"General! Frontline military intelligence battle report!" Gao Yi handed a message marked with a green mark to Li Weidong.
"Good! Very good! Wu Shaoting did a great job! An entire Japanese infantry regiment was wiped out!" A smile appeared on Li Weidong's lips. He won the first battle, and the Japanese were hit by a tank regiment and their heads were badly bruised.
"Yes! But it's a pity that the alliance flag was not seized!" Li Weidong said in a very greedy manner.
Regarding the Japanese Army flag, Li Weidong really wanted to capture one as his precious collection. As a fan of the puppet army, Li Weidong certainly understood the importance of the flag to the Japanese army.
In 1870, the third year of the Meiji period in Japan, the Japanese government issued a customized military flag in the form of the highest decree of the "Tai Zheng Guan Proclamation", called the "Army Royal Flag".
It evolved from the Japanese national flag, the Plaster Flag, and is also called the Rising Sun Flag because it has 16 blood-red rays of light around it.
The army flag is decorated with purple tassels on three sides. On the top of the wooden painted flagpole, there is a trihedral gold-plated flag crown, and the three sides are the 16-petal chrysanthemum pattern embossed emblem of the Japanese Imperial Family.
On January 23, 1874, Emperor Meiji of Japan personally conferred the military flag on the 1st and 2nd Guards Infantry Regiments. From then on, all newly formed infantry and cavalry regiments of the Japanese army must be conferred with the military flag by the Emperor as troops.
The core of unity, the spirit of the soldiers towards the military flag, is unparalleled in the world.
As a military flag personally awarded by the emperor, it is only owned by the established infantry regiments and cavalry regiments, so it is also called the regiment flag. According to the regulations of the Japanese Army, if the military flag is present, it will be organized, and if the military flag is missing, it will be sanctioned.
Therefore, the military flag is a very important thing within the Japanese army. One of the best second lieutenant officers in the regiment serves as the flag bearer, and a dedicated military flag guard squadron is set up to protect it.
Because of this, during World War II, the Allied generals were eager to capture the Japanese flag, but they were never able to do so. Li Weidong, who also understood the meaning of the Japanese flag, certainly had the same idea. But unfortunately, Hara Hiratani
The regiment flag was burned by the Japanese army and was not captured in time.
Because the Japanese army's combat regulations stipulate that when the battle situation is judged to be in danger of annihilation of the entire army, the military flag should be burned. However, no matter what kind of defeat they encounter, the Japanese army has time to burn the military flag and then commit suicide.
The Hainan Army tank regiment commanded by Wu Shaoting tore up the Japanese defense line and killed the regiment leader Hiratani Yuanichi, but the 153rd regiment flag still turned into ashes in the hands of the flag bearer.
"General! Don't be discouraged. There are still many battles to come, and there are plenty of opportunities!" Chief of Staff Ge Changming saw Li Weidong's disappointment and couldn't help but persuade him.
He really didn't know how to describe this supreme commander. Sometimes he was a ruthless and ruthless commander, but sometimes he had the temper of a child, just like now.
Outside Guangzhou, the Hainan Army Tank Regiment Headquarters.
"Report to the regiment! The Japanese Army's (horse-drawing division) is approaching Guangzhou City and is expected to meet us in two hours!" the regimental telegraph operator reported to Wu Shaoting.
"The Japanese Army's (Division! Inoue Harano's Division?! How did he come to Guangzhou?" Wu Shaoting asked in surprise. According to the information from the Hainan Military Intelligence Section, the Japanese Army's (Division) went north and headed straight for Hangzhou. Realization
Strategically surround the capital of the National Government.
Putting aside Wu Shaoting's surprise, when he learned the news, he knew that the tank regiment could not advance any further. On the one hand, it was because the tank regiment had fought two bloody battles in a row and had consumed more than half of the ammunition it carried. Moreover, there was a lot of rain in the south.
The crisscrossing rivers will affect the development of the tank regiment's charge formation.
On the other hand, Inoue Harano's division is not a newly formed division in Japan. The top 100 divisions are all veteran divisions of the Japanese Army, which are equivalent to standing divisions.
The draft horse division is also called the draft horse division. This type of main division has very strong combat effectiveness. It has 2 brigades [2 infantry regiments per brigade], engineering, cavalry, and artillery [48 guns], and one regiment each for supplies.
There are 8 regiments in total. Generally, the Japanese army's standing main force army division with full personnel can often reach 24,000 troops.
Therefore, in later generations, in some Anti-Japanese War documentaries, the Japanese army often used a division to suppress a group army of the National Army.
At the same time, the Hainan Army Headquarters quickly received this information. The Japanese Inoue Field Division suddenly turned around and headed south, splitting its troops into two groups and heading straight for Guangzhou City.
At this time, a brigade of Japanese reinforcements had already arrived at the position of the tank regiment. Unfortunately, facing the charge of the well-prepared Hainan Army tank regiment, this Japanese brigade quickly fell into a bitter battle. If it were not for the response of the Japanese follow-up troops, the tanks
The regiment had to retreat, leaving Wu Shaoting unable to kill the Japanese brigade in one bite.
In contrast, the setback of the Japanese offensive and the Hainan Army's march north to support encouraged the fragmented National Army units that were still resisting.
Lu Changhui, the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong who fled without a fight, did not expect that, encouraged by the strength of the Hainan Army, the resistance in various parts of Guangdong suddenly surged, and small Japanese troops were frequently attacked by guerrillas.
The smell of blood under the city walls of Guangzhou has not dissipated, and the smoke of gunfire is still filling the air in Guangdong. Under the city walls of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Province, Lu Changhui's face turned blue and red.
For a long time, Lu Changhui sighed in a low voice and said nothing. Time is also fate! Since the wealthy Hainan Army wants to defend Guangzhou City, let them go!
"Quick! Everyone, move quickly! You, it's you! This anti-gun hole is not good, strengthen it more!" Jiang Tao, commander of the 1st Division of the Hainan Army, personally inspected the forward defense positions.
They arrived at Guangzhou City an hour ago and began building positions non-stop. The Japanese Ino Division was approaching, and the Hainan Army had to withstand the first wave of attacks.
"Master! The Japanese forward troops are less than ten miles away from us! Let the brothers rest, otherwise they will not have the strength to fight later!" the headquarters staff suggested to the division commander Jiang Tao.
"Yes! Let the logistics department prepare meals so that the brothers can have the strength to fight!" Jiang Tao ordered. It was already approaching the afternoon and we might have to fight at night, so let the soldiers eat first.
Around five o'clock in the afternoon, the drizzle had long since stopped. In the distance ahead, the soldiers gradually saw the Japanese Ino Division carrying plaster flags and wearing khaki military uniforms.
"Is it the Hainan Army?" Inoue Harano, commander of the Japanese Division, held his command knife in his left hand and observed the city of Guangzhou with binoculars in his right hand. When he saw the unique military uniforms of the soldiers on the opposite side, he said in surprise.
Inoue Harano still knew something about the Hainan Army. When the Japanese Army and the Hainan Army fought for the first time, the Japanese 1st Division was almost wiped out. The Navy suffered huge losses, and Li Weidong himself was included in the must-kill list.
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"Send the order! Bombard the enemy's position, and send a regiment up to test the attack!" Inoue Harano ordered for a long time. He wanted to see how much water there was in this unit that boasted of becoming a strong army.
Soon, a group of Japanese soldiers, led by a Japanese major, began to launch a pig-like charge towards the Hainan Army position.