"Moxi Moxi, this is the headquarters of the Sixth Division, where are you? What, the Chinese have occupied Xiaobaoshan in Makou Lake? Baga... what did you do? Organize troops immediately to take it back!"
"Sixth Artillery Regiment, the division commander orders you to launch an attack on China's artillery group immediately. I don't care what your casualties are, you must fight back... fight back!"
In a large old house in Guangji County, Japanese soldiers wearing khaki military uniforms were busy everywhere. Most of them were holding folders instead of rifles. The whole old house was filled with chaos.
A busy scene.
An officer wearing the rank of colonel walked up to the division commander, Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro, who was contemplating with his eyes closed, and whispered: "Your Excellency, division commander, Colonel Miura Mao of the Artillery Regiment called and said that they are working with China.
In the battle between the artillery groups, all twelve 120 howitzers were lost, and only eleven of the thirty-six field guns were left, requesting to be withdrawn from their positions for rest and recuperation."
"Nani? Recuperate?"
Inaba Shiro couldn't help but became furious, widened his eyes and cursed: "What does Miura Mao want to do? Rest and recuperate now? He can think of it, doesn't he know that as soon as they withdraw from the 11th Brigade stationed at Makou Lake?
Will he be suppressed by the full force of the Chinese artillery group? Absolutely not! You tell Miura Mao immediately that I will never allow him to withdraw from the position unless all his regiments are dead!"
"But your Excellency, Division Commander, if we don't withdraw the 6th Artillery Regiment, all of it will be shattered. That's a whole regiment!" Chief of Staff Shimono Ichihuo Dazuo begged bitterly. Miura Mao had no personal relationship with him.
He really couldn't bear to see his friend die on the battlefield.
After a moment of silence, Inaba Shiro Nan Nan said to himself: "Why did the artillery regiment lose so miserably? Is China's 300 Division really that powerful?"
Shimono Yihuo said bitterly: "Your Majesty, Division Commander, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. Whether we are willing or not, we must admit that the 300 Division is indeed the most powerful force in China at present. Why did our artillery regiment lose?"
It's so miserable because their artillery is all 155-caliber heavy howitzers. Their range and power far exceed all types of artillery in our division. In addition, our aviation force has also been attacked by their air force.
The blockade failed to provide us with air cover, which led to our current situation."
Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro fell silent. He officially took over the position of commander of the Sixth Division on December 8 last year. Before he came to take office, he heard that his predecessor, Lieutenant General Hisao Tani, was killed by a man named Su
A small force led by Rui's men was disgraced and defeated in Nanjing, and finally had to run back to Japan in despair and sit on the bench.
Now it was his turn to face the Chinese troops led by Suri. Is this guy named Suri really the nemesis of the empire? Thinking of this, Inaba Shiro's head started to hurt.
At the end of last month, that is, August 30, Inaba Shiro led the Sixth Division to attack Guangji. After eight days and eight nights of fierce fighting, Guangji was finally defeated, but the Sixth Division also suffered losses of more than 3,000 soldiers.
People had to stop and wait to make up for the more than 3,000 people who died in the battle.
But what they were waiting for was not the reinforcements from the country, but dozens of fighter planes roaring past and nearly 20,000 Chinese soldiers armed to the teeth.
As soon as Shiro Inaba and the 300 Division fought against each other, he felt that the fighting style of this army was completely different from the Chinese army he had encountered before. Shiro Inaba had encountered many opponents in the past, and they all had their own styles, or
Cunning, stubborn, brave, there are all kinds of things.
But the style of this army is unique. To describe it in one sentence, it is barbaric, very barbaric!
They are like a steamroller, crushing everything they encounter into powder. From the beginning of the war to now, their artillery has been bombarding their own positions with full force, as if their artillery shells were blown by the strong wind.
They seemed to be spreading the news to their heart's content. If he hadn't been quick and quick to pull the artillery fire of the entire division to contain them, I'm afraid the Makou Lake position would have been leveled by them, right?
"correct!"
Shiro Inaba suddenly remembered something and asked his chief of staff: "Shimono-kun, have the Imperial Air Force driven away all the Chinese fighter planes? How is the fight now?"
Shimono Yihuo shook his head sadly: "It can only be said that it was a lose-lose battle. After the empire's aviation lost twenty-five fighters and twenty-nine bombers, the first wave of attacking troops withdrew, and now the third flight
The division has been reinforced with more than 30 fighter planes, and they are fighting fiercely with the Chinese fighter planes to seize air supremacy. At least today, the imperial aviation force has no way to support us, and we have to rely on ourselves for everything.
"
Inaba Shiro was silent for a long time, and then said: "Shimono-kun, please immediately send a report to Commander Okamura and ask him to urge the 2nd Division and the 106th Division to speed up and move closer to me. They must arrive within two days.
, otherwise our Sixth Division cannot guarantee that it will be able to hold on until reinforcements arrive."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!"
Shimono Ichigo opened his eyes wide and looked at Inaba Shiro in disbelief. As the division commander, he actually sent such a depressing telegram. Wasn't he afraid that it would affect his career?
"Go quickly!" Inaba Shiro glared at him, "I know what I'm doing, go and send a telegram!"
"Hai!"
Seeing that Inaba Shiro had made up his mind, Shimono Kazuhiro had no choice but to walk out.
While Inaba Shiro was waiting for reinforcements to arrive, Suri also looked at the sky and remained silent.
The fierce battle in the air lasted until noon, and the Chinese and Japanese sides fought in darkness. The First Squadron shot down 25 Japanese planes at the cost of losing 18 fighter planes, and the ground air defense group also shot down 29 Japanese planes.
Bombers can be said to have achieved brilliant results.
But Su Rui was not happy, because in this battle, he lost nine more pilots, two of whom were veteran pilots brought over by Zheng Shaoyu a few days ago. Although the first wave of Japanese aircraft retreated,
However, unwilling to fail, the Japanese army sent more than 30 additional fighter planes and rushed over. Suri had no choice but to order the exhausted 1st Squadron to retreat and let the 2nd Squadron on standby rush over to meet the enemy.
At this moment, Su Rui deeply felt that his own background was still far inferior to that of the Japanese army. Although he could continuously produce brand-new aircraft for pilots to ride on, there were really too few pilots who could fly aircraft.
I only have sixty fighter pilots at my fingertips, and if one of them dies, there will be one missing, and there is no place to replenish them. The second batch of pilots recruited are still receiving training at the airport in Suixian County, even though they are receiving a streamlined version of the training.
But within a few months, it would be impossible to take off for combat.
Even if the Japanese are suffering a loss now, they can afford it and can continue to send reinforcements in the future, but they cannot. If Suri really wipes out all the flying brigade, recapturing Guangji can only be an empty talk.
Feeling Su Rui's anxiety, Liang Zhi came over and comforted him: "Sir, you don't have to worry too much. It doesn't matter if we can't capture Guangji. At least we can withdraw. It should be noted that victory or defeat is a common matter for military officers. There is no such thing as
A general who never loses a battle in his life, didn't Napoleon I also suffer a tragic defeat at Waterloo?"
Su Rui forced a smile, sat down, looked at the map on the table and began to think deeply.
It is now clear that the Sixth Division is a defensive force. If they occupy the advantageous location and refuse to retreat, it will be a hard nut to crack. Lin Shiqian's 398th Brigade has been fighting for a long time, and now it has occupied the position.
It is a small hill. According to this progress, it will take at least three or four days to capture Guangji. But if we really have to wait until three or four days later, the Japanese reinforcements will definitely have arrived here. By then, let alone capturing Guangji, I will be the only one.
The only option is to run away quickly.
"How about releasing poison gas bombs on Makou Lake?"
Even Su Rui was startled when this idea came out. He quickly shook his head. This approach was really undesirable. Some time ago, the Nationalist Government had signed an agreement with the Japanese army, and neither party was allowed to use chemical weapons without authorization, otherwise
will be severely punished.
My reputation as a poison gas general is already very loud. If I release poison gas again, the south will definitely trigger crazy revenge from the Japanese. I don’t know how many people will suffer by then. And when fighting on our own land, if we use poison gas bombs indiscriminately,
The south will leave endless hidden dangers to future generations.
After thinking for a long time, Su Rui couldn't think of any good way. He said to Liang Zhi depressedly: "Ziran, since the Japanese army has put on such a defensive posture, we might as well send the third squadron out to attack the ground.
What do you think of supporting me?"
"You want to mobilize the Stuka squadron?" Liang Zhi asked: "But we have not yet obtained air superiority. If we send them out without authorization, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary losses."
"We can't care about that much anymore!" Su Rui said impatiently: "Now the battlefield has reached a deadlock. If we don't use strong force to break the deadlock, it is impossible for us to capture Guangji within two days. If we wait until the Japanese army
When reinforcements arrive, we have no choice but to retreat. By then, we will have nothing but casualties."
Liang Zhi thought for a while and could only say helplessly, "Okay, you can give it a try!"
Ten minutes later, the Third Squadron (Stuka Squadron) far away in Wuhan received an attack order from Suri.
Soon, the assembly bell at the airport rang. A pilot who was leisurely chatting and resting at the airport jumped up like clockwork, and all of them rushed towards their cars.
Also busy with them were many ground staff, who were pushing carts and preparing to load the big guys on the carts onto the plane...
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