Republic of China: I am a great warlord, many children, many blessings

No one expected that the enemy would suddenly launch a night attack.

And so successful.

Now, the army's successive defeats have completely shattered the Japanese army's confidence, and everyone is devastated.

At this moment, the Japanese troops of the 12th and 18th Divisions had long lost the high spirits and arrogance they had before they arrived.

They are more likely to have a mental breakdown, feel hopeless, and now just want to go home to their mother.

As time passed, the eastern sky turned orange and the sun showed its bald shell.

Kudo Sadakichi, captain of the Japanese Second Fleet, finally cleaned up the mess and settled the army.

Looking at the body of the First Fleet Captain Kato Tomozo, the head of the body was missing.

Kudo Sadakichi couldn't help feeling a sense of loss, and his scalp even felt numb.

The Japanese army had not suffered such a heavy loss since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

The unprecedented victories in the past had gone to their heads.

No one expected that at this small bend, they would suffer several setbacks and lose three lieutenant generals.

The losses were unprecedented, including the Governor-General Lieutenant General Motojiro Akashi, the commander of the 18th Army Division, Lieutenant General Mitsui Tomita, and the captain of the First Fleet, Lieutenant General Kato Tomozo.

If he had not been the commander of the 12th Division, Lieutenant General Shiba Goro would have been urgently removed from his post and transferred back to the country.

I'm afraid that the person who died last night was not Kato Tomozo, but Shiba Goro.

Looking at the entire camp in ruins and the wailing wounded everywhere, Kudo Sadakichi felt powerless.

There are a lot of people at this moment, but they have no ability to attack.

Japan's navy is the strongest in Asia, with powerful firepower and even 13.5-inch (about 343 mm) naval guns.

But what can it do? It has no effect against Taiwan. No matter how powerful the battleship is, it cannot reach the shore.

The firepower of the Taiwanese army was too strong and it was completely ineffective.

What's more, Kudo Sadakichi was a little confused about the tactics of Taiwan.

What was very different from the past was that the other side actually gave up defending the coastline.

If you want to go to the island, go there, it doesn’t matter.

You got on the island and fought with you.

This resulted in the range of the ship's guns being completely useless.

Kudo Sadakichi, on the contrary, thought that this tactic was really powerful and more effective.

By playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses, their strategic ships will be useless.

Even if your naval guns are powerful, it will be useless.

At most, it would destroy some residential buildings, but would not cause any serious harm.

If you want to capture an island, the army is the final resort.

Wanwan is the best example. The opponent's army had strong firepower and there was nothing they could do about it. Wanwan was like a turtle shell, unable to score even a single point and was defeated so miserably.

Suddenly, there was a roar of an airplane.

Kudo Sadakichi immediately became alert, but he did not let the plane take off.

Looking up, I saw dozens of planes roaring towards me.

Kudo Sadakichi reacted and shouted:

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, prepare to fight"

Just as he finished speaking, a plane flew low in the sky and dropped countless boxes from the cabin.

A few seconds later, loud rumbling noises exploded in various places of the Japanese camp.

The Japanese army collapsed and fled in all directions, with no will to resist.

They were ambushed last night and were terrified and unable to sleep the whole night. They were exhausted, and now they were attacked again at dawn today.

After being hit one after another, they just wanted to escape and had lost their will to fight.

Kudo Sadakichi said angrily: "Baka, why don't you fight back?"

Many people then came to their senses and hurriedly set up their light machine guns and fired into the air.

The plane circled among the Japanese troops for several times until its ammunition ran out and then left.

Looking at the plane flying away, the Japanese soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, a burst of shouting and killing came suddenly.

The Japanese soldiers looked up.

I saw hundreds of cavalrymen, holding machetes in their hands and carrying light machine guns, charging towards this side with screams on their faces.

Last night, these cavalrymen were like the scythe of the god of death, reaping them. Seeing this, the Japanese army felt inexplicably frightened.

But there is a rage in my heart. Even if I can't beat you at night, I can still be arrogant during the day. Countless people began to fight back.

At this time, behind the cavalry, there was a large group of infantry charging towards them, and the attack area alone stretched for four or five miles.

The number of people must be at least around 2.

Not only that, the planes that had flown away earlier turned back and started a new round of dropping bombs on the Japanese camp.

When the captain of the Second Fleet, Kudo Sadakichi, saw this, he felt his scalp tingling.

He just jumped on the horse and ran away without any instructions.

The enemy was coming at us aggressively, with high morale and fierce firepower.

Look at this side, although there are a lot of people, they are all stray dogs, they have lost their morale long ago, and the entire command system has been completely destroyed.

The soldiers don't know who the general is.

Kudo Sadakichi was the temporary commander, and before he could complete the coordination, the enemy attacked.

Based on Kudo Sadakichi's years of experience, this battle is bound to be a loss.

You can only use thirty-six strategies and move to your superiors.

The army was defeated, but the responsibility was not his. After all, he was just a navy captain.

These soldiers are not his, so he doesn't care about their life or death.

If you get caught, your crotch will be covered in yellow mud, which is either shit or something.

It's all his responsibility. Kudo Sadakichi is not an idiot.

The current situation was not caused by him, and Kudo Sadakichi does not want to take the blame.

The right thing to do is to return to your own fleet.

The defeat was devastating, and the Japanese army's morale had collapsed, making them completely unable to resist.

Many Japanese soldiers were devastated when they saw Kudo Sadakichi escape.

They also fled in panic and ran desperately towards the warship.

But their speed is no match for the cavalry.

Many people became victims of the sword.

The Japanese army without commanders was like a pile of loose sand and could only resist passively.

Moreover, the enemy's assault company, each man equipped with a light machine gun, completely suppressed their firepower.

The commander has run away, so what's the point of fighting? Soon, someone raised his hands and knelt on the ground to surrender.

When one person surrendered, it was like a domino effect, and countless people followed suit.

Almost all those who did not surrender were raped.

The battle lasted for more than an hour.

With 8 troops fighting against more than Japanese soldiers, they killed more than of them.

60,000 Japanese soldiers were captured.

Faced with so many prisoners, Chu Yunfei and others couldn't stop smiling.

"Great, this was a great fight.

Zhang Mazi, you have made great contributions.

This is the first merit. Based on this battle, General Shen will definitely promote you to division commander."

Zhang Mazi was also very excited and said hurriedly: "General Chu is joking, I just did what I should do, it was all because of General Chu's good command.

Commander Chu is the main contributor."

Chu Yunfei smiled and patted Zhang Mazi on the shoulder and said with satisfaction: "Well done, I will ask General Shen for credit for you.

You must be the first to do this.”

"Commander Xie Chu"

Zhang Mazi was very excited, all the tiredness on his face disappeared, and his whole face was flushed.

Looking at the brothers around him, his mood suddenly became heavy again.

Of the seven brothers, only Zhang Mazi, the second brother and the sixth brother are left. The others died in the battle last night.

Chu Yunfei didn't waste any words and commanded: "Clean up the battlefield quickly and prepare to evacuate."

"Yes, Commander."

Then, Yu Qingfeng looked at the Japanese soldiers who raised their hands and said, "Commander, what should we do with so many Japanese soldiers?

There are so many Japanese soldiers surrendering, we might as well kill them all."

Chu Yunfei glared at Yu Qingfeng speechlessly and said, “The bandits are fooling people’s minds. If they really kill us, we will become a mob.

There is an unspoken rule in international conventions that prisoners should not be killed. Of course, you can kill them if you want, but you have to consider the consequences.

If we kill all these prisoners, we will be opposed by countries all over the world. From a humanitarian point of view, we cannot kill them indiscriminately."

Yu Qingfeng was unconvinced and said, "Why can they wantonly massacre our common people, burn, kill, humiliate and plunder and commit all kinds of evil, and we can't kill them?"

Chu Yunfei said: “Some things must be followed.

There is a big difference between killing prisoners and not killing.

From a personal perspective, I also wanted to kill these Japanese prisoners.

But we need to look at the long term and take a strategic approach.

From a strategic point of view, if we win this war, we should kill all these 60,000 prisoners of war.

The consequences will be extremely serious and will not only be condemned by public opinion in Western countries.

Japan will certainly take the opportunity to publicize it.

So, imagine that in our next war, if our opponent loses, will he surrender? "

Zhang Mazi nodded and said, "We will definitely not surrender. Not only will no one surrender, but the other side's officers and soldiers will also fight to the death. After all, if we lose, we will die!

It’s better to fight.

By that time, the enemy's morale will rise, and we will have to pay a higher price if we want to win the war."

Chu Yunfei nodded and said, “That’s right, this is the meaning of not killing prisoners of war.

Even a dog will bite someone if it enters a back alley, let alone a human being."

Upon hearing this, Yu Qingfeng and the others were unwilling but accepted this truth.

Their strategic vision is not as good as Chu Yunfei and others, so naturally they cannot understand these principles.

They don't understand things like international conventions and laws.

But since Chu Yunfei said so, they had no choice but to accept it.

Chu Yunfei smiled and patted Yu Qingfeng on the shoulder, saying meaningfully: "Don't be depressed, any war serves politics.

As long as our political goal is achieved, it is accomplished.

Besides, the more than 60,000 prisoners are all free labor.