Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Fengyun] Chapter 424: The Fall of the 33rd Division (1) -

Chapter 424: The Fall of the 33rd Division (1)

February 21, 1940 was an unforgettable day for the Japanese officers and soldiers of the 33rd Division. The quality of the commanders of the 33rd Division is still very high, whether it is the division commander Gampa Shigetaro or an ordinary front-line officer, the 33rd Division is much higher than the ordinary Japanese C-class division. This is also an important reason why the 33rd Division can dominate Southeast Asia in the future, although the combat effectiveness of the 33rd Division is not outstanding among all the Japanese combat units, but the battle during this period of time is enough for the 33rd Division to temporarily l-head in the vast majority of the Japanese Army's C-class divisions.

However, it is precisely because of this that the 33rd Division, whether it is an ordinary soldier or an officer, has the smell of arrogance and arrogance. In addition, during this period of time, the 33rd Division did show a little bit of jīng sharp flavor in the war against China, of course, in the evaluation of Han Yunhua's department, the 33rd Division only had a little bit of jīng sharp not yet arrived. Compared with the 5th Division, an old field division, the 33rd Division is not half a point worse.

However, the soldiers of the 33rd Division did not think so, and under the deliberate guidance of Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro, almost all the officers and men of the 33rd Division believed that the 33rd Division was one of the sharpest field units of the Imperial Japanese Army, only a little worse than a limited number of field divisions such as the Guards Division, the Fifth Division, and the Sixth Division, and much stronger than the 108th and 109th Divisions. After all, in the army, the platoon is not based on the time of establishment as the capital of the platoon's qualifications, it is to rely on real combat achievements.

Although the 33rd Division was formed for a short time, it was only three months. The 108th and 109th divisions are all old units that have been established for more than three years, but the performance of these divisions in North China can only be said to be unsatisfactory. Although it was not directly erased from the battle sequence of the imperial army by Han Yunhua's troops like the 20th Division, it was also defeated several times, and the army was defeated.

The 33rd Division was different, in this short battle of more than half a month, the 33rd Division defeated at least three brigades of Han Yunhua's headquarters head-on, causing at least more than 17,000 casualties under Han Yunhua's headquarters. Although these are only the speculations of Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro himself, there is no evidence of how many Shina troops were holding them back, and there are no corpses to show how much the Shina forces lost. However, compared with the casualties of the 33rd Division, Gampa Shigetaro believed that the combat effectiveness of Han Yunhua's division had declined very much after the large-scale expansion, and Han Yunhua's division retreated step by step during this period of time is a very important evidence, so he firmly believed that the 33rd Division had annihilated more than 10,000 squadrons in the past half a month. Not only did he believe in it, but he also instilled such brilliant achievements in his subordinates, so although the 33rd Division at this time only occupied a few towns that had been emptied by the 5th Field Division, the arrogance of the entire division was second to none among all the Japanese troops.

Although the commander of the 33rd Division, Gampa Shigetaro, strictly ordered the troops to sweep the D-NG in the countryside of China without the order of the division headquarters, and even less than one brigade of infantry was not allowed to search for farmers in the nearby mountains. However, there were still some junior officers who were not afraid of death or were wealthy, and they led their troops to quietly go out of the city under the guidance of Jun Han Jiān to search for Chinese villagers hiding in the mountains.

Not to mention, there were a few Japanese squads that had really good luck, among which a squadron leader of the 213th Infantry Wing actually caught a landlord hiding in the mountains in a mountainous area on the outskirts of Wei County, although because the infantry squadron was too big, so the landlord who was very vigilant x-ng fled, but almost all of the landlord's property was not taken away, and became the trophies of the infantry squadron.

Twenty thousand oceans and two boxes of jewels were enough to make everyone's salivation, and the adventure of that infantry squadron soon spread throughout the entire 33rd Division. For a time, the entire 33rd Division was in turmoil, regardless of whether the squadron leaders were willing to take their troops out to "sweep D-NG" or go to non-security areas to "maintain law and order", but the ordinary soldiers below were encouraging their commanders to make a fortune.

Captain Ichiro Takahashi, squadron leader of the 3rd Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 213th Infantry Wing, was in a good mood at this time, as sunny and cloudless as the weather was today. Although he was reluctant to come out in the morning, although the place where he was stationed was still some distance from the place where the division headquarters was located, the gendarmerie rarely came in normal times. But Ichiro Takahashi was still reluctant to lead the troops to sweep D-NG.

This is not to say that Takahashi Ichiro is a dedicated commander, but because Takahashi Ichiro is really not willing to take risks for a little money. Although Takahashi Ichiro was only a lieutenant, he had more than ten years of military experience, and although the 33rd Division was a new unit that had just been formed, Takahashi Ichiro had been in China for more than two years, and he was one of the first Japanese officers to invade China. Rich combat experience did not make Takahashi Ichiro courageous, but it forged him into a full soldier.

I saw too many comrades-in-arms being attacked and killed by the guerrillas in China because of a little money or NV people, and some were sniped by the snipers in China when they were out on a mission or on the march. Therefore, Takahashi Ichiro, who cherishes his life very much, rarely wears his captain's uniform, and rarely carries a command knife, as long as there is no order from his superiors, Takahashi generally will not rob the village of Shina, of course, Takahashi is not less ridiculed by several other squadron leaders and even his own commander for these reasons.

But Takahashi Ichiro did not change because of the ridicule of others, only he knows the benefits of being low-key, after so many years of fighting, Takahashi Ichiro knows very well what the Shina people dealt with first, officers and those who hold command knives and look like officers on horseback are the first choice of the Shina army. Whether it is the bandit beards of "Manchuria" or the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in North China, they all vividly display this tactic of capturing thieves and capturing kings. Most of the colleagues and bosses who once ridiculed Takahashi Ichiro have turned into a pile of white bones, and although he himself has been promoted to the position of captain squadron leader for more than ten years because of the titles of "timid and afraid of things", "not the courage of the Yamato national samurai", "not a qualified commander", etc., some of his contemporaries are already Nakasa or even Osa, but Takahashi Ichiro has always been glad that he is low-key, no matter how high his official position is, he has to have a life to enjoy, although he is only a squadron leader, but he is living well, As long as there is no accident, they will still live, and how many of those who laugh at themselves and look down on them now remember their bravery.

However, today's events annoyed Ichiro Takahashi, seeing that other troops often quietly went out to make a fortune, and the squadron he was in finally had someone unable to sit still after a few days of hibernation. Deputy Squadron Leader Lieutenant Ida, together with three squad leaders and more than a dozen military commanders, strongly requested Takahashi Ichiro to lead them to the nearby mountains to search for those who were hiding in China, in order to prevent them from secretly sabotaging the Imperial Army's holy war.

In fact, Lieutenant Ida's mind was clearly displayed by the lice on the monk's head, and Takahashi thought with his ass that Lieutenant Ida was going for the wealth of the Shina people. But almost the entire squadron was going to go, and if he, the squadron leader, didn't support it, then how could he rely on these people to protect himself in the future, so although Takahashi Ichiro was very reluctant, he still agreed to Lieutenant Ida's request.

However, to Takahashi's satisfaction, their luck was still good, in ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］