Chapter 591: Crisis Suspended (First Update!) )
The chairman of the committee showed an unconcealable joy on his face: "The fierce generals of the ancients, there is no one who can compare to Yang Chen!"
Don't forget, now is the era of modern warfare and hot weapons, and it is far more difficult than ever to take the head of the general!
Moreover, Yang Chen not only made good use of strange soldiers, but also repeatedly defeated the strong with the weak, reversing seemingly irreparable defeats one after another!
It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for Yang Chen's birth, I'm afraid that Shanxi would have completely fallen.
Although Yang Chen's birth did not completely reverse the defeat of the Battle of Shanxi, it annihilated hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops.
As a result, the Japanese army in North China was empty and unable to sustain it for a while, and it bought enough time for the establishment of our Fifth Theater and the deployment of defenses.
If our army can reverse the defeat in North China this time, then the first credit must be Yang Chen's!
In addition to making good use of surprise soldiers, Yang Chen also has a great strategic and tactical vision, and he is also extremely good at commanding large corps to fight head-on.
Both civil and military, young and young, heroes in the world, unprecedented!"
Wang Shihe was in awe, this is already a very high evaluation.
In his impression, the chairman of the committee had never praised anyone so much, not even a few of his most trusted student generals.
However, after thinking about it, I was relieved, Yang Chen's outstanding military exploits in a few months could not be compared to the other Huangpu generals combined.
or even the whole country. The battle sequence of the army is added together, and the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army killed are far inferior to Yang Chen.
So, so appreciated, people deserve it!
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While the chairman and Wang Shihe were talking, another attendant adjutant came to report: "Commission, the 1st Army is calling."
When the Tiger Regiment attacked the headquarters of the Japanese 16th Division, they took advantage of the situation to counterattack and defeated the leaderless Japanese 16th Division in one fell swoop.
Thousands of traitorous enemies, countless loot! At present, the siege of Chuzhou has been lifted!"
After hearing this, the chairman was overjoyed and said, "Okay, that's great!" Shoushan really didn't disappoint me either!
Now that the Japanese army in Central China has suffered a setback in its northward advance, its plan to encircle and enter Xuzhou with the Japanese army in North China has been blocked, which is extremely conducive to the operation of the Fifth Theater. Electrify the three armies as a reward!"
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The picture is pulled to Nanjing.
In order to show off their outstanding military exploits and show off their strength, the Japanese army in Central China had moved its headquarters from Shanghai to the capital of the Nationalist Government.
Major General Shozo Kawabe, who had just succeeded his predecessor Tsukada as chief of staff of the Central China Front, learned that the commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Imago, and the chief of staff, Mitsuo Nakazawa, were killed by a small group of troops led by Yang Chen.
After the news that the 16th Division lost its unified command and was defeated by Hu Shoushan's division.
Immediately hurried to the office of the current commander Shunroku Hata to report the situation.
At that time, Shunroku Hata was burying his head in reviewing the documents, and when he saw Kawabe Shozo's expression, he couldn't help but ask with a panicked face: "Kawabe-kun, do you have something?"
Kawabe was unable to salute, and came to Shunroku Hatahata and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I just got the news that the headquarters of the 16th Division was attacked by a small group of elite troops of the enemy.
The commander of the division, Nakajima Imago, the chief of staff, Mitsuo Nakazawa, and all the headquarters personnel are all broken!
The enemy defenders in Chuzhou took advantage of the situation to launch a counteroffensive, and the 16th Division was defeated by the enemy and suffered heavy losses because it lost its unified command and all units could not form a unified coordination and dispatch.
Fortunately, with the assistance of the Air Force, we were able to withdraw to Pukou and stabilize our position!"
"Nani?" As if struck by lightning, Shunroku Hata stood up suddenly, with a shocked face: "How can this be?" Which enemy unit did it?"
Hebe Zhengzo lowered his head with a solemn face and said, "It's a small force of the enemy Tiger Regiment, codenamed the Dragon Soul Special Brigade!"
"Tiger group, which tiger group?"
Hata Junroku was stunned when he heard this, he felt that the "Tiger Regiment" was very familiar with the troops, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
For he was certain that this army did not appear in the previous Battle of Shanghai and the subsequent Battle of Nanking.
Otherwise, he must have found it clear!
"It's the Tiger Regiment that was on the battlefield in Shanxi, subordinate to the Jin Sui Army, and caused countless losses to our Japanese army in North China!"
As soon as Kawabe Shozo said this, Shunroku Habata finally reacted, and he was furious and said, "Yaga Ya Road! This damn tiger bonch! Aren't they in Shanxi?
Even if you go out of Shanxi, you should go to the battlefield in North China, and travel thousands of miles to my Central China to do something?
Damn, really hateful! ”
Shunroku Hata couldn't suppress the monstrous anger in his heart, and slapped the desk in front of him hard, and the huge force shook some of the office equipment on the table, all of which fell, and things like pen holders rolled to the ground.
Among them, the teacup "clicked" and shattered, and all the tea in it spilled out, and many of them even spilled on his feet.
Kawabe Shozo also gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, Your Excellency Commander!" This army, Yang Chen, has become the biggest henchman of the imperial army!
If we don't wipe them out, sooner or later they will cause us even more losses!"
Hata Junroku raised his eyebrows, nodded undeniably, and muttered: "Hebian-kun, don't you have an elite reconnaissance unit under your command?" Send them out to go deep behind enemy lines and destroy all kinds of important military targets in the rear of the Chinese army.
Second, find a way for me to find the whereabouts of the Tiger Ben Regiment, retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, and kill Yang Chen and his regimental headquarters!"
Kawabe Shozo nodded happily in agreement: "Hai, Your Excellency Commander! He also suggested that an elite reconnaissance unit should be drawn from each division and regiment to penetrate into the enemy's rear in separate directions.
In this way, the combat strength of the Imperial Army behind enemy lines could be strengthened.
In case of danger, it is also possible to support each other.
If you find an important target, you can also work together to attack it!"
"Well, Riverside Jun has a point." Shunroku Hata nodded and said, "In this case, let's do as you say!"
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After Yang Chen and Chen Ming took the Dragon Soul Special Operations Brigade and left the Chuzhou battlefield, they rushed along the country road not far from the official road to the northwest and the direction where the large army of the Huainan Tiger Regiment was located.
Because he was temporarily out of the battlefield, in a short time, there was no urgent combat mission.
So, the speed of the march became normal,
Yang Chen, Chen Ming, and Duan Peng took the lead in the front, and more than 120 special combat team members lined up in three teams and followed behind the three.
As a result, he didn't go far when a sharp and piercing roar of an airplane engine suddenly sounded in the distant sky.
Yang Chen's face changed, and he immediately stopped his steps and turned his head and shouted in a deep voice: "Stop advancing, there are enemy planes, immediately disperse and hide!"
After that, he and Chen Ming, each with half of the team members, scattered towards the rice fields on both sides of the road.
When they scattered and hid in the rice fields, it didn't take long for two Japanese reconnaissance planes to skim in from a distance.
From above their heads, they circled back and forth for a while, and after finding no abnormality, they turned around and flew elsewhere again.
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