The color gradually darkened. The sun was about to set. The sun was reflected in the mountains of Qi, with blood-like redness.

This is Dagu Mountain, and the mouth of the Dayang River is just a few kilometers north of the north.

Dagu Mountain is located near the estuary and has a relatively convenient geographical location. In addition, the bay here is flat, making it a good small harbor. It can be parked in light warships. It is also a must-fight for military strategists. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and Russo-Japanese War, Dagu Mountain was the battlefield, and in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese 6th Army also carried out the 6th battle here. Cut off the retreat route of the Russian army in Lushun, creating conditions for the smooth implementation of the Lushun Battle.

Now, the Sino-Japanese war has begun again, and there are naturally troops in Dagushan. An army has come from Dagushan Port.

This is a defeated army with a relatively complex personnel composition. The main soldiers came from the Fourth Division of the 6th Army and the Guanyi Garrison of the 6th Army of Japan. In fact, this mixed force is the Japanese army that participated in the Xiuyan Battle this time. It is under the command of the Kwantung Army. This force retreated from Xiuyan all the way to Dagushan.

The initial formation of the Fourth Division of the 6th Japanese Army was Daqi, so it is also called the Daju Division. The division was formed in Xuannian, and its troops mainly came from vendors and vegetable dealers in the brigade area. Therefore, it is also called the vendor division. After the division was formed, it participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, the Russo-Japanese War, and the North Korean anti-Japanese uprising, the division was also involved in the sweeping war against the guerrillas. After the situation on the Korean Peninsula was stable, it was transferred to Lushun to garrison. Later, the Kanto Army was formed, and the division was organized into the Kanto Army sequence together with the Kanto Garrison, the Railway Guard, the Fifth Division and other troops. In fact, it acted as the pillar of the Kanto Army today, but its combat effectiveness was not as good as the Kanto Garrison.

According to the organization of the 6th Japanese Army, the Fourth Division belongs to the A Division, consisting of four regiments, with a total force of more than 20,000. From the old age to now, the commander of the division is Major General Damasao. Now, the commander who led this exhausted defeated army to Dagushan was Damasao.

Yesterday morning, the Chinese team launched a general attack on Xiuyan and captured Xiuyan in the afternoon. Daba Shangdao was forced to command the Japanese troops in the city to retreat south. However, before going far, he bumped into a Chinese armored force head-on. The retreat was cut off and was attacked by the Chinese team from north to south. Although Daba Shangdao commanded the Japanese army to resist, the Chinese team had no choice but to be in a strange tactics and weapons. The Japanese army eventually lost their fighting spirit, and Daba Shangdao also lost effective command of the troops, so he could only lead at night.

He led some troops to break out and retreat eastward, intending to go to Dagu Mountain, but unexpectedly, when passing Huangqi Fort, he was stubbornly blocked by the Zhongxun Team and could only go in a big circle to continue to retreat eastward. However, on the way to retreat, he was continuously pursued by the Zhongxun Team's armored troops, trapped in people and horses, and suffered heavy losses. His troops were reduced from more than 3,000 people at the time of breaking through to less than 500. It can be said that the entire army was wiped out, but at least he got rid of the pursuers and took almost a day to arrive at Dagu Mountain.

During the entire Xiuyan Battle, the Fourth Division's performance was lackluster, neither the courage to attack or the confidence to defend. Almost all the attacks on the positions of the Chinese team by the Japanese troops were started by the Kanto Garrison. Most of the soldiers of the Fourth Division were thinking about how to save their lives, rather than how to win the victory. In this regard, the division leader Damao Shangdao was helpless because the Fourth Division did not perform well in the Russo-Japanese War that year, especially the Eighth Regiment of the Division. They were defeated repeatedly in the Russo-Japanese War, and were called "the Eighth Regiment that is not afraid of defeat." But there was this Eighth Regiment among the troops defending Xiuyan.

The reason why the Fourth Division is not strong in combat is probably directly related to the composition of the division's soldiers; most of the soldiers in this division come from cities, but mostly in the vast areas, before wearing military uniforms. Most of the soldiers are either merchants or hawkers, and they are not thinking about how to be loyal to the empire. Instead, they are trying to take advantage of their own interests. This is certainly because of the nature of a bourgeois merchant, but it may not have no historical origins. As early as the Shogunate period, the Great Obstruction was the most prosperous commercial area in Japan. Residents were proud of making money and ashamed of being cannon fodder, and they did not belong to loyalty to the princes. The so-called "the great extermination of wealthy businessmen will make people frightened when they are angry." The vendors are not even afraid of the princes. Are they still afraid of a small division commander? If this historical heritage is taken into consideration, it is not difficult to understand why the Fourth Division is weak in combat.

Of course, the so-called "weak combat power." This is also compared to other elite Japanese divisions of A. The Fourth Division was invincible in the face of enemies that were weaker than themselves. When suppressing anti-Japanese guerrillas on the Korean Peninsula, the division's performance was remarkable. However, this time the enemy was no longer a weak guerrilla, but the main force of the Chinese National Defense Forces with aircraft, cannons, armored vehicles, flamethrowers, and submachine guns. Therefore, the treacherous nature of the small merchants in the gang was the treacherous nature of the small merchants.

Ge was once again exposed that many soldiers of the Fourth Division voluntarily lie in the field hospital just because they suffered a little bit of skin injuries during the battle. This not only gave the military medical officer a headache, but also made the division commander Damao Shangdao very embarrassed. So he simply moved the command center to the field hospital and personally assisted the military officer to test the wounded soldiers. This move did play some role, but at the same time it also made the soldiers of the Kanto garrison extremely contemptuous of the Fourth Division.

However, Damasato's efforts were ineffective. The air bombs, heavy grenades, flamethrowers, and armored vehicles of the Xinzhan team were in the heart, and even the morale of the Kanto garrison quickly collapsed. As for the Fourth Division, it was not easy to be able to persist until it was withdrawn from the city before completely losing command.

Of course, the brigade vendors' petty care is not without any effect. At least, most of the soldiers who fled to Dagu Mountain with Damasato are the people of the Fourth Division. As for the Kanto Garrison, most of them have been "loyal" to the Japanese Empire. In a fashionable way, most of the soldiers of the Kanto Garrison have "seen on Jiuduanpo". Unlike the soldiers of the Fourth Division, who "tightly body" are like the soldiers of the Fourth Division, they are retreating to Dagu Mountain, hoping that the stars and moon-looking waiting for the ships of the Imperial Navy to come and load them onto the ships to Lushun for rest.

Just yesterday, when he realized that Xiuyan could no longer be defended, Dama Shangdao had to send a telegram to the Kwantung Army Command in Lushun, asking for a retreat. After obtaining permission, he led his troops out of Xiuyan. He originally planned to turn south and go from Route 6 to Jinzhou to guard the Jinzhou Isthmus of the Portal of Lushun, but he never expected that he was intercepted by Chinese armored troops on the way south. Route 6 could no longer move, so he could only send a telegram to the Kwantung Army Command. Request the Navy Association

To help retreat, he certainly didn't know that the Japanese naval squadron in Lushun had been hit hard by the Chinese Air Force, but coincidentally, the main fleet of the Japanese joint fleet had already traveled to the near Dalian Bay, so the Kanto Army Command asked the military for assistance, and the military headquarters directly ordered the joint fleet commander Hirahachiro Togo. If everything goes well, the joint fleet will arrive at Dagushan tonight to retreat to the remaining defeated generals brought by Damasara Nakadao with ships.

But now, the sky was getting darker. There was still no movement on the sea surface, and the shadow of the joint fleet could not be seen. Naodao Oma was anxious and angry. He couldn't think of it, so he sat cross-legged on a reef by the sea, took off his military shirt; took out his samurai sword, and prepared to use the samurai method to be loyal to the expansion of the Japanese Empire.

"Your Excellency, do you need help?"

A staff officer of the Kanto garrison leaned over without knowing what was going on and handed Damasato a shorter knife, not concealing his approval of Damasato committing suicide by separatism and apologizing.

A Japanese samurai commits suicide by separatism, and usually requires an assistant to hold a slashing samurai sword to help the samurai eliminate pain at critical moments. Obviously, the staff officer looks a little eager to try.

"Please."

Naodao Omaru looked at the staff officer gratefully. The Japanese army lost a lot in this battle. As the commander of the Japanese front line, Naodao Omaru's only apologies now are probably the only way to apologize. At least this can avoid being sent to the military court and being humiliated by the citizens and colleagues after returning to China. After all, since the Meiji Restoration, the 6th Japanese Army has never suffered such a heavy defeat.

Just as the staff officer climbed the reef and lifted the samurai sword, a low roar suddenly came from the sky.

Damashangdao and Shihui looked up and saw a small black dot in the sky. It should be the reconnaissance plane of the Chinese Air Force. From yesterday to today, Damashangdao and his soldiers have been trekking hard under the harassment of Chinese reconnaissance planes. Although reconnaissance planes generally do not throw bombs on the heads of the Japanese army. However, these reconnaissance planes often use machine guns on the plane to fire at low altitudes. The casualties caused are not large, but the psychological shadow caused is very heavy.

"Baga!"

Damasaku stood up, took out his pistol, and fired a few shots into the sky. Of course, the reconnaissance plane flew hundreds of meters in the air, and the pistol was not threatening at all. Instead, the staff officer took a rifle from a soldier very cleverly and fired at the reconnaissance plane. Under the leadership of the staff officer, most of the soldiers also used rifles to shoot at the reconnaissance plane, but it was obviously useless. The reconnaissance plane swayed over Dagu Mountain, and after a circle, he turned back to the north.

Indeed, it is almost dark now, and if you don't withdraw, the plane will fly in the dark, which is obviously a very dangerous move for the pilot.

"Let's go ahead."

Damasaku sat cross-legged again, picked up the ribs, gestured a few times on his abdomen, and just couldn't make up his mind, a whistle suddenly came from the sea, and the soldiers of the Fourth Division also cheered.

"Look! It's the cruiser of the United Fleet!"

"They picked us up! We are going to Lushun soon! Maybe we will return to our country!"

"My leg is seriously injured and I may have to retire after I go back."

"My head is also very injured. I can't even remember the battle yesterday. It seems that I should have retired."

"Stop quarrel! Line up and wait for the boat to come. We must board the boat according to the army."
Chapter completed!