"Damn Chinese! Damn Ushijima Sadao! Bastard!" Major Shinji Morita cursed in a low voice while wiping the sweat rolling down his forehead.
If the damn Chinese were not stubbornly resisting on the battlefield, how could he appear on this battlefield?
And if damn Ushijima Sadao hadn't ordered his 36th Infantry Brigade to be the main force in the night attack on China's main positions, how could he, a dignified major officer of the 36th Infantry Brigade of the Sixth Division, be in such a peaceful place?
Are you still running around at all costs at night?
He ran 5 kilometers in full gear for 40 minutes, almost vomiting the pampered and dignified Major of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Shinji Morita just scolded the two initiators to deserve death, which is already a very high-quality performance.
Of course, the truth is that the Japanese are not good enough at scolding. Their navy and army have been scolding each other for many years, and they are just "horses and land" giving each other back and forth.
In this regard, the Chinese, who are crushing the Japanese scum, can scold them for half an hour without repeating the same thing. If they only relied on scolding and fighting, Japan would have been destroyed as a nation and a species.
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It's certainly not a good idea for Morita Shinji and his Japanese troops to appear here.
Night attack! The Chinese have already mastered this trick, but why don't they dare to do it once with the Imperial Japanese Army?
Yes, night attack!
This was the clever plan that seven or eight cobblers collectively came up with after Ushijima Sadao recruited his die-hard boys to the division headquarters in the evening and had a brain-shaking discussion.
Without force, how could these Japanese generals be forced to walk at night?
Just following orders and holding back the opponent is only a fair tactic. If you want to reduce your culpability, you must obtain sufficient military merit. And if you want to obtain military merit, you must make enough impact on the Chinese defense line before the 114th Division arrives around Taihu Lake. That way
Only then can it be shown that the combat power of the 18th Division is still the 'Empire Double 13' back then.
The Major General Brigade Commander and Colonel Captain of the 18th Division knew very well that they were all young men selected by Ushijima Sadao himself when he was the commander of the 18th Division. They were like grasshoppers on the vine, and they were both prosperous and prosperous.
If one loses, everyone loses. If Ushijima Sadao is transferred from the base camp, their life will never be easy, so they might as well take a chance.
In other words, this 13 must be pretended, otherwise, everyone will not be able to do anything good.
As for Yanagawa Heisuke, who issued the military order to stay put, what's so great about his commander of the Tenth Army? He was just an army lieutenant general, and like Ushijima Sadao, he was transferred from reserve to active duty when the war started.
, why is he shouting at the Eighteenth Division?
The Japanese army's tradition of "lowering to defeat superior" has never been lost. The 10th Army can ignore the strategic plan of the base camp and direct its troops to Jinling, the important town in China. The 18th Division takes the orders of its commander at the same level as shit. Then
What's so great about it?
Therefore, when the generals of the 18th Division who had to fight for their future glory and wealth gathered around the conference table and racked their brains, Colonel Kofuji Megumi, who was the chief of staff of the 18th Division, proposed that "we should fight against each other."
The saying goes, "Do it in return." When the Chinese army launched a night attack, the eyes of the Japanese generals were shining brightly.
This is definitely an excellent idea.
It is said that the Chinese are good at night fighting, but they are just forced to do so.
Because during the day, they must face the threat of artillery and aerial bombs. Only at night, the threats of these two are greatly reduced, which can narrow the firepower gap between the two sides. Otherwise, how could they choose to leave the trenches to attack the opponent after being on the defensive for a long time?
To build a complete line of defense?
In fact, when the imperial army increased their vigilance and increased the intensity of patrols, every night attack by the Chinese paid a huge price. Every time they retreated, a large number of corpses were left on the position. They killed 800 enemies and suffered losses.
A Thousand Tactics.
The Chinese rely on a breath of energy to support them in fighting. As long as this breath is broken, victory will belong to the empire sooner or later. The generals of the 18th Division know this very well.
But the group of Chinese people on the opposite side were like invincible 'Little Strongs'. They became more and more courageous as they fought. Under the crisis of fighting alone, they even resorted to ruthless tactics and severely damaged the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade. This was
The generals of the 18th Division did not expect this.
But this does not mean that the Imperial Army will not fight at night. As long as they can rush to the opponent's position unexpectedly, the generals of the 18th Division, who have never achieved success in offensive operations, believe that with the strength of the Imperial Army,
The Chinese who were caught off guard would also be killed and disarmed.
The Chinese are not as strong as they imagined. If they were strong enough, they would not be in the current situation. This is what the generals of the 18th Division believe.
Our Imperial Army's ability to fight in the "field", no, is to fight at night, is only better than that of the Chinese.
This proposal by Chief of Staff Megumi Kofuji was quickly adopted.
Attack the left wing of the Chinese army at night! After two days of battlefield reconnaissance, the Chinese troops stationed on the left and right flanks will not exceed two infantry regiments, which is considered the weakest link.
But for some unknown reason, Ushijima Sadao, who had some research on traditional Chinese culture, chose the 'left wing', which was the direction of the independence camp.
According to his explanation, ancient Chinese tradition respected the left, and the Chinese commanders may have deployed their elite troops on the left. What the Imperial Army wanted to do this time was to tear a hole in the Chinese defense line, no matter how elite it was.
It doesn't matter whether they are ordinary troops or not, the important thing is to kill them.
To put it bluntly, Ushijima Sadao, who has been holding his breath, is playing the "opposite way" routine, which is the same as the slogan shouted by many brave Chinese generals: "I am fighting the elite!"
What's more, it wasn't his 18th Division that was responsible for the main force in the night attack?
Aren’t those idiots in the Sixth Division known as the ‘Strongest Division on the Earth’? Shouldn’t the so-called Chinese elites be like chickens and dogs in front of them?
That's right, after the 36th Infantry Brigade was hit and bloody on the defense line deployed by Tang Dao, it could only withdraw to the 18th Division's defense line. According to the Japanese Army's wartime regulations, its command rights naturally belong to it.
At the higher-level 18th Division Division Headquarters.
Moreover, the North China Expeditionary Force took into account the solidity of the Jiashan defense line, the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade was finished, and the Eighteenth Division was insufficient in strength. In order to prevent conflicts between the two armies due to command authority, they simply issued another military order to form the 18th Division.
The West Route Army of the Tenth Army, dominated by the Eighteenth Division, has two infantry brigades of the Eighteenth Division, the 36th Infantry Brigade of the Sixth Division, and the 3rd Artillery Corps of the Sixth Artillery Regiment of the Sixth Division.
Brigade.
This is of course not to say that Ushijima Sadao is valued by the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, but that the North China Expeditionary Army has already lost a heavy artillery brigade. I heard that several generals in the base camp are scolding each other from a distance, and no one dares to bear another infantryman.
The division suffered heavy losses.
This is the mentality of not being able to break a broken jar. The 18th Division is weak and scumbag, but you can’t scumbag me until everyone is gone.
The saddest thing may be that only the 36th Infantry Brigade, which originally pursued the Chinese army all the way and was disgraced, ended up being led by another newly formed division.
Forget it, the key point is that it was sold without even attending the Supreme Military Conference.
Yes, Ushijima Sadao hated the 'culprits' who caused him to make mistakes. Would he think of them when he was in a meeting? That is, when he was carrying out the most dangerous mission, he felt that they were quite suitable.
If everything goes well, everyone will be happy. The 36th Infantry Brigade has their merits, and as the actual commander, Ushijima Sadao's merits.
If something goes wrong, it will only be left to the 'black skin and bright red blood' to wish for themselves.
Of course, Ushijima Sadao had no intention of using thousands of Imperial Army troops as cannon fodder. While ordering the 36th Infantry Brigade to organize a night attack on the left wing of the Chinese defense line, the three infantry regiments of the 18th Division on the front line
The team of nearly 10,000 infantrymen were all in the trenches and on standby.
A tactic, prepared with both hands.
If it succeeds, the main force of the 18th Division will launch an attack on the Chinese defense line in the dark; if it fails, the main force of the Chinese must be contained to allow the 36th Infantry Brigade to retreat smoothly.
It can be said that Ushijima Sadao has thought about it in detail.
But what he didn't expect was that the two commanders on the opposite side had almost the same idea as him. They also sent out their most elite infantry battalions, and the entire army quietly entered the trenches. If they could, they would counterattack, if not, they would contain them.
What a coincidence!
This is not the voice of the Chinese and Japanese commanders inside and outside the Jiashan defense line at this time, but Tang Dao's.
Hammer looked into the distance warily. He felt bad. There was no way the Japanese army knew about their action plan. They should set up an ambush in advance!
While quickly ordering the entire army to remain silent, Tang Dao personally took Gu Xishui, Niu Er, and Hammer across a small hill with a width of only 300 meters to conduct reconnaissance.
Under the bright moonlight that emerged from the dark clouds again.
A piece of 'shit yellow' sitting in the grass, panting and wiping sweat, occupied Tang Dao's eyes.
According to a rough estimate, there are at least 200 Japanese troops who also chose to repair the side of the hill, about the strength of an infantry squadron.
Under the moonlight, several light and heavy machine guns were shining dimly, which should be due to the increased firepower of this infantry squadron.
This good guy didn't set up an ambush, he also came to attack by surprise! A cold light flashed in Tang Dao's eyes.
It seems that the plan is about to change.
Please remember the first domain name of this book: ._
