Yang Zhen didn't know that just when he and Guo Bingxun were discussing how to eliminate the impact of this incident and making final preparations for follow-up operations, the 25th Division of the Japanese Army of Junde was located at the throat of the Jiahe Railway Line.
Inside, an interrogation was also going on. [.Com text] The person being interrogated was none other than the squad leader of Liu Changshun’s department who defected with a gun last night.
When the interrogation confession was handed over to Nemotobo, Nemotobo couldn't help but be shocked when he found on the map the marching route of the more than 10,000 people marked by the division staff based on the confession.
If this confession is true, then not only his currently thin flanks have been completely exposed to the guns of this anti-Japanese armed force of more than 10,000 people who do not know when they will appear. Even his entire division has been cut off by the opponent.
Danger.
Looking at the gloomy face of the division commander, Chief of Staff Kikutaro Aozu said: "Your Excellency, division commander, no matter whether this person's confession is true or not, what we must do now is to immediately withdraw the 40th Regiment.
Come down. Otherwise, if this confession turns out to be true, the consequences will be disastrous."
Hearing the words of the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Nebo frowned slightly and said with some doubts: "Qingjin-kun, do you think this person is a delaying tactic sent by the opponent? He is passing on false news to confuse our army and delay it.
Our army’s attack on General Shixian.”
"Judging from today's battle situation, the opponent's blocking position on the General's Stone line has been weakened by the superior firepower of our imperial army. Its defensive position is already on the verge of collapse. All we need to do is give them a final heavy blow.
, we will completely capture the General's Stone Line and open the passage north to Luobei."
"Furthermore, according to the intelligence coming from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the opponent's main force is on the General Shi front line. On the western front, they also need to deploy some troops to guard against the 25th Division. They still have more than 10,000 troops that can be mobilized? More than 10,000 troops.
According to the structure of the Kannai China government army, the number of troops is enough for two divisions. How many troops did they bring?"
From the perspective of Lieutenant General Bo Genbo, who had served as a military attache in China for a long time and was a veteran of China, he could neither disbelieve nor fully believe this person’s words. In his opinion, it was very likely that this person had already shown signs of decline.
A tactic deliberately devised by the opponent to gain a breathing space.
It is not that the Kwantung Army had no intelligence at all about the strength of this sudden anti-Manchurian armed force. At least the approximate strength of the force was known. According to the intelligence from the Kwantung Army Headquarters before the war, the total strength of the opponent was no more than
More than 20,000 people.
And their main force of more than 10,000 people is concentrated on General Shixian in front of them, and the rest have to deal with the 25th Division. Where do they go and these more than 10,000 troops appear? Could they be the one who spread beans in the myth?
Is it possible to use magic to form an army? Unless the people in the Kwantung Army’s intelligence department are all idiots, this is absolutely impossible.
Moreover, even if the Kwantung Army's intelligence was wrong, it is impossible that there would be no trace of such a large troop movement. The air force hovering in the sky all day did not receive any relevant intelligence. It really made the long-term chief of staff even more worried.
The fundamentals of believing in comprehensive intelligence analysis are unbelievable.
Regarding Nemotohiro's skeptical attitude, Colonel Aozu Kikuro shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, I don't think this is a trick by the opponent. It should be real. According to my analysis, its credibility is at least
Around eighty percent.
Real.”
"It has been several days since the 70th Regiment of Yilan Crossing the River occupied Tangyuan County and lost contact with Lieutenant General Kuwahara of the 25th Division. It is very likely that they have encountered misfortune."
"Even if the 70th Regiment is a bunch of straw bags, it is a complete infantry and artillery coordination regiment after all. What's more, they also have a Manchurian brigade to cooperate with them, with a strength of up to 7,000. If this anti-Manchu army wants to attack them
The idea, even if it is calculated according to the treatment of the elite Central Army of China in Kwanai, is to concentrate at least several times the superior force."
"If the 70th Regiment has really been completely wiped out, then where are the anti-Manchu armed forces that besieged him, which should be at least 20,000 strong? They can't disappear out of thin air, right? And Lieutenant General Shiro Kuwahara is not there.
If something unusual is found, it means that the opponent is likely to use the spared troops to deal with us."
"Of course, unless the opponent wants to attack him first, judging from the current position of Lieutenant General Shiro Kuwahara, who has been huddled on the line of the Holiang River for several days without moving a step, he won't be able to detect anything unusual."
"In the 32nd Regiment, the 89th Regiment suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, and the 22nd Regiment is still circling in the northeast of Tangyuan. The 40th Regiment is currently our division's
The regiment is the only unit that still has combat effectiveness. Your Excellency, division commander, our current military strength is actually not very strong.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I don't know if you have noticed. Ever since we crossed the river, we have been led by our opponents. The 24th Division seems to have an absolute advantage now, but in fact we have been passive.
.The initiative has always been in the hands of the opponent."
"This person who surrendered is a member of the original Xuanfu class in Tangyuan County. The empire's strength in Manchuria still has a certain foundation. I don't think this person will tell lies to deceive us. After all, we still have an absolute advantage in Manchuria.
.The Manchus are cowardly and have an innate fear of those who conquer them. So I think this confession should be true at least for the time being."
These words of Colonel Aozu Kikuro made Lieutenant General Nemoto Hiro fall into deep thought. Indeed, the current situation of the 24th Division does not have an absolute advantage. If we take it more seriously, it can even be said that there is actually only one Forty Division left.
The 24th Division, which still has combat capability, can even be said to have fallen into a passive situation.
But when General Shixian was about to make a breakthrough, he was really unwilling to let Lieutenant General Genbo give up. And without any obvious threat and having paid a high price, giving up was almost within reach.
General Umezu Yoshijiro would not agree to his victory.
After hesitating for a long time, Lieutenant General Nemoto decided to take a gamble. He raised his head and said to Colonel Aojin Kikuro: "Aojin-kun, we have to believe in the combat effectiveness and will of the imperial army. Even if the opponent really has more than 10,000 troops, we can still defeat him with all our strength.
And retreat."
"But your worries are not entirely unreasonable. I think you can draft an order in person to have the 22nd Regiment move closer to the main force of the division at all costs. In addition, for safety reasons, the division headquarters will be withdrawn to the south early tomorrow morning.
Dong'an area."
"The tone of your telegram to the 22nd Regiment must be stern. Tell Fat Colonel Nishi Datiao that I don't care what kind of difficulties they encounter, but they must arrive at Hongxiang and Yongyi front lines before noon tomorrow.
To support the main force of the division. A mere swamp can keep an elite force of the Imperial Japanese Army around for how many days, and they still haven't come out. Is that fat Colonel Nishi Ojo an idiot?"
Seeing Lieutenant General Netohiro's unchangeable attitude, Colonel Aozu Kikuro opened his mouth, but did not persuade him any further. Although they had not been partners for a long time, he already had a certain understanding of Lieutenant General Netohiro's character.
Lieutenant General Nemoto is a person who is very stubborn and very difficult to change once he makes up his mind.
Let's play for a day tomorrow and see. If the main force of the 22nd Regiment can really arrive at the designated place within the scheduled time, maybe the situation will not be as bad as I expected. The 70th Regiment is considered a fool, but after all
It is a fully-staffed and well-equipped regiment. Even if the opponent has the strength to eat up the 70th Regiment, perhaps the loss will not be small.
The opponent may have just put on a threatening posture, trying to force the 24th Division to retreat from the Shogun Shi line. This is the first time that Colonel Aozu Kikuro has used so many weapons in all his years of military service. Although he knows that in the military
You should never use the word "maybe" to make up your mind. But the division commander has already shown an attitude that cannot be changed, so he can only think like this.
After drafting the telegram to the 22nd Regiment, Colonel Aozu Kikuro suddenly felt depressed for no reason and walked out of the headquarters. He looked at the dark and gloomy sky outside and couldn't see any stars. He didn't know why his heart suddenly rose.
I had a strong sense of foreboding, always feeling that something was wrong.
Just when Colonel Aozu Kikuro was wondering what was wrong, a thunderous sound of artillery suddenly sounded not far away. The sound of the artillery was so close that Aozu Kikuro thought he was standing on the artillery position. And with the sound of the cannon, dense shells
The rain hit Junde, a small mountain village where the headquarters of the 24th Division is located.
When the first artillery shell exploded near the regiment headquarters of the 24th Division, Colonel Aozu Kikuro finally found the source of his uneasiness. The man ran out last night. He was rushing towards General Shi Yixi, and the opponent's troops were also there.
He rushed towards General Shi Xixian. He didn't dare to stop, and neither did his opponent. He didn't dare to walk during the day for fear of being discovered, but his opponent didn't necessarily get any rest during the day.
The man who surrendered has arrived, and the opponent's army should not be far away. It has been four hours since the field detachment on guard sent the man here, and the main force of the opponent who should have arrived with him should also be here.
If you arrive within the time limit, you may even arrive early.
Colonel Aozu Kikuro, who was jumped by the guards and protected by using his body as a human shield, escaped, but Hiroshi Nemoto, who was still in the room, was not so lucky. The opponent's artillery fire was so accurate that there was almost no need to correct the landing point.
It was an accurate hit. The house where the division headquarters is located, together with all the communication equipment inside, the Lieutenant General, and all the combat staff of the 24th Division Headquarters were directly hit in the first wave of artillery fire, and were blown up.
Heaven.
The tall radio antennas erected by the 24th Division Headquarters in order to communicate with Jiamusi and even Xinjing have almost become the best coordinates. Under the guidance of the first unit of the reconnaissance battalion that has already penetrated into the surrounding areas of Junde, the people responsible for Junde
Liu Changshun, who was attacking on the German front line, accurately hit the headquarters of the 24th Division in the first round of artillery fire.
Liu Changshun still understood the principle of hitting a snake seven inches. When he found out in the reconnaissance camp that the 24th Division's regiment headquarters was located on the Junde front line, he chose the first wave of attack points here.
Ruining the opponent's head will cause the opponent to lose unified command immediately and can only fight independently. This is what Yang Zhen repeatedly explained before he faced the battle.
In order to destroy the headquarters of the 24th Division as soon as possible, Liu Changshun not only used a field artillery battalion and his own brigade's mountain artillery battalion, but also assigned him the reconnaissance battalion, the most powerful battalion in the entire second brigade.
A platoon was placed here, striving to succeed in one attack. If the rocket artillery regiment had not been transferred to deal with the Japanese artillery, I am afraid he would not mind using a rocket artillery regiment to deal with the 24th Division Headquarters.
When he received a report from the reconnaissance unit that the artillery fire accurately hit the target, Liu Changshun put down the telescope in his hand, thought for a moment, grabbed the phone and asked to go with the second brigade. At this time, he captured the strong man and personally directed the artillery bombardment at the field artillery camp.
Ma Qichang in action at the 24th Division Headquarters.
To be on the safe side, he asked Ma Qichang to resupply some more incendiary bombs to the 24th Division Regiment Headquarters. In Liu Changshun's opinion, since he had already taken action, he should do it cleanly and it would be best not to leave anything behind. The incendiary bombs were his
The brigade's mountain artillery battalion does not have such shells, only the field artillery regiment strengthened by the headquarters has such artillery shells.
After receiving his order, Ma Qichang, who had been leading the main artillery force to follow the Second Brigade, did not hesitate and directly ordered to fire half a base of incendiary bombs on Junde, a small mountain village that had been reduced to ruins by his own artillery.
This small mountain village, which had been bombed into ruins at this time, was completely ignited.
Seeing the raging fire burning in the direction of Junde, which turned half the sky red, Liu Changshun ordered the troops that had been prepared to attack Junde 24, which consisted of a complete infantry squadron from the field detachment and two engineering squadrons.
The division headquarters launched a full-scale attack.
When Colonel Aozu Kikuro, who was pinned to the ground by the guards, finally stood up when the sound of gunfire stopped, he felt like crying. The headquarters of the 24th Division was surrounded by a pile of burning houses.
In addition, there is nothing left now. The radio, maps, combat plans, Lieutenant General Nemoto Hiro and almost none of the division's combat staff have escaped.
The opponent was so thorough. After accurate artillery fire coverage, dozens of incendiary bombs were added, so that the 24th Division Headquarters could not save even a piece of paper. Aoshi Kikuro, a former supporter of the army.
There are tens of thousands of distinguished division chiefs of staff, but now there are only two engineer squadron captains left with dozens of capable officers.
The guard squadron leader drawn from the field detachment was killed in the first wave of shelling, and he ascended to heaven together with the division commander. The guard force, which has one infantry squadron and two engineering squadrons, in addition to half of the squadron responsible for security duties, and
Except for an engineering squadron living in tents outside the village, the rest of the troops living in the village also suffered heavy casualties in the shelling.
Colonel Aozu Kikuro, who had not yet woke up from his daze while looking at the burning division headquarters with tears in his eyes, was frightened by the loud charging bugle and the sound of killing outside the village. The only remaining member of the division headquarters was afraid of him.
The Chief of Staff picked up the two dead engineer squadron captains, and under the desperate cover of the remaining engineer squadron, he led the surviving half of the guard squadron towards the direction of the 40th Regiment.
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