Chapter 948 Okamura's Crisis
"Report! Commander, the Xianju position has been broken! Our troops retreated to Zhuxi, and the enemy pursued them relentlessly! The captain of the Nakajima Coalition and the commander of the Eighth Army of the Southeast Asian Imperial Army Fernande is requesting tactical assistance..."
"Report! Commander, my Qingtian position has been broken by the National Defense Forces! Our troops have suffered heavy losses, the 12th Army of the Southeast Asian Imperial Army and the 15th Army have lost more than 70%. The garrison troops, Lishan United, have lost more than half! We are currently retreating to Yangyi and are requesting tactical assistance..."
"Report! Commander, our rooftop position was attacked by the National Defense Forces! The 22nd, 30th and 8th Army of the Southeast Asian Imperial Army lost more than 70%, and the Ogasawara Brigade lost one and a half corps, and is currently retreating to Batou! It is urgent to request tactical guidance..."
The battle reports were handed over to Okamura's desk, and the current commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Army suddenly felt dizzy. He did not expect that the National Defense Force, which had obviously stopped offensive, would suddenly launch a full-scale attack at this time.
And it was a ruthless move! Until now, almost all the Japanese positions on the front line were lost. The three military regions of East China, North China and South China launched a full-scale attack on the positions in front of them.
The National Defense Forces swept away the tentative offensive attitude of a while ago and launched a devastating attack on the position. A large number of bombers began to appear on the battlefield, and the howling bombs directly overturned the Japanese army's castle, bunker and fortifications.
Now, Okamura Yasuji has only six divisions and three brigades. This is all the Japanese local troops in China now, and the rest have basically retreated to Southeast Asia.
There were quite a few of those Southeast Asian Imperial Army. The organization of the Southeast Asian Imperial Army was established completely according to the Japanese army. Therefore, the "army" of the Southeast Asian Imperial Army is actually the same as the concept of the "army" of the Japanese army.
Each Southeast Asian Imperial Army has two divisions and one brigade. This is the standard concept of one army in the Japanese army. Of course, Japan does not have so many weapons to supply these Southeast Asian Imperial Army.
Most of these Imperial Army troops were using weapons seized by the Japanese army from Southeast Asian troops such as the US, British and other Southeast Asian troops. Fortunately, there were many of these weapons, and they finally barely armed these people.
The insufficient armed part is supplemented by guns eliminated by the Japanese army themselves. Anyway, the Japanese army did not expect these Southeast Asian Imperial Army to achieve any results, as long as they could resist the Japanese evacuation.
As for whether they were captured by the National Defense Forces or captured the Japanese army, they didn't care much.
"Makunoro! Can anyone tell me what's going on? Why did the National Defense Forces suddenly launch an attack?!" Okamura Yanji finally broke out as he looked at the battle reports that were being submitted constantly.
Now the Japanese army on the front line is only three or two divisions, and they are still separated. If the Japanese troops stationed were completely stationed, Okamura believed that he would never lose his position in just a few seconds.
But those damn Southeast Asian Imperial Army were probably not even good at shooting guns. On the position, they could only give the National Defense Forces a record.
"Your Excellency Commander, what should we do now?" The Chief of General Staff Matsui Tokuro did not care about the life and death of the Southeast Asian Imperial Army. But he cared about the life and death of the Japanese army on those positions.
"Your Excellency, we still have three divisions and one brigade's troops on the position. Should we let them retreat immediately? Otherwise, they will not be able to withdraw..."
Okamura looked at his chief of staff and shook his head, saying, "It is impossible to withdraw now. Once our people are withdrawn, the entire Imperial Army in Southeast Asia will collapse. Even we can't leave at that time! Order them to continue to persevere!"
After a pause, Okamura Yasuji gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "Tell the navy and the transportation team not to send people to Southeast Asia anymore! Send them back to the empire first and start organizing transportation immediately. Please ask the base camp to transfer all the transportation capacity and transport all the troops in our hands first!"
As he said that, Okamura Yanji took a deep breath and said, "Now only the hero cuts his arm can save most of our strength. Otherwise, our entire dispatched army will lose here!"
Matsui Tokuro couldn't help but sigh. Although he knew that this was the best and the only way, he still felt very distressed to give up three divisions and one brigade at once.
"The necessary sacrifice is inevitable, and the imperial strategy can only be like this." Okamura Niji was willing to do it?! But what if he was unwilling to do it?! Could it be that he really let these troops withdraw?!
Okamura Yasuji believes that as long as these troops withdraw the damn Southeast Asian Imperial Army, they will not be able to support them for even two hours. By then, the remaining Japanese troops, including the Japanese troops now at the dock, will face the danger of being wiped out.
Matsui Tokuro lamented and turned around and sent the order and the newspaper. He also knew that the situation was urgent now, and if he did not deal with it quickly, the Japanese army would suffer greater losses.
The base camp that received the report from Okamura Yasuhito was in chaos. Xianyuan Miyagi roared and asked all the transport ships to stop transporting immediately, and rushed to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to pick up everyone back.
At the same time, he personally called the Navy to ask for assistance. There was no way, this was a troops of more than 100,000! Even if Xianyuan Palace was unwilling to do so, he could only put down his airs and told the Navy to go.
The navy did not make things difficult for it, and sent the fleet out without saying a word. At the same time, there were also a large number of naval transport fleets. Fushimiya also knew that tens of thousands of troops were already related to the muscles and bones of the entire Japanese army.
This is not the time to be fooled by such things. Besides, the evacuation of the army from China was also the hope of the navy. In the Navy's view, it is better to put these forces in Southeast Asia than to consume unnecessary power in China.
On the one hand, you can choose to attack including India, the Middle East and other places, and then to Europe. On the other hand, you can attack Australia and obtain more resources to support the Japanese war.
For this retreat, not only the Navy and Army, but even the cabinet began to get busy. Hideki Tojo began to summon the helms of large enterprises, especially those in the maritime industry.
"Jews! Now is the time when the empire needs you the most. As long as we work hard at this time, I guarantee that all the emperors in Southeast Asia can share the glory won by the emperor..."
Hideki Tojo did not understand what he said so clearly. But his meaning has been expressed. Now that he gives support to the Imperial Army, the benefits captured by the Army will be distributed in the future.
If you are hesitant now...then you will be hoho.
Which of these families who have become chaebols is stupid?! This cabinet prime minister was originally from the army, and he could say a few words even in front of the emperor.
If you don't follow him now, you will have to cry when you wear your shoes in the future. Besides, Tojo didn't say that they would be in vain. In the future, the chaebols can go and get some benefits from the places that the army has captured in the future. This is very good.
So everyone patted their chests and promised that their fleet would set off immediately.
In order to do its best to withdraw from the troops, the entire Japan has begun a comprehensive mobilization. From the military to the civilians, all ships were dispatched. Even some small fishing boats sailed under the organization regardless of danger and went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to try to save people.
"Let them come!" Tu Sanpao, who was dressed in military uniform, laughed and said with his hands behind his back: "I'm still thinking about how to deal with them! This is a good opportunity."
In front of Pao Ye, sitting was the commander-in-chief of the three military regions of South China, North China and East China.
"Commander-in-chief, we have captured more than 300,000 people now. These people have to be sent away quickly! Otherwise, watching them will have to waste their manpower and prepare food and drink for them..."
Li Zongren smiled so hard that he was invisible. This time, the South China Military Region was the first. The 4th Corps of the South China Military Region under Li Zongren broke through the three Japanese lines of defense in one breath under the leadership of the commander of the army Tian Siyi.
He killed more than 100,000 Japanese troops and Southeast Asian Imperial Army were captured. So far, this is the most conspicuous record among all participating military regions. However, this record is also supported by the assistance of Liu Cuigang, the commander of the Air Force of the South China Military Region.
Lao Liu brought a "mace" heavy rocket booster bomb from the headquarters, and pulled out all the Japanese bunkers that he had found during the rotation war in the South China Military Region in one breath.
After losing these defenses, the Southeast Asian threats had almost no way to stop the National Defense Forces' strong attack. It was just a strong attack and took the position.
The armored division directly under the command of the South China Military Region Command rushed around under the leadership of the division commander Yue Yutang. The Japanese positions with almost no anti-tank firepower could only watch the armored division rage.
Li Zongren was also fierce this time, and he directly shot a heavy gun and followed the bomber with a "mace" sweep. Then he got on a fighter, sweeping the position over and letting the tanks rush up.
All the infantry fighting in concert with the tanks were elite soldiers trained by Tian Shiyi himself. The Fourth Legion of Infantry-Tank Cooperation has been practiced countless times. This time, the Fourth Legion completely broke through the Japanese position with the cover of the tanks.
Then, the Southeast Asian threats on the position were divided and surrounded, but in just over an hour, all three Japanese positions were captured. The Japanese army who came to support the attempt to regain their positions, and retreated helplessly under the crushing of tanks and artillery attacks.
"Hahaha... Duke Delin is making a fortune this time! More than 130,000 prisoners. I guess Chairman Lin has to give you a big medal!" Master Pao laughed and said, "Current Lin is anxious about manpower now. I don't know how many lives it will be sacrificed to pave the railway from the imperial capital to Xinjiang and Tibet. These people just happened to fill the pit."
After saying this, everyone laughed. After a while, Li Zongren was quite moved.
"Commander-in-chief, don't be afraid of you making fun of me. I, Li Delin, have been fighting for half a lifetime, and this battle is the most enjoyable! The heavy artillery is so powerful that the plane smashed the bunker in just a few seconds. Tanks cover the soldiers to charge! Hey! If I, Li Delin, can have such a day in my life, it will be worth it even if I die in battle!"
As he said that, Li Zongren's eyes were a little wet. He thought of those elite Guangxi who had to use their flesh and blood to resist the Japanese naval artillery, Japanese bombing, Japanese fighter jets and Japanese tanks during the Battle of Shanghai.
In Liao Lei's battle, the two brigade commanders were killed. The entire Seventh Army was defeated and had to retreat to Hunan for repair. It is conceivable how heavy the losses were from the troops that the Guangxi clique went to support.
After Li Zongren became the National Defense Force, especially after obtaining these equipment and training, he thought more than once: If he and others could have the current equipment at that time, Songhu would not have suffered such huge losses.
If the National Defense Forces could have participated in the battle in Shanghai at that time, they would not have lost so badly.
"Duke Delin! You are less than fifty years old now, and you are very young!" Master Pao looked at the helmsman of the Guangxi clan and said with a smile: "I think this is enough?! I don't even think it is enough! Our navy marshal, Mr. Ding Ming, still doesn't think it is enough!"
Master Pao is full of energy now, and we have been abroad. The US president is still polite when he sees me. How can I show my ability to slaughter three cannons in China?!
"Mr. Ding Ming and I have agreed that we will fight to Southeast Asia and India by then. We are all iron men. If we just toss at home, how can we show our abilities?! We have to fight out and kill him, a mountain of corpse, a sea of blood! Kill him, a river of blood! Hahaha..."
The heroic spirit of the cannon instantly infected Li Zongren, but he saw that there was no sadness in Li Zongren's eyes. He stood up and said excitedly: "What the commander-in-chief said is! We should go abroad and our voices shook the world! Only by establishing our reputation as China can we be worthy of our men!"
Li Zongren caught him blindly as soon as he pulled Wen Pao Ye. He wrote down several idioms from Pao Ye because he felt that he had the momentum. But if he wanted to be arrogant, the Pao Ye Ye, who had never been to study, wouldn't be able to do it.
"Hahaha... OK! Let's fight out together then!" Master Pao will definitely not show his fear. Even when we meet President Roosevelt, we are not showing his fear.
"As for those prisoners of war, Delin Gong doesn't have to worry. Chairman Lin is more anxious than us. The train for transporting people is already on the way. Li Hanhun's Fifth Legion has received an order to escort these prisoners back along the way."
The cannon laughed and said to everyone: "The army will continue to fight. If the air force is concerned, there is no need to repair it. Then wait until their ship arrives before dispatching!"
As he said that, a grim smile appeared on his face: "Let's play with these sluts! But I don't know how many dumplings can be made from the sea?!"
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed again.
Lin Sen of the imperial capital is very happy now and has a headache. The more than 200,000 prisoners are still in the early stage of the attack. As the attack deepens, the number of prisoners will definitely increase continuously.
How good is the people! It doesn’t matter if there are too many people, they are all here to invade. I, Lin Zichao, didn’t cut off their heads and pile them up with Jingguan, that’s all my kindness as the chairman.
Just arrest you as a coolie, and you will chop him up all those who dare to talk nonsense! Don’t look at Old Lin’s gentle and kindness, they were also slaughtering the revolution back then. Not to mention killing someone, even if the old man cut off the heads of 200,000 prisoners in one go, the old man would not frown. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!