Chapter 81 The Wrath of Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Yoshisuke
Chapter 81 The Fury of Division Commander Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke
Author: Entertainment Cat
Chapter 81 The Fury of Division Commander Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke
The northern suburbs of Songhu are dotted with rice fields and ponds. Especially after it rains, the roads are even more muddy. However, as there have been violent battles here and they have been covered by Japanese artillery fire, everything as far as you can see is black holes.
craters and shockingly rotten mud roads.
The Japanese army has a heavy firepower advantage, and it is also coordinated by the combat advantages of the ground, sea and air forces.
Therefore, after dawn every day, the Japanese army would raise a hot-air balloon over the battlefield. An observation station was set up inside the balloon, as well as Japanese observers to observe every move of the national army on the battlefield and the impact points of the artillery units' shelling.
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In the battle of Chenjiaxing, the Japanese army charged, and the Sichuan army counterattacked, and so on. There were mountains of corpses on the battlefield, and neither army had time to deal with them.
So they simply piled the corpses in front to make a parapet, and then continued shooting with their guns.
Or just abandon them on the battlefield and continue fighting each other to the death.
In addition to shooting at each other, shelling and bombing, it was hand-to-hand combat.
There will be air raids and bombings from time to time,
Japanese 9th Division Headquarters,
Lieutenant General Yosuke Yoshizumi, commander of the 9th Division, and Hirotaro Nakagawa, chief of staff, were talking to Major General Akiyama Yoshiyuki, commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
There is also the 7th Infantry Regiment, the commander of the Kanazawa Regiment, Colonel Isa Kazuo, and the 35th Infantry Regiment, the commander of the Toyama Regiment, Colonel Fujisueyoshi.
There are also Major General Nobutoki Isho, commander of the 18th Infantry Brigade, Colonel Hidezo Hitomi, commander of the 19th Infantry Regiment, and Colonel Jiro Wakisaka, commander of the 36th Infantry Regiment.
There are also Colonel Mori Ago Roku, commander of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, Serikawa Hidehi, commander of the 9th Wayama Artillery Regiment, Colonel Toshisada Nonaka, commander of the 9th Engineer Regiment, and the 9th Heavy Infantry Regiment.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Masanosuke Mitamura, and other Japanese generals were holding an emergency combat meeting.
Because if you want to enter the southern battlefield, you must forcibly cross Yunzaobang.
In addition, Chen Jiaxing, Dachang and other fronts were all captured, including Dunwu Temple and other places.
The Japanese troops responsible for attacking Dungo Temple were also responsible for the Japanese 9th Division.
"Bagayalu! What do you do for a living? You can't even defeat the small local Chinese Army. We still have to cooperate with the 3rd Division!"
"But even so, you were still in the first round of the battle, and the local Chinese army resisted the attack of so many of your troops?"
"Are you all useless, or are the Chinese troops in these places stronger than you?"
"But I have read through all the information about the 20th Army of the Local China Army, and I still haven't found anything particularly powerful about them. Apart from their relatively fierce and fearless combat, they don't have any heavy firepower weapons and equipment.
None!"
"Not to mention the tanks and combat vehicles assisting the aviation force in combat. They don't even have many artillery pieces, and they don't even have many heavy machine guns!"
"But it is this kind of troops with inferior weapons and equipment that defeats the elite troops of the empire one after another?"
"Where is the face of our Imperial Army? Where is the face of our 9th Division?"
"Please tell me, if His Majesty knows about your useless fighting, what will he think of you? What will he think of me? And the combat effectiveness of our 9th Division?"
"Do you want to destroy all the face and glory of our 9th Division?"
"So that all of us in the 9th Division can become the joke of all the Imperial Army and the butt of jokes after dinner?"
"Tell me, yes? Or no?"
"Bagaya road!"
"This is the most failed and most embarrassing battle since I led the troops. If the opponent has powerful sea, land and air forces like our empire to support the operation, then if you lose, you will lose. There is nothing particularly embarrassing.
, because our Imperial Army is a force that respects powerful opponents!”
"But now you are fighting with sophisticated weapons and equipment, as well as the support of the aviation force and navy, but you have been defeated again and again by the China Army with inferior weapons and equipment!"
"Such a result is really unacceptable. I don't know how you reported such a bad record to the base camp and His Majesty!"
"So tell me now, why did it fail like this?"
When all the generals and officers under the command of the 9th Division gathered together, the commander of the 9th Division, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke, was next to the chief of staff, Hirosa Nakagawa, roaring at everyone.
His head was full of anger and he could not stop being angry.
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In response to his furious scolding, all the Japanese officers looked at each other for a moment, but no one responded immediately.
Because they are also very embarrassed,
On his side, he united with the troops of the 3rd Division, and the troops of one division launched a general attack on Chen Jiaxing, but they still could not take it down smoothly immediately.
So they were scolded speechless by the division commander Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke,
"Bagaya road!"
"What's wrong? Are you all mute?"
"Aren't you talking anymore?"
"Do you want to just be a coward?"
"Do you still want to continue to lose the face of our 9th Division as much as possible?"
After seeing that no one among the Japanese officers responded to his rage, the division commander, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke, roared even more like a volcano erupting.
"Hai!"
"Please calm down, Division Commander!"
"Although this time we carried out a general attack with the troops of the 3rd Division, we still were unable to completely capture the Chenjiahang position, but we also severely damaged the Chinese Army on the opposite side, so please give us one more chance, and we will try again
If we launch a general attack, we can definitely capture Chen Jiaxing!"
"If we launch another general attack and fail to capture the opposite position, I am willing to commit hara-kiri as a warning!"
However, when the division commander Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke became more and more angry, and when there were still not many Japanese officers who dared to speak, the commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade, Major General Akiyama Yoshiyun, bit the bullet and made a promise.
"Hai!"
"me too!"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!"
Then, the commander of the 18th Infantry Brigade, Major General Noritoki Isho, also stood up and promised.
Of course, his promise was an expression of confidence in his upcoming battle, not the kind of promise he made despite knowing that he would die, and the mentality of Major General Akiyama Yoshiyuki, commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Completely different.
"Hai! So do we!"
As the two brigade commanders agreed, the other captains also stood up and agreed respectfully.
"Sigh!"
"This is the spirit and confidence that our Imperial Army should have!"
"Since you are all confident of winning, I will give you one more chance!"
"But in the next round of general attack, we will attack together with all the troops of the 3rd Division, so we will combine the forces of our two divisions to attack the 20th Army of the Local China Army. If they are still unable to defeat and annihilate them
If so, then we people really have to commit seppuku and apologize!"
After seeing that the Japanese generals and officers under him were all determined to fight to the death and win, the division commander, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke, calmed down his anger slightly, his face softened a lot, and he looked coldly.
He glanced at everyone and said.
"Hai!"
"Hai!"
"Hai!"
All Japanese generals and officers immediately agreed.
Next, they also began to discuss how to cooperate with the 3rd Division in the second round of general offensive operations.