Chapter 254 The Reaction of the 114th Division and the 3rd Theater
Chapter 254 The reaction of the 114th Division and the 3rd Theater
Author: Entertainment Cat
Chapter 254 The reaction of the 114th Division and the 3rd Theater
Just as the commander of the 6th Division, Hisao Tani, had his own plan, the commander of the 114th Division, Shigeharu Suematsu, also received instructions from the commander, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, and the chief of staff, Major General Moritake Tanabe.
The telegram sent by the two men jointly,
He was ordered to support the 18th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment on the Cangcheng and Songjiang City sides as soon as possible, seize those two small places, and annihilate He Feiyang's troops before continuing to divide the troops and fight.
"Gah! Those two losers, division commander Ushijima Sadao and detachment leader Kunisaki Noboru, are really good enough!"
"Not only did we lose the battle, but it was also published in the Chinese newspaper to show off our achievements. Now, I am actually asked to join forces with the 6th Division to carry out relief operations for them?"
"It's really too cowardly!"
"How come I didn't know these two were such wimps before?"
"Does the China Army this time have some trump card that I haven't thought of to defeat the two of them in joint attacks?"
"And we were able to let our aviation force and navy assist in the battle, and yet we still lost?"
"This situation is a bit unusual!"
When the division commander of the 114th Division, Suematsu Shigeharu, received several urgent telegrams urging march support, he couldn't help but curse and ridicule the division commander Ushijima Sadao and the detachment leader Kunisaki Noboru.
The old Japanese general,
Then, his expression also changed slightly. Like Hisao Tani, the commander of the 6th Division, he felt that something completely unexpected had occurred.
So he immediately increased his attention to the news about He Feiyang's headquarters.
"Immediately collect for me all the details about the China Army on the other side of Cangcheng and Songjiang City. I want to know them in detail!"
"Although the division commander Ushijima Sadao and the detachment leader Noboru Kunisaki are two losers who are not as outstanding as my commanding ability, if the combined forces of the two of them join forces to fight, even I may not be able to defeat them!"
"But the Chinese troops currently stationed on the other side of Cangcheng and Songjiang City have done something that I am not even sure of, so we need to be highly vigilant!"
"We absolutely cannot capsize in the gutter, so go and find out for me the origins and details of these Chinese troops right away!"
"Intelligence data determines the success of our next operation!"
So when the commander of the 6th Division, Hisao Tani, decided to attach great importance to He Feiyang's unit, he immediately issued orders and instructions to all the senior Japanese officers under him.
"Hai!"
"Hai!"
"Hai!"
All the Japanese officers immediately nodded loudly and agreed.
Because they could also feel from the serious expression of Hisao Tani, the commander of the 6th Division, that He Feiyang's troops would not be easy to deal with.
So they were not stupid guys, and they immediately agreed to seriously fight He Feiyang's men.
Therefore, after receiving the order, all the Japanese officers immediately asked the intelligence agencies and reconnaissance troops to speed up the collection of all information about He Feiyang's headquarters to conduct analysis before the battle.
Facing the reinforcements from the two elite Japanese divisions, they changed the direction in which they wanted to attack, and all changed their direction to support the 18th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment.
All of a sudden, the tense national army generals in various war zones were all confused, but they relaxed all over, at least temporarily.
The first commander of the national army to receive information about the abnormal movements of the 114th Division and the 6th Division of the Japanese 10th Army was Commander Gu, Commander-in-Chief of the Third Theater Area.
Then, there are the commanders of various war zones such as Chen Cheng.
Coming down next is the chairman.
Of course, it was Boss Dai who immediately reported the news to the Chairman.
Originally, after the Japanese 10th Army successfully landed in the Jinshanwei area, the Chairman immediately planned to deploy the national army troops from the south of the Suzhou River to Nanxiang to be able to hold on for at least 5 days.
Then decide on a retreat strategy,
However, in fact, the blocking battle on the south bank of the Suzhou River only lasted for one day before the entire line collapsed and suffered heavy casualties.
The main elite troops of the national army, which were already at a disadvantage, immediately fell into the tragedy of a great rout.
There is also the risk of being surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese army.
The headquarters in Nanjing, the capital, and the 3rd Theater Command also quickly fell into headaches. Although before the Japanese 10th Army conducted a sneak attack and landing operation,
In order to prevent Japanese reinforcements from carrying out sneak attacks and landing operations along the river and coast, the Nationalist Army had set up a garrison area on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay, with 4 divisions and 1 brigade of the 8th Group Army responsible for defensive operations;
However, as the battle situation became increasingly disadvantageous, most of the troops of the 8th Army were gradually dispatched to the Pudong area to assist in frontal operations.
Then, only two divisions under the command of Commander Tao Guang of the 28th Army were left to guard the 90-kilometer coastline on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay from Kanpu to Zhelin.
Then, as the frontal battlefield was defeated again, such a small amount of troops continued to be dispatched to support operations.
This gave the Japanese 10th Army the opportunity to successfully conduct a sneak attack and landing operation on the Jinshan Guard side.
Therefore, when the headquarters in Nanjing, the capital, and the 3rd Theater Command learned about the successful landing operation of the Japanese 10th Army, they deeply regretted it, but it did not help.
Especially when they discovered that the Japanese 10th Army marched straight into the Hangzhou Bay area like no one was in the middle of nowhere, they immediately became even more anxious and thought about how to deal with it.
Just as the two high command headquarters were in chaos,
After all the forces of the Japanese 10th Army suddenly shrunk and focused entirely on attacking Cangcheng and Songjiang City,
Both the headquarters in Nanjing, the capital, and the 3rd Theater Command were greatly relieved.
3rd Theater Command.
"Immediately dispatch a reconnaissance force 24 hours a day to closely monitor every move of all the troops of the Japanese 10th Army. In addition, before the Japanese army does not take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack our uncompleted defenses, I will improve them immediately!
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"In addition, allocate and evacuate the main elite troops as soon as possible. We must evacuate as many main elite troops as possible when the Japanese 10th Army once again concentrates its fighting energy on us!"
"We must preserve some of our main forces as seeds for future resistance, and we absolutely cannot all die here in Songhu!"
"Songhu has been lost to the Japanese troops. I am not optimistic about the persistence of Nanjing, the capital city!"
"So it is necessary to allow some of the main forces to reach the Xuzhou side as safely as possible to carry out new rest and preparations and combat deployment! For the future resistance war, we will win back all our defeats in Songhu!"
"A gentleman's revenge is never too late!"
After Commander Zhu learned about the combat objectives of the Japanese 10th Army and completely changed them, he quickly issued the sternest orders to his reconnaissance troops, senior generals, and intelligence teams.
At the same time, he was also grateful to the Sichuan Army troops on the Cangcheng and Songjiang City sides, as well as the Northeast Army troops, especially He Feiyang's troops, who were currently being watched by all major forces.
Because he spread the reputation of the Sichuan Army to all major cities, and also got into the eyes of senior officials in the foreign concessions.
They were all paying attention to the battle between He Feiyang's troops and the Japanese army.