[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 916: The End of the 33rd Division (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The Ninth and Tenth Brigades, with the cooperation of the armored division, completely annihilated the reinforcements led by Fuyuan Dazuo, chief of staff of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, in a depression 25 kilometers north of the county seat of Weixian County at half past seven in the evening. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In this battle, 5,414 Japanese troops were killed, of whom 1,420 were taken prisoner, and the others were all killed. Now that the army has arrived under the city of Wei County, it is impossible for the defenders of the only infantry brigade in the city to block the 20,000 troops outside the city, so the destruction of the 33rd Division of the Japanese army has become a settlement.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Tianchang, commander of the 3rd Independent Brigade, also sent good news: The 3rd and 4th Brigades had engaged in an ambush battle with the "10,000 people" reinforcements of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army in a valley 10 kilometers west of Futujiao.

It took only three hours for the two independent brigades of the Suicha Military Region to completely annihilate the Japanese support army, capturing 72 Japanese soldiers and 4,109 puppet soldiers.

Afterwards, Hu Tianchang and Li Jiangtao found out that the so-called reinforcements were actually a ragtag army temporarily put together by the 40th Division of the Japanese Army, and there were less than 3,000 real Japanese troops among the 11,000-strong troops, and the rest were all puppet troops.

In fact, Hu Tianchang blamed the division commander of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army, not because he was unwilling to send troops to rescue the 33rd Division, but because the 40th Division at this time had no troops to adjust.

Just two days ago, the North China Front Army Headquarters issued an order to immediately transfer the three infantry brigades that assisted the 40th Division in its operations back to the Jinjing area to assemble and stand by, so there were less than 10,000 of the 40th Division remaining in Nangaoya.

In addition, an infantry brigade had already been eaten by the Suicha Military Region this morning, so Lieutenant General Naojiro Amaya had no choice but to let the infantry groups of the two puppet armies change into Japanese uniforms and equipment, and rushed to the rescue of the 33rd Division together with more than 3,000 real Japanese troops, so Hu Tianchang picked up a big bargain.

At 9:20 p.m., the main force of the 5th Division sent a clear report that they had completely occupied the county seat of Weixian 10 minutes earlier, captured 12 middle and high-ranking officers of the Japanese army, including Lieutenant General Kampa Shigetaro, commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, and also captured 2,100 Japanese casualties.

In addition, the Fifth Division also captured a large amount of military supplies hoarded by the Japanese army in the county seat of Weixian, including more than 10 tons of oil that was in short supply in the Suicha Military Region.

Because the troops on the front line used clear code to send reports, the news that the 33rd Division had been completely annihilated immediately spread throughout the entire north and south of the river, and even the six generals Yanjun who was far away in Nanjing also received the news, and immediately telegraphed Okamura Ningji, commander of the Japanese North China Front, to confirm the reliability of the news.

Originally, Okamura Ninji was very dissatisfied with Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro's idea of privately sending troops to fight against the Eighth Route Army in spite of his strict orders, and originally planned to wait until the battle was over to settle accounts with Gampa Shigetaro, but he did not expect to receive a telegram from the 33rd Division requesting combat guidance in less than four hours, and then received a farewell telegram from Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro.

But what made Okamura Ninji most angry was that the stupid guy of Gampa Shigetaro had not died yet, and had become a prisoner of the Shina people, and now the face of the entire Japanese Imperial Army was lost to him, and he himself did not know how to explain to His Majesty the Emperor.

The news of the total annihilation of the 33rd Division has been confirmed, and the entire Chinese dispatch army was in an uproar, what the hell is going on, even if the military strength of the Great Japanese Empire has decreased a lot in recent years, but it has not reached the point of letting the people of China casually annihilate an infantry division

Not to mention that the 33rd Division has 13,400 people, including more than 4,000 veterans with more than three years of military experience, even 14,000 pigs cannot be killed in one day.

As a result, the call for a thorough investigation of the truth suddenly intensified throughout the Chinese Dispatch Army, and General Yan Shunliu, who was approaching, had to order Okamura Ninji to immediately report the detailed situation to the Dispatch Army Headquarters.

Okamura Ningji also knew that it was no wonder that the six generals of Yanjun were angry, it was really his own not to be too angry, his face was earned by himself rather than given by others, and it was normal for him to be slapped in the face if he didn't earn face.

You must know that this time, in order to completely resolve the threat of the Suicha Military Region to the Pingjin region, the base camp suddenly dispatched four newly organized divisions and regiments to the entire North China Front Army, and left three field divisions and regiments that were originally to be transferred to South China and returned to China for demobilization also in North China, and the more than 300,000-strong army attacked the Suicha Military Region but let the family wipe out an infantry division with a slap in the face. Not to mention that the commander of his own front army felt hot on his face, even General Yan Jun, the supreme commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, could not get out of it.

Since it was his current boss who asked, then Okamura Ningji didn't dare to hide it, after all, there was really no way to hide such a big thing as an infantry division and an infantry wing being eaten by others, and he also brought a few infantry groups of the Imperial Alliance Army to Tubalu.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji reported the details of the destruction of the 33rd Division to the Chinese Dispatch Army Headquarters, but due to the suddenness of the incident, Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro did not expect the 33rd Division to be destroyed so quickly, so he did not report the information from the front line to the Front Army Headquarters in time, so Okamura Ninji himself did not know much.

However, before Gampa Shigetaro was ready to lead his troops to launch a decisive charge against the Central Japanese team, he still sent a "farewell telegram" to Okamura Ninji, in which it was mentioned that the Shina Tuhachi Road was equipped with a very large caliber and powerful artillery, which was not much more powerful than the naval guns used by the main warships such as the Imperial destroyers.

Moreover, the people of China had at least fifty such heavy artillery, and the county seat of Ulxian County was destroyed by the Tubalu team with this kind of heavy artillery, hoping that Okamura Ningji would attract attention, so Okamura Ningji, who did not know the specific battle situation, attributed the destruction of the 33rd Division to the newly installed "giant heavy artillery" cluster of the Chinese and Japanese teams.

When Okamura Ninji's self-defense and statement report was sent to Nanjing, there was another uproar at the headquarters of the entire Chinese Dispatch Army. Is it true that there is such a large-caliber cannon in the Dirt Eight Road? Or is this just a big lie made up by Okamura Ninji to evade responsibility? This has become the focus of discussion!

After some discussion, the controversy over the use of large-caliber giant artillery by the Eighth Route was divided into two factions, one was that the Eighth Route Army did indeed have a large number of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 300mm, and that the 33rd Division was annihilated by the Eighth Route in such a short period of time, which is ironclad evidence and a fact that no one can change.

On the other hand, on the contrary, they believe that the so-called artillery theory is actually a big oolong created by all the officers of the entire North China Front Army headed by Okamura Ninji in order to evade responsibility, and the reason of the supporters of this school of view is that neither the southwestern region controlled by the Nationalist Government nor the security areas controlled by the Tuba Road are capable of producing field heavy artillery or coastal defense artillery with a caliber of more than 300 mm, and it is also a heavy artillery that can move freely.

First of all, China's current steel output is only about 1,000 tons, and it is all controlled by the national government.

In addition, with China's current industrial production capacity, it is not possible to produce such sophisticated weapons, especially artillery shells that require large machine piercing. You must know that cannons can be produced from inferior steel, but shells cannot.

In addition, the supporters of this faction also cited many reasons why China did not have the ability to produce heavy artillery at present, so they did not approve of Okamura Ninji's telegram, believing that it was just a big lie made by the entire North China Front army collectively. (To be continued.) )