Chapter 466: Huang Yu: Commander Sato Division has to leave
Chapter 466 Huang Yu: Captain, Sato’s division has to say goodbye (second update)
"Xiao Huang, in the past few hours, the results we have achieved are far more than the more than 1,200 little Japs you killed!" Captain Kong Jie ran over at some point and said with a smile on his face!
"Investigation confirmed: the artillery unit destroyed a total of four Japanese artillery positions. Even if all the Japanese artillery positions were not wiped out, heavy damage is certain!"
"So our results will at least add more than a hundred Japanese gunners and more than twenty mortars!"
"The Cavalry Battalion and the 23rd Battalion launched an attack from the northwest two directions. Although they did not have a direct confrontation with the Japanese, they successfully sent more than 20 thunder cannons to the battlefield and fired 26 explosive packets towards the Japanese circular position...
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"One explosive kills five or six Japs, which adds up to an infantry squadron!"
"Including those killed by the artillery, two squadrons will definitely be indispensable!"
"The special forces and the first battalion launched an attack from the south. The Japanese invested more than 700 people in succession. After the war, there were at most 400 left..."
"Total up all these results...you killed at least 1,800 little devils last night!"
"There are a total of more than 6,000 people left in the Sato division. After deducting losses, there are at most 4,000 people left!"
"As long as that old devil Sato has a little sense, he will definitely retreat today!"
Huang Yu answered confidently: "Captain, Sato can't even retreat even if he wants to!"
"Not only did we kill a large number of Japs on the battlefield, we also seized a large number of gas masks!"
"In addition, what we have saved can already meet the needs of a thousand people!"
"If Sato doesn't retreat today, we will repeat our old tactics after dark and gather a thousand people to attack them... leaving them completely in the northwest of Shanxi, and they won't be able to escape even if they want to!"
"Well said..." Kong Jie ordered happily.
"All units will go back to rest immediately...all the wounded will be sent to field hospitals for rescue..."
"Let's just sit here and wait for Sato's division to come up with new moves!"
Lieutenant General Sato stood on the circular position where the assault battalion had defended last night, looking at the corpses of his subordinates almost connected together at his feet, without saying a word for a long time.
"Division commander..." The chief of staff came over carefully to report...
"We found a total of 1,232 corpses of the Imperial Army here, and none of them belonged to the Eighth Route Army..."
"Except for the corpses outside the position that were not touched, all the corpses in the area occupied by the Independent Regiment were turned over by the Independent Regiment. Weapons, ammunition, gas masks... and even dry food... were all swept away!"
"The total number of discarded poison masks exceeds 600..."
"Including the gas masks equipped by the independent group, they have at least a thousand gas masks in hand!"
"In this way, the threat from gas bombs to them will be greatly reduced!"
"If we use high-explosive shells in the next battle, the artillery positions will be exposed to them!"
"Just like last night's battle, even though we had reduced the bombardment time to the shortest time, they still severely damaged three mortar squadrons!"
"Division Commander, I think we don't...can't..."
The Chief of Staff did not say the last few words, but Lieutenant General Sato could tell from his expression what he wanted to say. He clenched his fists and said with a look of regret!
"We were fooled!"
"The operational goal of the Independent Regiment last night was not to rush into our station and go straight to our division headquarters, but to make use of our determination to hold the circular position, switch from offense to defense, and use defensive warfare to consume a large number of our troops here and force them to
We push out their base and end this sweep!"
"If we were not so desperate and just sent troops to defend the inner line, their plot would not be accomplished and we would not lose so many troops!"
The chief of staff became anxious upon hearing this, fearing that the division commander would want to continue the fight, so he quickly retorted: "Division commander, I don't agree with this statement!"
"Perhaps the purpose of the Independent Group is indeed exactly the same as you judged!"
"But if we don't send troops to retake the lost circular position, they will flank our troops defending other circular positions along the circular position!"
"There are more than a thousand elites there. They will definitely not be able to withstand the independent group's joint attack from several directions. Our losses are likely to be even greater than here!"
Lieutenant General Sato did have the idea of continuing to defend. After hearing the chief of staff's rebuttal, he fell silent.
The independent regiment that occupied this place was able to eliminate more than a thousand of their elites through blockades, which shows that their combat effectiveness is very strong.
If they really flanked the defenders in other directions, it would really be possible to catch them all in one fell swoop.
Just when he was lost in thought again, thinking about the next move of Sato's division, Colonel Noda suddenly ran over: "Division commander... the casualties in the other three directions of the circular position have been counted!"
"More than 260 people were lost in the due south direction... A total of two infantry squadrons were lost in the northwest direction!"
The chief of staff couldn't bear it any longer. Looking at Lieutenant General Sato, he interrupted with a serious look on his face: "Division commander, we can't continue the fight!"
"In addition to the loss of artillery... we lost nearly 2,000 people in the battle that just ended, basically all of them are front-line combat troops!"
"I just made some calculations in my mind. The entire Sato division totals only more than 4,800 people, and there are nearly a thousand wounded of all kinds!"
"There are less than 4,000 soldiers who can continue to fight!"
"Minus the medical corps, baggage troops, artillery, machine gunners, engineers, civilian officers..."
"The remaining front-line combat troops are less than 3,000!"
"The heavy firepower also suffered heavy losses in the battle just now, and it is even more incomparable to the independent regiment!"
"Now they have more than a thousand gas masks, and they are not even afraid of our gas bombs!"
"If they repeat their old tricks tonight and continue to raid the ring defense line and use blockades and artillery to consume a large number of our troops, the remaining troops of the Sato Division may not be able to hold on for even two nights!"
"I suggest that the troops immediately destroy unnecessary baggage and ammunition, move forward with light equipment, and evacuate the independent regiment base area as quickly as possible!"
"If we don't retreat the Sato division, it will be over!"
Colonel Noda on the side also realized the dangerous situation facing the troops and immediately supported: "Division commander, I completely agree with the chief of staff's analysis... We can't continue fighting!"
The chief of staff continued: "I know that the division commander is worried that the military headquarters will not agree to our retreat..."
"But I don't think this is a problem. As long as you report the true situation faced by Sato's division to the military headquarters, they will definitely agree to our retreat!"
"Unless the other two divisions can make a major breakthrough within two days, not only will we not be able to hold back the independent regiment, but we will also put the other division into a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides!"
The situation was irresistible. Lieutenant General Sato finally chose to compromise and sighed: "I will send a telegram to the military headquarters now...Whether we can retreat or not depends on the final order from the military headquarters!"
The chief of staff was afraid that Lieutenant General Sato would regret it, so he quickly said: "The division commander is wise!"
"I believe that the military will not let the Sato division be destroyed here!"
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