Chapter 360: Feint Becomes True Defeat
At eight o'clock in the evening of April 11, after more than eight hours of marching, the 13th Brigade was only 15 miles away from the battlefield. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After a day's journey, even though the Japanese soldiers were generally strong and feeling hungry and tired, Yoshizawa Tadashi saw that all the officers and men were hungry, and thought that the emperor was not short of hungry soldiers, so he ordered the troops to camp on the spot, and then sent a reconnaissance unit to find out the news of the 25th Wing.
Thirty minutes later, the Japanese reconnaissance unit returned and reported: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, our reconnaissance unit went to the area of engagement between the 25th Wing and the China Unit, and found no trace of the 25th Wing. However, we found a force of more than 2,000 people digging trenches. ā
"Digging trenches?" Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi had a look of disdain on his face, and he said arrogantly: "Could it be that the people of China still want to fight with our imperial army in a positional battle?" Haha, the people of China are really arrogant and cute, and our Imperial Army warriors will teach them how to behave. ā
Chief of Staff Matsumoto's heart suddenly burst into his mind, as if remembering some kind of bad result, he suddenly exclaimed, "Nani? No trace of the Twenty-Fifth Wing was found! No way! ā
"Matsumoto-kun, what's wrong with you, why are you yelling?" Major General Yoshizawa asked dissatisfiedly.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the reconnaissance unit has found no trace of the 25th Wing, and the 25th Wing has probably been ...... by the Chinese people."
"Impossible! The people of China are all vulnerable waste, how can they have the strength to destroy the infantry wing of the imperial army! "Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi always looked down on the Chinese and simply did not accept the fact that the 25th Wing was wiped out by Chinese troops.
"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, please calm down, our reinforcements have already arrived, and at this time, Yokoyama Suorong has not yet contacted us, which can only mean that the 25th Wing has been shattered." Although this fact is difficult to accept, Matsumoto, who has always been calm, still patiently analyzed it to Major General Yoshizawa Tadayu.
"Yaga! The people of China are so bold that they dare to destroy the warriors of our imperial army, and we will tear them all to pieces. Major General Yoshizawa had accepted Matsumoto's one-click explanation and understood that the 25th Wing was indeed finished, which made him feel furious and vowed to wash away this hatred with the blood of the Chinese army.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, please calm your anger. This Chinese army was able to completely wipe out the 25th Wing before our brigade could rush in to reinforce them, proving that they were very strong. Coupled with the fact that we had lost contact with the 25th Wing five hours earlier, it means that they had already eliminated the 25th Wing five hours earlier, and we were still on the march.
Combined with this kind of situation, it shows that the Chinese army is waiting for work, but we are a labor expedition, and we are even more blind to the situation of the Chinese army, and we have already failed in knowing ourselves and the enemy, so I suggest that we temporarily let go of this Chinese army, first return to the division crown city, and wait and see what happens. Matsumoto ignored Major General Yoshizawa Tadayu's gaze as if he was about to eat him, and calmly suggested.
"I disagree with Chief of Staff Matsumoto's opinion that the Shina must have paid an incomparably heavy price in order to eliminate the 25th Wing. At this time, the Chinese army is at its weakest, and as long as the main force of our brigade and regiment crushes it, it will definitely tear through the weak nature of the Chinese people and wipe them out. Nobuki Morimoto, the commander of the 26th Wing, was the first to stand up and object.
"It's a pinch, I also disagree with the opinion of Chief of Staff Matsumoto, it is impossible to destroy the Yokoyama Wing with the strength of the Shina people without paying a huge price, and the Shina Army that is urgently digging trenches in front is likely to eliminate the remnants of the Yokoyama Wing, we must crush them to death with the strength of Mount Tai, avenge the blood hatred of Yokoyama-kun and the 3,800 imperial warriors, and let the Shina people pay for their blood debts." Field Artillery Wing Commander Toyoshi Muraoka echoed.
Major General Yoshizawa did not want to retreat like a tiger, but after hearing the opinions of Nobuki Morimoto and Nagamura Oka Yutaka opposing the retreat, his face suddenly turned cloudy and clear, and he praised: "Yo Xi, I know that most of the imperial army is still the work of warriors, and not all cowards. ā
"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, please listen to my careful analysis...... Matsumoto still wanted to continue to persuade with one click, but when he saw the ruthlessness in the eyes of Major General Yoshizawa Tadayu, he immediately swallowed the words of persuasion in his stomach.
"Don't say any more, I have made up my mind, and I order the troops to attack the people of China immediately after dinner, and never retreat until the people in front of me are wiped out." Major General Yoshizawa said fiercely.
This time, whether it was the attack on the Japanese army or the jade shattering of the Yokoyama Wing, Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi was greatly angered, and if he did not fight back from the repeated provocative attacks of the Chinese army, he would not have the face to continue to serve as a major general of the imperial army. He swore that he would not give up until he wiped out the Shina troops this time.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, is wise!" Nobuki Morimoto and Yutaka Nagamura complimented at the same time.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
At nine o'clock in the evening, after the Japanese army had eaten enough, they launched an attack on the position of the third battalion, and the Japanese offensive tactics were still started by artillery, and the artillery of the field artillery wing was extremely sharp, and the third battalion, which lacked artillery, quickly retreated without a feint at all.
Seeing that the Chinese troops had been routed in just a few rounds of artillery bombardment, Major General Yoshizawa Tadashi became even more arrogant, and immediately ordered the 26th Infantry Wing to pursue the whole army, clutching the third battalion.
Zhang Fengnian, the commander of the third battalion, really understood the intention of Commander Hu Tianming to beat them, and the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army made him understand how ridiculous the previous light enemy was, and the original task of the third battalion was a feint, but now they don't need to feint at all, because the third battalion is really defeated.
Fortunately, the soldiers kept in mind the direction of the ambush circle arranged by the regiment commander, and ran in the direction of the ambush circle even if they retreated. The third battalion fought and retreated like this, but it also completed the task of luring the enemy assigned by the regiment commander.
Nearly 4,000 Japanese infantry pursued them, and 3,000 puppet troops saw that the Eighth Route Army was defeated, and they also actively ran to pick up the bargains, chasing the soldiers of the third battalion all over the mountain.
"Damn, this group of god-killing puppet soldiers is so arrogant to chase and kill us, and when we complete the task of luring the enemy, we will definitely kill him back to the carbine, and we will never let go of this group of two devils easily!" Zhou Dakui scolded angrily as he ran away.
ā⦠Call... Drink... Call... Drink...... Week...... Brother Zhou, you ...... You better save some effort, it's all ...... They are all about to be chased by them...... Caught up" Although Sun Erwa is a rural girl, she was also chased by the Japanese puppet army under the escape for her life.