Chapter 108: Get Caught Right
It took more than six hours for the troops to complete the task of annihilating the 14th Division, although the time was beyond the initial estimate, but on the whole it was quite acceptable, after all, the overall cooperation of the troops was not very good now, and it would take a few battles to achieve what Su Dao had in mind.
In fact, when Su Dao just said that he would annihilate the 14th Division of the Yue Army within five hours, he was also a little drumming in his heart, although Lu Guo led the team to infiltrate the position of the Yue Army and assassinate Kenji Dohihara, but this still could not offset the worry in Su Dao's heart.
After all, the 14th Division was a veteran division, and if the 99th Army had gone with the goal of defeating them or inflicting heavy losses on them, it might not have been difficult for five hours, but the 99th Army had the goal of completely annihilating the other side from the very beginning.
The Yue army is not a fool, naturally it is impossible to stand there and let you destroy it, and it is not easy for the Yue army, who advocates the spirit of bushido, to completely annihilate them. The Battle of Iwo Jima in later generations is the best witness, although others don't know, but Su Dao knows.
"Let the troops retreat north of the Yellow River, pay attention to the movements of the enemy's 16th Division, collect only rifles and ammunition along the way, and don't do anything else." After thinking for a while, Su Dao ordered directly to the communication soldier next to him.
The troops are now only short of rifles, artillery and anything, and one artillery brigade is enough to provide fire support for their entire army, and the 75-mm field guns of each unit are not vegetarian, so it is impossible for the army to overwhelm them in terms of firepower superiority.
However, speaking of this battle, even Su Dao was a little surprised that the aviation of the Yue Army did not even appear a shadow, let alone pose any threat to the 99th Army, it was simply impossible.
As time passed, Su Dao also realized the seriousness of the problem, because of Kenji Dohihara's carelessness, he did not notify the support troops behind him to hurry up at the first time, plus Kenji Dohihara was killed at the beginning of the battle, and the other officers lost their minds for a while.
The Ninety-ninth Army followed with a full-scale attack, and the senior officers forgot to call for reinforcements for a while, and it was not until the end of the bombardment that they seemed to remember to call for help. Although the telegram for help was sent, it was too late. Yesterday, Kenji Dohihara also told everyone that the battle would end soon, and there should be no major battles in the next day or two, so today's support troops did not rush to march, but played a game of robbery in the local area.
Therefore, when the 14th Division sent a telegram for help, the supporting units were unable to assemble troops in a short time, and the assembly of troops alone was delayed for several hours, and then the troops were quickly transported to the front line by rail. At this time, the aviation of the Japanese army gradually appeared.
When they found the floating pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, they were immediately shocked, why didn't anyone tell them that there was a pontoon bridge here? Just when those air forces wanted to attack the pontoon bridge, the accident appeared again, and the anti-aircraft fire on the ground began to rapidly spit out flames, forming a network of anti-aircraft fire in the air, one fighter plane was directly hit and disintegrated, and the other fighter plane staggered and flew back with black smoke.
The rest of the fighters did not dare to be careless at the moment, and after diving to the opposite side, they only destroyed two anti-aircraft guns, and they also lost one fighter, and in the face of such huge losses, the aviation troops did not dare to fight anymore and directly withdrew from the battle. However, it is certain that the army will never suffer this loss, and it is believed that a larger-scale air raid will soon come.
Just as Su Dao was about to go outside to take a look at the situation, he saw a blackened soldier who was covered in branches and grass and even lied walked in with a thin man in his hand, and immediately threw him on the ground. Seeing this scene in front of him, Su Dao couldn't help laughing, isn't this Lu Guo's kid.
"What's going on?" Su Dao, who didn't know why, asked directly after seeing Lu Guo's face clearly.
"I found him when I retreated, sneakily running out of the battlefield, I grabbed him, I didn't expect this kid to be a good bird." Lu Guo said and directly took out the stack of negatives wrapped in oil paper from his arms and handed them directly to Su Dao.
After receiving the negatives wrapped in thick packaging, Su Dao opened them with great interest and looked at them carefully, but it was a pity, now these are just negatives, Su Dao absolutely believes that before he saw these things, this kid has definitely seen it, and the negatives that have been exposed have completely lost their value, even if they are good photographers, they may not be able to wash these negatives into photos.
Although there is no need to worry that these photos will be published by him, which will cause dissatisfaction in the international community, and now the international community is generally sympathetic to Huaxia's position, once these photos are circulated, although the international community will not immediately change its attitude, it will at least cause some unnecessary trouble. But this kid has seen too much, and he has been arrested in the first place, and after he is released, maybe he will report it in words, and then they will be in trouble, for example, why is there such a tank in the Chinese army? The current T34 is either unplanned or lying on the drawings, and how did the M1 Garand rifle of the US Army fall into the hands of the Chinese?
Others may speculate about the relationship between China and the United States, but the United States is even more certain that these weapons will never flow out of the United States, so the source of the weapons will become the focus of heated discussions in the international community, and the most important thing is the white phosphorus bomb, which is not an ordinary artillery shell, you can use it however you want, and chemical weapons are prohibited by international conventions. Although he didn't necessarily know what it was, he had seen the lethality of that thing with his own eyes, and it would still cause some trouble for the Ninety-ninth Army if it was announced.
Although he himself is also using it, he is not so blatant, when they use chemical weapons, there are usually no reporters present, even the battlefield reporters in their own country will not take pictures, if these photos are transmitted, what the consequences will be Su Dao is very clear, and he can't help but be angry.
"I'm a reporter from Shanghai Ta Kung Pao, Su Dao, you'd better think about the consequences of doing this." After the thin man saw Su Dao, he didn't have so much fear in his heart, staying with a person like Lu Guo who couldn't beat a fart with three poles, he would go crazy, Lu Guo didn't even say a word, so he couldn't start at all, he could only start from Su Dao now, and at the same time hoped that his identity could deter Su Dao.
"Since you're a journalist, you should know what you can and can't film." Su Dao replied coldly.
The negatives have already been exposed, and Su Dao can't pick out a pair of them that looks like a river crab for him, so he can only warn him not to scribble or something like that, this time the battle will inevitably need to leak the news to the outside world, and Su Dao will announce it himself? There may be a lack of some real surnames, but it is better to publish them through the mouths of reporters, so that the Chinese people can see a glimmer of hope for victory.
ps: Thanks to 505 Bookworm and Snow * Rabbit for the tips of the two children's shoes. It's Monday, can I vote for a recommendation or something? This is very important, please! In addition, there was a mistake in the front, the strength of the 14th Division is more than 20,000 people, and the largest number of divisions is indeed more than 40,000 people, but that is only a few, most of them are still more than 20,000 people, and the previous ones will not be modified one by one, and it will not affect the reading, and I will pay attention to it later.
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