The thick Japanese soldiers, with the Meiji 30th-year-old sixty-five rifles that were almost larger than their size after being bayonets, used all paths to invade the weak areas of the Chinese defense system that had been marked. Many Japanese soldiers carried baskets of grenades and approached the distance of 30 to 40 meters of the Chinese position, so they chose to throw bombs to the dead end. The Japanese imitated the Russian 47mm mortar cannon, 37mm machine cannon, Koishikawa and the southern fireworks, and the French Hatchcais heavy machine cannon, and the 75mm infantry cannons imitated by the Osaka Artillery Factory, all launched close-range shooting, pouring steel and explosives forward and backward to the Chinese position at the most crazy speed.

Up and down the mountain, whether it is open land or trenches, they have turned into steel storms and living purgatory.

Utsunomiya is known in Japan for its favorite dumplings.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Tojo Hideyo was watching his fellow Kanto people rolling down from the hillside like the famous Utsunomiya dumplings, with a blue face in the observation room.

"Chinese, Bagaab Road" didn't expect that the first battle he returned to the scene, the carefully planned night attack turned into a strong attack. The top scholar of the Japanese Mainland University jumped up, "Notify the navy to launch firepower and completely blow the Chinese people's positions to completely flatten the Marines in the north. What are they doing? As soon as this side started, they started attacking. Why is the only thing left to the end of the attack? Are they still the imperial army of His Majesty the Emperor's army? Is this non-national? Is the navy a little bravery like a samurai besides hiding behind the steel armor to fire artillery?"

The angry Lieutenant General Tojo pulled out his saberary. The chief of staff Yamanaki next to him thought that the top leader with an extreme personality was about to rush out to "大子". He was so scared that he hurriedly hugged several staff officers and his arms, and his voice changed in an anxious manner.

"Get away, you bastards." Tojo Hideyo is thin, but his voice is scary. "I want to kill the Navy's Red Deer Empire's royal cause alive, and it will be destroyed in the hands of these rats."

At this moment, a staff officer yelled: "The Navy is the Navy."

Tojo Hideko was shocked and didn't care about anything else. He hurriedly ran to the front of the observation center with Yamasaki and others, took the telescope and looked at it.

The explosions that were so dense that countless bursts of smoke columns exploded up and down the ridge positions of the Chinese army. Many shells also injured some Japanese soldiers who were fighting to the death. In the flames of the explosion, the human body and various steel devices shattered and splashed. Tojo Heikka roared excitedly: "These sea rats finally did not forget the duty of the imperial soldiers, the Marine Corps was going to take action."

"Notify the follow-up troops of the 15th and 50th Regiment to prepare to join the offensive immediately." Tojo Hideko's expression was extremely ferocious at this moment, "The commander of our division will supervise the battle himself. Tonight, we will seek the head of the Chinese generals."

In the southeastern traffic trench, Ding Feihu's face was hard, and he commanded his troops to advance quickly towards the friendly trench positions above under the cover of Japanese artillery fire. Mortars and heavy machine gun troops alternately covered, infantry advanced first, and after the Ryukyu camp was broken, the entire reinforcement troops entered the Chinese positions on the mountain one after another in an orderly manner.

Ding Feihu breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I came in time and destroyed the Japanese night attack, otherwise it would be difficult to predict the results.

The troops were not very casualties. Fortunately, their troops happened to appear behind them when the Japanese were focusing their energy in front, and they unexpectedly destroyed the Japanese's first wave of offensives with dense firepower, and then moved in time. Now it seems that everything goes well.

Suddenly, he felt some inexplicable danger. He looked into the night sky north, but found countless shadows coming through the sky.

Ding Feihu's blood seemed to solidify, and his voice was as sharp as a night owl in the night sky: "Bailing hidden"

Countless explosions exploded in front, back and left and right across the entire Chinese mountain. Ding Feihu had just gotten up dizzyly when he heard the fierce exchange of fire broke out from the northern position. He didn't care about anything else, and roared in the continuous artillery fire and ordered to advance at full speed to reinforce friendly troops.

The situation was already extremely urgent, and the Japanese Marine Corps in the north also launched a full-line attack and received full support from the Japanese Navy fleet.

This night attack has developed into a comprehensive attack by the Japanese army.

At this moment, a huge noise and a dense fire broke out from behind.

Ding Feihu's body shook. Looking back, he saw that in the direction of the Sixth Battalion of the Ryukyu Kingdom Army's infantry in the rear, there were flashes of explosions one after another, and he vaguely watched the figures flash. It seemed that many people were running away in a hurry and guns were heard, and people fell from time to time.

At this moment, three yellow signal flares rose over there. The enemy attacked

Ding Feihu's blood seemed to have solidified. There is no doubt that these Ryukyu soldiers had insufficient experience in night operation and were placed on the back by the Japanese, approached and suddenly launched an attack, but were defeated.

"Bastard" Ding Feihu was furious and didn't care about anything else. He hurriedly explained to the battalion commander of the Second Battalion of the Landing Battle, led the infantry of the two companies to unfold backwards, and set up heavy machine guns. Anyone who dared to attack the front line would be killed without mercy.

Most of the Ryukyu infantry were actually Han people.

Most of the Ryukyu residents first moved from the mainland, and later a large number of Fujian immigrants entered, bringing a large number of mainland customs and Minnan dialects, and long-term proclaimed vassals of the Chinese regime. After Japan occupied Ryukyu by force in 1879, it abolished the vassals and established colonial rule, and changed its name to Okinawa Prefecture. During the Japanese occupation, Ryukyu residents were tragically poisoned and secretly sent personnel to the mainland for assistance many times. Unfortunately, the Qing Dynasty was unable to take care of itself. In the end, Ryukyu took a try-out attitude and found the Zhenguo Army that dominated the Jiangnan region and established contact.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the Chinese Empire Navy defeated the Japanese joint fleet, the Second Fleet landed on the main island of Ryukyu, destroyed the Japanese defenders, and restored Ryukyu. The Beijing Treaty signed by China and Japan stipulated that Japan abandoned the Ryukyu Islands, and China re-established Ryukyu and became a vassal state. After the war, the Chinese Empire took back the Okinawa royal heir, Shangdian, from Japan, and established it as the king of Ryukyu. Through the "China-Ryukyu Sect and Vast Agreement", Ryukyu was incorporated into the Chinese Empire's vassal system, which was a protector of independent internal affairs, and military and diplomacy were unified by the Chinese Empire.

Like the fleet, the Chinese Empire Marine Corps, especially the Ryukyu Garrison Brigade and the troops stationed in Taiwan, have many officers and soldiers from Fujian. The Ryukyu language and Minnan dialect are very similar, and their customs are also in line with each other. Therefore, the Chinese army garrison and fleet have a harmonious relationship with the locals, and many people even get married and have children on the spot, gradually becoming one.

Since Russia and Japan are approaching China in a tightening direction, and the war is approaching, the King of Ryukyu Shangdian knew that Ryukyu would definitely become one of the main battlefields, and asked the Chinese Empire to accept Ryukyu residents for temporary residences and provide water relief. The central government of the Chinese Empire carried out large-scale evacuation of Ryukyu residents, living in northwest Taiwan and Fujian respectively. The central government uniformly allocated daily necessities, while only soldiers and a small number of soldiers were retained on the island.

The infantry units of the Ryukyu Kingdom Army were mainly imitated by the Chinese Marine Corps, but the firepower was weaker. However, these people were already hard-core pro-China elements among Ryukyu people and received long-term brainwashing pro-China education. Under the thousands of years of tribute relations between Ryukyu and China, they also recognized China from the bottom of their hearts, but in the end they were not as strict as the Chinese Marine Corps and the morale was high.

In addition to the Chinese, there were also many Ryukyu soldiers who received military academy education in China. On this dark night of cold wind and rain, this new force finally exposed the problem.

A cunning Japanese infantry accidentally discovered this unit and fell secretly. The troops behind were also confused. They thought they were troops that were separated at night or friendly forces on the mountain. They only realized that something was wrong until the other party rushed over. Close confrontation at night was the most severe challenge to an army. Faced with the opponent's fearless impact, the terrifying roar and the sharp bayonet, the Ryukyu infantry finally exposed their cowardice and panic. First, some soldiers fled, and finally retreated in an established manner. Only a few tenacious and brave officers led some teams to resist tenaciously, but were finally overwhelmed by the opponent.

Ding Feihu gritted his teeth and looked at the Japanese front that was rushing forward and the Ryukyu infantry fleeing in panic, and stomped his feet fiercely: "Grouter tubes, mortars, and heavy machine guns, I must block their way forward."

Soon, dense rain of bullets covered the hillside below. The Japanese army that was rushing forward seemed to be pushed hard by someone, and the momentum of charge suddenly decreased. The indiscriminate rain of bullets also knocked down many Ryukyu officers and soldiers who had no time to avoid. The remaining survivors ran fast, panting and bypassed the Chinese army's blocking line, climbed up the mountain from both sides, and then were grabbed by the white-faced officers to reorganize the system to prevent being infiltrated by the enemy.

Ding Feihu's troops retreated while fighting, and soon received firepower support from the Chinese military positions above and finally entered the Chinese military defensive position. Meng Jin had already come over in person. When he saw Ding Feihu, he didn't talk nonsense and said bluntly: "Xiao Ding, it's good that you are here. If it weren't for your sudden moment, this little Japanese wouldn't have taken advantage of us. Now the Japanese in the south will not retreat. It seems that they will have to increase their troops in this way. The Japanese Marines in the north have also come up to divide your troops into two halves. On one side, the command center is now the chief of staff. I will be left behind on both sides of the north and south. I will choose the north or south of the other side."

Ding Feihu said solemnly: "Captain Meng, please arrange it. I'm here, it's one of your soldiers. The Ryukyu camp has just been broken up and we have to reorganize it. You can assign the remaining two camps."

Meng Jin stomped his feet: "Okay, I'll take a big shot. You go to the south with a battalion, beat the Japanese army, I go to the north, and then play with their Marines to try their night battle."

At this moment, the battle in all directions of the Chinese military positions was in a state of intense heat. The Chinese garrison troops, who beat the Japanese night attack troops, were beaten up by the Japanese Navy's large-caliber naval guns, and then the Japanese Marines launched an attack on the Chinese army from the north. Some artillery soldiers from the Fortress No. 1 north of the Chinese army launched a firepower attack on the Japanese attack cluster from the back, killing the Japanese Marines assault troops. The heavy artillery of the Japanese fleet immediately turned to the Fortress No. 1, and the artillery fire of the Fortress No. 1 was also forced to shift to the Japanese fleet, and the intensity of the attack launched by the Japanese army from the north and south sides increased sharply.

Over the Chinese military positions and on both sides, various signal flares were rising one after another, and fierce artillery fire blew over like a hurricane, sweeping all moving and inactive objects. The dense firepower turned the hilly area into an erupting volcano, with tracer pointing the shooting direction, and the airtight machine guns shot tenaciously, while the Japanese soldiers who were fearless were dying like evil ghosts in hell, shouting the slogans carried by His Majesty the Emperor, and repeatedly hitting the Chinese military positions like waves. The terrified Ryukyu infantry had already been filled into the trenches. The mountains in the No. 2 Fortress area, the faces were extremely ferocious, inside and outside the trenches.

The East is dawning.

On the battlefield filled with smoke, the sound of guns and cannons gradually became silent. The Chinese artillery suffered a lot in the night artillery battle. Many of the remaining cannon barrels had reached the brink of danger and were forced to stop shooting, leaving only light artillery still firing in rotation.

The losses of the Japanese army have reached a shocking level. On the hillsides in the north and south directions, Japanese corpses are stacked layer by layer, from the valley at the foot of the mountain to the front of the Chinese army's positions. The incomplete corpses are stacked radially around the craters of all sizes. The heavy machine gun barrels and mortar barrels that were crumbled by artillery shells are scattered on the battlefield. The craters of mines and the craters of large and small cannons are densely arranged. The pits are filled with rain and have been dyed dark red by plasma. In the deep pits of 152 and 20 and 3 cannons, the corpses are floating on the accumulated water, and the eyes of dead fish are facing the sky.

On the Japanese starting position, several soldiers walked aimlessly like walking corpses, allowing the officers and Chief Cao to punch and kick them, and did not cry or scream, as if they had no soul. Some soldiers had no eyes, held their heads, muttering and saying things no one could understand. The tragic battle this night caused the nerves of many peasant children to be severely damaged.

The situation of the Chinese army was not much better. The repeated attacks of the two Japanese divisions had a huge impact on the Chinese army in this cold and cold night. Many newly added Ryukyu soldiers, even the Chinese soldiers, had symptoms of vomiting, nausea, and mental depression, repeated shelling, dense rain of bullets, and blood-flying battlefields. Watching the comrades around them turned into a pile of irrecognizable minced meat or scorched broken limbs, these rookies were already in hysterical fear.

Ding Feihu had a bandage wrapped around his left arm and patrolled the trenches with a pistol. He looked at the trembling rookies and his brows became tighter and tighter.

He knew that this did not mean that they were cowardly. Any person with a strong nerve, even a very brave warrior, would inevitably suffer a huge mental impact in the face of such a Shura hell-like battle.

This is war.

The flagship of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Mikasa.

Lieutenant General Keimei Kawamura, the commander of the First Marine Division, had a pale face.

That night, although the Marine Corps, in accordance with his order, waited for the army in the south to attract the attention of the Chinese garrison troops before suddenly entering the battle, the Chinese army undoubtedly received strong reinforcements. Although it was several times of crisis, it finally repelled the Japanese attack. The Japanese Marine Corps had suffered heavy casualties in the three-day battle, and was severely injured again this night. At present, the casualties of the entire division have reached more than 3,200, and close to 30% of the combat troops' posts. Although the reserve infantry has been continuously replenished, such a terrifying number of casualties has made the son of the Satsuma vassal who has always been brave and hesitant.

"Lieutenant General Kawamura, the commander of the Tojo Division in the south has asked again, does the Marine Corps still have enough strength?" Tanaka Yoshihide frowned, "The current attack intensity seems to be difficult to defeat the resistance of the Chinese army in one fell swoop."

"Tanaka, the navy has done its best." Kawamura Keiya was not polite to this rising star in the army. "If the prince and general doubt the loyalty of the navy, I wouldn't mind going on the battle in person."

Yoshichi Tanaka's expression changed slightly, but when he looked at the Satsuma-san general's face with bad luck, he couldn't help but swallow.

"Kun Kawamura, the loyalty and courage of the navy, is well aware of the army colleagues." The commander of the side, Prince Satoi Fushimiya, said in a deep voice, "The war is now stalemate. Although the Chinese army and navy have been punished, they have always been stubborn. Our army and navy still need to unite to achieve great achievements."

Kawamura Keiya had to give enough respect to this royal family member and was slightly bowing.

"We can't fight like this anymore." Akiyama Matsuyuki suddenly spoke, "We have basically figured out the defense system of the Chinese army. The key now is not the main defensive position in the south, but the No. 1 Fortress in the north."

Tanaka Yoshihide's eyes flashed with light, turned to the naval genius adviser who gave too many surprises, and said in a deep voice: "Akiyama, if you have any insights, please tell me."

"The positions of the Chinese army are dumbbell structures that rely on each other." Akiyama Matsuyuki said slowly, "Fortress No. 1 in the north is mainly equipped with heavy artillery, which can deter the fleet in the north at the same time, control Yuntian Port, and attack our attacking troops from the side and back. Although Fortress No. 2 in the south is the main force of the Chinese army's defense forces, the heavy artillery is less than Fortress No. 1 in the north and the control over Yuntian Port is also weaker. More importantly, if we attack Fortress No. 1, the support the Chinese army in the south can not be as much as the one in the north and the south."

"Fortress No. 1, I have attacked many times in the past two days." Kawamura Keimei said with a frown, "The terrain there is more dangerous and the fortress is stronger, so it is very difficult for us to attack."

"So we need to concentrate our troops and firepower." Akiyama Matsuyuki said frankly, "Instead of dispersing troops like this, it is better to concentrate superior troops and firepower, and fight for heavy casualties to take down Fortress No. 1 in the north first. Taking it down, we can use Chinese artillery, or lift our heavy artillery, or even use the cover of its back slope to bombard the Chinese army in the hilly areas in the south at a high elevation angle, including its reverse slope artillery positions, so that the whole game of chess will survive."

Everyone looked at each other, and many people showed a sudden enlightenment on their faces.

When Akiyama Masao looked at these generals of the army and navy, he felt helpless. No wonder Nakajiang Zhaomin said that Japanese humans were small and easy to fall into misunderstandings of thinking, and finally they were like queuing up to jump off a cliff. These stubborn military scholars were all mass-produced according to the same mold. Once they knew something, they would be like a donkey pulling a mill, working to the end in the dark.

"Fortress No. 1 can only be dealt with with heavy artillery." Prince Fushimi Seiyaki was silent for a while and said, "I originally thought that naval guns could suppress the fortress of the Chinese army, but now it seems that it still depends on 28o to attack heavy artillery. Fortunately, Tanaka-kun had discussed with me yesterday and transported the Fifth Regiment of the Heavy Artillery that was prepared to deal with Naha Port to the north."

"The position can be set here." The famous Japanese royal family walked to the front of the map and poked it lightly with white gloves. "Nine kilometers east of the Huajun Fortress. The navy's battalion and the army's engineers can work together. These days, we have observed the shooting boundary of the Chinese fortress artillery. Their heavy artillery, except for the two 203 cannons on the top of the mountain, cannot rotate 360 ​​degrees, and most of the heavy artillery is to deal with the sea surface. The east side is fire.

The relatively weak force mainly relies on the south-north Fortress position to provide artillery fire support. Tanaka and I calculated that our latest Meiji 30-year-old 28Omm heavy siege mortar cannon ranges to 9.6 kilometers, which is just outside the range of the 152 cannon, the farthest range of the Chinese army in the No. 2 Fortress. As long as the navy cannon cannon cannon cannons cannons cannons that cannons cannons in the No. 2. As long as the navy can suppress the top of the Fortress, our army can build a solid semi-buried gun position without any interference."

"It takes about ten days to build a gun position, heavy artillery tow and hoist. Once these high-elevation heavy artillery arrive, the fortress of the Chinese army cannot withstand repeated bombardment."

When Akiyama Masao looked at Tanaka Yoichi, who was silent beside him, in surprise. Tanaka seemed to have not realized it, but just squinted his eyes and looked at the map.

"It seems that the original combat plan must be revised." said Prince Shinai Fushimimiya, "If you agree, our commander-in-chief advises the staff to formulate plans as soon as possible. We can together with the commander-in-chief Togo to notify Commander Makarov of the Russian Pacific Fleet and report to the base camp."

"I support." Hirahachiro Togo, who had been silent, suddenly stood up. "In the Navy, the lifespan of the artillery barrel is limited. In order to prepare for a decisive battle with the Chinese fleet, it cannot provide too much artillery support. Moreover, the elevation angle of the naval gun is not enough to effectively attack the weak top of the fortress on the top of the Huajun Mountain. Although the siege of the mortar cannon takes a lot of time, it is better than my loyal and brave man filling the trenches with his life. That's it. Do you have any objections?"

Prince Shizuai Fushimi nodded, everyone looked at each other, and after a moment they bowed: "Hai"...
Chapter completed!