Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

“Hahaha, so what if you are the young commander of the Qin family? You are just a minister of my Daqian country. In front of my imperial army of millions, you have to coil up like a dragon and lie prone like a tiger!”

Gu Yuankui rolled up his sleeves with high spirits, turned around and sang the opera "The Former Emperor Defeated the Rebels", and then said to the Fifth Army Commander, "There is a lot of money in the North City!"

"Hahaha."

The fifth army commander Gong Hongbao held his big belly and laughed, "This is the commercial base of the Dongyang Kingdom in Lu. As long as we take it down, Lao Gu, you and I will make a fortune!"

"Not only that, we can also get the credit for annihilating a brigade of the devils," Gu Yuankui said with a smile, "Since the imperial court sent out the army, it has lost three battles and only the new army has won. If we annihilate this brigade of the Eastern Kingdom, it won't be a big problem for you and me to be promoted to the next level."

While the two were enjoying themselves, the 5rd Infantry Brigade under the 53th Army and the 8st Infantry Brigade under the 81th Army had taken over the task of attacking North City. At this time, there were still more than a thousand Japanese soldiers in North City resisting stubbornly. Xu Zhengde was preparing for a charge to take down the enemy, but unexpectedly, the order to retreat was issued from above, and the Huwei Army took over.

"Damn it! Withdraw!" Xu Zhengde shouted angrily.

"Hahaha."

At this time, two brigade commanders of the Tiger Army, wearing light blue uniforms, rode their horses and shouted, "You Qin troops, retreat quickly. We have been fighting for so long against these few thousand devils and still haven't taken them down. Let us, the Tiger Army, teach you how to fight!"

The Qin soldiers did not resist the provocation of the Huwei Army at all, because they had already held a meeting and made arrangements before the battle. So at this time, the Qin soldiers ignored the provocation of the Huwei Army, and quickly began to withdraw from the North City, as if they would be in great trouble if they did not withdraw. This scene made the two brigade commanders of the Huwei Army very vain, and their sarcasm towards the Qin Army became even stronger.

"This is the Qin Army's elite, how can you be worthy of this!"

Seeing the Qin army soldiers running away in disgrace, the commanders of the 53rd Infantry Brigade, Wang Badan, and the 81st Infantry Brigade, Wu Zhenjian, were full of vigor and shouted to their soldiers, "Kill them all, wipe out all the devils, and block the entire North City. Our commander said that killing one devil will reward you 3 yuan!"

"kill!"

Two infantry brigades and 1.6 combat soldiers began to charge at the Japanese in the center of the North City Street.

If we were to say who was the happiest about the sudden retreat of the Qin army, it was definitely not Gu Yuankui and Gong Hongbao, but Yamamoto Kotaro. He should have been desperate when he suddenly encountered the withdrawal of the Qin army. He almost jumped for joy, but when he heard that tens of thousands of troops were surrounding them, Yamamoto Kotaro despaired again, because he couldn't even defeat an infantry regiment, and now there were tens of thousands of troops coming, wouldn't he be doomed to die!

As for the strength of the Daqian army, all officers at the level of the Oriental Nations League and above are generally aware that they are like two-legged sheep, have no combat effectiveness, have backward weapons, and more than 90% of their weapons and equipment are imported. But today, this army in gray uniforms taught Yamamoto Kotaro a lesson, that is not the case at all, the Daqian country has capable and combat-ready troops.

"Warriors, for the Emperor and the Empire, we will fight to the death until the last moment!"

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

Yamamoto Kotaro was prepared to die. Although the reinforcements were about to arrive, it would take half an hour. With the strength of such a battalion, how could they resist for half a moment? When he thought of their powerful combat capability and invincible firepower configuration, Yamamoto Kotaro felt desperate.

"Artillery squadron, fire all your artillery!"

Two of the four 4mm infantry guns were destroyed, seven of the 70 mortars were destroyed, leaving five, and there were 12 artillery shells. Under the order of Kotaro Yamamoto, the artillery was ready.

"Hit me!"

At this time, the two infantry brigades of the Huwei Army had already rushed up. They had no tactics at all, just a massive charge. Because they had 1.6 combat personnel, Wang Badan and Wu Zhenjian were full of confidence and believed that one charge would be enough to end the battle. With soldiers, even if one person urinated, they could drown the Japanese!

"Boom!"

A 70mm mountain cannon landed in the charging camp of the 53rd Infantry Brigade, killing seven people and scaring the entire brigade to stop their attack, with fear on their faces. Then, more and more shells began to land, frightening many Tiger Army soldiers.

"Don't retreat, fight back! Those who retreat will be killed!"

Brigade Commander Wang Badan led his personal guard company to act as a supervisory team. Anyone who retreated would be shot directly. After establishing his authority and under the influence of money, the soldiers of the 53rd Brigade began to charge and counterattack!

An infantry brigade of 7.92 men, each equipped with a Shenwei musket produced by the Ministry of Industry of Daqian State, with a caliber of 250 mm, an effective range of 3 meters, a capacity of 12 rounds, a firing rate of 5 rounds per minute, and a weight of kg. It is known as an outdated, jam-type rifle.

In addition, in terms of heavy firepower, there are 12 light machine guns purchased from other countries.

"Nani!"

When Yamamoto Kotaro was in despair, his mood suddenly changed. He saw that a barrage of artillery shells disrupted the attacking troops of tens of thousands, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Fight back, fight back."

Yamamoto Kotaro began to give orders for the soldiers to fight back. There was a huge difference between the marksmanship of the Japs and that of the Tiger-Power Army soldiers. The Japs could hit the target once every six or seven shots, because their country was small and had few resources, so they worked hard on their marksmanship. Now, with tens of thousands of Tiger-Power Army soldiers rushing forward and becoming living targets, they could hit one of them with just a few shots, not to mention that the Japs still had seven Type 13 heavy machine guns and Type light machine guns, making their firepower even stronger than that of the Tiger-Power Army.

"Hahaha, this is right!"

Watching the massacre, Yamamoto Kotaro suddenly became full of confidence. This was the Daqian army they knew, and this was the correct way to deal with it!

Under the enemy's firepower, the two infantry brigades failed to capture the city, suffered thousands of casualties, and spent half an hour. What Wang Badan and Wu Zhenjian didn't know was that the entire northern city was surrounded by the 32nd Infantry Brigade of the enemy, ready to catch them in the trap!

"Something bad is going to happen!"

"Commander-in-Chief, something terrible has happened!" The adjutant quickly ran into the Haiwan Town frontline command post and shouted to Gu Yuankui, "The Japanese reinforcements are here. The 53rd and 81st Brigades have been surrounded by the Japanese and are now engaged in a fierce battle."

"What did you say!"

"Oops, I didn't think of that!"

Gong Hongbao next to him immediately reacted and said, "This North City is where the Japanese live. If we fight, the Japanese reinforcements will definitely come to support us. Oh no!"

"Hindsight!"

Gu Yuankui glanced at the other party and asked, "How many devils are here?"

"About a brigade."

"Humph!"

"It's just a brigade, at worst we can just eat it up!" Gu Yuankui slammed the table and shouted, "Since the Japs like to catch turtles in a jar, let's catch turtles in a jar too, send out four brigades and the whole army. Oh, and Qin Jun, attack this Japs brigade for me, send a letter to the two brigades in the north city, let them cooperate with our support troops to eliminate this Japs brigade. I'm sure to take this North City, and I'm sure to take the credit too!"