"The last straw that broke the camel's back!"

There is a saying in the West that things have reached the limit, and adding any little bit of local factors will cause it to collapse.

On the battlefield, the last straw often determines the outcome of a war, and this straw often refers to the sudden joining of a new force.[]

Nearly 400 horses who suddenly joined the battlefield became the new force to decide the outcome. Whether it was Liang Laosi or Ma Weijun, they had never imagined it. They were also unexpected for Dama Shangdao and others who were standing outside the bridge and observing the situation on the battlefield with telescopes, they were also unexpected.

When the cavalry appeared in the telescope, Akashi Motojiro spoke in surprise and said "cavalry", Naodao, who had experience in combat in Manchuria, said with a pale complexion.

"It's the Chinese bandit!"

Who else could that pony dressed up besides the Chinese bandits? When he was in Manchuria, he used bandits and pursued bandits. He had a certain understanding of the Chinese bandits. It was a group of people who only had silver but no country, just like most Chinese people. But now, this group of bandits who suddenly joined the battlefield and rushed into the camp to kill Japanese soldiers at will. "Are we... defeated!"

The miserable situation of infantry on the coast being chopped and killed under the attack of cavalry and the scene of the cavalry constantly expanding their results to the left wing, only made the second officer Yamada Takaichi Yamada mutter lightly. From the telescope, we can see that although the second batch of landing troops tried to attack the cavalry on the shore with machine guns, they suffered from the scarcity of machine guns.

For the Japanese Army, machine guns are a luxury. A division is only equipped with dozens of heavy machine guns, and a wing has only less than ten heavy machine guns. The few heavy machine guns equipped by the second batch of landing troops cannot play the role it deserves.

"defeat?"

Damasaku's brow jumped.

"The Imperial Japanese Army will never fail! Contact the Navy immediately and let them concentrate their firepower to attack the Chinese army's cavalry on the shore!"

"Your Excellency, there are our soldiers on the beach!"

Akashi Motojiro reminded in succession.

"As long as the Japanese army soldiers remain, they will continue to attack, even when they are at a disadvantage, they also hope to become loyal souls to serve the country and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!"

At this time, Damasato's expression was calm and he didn't care at all because of his orders. There might be hundreds, nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers who would lose their lives in the shelling. In his opinion, as long as the Chinese bandits on the coast were dealt with, the coast could be seized soon, and then the troops could continuously climb to the land of China from here.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were suddenly repelled by the sound horses, Xiao Keyuan, whose eyes were red, had calmed down. He looked at the corpses of the brothers and the Japanese on the battlefield, and then at the brothers around him who could still stand up. There were only five or six brothers who could stand up. When he saw that he was covered in blood, he couldn't tell whether it was the enemy or his own commander. The commander stood there, standing still.

"Sir, sir, we won..."

Win?

Breaking away from his heavy eyelids, the Mawei army glanced at the horses. Is this his only reinforcements? Did they defeat the Japanese?

No, it's just beginning!

There were more Japanese soldiers at the sea. When they shook their heads lightly, their last strength was slowly falling down from their body.

"Sir..."

After rushing to the commander's side, Xiao Keyuan saw that the commander's lower abdomen, chest, arms, and wounds were everywhere, and wounds stabbed by bayonets.

"Quick, bandage, bandage..."

When Shokeyuan shouted loudly,

"We, we... aren't...we're not embarrassed..."

Lying in the arms of his subordinates, Ma Weijun asked his brother in a difficult tone.

"Sir, we are not embarrassed. The brothers didn't embarrass the Hunanese!"

"No...no shame...good...good..."

Ma Weijun, whose eyes slowly dissipated, looked through a trace of smoke and looked at the sunset. The bright sunset, the face covered by blood, sweat and mud appeared, and the smile was very bright.

"Sir..."

As the body of the chief in his arms slowly stiffened, tears flowed out of Xiao Keyuan's eyes. He held the chief's body and listened to the gunshots in his ears. He protected the chief, and the brothers who could still stand up had already picked up rifles or machine guns and supported the uninvited guests who entered the battlefield from afar.

In the air, a dense and harsh whistling sound came. The next moment, the shells fell on the coast like raindrops. The sound horses riding on horses and the Japanese soldiers who were originally trying to organize defense were rolling in the artillery fire. The war horses and people were thrown into the sky in the smoke of gunpowder and torn into pieces.

After a few minutes of shelling, on the nearly kilometer of the coastline, I saw that there were countless craters of people and war horses scattered around dense craters. Some of them were injured by the bombardment and were crying sadly among the dead corpses. The wounded soldiers also made painful crys in it, and the thick black smoke rose into the air.

"it's over……"

While shaking his head, Akishi Motojiro looked at the battlefield where the smoke slowly dissipated. The Chinese bandits who had previously galloped away disappeared, and the Chinese soldiers who were trying to use the mantis arm to chariot also disappeared. However, the Chinese soldiers who used the mantis arm to chariot and the Chinese bandits were ashamed of him. They were nothing. They immediately ran away when they were bombarded and a bayonet charge. At this time, the Chinese soldiers who were once extremely incompetent actually showed such courage. In a short and shocking resistance, no soldier fled, and even the bandits also threw themselves into the battlefield. If the citizens of this country were like this, then...

Suddenly, the uneasiness that had been hidden in Akashi Motojiro's heart became even stronger. He suddenly realized that the incident might not only not go very smoothly, but even, it might be a mistake to send troops from the beginning!

Pingshang Town is not a big town. This small town in southern Shandong has no roads, not even railways, at most it only has a dirt road that can pass through the carriage. The Fifth Mixed Brigade of the New First Army, the direct artillery battalion, engineering battalion, logistics battalion, communication battalion, cavalry company, and heavy mortar company, was divided into four groups in an orderly manner as early as the morning, and marched to Pingshang Town, gathered with it, and began to build defense here.

Although the newly formed First Army is not the main force of the five towns of the Central Army, it can be described as a miscellaneous army in the Beiyang Army. After reinforcement of Lianyungang, the newly formed First Army, which has already replaced the cannons, is not only not inferior to the main force of the five towns of the Central Army, but also has unambiguous military discipline and military appearance.

The most impressive thing is that more than a dozen large trucks of baggage drove by majesticly, raising the wind and sand in the sky. Although the local fellow villagers had never seen soldiers, when they first heard that some soldiers were going to station in Pingshang Town, some young widows even chose to leave their hometowns, and the extreme even chose to hang and drink medicine, and had escaped the disaster of soldiers. Because the past military operations were often accompanied by robbery, rape and other behaviors, people often had to choose to leave their hometowns and flee when passing the army.

However, when the people looked at the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Brigade with fear and fear, they were surprised to find that the military discipline of this unit was quite strict. They were paid for buying things, and they were not allowed to leave the team to buy food or water privately during the march. This was even more unlawful and allowed them to raise their fingers and praise each other. In fact, the Xin Army in the late Qing Dynasty was the first time in the true modern army in Chinese history. In addition to the constraints of military discipline, there were also logistics and changes on the military station. All this made them not need to rely on "on-site collection of grain" to solve the logistics problems like the previous army, which naturally avoided robbery and rape.

Wu Peifu, who was riding on a horse, looked towards the field. At this time, the march was lined up like a long gray dragon, which was moving with an astonishing vitality under the shining sunset. However, the quiet scenery in the fields next to him set off the dragon, but it seemed so inconsistent. When will the ancestral car of suffering end the war and the suffering of the people?

Thinking of this, Wu Peifu couldn't help but feel some changes. In the past period of time, he could feel some changes. When he came to Jiangsu, according to the division commander's intention, he and the Wan Er brothers of the Fifth Brigade came to die. However, after the Jiangsu Army supplemented them with weapons and equipment, the division commander there took several secret phones, praise, promotion, show off his love, and reward silver. When he was reminding the division commander of his kindness to him, he had another meaning, asking him to cherish his troops and weapons.

But how can we cherish our troops and weapons in this national war?

On the other side, the military commander's meaning was very obvious. The Jiangsu people took out the weapons made by the people's blood and sweat to them, just to let them defend their country. So everyone was going to have their lives to fight. Once they looked at the troops who retreated without any rank, no matter how high the official rank was, they would be treated as deserters. Commander Xu even promulgated military laws.

"The platoon leader withdrew, soldiers killed him, promoted to platoon leader, company commander withdrew, platoon leader kills him, promoted to company commander, battalion commander withdrew, company commander kills him, Jin commander... The troops are arbitrarily withdrawn, soldiers kill officers, can be exempted from his crime!"

The cold military law was without any emotion. Even the "little fan" came up with such a way to borrow the hand of the lower class to kill the chief and promote it to maintain the front, or if Wu Peifu wanted to withdraw, he was afraid...

But does Xu Shuzheng have no selfishness?

On the one hand, he sent such an order to start his expedition in Shandong and Hebei. The Army even prepared hundreds of officers to be replenished at any time. Behind him, Xu Shuzheng, "salary to the country to the death", he used to kill people with a knife, and swallow the First Army.

These were all selfish, and there were a few people who were treating the country with their own hearts... While sighing, the person he had met at the train station when he left Haizhou County, the Huaihai Strategist Li Zicheng, who had brought up this storm.

That day, General Jiang Zuobin, Deputy Chief of Staff of Jiangsu Army, and others saw him off at the train station. Later, Chief of Staff Jiang took him into a reception room. Li Zhiyuan immediately came over, patted his shoulder affectionately, and pulled him to the sofa to sit down.

"Ziyu, I and the Army General Staff attach great importance to your brigade. Your brigade is on the front line, and the front line collapses, but it can collapse all the way."

And when Wu Peifu's answer is very simple.

"Please rest assured that Peifu's troops will defend the defense line with one breath, and will never retreat a step!"

At that time, Li Zhiyuan just smiled slightly, nodded his head, and then said slowly.

"When fighting this battle, many people don't understand me. Why do I have to fight this battle? What kind of virtue can I do to surpass the central government and the great president?"

Wu Peifu remembered that he didn't understand very well at that time, but then the commander said again.

"But some things always have to be done by people. Some people can say that it is not his responsibility, but what is related to the affairs of the country is not something he can avoid. As long as it is a Chinese, he should do something for China. As long as it is done, perhaps some people cannot understand it at the beginning, but in the end, people will understand it and understand it. Therefore, when some people choose to sacrifice for their country, others will see hope in this sacrifice and see hope for the future of the country. In any case, there is still a group of people in China who are willing to give and sacrifice for their country, just like Ziyu!"

After listening to the words of the General Manager, Wu Peifu was silent for a moment, but he was unable to calm down for a long time. Facing the General Manager, he suddenly realized that he had never admired someone like that time, and contacted the replenishment of equipment for the troops. A so-called businessman could do such a "public and selfless"! How many people could there be in China?

Then he said with some excitement.

"I can really defeat the Japanese this time. You don't know how much cowardly I was when I was abroad. Ziyu, when it comes to technology and making money, you Wu Ziyu are not as good as me, but when it comes to war, I am an outsider. Not only am I inferior to Ziyu, but I am afraid I am not as good as Ziyu's army. This time, I'll ask you!"

Thinking of the meeting with the Strategic Commander, Wu Peifu still couldn't calm down. Compared with the Strategic Commander, whether it was Cao Kun or Xu Shuzheng, they were too utilitarian. In their eyes, they often only had self-interest, but what about the Strategic Commander? From the beginning, people have considered themselves?

He is just a businessman. Even if he doesn't do anything, how can others blame him? But he chose to take responsibility for the country due to the accusations and confusion of the people.

I am a soldier, if I can't...hey!

A rapid sound of horse hooves interrupted Wu Peifu's thoughts. After ten seconds, the messenger riding on the horse ran to him. While stopping the horse, the messenger saluted.

"Report to the commander, the 11th Regiment urgently reported that the 5th Battalion of Lanshan was guarding the 5th Battalion, and lost contact with 5:00 this afternoon. According to the report of the frontier vanguard, the 5th Battalion was bombarded by the Japanese Navy many times, and it was many of its battle-line artillery shells. At present, its remnants are still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army. Another team of 500 to 600 bandit cavalry was found, and its purpose is unknown!"

A few minutes later, another messenger brought new news. The news was obtained from the bandits captured by the vanguard. Unlike the last news, the news was written on paper. Wu Peifu looked at the simple hundreds of words report on the paper and saw an extremely tragic scene on the coastline.

The deafening shouts and gunfire echoed in his ears. When a breeze caressed his face, he seemed to smell the smell of gunpowder and the smell of blood mixed in between. The soldiers persevered under the cannon fire that was enough to sank everything in the world, and a group of bandits made a shocking charge at the most critical moment, which was also the last charge.

Holding the reins tightly, the officers around Wu Peifu remained silent. The brothers of the Fifth Battalion and a group of bandits who were originally able to sit in the sightseeing crowd used their lives to explain what the Chinese are, and also set an example for them.

"brigadier……"

The tenth group leader Zhou Shaobai's eyes were slightly red, and he almost bleeded while holding the horse's slack hand.

"Give an order, you must not let the Japanese devils get on the shore easily!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a wave of echoes suddenly sounded around him. This is a national war! It is also a blessing for soldiers to die in a national war!

Faced with the request from his subordinates, Wu Peifu's face changed rapidly, sometimes white and sometimes red, and finally he gritted his teeth!

"If the entire army is ordered to enter the reserve position, no unit dares to attack without authorization, the officer will be dismissed from office on the spot!"

"brigadier!"

When the questioning sounded, Wu Peifu closed his eyes and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Now, will the Japanese ask the brothers to fire firecrackers and make fun of them?"

While studying in Japan and studying military affairs, Wu Peifu witnessed a naval artillery bombardment. A cruiser had more than one division in firepower, and what about a warship? The twelve-inch naval guns could hit the position, and at one time they could turn positions ranging from one platoon and from half a company into flat ground.

Why did the military command set up the defense line here? The commander didn't know the consequences of allowing the Japanese army to land easily? No! Xu Shuzheng knew better than anyone else. He also knew what would happen to the army position without shore defense artillery in the face of the navy's attack? Therefore, this line of defense was set up. On this line of defense, the navy was limited by its range and could not provide firepower support to the offensive troops, so that it could bring the battle situation to a situation that was conducive to defense.

What's more, the Strategic Envoy over there has promised that they will do everything possible to attack the Japanese warships. As long as they defend the defense line, they will win. Although he did not say how to attack the warships at sea, Wu Peifu would not have any doubts about the Strategic Envoy's words. He was a person who did what he said.

"Send a brigade search company, and do everything possible, to search for the brothers of the Fifth Division and the brothers of Longshan, and tell the brothers of Longshan, that they will report their loyalty to the commander, and fight for the brothers of the fallen brothers!..."

After several orders were issued, Wu Peifu rode his horse directly to the field beside him. He felt his eyes were hot before. He clearly told Ma Weijun that there would be reinforcements!

Retreat! Those who are good at retreating will follow the military ritual!

This is also the order he issued! This order cut off all his retreat!
Chapter completed!