my bright sword career

Chapter 500 I Was Unprepared

"Waste... what is the 47th Division doing? Why did it collapse so quickly?"

Kanda Shochu, head of the Sixth Division, jumped up on the spot after receiving the telegram from Okamura Ningji.

According to the original battle plan of the Japanese army, the Japanese army was centered on the Sixth Division, and the No. 40 Seventh Division and the [-]th Division launched attacks on Liantai County from the left and right flanks at the same time.

The advantage of doing this is to use the superior force to compete with the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the Liantai militia, compressing their space for activities until they are forced to retreat around Liantai County, and finally use it.

As long as the Liantai Militia and the 129th Division can be nailed to Liantai County to prevent them from escaping, then Okamura Ningji will be able to surround them with an absolutely superior force and eventually eat them all.

In the eyes of Okamura Ningji and the Japanese generals, as long as this strategic intention can be achieved, no matter how much sacrifice they make, it is worth it.

But this seemingly perfect plan has gone wrong.

Ren did not expect that an opponent would actually rely on an armored force and more than [-] people to defeat a fully-staffed second-class division in less than three days, and directly caught the Japanese army by surprise. .

At this time, the first thought that emerged in Neiji Okamura's heart was that he must not lose the No.40 Seventh Division, otherwise he would end up returning to China in a disgraceful way like his predecessor Jun Tada. .

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, now it is not a matter of pursuing the responsibility for the defeat of the 47th Division, but how to deal with them.

According to the information, the head of Dali Tongzhen Division was injured by a Chinese plane, and his life and death are unknown now. We should send someone to find him and send him to Taiyuan for diagnosis and treatment? "

"Taiyuan..."

Kanda Shochu snorted lightly, his tone seemed to express some kind of dissatisfaction.

However, he also knew that now was not the time to get emotional, so he pondered for a moment and immediately told his chief of staff: "Shimono-kun, you immediately order Koshizawa Saburo to lead the cavalry regiment to search and move forward at the fastest speed. The head of the Tongzhen Division brought him back safely, and then tried to find a way to send him to Taiyuan to be treated by Commander Gangcun."

When talking about "Commander Okamura", Kanda Shochu specially emphasized his tone, and almost ten people could hear the strong resentment.

Shimono Kazuo, as the chief of staff of Kanda Shochu, of course knew that the head of his division was actually very dissatisfied with Okamura Neiji.

Kanda Shochu was dissatisfied because he believed that the main task of the North China Front Army should be to complete the sweep as soon as possible, wipe out all the Eighth Route Army in North China, and at worst, severely damage its main force.

Instead of mobilizing one-third of the main force to come to Liantai County to fight against a local militia without doing business as it is now.

Kanda Shochu believes that the Liantai militia is certainly hateful, but even Gao Hongming's death [-] times is not a pity.

However, the Liantai militia was limited in scale, and if it was exhausted, it would only operate in Liantai and other surrounding areas.

The Eighth Route Army is different. This team only had more than 2 people in [-], but in just five years, the team has expanded nearly [-] times like a snowball.

The area of ​​activity also spread from Shanxi province to the entire North China region, and the number of people reached more than 50. The Hundred Regiments War that just ended last year caused the North China Front Army to be devastated.

Commander Jun Tada had to go back home sadly for this reason.

In view of this, any sane commander should regard the Eighth Route Army as the main opponent.

However, Ningci in Gangang Village was not doing well. He had obviously launched a big raid, but he transferred the most elite troops of the Sixth Division to Shanxi to provoke Gao Hongming and his Liantai militia.

It's all right now. In more than two months, the Sixth Division not only didn't eat any meat, but even lost several teeth.

In the more than a month since the war started, several regiments of the Sixth Division and the [-]th Division have been hit hard, and the losses are quite serious.

Gangcun Ningci not only did not hold back at all, but instead mobilized the 47th Division and two mixed brigades to join this flesh and blood mill. He really couldn't figure it out. Is a Liantai militia more important than the entire sweeping plan?

It's just that dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, Okamura Ningji's order has come down, and he can only obey.

He beckoned to Xiaye Yihuo.

"Shimono-kun, come and take a look... the current situation is very delicate for us.

Although the Chinese have fewer troops than us, they have air superiority, so we must be careful.

You see, this is Huanglian Mountain, the terrain is dangerous and difficult to defend, and the most important thing is that there is a small river here.

With this small river, the chariots of the Chinese people will not be easy to come..."

While Kanda Shochu and Shimono Yihuo were discussing countermeasures, the Rentai militia, which was on the right side of the display, was in charge of dealing with the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army, but encountered some troubles.

In view of the fact that the Liantai militia is the best equipped unit in the coalition army, and they are facing a second-class division like the [-]th Division, both Gao Hongming and Commander Liu are more at ease with the right wing.

But it is precisely the right wing, which reassures them the most, has problems today.

The person in charge of commanding the right wing is Wu Chengfeng, the deputy head of the Liantai militia and the commander of the first battalion. The attacking 5000th Division caused great damage.

But just today, the [-]th Division, which had been attacking them for several days, suddenly stopped attacking, and the reconnaissance post in front reported that the Japanese army on the opposite side suddenly disappeared.

This also made Wu Chengfeng feel very strange at first, although a bad thought came to his mind, could the [-]th Division turn around and join the [-]th Division, and work together to deal with the new brigade in the middle of the defense line.

Thinking of this possibility, Wu Chengfeng couldn't help being startled.

He immediately sent the Ninth Battalion, which had been serving as a reserve team, to move forward. Unexpectedly, the Ninth Battalion encountered a Japanese cavalry regiment just a few kilometers ahead.

Unprepared, the Ninth Battalion had an encounter with the Japanese cavalry, and more than 1000 cavalry rushed towards the Ninth Battalion fiercely.

Everyone knew that a decisive battle between infantry and cavalry on undefended flat ground was courting death. Battalion Commander Lei Xianghe had no choice but to lead the Ninth Battalion to fight and retreat. After an hour of hard fighting, he finally got rid of the Japanese army.

But after counting the number of people, it was found that more than 100 brothers had been lost, and a brother from another class had also separated from the army. Lei Xianghe, who had never suffered such a big loss, was furious and cursed.

The unit that had an encounter with the Ninth Battalion was none other than the cavalry regiment under the [-]th Division of the main room.

Wu Chengfeng guessed right. The [-]th Division, which was fighting with them, had indeed stopped this senseless attack and was about to retreat under the order of Okamura Neiji.

But his division commander, Iwai Torajiro, kept his eyes open. He estimated that after he retreated, the Rentai militia on the opposite side would definitely send troops to investigate, so he ordered his subordinate 108th Cavalry Regiment to lie in ambush.

As expected, the 108th Cavalry Regiment caught the Ninth Battalion by surprise.

(End of this chapter)