[The Iron Blood King of the Anti-Japanese Army] Chapter 51: The judgment of Shouichi Terauchi

Unlike the laughter and laughter of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the atmosphere in the headquarters of the Mongolian Army was unusually depressing. All the elite soldiers of the 3,000 empire were shattered, and the morale damage caused to the entire Mongolian army by the loss of Tianzhen, a strategic location, was immeasurable.

After receiving a telegram from the 26th Division, Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan reported the matter to the base camp overnight. The base camp was naturally very angry about this, and severely reprimanded all the senior commanders of the Mongolian army, including Hasunuma.

And the commander of the 26th Division, Lieutenant General Harem Chun, was marked as an incompetent harem by the base camp, which made Harem Chun, who had always boasted of being able to fight well, feel extremely humiliated, and vowed to find out the Shina army that had given him endless shame, and then crush his bones and scatter ashes.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, Terauchi Shouichi, was holding a military meeting.

As the commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army and the most shining general on the Chinese battlefield, Terauchi Shouichi is undoubtedly infinitely beautiful. Of course, the biggest reliance on the scenery of Terauchi Shouichi is the invincibility of the army under his jurisdiction.

Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in early July of Showa 12, the entire North China Front Army has been like a bamboo, Beiping, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Zhangjiakou ...... The famous cities that left their prestige in the history of China succumbed to the iron hooves of the army under their command, and all the forces that dared to resist were either crushed by the advancing chariots of the North China Front or were captured in prisoner camps. One of the phrases that Shouichi Terauchi often says is: "The head is either lowered or cut off!" It can be seen how proud this senior commander of the Japanese army is.

But today, an hour to be precise, they received a telegram from the base camp that the 26th Division of the Mongolian Army was attacked by the Chinese army last night, suffering heavy casualties, and even the strategic county seat of Tianzhen was lost, and the number of dead and wounded elite of the imperial army was as high as more than 3,700, which is equivalent to a reinforced wing.

While making people unbelievable, this incident also left a big shadow on the North China Front.

Why? Because now the Mongolian army is cooperating with the North China Front Army to encircle and suppress the Tuba Road in the eastern and northern Hebei areas of Jin, and under the frantic attack of the Japanese Imperial Army, those Tuba Road is already inescapable.

Now a heavy army suddenly appeared behind the imperial army, and the most important logistics supply point of the northern front of the imperial army was also ended, which made the North China Front extremely worried. As a last resort, General Terauchi had to urgently convene a military meeting to discuss the matter.

In the conference room, Terauchi Shouichi forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a hard voice: "Gentlemen, who knows how the more than 3,000 elites of the Mongolian army were wiped out, and it was the army of Zhina?" ”

Major General Okabe Naosaburo, chief of staff, thought for a while and said: "Your Excellency, commander, according to the news from the base camp, it is the battle sequence of the Chanan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, which belongs to the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, that caused such heavy losses!" ”

"Gangbu-kun, don't you think this battle report is very problematic? The Eighth Route Army has now been defeated by my heroic Northern Branch Front Army, and it is too busy to take care of itself, how can there be so many troops to destroy the Mongolian army? Shouichi Terauchi said in a deep voice.

According to the casualties of both sides since the start of the war and the statistics of each station, the ratio of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army and the imperial army should be 5:1, that is to say, if the Chinese army wants to defeat or even completely annihilate a wing of the imperial army, it must dispatch at least 15,000 troops, and 15,000 people is equivalent to the strength of the two divisions of the Chinese army. But the problem is that Tubalu only has a total of three divisions, two of which were pinned down by the imperial army in the southeast battlefield of Jin, and the remaining one division was far away in the northwest of Jin, how could it suddenly appear in the north of Jin? Therefore, it is judged that it should be the government army of China that has suffered heavy losses to the 26th Division, and it is even likely to be the most elite Central Army of China! Naosaburo Okabe said loudly.

At this time, the commander of the First Army, Kazuki Kiyoji, who was sitting at the head of Terauchi Shou, got up and said: "I also agree with Okabe-kun's judgment, and from the battle report transferred back from the base camp, Chida was suddenly attacked by the enemy on the way to reinforce the county seat of Tianzhen, which means that the enemy was ready to ambush Chida at the same time as attacking Tianzhen, and from this point of view, the enemy's strength is at least two or three divisions, and there should be no doubt about this." ”

"And it is understandable that Chida's department did not call for help, because from the beginning the enemy had an absolute advantage, and they did not even have a chance to resist. The telegram from the headquarters of the Mongolian army reported that they had found a large number of fragments left by the explosion of heavy artillery on the battlefield afterwards, and based on these fragments, it could be roughly judged that the enemy had at least 20 heavy howitzers of 150 mm caliber. ”

"And the forensic doctor judged from the wounds on the soldiers' bodies that the vast majority of the soldiers were killed by the enemy's guns, and the vast majority of the wounds were caused by machine guns, except for some of the soldiers who were killed by shells and grenades. From this, it can be judged that the mysterious Chinese army must be equipped with a large amount of automatic firepower. Based on the above information, we can basically determine that the total annihilation of Qiantian's headquarters must be the regular army of the Kuomintang, or even the Central Army, and it is unlikely that the Jin Sui Army will be destroyed. ”

"Yo Xi, the judgment of both of you is very reasonable! This was the first time since the start of the Sino-Japanese war that so many elite members of the Imperial Army had been annihilated en masse, and the 11th Wing of the annihilated ground was also equipped with a tank brigade and a cavalry wing. In order to completely annihilate such a huge mechanized army, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, it is necessary to mobilize at least three to five divisions. And on the battlefield of China, only the Nationalist Government has such combat power, but I am very strange, how did the people of China quietly transport so many troops to northern Jin? Terauchi Shouichi said in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, Commander, although the Imperial Army is strong in combat, its disadvantage is also obvious, that is, there are too few troops. In particular, Suicha and Suicha were vast and sparsely populated, and the imperial army garrisoned less than 20,000 troops in these two provinces. If the government army of China has the intention to reinforce the Tuba Road, it is still very easy to quietly transport the large army to the north of Jin. Okabe Naosaburo said with a frown.

"Yo Xi, Okabe-kun's analysis makes sense! It seems that we still have a long way to go before we can completely control China, and it will be difficult to do so by relying on the strength of the Imperial Army alone. "Terauchi Kotobuki.

"I don't understand why the Qiantian Division has not sent a report to the 26th Division Headquarters or the Headquarters of the Mongolian Army for help from beginning to end, which is not reasonable?" Naosaburo Okabe said again.

"It should have been the suddenness of the enemy's attack, and in a short period of time Chida Sobu lost its combat effectiveness. Of course, I believe that the investigation of the Mongolian army is that the radio station of Chida's headquarters has been damaged, and it is impossible to ask for help from the superiors! Lieutenant General Kiyoji Kazuki said in a deep voice.

Terauchi Shou nodded and said, "It should be that the radio station is broken, otherwise, with the combat power of Chida's department, it shouldn't be too late to ask for help!" But that's not the point, the point is where this mysterious army is now, is their target just the county seat of Tianzhen? ”

Major General Okabe Naosaburo got up and said: "This is also what the humble post is worried about, what is even more terrifying is that this mysterious Chinese army attacked Tianzhen County last night, and at the same time completely annihilated the 11th Wing, but because the 26th Division has not been able to determine whether the 11th Wing has been completely annihilated, plus it is necessary to investigate the reason, so it was not until this evening that the detailed battle report was submitted to the headquarters of the garrison in Mongolia, and then it was submitted to the base camp by the headquarters of the garrison of the Mongolian army, and it has been more than 20 hours since the incident happened to us. ”

Xiangyue Qingji also said: "Yes, there is a famous saying in Zhina, soldiers are fast, and twenty hours is enough to do a lot of things." Besides, this Chinese army has a lot of troops, and I have an ominous premonition that that the mysterious Chinese army is likely to strike again! ”

"Nani? Kazuki-kun, tell me your judgment"

Before Terauchi Shouichi's words fell, a young man hurriedly pushed open the door of the conference room and broke in, then raised a telegram to his chest, and said loudly: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the front line encrypts the emergency telegram!" ”