"Gah! Don't these fools know that we are doing justice and building a new Japan? Why do they want to degenerate into the lackeys of the privileged faction?"

"Bombard them! Bombard them hard!"

Asaguchi Yamada looked at the barricade not far away with wide eyes. The barricade was very low and inconspicuous in the first round of shelling, so it was not set as a target for shelling.

After all, although their 120mm howitzers are powerful, the shells are very precious. Each gun only has a base of 50 shells. Most of them have been used in previous battles, leaving an average of less than 15 shells per gun.

key position.

At this stage of the battle, artillery was the rebels' only hope of victory, and Asaguchi Yamada did not dare to waste it.

As a result, Asaguchi Yamada sent the remaining 150 or so soldiers of his squadron to attack the street from both the front and the side.

Then, Qiankou Squadron abandoned more than 60 corpses and retreated.

On the surface, there are more than a dozen barricades in this neighborhood, and the larger ones have been shelled, and the defense system no longer exists.

In fact, no soldiers were placed in the dozen barricades in front of Qiankou Squadron. The 1st Division sent two squadrons to the front of Qiankou Squadron, and the soldiers were arranged along the buildings.

The barricade is just a target that attracts Asaguchi Yamada's attention and firepower. The purpose is for Asaguchi Yamada to attack the barricade and expose himself to the shooting range of the building.

"Asakuchi-san, the 4th Division has arrived in Kyoto, and the 6th Division is also arriving by train. You have failed, surrender quickly!"

"Don't let the soldiers of Qiankou Squadron die for an impossible battle. They died because of rebellion, and their families will not receive any compensation. Do you think this is really good?!"

"Soldiers of the Qiankou Squadron, think about it carefully. For the sake of the commander's unrealistic ambition, you have sacrificed your own life and your family will not get any compensation. Think about it, is it really worth it?"

Just when Asaguchi Yamada wanted to withdraw his order and save precious shells, a loudspeaker appeared in the block and a familiar voice came out.

"His Majesty the Emperor has decreed that he should lay down his arms at this time and pardon all crimes committed by unsuspecting soldiers. Tokyo has been destroyed. Do you want Kyoto to be destroyed as well?"

"Not good!" As soon as he said this, Asakou Yamada was shocked and looked at his subordinates suspiciously.

What was very disturbing was that none of the soldiers were looking at him. They just paused and then continued to lick their wounds silently.

After a long battle, only about 90 people in the Qiankou Squadron were still fighting, and more than half of them had suffered casualties.

Logically speaking, it is not an exaggeration to say that an army suffered more than half of its casualties, collapsed, went crazy, resisted, and everything appeared. And the reason why these people were so quiet was because they had no way out.

They are rebels. According to Japanese tradition, the fate of a failed rebellion will not be good, especially now in a war.

Originally, in Japan after the emperor was deified, the emperor's will should be very credible, just like their superiors used this reason to convince them.

That is because their superiors deceived them in the name of the emperor and made them somewhat immune, so they were half-believing and didn't take it too seriously.

If the emperor really issued a decree and promised to pardon the crimes of those who surrendered, these soldiers would surrender as soon as possible.

After all, the battle has been going on for several days, the lieutenant's lie has been exposed, and they have no chance of victory. They have been relying on their energy to support them.

"Eight!" He cursed loudly and led the troops to retreat.

"Muda-kun, we can't sit still and wait for death like this anymore." Asakou Yamada met Muta Shinnosuke who had also withdrawn.

"Asaguchi-kun, how is the situation over there?" Muta Shinnosuke frowned as he looked at the Asaguchi squadron, which was obviously shorter.

"Asakuchi Yamada's situation is such that he can no longer continue to lead the army?" Muta Shinnosuke had secretly doubted Asakuchi Yamada's leadership ability and whether he was rational.

"Huh~ Muta-kun, in the direction of our attack, the number of enemies is no less than 1 brigade. They are hiding in buildings despicably. It is very difficult to attack. Our unit has suffered a failure. What about you?" Asakuchishamada took a breath.

, looking at the Muta Squadron which was much shorter.

"In front of our unit were 1 squadron of the 1st Division and 1 squadron of the 2nd Division. After the shelling, our unit took the opportunity to capture the key intersection and repelled them after a fierce battle. Our unit suffered 311 casualties."

"The reaction of the 1st Division and the 2nd Division was very strange. They neither used artillery nor launched a charge. I also encountered a situation like yours. Soldiers ambush in civilian houses. This situation is very abnormal for us.

Not good news."

Muta Shinnosuke shook his head, worried about such a loss.

If his guess is correct, what they will encounter in the future will be like this. They do not have enough artillery shells to bombard each house, nor do they have enough time to fight for each house.

"Don't worry, I already have it..." Asakou Yamada was about to tell his plan.

"Report! The machine gun squadron has been lost. The 4th Division has occupied the machine gun squadron's position and advanced to Dongfu Street." The messenger rushed over to report.

"Nani?!!!" Asaguchi Yamada and Muta Shinnosuke shouted in horror at the same time.

Because they looked down on the combat effectiveness of the 4th Division, and because there were two machine gun teams stationed there, the two of them had no worries about the rear, thinking that it was impregnable. After all, the 4th Division only had one brigade.

Of course, the two people panicked, mainly because the rebels' rear area was on Dongfu Street, where were the ammunition and weapons stored, including heavy artillery shells.

"What's going on? Tell me clearly. Why was the machine gun squadron defeated so easily?" Muta Shinnosuke asked.

"The 4th Division didn't know why, but they used 75mm field artillery when they came up. The heavy machine gun team had no time to move, and half of it was blown up."

"While the remaining heavy machine guns were being transferred, soldiers from the 4th Division rushed up. Just as the soldiers were preparing for hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers from the 4th Division despicably opened fire during the hand-to-hand combat."

"We were suddenly attacked, resulting in heavy casualties and too many enemies..."

The messenger calmed down, calmed down and said.

"Bah! The despicable 4th Division! If there is a bayonet competition, the cowards of the 4th Division will definitely not be able to compete with our warriors! 8ah!"

When Yamada Asaguchi heard that the 4th Division did not respect military ethics, he rushed up and opened fire, and he jumped in anger.

This is the result of Bushido brainwashing. The red bayonet requires courage. Although the Japanese are timid, they don't want others to say they are timid, so they are reckless.

The difference between bravery and recklessness has been finalized in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but in Japan, it was still very vague until modern times.

"The question now is not whether the 4th Division is a coward, but why they used artillery. After entering the city, will they continue to use artillery?" Muta Shinnosuke said immediately after calming down.

The main reason why they were able to persist for so long was that for some unknown reason, the artillery of the 1st Division, 2nd Division and the garrison did not fire.

Muta Shinnosuke once thought that this was the emperor's order, but when heavy troops surrounded them, he knew that this was not what the emperor meant.

If the Emperor really supports them in doing this, the ones who come to stop them will not be regular troops like the 1st Division and 2nd Division, but garrison troops.

Now, the sound of artillery sounded. Although it was the artillery of the 4th Division that came to support, not the artillery of the 1st and 2nd Divisions, the information revealed was also very worrying.

"Muda-kun, the infantry is under your command. Concentrate your strength and fight to the death!" Asakuchi Yamada acted very calmly at this time.

"Asaguchi-kun, what are you going to do?" Muta Shinnosuke was a little scared and asked, looking at the calm Asaguchi Yamada.

"I will personally command the artillery. After losing Dongfu Street, each of our artillery shells is extremely precious and cannot be used unless necessary." Asakou Yamada turned his head and smiled.

Muta Shinnosuke looked at it for a long time and didn't see any flaws. After thinking about it, there wasn't much problem with this statement, so he nodded.

"Asaguchi-kun, don't be stingy with artillery shells when necessary. The 4th Division is right behind you. This is our last chance." Muta Shinnosuke warned Asaguchi Yamada because he was afraid that Asaguchi Yamada would die without firing.

Muta Shinnosuke actually knew that he had failed, but he still wanted to fight because he didn't want to die.

"Don't worry, I want to build a new Japan. I just want to keep an eye on them so that they don't waste cannonballs. I won't hold on to them without using them." Asakou Yamada smiled.

"Okay then, I'll gather the troops and prepare to attack." Muta Shinnosuke felt something was wrong, but he didn't know what went wrong.

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"From now on, the artillery will be under my direct command. How many artillery shells do we have?" Asaguchi Yamada touched the four 120mm howitzers placed there.

One gun squadron was deployed here, and there were two more gun squadrons elsewhere.

"Report, we only have 28 rounds of artillery shells, including 12 shrapnel shells and 16 high-explosive shells." The artillery commander, the new squadron leader, said tremblingly.

"Twenty-eight shells are so few? How many shells have you wasted?!" Asakou Yamada heard this and became furious.

"Sir, our artillery shells are placed in the rear. We will replenish them when they are destroyed. This is for safety reasons and to prevent enemy artillery from counterattacking." The squadron leader lowered his head and said.

"Where are the other two squadrons?" Asakuchi Yamada 1 heard this and became even more angry, but there was nothing he could do.

"It should be about the same. Our mission is not heavy, and we don't have many artillery shells. We only carry enough ammunition with the artillery truck for the mission," the squadron leader said.

"Order, bring all the cannons over and gather them here. Concentrate all the artillery shells, high-explosive shells and shrapnel shells and stack them separately."

"According to this ratio, do we only have 48 rounds of high-explosive bombs? That's almost enough." Asaguchi Yamada murmured softly.

"What?" The squadron leader didn't hear clearly.

"I asked, has the location of the Imperial Palace been marked? Don't disturb His Majesty the Emperor." Asakou Yamada looked at him with a smile.

"Not yet, we already know the seat of the Imperial Palace..." The squadron leader breathed a sigh of relief.

"What? Why don't you mark it out, you idiot? If the shells fly to the Imperial Palace, you and I will have to commit seppuku and apologize!" Asakuchi Yamada yelled and accused him, and his words and deeds looked like the Emperor's Majesty.

The appearance of a supporter.

"Nani?! Ha? Hayi! Hayi..." The squadron leader had no doubts, he just thought that Asakou Yamada, a layman, didn't understand very well.

Seeing the squadron leader turning around hastily, Qiankou calmed down and looked at the sky.
Chapter completed!