Chapter 47: An Excuse for Retreat
The devils have retreated! When they came, the seven or eight hundred Japanese troops were violent, and they looked like they wanted to eat Gao Quan and his troops on the mountain in one bite. In fact, the devils almost succeeded, if that shot succeeded in killing Gao Quan, maybe the devils could really win this battle.
It's a pity that Master Gao once again showed his super luck of great fortune and great creation, in the face of a cannonball that fell head-on, he was only smashed with a small bag on his head, and his scalp was cut with a small hole that was not a small size. Gao Quan survived the crisis without danger, but he succeeded in angering all the Chinese officers on this position. Under the leadership of these officers, this military group, which had gathered the largest number of sharpshooters of 500 divisions, began to exert its might, and as a result, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat. And on the way to retreat, he encountered the tailgating shot of the Gao Quanquan team!
That's right, tailgating shooting. No one rushed out of the position to pursue, and the soldiers of the 500th Division just lay on their positions, aimed at the buttocks of the retreating devils, and hit them hard. This chase and butt hit the bullet, which brought deep damage to this Japanese army.
Originally, the devils only lost most of the officers, as well as a lot of machine guns and grenadiers, and the losses of the soldiers were not very large. This is a good thing, because when retreating, there was no officer organization, the retreating formation was relatively chaotic, there was no organization to provide effective cover, and the soldiers of the 500 Division were chased by the ass and shot indiscriminately, and the Japanese troops who were able to flee back to the road intact and uninjured all added up, not even 200 people, that is, this brigade has been automatically reduced to a squadron.
Now Gao Quan has been withdrawn from that shell crater. Although he was very interested in shooting devils with his own hands, he was also the commander of the 500 division. With the position already stabilized and the devils already retreating, it becomes meaningless to climb into the shell crater in which the conditions are not very good.
On the back slope of the heights, a roof was built out of canvas, which was considered a temporary division headquarters. A wooden board was covered with a topographic map of the battlefield, and Gao Quan was stunned at the map. Hong Yingying and Hui Qin, who were wearing military uniforms, sat in a corner and muttered something quietly, glancing at Gao Quan's gaze from time to time, showing that the center of their discussion was the master of the division who was meditating on the map.
There were correspondents who kept coming over to report to Gao Quan on the battle situation on the front line. The three brigades were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army over there, and of course the three units had to report the battle situation on their side to the division headquarters in a timely manner, so that Gao Quan could adjust the troops at any time.
After the independent brigade joined the battlefield, our army had achieved absolute superiority and was now carrying out an oppressive attack on the Japanese wing. The Devil's Eighteenth Wing has now begun to show signs of retreat, and the three brigades of our army have entangled the two brigades of the Japanese army on the left and right, so that Ito Nobuyoshi wants to withdraw, but he can't lift his feet. Ito Osa can't really give up these two brigades and only withdraw to Xinyang with his baggage team, right? In that case, the possibility that he was directly executed by Major General Ye Kan of Xinyang would be infinite.
The current situation is so bad, the 18th Wing wants to leave, but it is entangled by more than 10,000 squadrons, and they want to give full play to the spirit of a strong man breaking his wrist and give up one, right? But now it's not a strong man who has broken his wrist, but he has to leave most of his body behind, and only a very small number of directly subordinate troops of the wing department can get away. The brigade that opened the road in front had been forcibly reduced into a squadron by several battalions directly under the 500th Division led by Gao Quan, and then the remaining two brigades were abandoned, which Ito Osawa could not afford.
In desperation, Ito Nobuyoshi Osa had to be cheeky again and call for reinforcements from His Excellency General Nokan. If you want reinforcements, you want planes, in short, as long as you can ask for them, Your Excellency Dazuo will want them all this time. Anyway, it's a shame, this time it's a shame. As long as he can bring the troops back to Xinyang safely, with Lieutenant General Fujita's respect for him, there must not be any great blame.
Major General Nokanichiro was shocked when Shinyang received a telegram from Nobuyoshi Ito asking for help! This Ito Nobuyoshi is not incompetent, in previous wars, has always been known for his courage and good fighting, his 18th Wing is still the most capable wing under General Nokan, and it is stronger than the other Shizuoka 34th Wing. Although General Nokan is also from Shizuoka, he has to admit that this Ito is actually quite capable of fighting.
is such a strong general, he actually sent back such a telegram like a suicide note, saying that the reinforcements arrived a little late, and he and his 18th Wing were about to die collectively!
One of the strongest troops has met with an accident, what do you want General Ye Kan to do to rescue him? Dispatch the Thirty-Fourth Wing? It's not the enemy that General Yekan protects and can't even solve the 18th Wing, but the 34th Wing goes, can you please it?
Commander Okamura Ninji of the Eleventh Army was preparing to plan a major campaign, and the Third Division was also preparing for battle. At this juncture, even if General Nokan asks Lieutenant General Fujita for assistance, the lieutenant general can't pull out people! After thinking about it, General Nokan still thinks that Ito Daisa has exaggerated the facts, this guy must feel that he can't beat Yingshan Castle and is very faceless, and he wants to get back face here!
Even if the Eighteenth Wing can't beat others, can't they still run? Which squadron has the ability to leave the 18th Wing? Based on the experience of the commander of the field survey brigade in fighting in China for so many years, he really had never encountered a Chinese division-level unit with such strength.
Since General Nokan decided that it was Ito Daisa who wanted to make excuses for the withdrawal of the 18th Wing, as his boss, the commander of the Nokan Brigade thought that he should also give Ito Nobuyoshi this step. As a result, the order from the Xinyang Garrison Headquarters was issued to the wing headquarters of the 18th Wing. General Ye Kan ordered that the 18th Wing must withdraw to Xinyang as soon as possible, and in order to ensure the smooth retreat of the wing, General Ye Kan will send an aviation brigade to provide friendly cover.
After seeing this telegram, Ito Osa was still not satisfied, but in the end he received reinforcements from the air, and he also received an order from General Nokan to withdraw and merge. The second is the most important, with this order, even if the 18th Wing is defeated a little ugly, it will not be too difficult for General Ye Kan.
There is an excuse to withdraw the troops, and reinforcements from the air seem to be coming at any time, Ito Daisa has relieved all his worries, now it depends on how fast he and his wing can run, and whether they can run back to Xinyang City before the ** squadron kills him!
Based on absolute confidence in his troops, Ito Daisa gave an order: all the soldiers of the 18th Wing should go all out in the direction of Xinyang! Now that the general retreat order has been issued, the rest depends on how fast the devils can run.
On both sides of the highway where the Eighteenth Wing was located, at the beginning it was one regiment on each side of Qian Sixi's 500 Brigade, and after Wang Dazhu came up, he also divided the two regiments on both sides of the road, plus Zhang Erxiao later, Ito Dazuo wanted to retreat, and he had to ask the three brigade commanders if they were willing.
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