Chapter 407, The Cooperation of the Jiaodong Army 11.
Finally, after the Jiaodong Army fighter planes ran out of ammunition and flapped their wings and flew away, the chief of staff pulled Jutaro Amakasu up from the ground. In this air-to-ground attack battle, the troops directly under the 33rd Division and the division headquarters
The infantry brigade of the 215th Regiment in action suffered heavy casualties, which was equivalent to losing its combat effectiveness.
Standing on the roadside, looking at the corpses everywhere and listening to the wailing of the wounded soldiers, Jutaro Amakasu no longer had the original calmness and elegance. His eyes were filled with tears, and the tears kept falling down.
That way, he didn't look like a dignified Army Lieutenant General of the Japanese Empire, but more like an excited old fisherman from Hokkaido.
The chief of staff was very dedicated to his duties, busy directing the soldiers who were lucky enough to be alive, and cooperating with the medical soldiers and doctors in the field hospital to rescue the wounded.
In fact, Amakasu Jutaro was not stimulated to the point of insanity. He just couldn't accept the facts before him and was a little too uncomfortable. After all, he was the commander of the Lieutenant General's division and had heavy responsibilities. He knew that the danger was far from over. He was not acting like a child at the moment.
When the time comes, we must quickly take the troops away from the dangerous area to avoid another surprise attack by Jiaodong Army fighter planes, which will lead to even worse results.
Jutaro Amakasu could not have imagined that he would be so unlucky. Just when he thought of moving his troops to avoid another surprise attack by Jiaodong Army fighter planes, Jiaodong Army fighter planes actually arrived.
What came were ten Eighth Route Army fighter planes chasing the Japanese army eastward. They searched and pursued the Japanese army eastward, and soon caught up with the Japanese army group riding on a rubber-bottomed truck. They were Japanese troops sent by Jutaro Amakasu to seize Xintai County. They were led by the 215th Regiment.
The team captain leads the team.
The full strength of a brigade of Japanese troops in the garrison division was only 960. Including the 215th Regiment, the number was less than 1,000. They were all riding on rubber-bottomed trucks on the road, and they were all exposed to Jiaodong Army fighter planes.
Under the machine gun, there was no need to drop bombs, just a wave of machine gun attacks. Zhenghuan's Japanese infantry brigade, which was driving a rubber-bottomed truck on the road, was in chaos. The Japanese soldiers were killed and injured, and the packhorse pulling the truck was also killed.
Some of them were killed. The pack horses that were not killed were also frightened and began to pull the broken and unbroken carts down the road and run away in the empty fields.
After pulling up, the Jiaodong Group Army fighter planes immediately turned around in the air, pounced down again, and began to fire repeatedly until they knocked down all the rubber-bottomed trucks that were escaping in all directions. The Japanese on the trucks were dead, and then they pulled up once.
The third time I dived and fired, I was chasing those little Japs who were lucky enough to be alive.
This time, the little devils finally knew what an air-to-ground attack was, what a goshawk and a rabbit were, they knew the ferocity of their planes when they massacred Chinese civilians, and they knew the helplessness of the Chinese soldiers and civilians who were bombed by enemy planes.
The smarter ones lie on the ground and pretend to be dead dogs in an attempt to avoid the bullets of the aircraft's machine guns; the stupid, panicked ones who run around screaming and crying for their mothers are in trouble, and are often killed by Jiaodong Army fighter planes.
The airborne machine gun shot into two pieces, and the blood soaked the soil on the road and in the fields black and red.
Seeing the corpses of people and pack horses on the road and in the fields, the Japanese brigade was basically wiped out, and then the ten fighter planes of the Jiaodong Group Army flew east again and continued the search. However, this time they were disappointed.
In the county seat, no organic Japanese troops were encountered again, and the Jiaodong Army fighter planes returned the same way.
While returning from the original route, we happened to meet the chief of staff of Amakasu Jutaro directing the Japanese army to rescue the wounded. This was really a coincidence. Naturally, the Jiaodong Army pilots would not let these two-legged beasts go, and another round of ground attacks began.
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Amakasu Jutaro is such a cunning guy. When the roar of the approaching fighter planes came over, he saw it first and immediately fell to the ground. Then he pulled out his pistol and fired a warning shot, and kept shouting "Get down".
Unfortunately, it was hidden. But his chief of staff and the soldiers who carried the wounded were not so lucky, and once again withstood the baptism of bullets. His chief of staff was the most unlucky, being hit in the head by an airborne machine gun bullet.
The round bald head turned into a gourd of blood, and blood spurted out along the gourd.
The Jiaodong Group Army's fighter planes repeatedly strafed and dropped bombs until no more moving Japanese troops could be seen on the battlefield, and then they flew to the southwest.
Amakasu Jutaro looked forward to the stars and the moon, and uttered blessings to Amaterasu and curses to Liu Yimin countless times, and finally sent the Jiaodong Army's fighter planes away. This time, Amakasu Jutaro no longer wanted to treat the wounded, even those
No need for artillery or heavy machine guns, he rushed towards Han Village by the Xinlai River with the lucky few who survived. He wanted to hide himself first, and then try to gather the troops.
What Jutaro Amakasu didn't expect was that the Jiaodong Army fighter planes left and did not come back again. Instead, a Japanese reconnaissance plane appeared in the sky more than half an hour later. At this time, Jutaro Amakasu was relieved and quickly counted the number of people and ordered the radio stations that were lucky enough not to be bombed to contact various radio stations.
Troop Contact.
Jutaro Amakasu went crazy with this head count. Before the Jiaodong Army fighter planes bombed, his 33rd Division was a fully-staffed garrison division that had just been replenished, with 91 people in the division headquarters and 178 people in the division communications team.
, 132 people from the Ordnance Service Team, 239 people from the field hospital, and 48 people from the Sick Horse Factory, plus part of the health team operating with the division and regiment headquarters, the engineering regiment, the baggage regiment, the field artillery regiment, and the infantry brigade of the 215th Regiment.
, there are 4,500 troops on the Xinlai River. Now those who escaped with him into Hanzhuang, including himself, are only 1,000 people, which is only equivalent to a brigade. The remaining 3,500 people
Needless to say, most of them went to the Yasukuni Shrine. There may also be some who were injured and couldn't follow them.
Jutaro Amakasu looked at these 1,000 dejected soldiers, and his heart felt like a knife. He knew that these people were just like him. They had to crawl on the ground and take cover with corpses to avoid bombs and machine gun bullets. If anyone dared to shoot in the air,
Or those who are exposed may not be able to escape.
Jutaro Amakasu knew that he could no longer run forward. With these 1,000 defeated soldiers, even if they were covered by aviation, they would not be able to escape to Xintai County, let alone Texas. The troops were too weak, and they could not be encountered casually.
As soon as a unit of the Jiaodong Group Army and the Eighth Route Army is present, they can be wiped out completely.
Now the Jiaodong Group Army plane has left, and I'm afraid it won't come again in the near future. In any case, we have to gather and reorganize the troops in Hancun, otherwise it will be a dead end.
Amakasu Jutaro organized the 1,000 soldiers who had fled to Han Village with him into four squadrons, leaving one squadron to guard Han Village. He ordered the remaining three squadrons to return to the Xinlai River and bring the lightly wounded for treatment, and the seriously injured were treated.
Try to find some war horses and pack horses that were not killed, and bring back light and heavy machine guns, cannons and ammunition. If there are no war horses or pack horses, the cannons will be dismantled and buried. They cannot explode because the explosion will attract the Jiaodong Army.
The radio station contacted various units, but the captain of the 215th Regiment could not be contacted. It is estimated that he and the brigade he led on the rubber-bottomed truck to Xintai were in pieces. The captains of the 213th Regiment and the 214th Regiment were still there.
They survived, but all reported that the unit suffered heavy losses and was reduced by half. The only one that kept its organization intact was the infantry brigade of the 215th Regiment that stayed in Qingchi to support the 213th Regiment. Because they were in the town, they were not attacked by Jiaodong Army fighter planes.
There were no casualties in the bombing.
Jutaro Amakasu finally grasped a life-saving straw and ordered the infantry brigade to immediately divide into two groups, go all the way to meet the participating troops of the 213th Regiment, march eastward along the main road, gather the 214th Regiment and the 215th Regiment to defend the Xinhe Bridge
The soldiers of that brigade quickly gathered towards Hancun. All the lightly wounded were brought back, and the seriously wounded were dealt with on the spot.
After issuing the order, Jutaro Amakasu calmed down and thought about it carefully. He felt that his 33rd Division had been completely collapsed. Not to mention going to Pingdu City to wait for reinforcements, I was afraid that he would not be able to complete the retreat north to Texas.
mission. But he was unwilling to do so and dreamed of relying on aviation cover to retreat eastward. So Jutaro Amakasu sent a report to the Twelfth Army and General Juichi Terauchi, reporting the losses and location of the troops, and requesting the aviation force to dispatch as soon as possible to cover the troops.
retreat.
Juichi Terauchi had already gone to the airport to board the plane at this time, so naturally he could not receive the telegram. The telegram from Chief of Staff Kobayashi Asaburo of the Twelfth Army came soon.
Asaburo Kobayashi had already received an order from General Juichi Terauchi at this time. Knowing the fate of the main force of the 108th Division, he immediately ordered the brigade of the 25th Brigade of the 108th Division stationed in Zhoucun to cease contact with the division headquarters.
Contact and quickly command all Japanese troops and pseudo-garrisons in Zhoucun, Zhangdian, and Zhangqiu to retreat to Jinan as quickly as possible.
After receiving the telegram from Lieutenant General Amakasu Jutaro of the 33rd Division, Kobayashi Asaburo's last remaining illusion was completely shattered. He immediately called back and ordered the 33rd Division to quickly gather the troops and retreat north quickly. He also reported that
Fighter planes taking off from Tianjin, Peiping, and Shijiazhuang airports have arrived at Jinan and Xuzhou airports. They can take off after being refueled and loaded with bombs, providing air cover for the 33rd Division.
At the end of the telegram, Kobayashi Senzaburo asked Amakasu Jutaro to report in detail the number, model, coming direction and retreating direction of Jiaodong Army aircraft, so as to facilitate the aviation reconnaissance and search, find their home base, and avenge the shattered Yamato warriors of the 33rd Division.
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Jutaro Amakasu was very willing to complete this task. He hated the Jiaodong Army's fighter planes so much that he wished the Japanese fighter planes would find them right away, chase them and tear them into pieces. Therefore, he not only shared the details of the attack with the Jiaodong Army's fighter planes,
He made a clear report of his whereabouts, and went on to add that the Jiaodong Army Air Force must be completely eliminated, otherwise, the Imperial Japanese Army may be threatened at any time and at any time.
After sending the telegram, Amakasu Jutaro seemed to feel that the Jiaodong Army Air Force would soon be destroyed, and he felt a little better. Unexpectedly, as soon as he felt good, his stomach growled, and then Amakasou Jutaro remembered that he had not been there since five o'clock in the morning.
It’s time to eat! Unfortunately, I just wanted to rush to Weicheng to have dinner, and didn’t prepare much dry food. When the Jiaodong Army’s fighter planes bombed just now, all the baggage trucks were destroyed, and there was nothing left. I had to find a way to fill my stomach quickly, otherwise it would be a while.
I have no strength to march.
During the war, the common people lived in fear every day. If there was any disturbance, they would immediately evacuate and flee for their lives. During the Anti-Japanese War, when the Japanese army came, the common people ran for their lives and called "running for the sun"; later during the Liberation War, when the Kuomintang troops came,
People running for their lives are called "running rebels", which means hiding from the reactionaries.
Originally, the anti-Japanese activities in Xintai County started very early. After the Battle of Central Shandong, grassroots political power and militia organizations were established in various places. Unfortunately, not long after the Battle of Central Shandong, the Japanese army pressed heavily on Shandong. Wherever it went, they retaliated wildly, and the traitors
The puppet army intensified its efforts to guide the Japanese army to hunt down anti-Japanese cadres and militiamen, resulting in heavy losses for the anti-Japanese regime and militia organizations. Most of them retreated to the Daze Mountains and Tianzhu Mountains in the north of Xintai. This situation prompted the Jiaodong Group Army to launch a cold-blooded attack.
Things changed after exercise.
This Korean village is located on the road from Xintai to Mengyin and Weicheng. When the Japanese army first came, the common people ran away. Later, when the Japanese army saw more, some common people got used to it and were unwilling to run away. Today is
In this way, when the Japanese army passed by in the morning, most of the people ran away, but a few old men felt that they were just like that, they would not do anything to themselves, so they just closed the door and stayed in their own room.
at home.
After the little Japanese escaped into Hancun, they were still in shock. They were busy arranging defenses, fearing that the Jiaodong Army would catch up. Seeing that the Jiaodong Army's fighter planes had flown away and the ground troops did not catch up, Amakasu Jutaro ordered to solve the problem of food, and the Japanese soldiers
They started going door to door to harm the people.
The Japanese soldiers smashed every door, confiscated the rations that the common people's houses had not had enough time to fortify the walls, arrested several old men, and forced them to help the little Japanese build fires and cook.
The little Japs were now starving to death. They couldn't wait for the rice to be cooked, so they started to rush around the cooking pots one by one in a noisy manner. Some Japs took sweet potatoes and sorghum steamed buns that they had found from ordinary people's homes.
Nibble it open. After nibbling, take a kettle and fill it with some cold water and drink it. It will make you feel great.
Amakasu Jutaro was a dignified lieutenant general, and he didn't bother to compete with the soldiers for food. In the end, he only got a portion of half-cooked sorghum paste. He was also very hungry, and regardless of the demeanor of the lieutenant general and the principal of Toyama School, he picked up the bowl and shouted.
Hululu drank a lot. After finishing the meal, she didn't even bother to wipe the sorghum grains stuck to the tip of her nose. She patted the shoulders of the old men who were helping with the cooking and said a few words "Yoshi", asking them to continue cooking and wait.
After the imperial army ate well, they were greatly rewarded.
It's a pity that he couldn't wait to eat anymore. The retreating 213th Regiment and the 214th Regiment sent an urgent message, saying that the Jiaodong Group Army was catching up. There were countless tanks, armored vehicles, cars and cavalry, and the Imperial Army's tanks
The armored vehicles were bombed, the cars were bombed, the war horses were bombed, and most of the soldiers were killed. In any case, we cannot withstand the offensive of the Jiaodong Group Army. We request urgent tactical guidance from the Division Commander.
Where can Jutaro Amakasu have the troops to support them? At this time, not only did he want to cry, but he also wanted to die. Fortunately, he was the division commander and shouldered the important task of bringing this team to Texas, so he had to force
Holding back from crying, he ordered the 213th Regiment and the 214th Regiment to discard all their baggage, completely lighten their equipment, and retreat to Hancun. In the words of Amakasu Jutaro, just reaching Hancun is victory!
The Jiaodong Group Army caught up, and the three squadrons that went to the Xinlai River to treat the wounded and transport weapons and ammunition had to withdraw immediately. If they were caught up by the Jiaodong Group Army again, they would have no choice but to commit suicide.
Amakasu Jutaro ordered the three squadrons to return quickly, and then ordered the radio to send a report to Kobayashi Asaburo, telling him that if the aviation fighter planes could not catch up, he and his 33rd Division would be completely destroyed.
Amakasu Jutaro had no intention of waiting for the rice to be cooked. He called over some old men who were helping the imperial army cook, took out a handful of Japanese candy bars from his pocket, stuffed them into the hands of the old men, and insisted on watching them eat them.
I also asked the translator to ask if it was sweet.
When the old man nodded and said sweetly, Amakasu Jutaro smiled cruelly and ordered the soldiers to stab them to death with bayonets on the grounds that the retreat direction of the imperial army could not be exposed.
Looking at the direction of Xintai with a little regret, Amakasu Jutaro thought to himself, it would be great if he didn't rush to Weicheng in the morning. As soon as he found out that the situation had changed, he could immediately retreat to Dezhou, or if it didn't work, he could hold on to the city.
, waiting for rescue. Just walk slower on the road, that way you will be at least closer to Jinan City and you can return quickly. He remembered clearly that there were fake police and fake guards in Xintai City. If you were close to them,
They can also be ordered to go out of the city to meet them.
It's too late to say anything now. There are no cars, no carriages, and no war horses. Running on two legs, it is impossible to return to Xintai City before the Jiaodong Group Army catches up.
Amakasu Jutaro no longer thought any more and ordered the troops to immediately build fortifications in Hancun, preparing to defend and wait for the arrival of aviation fighter planes. This morning, Jiang Qiang was still staying in Shimomoto Xiongmi's office.
When the 104th Brigade arrived at Ershilipu Airport, Jiang Qiang already knew that the battle with the 108th Division would soon end. The issue to be considered now was to neither allow the 33rd Division to completely
Entering the battlefield to flank our army will not allow the 33rd Division to escape back to Xintai County and defend it. Although the 33rd Division is a garrison division with only more than 10,000 people, it is still a powerful force after all.
A complete division of tanks and artillery. Historically, the 33rd Division performed well in the Battle of Shanggao and the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. Especially after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the 33rd Division invaded Burma.
, not only occupied the official residence of the British Governor of Burma, but also broke through the triple defense line of the British and Indian troops, and surrounded 7,000 British troops in Ren'anqiang. If the Chinese Expeditionary Force had not rescued them in time, all the British troops would have become prisoners of the 33rd Division.
.Since then, the division has been the main division of the Japanese army on the battlefield in Burma.
Although the 33rd Division has a history of being defeated by the 7th Brigade, Jiang Qiang knows that it was the first time the 33rd Division entered the battlefield and the soldiers lacked combat experience. The current 33rd Division is not that time
The 33rd Division, their combat effectiveness should have been greatly improved during the Luzhong mopping up operations, at least the new recruits are now veterans.
Naturally, Jiang Qiang would not take such a force lightly. He immediately ordered Li Jinglin to lead all the bombers of the Jiaodong Army Aviation Group to take off and search for the 33rd Division between Weicheng and Xintai, and bomb them, killing and injuring the Japanese as much as possible.
It consumes the combat effectiveness of the 33rd Division and delays the enemy's attack on Fangzi or retreat to Xintai.
This is how large corps operations are fought. The commander must have the overall situation in mind and not let go of any part of the battlefield. Otherwise, a big problem will inevitably occur. Although Jiang Qiang sent a report to Akasha Jutaro in the name of Moto Kuma Mi and falsely claimed that he was under Moto Kuma Mi and
Suzuki Toshiyuki was injured, and took him with him to outflank the Jiaodong Group Army that was attacking Otaka Kamezo, and asked him to rush to Weicheng to command two divisions in combat. Such a big bait was not afraid of him not coming. But Jiang Qiang also knew that the Japanese division commander
They are all lieutenant generals with rich experience, and they are all important ministers directly subordinate to the emperor. These guys are often division commanders one day and army commanders the next, front army commanders and even senior officials of the Army Ministry and the General Staff Headquarters.
They are all unruly. This Amakasu Jutaro was the commander of the ninth brigade and the principal of two army schools. He must be a thoughtful person, and he will inevitably see the flaws. In addition, the telegram sent by Naosaburo Okabe shows that he has seen
If the Jiaodong Group Army's combat intention is revealed, if this guy reports to the base camp and Terauchi Shouichi again, it is very likely that Terauchi Shouichi will be able to determine the truth about the loss of Weicheng and Fangzi from the actions of capturing Odaka Kamezo. This kind of thing cannot be concealed for a long time
They are all leading troops in battles. No one can be smarter than the other. It is just a matter of who can take the lead and who can take advantage of the time difference. In this case, we must hurry up to eliminate the 33rd Division, otherwise it will be very difficult.
trouble.
Because of this, when Jiang Qiang ordered Tao Zhuangming to command the artillery group to carry out a saturation strike against the 104th Brigade, he asked Li Yannian to end the battle quickly and face the 33rd Division. But he did not expect that the 33rd Division
It came so quickly and soon began to retreat.
The reconnaissance force of the Jiaodong Group Army is very strong. After occupying Weicheng, the reconnaissance company of the First Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade and the division reconnaissance battalion that arrived later sent out all the reconnaissance troops. The 108th Division and the 33rd Division
Every move he made fell into the eyes of the investigators.
As soon as he discovered that the 33rd Division had arrived at the two regiments north and east of Weicheng and wanted to retreat, Jiang Qiang knew that the Japanese army must have figured out the fact that the headquarters of the 108th Division had been taken away, and urgently ordered the 33rd Division to retreat.
The Third Division retreated. How could this be possible? Can a cooked duck be made to fly?
Jiang Qiang is sure of this. The Sixth Division and the Eighth Brigade have already outflanked Xintai. The Japs' retreat has been cut off. They absolutely cannot escape. The problem is to compete with the Japs for time. What if?
Let the little devils retreat to Xintai County before the Sixth Division enters Pingdu, and it will become a tough battle. A tough battle will only cause casualties, and it cannot be fought easily!
The current situation is that the 1st Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade have not yet finished the annihilation battle against the 104th Brigade. Jiang Qiang is in a hurry and has no choice. However, he strictly ordered Li Yanping and Shunzi not to clean the battlefield after the battle, even if they run a few little devils
It doesn't matter, be sure to turn quickly, with the first division in the south and the cavalry brigade in the north. The two groups will attack the 33rd Division, disrupt its organization, divide and encircle it, and use firepower to quickly annihilate the Japanese.