Thick smoke of gunpowder still shrouded the sky over Yangchun County, and sporadic gunfire rang out from time to time. It was the troops mopping up the remaining Japanese troops.
Wearing an ordinary soldier's combat uniform without any military rank on his collar, Su Rui slowly walked into Yangchun County under the escort of hundreds of soldiers.
Along the way, Su Rui saw many corpses, including Japanese soldiers in yellow-brown military uniforms and soldiers of the Three Hundred Army in gray-green combat uniforms, stretching all the way from the county seat. Although most of these corpses belonged to the Japanese army,
But Suri's heart was still heavy.
In order to conquer this county, the Three Hundred Army has sacrificed the lives of too many soldiers.
Taking a long breath of the smoke-filled air, the slightly spicy breath stimulated Su Rui's nasal cavity. Su Rui turned to a combat staff officer beside him and asked: "Have our results and casualties been calculated?"
The staff officer nodded with a heavy expression and reported: "Military seat, the casualties have been counted. In this battle, our army annihilated more than 18,000 Japanese troops, including the Japanese division commander Jun Imamura, and seized a rifle."
More than 16,000 of them destroyed five Japanese tanks and more than 160 cars...More than 300 light and heavy machine guns were fired, but our army suffered casualties...Our army suffered casualties of more than 5,000 people and 41 tanks.
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When Su Rui heard the footsteps, he couldn't help but paused. The staff officer beside him saw that the military commander's face was very bad, so he quickly said: "Military commander, in fact, most of the casualties of our army were lost during the siege.
, because the Japanese have set up fortresses and shooting holes everywhere, many soldiers in our army are not familiar with this fighting method, which leads to a large increase in casualties."
Su Rui sighed, looked at the corpses everywhere, and sighed: "Every inch of mountains and rivers, every inch of blood, I don't know how many outstanding young people will fall on the road to national rejuvenation!"
"Report!"
A soldier wearing a tank leather cap and whose military uniform was torn in several places stood in front of him. Suri stared at him for a while before he recognized the man.
Seeing the person coming, Su Rui sneered: "Oh, who do I think it is? It turns out to be Commander Li of our armored regiment. Aren't you always well-dressed and have a very strict military demeanor? Why are you so embarrassed today?"
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Su Rui's words may sound very harsh at first, but people who know him well know that this is a sign that Chief Su is going to get angry. Although Li Chenzhe is Xu Yaoshan's cousin, he can barely be regarded as Su Rui's uncle.
But Su Rui never gave this uncle any special care in his daily life. He was scolded and punished when he deserved it. In order to train the armored regiment well, Li Chenzhe simply lost several kilograms of flesh, but there were some things he couldn't achieve.
When Suri asked for it, he still scolded him when he needed to, and showed no mercy at all.
At this time, Li Chenzhe was in a mess, his face was dark, and his military uniform was almost turned into rags. Since his car was blown up by the Japanese soldier Iwasaki Ryota who exploded the explosive package, he was lucky enough to escape with his life and did not retreat.
He went down to rest, but continued to direct the troops to attack via radio. After two days of fighting, it ended up like this.
At this moment, when he heard Su Rui's suppressed angry curses, he lowered his head and remained silent.
"What? You are silent now. Where has your previous arrogance gone? Aren't you, Commander Li, very capable? Didn't you always drive your tank around and rush to the front? What about now? Where is your tank? Where is it?
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The more Su Rui talked, the angrier he became, and his spit almost hit Li Chenzhe's face.
"If I hadn't seen the rank on your collar, I would have thought you were the captain of the death squad? I gave you an armored regiment with more than 90 tanks and more than a thousand soldiers with the highest level of education. Is it just for this?
Are you being asked to be a death squad? Do you know that you are the commander of the regiment, and you are commanding the troops to fight, and you are not asked to lead the charge! It would be better for you to drive a tank and charge at the front of the regiment, which is very majestic."
Su Rui's voice became louder and louder, scolding Li Chenzhe until he couldn't even lift his head.
Li Chenzhe lowered his head and said with a flushed face: "Military seat, I was just thinking, I am the regiment leader, I should lead by example and rush to the front, I..."
"What am I!" Su Rui interrupted him unceremoniously, "According to what you said, then I am the commander of the army. When the whole army is fighting, I should be at the front with a rifle?"
"No, that's not the military seat!" Li Chenzhe was startled, and quickly waved his hands and said, "I didn't mean that, I...I..."
After saying a few words in a row, I couldn't go on. No matter how courageous Li Chenzhe is, he would not dare to say that during a battle, the military seat should be at the front. This is not how the battle is fought. From ancient times to the present, the higher-ranking officers are
When generals fight, they must protect themselves even more. This is not a question of whether they are afraid of death or not, but a matter of necessity. Otherwise, once a general or the highest officer is killed in battle, the turmoil caused will be extremely terrible.
"Why, I can't go on!" Su Rui's eyes pierced Li Chenzhe's heart like a cold light, "I let you take charge of the armored regiment so that you can lead it to victory, not to be at the forefront.
An ordinary soldier. Do you know that because your command vehicle was destroyed, the armored regiment after entering the city was not under unified command for a period of time, and more than ten tanks were lost, and many tank crews were killed.
Do you know how big the loss is?"
Listening to Su Rui's scolding, Li Chenzhe lowered his head and remained silent. Finally he murmured, "Sir, I was wrong. Please remove me."
"You also know that you are wrong?" Su Rui sneered: "You still want me to evacuate you? How can it be so cheap? Okay, now you go back to the army immediately, replenish ammunition, and take the number of damaged tanks to the logistics department
, and then collect new equipment, we must head towards Enping before this afternoon..."
"Sir, we will continue to attack Enping!" Li Chenzhe was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that after just capturing Yangchun, the army did not let the troops rest. Instead, they continued to attack. This intensity was a bit higher. He was not afraid that the troops would be too strong.
Are you tired?
Su Rui said calmly: "Do you still remember what the first sentence said in the first armored soldier textbook I showed you?" Without waiting for Li Chenzhe to answer, Su Rui continued on by himself: "The first sentence
That is to say, the mission of the armored force is to attack, attack and attack again. Offense is the soul of the armored force. We even attacked Yangchun, which was guarded by the Fifth Division. Do we not even dare to attack Enping, which is garrisoned by a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals? I
I will allocate you another regiment of infantry to accompany you in trucks. We must arrive at Enping by noon tomorrow and capture it before evening. Are you confident?"
Li Chenzhe gritted his teeth and said: "I promise to complete the mission! If Enping cannot be captured, the staff will come to see you!"
After hearing Li Chenzhe's assurance, Su Rui finally smiled and said word for word: "I don't want your head, nor the casualty figures, I just want Enping! If you can't complete the mission, don't be the leader of the regiment."
Now, just be honest and be the captain of your promising death squad!"
Just as Su Rui was marching towards Enping, Guangzhou, hundreds of miles away, was also in chaos. To be precise, since receiving the farewell telegram from Imamura Jun, the entire headquarters of the 21st Army was in chaos.
It was a mess.
Lieutenant General Guzhuang Qianlang is very annoyed now, yes, he is very annoyed now!
As the previous commander of the 21st Army, Lieutenant General Guzhuang Qianlang had originally been transferred back to his homeland and served as the director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Army Province. This position was not only high-power, but also highly respected.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor would send Lieutenant General Furusou Chiroro back to the position of commander of the 21st Army with a decree. This result made Koso Kochiro dumbfounded.
Other people's officials are getting bigger and bigger, but it's better for me. Less than a year after leaving the 21st Army, I came back after a full circle. What kind of thing is this?
However, these are not the things that worry Lieutenant General Furusou Mikiro. What worries him is that the current situation of the 21st Army is really worrying. When he presented the order from the base camp and took over the position of Commander of the 21st Army from Toshiyoshi Ando,
After putting him on the plane to Tokyo, he immediately began to read all the battle reports of the 21st Army in the past year.
But the results of these battle reports made him feel a chill in his heart. The 48th Division was almost wiped out, and the division commander died in the battle. Now the 48th Division is still lying in Fujian licking its wounds, and the 5th Division is also besieged.
He still didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and this situation couldn't be worse. After reading these battle reports, he only had one feeling in his heart, that is, the Three Hundred Army, which was only a few hundred miles away from him, could not stay. Their commander Su
Rui can't stay either.
In the middle of the night, a farewell telegram from the Fifth Division was also sent to him, which was like a funeral message. This result made him even more overwhelmed. Now the only troops he could use were the Guards Mixed Brigade stationed in Guangzhou.
, but if this unit is also transferred, the entire Guangzhou will be completely empty. Not to mention dealing with some sudden incidents, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with larger stragglers.
Lieutenant General Furushuo Qianlang summoned the chief of staff, Major General Tanaka Kuichi, and asked: "Tanaka-kun, where are the 18th and 38th Divisions now? When will they arrive at Enping?"
Looking at the former commander, Major General Tanaka Jiuichi whispered: "The Eighteenth and Thirty-eighth Divisions are now in Shaoguan and are rushing back, but it will take at least two days to reach Enping."
"idiot!"
Kosho Takaro clenched his fists and felt angry. Originally, the 21st Army did not have enough troops. It had to occupy Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and now it had to support Okamura Neji who was far away in Wuhan. He really couldn't understand it.
, is Okamura Neiji the emperor's brother? Why did the 21st Army need help even to attack Nanchang, and two divisions were mobilized to help. Now it's better, Yangchun is gone, the Fifth Division
The regiment is probably all in pieces. If the China Three Hundred Army and the Kuomintang troops take the opportunity to launch a massive counterattack, the two coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian are in danger of falling. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature for better and updated novels.