Chapter 59: Closing the Door and Hitting the Dog
We can despise all kinds of bad things about the Japanese, but there is one thing that can never be ignored, and that is the strong combat effectiveness and excellent personal qualities of the Japanese army.
Wang Zhonglian marched with his troops very quickly, but he still couldn't catch up with the speed of the Japanese army's march, and the three Japanese brigades captured Qiaojiatun, which was a big blow to the morale of the Chinese troops. At the same time, the Japanese army also had the idea of continuing eastward.
Liu Yuan was very worried about this situation, and ordered Yu Chengwan to speed up the attack, which attracted the three Japanese brigades to their direction.
Yu Chengwan's pressure is already very great, and the Japanese army has continued to attack his positions these days, and many times he has taken it down with his own troops.
Although he didn't expect that Liu Yuan issued an order to himself at this time, there was always someone to sacrifice, so Yu Chengwan immediately concentrated his troops and counterattacked the Japanese army.
Everyone knew that Yu Chengwan suffered heavy losses, but no one thought that he still had the courage to counterattack, and the 21st Wing of the Japanese Army did not expect that a few days ago he still had three brigades with good combat effectiveness in his hands, but now he only has inspiration left in his hands, and in the face of a division that has just been replenished, he is under great pressure. In desperation, he could only ask Seishiro Itagaki for tactical advice.
While the situation of the 21st Wing was very sad, the situation in other areas also changed dramatically.
After Tang Enbo conquered Sanhe Street, he immediately led his troops to continue the offensive to the north, conquered Xinzhao, joined up with the mechanized brigade, and added the remaining Chengwan on the southern front, which caused great pressure on the Japanese army.
The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and Itagaki now feels that he is not much different from Jing Ke back then, and now he has a deep understanding of Matsui Shigen who fought in the south back then.
When Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu was in Wuhu, it should be in this mood now, the Chinese troops were ambushed on all sides, embattled, even if he could see through their intentions, but he had no ability to stop them, he could only passively parry, obviously the strength of the empire was stronger than that of China, but it was infinitely spread out to the vast land, so how could he not be anxious.
At this moment, Itagaki Seishiro knew very well that as long as Admiral Liu Yuan did not make mistakes, it was almost impossible for him to fight back.
The situation of the war is becoming clearer and clearer, just like a game of Go, after a fight, the distribution of forces on the chessboard has become very clear.
The 21st Wing took out three brigades to attack the Chinese troops, although that temporarily relieved the pressure on the 9th Wing of the Japanese Army, but Liao Yaoxiang was transferred to block the three brigades of the Japanese army with strong combat effectiveness, and Hu Lian's independent army was responsible for Liao Yaoxiang's defense area, still surrounding the 9th Brigade.
Itagaki was an extremely intelligent man, and he knew that if he continued like this, he would become the greatest sinner in the empire. The intelligence given to him by the headquarters shows that a large number of Chinese troops have appeared to the east of the Yi River, isn't this coming for themselves?
"Itagaki-kun, it's time to retreat, this time we lost." Every single member of the Itagaki Division was very arrogant, and it would be a great shame for them to speak out about the retreat.
The chief of staff looked at Seishiro Itagaki sadly, as usual, as long as he said such a thing, he would definitely be scolded by the hot-blooded officer, but this time the command was surprisingly quiet.
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, if we retreat, what about the Ninth Wing?" The chief of the operations section of the 16th Division said worriedly.
Now that their division commander Nakajima is not there, and the chief of staff is no longer there, he is the only one who can speak for the 16th Division. You must know that they are blocking Tang Enbo, an anti-Japanese iron man.
"Your Excellency Nakazawa, you must know that it is not that we do not want to support them, but in the current situation, they are likely to become victims of attracting the main force of the Chinese army, because now is not the time for us to have a huge advantage, and we must make sacrifices." Chief of Staff Nishimura said sadly. He knew that it was a very humiliating thing to betray his allies at this time, but what could he do!
"Baga, what are our people, they are also warriors of the empire, they also have their own mothers, and younger brothers and sisters, do you let the enlistment department of the empire take his suicide note and tell their mother, I'm sorry, your child was betrayed by his comrades on the battlefield and died on the battlefield, your fifth division can do it, but our sixteenth division can't do it." Nakazawa has fallen into a state of madness.
The commander of their division, Nakajima, was a rather low-key person, and this time if it wasn't for the rescue of Seishiro Itagaki, he wouldn't have fallen into this situation, and Seishiro Itagaki was actually ready to give up on their sixteenth division.
"Bastard (Japanese)," Itagaki pulled out his command knife and slashed it on the table, looking at Nakazawa with murderous intent, "Do you think the troops are your own?" Are you a warlord? Every one of us on the battlefield has to serve the big army, the current situation is bad, someone must die for the empire, if I can, Itagaki am also willing to break the rear for the imperial army. ”
Itagaki was extremely depressed, and retreating meant that his attack had failed, and his myth of invincibility was shattered here, in the hands of Liu Yuan, the man hated by the men of the empire.
"Send a telegram to Your Excellency Nakajima, now that the situation has changed, we must retreat, and now I order that the troops on the southern front will be under his command, and that the retreat of the troops on the southern front be coordinated, and at the same time, a position should be built in the Wangguantun generation to block the attack of the Chinese people.
The 21st Wing was ordered to be under the command of Lieutenant General Nakajima, and today we must rush into the encirclement of the Shina people and rescue the 9th Wing.
Itagaki was still moved by Nakazawa's words, and he knew very well that if he didn't rescue the Ninth Wing, then he would become a disgrace to the Japanese military circles, and his military career would definitely end here.
But even if he helped, Seishiro Itagaki didn't think about putting himself in it, he just symbolically saved it, and if it didn't work, he would run away immediately.
Hearing that he was going to rescue the Ninth Wing, Chief of Staff Nishimura looked at Itagaki nervously, "Division Commander, General Shina is moving troops, they want to surround us, should we put our troops in a more important place." ”
"White Sands isn't that nervous, there are two of our brigades there." Itagaki Seishiro gritted his teeth and said, although Itagaki had a hard mouth, but he knew very well in his heart that at least more than one army of Chinese troops were moving there, although he had two brigades to defend, it was almost impossible to hold it, and it would have become extremely difficult for the division to break through there.
Nishimura didn't say anything in the end, and Nakazawa also knew that this was the biggest concession that Seishiro Itagaki could do.
Although the Japanese army was in a difficult situation, their officers were very good, and the Japanese army had always been very organized, so although their situation was very bad, they did not fall into chaos.
However, even if it was an orderly retreat, it was still detected by the scouts of the Chinese troops, and Liu Yuan, who had not slept all night, finally let out a long-lost smile after hearing the news, and the atmosphere at the headquarters was also happy.
"The little devils are empty, they are empty, they are afraid of us." Sun Lianzhong laughed happily like a child. In his opinion, the little devil finally couldn't stop it.
Everyone else was happy, but Liu Yuan just smiled, then looked at the map and asked, "General Wang Zhonglian has arrived there, has Baisha Town been taken?" ”
Liu Yuan knew very well that Seishiro Itagaki was definitely not a bastard, even if he didn't see his thoughts clearly in the early stage, but now that it was time for the poor dagger to see him, he must have seen his intentions, and what he had to do at this time was definitely to escape.
But can you let him run? Obviously, is it impossible!
Liu Yuan said to Li An, "Send a telegram to the 85th Army, tell them to hurry up, tell him that the little devil is going to run, and if he can't block the mouth, the little devil will run away." ”
The situation on the battlefield is getting better and better, and the Japanese army has begun to retreat on a large scale.
Tang Enbo, Sun Liren and others have already brought their troops together.
Liu Yuan decisively delegated power and handed over the command of the front line to Tang Enbo, so that Tang Enbo unified the command of all departments on the front line, so that Tang Enbo had an impulse to die as a confidant.
However, Liu Yuan did not forget to let Tang Enbo pay attention to the 21st Wing of the Japanese army.
"From the perspective of the strategic situation of the Japanese army, although the Japanese army is in a state of rapid concentration, their 21st Wing will not be able to join them in a short time, so they are likely to rescue the 21st Wing, so you can consider annihilating the 21st Wing of the Japanese Army at your discretion, and then form a larger encirclement on the periphery and wait for the Japanese to drill in."
Tang Enbo was very glad that it was Liu Yuan who commanded the battle this time, if it was Li Zongren, he would definitely not be so happy, and after receiving Liu Yuan's order, he quickly adjusted the troops.
He first ordered Sun Liren to continue the fierce attack on the front line, while the other troops attacked in the northeast direction, trying to converge with Yu Chengwan on the periphery.
Nakajima also knew that things were now in a difficult situation, but he didn't panic, and in his opinion, Itagaki's handling was not very good.
As soon as he arrived at Wangzhuang, he received an order from Seishiro Itagaki to withdraw troops to support the Ninth Wing.
Yu Chengwan had already entered the crazy mode and carried out a crazy attack on the Ninth Wing, allowing the Ninth Wing to run several villages in a row.
But Yu Chengwan, who went crazy, with the guard battalion, was a vigorous pursuit, and now Yu Chengwan relied on one breath.
The Ninth Wing, which had been running wildly all the way, thought that halfway through, as soon as they entered Lindian, they were surrounded by Chinese troops, and in desperation, they could only ask for help from Nakajima.
Nakajima felt his head buzzing, when did the combat effectiveness of the Chinese troops become so strong, and in desperation, he could only draw out a brigade to support the Ninth Wing, while continuing his retreat career, he left a wing to block Sun Liren's mechanized troops, and he took two brigades to find an opportunity for support.
Wang Zhonglian has never fought such a happy battle, he obeyed Liu Yuan's orders very much, the day was very difficult, his troops left, the little devil's plane was bombed in the sky, and his own plane was also on it to help, but the effect was not very great, because the planes in the north had not all been transferred, and the number was very limited.
After receiving Liu Yuan's telegram, Wang Zhonglian understood the order.
"Dispatch a brigade to quickly rush to Baisha Town, if the vanguard of the Japanese army has already controlled the Baisha area, then it can attack on its own."
The vanguard marched quickly and finally reached the town of Baisha.
"Brigade commander, the little devil has two more legs than us, why did they arrive before us." The chief of staff of the vanguard brigade looked at the Japanese devils with annoyance.
"Your staff will count how many little devils there are." Brigade Commander Wang Sihe asked.
The chief of staff quietly looked at the Japanese troops who were digging trenches, these little devils were really fucking hardworking, at this time, they were still so attentive to the fortifications, and a few young assistants took the lead in the work, which improved the morale of the soldiers a lot.
"Damn, there must be at least two brigades, why are the little devils so human." The chief of staff whispered.
"Can't do it, you have to wait for the big army to come, two brigades, do you see, where are the two big sas? If only there were snipers. The brigade commander looked at Dazuo's head, and he didn't know how envious he was.
Although their brigade is in the name of elite, the 85th Army has suffered a lot of losses from the beginning of the war to the present, and a brigade is not much different from the previous regiment. In desperation, the brigade commander could only tell his own army commander about the matter and let him prepare.
After Wang Zhonglian learned the news, he was also a little angry, but he was not discouraged, he immediately sent a telegram to Liu Yuan, told him about the matter, and told Liu Yuan that he was confident that he would take Baisha Town tonight, close the door and beat the dog.
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