[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 193: Filthy Sakamoto (Ask for subscription!) ）

Sakamoto's department actually broke through from the 23rd Division, which made Wang Zhonglian shocked and felt sorry for Ma Zheng! When formulating the battle plan, Ma Zheng once told him that whether Sakamoto's division can break through is related to the overall situation, and once Sakamoto's division breaks out, not only his Duqi Division is in danger, but even the 35th Division in Xingang Town may be attacked by the Japanese army.

Fortunately, the Sakamoto department was not withdrawn intact, before coming, there was an infantry wing and a cavalry wing of the Sakamoto department, with a total strength of more than 4,000 people, but after breaking through from Jiujiang City, there were only less than 1,700 left, and the casualties were three-fifths.

However, even so, if they were to join up with the 101st Wing, it would still be a major threat to the 35th Division in Newport Town. Because in the previous Xintang battle, the 35th Division had always been at the forefront of the battle, and the casualties were extremely heavy, and a division of more than 9,000 people only had more than 6,000 people left, and a third of the losses were lost.

According to intelligence, the 101st Wing that came out of Hukou City to Xingang was also equipped with a field artillery wing, and this 101st Wing was the most effective unit of the 101st Division, and its wing commander Kunigoro Iizuka was called the "god of war" by the Japanese people, and all the soldiers of the wing were almost all veterans of a hundred battles, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong.

Now, with the addition of Sakamoto's department, if the 89th Division can't arrive in time, the 35th Division will be more than lucky.

Therefore, after the situation on the front line was reported to the military headquarters of the 13th Army, Wang Zhonglian immediately sent the 35th Division and the 89th Division's Duqi Division, which had already Ma Zheng, to inform them of the news of the breakthrough of the Sakamoto Division, and at the same time ordered the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 23rd Division to immediately speed up the pursuit of the Sakamoto Division.

After receiving the telegram from Wang Zhonglian, Ma Zheng couldn't help frowning. At the same time, a deep helplessness rose in my heart. I'm not afraid of enemies as ruthless as wolves, but I'm afraid of teammates who are as stupid as pigs.

Before the operation, he told Wang Zhonglian about this worry, and at the same time told him to drag down Sakamoto's department at all costs, and they won the battle. But who would have thought that the result would evolve like this, a division and a military headquarters in Jiujiang City could not hold back the 4,000 tired soldiers of Sakamoto's department. It's really speechless.

This is still the elite of the Central Army, and if it is replaced by other miscellaneous armies, the result will be even more significant.

Fortunately, he suddenly had more than 18,000 prisoners in his hands, counting the remaining 5,000 or so of the Duqi Division who were not injured, and the 23,000 people were not afraid of the Japanese siege. It was impossible for Okamura Ninji and Yin Dong Masaki to think that there would be so many troops in the small city of Hukou, and the only thing they were worried about now was when these captives would be able to recover their strength after being tortured for more than two months.

However, Ma Zheng did not think that the Japanese army still had the possibility of turning the tables, although the 35th Division had suffered heavy losses before, its combat effectiveness was average. But the 89th Division was different. The 89th Division was formed by Qian Dajun to teach the 3rd Division, with Tang Enbo as the first division commander, under the painstaking management of Tang Enbo, the division soon became its starting unit, and at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the unit has become one of the main forces of the ****.

Ma Zheng is also very clear about the establishment of the 89th Division, which has two brigades of 265 and 267. Each brigade has two regiments, and each brigade is also equipped with one small artillery company. The division's direct subordinate units include artillery battalions, engineer battalions, communications battalions, cavalry companies, anti-aircraft artillery companies, baggage companies, special service companies, military hospitals, etc., with a total of 666 officers and 11,851 soldiers.

In addition, the 89th Division is also extremely well-equipped, with a total of 4,500 official 79 rifles and 324 Haqikaisi light machine guns. 48 Type 24 Makqin heavy machine guns, 24 Type 24 Makqin anti-aircraft machine guns, 218 20-shot Zilai pistols, 314 10-round Zilai pistols, and 24 Ningzao 82 mortars. There are 12 6-year 75 mountain guns, 12 European knife guns, 6 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 4,500 bayonets.

In addition, it also has 2,599 horses, 25 light baggage vehicles, 25 heavy baggage vehicles, 100 Ningzao gas masks, 100 Yizao gas masks, 3,000 Gongzao gas masks, 9,000 steel helmets, 54 6*30 telescopes, and 106 4*30 telescopes.

Such a powerful firepower naturally created the strong combat effectiveness of the 89th Division, and the 89th Division cooperated with the 35th Division against a brigade headquarters and an infantry wing that were almost disabled by the Japanese army.

What's more, the 89th Division and the 35th Division fought with victory in this operation, while the Japanese army had just suffered a crushing defeat and the morale was very different, so Ma Zheng did not believe that Xingang Town would be conquered by the Japanese army, but believed that the two Japanese troops would eventually be surrounded by the 13th Army in Xingang Town, and then gather and annihilate it.

Ma Zheng's prediction was still very accurate, and at one o'clock in the afternoon, news came from the 89th Division, saying that it had exchanged fire with the 101st Wing of the Japanese Army, and the two sides fought fiercely. In less than an hour, the good news came, with the cooperation of the 35th Division, the Japanese 101st Wing had been defeated, and the army was in pursuit of the remnants of the enemy.

Then at 2:10 p.m., news came again that Sakamoto's headquarters were surrounded in Surabaya Town, but Sakamoto Shiro actually wrapped more than 500 people in Surabaya Town in the army, and threatened the lives of these people, if the 13th Army dared to attack, they would slaughter the people of Surabaya Town.

Sakamoto Shiro's hooligan approach can be regarded as hitting the weakness of Wang Zhonglian and others, after all, it is more than 500 ordinary people, if he loses his life because of his order, he will become a real sinner, and Wang Zhonglian has no choice but to report it level by level. It was reported from the headquarters of the 31st Army all the way to the Ninth Theater of Operations, and even to Tianting, and was reported to the Military Commission.

It was learned that the 13th Army and the 7th Division had made another great achievement, not only recovering Hukou City, but also severely damaging the 101st Division, and besieging the commander of the 101st Brigade, Shiro Sakamoto, together with more than 1,000 Japanese troops, in Surabaya Town. Not only was the command of the 31st Army surprised, but even the command of the 9th theater of operations was shocked, but even more so it was happy.

Jiujiang is the gateway to Wuhan, and Hukou is the gateway to Jiujiang, holding Jiujiang is equivalent to holding Wuhan, and recovering Hukou, this game of chess along the Yangtze River can be regarded as a revitalization.

As for the thorny predicament that the 13 th Army is now facing, the Military Commission gave an affirmative reply, just one word -- fight!

Although this may lead to the death of more than 500 civilians in Surabaya Town, if they do not attack, once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, Sakamoto's headquarters may bite the 13th Army back, and the casualties will be even greater. At the same time, it may lead to a reversal of the entire battle situation, which the Military Commission does not want to see in any case, so the Military Commission ordered the 13th Army to fight a quick battle and annihilate all Sakamoto Divisions.

At the same time, the Ninth Theater Command sent a telegram to the military headquarters of the 13th Army, instructing Wang Zhonglian that if the Japanese army dared to massacre the people in the town, it would be forbidden to accept the surrender of the Japanese soldiers after attacking the town of Surabaya, so as to avenge the people of Surabaya.

After receiving instructions from the Military Commission and the Theater Command, Wang Zhonglian ordered the 23rd Division to convey the order of the Ninth Theater Command to Major General Shiro Sakamoto, who was besieged in Surabaya Town, to give them 20 minutes to surrender, otherwise they would attack. If they dare to attack the people of Surabaya Town, the Nationalist Government will no longer accept the surrender of anyone from the 101st Brigade.

Shiro Sakamoto thought that he had grasped the weakness of the 13th Army, but he did not expect the Chinese to be so strong. Of course, this can also be seen as the people in power who don't care about the lives of the people, but so what, in short, the ultimatum of the 13th Army made Shiro Sakamoto hesitate, and it was certainly a pleasure to kill, but at the same time, it completely blocked the back road of their remnants.

With no hope of breaking through and no reinforcements arrived, Shiro Sakamoto was never able to give the order for the massacre. It's not that Shiro Sakamoto is soft-hearted, but as a merchant family, Sakamoto is more like a businessman than a soldier in his bones, and the education he received has made him develop the habit of not blocking the back road since he was a child.

But today's situation is different from usual, this time he and the remnants of his army have fallen into the encirclement of several elite Chinese troops, and there is no hope of breaking through. And the reinforcements are now unable to break through the Chinese defenders on the first line of the lake mouth in a short time, so their army is completely hopeless, and an army without hope can do anything. (To be continued.) )