Chapter 124: Gathering and Annihilation under the City (4)

Although the sun shone in the middle of the sky, but the weather did not have even a trace of warmth, the elite Southwest Army, under the cover of tanks, completed the battlefield intersperse, cutting off the Japanese army, and without strong fire support, the Japanese army could only temporarily find a position and fight with the Southwest Army.

Since the beginning of the Japanese war of aggression against China, the Japanese army's organized brigades have not yet said that they have been completely annihilated in an open environment, even in the Northeast Battle, General Liu Yuan has not publicly said that he will completely annihilate a brigade.

But this time is different, this time it is a real contest between the empire and China, and the troops sent are also the first type of troops of the empire, under the condition that the whole world is watching, under the coordinated operation of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, if there is a brigade and regiment that is completely annihilated by the people of China, then it is to announce a fact to the whole world, that is, the Chinese army has not broken its muscles and bones, and they still have the ability to fight the Japanese army.

If there is such a detachment that is completely annihilated by the Chinese troops, it is definitely a shot in the arm for the weakened Chinese when the Chinese are at their weakest, and this situation is absolutely not allowed by the base camp.

The matter of the Yamada detachment completely alarmed the emperor and the general staff in Tokyo, and the emperor rarely did not take care of Marshal Binshan but found the young and promising Ishihara Waner, and asked him about the battle situation, what Ishihara Waner said, Matsui Ishine did not know, but it made Ishihara Waner feel the pressure even more.

"Damn Liu Yuan, obviously he no longer has the ability to continue fighting with the empire, so he has to fight to the death, and he fights back, making himself so unbearable." The teeth in Matsui Shigen's mouth were almost crushed, and he inquired about the battle situation on the front line, but there was no progress at all, so Matsui was under more pressure.

"The commander of the 13th Division was not in good command and Lieutenant General Tani Shofu commanded the battle on the front line." Although Matsui Ishine is dissatisfied with the arrogant Tani Shoufu, this person with a great desire to attack is definitely a sword in his hand. Matsui Ishine was not afraid of the arrogance of his generals, but of the incompetence of his generals, and he was ready to let the commander of the 13th Division return to Tokyo to go to prison.

"General, I don't think it's unfair to the Thirteenth Division to do this, in fact, they have done a very good job, it's not that they can't fight, it's just that before this, the despicable General Liu Yuan hid his strength, and their equipment was stronger than the most elite 71st Army and 72nd Army in China." Chief of Staff Tsukada said next to Matsui.

Matsui Ishine nodded and said, "In fact, since the 33rd Army in the southwest joined the battlefield, we should realize that the overall combat effectiveness of the Southwest Army is very strong, and their combat effectiveness is generally close to the German front-line troops, or even stronger than ours. ”

"General, you shouldn't have said that." Tsukada cautiously looked around and said to Matsui Ishone.

"There are only our own people here, there is no need to hide it, taking the 33rd Group Army of the Southwest Army as an example, their use of tactics, weaponry, soldier quality, and officer level are stronger than our troops in many aspects, fortunately, there are not many such troops as them, if one day I am transferred back to Tokyo, you must not forget to tell your commander, how strong the Southwest Army is." Matsui Ishine had a hint of worry in his eyes, and he often wondered if what Ishihara said was right or not, and whether the empire's choice was wrong.

"In fact, the empire's combat capability is still very good, but the impact of the Battle of Songhu on our army is too great, and the Zhina uses their most elite Central Army to fight with us, consuming a large number of our elite troops, which is also the reason for the decline in the combat effectiveness of our army, in fact, if you really compare, the combat effectiveness level of our and the Southwest Army should be not too much different." Tsukada continued Matsui Ishone's train of thought.

"What you said is not wrong, the battle of Songhu is too great a drain on us, General Liu Yuan once raided, we can't resist it, I think we need to ask the base camp for help now, I would rather be scolded than let the soldiers of the empire die on the battlefield." Matsui sighed and said to Tsukada.

Matsui Ishone's words surprised the rest of the headquarters very much, and Tsukada did not expect that at this time, Matsui Ishone was still willing to take such a big risk to ask for help from the base camp.

"General!" As soon as Tsukada wanted to say something, the director of intelligence had already shouted angrily, "300,000 elites of the Japanese Empire gathered in Nanjing, we have prepared 200 chariots, hundreds of aircraft, and thousands of artillery, what qualifications and dignity do we have to ask for help from Tokyo, although the Yamada detachment is surrounded by China, but we all know that they do not have the ability to annihilate this detachment in a short time, and our reinforcements are almost coming." ”

"General, although General Liu Yuan and his soldiers are strong, their numbers are very scarce, and Chiang Kai-shek is vacillating, we only need to show our strength to make China submit." Another staff officer screamed angrily.

At this time, Matsui Shigen realized that his status in the minds of these people was not as good as before, perhaps since he couldn't take Shanghai for a long time, these people have silently looked down on themselves, so there is such a noise today.

"Yaga, you are soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire, and your discipline has gone there." Matsui Ishone glared angrily at his staff officers.

However, looking at the disappointed expressions of his staff officers, Matsui Ishine shook his head, "Tsukada-kun, do you think I'm too timid." ”

"General, if we want reinforcements at this time, the base camp will think that we are incompetent, and instead send an unfamiliar general to the battlefield, and the loss of the empire will be even greater at that time, I know your worries, General Liu Yuan has almost exhausted the people of Nanjing, and they have been building the Nanjing Fortress, General Liu Yuan is preparing for a bloody battle with us in Nanjing, and reinforcements will come sooner or later." Tsukada's words reminded Matsui Ishine that he really shouldn't have to ask for reinforcements at this time.

"In that case, we don't need reinforcements, but we can't give up the Yamada detachment, and I'm ready to transfer a brigade from the 15th Division as a reserve, ready to support at any time." Matsui Ishone said to Tsukada.

Matsui Ishine was discussing the battle situation with the staff officers, and the quartermaster hurriedly walked in, this was the second time Matsui had been treated disrespectfully today, and he was already completely angry.

"Baga's Road." Matsui Ishone pulled out a gun from his waist and was about to shoot.

"General, our logistics base has been attacked, a large number of our artillery shells have been blown up, and our train lines for transporting troops and supplies have been damaged. The situation was urgent, so I rushed in without notice and asked the general to calm his anger. ”

"No way, if the Chinese Air Force takes to the skies, our intelligence officers will tell me." Matsui Ishine said distrustfully.

"It's not a general, it's a guerrilla force of more than 10,000 people, and their combat style is very scoundrel, and they disappear after a sneak attack."