Chapter 233: The Seventh Division in Action (Third Update)

"Songpu-kun, what if Xue Yue is Jiang Baili's disciple, Jiang Baili is Jiang Baili, and his disciple is his disciple, can this be reduced to a conversation?" Okamura asked with a frown.

"Your Excellency Commander doesn't know that this Xue Yue's military attainments are not much worse than his teacher. Teachers and students once played against each other on the battlefield and staged a teacher-student duel. Junrokuro Matsuura said.

"Oh, and what's going on?" Okamura Ninji immediately asked.

At that time, Jiang Baili was the chief of staff of Sun Chuanfang's department, and Xue Yue was the deputy commander of the first division of the first army of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the commander of the third regiment. During the Northern Expedition, the main targets of the Chinese government were the three major warlords Sun Chuanfang, Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin, and Sun Chuanfang's territory at that time was the area of Wuhan, Hubei. The two sides fought a fierce battle around the Wuhan area, including the current Nanxun line, and the final result was that Xue Yue defeated his teacher and annihilated Sun Chuanfang's main force in Jiangxi, and Sun himself had to ask Zhang Zuolin for help. Junrokuro Matsuura said.

Speaking of this, Okamura Ninji actually knows best, because he has experienced this firsthand! Sun Chuanfang studied in Japan in his early years, while Gangokamura Ningji and Sun Chuanfang were classmates. When the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War broke out, Okamura Ninji sent military spies to the armies of both sides as advisers, and he became the chief director of the war.

Later, Sun Chuanfang's troops in Fujian suddenly sent troops, and a surprise attack on Lu Yongxiang disrupted his plan. He went to be Sun Chuanfang's adviser, watched this small army quickly expand into a five-province coalition army, and was defeated by the National Revolutionary Army of the Northern Expedition, in the chaos, he stole Sun Chuanfang's military map and hid in the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet, and was rewarded with a large sum of money.

And during this period, he was selfless. The family suffered many misfortunes, first his second son Wu Zheng contracted scarlet fever in Shanghai and unfortunately died. Soon his wife Rie also died of illness in Tokyo, so he was very clear about this matter, but Okamura Ninji didn't notice that there was a commander named Xue Yue among the commanders who defeated Sun Chuanfang's department, and he didn't know that Jiang Baili was still his teacher.

Then Junrokuro Matsuura continued: "Xue Yue's military command level is very high. This point was experienced when I was on the Nanxun Line, and the fact that the 106th Division could be beaten so badly was not due to the credit of the Seventh Division of Zhinadu, but the credit of Xue Yue. On the other hand, Honma-kun, although he had studied in Western countries and had a high attainment in military theory, but in fact he had no experience in commanding troops to fight, how could he be Xue Yue's opponent! ”

In addition, in terms of the strength of the troops, stationed in Pengze are the 4th Army of China and the 155th Division of the 64th Army, which together have more than 30,000 people. However, there are only more than 16,000 people in the Honma-kun department, and the difference in strength is about double. Secondly, the defenders of China are the most effective troops under the command of the China government, especially Ou Zhen's Fourth Army, the lowly 106th Division fought with the Fourth Army for more than ten days in the area south of the country, and the casualties were very large, and the combat effectiveness of the 106th Division was also sharply reduced because of this Fourth Army. ”

"In addition, the imperial army is a siege battle, and the defenders have the advantage of terrain, so the imperial army itself has to work harder than the Chinese people. Combine these factors. Honma-kun's failure is almost inevitable! Fortunately, Honma-kun's command is also quite orderly, although the progress is a little slower. But it didn't give the security people a chance to take advantage of it, and even broke through the most important Shangling Bao defense line in Pengze City, which can be regarded as commendable! Junrokuro Matsuura said.

"Yo Xi, Matsuura-kun is right! It seems that Honma-kun's department can't count on it, I wonder what Matsuura-kun thinks about the current situation? Okamura asked again.

"Your Excellency, the best and wisest thing to do now is to suspend the offensive. Waiting for the arrival of the 9th Division and other follow-up units, especially the arrival of the main force of the naval fleet, the resistance of the Chinese people will inevitably be vulnerable under the tactics of the triad of sea, land and air. Junrokuro Matsuura said.

"Matsuura-kun, I don't understand this truth. But now the front army is under great pressure, and the base camp is very dissatisfied with the offensive of our 11th Army some time ago. If it weren't for His Excellency Commander Yan Junliu under pressure, we would have been condemned by the base camp a long time ago. So we don't have time to wait, we have to break through the enemy before we lose patience in the base camp. Okamura Ninji said.

"Hay! That being the case, then you can only avoid the nail of Peng Ze! Junrokuro Matsuura said.

"Avoid? Does Matsuura-kun mean to bypass Pengzawa? Okamura asked again.

"Hai, Peng Ze is now equivalent to a big stone in front of the Japanese Imperial Army, if you can't break it, you can only bypass it, and then turn around and smash it again." Junrokuro Matsuura said.

"Yo Xi, Matsuura-kun went with my thoughts, and I came to you this time to talk about it. According to the information obtained by the special high school, Xue Yue placed the main force in Pengze County, and only a small part of the troops were placed in the surrounding areas such as Huanghua Town and Furong Dun Town. The meaning of the headquarters is to send a large army to Huanghua Town, and then take Furong Dun Town, surround the Chinese army in Pengze City, and then gather and annihilate it. Okamura Ninji said.

"Your Excellency Commander, this plan is very good, as long as it succeeds, the will to resist of the Chinese army in Pengze City will be broken in an instant, and it will not be difficult to take Pengze County." Junrokuro Matsuura said.

"Yo Xi, since the Ninth Division is still on the way, the only thing the headquarters can count on is Matsuura-kun's 106th Division, and now the headquarters will hand over this task to your 106th Division, Matsuura-kun, please!" Okamura Ninji Road.

"Hai, Matsuura will definitely live up to the expectations of His Excellency the Commander."

"Go get ready!"

"Hay!"

On the night of August 8, Ma Zheng quietly left Hukou County with more than 9,600 people from three main regiments and one fire support regiment and went straight to Huanghua Town, which was hundreds of miles away.

Although Ma Zheng didn't know when the Japanese army would arrive, he knew that it must be Junrokuro Matsuura's 106th Division that came this time, not that Ma Zheng was so amazing that he could guess Okamura Ninji's thoughts. It's because Okamura Ninji has no other available troops in his hands besides this 106th Division, and he can only wait for the follow-up troops to arrive without the 106th Division.

But judging by the madness shown by the Japanese army on the Pengze front, it seems that they are in a hurry, and it is impossible to wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops.

Although Ma Zheng had learned that the 106th Division seemed to be replenished, he didn't care. Can a crippled division hastily replenish a part of its troops to restore its combat effectiveness? The answer is naturally no, the most terrible impact of losing the battle is not how many people died, but the loss of fighting spirit of the living people, and this influence cannot be recovered without a few months of training.

Of course, the best way to restore morale is to fight and win. Just like when Ma Zheng's department first appeared in Chanan, the situation at that time was that morale was extremely low, and if it was a normal practice, it would be a whole training, but Ma Zheng used the most dangerous method, that is, to stimulate the soldiers by fighting. Fortunately, he succeeded, and after more than ten months of fighting, there was the howling force of the Duqi Division.

If the 106th Division succeeds this time, it won't be long before the division recovers again, but it's a pity that they are unlucky to meet the Duqi Division, and Ma Zheng will definitely not give them this chance.

After judging that he was most likely to face the 106th Division, Ma Zheng suddenly relieved. Historically, the 106th Division is also well-known in China, but the reputation of the 106th Division is not very good, and people often think of two words when they mention it, murderous and cowardly.

Brutality refers to the fact that the division has burned, killed, looted and plundered along the way since the invasion of China, and the crimes committed are innumerable, which are no less than the 6th and 16th Divisions, which were the culprits of the Nanjing Massacre.

Especially during the Battle of Wuhan, Wanjialing was almost annihilated by Xue Yue in the first battle, and more than 16,000 people in the division finally escaped alive A few thousand people were extremely embarrassed. In history, Xue Yue could beat the 106th Division to half death, so he Ma Zheng could do it, and even this time he would completely beat him to death, never leaving the little devil the slightest chance. (To be continued.) )

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