Section 180 Counterattack on Gao'an 76

Xishan Town is located about 50 miles west of Nanchang and is known as the "West Gate" of Nanchang. The reason why Xishan is famous is because this place is the birthplace of Taoism's pure and clear loyalty and filial piety, and it is said that Xu Xun and Xu Zhenjun of the Jin Dynasty [Note 1] had practiced here and ascended, so at the foot of Xiaoyao Mountain in the town, a longevity palace to commemorate Xu Zhenjun was built, which has a history of 15600 years.

It's a pity that in this war-torn era, even Kyoto fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders, a Taoist temple is naturally inevitable doom, since the loss of Nanchang, Wanshou Palace has also been entrenched by the Japanese invaders. Because of the beautiful scenery and beautiful mountains and rivers, the 101st Division set up its division headquarters in this Wanshou Palace, and used this place as the general headquarters to command the Gao'an area.

It's just that the originally calm headquarters, because of the unfavorable news of the battle at the front in the past two days, has been constantly coming, filled with a tense atmosphere of mountain rain and wind full of buildings, and even every Japanese soldier is in a hurry and embarrassed, just from their expressions, it can be seen that there must have been some major changes on the front line.

The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Saito Yahei, stood silently in front of a huge map hanging in the Gaoming Palace, which is the main hall of the Wanshou Palace, which was built in an extremely spacious atmosphere, and dozens of Japanese officers did not seem crowded when they entered and exited it. In order to be able to meditate on the problem, the map was hung on the east side of the main hall at a distance from the crowd.

And next to Saito Yaheita, there is a tall and thin Dazuo, I saw him at the moment with his eyes and nose and heart, standing there motionless, the whole person is like a stake, if you don't pay attention to it, I'm afraid no one will really notice his existence.

The expressions and reactions of the two of them were in stark contrast to the "tick-to-click" sound of the communication radio in the distance, which made the atmosphere in the entire hall seem a little strange, and made the busy officers become cautious, extremely afraid that they would bring unwarranted disasters to themselves because of some careless move. You must know that yesterday morning, a communications staff officer was split in two by the division commander on the spot because of his loud exclamation, and although the ground had been cleaned, everyone always felt that they could smell a smell of blood in their noses, which made them chill all over their bodies.

"How's it going over there?" I don't know how long I stood there, but Saito Yaheita finally spoke, but his dry and hoarse voice couldn't help but give goosebumps to people's ears.

The man who was like a stake also opened his eyes when he heard this, he looked up at the division commander, and lowered it again. His name was Kunibu Sanchio, and like Yaheita Saito, he took over the post of chief of staff of the 101st Division after the Battle of Dean. But Guowu Sanqianxiong is obviously not very interested, after all, the poor performance of the 101st Division in the Battle of De'an is known to the whole army, and the transfer of this unit, even if the level has been improved, but it is also a very disgraceful thing for him, especially when he saw that the entire division was lifeless and had no fighting spirit at all, it made him hold back the fire in his belly, and the whole person became a little depressed, after all, he was only the chief of staff, and he was not responsible for these training and management matters, in this regard, He couldn't interject at all, so what could he do in vain?

"More than half of the troops of the 101st Brigade are in Xiangfuguan to assist the commander of the Kudo Brigade to resist the main force of the Shina Army, and it is not very likely that only one 101st Brigade wants to take the big city." After a few simple words, Kunitake Sanchio continued to be silent, as if he was no longer interested in everything.

Saito Yahei glanced at the chief of staff with some dissatisfaction, and opened his mouth to reprimand, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed involuntarily. In fact, he understands Guowu Sanqianxiong very well, after all, they came to this army together, and they know some things about each other. But he is different from Guowu Sanqianxiong, he is the commander of the division, and he is responsible for everything in the division, and he can't shirk it if he wants to, which makes him very irritable, which is why he lost control and killed people yesterday.

Saito Yaheita is a cadet of the 26th session of the Imperial Army University, and Tada Jun, Oba Yahei, Isoya Ryosuke, Masaki Shizaburo, Umezu Mijiro, Moriren, Shimomura Dingichi, Yamada Otozo, Kobata Toshiro and others formed a club, but over the years, their experiences are different, although he is now the commander of the lieutenant general's division, but compared to others, it is nothing, like Umezu Mijiro is already the commander of the 1st Army, like Isoya Ryosuke is already the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, like Tada Jun, Already the commander of the 3rd Army.

Saito Yaheita himself is an extremely proud person, compared to these old classmates, although his current status is not low, but the 101st Division is really a very embarrassing existence. He wanted to make a change, but the main officers of this unit were basically Ito Masakai's old subordinates, although there was nothing to disobey in terms of carrying out orders, but the fighting spirit and morale of these people had been lost in the previous battles, and it was impossible to win the battle with such an officer to command the troops, but he had the heart to make changes and adjustments, but he simply didn't have enough time to fight one battle after another!

Why did he leave the 101st Wing here at the division headquarters, didn't he just want to make a breakthrough from the 101st Wing first, so as to drive the entire division to make changes, who would have expected that the strength of a brigade to defend Gao'an City actually didn't hold out for half a day before the defeated soldiers lost their positions, and when the news came here, Saito Yahei was so angry that he almost vomited blood. You must know that not long after the battle of Gao'an, the 106th Division of Fengxin was also attacked by the enemy, and as a result, the 106th Division, which suffered heavy losses in Gao'an, not only defended Fengxin as a rock, but also took the initiative to attack behind it, defeating the enemy with the strength of one wing.

The same two divisions that were defeated during the Battle of De'an, the 106th Division was almost wiped out in Wanjialing, and it was even more unbearable than the 101st Division after the war, and it also fought a lot of battles in Gao'an in the early stage, but now there is still such a performance, which makes the 101st Division, which basically maintains a complete establishment, embarrassed?

Thinking of this, Saito Yahei blushed and said: "Guowujun, the matter of the command headquarters is please, I want to go to the front line of Ayutthaya in person, I want to see if these people are as powerful as the battle report says!" Hmph, it's only been a year and a half, and the imperial army has already captured half of the territory of the Chinese people, so if there is really such a strong enemy army, how can we have today's record? ”

Guowu Sanchixiong couldn't help but raise his head suddenly, obviously he didn't expect that Lieutenant General Saito was already not young, and he still had such a fire. He obviously heard the division commander's doubts and disbelief in the battle report, thinking that the army on the front line was shirking responsibility, to be honest, King Takesan Chio was also suspicious of Kudo Yoshio's report, after all, they fought with the enemy army too often, and they naturally knew best what the strength of the enemy army was. But it was inappropriate to be on the front line as division commanders, and if something happened, they could not afford to take on this responsibility.

Guowu Sanqianxiong couldn't be silent anymore, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Your Excellency, don't worry about how strong the strength of the people on the front line of Gao'an is for the time being, the key issue now is to solve the enemy army that appeared in the big city, and ensure the smooth flow of the road between us and Xiangfuguan, and since the enemy army can defeat the 149th Wing, it is reasonable to resist the attack of the 101st Wing. ”

Saito Yahei snorted too coldly and said: "Including the tank wing, all the troops that can be mobilized by the division have been transferred, except for the squadron of the guard headquarters, we have no troops to adjust. Don't you know? ”

Hearing this, Guowu Sanqianxiong said calmly: "Your Excellency, we really don't have any troops to call on, but the new 106th Division still has enough troops!" ”

Saito Yahei's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he knew that as a division commander, it would be a shameless thing to apply for support and secondment of reinforcements from other friendly units in such a situation, and he would be ridiculed. With the pride of these people, they would rather die in battle than bring shame on themselves. So as soon as the chief of staff's words came out, Saito Yaheita was furious and reprimanded: "Kunimu-kun, what do you mean by this? Could it be that our division can't defeat the Chi Na people? Are we worse than the 106th Division? Wouldn't we be able to take the big city without reinforcements? ”

Guowu Sanqianxiong said calmly in the face of the division commander's angry reprimand: "Your Excellency, this is not asking for help from the 106th Division, but we are helping the 106th Division!" ”

It's that Saito Yahei is too accustomed to seeing the wind and waves, and at this time, he was also a little inexplicable by the three thousand heroes of the national martial arts, and the tone of the previous reprimand disappeared in vain, and he frowned and asked puzzledly: "National Martial Monarch, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Your Excellency, the loss of Dacheng is not only because our 102nd Brigade has been surrounded, but also because the 106th Division has been cut off from the back road, but the encirclement they are in is too large, and they don't feel threatened in a short time. But as long as the battle of Gao'an is resolved, the life of the 106th Division may not be so good! Guowu Sanchixiong stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the map, among which the point of Ayutthaya was particularly conspicuous.

Note 1: Xu Zhenjun, a Taoist priest of the Jin Dynasty, Xu Xun, the word Jingzhi, was a native of Nanchang (now Jiangxi). Legend has it that he once suppressed mosquitoes and snakes, eliminated harm for the people, the Tao is wonderful, the reputation is well-known, there are many people who seek to be disciples, and he is respected as the ancestor of the Pure Ming Sect. The allusion of "one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven" is from his story!