Chapter 574: The decision of the Kwantung Army Command

The decision of the command of the Kwantung Army

"Yes, commander, I will immediately give specific combat orders to the three division commanders, let them advance step by step, and attack steadily and steadilyAt the same time, order all the anti-Japanese forces lying in ambush outside the north gate, prepare for battle, and be ready to meet the little devils who break out of the city at any time" Regarding Liu Hua's words, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu nodded with the same smile on his face, turned around and left the command headquarters

At this moment, in the city of Baishan County, which was full of artillery fire, when there was still a distance of more than ten meters from the headquarters of the Japanese division, everyone could clearly hear the angry roar of Lieutenant General Sato coming from the headquarters

"Baga, you're all dead, you're all dead. In less than two hours, there was also the protection of the fortifications of the ramparts. A reorganized wing, more than 3,000 elite Imperial soldiers, was buried at your hands. I will personally send you to a court-martial, kill you with my own hands, you are simply a disgrace to the Great Japanese Empire"

In the face of Lieutenant General Sato's anger, he stood in front of Lieutenant General Sato, lowered his head, and endured the angry scolding. It was the captain of the Japanese infantry wing Honda Osa, who was sticking to the three walls

With the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, under the cover of a large number of superior artillery, they broke the defensive circle of the Japanese army on the city wall, and carefully arranged in order to avoid the annihilation of the entire wing and avoid unnecessary casualties. Wing Captain Honda Osa, who had no choice, could only take the entire infantry wing, and the remaining more than 100 soldiers withdrew to the city in embarrassment

"Division commander, please stop being angry and humiliated, I have something to say" At this moment, Lieutenant General Sato, who had an angry face, was just about to draw his command knife and slash at Honda Osa, who was in front of him. The voice of the chief of staff reached everyone's ears

"Chief of Staff, do you think that Honda-kun should not be responsible for the loss of the city wall fortifications and the fact that the main force of Shina successfully attacked the county seat of Baishan?" Lieutenant General Sato's right hand, which was holding the command knife, stopped in mid-air as the chief of staff's voice sounded. Turning his head, he asked with a sneer on his face to the chief of staff beside him

And just after Lieutenant General Sato's words were finished, as Lieutenant General Sato, he was the chief of staff of his partner for several years. From Sato's words, I felt chills for the first time. However, after a short period of shock, I still reacted at the first time. Then, he replied unhurriedly

"No, Your Excellency Division Commander, for the failure of the fortifications of the city wall, Honda Daisa, as the commander-in-chief, should indeed bear the most responsibility. However, I believe that the urgency of our delay now is not to investigate the specific responsibility, but to study the next strategic plan of our army after the people of China enter the county seat."

"Yo Sai" Lieutenant General Sato nodded approvingly to the chief of staff's answer. Then, he put the command knife that had already drawn out half of it back into the scabbard, and after glaring fiercely at Honda Osa in front of him, he coldly ordered: "Honda-kun, your matter, when the time comes, there will naturally be a military tribunal to conduct the most serious trial for you." Now I order you to go back to your troops at once, gather the remaining forces of your troops, and be ready to enter a new battlefield at any time."

"Hai, thank you for the humble promise of His Excellency the Regiment Commander, and it will not insult the dignity of being a samurai, please rest assured that His Excellency the Division Commander"

Seeing Honda Osa, who was leaving in a hurry, Lieutenant General Sato immediately ordered to the commanders in front of him.

"Now I order all combat units, from now on, the troops must hold their positions, rely on all kinds of street fighting fortifications, as much as possible to block the offensive speed of the Chinese people, and inflict a large number of casualties on the Chinese peopleAt the same time, I once again reiterate my demand, all units must strictly hold their positions, and without my orders, no individual or unit is forbidden to withdraw from their positions. Otherwise, there will never be such an opportunity to Honda-kun, the chief of staff who is directly dead, yours, immediately report the current situation of our army to the Kwantung Army Command, and ask the headquarters to give operational guidance"

At this moment, the urban area of Changchun, although the sun is still shining. However, in the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army, which is located in the urban area, protected by heavy troops and riddled with bayonets, the atmosphere is gloomy because, just now, the Kwantung Army Command has just received the news that the air force unit has failed to attack and suffered heavy losses, and is forced to interrupt the next air support

In the face of their own well-trained and advanced fighters and bombers, in front of the squadron, there was no chance to fight back, but paid a heavy price. The Air Force Command of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese Army decisively stopped the second round of air reinforcements. At the same time, the airdrop plan for the defenders of Baishan County and various scarce materials was also quickly interrupted.

In the words of the commander of the Air Force, even the dexterous fighters were vulnerable and suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Eighth Route Army on the outskirts of Baishan County. What's more, even if the transport planes that are clumsy and slow to react send transport troops, they will airdrop the defenders of Baishan County. Then, these transport planes that entered the airspace of Baishan County, without exception, would be the best target for the Eighth Route Army outside the city

After receiving the telegram from the commander of the Air Force, the commander, General Umezu Mijiro, was very angry. However, he had to accept this harsh reality and ordered the air force units to stop sorties

Because, after several days of fierce fighting in the small county town of Baishan, the air force has lost various types of aircraft, and the number has reached as many as nine, which is undoubtedly a huge loss for the Kwantung Army troops who are short of resources and have a limited number of domestic supplementary aircraft every year

At this moment, when the commander stood in front of the huge combat sand table with a gloomy face, he didn't say a word. A rush of footsteps reached everyone's ears, which relieved the unusually solemn atmosphere in the war room

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, General Sato is in a hurry," the communications staff officer who rushed into the war room said with an eager expression.

"Reading"

"Hai: Report to Your Excellency Commander, the defenders of Baishan County, under the fierce blow of the superior artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, after a two-hour battle, the troops suffered heavy losses At the same time, the fortifications of the three city walls in the east, west and south of Baishan County have also been occupied by the Eighth Route Army Now, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has poured into the county from the three city walls. ~ In the streets and alleys of the county town, the fiercest hand-to-hand combat with our army is in danger, and the entire county is in danger, and the 40,000 imperial troops are in danger, I ask Your Excellency the commander to give operational guidance immediately" With the commander's approval, the communications staff officer hurriedly replied.

After listening to the content of the telegram, the commander's hands slammed the combat sand table in front of him. Then, he scolded with an angry face: "Baga, Sato-kun is simply a bastard, a coward of the empire with 40,000 elite imperial troops, defending a small Baishan county town, and the cunning Eighth Route Army broke through the city wall defense line so easily. Eight Ge Yalu, I must kill him with my own hands"

At this moment, though. Just when the atmosphere in the entire war room froze again because of the commander's angry scolding. A major general commander standing next to the combat sand table, under the gaze of everyone, stood up and reported loudly: "Your Excellency, commander, I have something to say in my humble position"

"Speak" The commander waved his hand, motioned to the communications staff officer in front of him to step back, and said angrily.

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, I humble you think: The main force of the Eighth Route Army entered the county town and fought street battles with our army, which is not a good thing for the defenders in our county?"

"Nani, it's a good thing, how can it be" Suddenly, the Major General's words were like a time bomb that suddenly exploded in the war room, and everyone was overwhelmed

After listening to the words of the Major General Commander, in the entire war room, more than a dozen generals with Venus on their shoulders looked at the Major General Commander in front of them in amazement, with an incredible look on their faces. At the same time, there were also many people with a look of expectation on their faces, and their eyes looked at the major general commander in front of them without blinking, hoping to give an explanation

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I humbly believe that the reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to break through the fortifications of our army when its strength was lower than ours was that our army was limited in strength other than that of our army due to lack of food. One of the most important decisive factors was their absolute superiority in artillery fire. ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were all on him, the Major General Commander continued:

"As the main force of the Eighth Route Army enters Baishan County, their artillery superiority will be completely lost. And the defending troops of our county town can rely on their absolute numerical superiority to kill and injure a large number of the living forces of the Eighth Route Army in the street fighting, forcing them to have insufficient troops, and finally withdraw" Seeing the questioning looks on everyone's faces, the major general immediately explained

"Yo Xi, what you said is so good, immediately send Major General Nakamura's words to Lieutenant General Sato word for word and tell him that if you can't stand the county seat of Baishan and can't keep the 40,000 elite Imperial Army troops, then come and see you" The commander nodded with satisfaction, and ordered loudly to the communication staff officer behind him, "Hi, Your Excellency Commander"

However, just before the front foot of this communications staff officer had left the war room, a communications staff officer hurriedly rushed into the war room and stood in front of the commander

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, General Sato sent an urgent telegram: The main force of the Eighth Route Army entering Baishan County will adopt the tactics of pressing step by step and advancing layer by layer, constantly compressing the living space of our army. At the same time, the cunning Eighth Route Army mobilized a large number of siege artillery in the county town to destroy all the houses in the county town that could be used for street fighting, one by one.

"What, how is it possible to open the way with artillery fire?" At the moment, the major general, who had just proposed to occupy the Eighth Route Army and consume a large amount of the vital strength of the Eighth Route Army, couldn't help but be stunned and let out an exclamation

"Tell me, gentlemen, what should we do now? Could it be that he watched the 40,000 elite soldiers of the Imperial Army being completely annihilated by the enemy?" At this moment, the commander with a tired face couldn't help but sit on his stool softly and said to the officers in front of him

However, at this moment, in the face of such a grim situation, everyone left the commander, Senior General Umezu Mijiro, except for silence or silence for a few minutes, and more than a dozen officers still stood in place with their brows furrowed, motionless and silent

Seeing the scene in front of him, the commander couldn't help but let out a long sigh before saying

"It seems that there is only one last way left for Sato Etoshi"

"Communications staff officer, immediately send a telegram back to General Sato: Order Sato Etoshi to break through from the north gate in the appropriate dozen. As long as it is not right, it can rush out of Baishan County and rush out of the coverage area of thick smoke in the air. Then the command can provide them with air support, use aircraft, cover them, and break out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army"

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander, I'll go and deliver the order immediately" In the blink of an eye, the communications staff officer hurriedly left the war room

Ten minutes later, in Baishan County, where the artillery was blazing, in the supreme headquarters of tens of thousands of Japanese troops, fierce gunfire could be heard continuously, and at this moment, the division commander, Lieutenant General Sato, and the division chief of staff, were two people. He was staring motionlessly at the huge operational map in front of him, looking at several operational staff officers, constantly marking the latest information from the forward positions on the map

Although, at this moment, both of them are staring intently at the map in front of them. However, as long as you observe carefully, you can see that with every latest military situation, after being marked on the map by the combat staff officer, the brows of the two people will unconsciously wrinkle

Finally, after ten minutes of silence, the chief of staff spoke

"Division commander, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning, and it actually uses artillery to open the way, according to this way of fighting, we don't know the consensus of all kinds of wants in front of the Eighth Route Army, even including a large number of imperial soldiers, there will be no meaning At the same time, the entire army will also pay a lot of meaningless casualties."

"Chief of Staff, we all know the situation, but what can we do A few infantry wings, in order to get rid of this fate that can only be beaten, have organized many squadron-scale counter-charges, but, after taking over, under the blow of the superior firepower of the Eighth Route Army, these counter-charge troops have only one result, that is, the entire army is annihilated" Lieutenant General Sato shook his head and said helplessly

"Alas, I really don't know why the troops of the Eighth Route Army outside the city were able to change their guns overnight, and even the large-caliber artillery was equipped with such a huge number, which was enough to exceed a field artillery wing of our Imperial Japanese Army, I really can't believe it, how did the Anti-Japanese Federation do it with less than 10,000 remnants," the chief of staff, who had no way, said with a frown

"Chief of Staff, according to the latest information sent by the internal intelligence officers of the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Mengshan area of our Imperial Japanese Army, all the changes are caused by a branch of this person, and in our Imperial Japanese Army, it is almost a well-known task, he is Liu Hua, the commander of the Independent Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the current commander of the Northeast Field Army.

"What, Liu Hua, the special operations brigade is the regiment commander, and now I finally understand why we can fail in the hands of such an opponent, I die without regrets", just when the entire command headquarters fell into silence again, a communications staff officer reported loudly: "Report to Your Excellency the division commander, chief of staff, telegram from the Kwantung Army Headquarters"

"Reading"

"The command of the Kwantung Army of Hai ordered that at the critical moment of the life and death of our 40,000 elite Imperial Army soldiers, in order to allow more outstanding soldiers and officers to survive and continue to make contributions to our great Japanese Empire. General Sato, you can choose the right place at the right time to break through as long as the troops can break out of the range of the smoke released by the Eighth Route Army, the Kwantung Army Command will immediately send fighter jets to escort your troops The Supreme Commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro"

"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff, it seems that the Kwantung Army Command has not forgotten our Kwantung Army troops of the Great Japanese Empire, it is absolutely intolerable, 40,000 elite Imperial Army soldiers, the chief of staff of the end of the annihilation of the whole army at once, now I order you, immediately draw up a detailed breakthrough plan, the sooner the better, remember, as long as the most elite infantry can be guaranteed, a successful breakthrough will be done" After listening to the sudden telegram, Lieutenant General Sato's frowning brows immediately stretched out, and he ordered with an excited face to the chief of staff in front of him

"Hai, Your Excellency the Division Commander, the Humble Duty understands, the Humble Duty guarantees that within an hour, a detailed breakthrough plan will be scooped up, please rest assured that Your Excellency the Division Commander" The Chief of Staff also replied with a look of surprise

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