Chapter 574 Devils Retreat
When Hideki Tojo heard the senior staff officer's words, he knew that what he was right, but Anan Weiji was a senior general of the empire. If he was captured or killed, it would have a great impact on the empire's morale. No matter what, he would have to find a way to rescue Anan Weiji. Lewen Novels |
As for those troops, he had no choice, but he knew Anan Weiji's character well. If he was asked to escape alone, he would definitely not do it. He would not leave his troops. How to convince him now is a problem.
"Commander, you can't hesitate. When Xue Yue's troops come up, our troops will not be able to withdraw by then. Please think twice!" The senior staff member was anxious when he saw Hideki Tojo standing there without saying anything.
"How big is this possible?" Hideki Tojo turned his head and looked at him and asked.
"More than 70% is very likely. If our three divisions are annihilated, then the Chinese troops will not miss this opportunity, especially Hu Bin, who will definitely not miss such an opportunity.
I guess if he finishes attacking Pingjiang, the troops will immediately advance eastward, so that our troops will suffer heavy casualties and will not be able to defend. In addition, we need to add bombers to Nanchang Airport to ensure that there is no problem with the defense line between Nanchang and Jiujiang! The navy also needs to be stationed there for a long time to prevent them from crossing the river to fight." The senior staff member looked at Hideki Tojo and said.
"Yo Xi, this is the only way to send telegrams to several divisions on the front line, and the troops will set up defenses on the Jiujiang line in Nanchang. I will send telegrams to Anan Weiji, hoping to convince him and let him leave the troops alone and escape." Hideki Tojo nodded and said.
"Hi!" The senior staff officer nodded immediately and turned to send a telegram.
After a while, Sakurai Shizuo waited for the telegram from the base camp and took his troops out of the battlefield. At the same time, the 34th Division also led his troops to leave Pingjiang and returned to Nanchang to set up a defense line.
Xue Yue's troops didn't know all this, and no one would have thought that the Japanese would suddenly evacuate, nor would they have thought that the Japanese would not have rescued the people in the encirclement.
"Haga, how is it possible, how is it possible!" Anan Weiji was already stunned after seeing the telegram from Tojo Hideki, and sat there for a long time without any movement.
When the people woke up, they had no energy at all. He didn't believe that the telegram came from the base camp, but this was impossible to be wrong. The base camp wanted to give up his troops, not only to give up his troops, but also to let him secretly leave here with the guards alone.
With such telegrams, Hideki Tojo had already given his guard captain death orders and he must take Anan Weiji out. However, when the guard captain saw Anan Weiji like this, he knew that he would definitely not want to leave, but he would not be able to leave. Tonight, he would secretly take Anan Weiji out of here.
"Your Excellency Commander, go, I'll command here. The empire cannot lose you, please." The chief of staff came to Anan Weiji and said, bowing.
He has fought with Hu Bin three times, but he didn't expect that he would be beaten like this by Hu Bin, nor did he expect that he would be forced into a dead end by Hu Bin.
"No, I can't give up my troops. This failure is my responsibility. I didn't expect Hu Bin to attack from there. We were too careless. If I had thought it carefully, such a thing would not have happened at all. The warriors of our empire would not have been destroyed here. There were 300,000 troops, 300,000 warriors, I am a sinner. A sinner." Anan Weiji sat there and started crying.
He knew that it was not that the Empire did not save him. If he was saved, the Empire would suffer greater losses, and more soldiers would die in this battle. The only thing the Empire could do now was to give up and give up the troops here.
But the troops outside didn't know that they were still holding hope and hoped to break out. They all knew about the situation in the Changsha Battle before, and few people came out alive. Once surrounded by Chinese troops, they would be dead. Therefore, they are now surviving and forcing them to fight to the death with the Chinese army. Only by fighting hard can they have a chance.
Therefore, Anan Weiji didn't want to escape at all. He thought to himself that even if he died, he would die with the soldiers.
"Commander, let's go, the empire still needs you. Our warriors also hope that you can bring other troops to avenge us and kill Hu Bin." The chief of staff still persuaded Anan Weiji and said.
"No, I won't leave. This is my responsibility. No one of you should persuade me. Tomorrow, we will fight to the death with the Chinese army." Anan Weiji stood up and said with a firm look.
"commander!"
"I said, I won't leave!" The chief of staff wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by Anan Weiji!
"Hi!" the chief of staff nodded crying.
And at this moment, a staff officer came in to report: "Reported that the troops who were cut off from behind sent a final telegram, they will defend the defense line at all costs and suggest that we open the passage as soon as possible. If Hu Bin's troops come over, our troops will be in danger."
"Baga!" Anan Weiji heard it, took the telegram, looked carefully, and looked sad after reading it.
He did not expect that he had left more than 40,000 people behind the rear, but now he was beaten like this by Hu Bin's troops. He sent a last-minute telegram, which means that the troops were very dangerous. Tonight, Hu Bin's troops may break through their defense line. Early tomorrow morning, Hu Bin's troops will appear in his rear!
Anan Weiji heard this and walked to the front of the map. The other staff officers had no idea what he was going to do, so they followed.
"Tomorrow, we will not attack, defend, just defend here, even if we die, we will have to make the Chinese army pay a huge price. Transfer all the troops here, and here, just here, dig up fortifications and control those hills. Can Hu Bin fight? Then come and fight!"
Anan Weiji drew a circle on the map and ordered his troops to enter here to defend, stop attacking, and break through, and he knew that they could no longer break through.
Since Chinese troops wanted to attack Jiangxi, he thought to use it to defeat as many Chinese troops as possible within the encirclement. If it could severely damage Hu Bin's troops, it would be great!
"Hi!" The staff officers heard this and immediately went to order.
At this time, Hu Bin's troops were attacking the third line of defense of the Japanese. The Japanese troops could not stop them at all. Their weapons and ammunition supply had already been problematic. In addition, more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers faced the attack of tens of thousands of Chinese troops. Whether in terms of firepower or weapons and equipment, they were all at a disadvantage in Japanese troops.
They knew that they could not hold on, so they all took a desperate attitude, wanting to kill as many Chinese troops as possible.
But Hu Bin's troops would not give them this opportunity? Hu Bin's troops attacked the third line of defense, and it could be said that they had full firepower. First, the cannons bomb the Japanese positions, and then the heavy machine guns on the tank and the new rifles of the soldiers were all adjusted to a continuous shooting mode. There were also the snipers and heavy machine gunners of the special forces regiments, who suppressed the Japanese on the mountain tightly.
When the tank troops rushed forward, the battle fell one side. Some Japanese wanted to come over with their bags, but were shot by the snipers, so they didn't give them the chance to ignite the bags.
"Da da da da!"
"Roar over, kill them, kill them, let's have a rest!" Some company commanders shouted loudly.
They all knew that after such a long bombing by artillery soldiers and the attacks of tanks and special forces regiments, there were not many Japanese soldiers.
The battle started from 8 pm to 1 AM. When the battle ended, most of the Japanese were killed. Some Japanese might have crawled into the dense forest. Hu Bin's troops did not chase too far and did not run much.
After Hu Bin's troops finished fighting, they immediately rested on the spot, and the battlefield was not cleaned. I would talk about it until dawn. Because Wei Lihuang's troops had rested before, they also began to march into the encirclement.
However, Hu Bin couldn't sleep at all. Now he learned that Xue Yue's troops had already transferred many troops to Pingjiang, and he probably wanted to attack the Japanese in Jiangxi.
Hu Bin sat in the command center and was considering the future prospects of the troops. He had to consider this. This involved the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Hu Bin had to consider it. If it was him or just a special forces regiment, Hu Bin was completely sure to take them away from here. But now it is not as simple as only one special forces regiment here, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and an arsenal.
"Brother Bin, why are you not sleeping?" Li Qinwei arrived at the command center and saw Hu Bin sitting there with a cigarette after a cigarette, he immediately came over and asked.
"It's okay, are there any major casualties?" Hu Bin asked looking at Li Qinwei.
"Not big, the Japanese have no chance to resist. The artillery brothers are fighting well!" Li Qinwei shook his head and said.
"Yeah, sit down!" Hu Bin nodded and signaled Li Qinwei to sit down.
"Brother Bin, what's wrong with you?" Li Qinwei looked at Hu Bin with a little strange.
"It's nothing, how are you and Wang Yingbei?" Hu Bin asked looking at him.
"Hehe, there is still contact. She is now in college in Yan'an and studies medicine!" Li Qinwei touched his head embarrassedly when he heard Hu Bin ask about Wang Yingbei.
"By level, you can get married. When will you submit an application?" Hu Bin asked with a smile when he saw him like this.
"Wait, she will have to study for two more years. If she graduates in two years and I am not dead yet, I will write an application." Li Qinwei said with a smile.
Hu Bin heard this and nodded. (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!