Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Reporting to the brigade commander, your Excellency, the Daxia Army has begun to enter the city!" A Sakura Kingdom messenger trotted all the way to the brigade commander Hashimoto Hirokawa and said.

"Baga! The Daxia Army has entered the city so soon? What are the two regiments in Dongcheng doing to eat! Their regiment captain should commit suicide by committing seppuku!"

"Your Majesty, the Brigade Commander, the Yamashita Regiment outside the city, the Kawaguchi Regiment, and the Sakahara Regiment in the east city have been destroyed." After hearing Hashimoto Hirokawa's words, the messenger immediately reported the latest battle situation to Hashimoto. Hongchuan.

Hashimoto Hirokawa was stunned when he heard what the messenger said, and then waved his hand feebly.

"Tell the regiment in the west of the city to resist tenaciously and wait for rescue. The Ishida brigade is about to arrive."

"Hi!" The messenger heard Hashimoto Hirokawa's words, responded, and ran towards the outside of the headquarters.

After the messenger left, Hashimoto Hirokawa sat down dejectedly.

As soon as Hisashi Otani on the side saw Hashimoto's state, he waved to other officers in the headquarters and asked them to exit first.

After all the officers left and only Otani Juichi and Hashimoto Hirokawa were left in the entire command, Otani Juichi said in a deep voice: "Hashimoto-kun, you must not be discouraged at this time. Our Hashimoto Legion is still counting on us." you."

After hearing what Otani Shouichi said, Hashimoto Hirokawa did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Otani Shouichi and asked: "Otani-kun, do you think we still have the possibility of victory now?"

"Hashimoto-kun, there is an old saying in Daxia, which is that everything depends on man-made efforts."

"Although the current war situation is unfavorable to our army, I firmly believe that as long as we can hold on, victory will definitely belong to our Great Sakura Empire!" Otani Hisashi heard Hashimoto Hirokawa's words and immediately said with a fanatical look.

Hearing what Otani Juichi said, Hashimoto Hirokawa looked at him in surprise.

He didn't know that his usually calm friend could have such a fanatical side. He still remembered that last year, the two of them sat together to judge the strategic mistakes of the Imperial Military Department.

Both he and Otani Shouichi felt that the empire should adopt relatively gentle methods to deal with Daxia and use Daxia's power to realize the dream of the Sakura Empire.

But in less than a year, why did Otani Juichi become as enthusiastic about the empire's cause as other soldiers?

When a person feels that his thoughts are correct and he is in a fanatical environment, then he is the most special one.

Will be regarded as a heretic by everyone.

Hashimoto Hongchuan shook his head. He didn't know how to change Otani Juichi's mind. Because he can't even change himself now.

At this moment, Hashimoto Hirokawa lost the idea of ​​arguing with Otani Shouichi. He just said to Otani Shouichi calmly: "Maybe."

When Otani Shou saw Hashimoto Hirokawa's expression, he also felt that his good friend started to become cowardly at some point.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, you are too tired. You are now in the headquarters. Take a rest. I will go and command the troops to counterattack first!"

After saying this, Otani Hisashi didn't wait for Hashimoto Hirokawa to answer. He saluted Hashimoto Hirokawa directly with a military salute and walked out.

Looking at Otani Juichi's back, Hashimoto Hirokawa shook his head helplessly. He knew that this farewell might be an eternal farewell between the two of them.

Just when Hashimoto Hongchuan felt that he and Otani Juichi were about to say goodbye forever, the Higashikawa Army had already entered the east part of Monkal Castle.

But when the Dongchuan Army entered the city and looked at the bombed houses, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

"Damn it, this Monkal city was bombed by artillery. What's left? Are you asking us to come in and clean up the battlefield?" A veteran of the Dongchuan Army looked at the Japanese-style wooden houses that were bombed around him, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

"Well, you Liu Laosan is just not satisfied. In the past, when there was no Guo Shi, you thought the artillery was useless and you couldn't even get a few cannons."

"Now that we have cannons, you don't like having too many cannons, so I asked you to clean up the battlefield."

"I finally found out that your son of a bitch is really hard to take care of!" Liu Laosan had just finished speaking when another veteran immediately took over.

When Liu Laosan heard what the man said, he was about to refute when he heard someone behind them whisper: "Son, do you think we are on an outing? Are you going to die?"

"Please pay attention to the surrounding situation, I don't want to take your bodies back to Dongchuan!" A company commander said, looking at the two people walking at the front of the team.

After hearing his company commander's words, Liu Laosan and the man stopped talking and began to search everything around them carefully.

They veterans of the Dongchuan Army all know that the battle outside the city is very simple. They have a large number of artillery and new weapons.

It can be said that it is easy to win the battle outside the city.

In the city, the situation is completely different.

The complex environment in the city narrowed the weapons gap between the two sides, causing the heavy machine guns and light machine guns in the hands of the Dongchuan Army to lose their due power.

If you want to clear out the remaining half of Monkal City, you can only send infantry into the city to clear out the remaining enemies.

As Hashimoto Hirokawa ordered to hold on, Otani Juichi personally went to the front line to direct the battle. If the Dongchuan Army wanted to capture the remaining half of Monkal City, they could only fight with the Sakura Army in the West City house by house.

The number of casualties of the Dongchuan Army also increased linearly.

In the remaining few days, the Dongchuan Army paid huge casualties and killed more than a thousand Dongchuan Army soldiers before compressing the Hashimoto brigade into a small corner of Monkal City.

At this time, Otani Shou was killed by the Dongchuan Army early in the morning.

The Togawa who killed Otani Juichi didn't react for a long time, and he killed a Sakura Kingdom colonel.

Fan Shaozeng, on the other hand, was very happy. Otani Shouichi was killed. This was the highest rank among the soldiers of the Sakura Kingdom killed by his Dongchuan Army since the beginning of the Goryeo War.

For this reason, Fan Shaozeng also gave two cans of beef to the soldier who killed Otani Shouichi.

Hashimoto Hirokawa, who was surrounded in a small corner, had not waited for the Ishida brigade to come to rescue him until now.

Every time I sent a telegram to the Ishida brigade, the reply I got was that the brigade was about to arrive at Monkashi City, allowing Hashimoto Hirokawa to hold on a little longer.

In fact, Hashimoto Hirokawa also understood that there was no rescue at all.

The rescue of the Ishida brigade must have been stopped by Masao Yamamoto.

Because his Hashimoto brigade has not been able to hold on for ten days since it came into contact with the Higashikawa Army, which surprised Yamamoto Masao.

Yamamoto Masao's mission is to defend Yizhou Island, and he may throw the only two brigades in his hands to Monkal.

Otherwise, what can he do to resist the Dongchuan Army's attack?

Therefore, he knew with his buttocks that the Ishida Brigade would not come to rescue him at all.

Hashimoto Hirokawa had already been mentally prepared for such a result, and he knew that this was the most correct choice.

But there was a sense of sadness in his heart. To put it bluntly, he was now an abandoned son, a bait.

Let him attract the Dongchuan Army's firepower in Monkal and give Ishida Brigade more time to prepare.

Thinking of this, a strange smile appeared on Hashimoto Hirokawa's face.

One part self-deprecation, three parts anger, and six parts helpless smile.