Monthly pass, brothers, do you still have a monthly pass?
"Nani? Have you figured out the number of the army on the opposite side?"
Sakagaki Seishiro was startled and asked immediately: "Which army is it?"
Saburo Kawabe said word for word: "The full name of this unit is the 300th Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army!"
"The 300th Brigade?" Sakagaki Seishiro was startled. He quickly thought about it in his mind, but he didn't have any information about this unit.
Due to his long-term work and life in China, Itagaki Seishiro knew all about China's geography, politics, economy, and military situation, especially the military. He knew all the slightly famous troops and generals. This was why Emperor Hirohito and the base camp valued him.
But this time Sakagaki couldn't remember the information about the 300 Brigade. Finally, he asked in confusion: "Kawabe-kun, are you mistaken? How come I never know about the China 300 Brigade?"
never heard of that?"
Saburo Kawabe also smiled bitterly at the side: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's not surprising that you haven't heard of it, because this unit has just been established, but if you talk about his commander, you may have an impression of it.
The commander is the Chinese colonel who covered the withdrawal of more than 100,000 remaining Chinese troops from Nanjing a few months ago, his name is Su Rui!"
"What? Is he the Chinese colonel who evacuated from Nanjing? The Su Rui who annihilated the Yamada detachment with a poison gas? The commander of the 36th Division Independent Regiment?"
Sakagaki Seishiro asked several questions in quick succession, his urgent tone was very different from his usual steady demeanor.
It’s no wonder that Seishiro Sakagaki lost his composure, because the poisonous gas Suri used at Yijiangmen was so cruel. The tragic image of an entire detachment of 5,000 people being annihilated shocked the entire Japanese military. For the first time, Japanese senior officials realized
If the opponent also masters the poison gas bomb, it will be very lethal to oneself, especially if they also master a poison gas that is much more powerful than their own poison gas bomb.
In view of this, the Japanese base camp had to issue an unprecedented order to its own troops, ordering the troops below to use as little or no poison gas bombs as possible in the future to avoid accusations from the international community.
Of course, the reason was not stated in this shy order, but senior generals like Sakagaki Seishiro still learned about the cause of the matter from their own channels.
Now when Sakagaki heard that the Chinese colonel who broke out from Nanjing was actually fighting with him opposite him, his mind immediately became active. If he could defeat the 300 Brigade here or kill or even capture the Chinese colonel alive,
Now that he has made a public appearance, he might immediately enter the eyes of the emperor and become an important minister of the empire.
"Yo Xi, pass on my order and order Liu Guitang to lead his troops to launch an attack on Daling. The attack must be fierce and create the impression of a large-scale invasion. Also, send a report to the 3rd Flying Division and ask them to continue
Send planes to support us and we must destroy this army."
"Hai!"
Following Seishiro Sakagaki's order, the Japanese army, which suffered heavy losses, not only did not reduce the intensity of its attack, but even more frantically increased the intensity of its attack on the Niangniang Temple area. The field artillery regiment of the Fifth Division also desperately fought with the 300 Brigade's
The artillery battalion launched a counterattack, and the battle situation fell into a state of anxiety for a time.
"Reporting to the commander, the Japanese army has stepped up its attack again, and the fighting in the area around the Empress Temple is very fierce."
"Reporting to the brigade, Liu Guitang's troops have also stepped up their attacks in the Daling area."
"Well, is this old devil Sakagaki going to fight for his life? Why is he as excited as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood?"
Suri was slightly startled. He didn't know that Sakagaki Seishiro became so active because he detected his identity. However, for Suri, who had sufficient ammunition and a favorable defensive position, he did not
Mind working to reduce the Japanese population.
"Pass my order for Bai Jingran to lead the teaching team to the Daling area to take over from the 399th Regiment."
Immediately afterwards, Suri issued another order that was a bit confusing.
A staff officer hesitated for a moment and then carefully reminded: "Brigade, there are only more than a thousand people in the teaching group, and most of them are just recruits and student soldiers. I'm afraid it's not good to just send them up like this, right?"
Suri squinted his eyes and said, "It is precisely because most of them are new recruits that they should get more exercise."
The establishment of the teaching regiment was the result of Su Rui's push. The predecessor of the teaching regiment was the supplementary regiment. Su Rui originally just wanted to have a place to accommodate redundant soldiers so that he could serve the two main regiments 398 and 399 at any time.
Provide sufficient replacement troops.
But later, the nature of the supplementary regiment gradually changed after those student soldiers unexpectedly joined. After these student soldiers joined the supplementary regiment, they brought a fresh blood.
Su Rui attaches great importance to these knowledgeable and educated student soldiers. Now the 300 brigade is very lacking in intellectual talents. Except for a few staff officers from the brigade, the rest include Lin Shiqian and Li Yifeng.
They are almost a group of semi-literate people.
In order to change this situation as soon as possible, Suri not only forced these officers to start studying whenever they had time, but also planned to gradually introduce some knowledgeable people to serve as staff officers and grassroots commanders.
Because of this, Su Ruicai changed the name of the supplementary regiment to the teaching regiment, trying to turn it into a seed troop and a model troop for the 300 brigades, rather than a recruit training camp that could only provide supplementary troops.
The staff at the brigade headquarters all know that Su Rui attaches great importance to this regiment, so they usually try their best to place the teaching group in a safe place when formulating a combat plan. Now Su Rui actually changed his mind and sent a teaching group to the regiment.
Going to the front line to fight, this greatly exceeded the expectations of the staff.
"A jade cannot be made into a weapon if it is not polished. A soldier who has not fought hard and tough battles will not become a good officer."
Su Rui just explained this and asked the staff to convey the order...
The Sakagaki division, which originally wanted to capture Linyi in one go, encountered a tough problem today. They fought for a whole day. Under the rain of bullets, whether it was a brigade-level or a coalition-level attack, they could only be defeated.
It was not until nightfall that Sakagaki had to give the order to stop the attack.
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"Today, our 42nd Regiment lost 536 people and wounded 724, and our 21st Regiment lost 612 people and wounded 709, and there are still some missing.
One hundred and thirty-six people, our division's total casualties today are 2,581... Counting yesterday's casualties of the 11th Regiment, our division's total casualties..."
"I don't want to hear these casualty figures, I just want to know how many combatants there are in the Fifth Division!"
Saburo Kawabe replied bitterly: "In view of the fact that the 11th Regiment has basically lost its combat effectiveness and has less than a thousand men, we have calculated that since our unit is temporarily short of the 41st Regiment, we will not have enough troops to launch an attack tomorrow.
There are about 7,000 people. Including Liu Mantang's troops, we can still have about 11,000 people fighting."
Sakagaki said in a daze: "In other words, after these days of fighting, our casualties have been almost 8,000?"
Colonel Hebian said bravely: "That's it, your Excellency, the division commander."
Since the war of aggression against China, the Fifth Division has always had smooth sailing. At its most glorious time, it set a record of half a division defeating thirty Chinese divisions. There has never been a vicious battle with such heavy losses as today.
been.
The heavy casualties even frightened Saburo Kawabe, an officer who had been in the army for more than ten years. According to this plan, the fifth division would be exhausted in less than three days.
Sakagaki frowned and asked: "Kawabe-kun, did the Third Flying Division promise to send fighter planes to help tomorrow?"
Saburo Kawabe nodded: "The Third Division has already agreed, but they said that since they lost eight bombers today, they asked us to take the lead in clearing China's air defense positions."
Seishiro Sakagaki was furious, "Baga, China's air defense positions are arranged behind their positions, how to clear them? Do they want us to fly over? They need to understand one thing, we are an army, not an air force! You immediately call the third party
The pilot regiment generates electricity. If their fighter planes cannot arrive on time tomorrow, then I will have to send a telegram to the base camp to accuse them of inaction!"
Seishiro Sakagaki could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and roared in the headquarters.
Just when Seishiro Sakagaki was furious, Su Rui also met with Pang Bingxun at the headquarters of the Third Army in Linyi City.
"Haha... Brother Zhongxin, your 300 brigade fought so hard today, with those machine guns, those rifles, those cannons... tsk tsk tsk tsk... Brother, I'm convinced. The most generous person in our national army is probably Fei Fei.
You three hundred brigade must belong to you!" Pang Bingxun extended his thumb and kept praising.
Today's battle really opened Pang Bingxun's eyes. In this battle, the Fifth Division was not so much repelled by the 300 Brigade as it was killed by bullets. Pang Bingxun never thought that it would be possible to fight in a battle.
They were so generous and allowed the Japanese to attack however they wanted. The 300 brigade led by Su Rui just hid in the trenches and fired countless bullets to make the attacking Japanese lose their temper.
In addition, the Japanese field artillery regiments and aircraft were all restrained by anti-aircraft firepower and artillery battalions. They failed to play any role in today's battle, which made the Japanese army fight so hard.
Su Rui waved his hand modestly: "Haha... Sir Pang, please don't praise me. Although our department gave Sakagaki, an old devil, a blow in the head today, our losses were not small. Our department's casualties also reached
We have more than a thousand people. Our three hundred brigade has a small capital and cannot afford to fight such a war of attrition."
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