"Retreat? Why retreat? The brigade headquarters' order is to depend on the situation on the battlefield. Lao Luo, what do you mean by depending on the situation on the battlefield?" Li Yunlong frowned, as if no one should mess with me.
"Old Li, the brigade commander said it depends on the situation on the battlefield, but he also said later, don't fight with the Japs!" Political Commissar Luo explained patiently.
"The current situation is that we alone have killed two squadrons of the Japanese army. If we continue to fight, the enemy's reinforcements may not arrive anytime soon, and it will be too late to retreat. Lao Li, just accept it as soon as possible!"
It turns out that although Li Yunlong was very interested in fighting with the Japs, after all, he had been fighting for so many years and had no time to fight head-on with the Japs.
Li Yunlong's new regiment is the main regiment of the 386th Brigade. It has about 2,000 troops and a lot of light and heavy machine guns. However, the reinforcements of the 16th Regiment and the 17th Regiment are not at this level. Although after the battle with the Sakata Alliance, the two regiments
The regiment gained a lot, but there were also a lot of casualties. After the war, a lot of new soldiers were added. After more than two months, the combat effectiveness was far from restored to before the war.
With the current strength of the three regiments, if they really fight against the Japanese army of nearly a thousand people, not to mention completely annihilating the Japanese army, even if they severely damage the Japanese army, they will end up with a tragic victory.
Li Yunlong discussed with the 16th Regiment and the 17th Regiment who came to support, and the three regiments split up and carried out sabotage in Changzi County at the same time.
Three regiments cannot defeat a Japanese brigade, but a regiment of more than a thousand people can still win by defeating a Japanese squadron.
For a time, smoke was everywhere in Changzi County, and the Japanese troops who came back for reinforcements could only divide their troops to support them. As a result, Li Yunlong and other regiments were severely damaged one by one.
"Damn, I really can't swallow this. It's such a good opportunity, but the meat on the side of my mouth is stuck in my mouth. This is such a useless battle!" Li Yunlong felt panicked after thinking about it.
What Li Yunlong was thinking at this time was that the main force of the Japanese army had been eaten, and he would unplug a few more strongholds in Changzi County. But it was already dark now, and no matter how slow the Japanese army responded, reinforcements from elsewhere should have arrived.
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"Correspondent, go tell the battalions to retreat immediately after cleaning the battlefield, and stop worrying about the Japs' strongholds!" Li Yunlong shouted loudly.
That night, the various units of the 386th Brigade returned to their bases one after another. After a day of fighting, although each regiment suffered casualties, they captured a lot.
Zhou Weihan's New Second Regiment returned to its base before dark because the battle ended early.
On the second day, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
Yoshio Shinozuka held a special military meeting regarding this Eighth Route Army operation.
"Tell me, why were the warriors of the Japanese Empire led by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses repeatedly?" Yoshio Shinozuka sat upright with a gloomy expression.
"General Shinozuka, with all due respect, the failure of this battle is entirely the responsibility of the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade. There was a problem with the security of Anze. Our defenders in Choko County received a request from Kawada Kamesaburo for reinforcements.
Troops were sent to reinforce Anze, resulting in such heavy casualties. Kamesaburo Kawada should commit suicide by disembowelling himself!" the newly appointed commander of the Japanese 108th Division, Shimomoto Yaxiong, said angrily.
The main force of the 108th Division was in western Hebei. The Japanese defense force in Changzi County was weak, so a separate brigade was dispatched to Changzi to garrison. After arriving, it was attacked by the Eighth Route Army all day long. This time, because of the reinforcement of Anze, it was first attacked by the reconnaissance company.
After annihilating a small group of Japanese troops, Li Yunlong and other groups later took advantage of the loophole and suffered heavy losses.
The 108th Division's brigade in Changzi County was not the worst. The worst was the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade. Anze, Qinyuan, and Tunliu were all its defense areas.
As soon as he heard what Genya Xiong said, Taro Kawada of the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade was immediately unhappy: "Baga, it's obvious that the defenders of Choko County didn't reinforce in time, which caused the situation to escalate."
Tsutsuki Taro Kawada is the brother of Kamesaburo Kawada, the captain of the Japanese army in Anzawa. He knows that the source of this incident is Anze County. Kamesaburo Kawada, as the top officer of Anze, should bear the main responsibility, and his younger brother is the most responsible.
A good candidate to take the blame will have to commit suicide if he fails.
As the elder brother, Tsutsuki Taro Kawada couldn't bear his younger brother ending up like this, so the two sides began to pass the blame to each other.
"Baga, you have all disgraced the Imperial Army of Japan!" Yoshio Shinozuka, who was sitting upright, finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up, slapped the table and roared.
The two people who were arguing just now shut up immediately, but they still looked like they would fight if they disagreed.
"General Shinozuka, the most important issue at the moment is maintaining security in several counties. Our army's garrison strength in these counties is now empty. The Eighth Route Army has suppressed our army's strength around the county. Some troops must be mobilized as soon as possible." Chief of Staff.
Miyano Jun said in time.
"The fighting on the front line is tense, and there is smoke everywhere in the rear. General Gangcun is particularly dissatisfied with the security war on the Shanxi battlefield!"
Yoshio Shinozuka frowned after hearing this. The strength of the First Army was really stretched thin: "All the officers involved were sent to a military court and severely punished."
Then it looked at Xia Yuan Xiong Mi: "Xia Yuan Jun, Wu Yi, the public security in Wu'an is good, there is no need to guard it with heavy troops, mobilize a brigade under the command of Yong in the temple to the eldest son to continue to maintain public order."
Then he looked at the acting commander of the 35th Division, Taijiro Iida, who was sitting beside him, and his heart suddenly surged with anger, and he said: "Iida-kun, the 35th Division will allocate a brigade to the defense camp.
The Ten Mixed Brigades will allocate part of their troops to support Qinyuan."
When the Japanese army launched a large-scale raid on Shanxi not long ago, the commander of the 35th Division, Maeda Haru, led the main force of the 35th Division to attack Wei Lihuang's troops guarding the Jincheng area to assist the Japanese army in fighting the First Army in Shanxi. Due to the close combat between the enemy and ourselves,
, so in the fierce melee, Maeda Haru was shot in the head and chest.
The commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment, Major General Taijiro Iida, had no intention of fighting and protected the division commander Maeda Haru while fighting and retreating.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Due to Maeda's serious injury, the military doctors at the army field hospital only stopped the bleeding and bandaged his wounds, and quickly sent him to the Japanese Army Hospital in Peiping for treatment, but
He eventually died due to excessive injuries.
What is dramatic is that in the later Hundred Regiment War, Iida Taijiro, as the acting division commander, was attacked by a small detachment while fighting with our Eighth Route Army's Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region, and he also died.
"Currently, our army's combat mission is to maintain law and order in the defense zone and not to take the initiative to fight with the Eighth Route Army. I don't want to see something like this happen again. Do you understand?" Yoshio Shinozuka said sternly.
After Yoshio Shinozuka spoke, the senior Japanese generals present did not dare to refute and stood up one after another: "Hi"
"Yoshi, I hope you remember that only by working together can we gain a firm foothold in China!" Shinozuka Yoshio said with satisfaction.
After the meeting, Tsutsutaro Kawada did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he carried a gift box and got into Yoshio Shinozuka's office.
"General Shinozuka, these are two bottles of authentic Shanxi Fenjiu that my brother Kamesaburo Kawada collected in China. It is said to be ten years old. I specially ask you to taste them!" Tsutsuki Taro Kawada smiled with a smile on his face.
Shinozuka Yoshio's personal adjutant took it, his expression moved slightly, as if he noticed something, and he changed the gift box and placed it on Shinozuka Yoshio's table.
"Oh, how can I find such a treasured wine?" Yoshio Shinozuka's calm face showed a little joy. He took the gift box, his frown immediately relaxed, his green bean-sized eyes behind his glasses shrank, and he waved his right hand in front of his nose.
After a few puffs, I seemed to smell a rich aroma of wine.
Then he coughed dryly and said: "Well, I accept Kamesaburo's wishes. You go back and tell him to ensure the security of the defense area. Next time, I will definitely punish him severely!"
"Hi, General, please rest assured, I will strictly supervise him!" Kawada Tsutsuki Taro was overjoyed.
On the other side, Kamesaburo Kawada of Anze was beating his chest in the office at this time. All the savings he had accumulated over the years were wiped out. Twenty gold bars were just gone.