Jinju battlefield.
As orders from the headquarters of each division were issued, more and more Japanese soldiers withdrew from the battlefield.
The Japs were running in dense numbers, and they were threatening to be defeated.
Just looking at the scale, there are at least 40,000 remaining Japs.
After a whole night of rapid marching and almost a whole day of hard fighting, even though these Japanese soldiers had a strong will to fight, they could no longer withstand it.
Takashi Takamori looked at the withdrawing troops through binoculars, his expression softening slightly.
Although they failed to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei, the main force of the Locust Army is still there.
"Nishihara-kun, have you reported the situation here to the North China Front Army Headquarters?"
Takamori Takashi looked at Colonel Seihara Seiyo and asked in a deep voice.
"The telegram has been sent." Nishihara Seio replied, and then said with a worried tone, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, General Okamura will not punish us? After all, we issued the retreat order without authorization."
"Just punish them." Koichi Takamori waved his hand and said, "Do we have to let the enemy's rocket launchers continue to fire and the Locust Army suffer heavy losses before ordering a retreat? What's the point of such a retreat?"
"That's true."
Nishihara Seifu nodded, with a look of pity on his face.
pity.
We fought fiercely here for a whole day and engaged three divisions in the battle, but still failed to defeat the Jizhong Eighth Route Army.
If the fight continues, the Locust Army will have a chance to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei.
The Locust Army was very tired, but the Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei Province was not feeling well either.
We spent the whole night digging trenches and fighting the locust army for another day.
The Locust Army's individual soldiers are strong, the Eighth Route Army's machine guns are fierce, and they even have air support.
If the fight continues, the battle will depend on the fighting will of the troops on both sides, and it will depend on who can't stand it first.
Now that the Japanese army has retreated, the two sides are fighting a draw.
But this result still made Seihara shudder.
The Eighth Route Army troops in Jizhong can only be regarded as second-rate in combat effectiveness among the entire Eighth Route Army.
The 129th Division, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are considered first-rate.
The new regiment is considered a top-notch unit.
Although the 40th Division and the 56th Division can be considered second-rate units of the Japanese army, the 11th Division is the ace unit of the Japanese army.
With this configuration, it actually failed to defeat the Jizhong Eighth Route Army.
It can be imagined how powerful the combat effectiveness of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the New Second Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and the New First Regiment were.
at this time.
Lieutenant General Seiichi Aoki, commander of the 40th Division, came galloping over on horseback with dozens of elite guards.
As the horse's hooves rolled, smoke and dust quickly rose.
As he approached, Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi dismounted.
"Takamori-kun, Nishihara-kun, we must transfer to Baoding immediately. I suspect that the main force of the new regiment has arrived!"
Lieutenant General Aoki Chengyi glanced at everyone and asked in a deep voice with a solemn expression:
"Where is Watanabe-kun? He hasn't arrived yet?"
Lieutenant General Takamori Takashi's face became increasingly ugly.
"The headquarters of Lieutenant General Aoki and Lieutenant General Watanabe were covered by heavy artillery fire. We sent cavalry over, but we couldn't even find the body of Lieutenant General Watanabe!"
Colonel Seihara Seiyo said in a deep voice.
"idiot!"
Lieutenant General Aoki Chengichi heard this and cursed angrily.
As the saying goes, the fox dies when the rabbit dies. The 56th Division and the 40th Division were transferred to North China to fight together.
Now Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe is in pieces, and Seiichi Aoki is also filled with grief and anger.
"Aoki-kun, what did you just say?"
Lieutenant General Takamori Takashi's expression changed, as if he had grasped something important, and he asked in a deep voice:
"Do you suspect that the main force of the new group has arrived?"
"That's right!" Aoki Cheng said with a solemn expression, "The rocket launcher unit of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Jinzhou. This shows that the main force of the Eighth Route Army can definitely reach here. If I guessed correctly, the distance between the main force of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is
We only have a few kilometers to go!”
After hearing what Seiichi Aoki said, Takashi Takamori felt that there was nothing wrong with the logic.
Wherever the Eighth Route Army's artillery can reach, the Eighth Route Army's infantry can certainly reach as well.
Takashi Takamori took out a map from his adjutant, pointed at the map and said:
"The main force of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army wants to enter North China from Shanxi. The only way is Zhengtai Road. However, Shimen City and Zhengding are still in the hands of the Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army. The main force of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army will never be able to bypass Shimen City.
He Zhengding, arrived at Jinzhou battlefield!"
The main force of the New Regiment mentioned by Takamori Takashi includes the artillery unit, tank unit and infantry unit of the New Regiment.
Infantry can take detours and cross paths, but heavy artillery and tanks cannot. The maneuverability of heavy artillery and tanks places high demands on roads.
This is also the reason why Takashi Takamori dared to attack the Jizhong Eighth Route Army here.
As long as Shimen City and Zhengding are still in the hands of the Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to poke holes in the 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division.
"Takamori-kun, I have no intention of arguing with you."
Lieutenant General Aoki Chengyi said:
"Regardless of whether the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has arrived, the Eighth Route Army already has such powerful artillery firepower that the Locust Army has no chance of winning. We must turn towards Baoding and request the North China Front Army Headquarters to send troops to Baoding to respond!"
"Aoki-kun, I very much agree with this." Takamori Takashi nodded and said, "So I gave the order for the entire army to move in, but the 56th Baggage Regiment has discovered the location of the Eighth Route Army's rocket launcher position and has already gone to attack.
, the Eighth Route Army's rocket launcher position is temporarily unable to fire, I have sent the 11th Cavalry Regiment to support, and ask the 40th Regiment of your division's baggage regiment to go to the woods immediately to drive away the mules, horses and cars."
The 11th Cavalry Regiment was stubbornly blocked by the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in its previous attack.
Although the 11th Cavalry Regiment is very powerful in combat.
But the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment is not a vegetarian. Not only is it powerful in combat, but its equipment is better than that of the Japanese.
If the 11th Cavalry Regiment hadn't run so fast, the 11th Cavalry Regiment would have been completely wiped out.
Of course, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment also suffered considerable losses.
Currently, the 11th Cavalry Regiment has less than half of its troops left.
After the 11th Infantry Regiment withdrew from the battlefield, it had received orders and was sent to the woods.
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Seiichi Aoki has just finished issuing the order.
The communication staff officer of the 11th Division had a look of fear on his face. He hurried over and bowed his head to Takamori Takamori to report: "Reporting to the division commander, the communications team of the 56th Regiment has just reported..."
Looking at the face of the communications staff officer, Takashi Takamori's heart suddenly sank. He instantly realized that something was wrong and asked in a deep voice, "What are you reporting?"
On the side, Seio Nishihara and Seiichi Aoki also cast their eyes over.
"Lieutenant Colonel Nagasaki Yoshio led two large baggage brigades to attack the Eighth Route Army's rocket artillery positions."
"Encountered hundreds of Eighth Route Army tanks halfway."
"The main force of the Eighth Route Army has arrived."
Although there was fear in the eyes of the communications staff officer, he still kept his tone fluent and finished reporting the encounter of the 56th Baggage Regiment.
"Nani?"
Takashi Takamori suddenly turned his head, his face full of disbelief:
"What did you say? Hundreds of tanks?"
To be continued...