Tao Jingfei chose to fight Huang Jiazhen first, and his intention was still obvious. In the entire battlefield east of Texas, the location of the 259th Wing was located at the junction of the 115th Division and the 120th Division. After defeating the 259th Wing, the flank of the 65th Brigade on its left flank will be directly exposed to the guns of the Anti-United Nations.

Of course, the 259th Wing, which included the entire 120th Division, slipped away without a reply and actually exposed the right flank of the 115th Division. However, at present, the 259th Wing has not yet withdrawn at all, and only by first solving the 259th Wing can the encirclement of the 115th Division be completed......

Moreover, if the 259th Wing is allowed to run away at the moment, it will also increase the difficulty of encircling and annihilating the two wings of the 120th Division that have been evacuated one after another on the front line of Yan's housework. Therefore, Tao Jingfei not only hit the 259th Wing in Huangjia Town with the first shot, but also adopted the tactics of killing chickens with knives.

Although he did not have tanks in his hands, in this direction he threw directly into a whole infantry regiment. In addition to the troops that were originally on the front line of Huangjia Town and had been fighting with the 259th Wing, it can be equivalent to investing a reinforced infantry regiment. Tao Jingfei's purpose is very clear, that is, to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the 259th Wing in the shortest possible time.

The other was an infantry battalion to reinforce two companies of the original combat unit in front of Huangjia, as well as a heavy mortar company and a recoilless gun platoon, with three flamethrowers. It turned to the southwest from the breakthrough point, forcibly interspersed with the front line of Chengjialou and Yangpan, and seized the two strategic points between Ningjin and Leling.

In particular, as the 115th Division, Cheng Jialou, which was at the junction with the 120th Division, cut off the connection between the 259th Wing and the 85th Brigade of the 115th Division on its left. In order to encircle and annihilate the 259th Wing in the shortest possible time, create the best fighter in Zào. It also penetrated directly into the flank of the 85th Brigade and cooperated with the frontal assault force to encircle and annihilate the 85th Brigade.

In the face of Tao Jingfei's sudden attack on all fronts, he originally thought that his whereabouts were hidden enough, and the enemy troops in front of him were attracted by the troops he left behind to cover the troops. The main force of the 259th Wing, which was bent on withdrawing from its position in the shortest possible time according to the order of the division commander and quickly completing the assembly so that it could withdraw eastward, was blinded at that time.

The 259th United, .c@om which still thought that they had withdrawn, did not know their entire retreat route and method at all, and their opponents had already mastered it clearly. He didn't make a move when he gathered and retreated before, because Tao Jingfei was under the encouragement of Du Kaishan behind him, or he thought that it would be easier to wait for these remnants of the defeated army to gather together.

As for the 120th Division, although the 115th Division never responded. However, with his keen sense of smell cultivated in his many years of military career, Shinichi Yanagawa also roughly guessed the direction of the 115th Division, mainly because there were likely to be some problems in the direction of the 115th Division.

Because judging from the report of the 259th Wing, when he communicated with Lieutenant General Hideyoshi Sugiura, the direction of the 115th Division was not attacked on a large scale. At least at the time, the battle over there seemed to be a very quiet situation. The 65th Brigade and Regiment adjacent to the 259th Wing were only entangled by the enemy quite tightly in the front-line positions, but there was definitely no major war.

That is, the regimental headquarters of the 115th Division, which has never been able to give an answer, is very likely to be attacked by enemy troops who have infiltrated the rear. Although I don't know how many guards Hideyoshi Sugiura had around him when he was attacked. But if the 115th Division can lose contact for such a long time, I'm afraid this result should not be too good.

However, due to the urgency of time, Yanagawa Shinichi, who had no time to reformulate the retreat plan, could only hope that the password of the 115th Division would not be captured by the enemy, and the secret telegram sent by himself would not be deciphered by the enemy. However, although Yanagawa Shinichi was not very confident, his chief of staff, Nakanishi Manchuria, was quite confident that the codebook would not be seized.

Because according to the Japanese army's combat regulations, when the battle is lost, the military flag, code book, and weapons are all things that must be destroyed at the first time. Flags and weapons were given by the emperor and must not fall into the hands of the enemy. And when the weapon falls into the hands of the enemy, it feels quite bad to hit back on yourself. The codebook is the key factor in the success or failure of the battle, and it cannot fall into the hands of the enemy.

However, compared to weapons, among the things that must be destroyed in the event of defeat, the military flag and code book are the most important. When a weapon falls into the hands of an enemy army, it is used at best to threaten oneself. However, once the codebook falls into the hands of the enemy, it will have no secret in terms of communication, and it will even lead to the defeat of the entire campaign. The military flag represents the honor of the Imperial Army, which is as important as the codebook.

In Nakanishi Manjiro's view, the determination and spirit of the imperial warriors, as well as the enforcement of military discipline, have never been compromised. Therefore, he insisted that even if the headquarters of the 115th Division was destroyed by the enemy, it was absolutely impossible for the password to be leaked. Because the communications corps of the division headquarters swore an oath that when the 120th Division called on the radio, it must be the 115th Division's telegraph operator who answered the call.

During this time, the two divisions fought side by side, and the communications soldiers of the 120th Division were quite familiar with the methods used by the 115th Division's telegraph operators to send reports. Although after the reply, no reply was given to the follow-up telegram of the 120th Division. and subsequent reminder telegrams, but no reply was given. But there is no doubt that it was the signal corps of the 115th Division that responded.

In addition to his confidence in the ability of his division's communications troops, the reason why Nakanishi Manchu Jiro was even more convinced was that he trusted the Imperial Army in carrying out the spirit of bushido. At the same time, as the chief of staff of the division and regiment, he was also aware of some regulations within the Imperial Army that could not be put on the table.

After repeated defeats in the early Northeast Theater, and in the Pacific Theater for the first time in four or three years, the defenders of Attu Island were completely shattered. The headquarters then communicated to the General Staff Headquarters of the Guò Army and the Command Department of the Navy, and issued a secret order to the chiefs of staff of the army divisions and regiments, the independent garrisons at all levels, and the special base units of the navy.

No matter what the ground forces on that battlefield are in danger of losing the battle, the whole army will be shattered. All personnel of the departments responsible for communications and some secret projects must commit suicide in the first wave, and the code books and cipher machines must be destroyed as soon as possible. If anyone dares to disobey, the chiefs of staff of the divisions have the right to execute them immediately. It was precisely because he learned about this secret decree that Nakanishi Manchu Jiro was so confident.

And in the opinion of Nakanishi Manchuria, it is definitely too late to reformulate the retreat plan at the moment. Because the 120th Division is here at the moment, in the Hebei and Shandong border areas, it is dangerous to stay every longer. Rather than mess up the entire retreat by then, it would be better to risk something that is almost unlikely.

But the problem is that his hopes and Nakanishi Manchu Jiro's insistence are nothing more than his wishful thinking. Although during the capture of the 115th Division's communications corps, the young soldier also tried to destroy the codebook. But those veterans of the anti-United Nations reconnaissance force, that will leave him enough time?

You must know that many of these scouts are eliminated in the selection of special operations forces. Although the training received is not as good as that of the subordinate units of the special operations command, except for some inferior professional skills, the tactical reconnaissance capability and technical and tactical level of their own posts are not much worse than those of the special operations forces.

The entire 115th Division, its two brigades, as well as the 22nd and 120th Divisions on the left and right, and all the codebooks of the 12th Army under their superiors were captured almost intact. Although the codebooks for direct contact with the North China Front and the two brigades and regiments to which they belonged were destroyed first, they had no fundamental impact on the battlefield east of Texas. With the codebook for liaison with the two divisions on the left and right, as well as with the Twelfth Army, it was already enough.

Although this secret telegram did not clearly indicate the assembly of the 259th Wing after retreating. However, in order to fool Lieutenant General Hideyoshi Sugiura, Shinichi Yanagawa marked the time of retreat of the 259th Wing, which was connected to the front of the 115th Division, and the detailed retreat route on the telegram. This is quite enough for Tao Jingfei's judgment on the front line of Huangjiazhen.

It is only a rough judgment of the location of the 259th Wing's assembly, but Tao Jingfei, who has mastered the entire retreat sequence of the Japanese army and the retreat plan of each unit, is still roughly accurate in judging the location where the remnants of the 259th Wing may be assembled.

At the beginning of the countdown to the launch of his attack, according to the order of Ben Fanjiu Dazuo, more than 1,000 remnants of the 259th Wing, who had barely withdrawn, had just arrived at the west of Dingli Pole Village, southeast of Huangjia Town, to assemble. This is the secret material hoarding of the 259th Wing's operations, and it is also the location of the entire 259th Wing's reserve ammunition.

In the previous battles, the ammunition that supported the entire battlefield east of Leling County was transported from here. In order to ensure the safety of this ammunition hoard, the 120th Division can be said to have put in painstaking efforts. The entire village was carefully camouflaged, and all resupply operations were carried out at night.

As for the residents of the village, in addition to some young adults who were regarded as coolies, some of them had even been secretly slaughtered by the 120th Division. The reason why he chose this place to retreat was to replenish the retreating troops with enough ammunition and some dry rations to ensure that his troops needed to retreat.

As for Ben Shijiu Dazuolai, although he also knew that as long as the troops were withdrawn, it was best not to delay for too long, and he should evacuate as much as possible. However, in the entire division, except for some of the forward troops, who could not evacuate because of the positions they were holding and could only continue to hold on, the entire friendly and neighboring troops had been evacuated.

It turned out that the front of the 120th Division was quite complete, but it became a situation full of holes and leaks. Without gathering as many troops as possible, he simply could not cope with the unexpected. Who knows whether an enemy army will rush out of the already torn front.

If you just scatter and withdraw, once you encounter an enemy situation on the route, you can only break up yourself. In addition, the enemy is so rushed, but it gives the opponent the danger of breaking through. Therefore, despite knowing that it was dangerous, this Ben Shijiu Dazuo still insisted that it would be safer for the troops to assemble.

Although he did not study at the Army University, this Honkujiu Dazuo, who came up step by step from below, is not much worse than those colleagues who have studied at the Army University in military theory. When to make up his mind, he still knows clearly by relying on the experience cultivated by his long-term military career.

He knew that at this time, he had to gather as many troops as possible. In this way, even if you encounter any accidents when retreating, you can concentrate your forces and fight out. Or with the enemy army rushing over, and the ability of a game. As long as you act quickly and decisively, there should not be much of a problem with some delay in a short period of time.