It was 8:12 a.m. on the second day of March in the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China.
Xuzhou Fifth Theater Headquarters
Xu Zuyi hurriedly trotted all the way to the war room. Along the way, many staff officers saw that the chief of staff, who usually paid great attention to military appearance, was so rude today. They couldn't help but be surprised. Could it be that something big happened in the war zone?
"Gong De...Gong De, a great victory...a great victory!"
Before Xu Zuyi arrived, the voice came into the war room first.
"Yan Mou, what makes you so happy?"
Soon, Chief Li's voice came from the war room.
"Gong De, what a great victory... The 300 Brigade and the Third Army won a great victory in Linyi!"
Xu Zuyixing hurriedly ran into the war room and saw Chief Li just walking out of it.
As soon as he saw Chief Li come out, Xu Zuyi quickly took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it to him, "Gong De, Su Rui and Pang Bingxun both called. Su Rui said in the telegram that he and the Third Army fought together last night.
The Fifth Division and Liu Guitang's troops entrenched in Tangtou, Fujiachi, and Caopo areas launched a night attack, defeating the Japanese army in one fell swoop and forcing the Japanese army to withdraw to the Shaling area. In the two battles yesterday and last night, they were annihilated together.
The Japanese and puppet troops have more than 8,000 people and have captured countless numbers. Now the remaining 4,000 remnant troops and more than 1,000 puppet troops of the Fifth Division can only huddle in the sand ridge area waiting for Japanese reinforcements. Now Su Rui and Pang Bingxun are asking us for instructions.
The next battle plan!”
"oh!"
When Commander Li heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up. He quickly took the telegram and read it at a glance. After reading it, he closed his eyes and said nothing for a long time before laughing and saying: "Okay... okay! Zhongxin is really excited about this battle."
What a good start!"
Xu Zuyi asked: "Gong De, since Brigadier Su gave us a good start and severely damaged the Fifth Division, we can't waste this good move. What should we do next? Should we order them to take advantage of this opportunity?"
Victory pursuit?"
Commander Li pondered for a while before sighing and shaking his head: "No need, I'm sure that the Third Army must have suffered heavy losses now and is unable to attack anymore. And Zhongxin's 300 Brigade will not be much better, Zhongxin's
After all, the strength of the troops is too small. If Zhongxin’s strength reaches a division, I will definitely order him to continue the attack without any hesitation, but... alas..."
Having said this, Chief Li sighed deeply and stopped talking.
Xu Zuyi also sighed and said, "Yes, it is already remarkable that Brigadier Su can severely damage the Sakayuan Division with more than 7,000 troops and the remnants of Pang Bingxun. We cannot ask too much of him. However, this opportunity
We can’t let it go to waste, this time we have to ask for more things from the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs!”
Chief Li couldn't help laughing: "Haha, we are heroes and see the same thing!"
"Ha ha……"
The two looked at each other and laughed...
The news that Su Rui led the 300 Brigade and the 3rd Army Corps to attack the 5th Division at night and severely damaged the 5th Division quickly spread throughout the 5th Theater and even reached the Ministry of Military Affairs. For a time, the glasses on the ground were shattered.
Almost everyone couldn't believe the news at the first time. When did the majestic Japanese Fifth Division turn into a soft persimmon and was beaten to the ground by Pang Bingxun's no-name army and an unknown no-name brigade?
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Soon, journalists from Xuzhou flocked to the headquarters of the Fifth War Zone, requesting to go to Linyi for field interviews. Some even openly doubted the authenticity of the news, thinking that this was the Fifth War Zone or the front line.
The generals were lying about the military situation, and for a while the whole Xuzhou was in chaos.
But no one expected that the chaos in Xuzhou was just a small climax, and that even greater chaos would occur in Japan.
On the morning of March 2, Japan, a country with advanced information, reported an explosive news. Radio Tokyo reported:
The fifth division, the oldest ace of the imperial army, was suddenly attacked by the Chinese army in Linyi, Shandong Province, and a senior officer was killed...
The Japanese base camp urgently called the North China Front headquarters in Tianjin to quickly check the battle situation and the names of the officers.
However, before it could be found out, the news that "Sakagaki Seishiro was killed" spread in Tokyo the next afternoon. Various media rushed to report it, fearing to fall behind others. Some exclaimed that Sakagaki was the highest-ranking general who died;
Some lamented that the death of the "Flower of the Imperial Army" in battle was the tragedy of the empire; some went in-depth and introduced Sakagaki's life, military exploits and imaginary death in battle at length.
Among them, the "Asahi Shimbun" reported this: In the Battle of Linyi, the commander of the division Seishiro Sakagaki came to the front line to take command in order to inspect the enemy's situation and issue orders at any time. However, he did not expect that a vicious artillery shell flew and hit the commander of the division.
A nearby explosion injured Division Commander Sakagaki in many places in his abdomen, but he was not succumbed to the serious injuries. He still behaved as he did on the red clay ridge of Fengtian during the Russo-Japanese War. He would rather die than retreat, and shouted loudly: "I have not completed the emperor's mission."
By His Majesty's order, the most senior and famous division of the Imperial Army was destroyed by the enemy. I am willing to commit seppuku as an apology to the Emperor!" After shouting, he bowed to the east, wrapped his belly in a yellow woolen coat embroidered with two gold stars, and raised his
He picked up the command sword inlaid with gold and silver on the handle, stabbed himself in the abdomen, and died heroically for his country...
Some newspapers further extended the news and mentioned Sakagaki and his father-in-law as the same names. They said, "The Dai Viet of the past, Sakagaki of today, the son-in-law of the father-in-law, and the son-in-law of the son-in-law. They are all worthy of being the most admired among the Yamato people in Japan."
"God of War"
Soon, the news of Sakagaki's "death" reached his hometown of Iwate Prefecture. His wife Kikuyuki cried so hard that she enshrined her husband Sakagaki's name alongside the tablet of his father Oetsu.
When the "death news" reached the ears of Seishiro Sakagaki, who was still in good health as a reinforcement of Kuhou in Shaling, via radio, Sakagaki, who was dumbfounded, could not help but pointed to the east and cursed through gritted teeth - "a bunch of Tokyo pigs!"
For a time, the entire Chinese and Japanese people were thrown into a panic by a battle that was not too big in scale, and the top leaders of both sides were very busy with it.
Wuhan camp, Chairman Chiang’s official residence
"Ci Xiu, what's going on? Is the news about this great victory true?" Chairman Chiang's voice came from the office.
"Chairman, according to the intelligence coming from below, this matter is indeed true."
Next to the chairman, a middle-aged man with a short stature but bright eyes replied: "And it is said that Nasuri also seized Sakagaki Seishiro's command cane and military coat. This cannot be counterfeited. If it weren't for Sakagaki
If he really fled in defeat, his baton and coat would never fall into our hands."
The collar of this man of short stature and wearing military uniform is inlaid with three shining golden three-pointed stars. This man was the then Chairman of Hubei Province, Political Secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Deputy Director of Wuhan Camp, Commander of Wuhan Garrison and
Chen Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Sixth War Zone and the first-level National Government general in charge of Wuhan’s defense, Chen Cixiu.
"It shouldn't be!"
The Chairman walked in the carpeted office with his hands behind his back, a look of confusion on his face, and murmured: "Is this Suri really so capable? He was able to severely damage Sakagaki with a brigade of troops."
The Fifth Division? What happened to those national army generals who were placed in the hands of the Sakagaki Division a few days ago? Do you mean that my subordinates are just a bunch of losers?"
At the end of his speech, Chairman Chiang's tone became higher and higher, almost roaring.
Seeing Chairman Chiang being angry, Chen Cheng did not dare to say anything and could only stand aside and smile bitterly. Some time ago, the Sakagaki Division set a record of defeating thirty divisions of the National Army with half a division.
For a time, the reputation of the Fifth Division was unparalleled, but I didn't expect that just how long had passed, it was severely damaged by two miscellaneous troops. Doesn't this mean that the thirty divisions of the Central Army were not as strong as two local miscellaneous armies?
Is it useful?
"Niang Xipi, you are a bunch of losers, incompetent!" Chairman Jiang's voice continued to ring in the office, making several attendant officers outside feel frightened, fearing that the big boss inside would take out his anger on people like them.
After losing his temper, Chairman Chiang gasped and asked: "Cixiu, now the telegram requesting credit for Su Rui and Pang Bingxun from the Fifth War Zone has been sent. As the deputy minister of the Military and Political Department, what do you say?
What should we do?”
Chen Cheng thought for a while and said: "Chairman, according to the official opinion, Pang Bingxun's reward is easy to handle. Just give him a Baoding Medal and give him priority to replenish the lost personnel, firearms and some oceans. After all, he has already become an official."
To a lieutenant general, there is no good reward. But that Suri..."
At this point, Chen Cheng's voice paused.
"What's wrong with that Suri? Tell me!" Hearing this, Chairman Chiang became a little unhappy.
Looking at Chairman Chiang who was somewhat displeased, Chen Cheng said sincerely: "Commissioner, in the opinion of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, we did treat Suri a little badly last time. We only gave him the official position of brigade commander, but we didn't treat him well."
He was not given a single soldier or an ocean, and even his military rank was only a colonel. But he managed to pull out a team by relying on his own ability and fought vigorously. Now we have to show something, otherwise
It will chill all the miscellaneous troops in the fifth theater."
Chairman Chiang was silent when he heard this. After all, they did not act kindly last time. They not only protected more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians from escaping across the Yangtze River, but also severely damaged the Yamada detachment of the Japanese army, but the Ministry of Military Affairs only gave him a
The title of brigade commander and the rank of colonel are empty, and even food expenses are not allocated to others.
I just abandoned him last time, but now he has gained such a great reputation for his achievements. If you don't express your opinion again, I'm afraid Buddha will be angry. You can't go too far.
Thinking of this, the Chairman felt his head hurt. He rubbed his eyes and sighed: "Oh, have I really missed a talent?"
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