"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the Chief of Staff has arrived with supplies," the adjutant said to Sakata Nobutsuru cautiously, for fear of being offended.
When he heard that the supplies had arrived, Sakata Nobutsu's expression finally turned gloomy: "Hey, Terauchi Jin finally did a good thing."
"Oura-kun, this is Major Eguchi Hideya sent by Wuyi to deliver supplies. Please hand over the supplies to him." Terauchi Jin said to Ourata of the baggage team.
"Hi, Mr. Eguchi, please come with me. You came just in time. Not only is the ammunition consumption serious, but the soldiers can only eat compressed biscuits every day."
"Mr. Oura, the battle should be going smoothly. It won't take long to wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army, right?" Zhou Weihan asked with a smile on his face.
Ohurata looked around and leaned against Zhou Weihan and whispered: "Shh, keep your voice down, Eguchi-kun. You just came here and you don't know that the war is not going well. You don't want to offend the captain. There are many wounded people in the camp now."
, the health team simply doesn’t have enough manpower.”
"How could this happen? The soldiers of the empire have always fought bravely. How could they be defeated by Tuba Road with backward equipment?"
"This enemy is so evil that the artillery positions of the regiment have been destroyed."
"Nani? Are the casualties serious?" Zhou Weihan looked concerned.
"Only three cannons were bombed. The most important artillery team suffered heavy casualties and can no longer support the next battle." Ohurata pointed to several tents nearby, "I have to trouble Eguchi-kun to escort the wounded back.
Wuyi."
"Okay, Eguchi-kun, just put the supplies here."
Zhou Weihan directed the soldiers to carry supplies. Dong Jiang ran over and reported in a low voice: "Captain, I have observed that except for Sakata's headquarters, the entire camp has only one squadron in garrison strength. In addition, there are several directly affiliated troops.
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The logistics camp of the Japs is usually together with the headquarters. In addition to the garrison squadron, the entire camp of the Bantian Regiment also has an engineering team, a communications team, a baggage team, a flag protection team, a health team, etc.
Three independent infantry brigades, the Nishida Battalion and the Yamashima Battalion are on the offensive, and the Yasui Battalion serves as a reserve and is also in the forward position.
"This is a good opportunity. When the little devils finish their meal at noon and launch their attack in the afternoon, we will take action." Zhou Weihan ordered.
Inside the Sakata Wing headquarters.
"Sakata-kun, why is the war going so poorly?" Terauchi Jin finally caught the opportunity and made a fuss as soon as he came up.
"Terauchi Jin, are you blaming me?" Sakata Nobutsu said, looking straight at Terauchi Jin.
"Don't forget that I am the chief of staff. I am fulfilling my duties and I have to answer to the staff headquarters." Jin Terauchi seemed to have seen the fate of Nobutetsu Sakata. He simply changed his previous cowardice and said directly with a broken face.
"Baga." Nobuyuki Sakata angrily tore up the map on the table.
At noon, the Japanese attacking troops who received the order gradually withdrew from the battle and returned to their respective camps.
At Zhou Weihan's request, the soldiers of the transportation team assisted Ourata in distributing today's supplies to the various brigades. Taking this opportunity, Zhou Weihan also witnessed the reality and reality of the Sakata unit.
The real battle only started for half a day. Except for the Yasui Brigade, which acted as a reserve force, both attacking brigades suffered heavy casualties. The camp was full of little Japs waiting for treatment, and morale was low.
Another military meeting was held within the Sakata Wing headquarters.
"Gentlemen, please report the casualties of each department," Sakata Nobutsu said in a low tone.
"After a fierce battle with the Eighth Route Army all morning, our unit once again suffered more than 300 casualties. Counting the previous battles, the entire brigade can only fight more than 400 people," Masao Nishida said sadly.
"Nani, has the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness reached such a level?" Sakata Nobutsu was still surprised even though he had watched the entire battle.
"Your Excellency, Captain, there are still more than 600 soldiers in our brigade. Please send me more manpower. After the battle in the morning, I found that the enemy on the right wing was slightly weaker. The soldiers braved artillery fire several times to attack, but they were defeated.
After the enemy's reinforcements were defeated, I decided to go all out in the afternoon and capture the hilltop on the right side." Captain Shandao said.
"Hey, Mr. Yamashima, your courage is commendable. I ordered the Yasui Battalion to leave one squadron to guard the camp, and the rest of the personnel to press forward and work together to break through the enemy's right defense line."
"Gentlemen, you should be able to foresee the consequences of failure." Nobuyuki Sakata said grimly while wiping.
"Hi, please don't worry, captain"
"I will ask the brigade commander for reinforcements, but I hope to capture the Cangyunling position before the brigade commander arrives."
"Hey!" When everyone heard that there were reinforcements, they were immediately shocked.
Generally, the communications staff of each unit of the Little Devils are under the direct control of the chief of staff, so when Terauchi Jin received the news from Sakata Nobutetsu requesting reinforcements, he smiled disdainfully.
He went directly to his telegraph operator: "Send a message to General Shinozuka, commander of the Shanxi First Army."
Terauchi Jin slowly said: "General Shinozuka met with the Bantian Regiment of the Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade Headquarters and was ordered to raid the enemy's Eighth Route Army base. The commander of the Regiment, Sakata Nobutetsu, acted arbitrarily and underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. He was ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Cangyun Ridge area and suffered casualties.
It was a heavy blow, but regardless of the life and death of the soldiers, the whole army was in danger of being annihilated, said Jin Terauchi, Chief of Staff of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade."
Jin Terauchi is really good at shirking responsibilities. He jumped directly to the First Shanxi Army without saying a single unnecessary word, leaving plenty of room for Yoshio Shinozuka's imagination.
"After General Shinozuka called me back, he immediately contacted me. Do you understand?"
"Hi, Chief of Staff, don't worry."
A group of people gathered around Zhou Weihan, and Dong Jiang said: "Commander, the little devil eats very deliciously."
"Eat, this is their last meal," Zhou Weihan said.
"Eguchi-kun, please enjoy your lunch," Ohurata said as he came over with lunch.
"Mr. Oura, this is for the warriors who went to the battlefield. We brought our own supplies." As he spoke, Zhou Weihan took out the lunch box from his backpack, took a rice ball and ate it with relish.
Ten miles away from the Bantian Alliance camp, the main forces of the New Second Regiment have been assembled and on standby. In addition, Li Da's independent brigade, county brigade and district squad have a total of nearly 4,000 people.
"Jing Dagang, pass the order, all units are ready for battle. As soon as the battle starts from the regimental commander, the entire regiment will rush in immediately." Zhao Gang said.
Here, the little Japs from Sakata Alliance finished their meal and rested for a while, then gathered on standby and continued to attack towards their respective targets.
"Captain, the little devil has taken action."
"Dong Jiang, in a moment you will lead some people to seize the alliance flag, and I will lead others to remove the headquarters of the Sakata Alliance, and then gather at Ren's communications team." Zhou Weihan warned.
"Eguchi-kun, my stomach hurts and I need to go to the toilet. Please help me keep an eye on the injured person," Ohurata said, holding his stomach.
Zhou Weihan grabbed Ourata's neck with one hand and wiped his neck with the bayonet without any hesitation.
"Operation" Zhou Weihan gave the order, and everyone took out the red cloth from their pockets and tied it on their right arms, took out the shell guns from their waists, and divided them into two groups. One group followed Dong Jiang towards the flag guard, and the other rushed down to Sakata's headquarters.
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Zhou Weihan had already taken a look at Bantian's headquarters tent, and quietly walked over to it without encountering any resistance until he was outside the tent, where seven or eight little Japs were guarding it.
Dozens of people instantly pulled the triggers of the shell guns. Several little Japs didn't even react and were killed instantly.
Nobuyuki Sakata, who was in the tent, heard the noise, took out his Nanbu pistol and rushed out: "Baga, what's going on?"
Zhou Weihan directly put a gun to Nobute Sakata's head. The adjutant saw this and wanted to resist, but was shot to death by a soldier with two "snap" shots.
Zhou Weihan raised his head and said: "Everyone, bring me your monthly tickets and recommended tickets."