Chapter 697 Hu Bin's Purpose
Hu Bin saw fish-sized white clouds appearing in the sky. He knew that the rainy season was coming soon. First, it would rain for a few days, and then it would rain continuously. Hu Bin was worried that Wang Changhe's combat troops would be in trouble then!
"So, should we fight? If we don't fight, we can order them to retreat now!" Li Dalong said to Hu Bin.
"If you want to fight, it should be about a week before the heavy rain!" Hu Bin thought for a while and said.
"How did you know that there will be about a week?" Li Dalong asked curiously.
Hu Bin smiled and said nothing. In his previous life, he was fighting in this area and was quite familiar with the climate and geographical environment of this area. Therefore, Hu Bin came out to see the sky every evening. Today is the first day I saw such clouds and knew that the rainy season was not far away.
"Instruct Wang Changhe to fight quickly and quickly kill the division in Xibu and kill the wounded. In addition, send a telegram to Fang Lei that their chance to fight has come, and it will be easier for them to fight as the rainy season comes.
Kill some of Fengwen's troops at the foot of the mountain. I made him crazy. I didn't dare to call him a tiger. He dared to call him a tiger. He broke his bones for me!" Hu Bin said to Li Dalong.
"Okay, I understand!" Li Dalong heard it and nodded.
On the next day, Wang Changhe's troops were still marching, and now they were talking about the matter in Chongqing. Fengwen from the mountain continued to attack Wei Lihuang's troops. The Air Force came to bomb every day, which brought a lot of losses to Wei Lihuang's troops.
On the morning of the third day, Wang Changhe and his troops had already arrived at the designated location. Although Fang Lei's troops were chasing him from behind, they arrived early.
As soon as he arrived at Xibu's periphery, the entire army entered the reconnaissance stage and then killed the peripheral troops. Fang Lei ate the Japanese from one squadron and one brigade of Japanese soldiers now, and they were eaten very quickly. Before the reinforcements of the Japanese arrived, they were killed.
If the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they would not retreat for a long time. Fang Lei ordered the troops to continue to kill him, because the strongholds occupied by the Japanese were all important positions, and Fang Lei would definitely not hand them over to the Japanese to defend. When Wang Changhe's large troops came over, if the Japanese were there, they might block Wang Changhe's retreat route.
"What did you say? Many of our peripheral troops in Xibu were attacked, and there were heavy casualties. What does it mean?" At noon, Yamashita Tomoto looked at the Chief of Staff in shock when he heard the Chief of Staff's words.
"Hi, the 18th Division sent a telegram, their troops on the periphery were attacked by Chinese troops. They judged that it was Hu Bin's troops. Now they have broken more than 5,200 people, and the casualties are still increasing!" The chief of staff said again.
"More than 5,200 people were broken. When did they start attacking?" Yamashita Bongfu heard this and shouted at the Chief of Staff.
"Hi, it started this morning!" replied the Chief of Staff.
"How did Baiwu Qingji command it? It only took a few hours to have such a huge casualty. What was going on? Why did Hu Bin's troops come to us?" Yamashita Fengmo looked at him and shouted.
"I don't know how they came here, but I don't know the specific matters. They have not sent a specific telegram yet. They just said that we hope we can send a brigade troops to reinforce them. The 18th Division has been rested and has only 20,000 people. This morning, more than 5,000 people were broken.
Now the Chinese troops are still attacking. If they are allowed to continue fighting like this, it may be less than 10,000 people by night. There are more than 20,000 wounded people on Xibu. If Xibu is occupied by Chinese troops, then the casualties will be severe, and our retreat will be cut off!" The Chief of Staff immediately said.
"No, no, this won't work!" Yamashita Fengwen said in panic.
Only then did he realize that he really underestimated the combat effectiveness of Hu Bin's troops. He fought with Wei Lihuang for so many days, but the casualties were not that great every day, and it was added up on several offensive lines. Now that Hu Bin's troops had just arrived, he gave his troops such a large casualties.
If it is really as the commander of the 18th Division, Baiwu Qingji, said, Xibu will be really dangerous. Not only Xibu is dangerous, but also his entire 25th Army troops are in danger.
Now the 25th Army can use 80,000 troops. If Hu Bin blocks him and Wei Lihuang attacks him, the entire army will be finished.
"Send a telegram to Baiwu Qingji, you must block the attack of Hu Bin's troops. I will immediately call out a brigade troops. If the march goes well, I will arrive at around 12 o'clock tonight.
In addition, my large army will retreat tonight, so that he must persist until 12 o'clock in the evening, and let him send the specific situation here. I need to know what is going on now!" Yamashita Tomoto shouted when he spoke later.
He doesn't want to be locked up by Hu Bin's troops now. Once he is locked up by Hu Bin's troops, no matter whether he can break through or not, he will be laughed at. He looked down on Hu Bin's troops before, but now Hu Bin just came, he is going to retreat. What is this not a joke?
And then the base camp will definitely hold him accountable because he has never listened to Okamura's retreat orders before. If he had retreated before, this would not have happened at all.
Soon, the commander of the 18th Division, Hyaki Hyoki, sent a telegram and told Yamashita Tomoto in full about the attack.
"Damn it, they are now clearing out our strongholds. In other words, Hu Bin's troops want to attack Xibu. If they have artillery soldiers, our Xibu's wounded will be finished by then. And our supplies there will probably not be able to save them!" Yamashita Fengwen said anxiously after seeing the telegram.
Now Xibu is not only a place for the wounded to recuperate, but also a temporary storage place for materials. The materials on the front line are transported from here. If they are really attacked by Hu Bin's troops, then the troops on the front line will be out of food and ammunition for up to 3 days!
"No, Commander, now we must ask the Commander-in-Chief for support!" The Chief of Staff saw this situation and said to Tomomoto Yamashita.
"What's the use of asking him to support? From Mandalay to Xibu, it takes more time. Now we can only find a way ourselves! Huh!~" After Yamashita Fengwen finished speaking to the Chief of Staff, he stood up to the front of the map. Now he has to find a way, not let Hu Bin capture Xibu.
"Commander, see how we let the troops defend on Xibu's main defense line. In this way, our troops will suffer little casualties. Hu Bin only has such a small number of troops. I think they still have no way to quickly capture our position!" The Chief of Staff thought for a moment and said to Fengwen of the Yamashita.
"How do you know that Hu Bin sent such a small number of troops out, and whether there is a large army behind him? What if there is a large army? Our troops are gathered together, isn't that just asking for death?" Yamashita Fengmo looked at him and asked back.
Now the scouts of the 18th Division cannot get out at all, and the planes in the sky cannot detect them. Xibu is surrounded by mountains and dense forests, and nothing can be found.
When the Chief of Staff heard what Yamashita Fengmo said, he could not think of a better way. In the distance, there was a loud explosion. It was the 25th Army's troops attacking the defensive positions of Wei Lihuang's troops. The soldiers on the front line did not know that their retreat was likely to be cut off soon.
"Hu Bin must have sent other troops here, and there are many troops, at least 5 divisions. If Hu Bin really wants to defend Xibu, at least 5 divisions. Otherwise, he will not be able to defend. Once our large army has passed, plus the bombing of bombers in the sky, it will be difficult for them to last for 3 days without the troops of 5 divisions!" Yamashita Fengwen continued.
He believed that Hu Bin must have dispatched a large army to encircle and annihilate him with Wei Lihuang.
"Then why do we have no news at all?" Yamashita Bongmoto said.
"Hmph, I hope the General Command will provide us with information. Now Okamura Nishi doesn't dare to go to Hu Bin's side to investigate. Their troops in Banmao may have all come here. Damn, why did we meet such a commander?" Yamashita Tomoto said dissatisfiedly. He still looked down on Okamura Nishi.
"If it is a unit of 5 divisions, I think our Xibu will be really dangerous. At that time, our entire army will fall into chaos, and Xibu has only more than 10,000 people, so it is difficult to defend it!" The Chief of Staff said worriedly again.
"Tele to Hyuki Hakuki, asking him to come up with various solutions and persevere until tomorrow morning. As long as tomorrow morning, our large army will come. In fact, the most difficult thing is that before 12 o'clock tonight, our reinforcements will come after 12 o'clock. At that time, Hu Bin's troops will likely retreat. We must hold on!" Yamashita Tobuki ordered the Chief of Staff.
"Hi!" The Chief of Staff heard this and went out immediately.
However, Hu Bin now knows that the special forces regiment has taken action and has achieved remarkable results.
"Tell Fang Lei that the troops should not assemble too closely. Be careful of the bombers in the sky, and also fight quickly and retreat quickly. Once the battle time exceeds half an hour, you must retreat immediately, and you cannot drag it! Once you drag it, the Japanese bombers may come." Hu Bin said to Mo She.
"Yes!" Mo Shi quickly recorded the telegram there.
"Also, tell Fang Lei that the Japanese artillery positions must be killed first. After killing the artillery positions, I guess the Japanese also know that I want to attack Xibu's main defense line. They will definitely not be able to retreat. At this time, they will be tempted to lure the enemy." Hu Bin continued to speak there.
Chapter completed!