Chapter three hundred and seventy-eight is fairly sensitive intuition
Speaking of this. [.Com text] Toshichi Uemura waved his hand, stopped Colonel Takano Naomichi from trying to persuade him and said: "Takano-kun, order the troops not to rest after crossing the river, but to march straight in at the speed of a forced march.
The four sides are on the front line. Our opponents still think that we are marching slowly on the Diaolong River front line, so we will give them a surprise."
"Tell your troops that after crossing the river, they should use the squadron as the basis to extend the marching distance. Put more scouts in front. Give them a radio station to strengthen, and let the cavalry of the search wing spread out to the left and right wings.
, closely monitor the movement of the left and right wings of the marching group."
Just when Toshichi Uemura was about to continue his explanation, a sudden burst of gunfire from the west bank of the river completely interrupted his conversation. Along with this sudden burst of gunfire, a burst of gunfire, although not dense, hit the spot.
However, the extremely accurate artillery shells fell on the Japanese troops waiting to cross the river on the east bank.
The queue that was originally lined up neatly on the east bank of the river, waiting to cross the river, was instantly blown to pieces by artillery shells that hit them all over the face. The shrapnel that shot everywhere mopped up the Japanese troops in pieces. In the river, the rafts were marching in a dense formation to the center of the river.
, was also thrown into chaos by this burst of shells, and people fell on their backs.
Since Toshichi Uemura had the most guards around him, the bonfires lit around him were also the largest, and the target was naturally the most obvious. The most shells fell around him. If the guards around him hadn't reacted quickly, Lieutenant General Uemura would have been pushed forward.
By allowing him to survive the Guokui River in front of him, Li Mingfeng's hard battle behind him could also be avoided.
When the sound of the artillery subsided, Toshichi Uemura was pushed into the river quickly by the guards around him, and he climbed back onto the river bank in a state of embarrassment. He no longer had the so-called general demeanor before, and angrily turned to Kawadai, the first captain of the search team next to him.
The major just gave a loud mouth and said: "Baga, didn't you say that there are no enemy troops on the other side? Are the shells hitting the other side growing out of the ground? That damn captain of yours, call him immediately
Come to me."
Major Kawadai, who had suffered a terrible disaster, endured the burning pain on his face, pointed at a half-mutilated body on the edge of the river embankment that had been blown up by artillery shells, and said fearfully: "Your Excellency, Division Commander,
That's our captain. I'm afraid he, this, can't come to see you."
Major Kawadai, who thought that the division commander would let him go after telling him about the death of the regiment commander, did not expect that the furious division commander turned his head and looked at the corpses on the ground after the bombardment and the mutilated bombs in the river.
The dead body was revealed with another big mouth: "Go and find those damn anti-Manchu armed forces for me right away. Now, immediately."
Seeing the furious Lieutenant General Toshichi Uemura, who was slapped on both sides of his face like a piece of freshly baked bread, Major Kawadai did not dare to delay at all, and immediately gathered the two cavalry search squadrons and a combat team that were still on the east bank of the river.
The convoy of vehicles immediately braved the shells fired from time to time from the opposite side, looked for a place to ford, and then immediately developed in depth to the other side.
As soon as I landed, I found that my idea was too naive. I originally thought that the other party had not launched any kind of attack, but had only suppressed it with machine gun fire for a few days. It had already built relatively complete field fortifications, and there would be no big event ahead.
The scene in the squadron was even worse than on the east bank of the river.
The vanguard squadron that had been formed to cross the river in the early stage was suppressed by several machine guns firing crossfire and was unable to even lift its head in the fortifications. There were stumps and broken arms caused by bullets everywhere in the fortifications. Look at it.
Looking at the tragic scene in the fortification, Kawadai took a breath of cold air. What kind of machine gun was this? It actually easily penetrated even the sacks filled with soil that formed the fortification.
Just when Major Kawadai was about to use the few Type 92 cavalry tanks he had brought across the river to cover the leading squadron and launch a desperate attack, at least to find out the opponent's troop configuration. However, he found that he had spent a lot of time and effort.
With all their strength, they braved the rain of heavy mortar shells from the opponent to cross the river. The light tank, which had been almost invincible on the battlefield in China before, became a key target of attack. It was actually shot down by the opponent's machine gun.
It became a colander.
Several tanks had just crossed the river and were lost before a shot was fired. This made Major Kawadai angry and frightened. Whether the cavalry he had brought with him could make a difference, he really
I can't guarantee it. But when I looked back and remembered the furious look of the division commander, Major Kawadai gritted his teeth and took advantage of the lull in the opponent's firepower to sneak back under the river embankment.
Leading two cavalry squadrons, they rushed up along the road opened by the leading squadron on the river embankment. The division commander ordered to find out the enemy situation in front of them, but now the opponent has obviously spread out. If you want to find out the enemy situation, you can only forcefully
In any case, we must at least rely on the impact of the cavalry to break through the opponent's first-line defensive position.
Watching Major Kawadai on the west bank of the river leading his cavalry to attack, Toshichi Uemura, who was now soaked from head to toe on the east bank and lying in a miserable state behind the embankment, said to Colonel Takano Naomichi next to him: "Organize your troops immediately.
Immediately launch a group attack on the west bank. We must break through the defense of the defenders on the other bank before early tomorrow morning. In addition, concentrate all the artillery to suppress the opponent's artillery."
Although he escaped the sudden bombardment with his agility, his head was scratched by scattered shrapnel and wrapped like a big cotton ball. At this time, Takano, who was observing the battle situation on the west bank of the river, heard the division commander put down his gun.
He looked through the telescope and said to Toshida Uemura next to him: "Your Excellency, division commander, now that the battle has begun, it means that our tactical intentions have been exposed."
"And judging from the size of the opponent's artillery, which is at least one brigade, we should have met their main force. Do you think we should slow down the march? At least wait until the 50th Regiment approaches. Otherwise, according to the
Isn’t our military strength here a bit weak?”
"The strength of one brigade of theirs is around 10,000, and they may have more than one brigade in front of us. We have less than 6,000 here, and the main force of our artillery is still on the Diaolong River line. At the very least, we have to wait for the artillery to arrive.
Make plans for the next step. Your Excellency, Division Commander, we cannot repeat the mistakes of the Sixth and Twelve Divisions."
Toshimichi Uemura shook his head: "Their main force will not be here, this is my feeling. I don't care whether the intelligence from the military headquarters is true or false, but my intuition is not wrong. This is not the kind of deep mountainous area we are going to reach.
They are all in shallow mountainous terrain, so it is impossible to ambush large troops."
"Judging from their artillery firepower, it is at most the strength of a mountain artillery brigade, plus some heavy mortars. There is no heavy artillery at all. No matter how confused the military field intelligence squadron is, they will not analyze the wrong shells
The caliber is right? So their main force is not here at all."
"Their main force is not with the 14th Division on the Western Front, but should have secretly moved to the Eastern Front. No, it should be waiting on the Eastern Front for the 11th Division to take over from the 8th Division. The terrain in that area is...
It’s more suitable for ambushes. As for us here, they haven’t put the 29th Division in their eyes yet. In their hearts, veteran standing divisions like the 8th and 11th are their real opponents.”
"Do they think they can deceive me by making a feint move with part of their troops to the west? They underestimated the intelligence of an imperial lieutenant general. Although the pressure on the front and left and right flanks of the 14th Division is great, it is still under their control.
Behind them, only a small force of the other side is moving. And judging from the routine report from the military headquarters this morning, their offensive on the western front has gradually begun to weaken since this morning."
"The casualties are too large, what a joke. Those losers from the military field intelligence team didn't even know how many troops the opponent had, so they dared to say that the opponent's offensive was weakened because the opponent had too many casualties in previous battles. The opponent has always planned and acted later.
, to lose strength in the middle of a fight, is this what such a wily person would do?"
"After suffering so many losses, I still remember eating rather than fighting, and my view of underestimating the enemy has not changed in my heart. Those people in the intelligence department are a bunch of ignorant, arrogant idiots, and they are all a bunch of useless materials. Issued
None of the intelligence that comes down can be trusted. So for us right now, we can only rely on our own intuition and sense of smell during combat."
"Takano-kun, the essence of bushido is not only about bravery and fearlessness of death. It is also about learning to rely on your own brain to solve problems. At that time, His Excellency Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to rise from a farmer's boy to general-in-charge of the affairs of the Japanese Empire.
As the general who conquered the barbarians, Guan Bai's position cannot be achieved by relying solely on bravery."
Takano Naomichi was slightly startled when he heard this: "Your Excellency, division commander, why don't you report this analysis to the army commander? If the opponent's main force really moves eastward in secret, wouldn't it be very dangerous in the 11th Division? You still
It would be best to report this situation to the commander of the army, General Shigeichi Hatada."
Uemura Toshiichi waved his hand and said: "Lieutenant General Namada Juichi has always been overconfident. Without solid information, he will not believe it. Intuition is something that is difficult to convince people. Okay, you have to take it
Come out with the spirit of a warrior, concentrate your forces, tear apart the opponent's blocking line as quickly as possible, and advance in depth."
"At the 50th Regiment, when it's time for them to turn, they will naturally turn around and head north. Your mission is to concentrate all the troops you can and break open the opponent's defense line. The mission of our division is to detour from the flanks.
, to achieve a breakthrough and threaten the rear of their entire battlefield on the Eastern Front. In order to regain the initiative that we never had in the first place."
Having said this, Toshimichi Uemura patted Colonel Takano Naomichi on the shoulder and said: "Takano-kun, show your samurai spirit and don't have too many worries. Go ahead, don't think too much, and do your best for the Imperial Holy War.
Do your duty well. After this battle, I will definitely recommend you to the base camp."
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