Chapter 406, The Cooperation of the Jiaodong Army 10.
After reading the telegram from Terauchi Toshiba, Amakasu Jutaro was so shocked that his mouth could fit a duck egg in.
There is no need to think about anything, there is no need to say anything. I was excited to enter Weicheng and have the pleasure of commanding two divisions to fight. Who knows that there is a dark trap ahead. Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant General
, the commander of the 33rd Division, Jutaro Amakasu, has only one word in his mind right now: withdraw!
Amakasu Jutaro is indeed a Japanese lieutenant general who has served as the commander of the 9th Brigade, the principal of the Army Preparatory School, and the principal of the Army Toyama School. He remained calm even when he was frightened. He called the chief of staff to bring a map. After a little drawing, he could see what was ahead.
The Weihe Bridge more than ten miles away is a key point. If we hold the Weihe Bridge, the 213th Regiment and the 214th Regiment can withdraw. Once there is a problem with the Weihe Bridge, the 213th Regiment and the 214th Regiment will not be able to come back.
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Amakasu Jutaro immediately ordered the 215th Regiment to send a brigade, with an armored vehicle squadron, to advance quickly by car. Be sure to control the Weihe Bridge and coordinate with the 213th Regiment. The 214th Regiment retreated. He ordered the captain of the 215th Regiment to personally lead a brigade.
, quickly rushed back to Pingdu County in a glue truck, took control of the county, built fortifications, and responded to the retreat of the main force. Ordered the infantry brigade, field artillery regiment, engineer regiment, and baggage regiment of the 215th Regiment that accompanied the division and regiment headquarters.
The team returned to the east bank of the Jiaolai River and built a position on the east bank to prepare for the retreating troops.
Then, Jutaro Amakasu sent an emergency telegram to the 213th Regiment on the Kaiyuan front line and the 214th Regiment on the Qingchi front line, reporting the information that the 108th Division might have been annihilated, and ordered the 213th Regiment to stop immediately
Advance to Weicheng, in combat formation, quickly advance to Qingchi in the southeast direction, join the 214th Regiment in Qingchi, then alternate cover, and quickly retreat along the road from Pingdu to Weicheng. Order to Qingchi
The 214th Regiment left a brigade to support the 213th Regiment. The main force quickly returned to the original route and met up with the division headquarters.
After issuing a series of orders, Amakasu Jutaro was relieved and murmured to himself: "Amaterasu, I hope it's not too late." In fact, Amakasu Jutaro's order was not too late, and he was indeed ahead of the teachings.
The first brigade, the cavalry brigade, outflanked the front.
Just before the telegram from Touhou in the temple arrived, Amakasu Jutaro, who was still sixty miles away from Fangzi, vaguely heard a burst of artillery fire from the east bank of the Jiao Lai River from the direction of Weicheng and Fangzi. Amakasu Jutaro thought that
It was the 108th Division that caught the tail of the Eighth Route Army that was attacking Lieutenant General Ogao Guizang, and successfully implemented a roundabout outflank, concentrating artillery fire on the Eighth Route Army positions. At that time, he was so excited that he kept ordering the troops to speed up their advance.
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Now it seems that the sound of artillery just now should be the sound of the Jiaodong Army's artillery group. They were using cluster artillery fire to attack the troops of the 108th Division reinforcing Fangzi Ershilipu Airport. Needless to say, these troops were already approaching frequently.
Destroyed.
Amakasu Jutaro thought about it carefully. The faint sound of artillery just now did not last long, but the sound was so loud and spread so far, indicating that the size of the artillery group was very large. The 213th Regiment that may have arrived in Kaiyuan and the ones arriving in Kaiyuan
The 214th Regiment in Qingchi felt the abnormal sound of the artillery fire, so they sent a telegram to ask for instructions on how to act. Fortunately, the telegram from General Terauchi Juichi came in time, otherwise, the 213th Regiment and the 214th Regiment heard the artillery fire as usual.
If he went to reinforce them at the first sign of attack, he would probably slip into the pocket of the Eighth Route Army soon and become the undead under the swarm of artillery fire.
Jutaro Amakasu was terrified when he thought about it. The elite Fifth Division and the 107th Division were instantly wiped out when they encountered the main force of the Jiaodong Army. Needless to say, they were mainly destroyed by the bombardment of the Jiaodong Army's artillery group. If the Jiaodong Army had not
With the powerful artillery group, Amakasu Jutaro believed that with the combat effectiveness of the 5th Division and the 107th Division, if the firepower was deployed, it would be surrounded by 100,000 or 200,000 Chinese troops. It would be absolutely no problem to hold on for three or five days.
.Maybe we can still carve out a bloody path and severely damage the Chinese army! If our total strength is only the 5th Division, half of the 107th Division and the 33rd Division rush into this terrible firepower network rashly.
, I'm afraid I couldn't even jump a few times, and I was knocked unconscious!
The 213th Regiment and the 214th Regiment sent back telegrams one after another, reporting that they had received the order and were executing it in accordance with the order.
Jutaro Amakasu took a deep breath and thought that he would only stay here for a short time. As long as the 213th Regiment and the 214th Regiment were withdrawn, he would immediately lead the troops to turn around and head east. As soon as they reached Pingdu City, they could build a solid defense line.
We are no longer afraid of the Jiaodong Army's artillery. It is said that Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Army has a special characteristic in its operations. It generally does not destroy city buildings. In this way, his 33rd Division can level the capital in one fell swoop and fight against them. I believe it will last for ten days.
Half a month should be no problem. As long as we can persist for this long, I believe that General Terauchi Hisashi, who has resumed his duties as commander of the North China Front, will mobilize troops to repel the Jiaodong Army's attack and rescue the 33rd Division.
Amakasu Jutaro is a general with theories and practical experience. After issuing the order, his mind was spinning in many small circles and he calculated the situation of both sides in the Central Shandong area. As a commander of his level,
After a day of eating and drinking, he only thought about the war. He already knew the situation between the enemy and ourselves in the entire Shandong Province. He knew that the Jiaoji Road mopping up plan formulated by Ougao Guizang was based on the fact that the main force of Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army was not in Luzhong.
Yes, the combat goal is only to eliminate the remnants of the Jiaodong Group Army that broke out from the Jiaodong Group Army. If it were known in advance that Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army was targeting Jinan, I am afraid that Wei Gao Guizang would not only not launch a Jiaoji Road mopping up operation, but on the contrary
Urgently strengthen the garrison strength on Jiaoji Road and strictly guard against it. If you ask him, he will not let the troops leave the established positions. Now the situation has reversed. Once something happens to the 08th Division, the 33rd Division will become a lone force.
Of course, you can't go to the west. Needless to say, you can't go to the south. There are traps everywhere. It's also unrealistic to go to the seaside to the north. The reason is that the powerful naval fleets have gone south to support Nanchang and Guangzhou. There is no fleet to support the seaside.
It was to die. Going east and returning to Dezhou would have been a good choice, but unfortunately the journey was too far, and the Jiaoji Road was cut off by the Jiaodong Army. Maybe the 33rd Division couldn't even see the city wall of Dezhou.
On the way, they were overtaken and surrounded by the Jiaodong Army. The best option at the moment is to return to Xintai and wait for reinforcements. Although there is a possibility of being surrounded by the Jiaodong Army in Xintai, holding on to a fortified city is better than being attacked during the retreat.
Chasing and annihilating the strong.
When he thought that if the Jiaodong Army defended Xintai, he and his 33rd Division might be destroyed, Jutaro Amakasu felt a little abandoned and betrayed in his heart. He felt so sad that he almost shed tears.
.Suppressing the sorrow and sadness in his heart, Amakasu Jutaro steeled himself and brought his thoughts back to the war in front of him.
It's ridiculous that at this time, the 108th Division Headquarters in Weicheng was still sending reports to itself, urging the 33rd Division to speed up its march and reinforce the battle at Ershilipu Airport.
At this time, Amakasu Jutaro completely hated Jiang Qiang. He felt that Jiang Qiang was an out-and-out liar, villain, and gangster. He had clearly attacked Weicheng and eliminated the 108th Division.
If you are trying to deceive, can't you just fight a duel like a samurai? This guy is not a soldier, I despise him!
Jutaro Amakasu made up his mind, and his spirits improved. He ordered the radio station to keep in touch with the 108th Division, and treated the enemy with his own treatment, deceiving the Jiaodong Group Army. At the same time, he switched to the officer-specific password to keep in touch with each unit.
Contact them and order them to retreat quickly and covertly, and rendezvous with the division headquarters as soon as possible.
When he thought of the Jiaodong Group Army that used the radio to deceive Jiang Qiang, the trace of sadness in Amakasu Jutaro's heart disappeared without a trace, and he laughed excitedly. After laughing, he raised his command knife, looked in the direction of Weicheng, and said proudly:
"Jiang Qiang, you can't believe it! You can do it myself! By the time you realize it, I have already led the 33rd Division to withdraw to Xintai. If you have the guts, come and try to attack? As long as you don't use cannons.
If Xintai City is razed to the ground, I will let the corpses of your soldiers pile up into a hill outside the city!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the chief of staff presented the order he had just received from General Juichi Terauchi. It said clearly that the Sasebo base and Kwantung Army Aviation Group fighters would be mobilized to cooperate with the North China Front Army Aviation Group to form a powerful air cover.
group, to clear the way for the 33rd Division and cover the 33rd Division's retreat to Dezhou. In order to support the 33rd Division's operations, the North China Front Army has ordered the Xuzhou and Yanzhou troops to launch offensive operations to southern Shandong and southeastern Shandong.
The 14th Division of the Zhengzhou Frontline was mobilized to quickly return to Xuzhou to support the operations in southern Shandong and southeastern Shandong. In order to ensure safety, the base camp has ordered the Kwantung Army's 1st and 2nd Divisions to mobilize urgently and prepare to secretly enter the customs to participate in the war and defend Jinpu Road and Jinan.
, Qingdao is safe. After the Wuhan offensive and Guangzhou offensive are over, the base camp will also deploy the fifth division, sixth division, third division, and ninth division to join the Shandong battlefield and annihilate Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army in one fell swoop.
At the end of the telegram, Hisashi Terauchi made it very clear that if there is an extremely critical moment, we must find a flat ground that is convenient for the plane to land and pick up Lieutenant General Amakasu Jutaro and the battle flags of various troops.
Terauchi Hisashi's telegram was to cheer up Jutaro Amakasu, but the last words made Jutaro Amakasu feel sad again. Hisashi Terauchi knew very well about Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army. What he said showed that the 33rd Division's
The situation was extremely dangerous. He let the plane pick him up and the military flag out at the critical moment because he was afraid that he and the military flag would fall into the hands of the Jiaodong Group Army and once again bring discredit to the Empire of Japan.
However, Jutaro Amakasu still felt a little relieved. The base camp and the commander had not forgotten him and the 33rd Division, and dispatched a large number of aviation troops to support. As long as these fighters arrive in Shandong, hey, no matter how powerful Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army is,
He was so strong that he couldn't do anything about it. He was welcome to pursue him. That way, the young men of the aviation force would have a target. Maybe when Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army Headquarters was bombed to death and wounded, he could still fight back.
Where is the first unit of the Jiaodong Group Army that annihilated Jiang Qiang?
I was thinking about the plane, but the plane has actually arrived! A group of fighter planes flew from the southwest of Weicheng. After passing over Weicheng, they flew from west to east along the road from Pingdu to Weicheng.
Jutaro Amakasu thought it was a Japanese fighter plane coming to cover him, and he was very happy. He felt that General Judai Terauchi was really acting resolutely. As soon as he received the telegram here, planes were dispatched over there. As long as there is a strong aviation force to provide air fire support,
There should be no problem in evacuating to Qingdao.
Amakasu Jutaro quickly ordered the radio station to contact the aviation force, and the communication team displayed a unit identification flag to avoid being accidentally bombed. He was afraid of what he was afraid of. Amakasu Jutaro was afraid that the Imperial Army fighter planes would accidentally bomb, but the fighter formation actually started bombing.
There seemed to be a lot of fighter planes coming. When they arrived at the east bank of the Jiaolai River where the 33rd Division headquarters led by Amakasu Jutaro was located, the fleet split into two, and ten fighter planes continued to move forward. The ten fighter planes seemed to have discovered the Japanese signal on the ground.
The soldiers were waving the sun flag desperately, and under the command of the leading aircraft, they dived down as soon as they pressed the nose of the aircraft.
Amakasu Jutaro saw something bad, Amaterasu, the Imperial Japanese Air Force went crazy! They began to dive towards the Japanese Army! Amakasu Jutaro scolded Baga and hurriedly ordered to lie down.
Unfortunately, he gave the order a little late this time. The fighter plane roared down and passed over the heads of the 33rd Division headquarters and the accompanying troops. Aerial bombs fell from under the belly of the plane.
The sharp whistle of the falling bomb stimulated Jutaro Amakasu's eardrums to the point of swelling and pain, as if it was about to burst out of the ear hole and explode.
The bomb hit the ground and exploded. The airwaves set off picked up the Japanese soldiers and threw them into the air. They scattered on the ground with broken arms and legs. The blood spread on the dust stirred up by the airwaves, and immediately turned into black and red.
The clods of blood and soil looked extremely charming under the sunlight.
The 33rd Division is a garrison division. Its strength is only one-half of the permanent division. However, it still has to undertake certain field tasks, so it has to downsize the division directly under each regiment. Its search regiment has a full strength of only 319
The field artillery regiment has only two brigades, with a full strength of 1,745 men and 1,259 pack horses; the engineer regiment is only equivalent to the two squadrons of the permanent division engineer regiment, with a full strength of 402 men and 15 horses.
Two cars; the baggage regiment was the worst, with a fixed number of 370 men and 113 horses, which was equivalent to two squadrons of a permanent division. Fortunately, at this time, the Japanese army had many cars, and the division had a directly affiliated car fleet with 50 cars.
Temporarily incorporated into the baggage regiment. At this time, under the orders of Lieutenant General Amakasu Shigetaro, this motor convoy was carrying a brigade of the 215th Regiment to occupy the Weihe Bridge and is no longer here.
Although the strength of the field artillery wing of the 33rd Division is limited, it is artillery after all and is the first choice target for fighter bombing. No, the field artillery wing, which is building a position to prepare for the incoming pursuers, is attacked by fighter planes.
Taking aim. After the first round of dive bombing, the fighter formation pulled up, drew an arc in the air, pressed the nose of the aircraft, and headed straight for the artillery position of the field artillery wing.
Just now, the first round of dive bombing had already knocked the Japanese troops upside down. The road was full of overturned vehicles, dead livestock and corpses of Japanese soldiers. Even Amakasu Jutaro's car was turned into a burning object.
Fireball. The infantry's temporary positions were also ravaged beyond recognition, and the curses of Japanese soldiers and the cries of wounded soldiers were everywhere.
Amakasu Jutaro was very lucky. He crawled on the ground and escaped the blast of air and shrapnel from the explosion. This guy participated in the attack on Liaoyang during the September 18th Incident in 1931, and later went to the Northeast to participate in the battle against Mazhan Mountain.
He has rich experience. Just now, he has seen clearly that this is not an accidental bombing at all, but a premeditated bombing and massacre. The incoming planes have the words Jiaodong Group Army Aviation First Division written on them. Although he is not a member of the Japanese army,
He is familiar with China, but Japanese and Chinese have the same origin, so he knows these words.
Amakasu Jutaro knew that this was only the first wave of bombings. The Jiaodong Army Air Force would soon come back. His headquarters, his field artillery brigade, his baggage regiment, communications team, health team, field hospital,
His infantry brigade will soon be tested by fire from Eighth Route Army fighter planes.
Regardless of the danger, Amakasu Jutaro got up, waved his command sword, and shouted, "The enemy is attacking, pay attention to concealment, and organize air-to-air shooting!"
This guy, he didn't even think about it. He only had one infantry brigade with light and heavy machine guns and rifles. The other troops were attached to special forces. At most, they were equipped with some rifles and pistols for self-defense. If they had to rely on these soldiers to organize air defense, wouldn't it be a rush?
Is the duck on the shelves?
The combat effectiveness of the 33rd Division has indeed improved now. It did not flee as soon as it looked wrong as it did during the bloody battle in Zhoucun. Those soldiers who were lucky enough to survive showed great tenacity and began to set up machine guns and raise their rifles to organize air shooting.
The artillery positions were basically undamaged in the first round of bombing. The artillerymen were busy dismantling the artillery and moving it. But they forgot that not only the cannons in their hands were weapons on the battlefield, they could bomb China's cities and villages at will, massacring soldiers and soldiers.
Common people, the Chinese army holds the same murderous weapons in their hands, and they can still send invaders like them to hell.
The formation speed of the fighter planes was very fast, and the Japanese artillery positions were temporarily constructed without any cover. At this time, not to mention the veteran pilots of the First Aviation Group of the Jiaodong Group Army who had gone through battlefield training and performed miracles, it was their first time to take off.
Even the newbies in combat know what target shooting is all about. No, the Jiaodong Group Army's fighter planes roared down towards the Japanese artillery positions again.
This time, the Jiaodong Group Army fighter planes did not drop bombs. Instead, they fired machine guns and machine cannons with loud noises. The bullets were sprayed on the staggering figures of the Japanese artillerymen like water, causing the artillery positions to be filled with dust and wails.
The Japanese artillerymen were still busy moving the artillery, and they performed very bravely. The Jiaodong Army's fighter planes took care of them in one fell swoop, and the little Japanese couldn't hold on any longer. Except for the artillery, most of these guys didn't even have rifles in their hands.
You can't fight with the aircraft with the gun bolt, right? There is no other way, the little Japanese can only give up the cannon and start running for their lives. Some artillerymen are smarter and lie down on the spot with their buttocks upward.
Beside the Xinlai River, there is a flat plain, not even a smaller hill or ravine. When the Eighth Route Army fighter planes rushed down one after another, the figure of the little Japanese was clearly visible in the eyes of the plane shooter. This
However, the advanced bombers built by the Japanese military have five onboard machine guns and one aerial cannon on each aircraft. Ten fighter planes have fifty machine guns and ten aerial cannons. This concentrated firepower is quite terrifying.
The airborne machine gun is spitting out tongues of flame, the airborne machine gun is spitting out fireballs, the machine gun bullet hits the little Japanese artilleryman on the head, and the head spins off; hits the little Japanese artilleryman on the waist, breaks the waist; hits the arm,
On the legs, it was like farmers using axes to repair tree branches in their spare time, and they fell straight to the ground. The most terrifying thing is those machine guns, which were originally used to deal with aircraft, but are now used to deal with Japanese artillery.
Shoot wherever there are people, and when one cannon is fired, a few Japs will dance with the shells until they are covered in blood on the ground.
The Jiaodong Group Army's fighter planes seemed to be trying to completely destroy the Japs' artillery. The fleet chased the artillerymen who were clever and escaped first, and kept firing and killing them until the Japs in the crosshairs fell to the ground.
Seeing the tragic situation of the field artillerymen, Amakasu Jutaro's heart bleeds loudly. He grabbed a crooked handle, drove it to an overturned cart, and opened fire in the air. Fortunately, his chief of staff was alert,
Seize the machine gun from his hand and push him to the ground. Otherwise, he is likely to become the target of the next wave of attacks by Eighth Route Army fighter planes.
Seeing how much the 33rd Division Field Artillery Regiment had been ravaged, the lead aircraft commander felt that he could no longer fight. If he continued to fight, the Japanese army without artillery would choose to blow up the artillery. He should go to the small
The Japanese infantrymen have made up for their lessons!
The Jiaodong Group Army fighter planes finally pulled up again, arced in the air, climbed to a certain height, flew towards the infantry position where anti-aircraft shooting had been organized, dropped all the remaining bombs, then turned around again, and exploded the bombs on the infantry position.
Under the cover of the dust caused, he pressed the nose of the machine again and pounced fiercely towards the Japanese infantry position.
When the Japanese infantry were ordered to build their positions, they had already dug some simple foxholes, which reduced their casualties. So they had the opportunity to organize anti-aircraft shooting. However, their good luck ended here. Jiaodong Army fighter planes
Spewing tongues of flames, it rushed towards them again. The machine guns were firing, and it was hard to distinguish the sound of bullets piercing flesh and soil. Machine gun shells exploded mixed with the sound of machine guns. Not to mention how cheerful and loud the sound was.
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The manufacturing industry of the Empire of Japan was indeed developed. The aircraft it produced were very fast in dives, the machine guns were very powerful, and the machine guns were very lethal. They were perfect for destroying the Japanese devils.
The machine guns were singing, the aircraft guns were screaming, and the Jiaodong Army fighter planes passed over the heads of the Japanese troops, singing songs of joy all the way. They took away an ugly life and left behind a series of frightened wailings. At this time, the little devils
There is no longer the ferocity and pride of slaughtering villages and households. Each one of them is just like the evil ghosts in purgatory, stumbling, swaying, and suffering.