Temporary garrison headquarters of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army.

"Baga Ya Road! Eight Ga Ya Road! Escaping from the battle, burying the good situation I opened up in vain, Matsui life, I think you should give me a reasonable explanation! ”

Nishio Shouzao, commander of the Japanese Army's Shanxi Temporary Dispatch Army, roared angrily and scolded Matsui, the commander of the 4th Division.

Spit Xingzi almost sprayed Matsui's face.

"Your Excellency Commander, we have to speak with our conscience, the commander of this battle is you, even if you are responsible, you should be responsible."

Matsui went back without showing weakness.

Because he didn't approve of this attack originally, after this battle, although his 4th Division was not completely disabled like the 5th Division, it suffered more than half of the casualties, which can be said to be a great reduction in strength.

He still has bitterness in his heart, who to reason with?

"Yaga! If you hadn't obeyed my commands, it would have led to the rout of the whole army?

Just three enemies will scare you like this, but there is still a little bit of what the Imperial Japanese Army should look like? ”

Seeing that Matsui seemed to want to speak, Nishio Shouzo shouted dissatisfiedly: "What kind of incendiary bomb will you bring me to talk about!" There were only three of them, and even if they carried incendiary bombs, how many could they carry? ”

"This ...... At that time, we didn't know the specific situation, but a large number of imperial troops were retreating towards the rear, can we not move in together?

Besides, didn't you go in with you? ”

Matsui's weak response was much smaller in momentum.

"Humph! What kind of commander there is, what kind of soldier there is!

Shame, your 4th Division is such a shame to the Empire! ”

The more Nishio Shouzo thought about it, the more angry he became, and he scolded everyone again.

Including the division commander Matsui, the 4th Division's devil officers did not answer, but just drooped their heads and let Nishio Shouzo scold him with his head and face.

After a while, Nishio Shouzo paused for a moment, looked around, and continued to shout: "The position of the Tiger Ben Regiment must be taken, and the Tiger Ben Regiment must also be completely annihilated!"

I'll give you an hour to prepare, I'll call for the assistance of the aviation unit, and in an hour, launch another attack on the Tiger Regiment's position!

This time, wipe it out no matter what! ”

"Your Excellency Commander, you can let our Osaka Division go!

Look at our division now, the casualties have exceeded half, especially the field artillery wing, and the whole army has been wiped out! Where is the strength to continue the attack? ”

Matsui replied with a bitter face.

"Yaga! If it weren't for your lack of cooperation at that time, would you have ended up in the current situation?

Even if your Osaka Division suffered more than half of the casualties, but if you integrate all your forces, there are still more than 10,000 Imperial soldiers, how can you say that you don't have the strength to attack?

You must know that when we captured Beidaying in China and then occupied the entire northeast of China, we only sent 500 imperial soldiers.

Now you still have 10,000 imperial soldiers in your hands, and you actually told me that you don't have the strength to attack?

It's really annoying to me!

Disgrace! You Matsui are simply not worthy of being the general of my empire! ”

"Your Excellency, this time is different from the past, what we have to deal with now, but the Tiger Buntuan, which is known as the elite killer of the Empire, you don't know their strength!

Even the 1st Army, the 14th Division, the 5th Division, etc., were all folded in their hands one after another!

Now that my Osaka Division is full of wounded soldiers, and then continue to attack, isn't this to seek death?

Your Excellency, Commander, you will leave a way for my Osaka Division to live!

In addition, at the beginning, it was you who forced our Osaka Division to go to the Eastern Front, and promised that you didn't need to take the initiative to attack, you just needed to contain the Tiger Regiment. ”

Matsui didn't say that it was okay, but when he said Nishio Shouzo, he was angry: "Yaga Ya Road!" Eight Ga Ya Road! I told you that the Osaka Division only needs to contain the Tiger Regiment, but have you restrained it?

You don't!

Because of your dereliction of duty, the 108th Division buried the great situation that was fought down with great difficulty, and even destroyed its entire army!

Today, your Osaka division will have to attack if it attacks, and if you don't attack, you have to attack!

Otherwise, you will have to wait for a court-martial! ”

"Your Excellency, as the commander of the Osaka Division, I must be responsible for the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army under my command!

I won't know that I am dead, and I will bury them in the fire pit!

So, please forgive me!

Even if we are to be court-martialed, I still stand by my decision! ”

"Baga Ya Road! Matsui life, you! ……”

Nishio Shouzo pointed at Matsui's life with one hand, and he was so angry that he couldn't stop trembling.

"Your Excellency, Commander, is angry!"

"Calm your anger, how do you tell me to calm my anger?"

Nishio Shouzo subconsciously responded, and when he found out that the person who spoke was Naomi Kawai, the chief of staff of the 4th Division, he couldn't help frowning.

"Your Excellency Commander, you have a plan to easily break through the defense of Taiyuan City, and at the same time, you can also take the position of the defenders of the Tiger Regiment!"

When Nishio Shouzo heard this, he raised his eyebrows and subconsciously asked, "What plan?" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, didn't we send a large number of cavalry and tank armored troops to lurk in the south of Taiyuan City?

Why don't we send this imperial army up and let them attack from the south of Taiyuan!

As you know, the south of Taiyuan City is open and unobstructed, which is very suitable for the charge of tank armored soldiers and cavalry!

In addition, Fu Yisheng concentrated most of his troops on the northern front and the battlefield on the western front, and the interior of Taiyuan City must be very empty at this moment!

As long as we order this force to attack from the south, and cooperate with the air fire support of the aviation unit, we will definitely be able to take the entire Taiyuan City in one fell swoop!

After learning the news of the capture of Taiyuan City, the Tiger Ben Regiment will definitely lead the army back to help, and then its eastern front position will be self-defeating! ”

"Hmm!"

Nishio Shouzo thought for a moment, then nodded, and accepted Naomi Kawai's proposal.

……

In this battle, Nishio Shouzo appointed the commander of the 108th Division, Sekihara Matsujiro, as the commander of the battlefield, and when he received the appointment order, he immediately took his guards and rushed to the south of Taiyuan City.

Three hours later, Sekihara Matsujiro successfully arrived in a mountain forest more than ten miles south of Taiyuan City.

At this time, the mixed corps composed of cavalry and tank armored troops of various divisions and regiments had already assembled and had been waiting here for a long time.

Sekihara Matsujiro, who took office, believed that with the steel torrent composed of thousands of imperial elites, he would be able to easily defeat the Tiger Ben Regiment and capture the Taiyuan city defense.

At this time, Sekihara Matsujiro's heart is extremely inflated!

The blood feud of the 108th Division's annihilation, at this moment he will definitely ask for it back with interest!!

Therefore, after simply shouting a few slogans of pre-war mobilization, he led this steel torrent towards the south gate of Taiyuan City.

……