Commander Shunroku Hata was in the headquarters. After Commander Shunroku Hata saw the emergency telegram from Teng County, he was dumbfounded. Although the current commander of the Japanese 33rd Brigade was Isotani Rensuke's 10th Division.
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The superior commander of Isoya Rensuke's 10th Division was Nishio Hisao, the commander of the Japanese Second Army.
The intelligence information on the frontline battles obtained by Commander Shunroku Hata was obtained from the commander of the Japanese Second Army, Hisao Nishio. Of course, he himself also deployed intelligence agents to various combat units attacking Xuzhou.
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Therefore, even if there are no intelligence reports from each unit, he can still obtain first-hand information on the battle situation on the front line, so that he can study the next combat deployment and contact various commanders for joint combat operations and discussions.
During the Battle of Xuzhou, the Japanese army’s order of battle was:
Commander - Juichi Terauchi.
The First Army, Commander Kozuki Kiyoshi, has jurisdiction over the 14th Division of Kenji Doihara, the 20th Division of Bunzaburo Kawagishi, the 108th Division of Shimomoto Kumami, and the 109th Division of Yamagang Shigenji, the 5th, and the 1st Army.
9th Independent Brigade Machine Gun Battalion. 5th Independent Brigade Armored Car Company, 1st and 3rd Independent Brigade Mountain Artillery Regiments, 2nd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, 8th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, 3rd and 5th Artillery Battalions.
The Second Army, Commander Nishio Hisao, has jurisdiction over Itagaki Seishiro's 5th Division, Isoya Rensuke's 10th Division, 6th and 12th Independent Machine Gun Battalions, 10th and 12th Light Armored Vehicle Companies, and 1st Field Heavy Artillery Brigade.
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North China Front: Nakajima Jingo's 16th Division, Suematsu Shigeharu's 114th Division, Chinese Garrison Army, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Independent Mixed Brigades.
The Provisional Aviation Corps, commander Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, has jurisdiction over the 1st and 4th Air Force Regiments, the 3rd and 9th Independent Flying Squadrons, and the 6th Field Anti-aircraft Artillery Team.
Kei Setani's 33rd Brigade was organized into the "Setani Detachment", which included Akashiba Yazozo's 10th Infantry Regiment, Furei Shinpei's 63rd Infantry Regiment, Field Artillery 10th Regiment, and Field Heavy Artillery.
The 2nd Regiment, the 3rd Battalion of the Garrison Artillery Regiment (with two squadrons of 150mm howitzers), one temporary field artillery squadron and one mountain artillery squadron each, the 10th Independent Machine Gun Battalion, the 10th and 12th Independent Light Tank Squadrons,
The 1st Squadron of the 10th Engineer Regiment and the Communications Team, the Health Team, the 1st Field Hospital, the 15th Depot Vehicle Squadron, etc.
In short, for the 33rd Brigade commanded by Major General Kei Setani, the apparent combat effectiveness and superior weapons and equipment displayed by the 33rd Brigade are definitely not something that ordinary national troops can compete with.
Not to mention being hit hard in the first battle.
So when we learned that in the first battle at the Tengxian frontline, Setani Kei's 33rd Brigade was severely damaged, all Type 97 tanks and combat vehicles were blown up, and even Major General Setani Kei himself was killed by the Sichuan Army.
Sniper, kill from a distance.
"Bagaya Road! Which Chinese army is stationed in Teng County?"
"Why were they able to defeat tens of thousands of elite 33rd Brigade in the first battle?"
"Is Kei Setani a waste? He even risked his own life?"
"Severely inflicting heavy damage on the 33rd Brigade, and killing the loser Kei Setani, this is not the combat effectiveness that the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army of China's local troops can display!"
"Even if the 41st Army and the 45th Army of the China Sichuan Army are engaged in joint operations, there is no way they can defeat the severely damaged 33rd Brigade with head-to-head strength in such a short period of time!"
"This is so strange!"
"I must immediately investigate the ins and outs of the matter. China Teng County must be captured by me, because this is an important area that must be passed through to attack the northern gate of Xuzhou, China!"
"As long as China Teng County is lost, the northern gate of China Xuzhou will be completely captured by our imperial army! Then the tone of the war in Xuzhou will basically be set!"
"It won't take long for our imperial army to completely attack Xuzhou City in China and fully occupy the city!"
"So Teng County must find a way for me to capture it in the shortest possible time!"
"Let Isotani Rensuke, the division commander, think of a solution!"
"If he can't think of a good way, let his boss, Commander Nishio Hisao, of the Second Army, find a way to mobilize more elite troops and capture it!"
After repeatedly reading the battle information about Teng County in my hand,
Commander Shunroku Hata also looked gloomy to the extreme,
And he also frowned deeply, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't help his inner anger and cursed angrily.
Immediately, he also personally called the commander of the Second Army, Hisao Nishio, and the division commander of the 10th Division, Rensuke Isotani, asking them to make sure to give them the numbers of the garrison troops in Teng County.
and the real details will be investigated clearly,
And I also hope that the two of them can find a way to capture Teng County and gather the remnants of the Japanese 33rd Brigade.
The commander of the Second Army, Hisao Nishio, and the commander of the 10th Division, Rensuke Isotani, who received his call, also remained silent for a while.
Because after the two of them received the bad news that the Japanese 33rd Brigade was severely damaged in the first battle, and that the brigade commander, Major General Kei Setani, was killed by a Sichuan Army sniper,
He was also furious and cursed the brigade commander, Major General Kei Setani, for being stupid and useless.
At the same time, they are also very vigilant. They want to know what the numbers of the national army troops stationed in Teng County are.
As for telling them now that only the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army or the 41st Army of the Sichuan Army are stationed in Teng County, they will not believe it even to death.
Because purely based on the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Sichuan Army's 122nd Division and the Sichuan Army's 41st Army obtained through their intelligence collection, it is absolutely impossible to completely defeat the Japanese 33rd Brigade in the first battle and kill them so quickly.
Brigade commander Major General Kei Setani.
So at this moment, these three Japs high-level officials were all very serious about the new round of operations in Teng County and collecting details about the Sichuan troops in Teng County.