took a step forward without leaving corpses on the ground.  Moreover, the losses of the Chinese Army were very small. The 9th and 10th Divisions of the Eighth Army lost less than a thousand people in these two days of fighting.  However, the consumption loss of ammunition is relatively large, and it is almost reaching the bottom.  In addition, the damage to firearms was also serious, especially to many heavy machine guns and light machine guns, which had to stop shooting because the rifling of the barrels had been worn flat and the spare barrels had been used up, which reduced the firepower of the Chinese ** team.  been greatly affected.

    If the battle continues, perhaps Katsura Taro's strategy of exhausting the squadron's ammunition and then launching a decisive attack will work.  However, on November 17, the 36th and 37th Divisions of the Eighth Army in Kumagai City, as well as the troops directly under the group army, had already begun to attack.

    On the afternoon of November 17, tens of thousands of elites from the Eighth Army launched an attack from the flank of the Japanese army.  The dense artillery shells caused heavy losses to the Japanese troops attacking Fukaya City.  The most important thing is that the morale of the Japanese army suddenly fell to the bottom.  The appearance of reinforcements from the Chinese Army gave the Japanese army no hope of conquering Fukaya City.

    Kawamura Keaki, commander of the Japanese 1st Division, immediately led the remaining few thousand men of the 1st Division to quickly retreat to Takasaki.  This immediately caused the collapse of the Japanese army, and other Japanese troops also rushed to retreat.  The Eighth Army of the Chinese Army launched a pursuit.  The cavalry brigade belonging to the group army took the opportunity to harvest the lives of Japanese troops.  Many Japanese troops surrendered one after another when they were desperate.

     Japanese Army Minister Katsura Taro, seeing that the situation was over, also escaped under the escort of the guards.  However, he did not retreat to Gaoqi, but took the opportunity to escape to the south.  In his opinion, even if Gaoqi still has 200,000 troops, plus these defeated troops, they will never be able to withstand the Chinese.  Only by escaping to central or southern Honshu would we have a chance.  In addition, this defeat also completely sobered him up.  Obviously, Japan has no chance in this battle.  If you continue to resist, you will only lose your own life.

    Katsura Taro had already made up his mind. After escaping to Kyoto, he immediately changed his strategy and persuaded the emperor to surrender.  In this case, even if Japan is gone, they, the courtiers, can continue to live.  And Shanxian Yutomo, this benefactor who gave Katsura Taro a huge help in his career, has long been completely forgotten by him.

    The Eighth Army pursued the Japanese deserters from Fukaya City to Honjo, ten kilometers away, and captured most of the Japanese troops. Only tens of thousands of them escaped. The remaining Japanese troops were either killed or attacked the Chinese troops.  Surrender.  The Eighth Army undoubtedly won the victory again in this battle.  Moreover, this victory completely established Japan's war situation, and Japan never had a chance to turn around.

    After receiving the news that the Japanese army had been defeated again, Youpeng in Shanxian County was stunned.  He also had great hopes for this battle, but he did not expect that he would still fail in the end.  Moreover, he failed so miserably.  Of the 600,000-strong army, only tens of thousands of remnants were left in the end. Many of these defeated troops even lost their weapons in the process of escaping. They were frightened at all.  It is obviously impossible for them to go to the battlefield again in a short time.

    Youpeng of Shanxian County was aware of the crisis and wanted to lead his army to escape south.  However, Tomioka in the south has been occupied by the 45th Division of the Chinese Army.  Shichuan in the north was also occupied by the 44th Division of the Chinese Army. The Japanese army had no way to escape.  The main force of the Eighth Army is marching towards Gaoqi. The end of the Japanese army is coming soon.

    On November 18, the Eighth Army officially launched its final attack on Gaoqiang. Thousands of cannons roared and the entire Gaoqi was reduced to rubble.

    In the battle to attack Gaoqi, the Eighth Army fought very smoothly.  The Japanese resistance was very weak.  Perhaps the successive defeats have made these Japanese soldiers no longer have the courage to continue fighting.  Often when the artillery fire went down, when the Chinese *** team launched an attack, the Japanese troops rushed to surrender to the Chinese *** team.  Regarding national interests and personal lives, they chose to preserve their own lives.

    "Sir Yamaxian, the Chinese have invaded the city, and we can hardly hold on any longer. Please leave and leave here. I will prepare a regiment to escort you out of Takasaki!" Lieutenant General Kawamura Kageaki, commander of the 1st Division  Standing in front of Shanxian Youpeng, he said anxiously.

    "Kawamura! Have you found Katsura Taro?" Yamagata Aritomo asked.

    "Mr. Yamagata, we did not find the Minister of War. He did not retreat to Takasaki with us. However, he was seen leading the guards to escape to the south!" Kawamura Keaki replied.

    "Haha! It seems that even Katsura Taro himself is afraid. Maybe I am wrong. A small country like Japan has no foundation to become a world power. Our insistence will only lead to Japan's destruction!"  Youpeng from Shanxian County laughed so much that he shed tears.

    "Sir, you are not wrong. What is wrong is just this era. The Chinese people have outstanding leaders, and China has a vast land, rich resources, and a large population. We in Japan have no ability to challenge them. My lord, it is getting late, get out of here quickly!  It will be too late!" Kawamura Keaki said.

    "Forget it, I won't leave, Japan is over, and I have no need to live." Yamagata Aritomo said stubbornly.

    "Sir, you can't do this! You are the veteran of the army, and the army still needs to be supported by you!" Kawamura Keaki advised.

    "Haha, veteran of the army? Do you think that after Japan's defeat this time, the Chinese will let us retain the army? The Chinese have risen, and they will not let us have another chance to threaten them!" You Peng from Shan County  He smiled helplessly.

    Kawamura Jingming was speechless when he was asked.

    Yamagata Aritomo did not choose to leave Gaoqi, but chose this place as the place where he would end his life.  After Kawamura Keaki left, Yamagata Aritomo learned about his own life by committing seppuku according to the traditional method of Japanese samurai!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster! Mobile phone users please go to the m. site to read.)
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