Chapter 86: The Abandoned Division (I)
If you are familiar with the history of World War II in later generations, you must know very well why Wang Guorui wants to fight this Fourth Division. This Japanese Fourth Division can be said to be a wonder in the Japanese army. Although he claims to be one of the oldest divisions in Japan and one of the first six divisions to be formed, the establishment is based on the first type of division. Moreover, the weapons and equipment are also rationed according to the division regiment, and the combat effectiveness is very strong according to the reason. But in the Russo-Japanese War, and in a series of later wars, their expressions were very strange. The fighting will and determination of other Japanese troops are very strong, but the fighting will of this Fourth Division is simply not flattering. If we look at the results of the battles in their original history, from their establishment in the 19th century to the end of World War II in the mid-20th century, their greatest result was the defeat of a group of US troops stationed in the Philippines who had been starving for several months, while they did not win a single battle. Even when they treated the Chinese army during the anti-Japanese period, they never won a victory. And the Chinese army heard that it was the fourth division of the Japanese army, and Andu rushed to fight the fourth division, this division is simply a "friend" who came to send war merits and support!
And Wang Guorui, as a traveler in later generations, of course knew what kind of virtue this Fourth Division was, so he dared to formulate the idea that a division would dare to annihilate the Fourth Division. After all, this Fourth Division is very strange, it can be said that it has been defeated repeatedly, and they have not won a real battle for decades, so the Japanese army with this combat effectiveness, Wang Guorui will not fight in vain. Since he sent it to the door, then just eat it. Although this did not cause much loss to the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. However, the loss of morale of the Japanese army was unparalleled. Once a division is completely annihilated in formation, it is a very huge blow to an army, and even to their comrades. So although the combat effectiveness of the 4th Division is not high. However, it is also the establishment of a division and regiment, which can be used to defeat the enemy's morale.
"Rush! Don't let one go, this kind of wonder is for us to send war exploits! Zhu Yuan roared, and they all charged personally.
There are really not many opportunities for this kind of opportunity, so Zhu Yuan, the division commander, also charged forward to show his bravery.
"The people are so powerful, we can't hold on. Evacuate! The soldiers of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army hurriedly shouted.
Many Japanese soldiers began to run back, and even many abandoned their weapons and ran straight back, followed by the soldiers of Wang Guorui's Fourth Division began to chase.
"Soldiers. You should think of it as hunting, and these guys will pick up the prey in the mountains and forests, and chase them for me! A regimental commander of the 4th Division shouted.
"Dada......"
The soldiers armed with submachine guns began to charge at the front line, and the submachine guns in their hands continued to fire bursts. Almost every shot killed a Japanese soldier. The other riflemen also began to shoot with the rifles in their hands. Now the fourth division of the Japanese army is a group of prey, and the ability to resist is almost equal to nothing.
If such a good "hunting" opportunity is missed, it will be really miserable, and it will be a fool not to take advantage of the harvest of human heads now to get the reward of the superiors. This kind of enemy is much better than those other enemies, and they are all heads, and they are all feats of war!
"Divisional commander, we have overcome the second trench. The Japanese army continued to retreat. We've annihilated more than 3,000 people, which is refreshing. Our losses are less than two hundred and fifty people. And less than eighty actually died, which is a miracle! The staff officer who followed Zhu Yuan immediately shouted.
"Hahahaha, call me! You're welcome, call me! Zhu Yuan laughed and said.
In less than an hour after the battle began, the Japanese Fourth Division began to be defeated, and more than 3,000 people were annihilated. And the next Japanese army is still retreating, many times Wang Guorui's army has just begun to charge, and they have already begun to retreat without authorization, so this kind of army is not vulnerable to a battle at all. In fact, these Japanese soldiers have lost the courage to resist, and they would rather be killed in the flight than resist. This is like hundreds of Chinese prisoners of war in World War II who were escorted away by two or three Japanese soldiers and then killed. But they would rather be killed than have the courage to resist, which has to be said to be a tragedy.
Of course, if these Fourth Divisions had the courage to resist with guns, they might also have the opportunity to kill Wang Guorui's army in large numbers. But they just don't have the courage, once they lose their courage, they will inevitably face a catastrophe, and they will not be able to have the courage to resist. Although they seemed to be almost twice as numerous as the Fourth Division, they did not have the courage to stop and organize a revolt.
In the Japanese headquarters in Taipei City, the men of the Fourth Division immediately rode over on fast horses before the battle began.
"Commander, hurry up and let someone go and give tactical guidance to our Fourth Division! We can't hold it anymore! Said the herald of the 4th Division.
And the commander of the Japanese attack on Taiwan, Kawakami Caoliu, immediately asked in surprise: "Why can't your fourth division hold on?" It's only been a long time since the war began, and in less than half an hour, you asked for tactical guidance, what are you eating? I tell you, there is no tactical guidance, you take it yourself! You are also the first division of our Great Japanese Empire, can't you withstand the enemy's attack? I don't want you to defeat them, but at least you should be able to defeat them, right? ”
The herald of the Fourth Division was silent in his heart, and it was naturally impossible for him to explain to Kawakami Caoliu how bad his Fourth Division's combat effectiveness was. Therefore, he was a little useless, and this time he could only go back silently.
And Kawakami Caoliu thought that the Fourth Division should be able to block even if it could not annihilate Wang Guorui's army. Because during this period, the 4th Division did not personally participate in the war. Although the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army had participated in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Fourth Division only served as a guard in the First Sino-Japanese War and did not personally go to the battlefield, so they did not have the opportunity to "show their talents" in the First Sino-Japanese War. However, because they had not actually fought in person, the top brass of the Japanese army did not know what the situation of the Fourth Division was. The first time in the history of the Fourth Division was the Russo-Japanese War, but at this time there were still almost ten years before the Russo-Japanese War. Therefore, before that, the Fourth Division still believed that it was no different from other divisions and regiments in the eyes of the Japanese high-level leaders, and its combat effectiveness should be about the same.
Because the Fourth Division had not yet taken its original form at this time, the Japanese top brass still regarded them as a real division. And the tasks assigned to them are also the tasks of a division, so they still killed them. If it is another division, then I am afraid that it is really the same as what Kawakami Caoliu thought, and Wang Guorui will not be able to conquer it at all. However, the Fourth Division was different, they could not resist the offensive of Wang Guorui's army at all. And Kawakami Caoliu didn't know this, so he thought that the Fourth Division could withstand it and would not lose. However, Kawakami Caoliu did not expect that he had overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Division, so that the Fourth Division was completely buried.
As the commander, Kawakami Caoliu did not order other troops to support the Fourth Division, and Wang Guorui also sent some small units to the defense areas of other divisions to carry out feints to contain those troops who wanted to support the Fourth Division without authorization. In this way, the 4th Division will face the attack of the 4th Division alone, and it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. The Fourth Division did not have the courage to resist at all, they still kept running backwards, hoping to escape the pursuit of Wang Guorui's troops. But they couldn't have imagined that Wang Guorui's troops saw such a good opportunity to send their military exploits, so why didn't they hurry up and chase after them! Such a wreck, if you don't do all the kuài bully, then it's too late. War is not a boxing ring, a place that pays attention to fairness, since there is such a weak chicken and soft persimmon to bully himself, then if you don't bully them, you will be sorry for them.
"Run! Run, just go to the back! "Hurry up and run, it will be completely safe to run to Taipei City, where is the sixth commander of Kawakami Cao!" "Run!"
Those people in the 4th Division hoped to run as much as they could, and then when they arrived at the headquarters, they could rely on the strength of the headquarters to help them cover. And Wang Guorui's Fourth Division was chasing them tightly behind their buttocks, and it was obviously impossible to let them go. This time, Wang Guorui's order was to completely annihilate the Fourth Division, so naturally there was no reason to let them go.
"Division commander, there are Japanese weapons everywhere on the ground, should we put them away?" Someone immediately asked Zhu Yuan.
"You idiot, hurry up and chase me! Don't pick up these weapons, these weapons are not of the right caliber with ours, they are useless. The order was passed down, and the Japanese army could not pick up any supplies, and our goal was to annihilate the Japanese army as much as possible without delay. Time is precious, and if other Japanese troops knew that the Fourth Division was in this situation, they would soon come to their aid. We must annihilate this Fourth Division before the enemy can support us. ”
The current time is very precious, and we must slaughter all these weak chickens as much as possible, otherwise other Japanese troops will come to support, and I am afraid that we will lose this good opportunity. If you don't take the opportunity to play a record of "defeating the strong with the weak" and winning more with less, then you are really sorry for your military life. (To be continued......)