Just when Gao Hongming was happy to have a new chief of staff, the panting Suzuki Shigeyasu appeared in the headquarters of the 37th Division. Looking at the embarrassed Suzuki Shigeyasu, Adachi Twenty-Three could not believe it.
own eyes.
He naturally knew that the Ninth Brigade was defeated, but because the incident happened suddenly and he had to command the 37th Division to launch an attack on Guojialing, he only knew that the Liantai Militia and the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked the Ninth Brigade together.
The Ninth Brigade launched an attack, so that his classmate from mainland China suffered a loss, but he never expected that he would be in such a mess.
Seeing Adachi Twenty-san's surprised expression, Suzuki Shigeyasu showed a bitter expression: "Adachi-kun, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble."
"What happened?" Anda Twenty-Three had already realized that things might be worse than he expected, but he didn't understand how things could get to this point.
"Today the Liantai Militia and the Eighth Route Army launched a surprise attack on the Ninth Brigade. Not only did they use heavy artillery to prepare for half an hour's artillery fire on our position, but they also dispatched tank troops, catching us off guard."
Suzuki Shigeyasu said in a daze: "Less than twenty minutes after the opponent launched the attack, my first position was breached, and then the Chinese army launched an attack on the second position. Just as I was preparing to send an independent tank brigade to attack China
When the Chinese launched a counterattack, a small Chinese force suddenly came near my headquarters.
I didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was just a small group of Chinese troops, but I didn't expect that the firepower of these Chinese troops was extremely fierce. In less than half an hour, nearly a small group of garrison troops were on the line, and I immediately ordered the tank group to attack."
Hearing this, Adachi Twenty-three nodded. Suzuki Shigeyasu was right to do this. If it were him, he would have made the same decision.
"But...but..."
Speaking of this, Suzuki Shigeyasu showed a look of regret on his face, "At the beginning, the tank squadron did go smoothly. At one time, it forced the opponent to retreat continuously, but then they actually called for artillery support. In less than ten minutes, my
The chariot brigade was blown away by the opponent's heavy artillery, and the garrison suffered all casualties, so I was forced to order a retreat."
"The Chinese actually used heavy artillery?"
Anda Twenty-Three's expression became solemn. Commander Gangcun had warned them before that the Liantai Militia was different from the national army they had encountered before. Not only did they have a powerful artillery, they even had dozens of aircraft.
Fortunately, they don't have many fighter planes. They suffered heavy losses in the air battle with the Third Flying Group a few days ago, and they haven't seen their planes in action for several days.
However, Adachi Twenty-san did not underestimate the Liantai Militia for this reason. For this reason, he and Suzuki Shigeyasu specially formulated a strategy to attack the Third Army first, and then attack the Liantai Militia and the Eighth Route Army. Unexpectedly, they had just started a war with the Third Army.
Not long after, the Liantai Militia joined forces with the Eighth Route Army to attack the Ninth Brigade.
After pondering for a while, Anda Twenty-Three said: "Suzuki-kun, it seems that Gao Hongming and the Eighth Route Army have seen through our plan. If I am not wrong, they will start trying tomorrow after they defeat your brigade.
Start harassing the 37th Division, preventing us from attacking the Third Army with all our strength."
Originally, Suzuki Shigeyasu was already irritable because of the defeat. Now when he heard Adachi Twenty-san say this, his face turned blue and white, and he stood up and said loudly: "Don't worry, Adachi-kun, I
I won't make it difficult for you.
I will immediately reorganize the troops, and tomorrow I will immediately lead the ninth brigade to launch a counterattack against the Liantai militia, and I will not let them affect our original plan!"
After saying that, he picked up the command knife and was about to walk out of the headquarters, but was held back by Anda Twenty-Three.
"Suzuki-kun, what are you doing?"
Anda Twenty-Three said sternly: "This is China... this is a battlefield, not an exercise we held on the mainland. If we lose, we can do it again. Do you think you have the ability to launch a counterattack with your current military strength?"
"I……"
Suzuki Shigeyasu wanted to say something, even if I have no ability, I can die on the battlefield, but he couldn't say it.
When officials reached their level, they naturally couldn't talk about "Jade Broken" like low-level officers, and act like it was an honor to die for the Emperor all day long.
The Ninth Brigade lost 3,000 people in today's battle. Although the Ninth Brigade, which has an establishment of more than 8,000 people, cannot be said to be a loss of strength, it is also a serious loss of vitality. They want to reorganize the troops in one night.
Easier said than done.
If he really wants to do this, judging from the firepower of the Liantai militia he encountered today, there is a chance that the Ninth Brigade will really be 'broken', and then he, the brigade leader, will really have no choice but to have a caesarean section to apologize.
Seeing that Suzuki Shigeyasu didn't speak, Adachi Twenty-san also knew the temper of his old classmate. He patted his shoulder and slowed down his tone: "I know you suffered a setback today and feel very uncomfortable, but you are physically and mentally uncomfortable."
As senior generals of the empire, we must take a long-term view.
Although the Chinese people have taken advantage of it today, there will still be a long time to come. What we have to do now is to drag those Chinese people here firmly. When our large army arrives, those Chinese people will not be able to take advantage of them even if they have wings.
Can't escape."
"I see."
After being comforted by Adachi Twenty-Three, Suzuki Shigeyasu also regained his senses, "Adachi-kun, thank you for your enlightenment. But I want to advise you, you'd better arrive as soon as possible with your artillery regiment, otherwise the lotus platform will be closed tomorrow."
If the militia makes another surprise attack on the 37th Division, our sect will be very passive."
"I know."
Anda Twenty-Three nodded.
"I have sent a telegram to the artillery regiment to speed up. They will arrive tonight and can go into battle tomorrow. By then we will not have to fear Chinese artillery fire."
Speaking of this, Suzuki Shigeyasu gritted his teeth: "Those people from the Army Aviation are really useless. They just fought a few battles with the Chinese and never showed up again. If there were aircraft support from the Army Aviation today, the Ninth Brigade would
I will not suffer such a disastrous defeat. After this battle is over, I will definitely accuse these bastards to Commander Gangcun!"
Hearing this, Anda 23 also frowned. The performance of Army Aviation these days is indeed a bit strange. It stands to reason that although some aircraft were lost in the past few days, considering the size of the Third Aviation Group, these losses were
It's still affordable, but why do they seem to disappear collectively these days? What's going on?