"Order the troops to continue moving forward, and use Taro Fujita as the new commander of the 101st Regiment, and lead the troops forward to launch an attack!" Lieutenant General Ito Masaki looked fierce.

"Hayi!!" everyone responded.

Ito Masaki said that he wanted to avenge his subordinates, which was not just a joke. He really wanted to supervise the battle himself.

...

Xingzi County is still in full swing, and at this time the outer wall of Xingzi County has long become a broken wall.

"The battle in Xingzi County was so difficult! The damn Chinese army was so tenacious!" Ito Masaki cursed. After all, he was the highest rank among the commanders present in the Japanese army. His will represents the will of the entire Japanese army.

"How do you plan to make the next plan?" asked the chief of staff next to him.

"The advancement of the front-line troops must be continuously promoted, but the progress of the front-line is too slow. The Chinese army's fighting will is tenacious, but our promotion strength is too weak." Ito Masahi said in a deep voice.

"What the division commander means is, we want to supervise the battle?" asked the chief of staff.

"Yo Xi." Ito Masaki nodded, looking very serious, "If I don't go to the front line to supervise the battle, I'm sure I can't break through the front line of the China Army as soon as possible. Let's do this! I'll go to the front line to supervise the battle!"

Ito Masaki's determination has been made, so he will naturally not tell lies. He has already arrived at the front line of the battle.

However, due to the safety of life, Ito Masaki did not appear in the most intense street fighting battlefield, but appeared on the front line of battles in the suburbs.

Since the division commander appeared, the officers and soldiers of the 101st Division were shocked: the division commander had personally visited the front line to supervise the battle, let alone ordinary officers and soldiers.

On the front line of the battle, wherever Ito Masaki appeared, the Japanese army cheered, but their morale was very high.

Cheers and shouts of killing.

As an opponent, the Kuomintang army naturally realized the unusualness here...

So, Wang Jingjiu, the commander of the 25th Army, made a quick decision and decided to mobilize the few artillery soldiers on his side, aimed at the most rampant and fierce Japanese army, and then fired artillery.

One after another, it was simply desperate.

"Military throne, now that we play in this way, there are probably not many shells left..." The Chief of Staff couldn't help but persuade Wang Jingjiu.

"Our shell reserves are not large, but they have to be spent in the most critical places. For example, this time, the Japanese army was suddenly so excited, and it was definitely famous. We just need to concentrate firepower to attack the most prominent part of them. Don't worry! There will definitely be gains." Even if Wang Jingjiu made some mistakes, he was definitely the best among Huangpu, otherwise he would not have been one of the first people to become the army commander.

"Yes, the military captain, I understand." The Chief of Staff responded.

...

Facts have proved that Wang Jingjiu's theory is correct...

Just as Masaki Ito happily commanded his troops to continue on the front line, a deadly shell exploded around him.

“Boom!!!”

Lieutenant General Ito Masaki was seriously injured on the spot!

"Your Excellency Commander!! Your Excellency Commander!!"

After the explosion, the Japanese army immediately changed its strategy - everything is based on the preservation division commander!

The Japanese army's offensive momentum suddenly stopped!

Within one day, two important Japanese troops were killed and injured. Once the news was transmitted back to the 11th Army Command, even Okamura Yasuji was shocked.

Fortunately, Okamura Yasuji was also an old man who had been in the army for many years, so he immediately made a decision that he thought was very correct: the headquarters of the 101st Division would replace the commanding force with the Chief of Staff, and then make a decision after the leader of Ito Masaki Division woke up.

After the chief of staff of the 101st Division, Tan Yukihiko, took over the baton, immediately continued Ito Masaki's usual tough policy and launched a continuous and normalized attack on the national army.

The starting point is excellent, but the actual effect is not good - no matter what, the two generals lost in one day, one is the most important core, the division commander; and the other is also the "military god" regarded as honor and pride by the 101st Division.

Both of these two people are like this and it doesn't affect the morale of the army at all. How is this possible?

Since the accident between these two people, the offensive momentum of the 101st Division has not only been stagnant, but the Kuomintang army has suddenly felt much more relaxed.

As the saying goes, good things don’t go out, bad things spread thousands of miles: The commander of the 101st Division, Masaki Ito was seriously injured, and the news that the "God of Military" symbolized Colonel Iizuka Kiyoro's death was soon passed back to Japan and was widely published in newspapers.

The whole country was shocked in Japan.

These invaders would never have thought that they would encounter such a big setback on the front line.

Not long after the news that the Japanese army encountered such a major setback on the front line also spread to China, and the Kuomintang army also followed suit and promoted it.

This report was received by the First Police Regiment of the Ninth War Zone, which was very close to Xingzi Front.

"The Japanese are losing a lot now... Lao Zhang, look, they just want to capture our Xingzi County?" Guo Qiliang walked in with this "Frontline Battle Report" and looked full of spring.

"By the way, Lao Guo, how long has Xingzi fought on the front line?" Zhang Tianhai asked.

"It seems that they have been fighting for six days and six nights! If there was no such news, I don't think they could last for so long. Now, the old thief Masaki Ito has been blown up and seriously injured. Even their so-called "military god" and the old opponent we have fought against before have died at their hands. What reason do they have to not stand it?" Guo Qiliang said with confidence.

Zhang Tianhai shook his head and said, "Old Guo, you still trust them too much."

Before Guo Qiliang could speak, Zhang Tianhai continued, "You don't know how strong our troops are in combat? No matter how strong the 25th Army is, it is impossible to be stronger than the 71st Army. Wang Jingjiu has been commanding elite troops for a long time. He has indeed made great contributions to this time. But this time, the 25th Army has not been able to last for a long time."

"Why?" Guo Qiliang frowned, and then immediately woke up: "Lao Zhang, what do you mean is that the 25th Army is not as good as the 71st Army, so they can't last that long?"

Zhang Tianhai smiled softly and said, "Old Guo, you are not stupid at all. Our troops, no matter which one is, are not as good as the 87th Division before the Battle of Songhu! If it were replaced by the 87th Division guard Xingzi, it would definitely be able to defend for more than half a month, but now it is the 25th Army... It is different now..."

When he talked about this, Guo Qiliang's thoughts seemed to have returned to the day before Songhu joined the war. He said with great emotion: "Old Zhang, it's really true that you were Li Haocheng's deputy at that time, and I was just a staff officer of a small battalion headquarters of the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment. I never dreamed that this day would happen. At that time, our troops were strong and powerful, and their fighting spirit was not as strong as ordinary..."

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