Chapter 371: Take a Break
"Ah...... Damn it, these damn Shina people, I'm going to kill them all! ”
Seeing six fighters painted with sharks rushing into the bomber formation like hungry wolves slaughtering the bomber group, Nobuo Kobayashi, who was watching the battle on the ground, roared frantically with anger.
"Fighters, we need more fighters, we must destroy all the fighters of the Zhina!"
Kobayashi Nobuo's teeth were clenched, his teeth were biting his lip tightly, because he bit too hard, his teeth had sunk into his lips, and a trace of blood came out of his lips, and he held back a sentence for a long time and instructed Ito Kojiro Nakasa beside him: "You immediately contact the Fifth Flying Division and ask them to send more fighters, it is difficult to hold Kaihua without the help of fighters." ”
Kojiro Ito hesitated for a moment before replying, "Your Excellency Division Commander, I have already contacted the Fifth Division, and they ...... They said...... The Fifth Division had a heavy task, and they could not afford to send more planes at the moment, and if they wanted reinforcements, they would have to wait a few days for the arrival of additional planes and pilots. ”
"Yaga...... Excuses, all excuses! Nobuo Kobayashi was furious, "The Fifth Flying Division has hundreds of planes available for combat, can't it even make up dozens of them?" They are purely afraid of death, these cowards, they are not worthy of being soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire, I will accuse them to the Front Command! ”
Looking at the angry Kobayashi Nobuo, Ito Kojiro glanced at him with some disdain, this incompetent guy complained all day long that the base camp was blind, and he made himself the commander of this third-rate division. But when he really started a war, he only knew how to call for reinforcements when he encountered something, and in the opinion of Kojiro Ito, it was really blind for such an incompetent waste to become a division commander.
Although I despise this incompetent guy in my heart. But Kojiro Ito replied respectfully on the surface: "Your Excellency Division Commander, the Fifth Flying Division now has to support the Henan Battlefield and the Guangxi Battlefield. So they don't shirk the fact that the task is urgent, but now I think the most important thing is how to repel the attack of the Shina people, and it's not too late to talk about other things later. ”
Kobayashi Nobuo snorted coldly and stopped talking, although his ability is not very high, but he is not a fool, he can also see it. When your planes are all repulsed, you will have no way to stop the opponent's attack.
After calculating the strength in his hand, Kobayashi Nobuo's brows furrowed even more. The 60th Division is nominally a division. However, the entire division had only more than 12,000 men, and the only troops that could be put into battle were eight infantry brigades and one artillery brigade, which was an out-and-out third-rate unit, and now the artillery brigade was finished. With his own troops, which have now been reduced to less than 10,000, it is difficult to resist the onslaught of the other side. What's more, the other side also has eight terrible heavy artillery.
While Nobuo Kobayashi was pondering, the air battle in the sky had already been decided, and the remaining seven Japanese fighters were left with only one of them fleeing eastward, and the remaining six were all shot down, and their bombers could only escape back less than ten in the end, which can be described as heavy losses, while the 202nd Army lost four fighters, but fortunately, all the pilots had successfully parachuted. And it was snatched back by the ground forces.
The Japanese were not so lucky, as they parachuted more than two dozen pilots and other fighters. But most of the places they landed in were controlled by the 348th Brigade, so as soon as these pilots landed, they would find that they were surrounded by heavily armed soldiers in German uniforms, and most of these pilots would obediently raise their hands in the face of the black hole muzzle, and only a small number of diehards would resist stubbornly, but the fate of these people was all beaten into a hornet's nest without accident.
Seeing that things could not be violated, Kobayashi Nobuo did not stubbornly hold on to the end, but simply ordered the troops to retreat.
"Retreat, all troops withdraw to civilization!"
Seeing that the Japanese army began to retreat, Huang Weiguo did not order the troops to continue the pursuit, but let the troops start to clean up the battlefield to collect the troops and the wounded, today's battle was fought too quickly, and the coordination of the troops was not done well, so Huang Weiguo did not plan to continue the offensive in such a hurry, but not everyone thought so.
After hearing the order issued by the division headquarters to stop the pursuit and rest in place, Zheng Zhimin, the commander of the 577th Regiment, found Zhou Huai'an, the commander of the 348th Brigade.
"Sir, the Japanese have retreated, why don't we continue to attack? You must know that now is a good time to pursue, if we wait until the Japanese are ready, we will be in trouble before attacking! ”
Zhou Huai'an reprimanded angrily: "Shut up, what are you shouting, this is the order of the division, if you have any complaints, go to the division, now go and do your own thing!" ”
"Sir...... I ......" Zheng Zhimin wanted to say more, but at this time Zhou Huaian had already picked up the phone: "588 regiment?" Let Jiao Wenbo listen to the call...... Jiao Wenbo, how are you doing there? What, have you already taken Chihuai Town? Good...... You first reorganize your troops, stop the attack for the time being, and wait for orders! ”
After speaking, Zhou Huai'an put down the phone and glared at Zheng Zhimin, "You watch me do something, don't you hurry up and do things!" ”
"Yes!"
Seeing Zheng Zhimin go out a little unwillingly, Zhou Huaian also sighed and picked up the phone again......
In the division headquarters of the 347th Division, Huang Weiguo was looking at the map in front of him with a thoughtful look on his face, and the phone on the table suddenly rang, and Huang Weiguo picked up the phone: "I am Huang Weiguo...... What the? Zhou Huai'an, didn't you hear my order clearly? Stop the offensive and put the troops in order first, this is the order! ”
"Smack!"
Huang Weiguo, who put down the phone, shook his head a little angrily, and the staff officer on the side came over after seeing it and said: "Division, the people below are probably in a hurry, why don't we let the 577 regiment fight first and see the effect!" ”
"No way!" Huang Weiguo shook his head: "We have been fighting for a week, and the troops are already very tired, if we forcibly pursue the 60th Division at this time, we can certainly achieve some results, but our losses will never be small, so I decided to let the troops rest for two days, and by the way, we will see the situation of the 347th Brigade." ”
Hearing this, the staff officer stopped talking. Huang Weiguo's words are reasonable, and after a week of continuous combat, both personnel and equipment need to rest and inspect, which also echoes Huang Weiguo's character.
His personality has always been steady, and what he doesn't like the most is to fight uncertain battles, which is also the biggest difference between him and Li Wei, the commander of the 348th Division.
Just as Huang Weiguo lowered his head and continued to check the map, Su Jin, who was in Jiujiang, was also paying attention to the battle situation of the 347th Division.
In the center of the combat hall of the 202nd Army, there is a huge sand table, which contains the detailed terrain of the whole territory of Zhejiang, and the mountains, rivers, and cities on it are made lifelike and vivid, this sand table is also Zhou Yusheng with more than ten staff officers of the military department spent more than half a month to make it, it is said that this sand table is almost the same as the real terrain of Zhejiang Province, and Su Jin was also amazed after seeing it.
At this time, in the southwest of this sand table, the two small blue flags representing the 202nd Army were overlapping with the two small red flags representing the Japanese army.
Seeing that Su Jin was thinking about the problem, the staff officers in the exhibition hall were afraid of disturbing his thoughts, and even talking and walking became quiet.
In fact, at this moment, Su Jin's mind had already flown to Kaihua and Jiangshan, hundreds of kilometers away, just when he was pondering, Zhou Yusheng, who was holding a folder in his hand, walked over quickly and walked behind Su Jin and reported: "Military seat, the flight team called, just half an hour ago, they encountered the Japanese Fifth Flying Division, after a fierce battle, they shot down the Japanese army's 17 fighters and 37 bombers, and the flight group lost four Wildcat fighters, but fortunately, all the pilots successfully parachuted and were snatched back by the 347th Division!" ”
"Good!"
Hearing this, Su Jin's originally clenched hands slowly relaxed, and after secretly taking a long breath, a smile appeared on his face, and he glanced at Zhou Yusheng and asked, "What about the 347th Division, is there any battle report?" ”
Zhou Yusheng continued: "The 347th Division reported that they had launched several offensives against the 60th Division of the Japanese Army in Kaihua, and the Japanese army had suffered a lot of losses. The 347th Brigade, which attacked Jiangshan, is still fighting fiercely with the 61st Division of the Japanese Army, and the 61st Division of the Japanese Army has suffered considerable losses, and the 347th Brigade is now planning to eat this unit in one go. ”
Su Jin shook his head: "The 347th Brigade does not have the ability to eat the 61st Division in one go, even if this is a fourth-rate army, it is not something that a brigade can eat in just a few days, so you have to slow down!" ”
Zhou Yusheng nodded and said: "I think so too, it is already very difficult for one division to deal with two divisions of the Japanese army at the same time, even the third- and fourth-rate troops of the Japanese army are not something they can swallow in one bite." ”
"Yes, yes!" Su Jin sighed lightly: "So what I'm most concerned about now is our flying group, if we have fifty more...... No, even thirty pilots, I would dare to scatter them all and blow them up to scum with air superiority. ”
Zhou Yusheng just smiled lightly, Su Jin's wish would not be realized before the end of this year, but there was no workaround. He smiled and said to Su Jin: "Military seat, why don't we let Colonel Mikey and them dispatch again, after all, five hundred dollars for one dispatch is still very attractive to them." ”
"There's no rush for this!" Su Jin waved his hand, "I still have to wait for Huang Weiguo to send back those downed pilots, after all, our pilots are now losing one less one, and they haven't had time to replenish it." (To be continued.) )