Chapter 59: The Big Fish Takes the Bait
"Hehe, it's not this kid!" The lieutenant general smiled slightly, but he didn't talk about Liu Lang anymore. "I judge that Xi Yiyi is in a restless mood today, and I estimate that the front-line battle will also be slowed down, Lao Zhang's 38th Division can also breathe a sigh of relief, and our brothers in the 37th Division don't have to be so nervous and ready to go to the front line at any time."
"Pass my order, let the officers and men of the whole division continue to repair, and at noon today, all of them will have a meal, two buns per person, plus a bowl of potato stew and fatty meat."
"Haha! It's rare for the teacher to be in a good mood, and we also follow the light, and don't hide it from the teacher, you said, in the past few days, every day cabbage soup, the bird has already faded out of the mouth. The major general also laughed. It seems that I have to thank Captain Liu Lang Liu that day, or he is good for this plan! ”
"Don't, if you Chief of Staff Chen praise him again, that kid will have to kick his nose in the face even more." The lieutenant general smiled wryly and waved his hand. "Didn't you see, not only did Lao Tzu take a deputy commander of the special service battalion and his two shell guns, but even Lao Tzu's treasure knife was taken away by this dog? Special mother, Lao Tzu doesn't know, how did Liu Pingba, an honest man, give birth to such a shameless little bastard, Lao Tzu fortunately didn't give birth to a daughter, otherwise Lao Tzu estimated that he would have to be a cheap old man. ”
"Haha! Master, you can't say that sincerely. The Major General laughed.
The subtext is naturally that we know, you like the shameless fat man who likes it, no, no, this is a reminder to us that when he is promoted, we must raise our hands in favor!
It's all in the officialdom, we know.
This is a big shot, praising you is not necessarily a good thing, but scolding you with a smile must not be a bad thing.
Fifteen kilometers away, the field headquarters of the 8th Division.
Originally, the headquarters of the 8th Division was six kilometers away from the line of the Great Wall, which was not within the range of the Chinese's artillery, and it could meet the requirements of Lieutenant General Xiyi and the front-line officers and soldiers to be together.
But since the early morning received information from the opponent's 29th Army. Lieutenant General Xi Yiyi didn't want to be with the imperial officers and soldiers anymore, and the headquarters of the 8th Division quickly left the original site and retreated five kilometers.
One second to remember: /or
In the headquarters, Xi Yi looked at the Great Wall Mountains with the rumbling of artillery in the distance, his thin lips pursed, and the eyes of the Yin Vulture flashed with a few traces of confusion.
What do the Chinese want to do? If it had been placed a few days ago, the confident Nishiyichi would naturally not have taken this information into account.
However, in the battle of the 14th Mixed Brigade three days ago, the tragic situation of almost a thousand small wooden boxes is still vivid, and in three days, under the frantic attack of more than 20,000 imperial officers and soldiers, almost another infantry wing of soldiers disappeared from the sequence of the imperial army, but the Chinese position is still as solid as a rock.
All this made Xi Yiyi have to reassess the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, at least the army in front of him is not the Chinese army that he has encountered at the touch of a button.
Since they dared to organize more than 2,000 people to rush into the battlefield with broadswords and grenades, and then organize a death squad of more than 200 people to hide in the dark and take risks against their own headquarters or other important places, it is not surprising.
After all, this is their home turf! As soon as Xi Yiyi looked at the dense wooded mountains, his brain hurt.
There, not to mention more than 200 people hidden, there are more than 2,000 people, if you don't look carefully, no one can find them.
"Tanibe-kun, you say, what exactly do the Chinese want to do?" Nishiyi asked softly.
A Japanese soldier standing straight behind him hurriedly bowed his head and replied:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think that this may be a trick used by the Chinese, which is called desperate betting. Don't look at their current frontline insistence, but under the attack of our Imperial Japanese Army, they are actually at the end of their crossbows, and they have no choice but to take risks in an attempt to organize a part of the elite troops to carry out a sneak attack on our front-line headquarters or artillery units. ”
After a pause, seeing that Xi Yiyi did not speak, he continued:
"Perhaps, they still have the intention of attacking our army, and use the night to constantly harass the troops on our front, resulting in insufficient rest for the imperial officers and soldiers, and even weakened combat effectiveness."
"What Tanibe-kun said is very true, and I think the same way, the Chinese are cunning and cunning." Xiyi nodded, but his face showed joy. "Fortunately, I have the assistance of Tanibe-kun, and I think it through!"
"Your Excellency the division commander has praised it falsely, as the chief of staff of the division and regiment, you should share your worries and solve problems for Your Excellency the division commander." The Japanese army Dazuo showed a flattering look on his face, and he was very modest.
The appearance of groveling is not at all like the attitude of the No. 2 person of a Japanese division to the No. 1 person.
But this is the norm in the Japanese military sequence.
There is a saying in the Chinese army that staff officers don't have a commander, and they don't fart loudly! That is to say, ordinary staff officers, but as long as they sit on the throne of chief of staff, they can become the top three figures in each army, division, and regiment.
In the event of casualties or other problems between the chief officer and the deputy chief of staff in a unit, the chief of staff is usually the successor to the chief officer.
But in the Japanese army, the chief of staff is a bit too much to say that they are scumbags, but it is true to say that they are a senior staff.
Like the Japanese division, the division commander is generally a lieutenant general, but the chief of staff is basically a two-level lower rank, a big sa.
The commanders of the two infantry brigades under the division are both solid army major generals.
A Japanese army commander is basically a general role of a wing commander, what can he do to compete with a division commander at the level of lieutenant general? used him as a staff member, and the division commander looked up to him.
When encountering a stronger one, the chief of staff will bring tea and water to the lieutenant general of the army at the headquarters, and the commander of the infantry brigade who comes to the division headquarters will have to accompany him with a little face, and the life is not an ordinary grievance.
But obviously, the chief of staff of the Eighth Division, not to mention how proficient he is in the army, but he has done an excellent job of observing his boss's words and feelings.
Perhaps the judgment he made was not a judgment of the enemy at all, but a judgment based on the actions of his own boss.
Xi Yiyi took the initiative to change the headquarters, if he said that this is likely to be the Chinese old suspicion formation, it is to fool your Excellency Xi Yiyi, then it is not to find his own smoke!
It has to be consistent with the boss.
As a result, the two senior commanders of the Eighth Division quickly reached a reunification in such a delicate mood.
The Chinese, who organized elite death squads, were the ones who came to "steal people" from Baga.
"Order the front-line command to double the strength of the alert force and expand the alert range by 200 meters. At the same time, order Suzuki-kun, send three infantry squadrons, no, four infantry squadrons, to deploy key areas where the Chinese may appear, as long as the Chinese dare to come, then I will borrow the Chinese saying, call back! Xiyi thought for a moment and ordered. When the sun rises tomorrow, I will hang the bodies of all the Chinese killed in front of the gates of the Great Wall of China. ”
"Hi One!" Teru Tanabe nodded heavily.
"However, Suzuki-kun's 4th Infantry Brigade, Your Excellency the Division Commander, didn't you deliberately let them take a detour to the Luowenyu Pass?" The memory of the chief of staff of the 8th Division is still very good.
"Your Excellency the Commander has not yet made a final decision, let him be responsible for exterminating this group of Chinese who have thrown themselves into the net!" Xi Yiyi shook his head with some distress. "Aerial reconnaissance shows that the Chinese have obviously noticed something, and they have been increasing troops to Luo Wenyu one after another since yesterday, I am afraid that if they want to break Luo Wenyu, the Imperial Army will have to pay enough price!"
"The main forces of the Chinese are firmly attracted here, Luo Wenyu is no more than one or two infantry regiments, while Suzuki-kun, with more than 6,000 imperial warriors, should not be worried." Tanibe Terutsu replied with great confidence.
"Then wait for the telegram from Your Excellency the Commander!" Nishiyichi also nodded. "While carrying out this order, I also told Suzuki-kun that the whole army was on standby."
"Hi One!"
The commanders of both China and Japan have made their own judgments in the light of the battlefield situation.
The legendary 4th Infantry Brigade laid a net in the mountains and forests outside the Great Wall.
The "death squad" led by Liu Lang is overcoming obstacles and advancing towards Luo Wenyu, 80 miles away.
The minimum time difference between the two sides is 24 hours.
The petty captain of the Chinese army, together with his own lieutenant general and division commander, flickered the commander of the Japanese lieutenant general division into a daze.