Chapter 897: Personally to the front line

Beiping, conference room of the headquarters of the North China Front.

The commander of the general, Terauchi Shouyi, the chief of staff of the major general, the chief of staff of the major general, Akira Muto, the deputy chief of staff of the Osa, and the deputy chief of staff of the major general of the Kwantung Army, Ishihara Waner, were all in the conference room at this time.

Shouichi Terauchi showed a somewhat solemn expression on his face, and he looked coldly at Ishihara Wan'er, with a dissatisfied expression in his eyes.

For Ishihara Waner, Terauchi Shouichi was very trusting at first, and he believed that with Ishihara Waner's assistance in commanding this battle, he would definitely be able to win.

Even if the independent mixed second brigade was completely annihilated, after the independent garrison was completely annihilated, even the mobile troops were all annihilated, Terauchi Shouichi still trusted Ishihara Waner very much, and he believed that if he could plan the 918 Incident, Ishihara Waner would definitely be able to assist him in completely annihilating the troops of the Honorary Second Division.

But this time, Terauchi Shou had obvious distrust of Ishihara Waner at first, and his face gradually became gloomy, and his eyes looked at Ishihara Waner coldly.

The troops of the 26th Division were almost completely annihilated, and such losses made Terauchi Shouichi unable to continue to bear it, and he felt that if he continued to trust Ishihara Waner, he was afraid that all the divisions of the Japanese army in Wutai County would be devastated, and Terauchi Shouichi was ready to attack Ishihara Waner.

"Ishihara-kun, at present, the troops of the 26th Division have suffered a devastating blow, so far, there have been more than 20,000 casualties, how do you explain these deaths, does this mean that your battle plan has completely failed, you must know that now we have nothing to gain at all except for capturing some county seats, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation."

Shouichi Terauchi looked at Ishihara Wan'er, and he asked with a gloomy face.

The 2nd Brigade was independently mixed, the independent garrison, the mobile force, and the 26th Division troops, and most of these troops were either completely annihilated or annihilated, and now the Japanese army has killed more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, so the casualties are unacceptable to Terauchi Shouichi.

In the face of Shouichi Terauchi's reprimand, Ishihara looked at the map on the table, and there was a thoughtful expression on his face.

All the battles that have taken place so far Ishihara Waner is predicted for the most part, and he is actively prepared.

But what he didn't expect was that even if the two divisions were together, the troops of the Honorary Second Division would still be able to find an opportunity to attack the Japanese troops.

If the troops of the 26th Division were marching together with the troops of the 109th Division, there would be more than 30,000 troops in these two units, and these more than 30,000 Japanese troops would not be at a disadvantage even in the face of two or three hundred thousand Chinese troops, but in the face of the troops of the Second Division, the troops of the 26th Division were still heavily damaged and almost completely annihilated.

And at present, the troops of the Honorary Second Division have to deal with the First Division and the 114th Division at the same time, so it is impossible for the Honorary Second Division to concentrate the main force to attack the 26th Division, that is to say, the Honorary Second Division did not use the main force to severely damage the Japanese 26th Division, which is even more unacceptable to Terauchi Shouichi.

"It is indeed an accident that the troops of the 26th Division were severely damaged, but at present we can be sure that the troops of the Honorary Second Division are concentrated in the north of Wutai County, Your Excellency Commander, I suggest that the troops of the First Division and the 114th Division be ordered to quickly advance to the county seat of Wutai County, judging from the current situation, the troops of the First Division and the 114th Division will definitely not be greatly blocked, and the troops of the 21st Division and the 110th Division are also required to quickly join the battle in Wutai County, and we will first capture the county seat of Wutai County."

Ishihara Waner looked at Terauchi Shouichi with a somewhat solemn gaze, and the troops of the 26th Division suffered a blow, which Ishihara Waner did not expect.

At the same time, he also really realized that the troops of the Honorary Second Division were really difficult to deal with, but Ishihara had no intention of giving up.

Even though the troops of the 26th Division suffered heavy losses, the Japanese army still had the first division and the 114th division in Wutai County, and the troops of the 21st and 110th divisions of the Japanese army had entered Wutai County, and they could be put into battle at any time.

"Ishihara-kun, how sure are you?" Shouichi Terauchi looked at Ishihara Waner, and he asked with a solemn expression.

"Seventy percent sure, Your Excellency, although the troops of the Honorary Second Division have inflicted heavy losses on us, their casualties are also not small, I believe that if we take action now, we still have a chance of victory, on the contrary, if we give up the attack on the troops of the Honorary Second Division now, then all the sacrifices made before will be meaningless. Your Excellency Commander, I request to personally go to Wutai County to command the operation! ”

Ishihara Wan'er looked at Terauchi Shouichi, and he said with an expression of appraisal on his face.

Shouichi Terauchi hesitated slightly, he decided to give Ishihara Wan'er a chance, and he agreed to Ishihara's request.

At 11 o'clock in the evening of September 23, Ishihara went to Wutai County to personally command the troops to fight.

At one o'clock in the morning of 24 September, the troops of the 114th Division and the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, which had met in Baijiazhuang Town, began to operate under the personal command of Ishihara Waner.

At half past one o'clock in the morning, the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division advanced to the Weiyanjian Heights under the leadership of Major General Brigade Commander Abe Norihide, and the troops of the 1st Brigade encountered the 5th Detachment of the 120th Division at Weiyanjian, and the troops of the 1st Brigade quickly launched a siege on the Weiyanjian Heights, and the 1st Division's Mountain Artillery Wing and the 7th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Wing began to launch a fierce artillery bombardment on the Weiyanjian Heights.

Half an hour after the battle, the fifth detachment had paid the price of more than 500 casualties, and at this time they could not evacuate even if they wanted to evacuate the Villantajian Heights.

The three county brigades that were responding nearby immediately began to reinforce them, but they were soon attacked by the 15th Brigade of the 1st Division, and more than 1,300 people from the three county brigades fell into the encirclement of the 15th Brigade of the Japanese army, and then fell into a bitter battle.

All of these plans were planned by Ishihara Wan'er, who first surrounded the troops of the Eighth Route Army on the Weiyuan Heights, and then attacked the reinforcements with superior forces.

Ishihara Guaner did have an excellent strategic vision, he expected that the Honorary Second Division would be able to inflict heavy losses on the troops of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army in the north of Wutai County, so there was no main force of the Honorary Second Division in the southwest of Wutai County, where the First Division and the 114th Division were located, and he calculated the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the southwest of Wutai County little by little.

The 120th Division, the Fifth Detachment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and the three county brigades were caught in the attack of the superior forces of the two brigades of the First Division of the Japanese Army, and they were in a very dangerous situation.

Fang Chaoqun, the commander of the Unknown Regiment, and Qin Xianliang, the commander of the Honorary First Regiment, immediately got in touch, and the two divisions decided to adopt the strategy of flanking the Japanese army from east to west to attack the troops of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army and rescue the besieged friendly troops.