There is a small mountain village less than fifty miles away from Yangping Town. Although this small mountain village is not large in area, its terrain is quite hidden and dangerous.
Originally, there were more than a dozen families living here. Most of the villagers made a living by hunting and collecting herbs, and lived a life without fighting against the world. However, as the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain unfolded, the peace of this mountain village was broken. Countless Japanese soldiers
A sudden swarm of people came, and except for a very small number of villagers who went out to hunt, all the men, women, and children who stayed in the village were slaughtered to death.
All the villagers who were killed did not know that the reason why they suffered this unnecessary disaster was just because the Japanese army took a fancy to this mountain village and designated this mountain village as their headquarters. In order to keep it secret, the Japanese did not hesitate to kill almost all the villagers.
Kill them all.
Today, in this Japanese temporary headquarters, which was heavily protected by a full regiment of troops, the four division commanders who participated in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain all gathered together for a meeting.
The weather in Zhongtiao Mountain is extremely hot in June. The scorching sunshine makes the earth smoke. The drooping willow branches of a few willow trees are hanging softly. A few wolf dogs led by Japanese soldiers can only stand in the shade of the trees.
Stick out your tongue vigorously.
Even though the weather is so hot, there are still several patrol teams frequently patrolling near the mountain village. The officers leading the team do not dare to slack off even if it is so hot that they are about to suffer from heat stroke, because at this time, if there are people meeting in the village,
If there is any accident, the entire battle of Zhongtiao Mountain will collapse in an instant.
In a small room, the Chief of Staff of the 31st Division Akihisa Sakagami shouted to the other division commanders and chiefs of staff in the room: "Everyone, according to the deployment of Commander Gangmura,
We should continue to attack Yangping Town, Guojialing and Gaojiazhuang simultaneously with superior force, and completely defeat the Chinese people with thunderous force, instead of thinking about how to become deserters."
"Your Excellency, this is just your wishful thinking." Colonel Akenogaoka, Chief of Staff of the 33rd Division, responded unceremoniously, "Our division has been fighting continuously for half a month, and the casualties of the troops have reached astonishing levels.
Sixty-five percent, if the fight continues, the 33rd Division will definitely lose its combat effectiveness due to excessive casualties. This is absolutely not allowed!"
"Baga, we are His Majesty the Emperor's Imperial Army, how can we be intimidated by small casualties?" Akihisa Sakagami glared at Akino Oka, "Your 33rd Division suffered heavy casualties, and we were stumped by our 31st Division.
Are the casualties of the regiment small? Don't forget that it has been a month since our division arrived, but our division's determination to completely eliminate Gao Hongming and these Chinese troops here has not wavered!"
"There is no wavering... Haha..." Akino Qiuhe sneered: "Well, since Chief of Staff Sakagami is so determined, I wish you immediate success. Well, let me make a suggestion. In view of the thirty
The Third Division suffered too many casualties. Our division will retreat as a whole to Yangcheng County, a hundred kilometers away, for half a month to repair, and wait for the arrival of additional troops before entering the battle. What does Chief of Staff Sakagami think?"
Akihisa Sakagami stood up and glared angrily, "This is a shameful act of avoiding war. How come there are so many cowards like you in the 33rd Division?"
As soon as Sakagami Akihisa said these words, the venue suddenly became noisy, and many officers of the 33rd Division who were originally sitting at the back could no longer bear it.
Before the 33rd Division arrived at Qiuyang County, the artillery wing was destroyed by the Liantai Flying Brigade. After arriving at Zhongtiao Mountain, they faced the Liantai Militia Group, which had the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness. They fought the hardest.
It also suffered the greatest casualties.
Two of the four infantry regiments were completely wiped out, and now they are being called cowards. How can the officers of the 33rd Division endure this?
A staff officer with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on his shoulder said coldly: "Chief of Staff Sakagami, if you think that the 33rd Division is a coward, please lead the 31st Division to attack Yangping Town immediately, Gao Hongming
They are waiting for you there. As long as you can defeat the Liantai militia and capture Gao Hongming alive, I believe even Commander-in-Chief Hata Shunroku will be very happy and personally ask for credit for you, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Sakagami Akihisa was so angry that he drew his command knife on the spot, "Bagayalu, you bastard who dares to commit such a crime, believe it or not, I will chop you up?"
Not only was Lieutenant Colonel not afraid, but he also drew his command sword: "I heard that Mr. Sakagami comes from a samurai family, and I would also like to learn from him."
Seeing that a lieutenant colonel and a colonel actually pulled out their command swords on the spot and wanted to fight, the division commanders who had been sitting silently in their seats could no longer remain silent.
"That's enough!" Lieutenant General Amakasu Jutaro, commander of the 33rd Division, stood up, looked around at everyone and said loudly: "For this battle of Nakatiao Mountain, the empire's 100,000-strong army has lost more than 30,000 people.
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Who can tell me, if we continue to fight, how many casualties will we have to pay even if we can severely damage the opposite team composed of the Liantai Militia, the Eighth Route Army and the Third China Army?
Let me put it bluntly, if it comes to a life-or-death situation, who can guarantee that Gao Hongming will not use special bombs again, and what will we do then?"
As soon as Jutaro Amakasu's words came out, everyone fell silent.
The Japanese are not fools, especially when they become mid- to senior-level officers, their perspective on problems is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary mid-level and low-level officers.
To put it bluntly, war is the same as doing business. As the saying goes, some people do business of beheading, but no one wants to do business of losing money. Faced with the risk of losing the family fortune, even a fanatical person must
Think twice.
Someone said faintly: "According to the report of the Army Aviation Corps, China built an airport in Yangping Town. They can transport large quantities of ammunition, new troops, and sick and wounded through transport planes every day. How can we defeat an army with high fighting will and obtain
Troops with a steady supply of personnel and supplies.”
Everyone was silent for a moment, and someone suddenly said: "We can use airplanes to cut off their air transportation lines!"
The person who said this immediately received dozens of pairs of eyes. In order to fight for air supremacy, the Third Aviation Group almost lost them. Now they are still hiding at the airport licking their wounds. Are you going to shoot down their plane by spitting?
Just when many people felt a little discouraged, a communications staff officer suddenly ran into the venue and shouted: "Report, we have just received a report from Gao Hongming of the Liantai Militia, Commander Chen of the Eighth Route Army, and Tang Huaiyuan, Commander of the Third China Army.
A clear telegram said that they were about to retreat and hoped to stay where they were with the imperial army and not move arbitrarily to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, otherwise the imperial army would be responsible for all consequences."
"idiot!"
As soon as the staff officer's words came out, there was a burst of national curses in the venue. Many officers were so angry that they jumped up. Are there any bullies like you?