Chapter 172 Disappeared Military Soul 2

"Soldiers! In North Korea, the first army led by Marshal Youpeng of Shanxin suffered a shameful failure. His mixed brigade was annihilated, and only more than 100 people who invaded Yizhou returned to Seoul alive. Shanxian Youpeng lost Pyongyang and half of North Korea! Youpeng Shanxian, known as the first military soul of the Japanese army, ended his military career in shame. Now, he has been removed from all positions and changed from the so-called military soul to the defeated general pointed out by thousands of people! Soldiers! It's you who defeated the friends in Shan County!"

"H Long live!" Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers cheered together!

"In Liaodong, the second army led by the general of the Dashanyan Army suffered a more severe failure. His first division was completely annihilated north of Lushun by our Zhang army. He lost Lushun and thus lost the whole Liaodong and Shandong! Japan's dream of conquering China completely collapsed because of the failure of Dashanyan! Now, Dashanyan has committed suicide by caesarean section in the face of his emperor! Soldiers, it's you who defeated the mountain rock!"

"H Long live!" The shouts of the soldiers were like thunder on the ground.

"The joint fleet led by Admiral Huashan Ziji was domineering in the Yellow Sea. They created a brilliant record of defeating the Beiyang Marine Division. However, in Lushun, his three cruisers and four gunboats were sunk, but Huashan Ziji was not as lucky as Yamagata Youpeng and Dashanyan. He failed to return to Japan alive. On the mountain waterway, his ship was sunk by the torpedo of our Zhang army. The founder of the modern Japanese navy was buried in the sea and his bones were left! Soldiers, it's you who destroyed Huashan Ziji!"

"H Long live!" The shouts of soldiers are like mountains and tsunamis!

"Today, there is only one of Japan's four so-called military souls. He is the commander of the Southern Army and the general of Taiwan's General Nogi Hidian! Now, he is leading the southern army to break through Chiayi and Taibao, and the front goes straight to Yizhu. Maybe tomorrow, he will lead his 60,000 troops to the city of Tainan! Soldiers, you should have heard gunfire from the north! That's the arrogant Nomu Xidian, demonstrating to you! He seems to have forgotten how his three former military souls were defeated by you! He seems to have forgotten how he returned to Japan from Liaodong alive! However, maybe his arrogance is reasonable, because he is the last military soul of Japan and the only Japanese general who has been favored by our Zhangjun! Soldiers, what should you do in the face of such an arrogant and ungrateful army general?

"Dish him!" The shouts of the soldiers resounded through the sky!

Zhou Charter said loudly, "Soldiers! Because of you, Tainan is a copper wall! Because of you, Tainan is the grave of the Japanese army and the hell of the military soul Niki Hidian! Because of you, Zhang Jun will build great glory! Because of you, Taiwan will be reborn! From now on, with you, we will face the attack of 60,000 Japanese troops together, and many of us will die! However, because of you, Zhang Jun must be the final winner! Together with you, I will become the defenders of Tainan and the liberators of Taiwan together! Soldiers, being with you is the supreme honor of my Zhou Charter! Long live Zhang Jun! Long live the soldiers!"

" long live! Long live! Long live!"

18,000 officers and soldiers are the core of the decisive battle between Zhang Jun and the Japanese army! Tainan, this huge trap, slowly opened in the tsunami-like shouts of the soldiers!

However, Zhou Charter knows that what he has done so far has only created a prerequisite for victory, but not a necessary condition.

If you want to defeat the arrogant Nomu Xidian, Zhang Jun will pay more!

There may even be a failure!

Tainan is a trap and a bait, but if 18,000 Zhang officers and soldiers can't defend Tainan, then Tainan is the burial place of Zhang Jun!

Fifty-four

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On October 9, Zhou Charter left Bailu Village and came to Tainan. At this time, the Japanese army had broken through the Taibao defense line and began to attack the Yizhu defense line.

After a day of resistance, the second division stationed in Taibao, took the initiative to give up the Taibao and crossed the Baihe River and turned to Zhongpu. Zhongpu is east of Taibao and south of Jiayi, backed by Alishan, where the river is horizontal and the forest is dense. Under the reception of the first guerrilla column in Wu Pengnian, 8,000 officers and soldiers of the second division quietly sneaked in. In the forest river of Zhongpu. The second division was completely separated from the Japanese army, but they were farther away from Tainan.

On October 10, Zhang Zuolin's third division stationed on the Yizhu defense line, fought with the Japanese leading troops, opening the prelude to the Yizhu offensive and defensive battle.

Yizhu was the last barrier in Tainan, and the Japanese army was stubbornly resisted by the Third Division. The foundation of the third division is the patrol camp convened by Zhang Zuolin in the New People's Mansion. Most of the officers and soldiers have not experienced the First Sino-Japanese War. Therefore, Luo Mingfang divided more than half of the cadets of the Tianjin Military Academy brought him into the Third Division as company platoon commanders. These cadets have high tactical literacy, but after all, they have not experienced actual combat, so, The third division with a total strength of 8,000 is the weakest in the Zhang army. According to Hannagan, Chief of Staff of Zhangjun, the Third Division is only a second division, and its combat effectiveness is not as good as Zhang Xun's direct military brigade.

Because of this, Zhou Charter did not hand over the task of sticking to Tainan to the Third Division, nor did he hand over the Taibao Jiayi defense line to the Third Division, but handed over Yizhu to Zhang Zuolin. Yizhu is the last gateway to Tainan, which seems to be a strategic point. However, in Zhou Charter's plan, Yizhu's defense is only the prelude to the Tainan War. Zhou Charter asked Zhang Zuolin to withdraw from the battle after three days of fighting with the Japanese army.

However, as the third division of the second division, the Japanese army suffered enough.

The Japanese army easily broke through Taibao, which temporarily raised the once low morale. After arriving in Yizhu, under the strict order of Naimu Hidian, a brigade of the Japanese front and a brigade of the Guards Division, regardless of fatigue, launched a fierce attack on the White River defense line under the cover of artillery fire. However, they never expected to hit the iron wall.

A battalion of the Third Division stationed at the forefront of the White River, the Japanese brigade successfully crossed the White River, but none of them survived. The battalion immediately launched a counter-attack and annihilated 500 Japanese troops crossing the White River on the beach.

The Japanese army was hit in the head, and the morale that had finally improved was hit hard again. In particular, Fushimi Palace, the commander of the division, looked at the Japanese corpses on the beach on the south bank of the white river and was at a loss.

Nomu Xidian immediately transferred a regiment of the Second Division and replaced the blood-headed Guard Division. This wing charged with a group and broke through the defense line of the White River. A battalion of the Third Division stationed on the White River, with less than 500 officers and soldiers, all of whom were killed.

On October 11, the Japanese army arrived at the city of Yizhu and immediately launched a fierce attack.

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The rumble of cannons on the Yizhu defense line reached the Chikan Tower in Tainan.

Zhou Charter stands in the headquarters set up on the Chikan Tower. In front of him is a sand table in southern Taiwan, which is marked with the offensive and defensive posture of the combat troops of the Zhang Army and the Japanese army.

Zhou Charter handed over the outer defense line of Tainan to Wu Peifu's First Division. Wu Peifu set up the division at the Great East Gate, which is the main direction of the Japanese army. The first division took the Great East Gate as the core and built a 10-kilometer-long circular defense position, which relied on the city walls, moats, forts, bunkers and private houses to build a star-studded fortress and trenches. In addition, auxiliary positions were also built at the other two portals in Tainan, the Great South Gate and the Small West Gate, forming the core of local campaigns.

Zhang Xun's direct brigade is stationed in Tainan City, forming more than 20 core positions centered on the Chikan Tower. Between the positions, there are traffic trenches, and all the houses in the city are connected in all directions, forming an arch guard to the Chikan Tower.

Deputy commander Luo Mingfang is a full-time artillery brigade commander. Five artillery battalions are distributed in 12 artillery positions inside and outside the city. Among them, Kuidou Mountain, located outside the Great South Gate, is the main position of artillery. Luo Mingfang personally sat in Kuidou Mountain, and 30 wild artillery were deployed on two battalions. The artillery can cover the whole Tainan City. Moreover, Kuidou Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, except for the artillery brigade Outside the two infantry battalions, Wu Peifu also assigned the two battalions of the First Division to Luo Mingfang's unified command.

Zhou Charter personally sat in the Chikan Tower. Once the Japanese army broke through the outer defense line of Tainan and entered Tainan, it was bound to attack the Chikan Tower. Chikan Tower is the symbol of Tainan, and the fall of Chikan Tower marks the fall of Tainan. Zhou Charter gave a death order to Luo Mingfang: Once the Japanese army invaded Tainan, surrounded Chikan Tower, cut off the contact between the city and the outside of the city, Kui Doushan would replace Chikan Tower and become the general headquarters of the Zhang Army. Luo Mingfang immediately exercised the military commander's authority, was fully responsible for the command of the Zhang Army's external forces, and was not allowed to send troops to rescue Chikan Tower.

Zhou Charter believes that as long as he is in Chikan Tower, Naimu Hidian will rush into Tainan City at all costs!

Liu Yongfu stood beside Zhou Charter in Zhangjun's military uniform. Liu Yongfu was used to wearing the Qing military uniform and looked very uncomfortable in this short dress, especially with a big braid behind his head, which looked very nondescript.

Zhang Xun's army also has braids, but those braided soldiers are used to putting their braids behind their heads and hiding them under the big brim hat, which looks very energetic. Nowadays, more and more people under Zhang Xun's subordinates have cut their braids, and even Jiang Wanli, Zhang Xun's most valued, has also cut their braids. In North Korea, Zhang Xun's order is that whoever cuts his braids will cut off his head. Now, more than 200 people in the direct brigade still have braids on their heads, and Zhang Xun will no longer mention beheading.

Zhou Charter asked, "Lord Liu, have all the people in Tainan City been evacuated?"