After receiving Jun Nakamura's warning, the Dameishan Military Division began to make intensive preparations. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, the 104th Division, the 6th Division, the Iida Detachment, and the 8th Tank Wing, which participated in the sweep, also began to assemble in the predetermined area.

The assembly area of the Iida detachment was in Bengbu County, where the assembly was completed first, and then advanced south along the highway to Guanxian; The assembly area of the 104th Division and the 8th Tank Wing was Pukou, where the assembly was completed first, and then along the road to the north, straight to Puxian; The 6th Division assembled in Feixi Town, and then went straight to Shanxian County.

It was also the Japanese army, but the gap between the different divisions was still very large, and the 6th Division performed the best.

The style of the Sixth Division is actually quite good, although a large number of reserve soldiers and even reserve soldiers have just been replenished, and in the last battle of Feicheng, the Dameishan Independent Regiment was almost disabled, and if it was replaced by other divisions, it may have collapsed directly, but the spirit of the Sixth Division is still there.

The Kumamoto Division is the Kumamoto Division after all, and it did not collapse because of a single failure.

On the night after the assembly order was issued, the main forces of the 13th Infantry Wing, the 23rd Infantry Wing, and the 45th Infantry Wing, which were originally stationed in the surrounding towns and villages, quickly assembled and rushed to Feixi before dawn the next day.

After a day and night of rest, the tired look on the faces of the officers and men of the Sixth Division disappeared.

At six o'clock in the morning, the eastern sky had just revealed a trace of fish belly white, and the Japanese army camp began to be noisy.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the four infantry wings, one foreign cavalry wing, one field artillery wing, one baggage wing, one engineer wing, and medical personnel of the field hospital of the Sixth Division, totaling more than 25,000 people, had already finished breakfast, sorted out their bags, completed all the tents, loaded all the supplies, put all the artillery on the wagons, and all the infantry completed the formation.

At 7:10, the 47th Infantry Wing took the lead.

At half past seven, the 45th Infantry Regiment then set off.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the units directly under the division and regiment headquarters began to move out one after another.

At 10 o'clock, Okabe Naosaburo instructed his adjutant to park the armored car he was riding in on the side of the road, and then climbed a small hill next to the road with a saber on his shoulder.

A group of people stood on the hill and looked down condescendingly, only to see countless Japanese soldiers lined up in a four-way column, marching forward along the road, followed by the infantry queue, there were also teams of armored vehicles, teams of trucks dragging 105 field howitzers, and groups of horse-drawn wagons full of supplies.

The base camp of the Japanese army also took into account that the Kumamoto Division had just suffered heavy losses, and in order to maintain the combat strength of this well-known veteran division, it deliberately strengthened its weapons, not only replacing the 75 field guns of the 6th Field Artillery Regiment with the 105 field guns of the same color, but also equipping the 6th Division with an additional tank brigade.

This is definitely a special honor, because in addition to the Guards Division, which is stationed in Tokyo, and the 1st and 2nd Divisions, which are stationed in Manchuria, there are independent tank units in the 6th Division.

Looking at the torrent of steel rolling under the hill, Okabe Naosaburo couldn't help but feel a sense of heroism in his heart: leading the steel heroes and galloping on the Chinese battlefield, as a good man of the empire, he should be like this! Great!

Behind Okabe Naosaburo, Shigetoku Shigeta and several wing commanders were also excited, facing such a powerful modern army, facing the torrent of steel rolling forward, few people can really be calm, from the bones, every man is actually the same, they are full of desire to kill.

In fact, the desire to kill, and the desire for beautiful women, are the true needs that are integrated into the marrow of men.

Shigetoku Shigeta glanced at Naosaburo Okabe in front of him, patted his ass and said: "Division commander, after your iron-fisted management of the army, the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Division has been completely restored, and this sweep, our Sixth Division will definitely be able to regain the supreme glory of the past during the Russo-Japanese War, and even better than the past!" ”

After Shigeta Shigetoku finished speaking, several wing captains also echoed one after another.

"The division commander really deserves to be the queen of the generals, and there is a set of governing the army."

"The division commander is not only behind the gate, but also a member of the saber group!"

"Sodais, there are so many students in Lu University, and there are only six people who can obtain the emperor's saber."

"The Sixth Division has suffered heavy losses, and the division commander can regain its combat effectiveness in such a short period of time, and he really doesn't have the ability to replace it with someone else."

Listening to the captain of the first cadre co-op slapping there, Okabe Naosaburo was greatly affected by it.

As long as it is a person, there is no one who does not like to listen to compliments, and the sedan chair is carried by everyone.

However, Okabe Naosaburo was not carried away by the compliments of his squadron commanders, let alone confused by the high morale and strict appearance of the Sixth Division, because Okabe Naosaburo knew very well that the current Sixth Division just looked good and had not been tested in actual combat.

Whether the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Division has really recovered, it has to be pulled to the battlefield, and it can only be known after fighting with Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment with real swords and guns, perhaps, the Sixth Division has really recovered its previous atmosphere, or perhaps, it is just an embroidered pillow that is splendid and defeated.

So, Okabe Naosaburo waved his hand, and then said: "You must not be blindly optimistic, although the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Division has recovered to a certain extent, there is still a big gap compared with before, especially this time our opponent is still the Dameishan Independent Regiment, which should not be taken lightly." ”

"Hello." Shigetian Shigetoku paused and said, "The lesson of the division commander is that in the face of such a strong army as the Dameishan Independent Regiment and a cunning opponent as Xu Rui, the imperial army really cannot be careless, but this time, the imperial army has mobilized two divisions and a detachment of heavy army groups, plus the eighth wing of the chariot to cooperate in the operation, it should not be a big problem to win." ”

After Shigetoku Shigeta finished speaking, the captains of the directly subordinate wings also echoed one after another.

"What Chongtian Sang said is extremely true, this time in the sweep of Dameishan, the imperial army mobilized two divisions and a team, it can really be said that it is a knife to kill chickens, no matter how powerful Xu Rui is, it is impossible to set off any waves."

"Xu Rui is indeed very cunning, but in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are floating clouds."

"In this battle, the victory of the imperial army is already a sure thing, there will definitely be no more suspense, division commander, the only thing I am worried about now is whether our sixth division will progress too slowly, and finally let the Iida detachment and the 104th Division occupy the Dameishan area first, and completely annihilate the Dameishan Independent Regiment!"

"Not really." Shigetoku Shigeta said, "It is not easy to completely annihilate the Dameishan Independent Regiment. ”

"Sodax." Okabe Naosaburo nodded and said, "It is indeed not easy to completely annihilate Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment, so the combat order issued by the headquarters also clearly stated that it would be great if there was a chance to completely annihilate the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and if there was no chance to expel it from Dameishan, it would also be a victory, so we really have to speed up and must advance to Dameishan before the Iida Detachment and the 104th Division." ”

Shigeta Shigedeton said, "Hay." ”

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Nanjing Fanghua Garden, Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters.

When Nakamura Junyi walked into the battle hall early in the morning, he saw that there was already a huge simulated sand table in the center of the hall, on which the terrain of central Anhui had been completely mapped, and the three areas of Pukou, Feicheng and Bengbu had been planted with red pennants representing the Japanese army, but on the opposite side, it was blank.

Hebian Zhengsan stood next to the simulated sand table with his hands in his hands, and the expression on his face was gloomy.

"The people in the extra high class are all idiots!" Kawabe Shozo glanced at Nakamura Jun and said, "It's been so long, and we haven't even figured out which unit of the Dameishan Independent Regiment is opposite, Sun Tzu said that knowing oneself and knowing the other can be invincible, and now we don't know anything about the enemy, how can this battle be fought?" ”

Nakamura hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, please calm your anger, this matter is not because the people of the special high class are incompetent, but because the Communist Party's secrecy work is too strict, in addition to the normal counter-espionage personnel, the Communist Party has also mobilized a large number of women and children to act as their eyes and ears, and as soon as our special agents enter their territory, they will be discovered immediately, so it is difficult to obtain information." ”

"yes." The anger on Kawabe's face eased slightly, and he added, "The Communist Party's secrecy work is indeed stronger than that of the Kuomintang. ”

"It's a lot stronger." Nakamura Toshicho said, "Take Shanghai as an example, the military command that the Kuomintang has just established has almost infiltrated the people in the secret service headquarters, but the secret service headquarters is helpless against the Shanghai underground party of the Communist Party of China, and the organization of the Chinese Communist Party is really unable to be blown in and splashed by water, which is too difficult to deal with." ”

Kawabe Shozo shook his head and said, "I don't care about Shanghai, I only care about this sweeping operation." ”

"Hello." Nakamura said, "Although we have no way to get the information of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, the 104th Division, the 8th Independent Tank Wing, the 6th Division, and the Iida Detachment have all entered the designated assembly area. ”

Kawabe Shozo said worriedly, "I'm worried that I won't be able to go hand in hand." ”

Hearing this, Nakamura Jun's heart moved slightly, and he asked, "Is Your Excellency the Chief of Staff worried about the Iida detachment?" Also, after all, the Iida detachment was formed on the basis of the Taiwan garrison brigade, and the quality of its soldiers was indeed much worse. (To be continued.) )