"Nani? All of the 35th Division are in pieces? How is that possible?" Takaki Sakai, the commander of the 32nd Infantry Division, was stunned, and a chill suddenly went straight to his forehead.
"Where is the Harada Division Commander?" Sakai Takaki asked, grabbing the telegraph operator's collar.
As for the fate of Harada Kumakichi, Sakai Takaki has already speculated that Harada Kumakichi was still in contact with the Japanese troops of the 32nd Division last night, but suddenly lost contact this morning.
What made Sakai Takahi even more frightened was that a total of more than 5,000 Japanese troops from the 35th Division were dispatched. In just one day and one night, all of them were destroyed? The Eighth Route Army faced by the 32nd Division did not show this kind of behavior.
combat effectiveness.
According to what Harada Kumayoshi said in the telegram, the 35th Division would hold back the main force of the Eighth Route Army for two to three days in Dongming territory, buying time for the 32nd Division and the 21st Division Japanese troops.
"Your Excellency, General, this telegram is forwarded by the dispatched army headquarters. The content in it makes our department extremely vigilant. We must not divide our troops at will. We must keep in touch at any time. It does not mention the whereabouts of General Harada!"
"Bagaya Road, the shame of the Japanese Empire must be washed away with the blood of the Eighth Route Army!" Sakai Takaki roared: "Where is the 221st Regiment currently?"
The adjutant on the side bowed his head and said: "Your Excellency General, the defeated Eighth Route Army was divided into two groups. One group fled to the west, while the main force fled to the north. The 211th Regiment is currently pursuing them to the junction of Juye and Yuncheng!"
"Youxi, the current operational goal is very clear. To attack Heze, the imperial army's time is very precious. Please inform us that the 211th Regiment will immediately come to join the main force in addition to leaving a few warning troops. No extraneous incidents will occur along the way. Wait for it.
After occupying Heze, we are taking revenge on the Chinese people in the Eighth Route Army base area!"
"Your Majesty General, if the Eighth Route Army in the Yuncheng area returns secretly, what should our department do?"
"There is an old saying in China that you must save whatever you attack. If these defeated generals really dare to return, the imperial army will not mind taking care of them!"
The 32nd Division dispatched a total of nearly 9,000 troops from the 211th and 212th Infantry Regiments, the Search Regiment and the Artillery Regiment. After dispatching troops from Yanzhou, the tank squadron was the vanguard and drove straight in.
Although the 7th Teaching Brigade had already made arrangements and placed endless mines along the line to block the attack, in the face of the unstoppable front of the 32nd Division, the defense lines were broken one after another. It took only one day for the Japanese army to advance from Jining to
Juye.
Taught the 7th Brigade and 7th Regiment, and the 8th Regiment evacuated to Yuncheng in the north one after another. The 9th Regiment was responsible for the final blocking mission. Since there were no reinforcements behind, it was almost cut off by a partial division of the 212th Regiment. In the end, the 9th Regiment suffered casualties.
At the cost of more than half, he successfully broke through and evacuated to Heze.
At any time, the leading party is indispensable. The Eighth Route Army confiscated the assets of traitorous evil gentry and even landlords on a large scale in the base area, which is bound to offend a large number of people.
The 32nd Division was able to advance so smoothly only because of the guidance of a local traitor named Liu Bengong. He himself had survived in Jining before, but his family property in Juye was confiscated by the Eighth Route Army.
When the Japanese army was advancing, there were minefields laid out by the Eighth Route Army along the way. Liu Benggong led his men to find the place where the local fellows were hiding, and then forced the fellows to use their bodies to protect the little Japanese from mines.
"Taijun, through several acquaintances, I learned about the hiding places of several factories of the Eighth Route Army in Juye. Will you send someone there immediately?" Liu Benggong looked like a coward.
"Liu Sang, you are very loyal. The Imperial Army trusts you. After the war is over, the Imperial Army will let you serve in Juye. I hope you will continue to serve the Imperial Army!"
It stands to reason that Liu Benggong, a low-ranking traitor, is not qualified to be received by Sakai Takaki, but Sakai Takaki hopes to use this kind of favorable and cost-effective way to show the goodwill of the imperial army through Liu Benggong's mouth, so as to gain the territory.
To prevent it from colluding with the Eighth Route Army and disrupting the rear.
"Thank you Taijun, I am willing to die for the imperial army!" Liu Benggong quickly expressed his stance and was taken away.
At the junction of Heze and Juye, more than 1,500 soldiers of the 37th Regiment have already moved to the front line. On the favorable terrain on both sides of the road, there are gun towers and bunkers built by the Eighth Route Army, surrounded by barbed wire and trenches.
"Commander, commander, the little devils are coming up, and there are tanks too, coming straight towards us!" the guard pointed to the front and said.
Feng Tianfa, the commander of the 37th Regiment, took a look with his binoculars and saw that several Japanese tanks and at least several hundred Japanese troops were heading towards the 37th Regiment's position.
"The little devil is here fast enough. Communications officer, let me know. All commanders and combatants are ready for battle!"
"Commander, they say the kid is coming for our Eighth Route Army headquarters. Why doesn't the kid take a detour and come to bite the hard nut of our 37th Regiment?" the guard scratched his head and asked in confusion.
"We, the 37th Regiment, have more than a thousand people deployed within a radius of twenty miles. If the little devil doesn't deal with us, how can we dare to go deep into Heze County without any worries? Why don't we wait for us to poke him in the eye?"
Appearing in front of the 37th Regiment's position was the search regiment under the 32nd Division. It originally had more than 400 personnel, a cavalry squadron, a truck squadron and a tank squadron.
As a pioneer, he relied on his mobility to rush through plain areas such as Hebei, Shandong and Henan, breaking through several lines of defense of the Eighth Route Army. However, the casualties of the search regiment were not small. Even the tanks were destroyed by the 7th Brigade. Four of them were destroyed.
In order to ensure the strength of the search wing, Sakai Takaki transferred an additional half of the brigade from the 212th Wing. Now the strength is
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has been spotted ahead!" A Japanese cavalryman stopped in front of a Type 97 tank.
After the tank stopped, the hatch opened, and the search team leader Yoshizo Ishibashi showed his fat upper body and got out with great effort.
With a figure of Ishibashi Yoshizo's size, he was not willing to suffer in a small tank like the Japanese army. However, a small group of Eighth Route Army troops appeared and attacked the truck squadron that Ishibashi Yoshizo was riding in many times. In order to ensure the safety of his life, he could only
I feel aggrieved.
"Youxi, the Eighth Route Army is still trying to fight to the end. Report to General Sakai immediately and request the follow-up imperial army troops to follow up quickly!"
Soon after, a Japanese squadron launched a probing attack as the vanguard, and eight tanks belonging to the tank squadron followed closely to cover the attack by more than a hundred Japanese troops.
Personnel from both sides started fighting instantly. The soldiers of the 37th Regiment's First Company stationed on the protruding position opened fire with light machine guns deployed in several bunkers. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the little Japs quickly lay down on the ground to fight back.
At the same time, several Japanese tanks targeted the turret and bunker one after another. With several explosions, the turret was destroyed immediately.
"Damn it, this turret is really a living target. In terms of strength, our bunker has to be better. Have the telephones and supplies in the turret been moved out?" the first company commander cursed.
"Moved out early in the morning!"
Just as he was talking, the correspondent hurriedly ran into the bunker: "Company commander, the Japs are coming from behind. We are surrounded. The third platoon has already taken over the Japs!"
"It's better to be afraid of a ball. I'm afraid that the little devils will ignore us and tell the comrades that the order from the superior is that I will hold on here for half an hour. If there is less time to retreat, the regiment leader will be at Fu's house.
The assembly base is watching us, and you will die on the battlefield!" the first company commander said solemnly.
