[The Iron Blood King of the Anti-Japanese Army] Chapter 228: Worth five divisions

Due to Gui Yongqing's desertion and battlefield disobedience, Xue Yue's previous efforts came to naught. In desperation, Xue Yue hurriedly readjusted his deployment, strictly ordered all the armies to fight to the death, and once again entangled Tufeiyuan, who had escaped from the encirclement, and forced him into a desperate situation.

And Tu Feiyuan also tasted enough of Xue Yue's power at this time, he was shocked every day, and had a premonition that a catastrophe was coming, and even prepared a jade broken telegram, once there was an uncontrollable situation, he immediately sent a report to the North China Front Army Headquarters, and then committed suicide. But just when Xue Yue was preparing for the final blow to annihilate Tufeiyuan, he was betrayed by the descendants of the Central Army, and the Guide defended by Huang Jie's Eighth Army fell into the hands of the enemy.

With the loss of Guide, Xue Yue's plan to encircle and annihilate Tufeiyuan was abandoned, and his 100,000-strong army immediately faced the danger of being attacked on his back, and the situation on the battlefield turned tense sharply.

The escape of the two generals of the Central Army made Xue Yue furious, and he scolded Gui Yongqing and Huang Jie viciously in his heart, if it weren't for these two wastes, Tu Feiyuan and his 14th Division would have been sent by me to see the king of Hades.

Xue Yue knew that the reason why Gui Yongqing and Huang Jie dared to be so presumptuous was because they relied on being Lao Jiang's descendant and didn't take Xue Yue in their eyes at all. According to Xue Yue's thoughts, escaping from the battlefield and disobeying orders are both big crimes, and they should be shot.

Therefore, Xue Yue sent several harshly worded urgent telegrams to the Wuhan Military Commission, requesting that Gui Yongqing and Huang Jie be severely punished and disciplined: "Gui Yongqing, the commander of the 27th Army, was greedy for life and afraid of death, cowered in battle, and refused to carry out the order to defend the city, causing Lan to close the city without a fight and fall into the hands of the Japanese chieftain Tu Feiyuan, disrupting the entire plan of our first war zone. If such despicable performance is not punished, it will disturb the morale of the officers and men on the front line. It was very harmful to the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War. I hope that the Military Commission will check it at its discretion. Xue Yue knocked. ”

But no one expected that Gui Yongqing, the commander of the 27th Army, and Huang Jie, the commander of the Eighth Army, escaped from the battle, but they were only punished by dismissal and investigation, and in the end they only executed the Longmu Han of the miscellaneous division, which is really ridiculous.

If it had been someone else, I am afraid that he would have become a ghost under the knife of the chairman. Thinking of the chairman of the committee protecting the calf like this, how can he convince people! This also made the resentment in Xue Yue's heart even more difficult to resolve, and it can be said that what happened on the battlefield of Lanfeng became a haze that Xue Yue would never forget in his life.

It was precisely because of this battle that General Xue's blood pressure rose as soon as he heard the words fleeing from the battle, but he didn't expect Ma Zheng to directly commit it on his head, and he had to say that he would supervise the battle for his troops, which made Xue Yue feel greatly insulted.

At the same time that Xue Yue personally came to Pengze to command the battle, the commander of the Japanese Eleventh Army, Okamura Ningji, also came to Madang Town by warship, and the headquarters of the Eleventh Army also moved to Madang.

Madang. Headquarters of the 11th Army.

Lieutenant General Ninji Okamura is now very angry. After looking around at the generals for a week, he asked angrily: "Baga, I need an explanation, why can't the troops of the two divisions hold a small Zhina county town, and it is only a small Zhina infantry division that defeated you?" ”

The generals in the conference room were silent, and no one dared to speak! None of us is stupid, and with the current state of His Excellency the Commander, explaining it is tantamount to covering it up. Isn't it looking for a draw if you lose the battle and cover it up!

Some people can make ostriches though. But some people don't even have the qualifications to be ostriches, and seeing that no one spoke, Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice: "Matsuura-kun, you are the only remaining lieutenant general on the Pengze front, you come!" ”

Seeing that Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji had directly called the name, Junrokuro Matsuura, who rushed back to Madang to attend the meeting, immediately got up and said, "Your Excellency Commander." He believed that the defeat was due to the cunning of the 7th Division, which claimed to have only one infantry division, but in fact it was far more than the strength of one division. Judging from the fact that while besieging Furong Dun Town, it can also divide troops to ambush our army reinforcements in Qingtou Mountain and No. 7 Yu, the strength of the people of China is at least more than 30,000 people, and it is Ito-kun and the humble position that are both light on the enemy! ”

"Secondly, the level of tactical command of the commander of the 7th Division of the Chinese National Independence Division greatly exceeded the expectations of his humble position. In particular, the ministry actually used well-trained earth dogs to deal with the chariot units of the imperial army, which was unheard of in a humble position, and it was taken by surprise at once. The Imperial Army suffered heavy losses in this battle, and as a front-line commander, he has an unshirkable responsibility, please punish His Excellency the Commander! ”

Although Junrokuro Matsuura admitted to being careless, Okamura Ninji was still not satisfied, and as soon as Matsuura Junrokuro's words fell, he heard a crisp sound of "pop", Okamura Ninji actually dropped his water cup on the ground, and then roared angrily: "Yaga, 30,000 people? How could there be 30,000 people on the Eighth Road of China? The elites of the special high class have already investigated clearly, and when the Duqi Division went south, it only brought six or seven thousand people, and at most it would not exceed eight thousand. After a series of battles such as Jiujiang and Hukou, it was impossible for the unit to exceed 7,000 troops. ”

Although Junrokuro Matsuura was also afraid of Okamura Ninji's power, he retorted: "Your Excellency, Commander, although you have lost the battle, you will never be wrong in the judgment that a commander should have. At that time, His Excellency Yin Dong Zhengxi placed a reinforced wing in the town of Furong Dun, which had contacted the headquarters of the 101st Division when it was besieged, and mentioned more than once that there were at least 10,000 people besieging them, and they were even equipped with a large number of artillery. ”

"It is precisely out of trust in this telegram that the head of the Yin Dong Zhengxi Division will think that it is impossible for the people of China to have the ability to ambush our reinforcements in the middle of the road, and even if they have the ability, it is impossible to ambush our troops in two directions at the same time, so he will order the 123rd Wing and the 157th Wing to reinforce Furong Dun Town. But I didn't expect that these two wings of ours were ambushed by the Shina people on the road at the same time. ”

According to Miyamoto Osa, the commander of the 123rd Wing, who fled after the war, there were at least 9,000 to 10,000 people besieging them, and the firepower was far greater than they imagined. The Zhina, who besieged the 157th Wing, took advantage of the situation to attack the county seat of Pengze and fought with the lowly officials. At that time, the people of China only arranged a reinforced regiment at the east gate of Pengze, and at the same time they were also besieging the headquarters of the 101st Division in the city, and it was impossible to complete such a grand layout without seven or eight thousand men, so we seriously underestimated the strength of the enemy. ”

Okamura Ninji looked at Junrokuro Matsuura with a frown, and was about to say something, when a captain officer walked in lightly, and then sent a telegram to Okamura Ninji.

Okamura Ninji knew that it must be an urgent telegram sent in at this time, so he hurriedly took the telegram and read it, and then said to the lieutenant officer: "Send a report to Your Excellency the commander, and say that we will pay attention!" ”

"Hay!"

After the captain left, Okamura Ninji looked at Junrokuro Matsuura again, and then said in a slightly slower tone, "Matsuura-kun, please take a seat!" Your analysis just now is very reasonable, and the intelligence department of the front army has just received news that not long ago the government of China has supplemented the Duqi Division, which is three regiments, and one of which is a complete artillery regiment. ”

Junrokuro Matsuura said again: "Your Excellency Commander, if it were only three regiments, there should not be so many people in the Duqi Division!" You must know that the regiment in China is usually between 1,005 and 2,005, and the artillery regiment has fewer troops, two infantry regiments and one artillery regiment at most 6,000 people, or even less, and there must be other ways to obtain soldiers for the 7th Division. ”

"Yo Xi, our intelligence officers also detected that the Duqi Division seems to have absorbed all the prisoners of war in Hukou City!" Okamura Ninji said coldly.

"Hukou, prisoners of war!" Immediately, Junrokuro Matsuura looked at Okamura Ninji with a surprised expression, but he knew how large the prisoner of war camp in Kokou City was, and basically all the prisoners of war captured during this time were concentrated there, not to mention 10,000 people. If this is the case, the total strength of the Duqi Division may indeed reach 30,000 people.

Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice: "There is an old saying in Shina: there is no vanity under the fame of the truth! This Ma Zheng is indeed not simple, bold and cautious, and indeed has the demeanor of a general! And he is not yet thirty years old, and his future is immeasurable. This man is no less of a threat to our empire than five divisions, and we must find a way to get rid of him. ”

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…… (To be continued.) )

PS: PS: Brothers, it's a pity to be caught up by the behind, we were squeezed out of the top ten, but we are only one vote away from each other, and there is still hope to continue to catch up with each other, please everyone!