While Zheng Shaoyu and the heavy bomber brigade were busy preparing to bomb Japan, fighting was still in full swing on the battlefields in Jiangxi and Fujian.
The Sixth Division completely angered all the soldiers of the 1st Armored Division and the 400th Division by forcing civilians to serve as human shields. Under the strict orders of Wu Chengfeng and Li Chenzhe, the 400th Division dispatched two infantry regiments to the 1st Armored Division.
Under the cover of more than 300 tanks, more than 100 artillery pieces and dozens of bombers, they launched an all-out attack on the Sixth Division.
Facing the overwhelming offensive of the 1st Armored Division and the 400th Division, the 6th Division finally couldn't hold on any longer. The first to collapse was the 13th Regiment on the left wing of the second line of defense. Originally, the 13th Regiment suffered very few casualties.
Now facing the onslaught of nearly a hundred tanks and thousands of infantry, how could they hold on to their position? After holding on until dusk, they became the first army to collapse, suffering heavy casualties.
At 17:35 in the evening, Captain Aomori Masahito of the 13th Regiment, who was leading the remaining soldiers to fight on the front line, was hit by a bullet that flew from an unknown source and died on the spot. After Aomori Masahito died, he came down to supervise the battle.
When the chief of staff saw that there were only about a hundred soldiers left on the position, he knew that the situation was over, so he retreated back with the remaining soldiers.
As soon as the Thirteenth Regiment withdrew like this, a big hole immediately appeared in the Japanese defense line. The positions of the other regiments that had been overwhelmed by the ferocious offensive also fell one after another, and eventually it turned into a great rout.
Machijiri Ryouki had no choice but to command the remaining soldiers to retreat while fighting, hoping to resist for a while, but faced with the rolling torrent of steel, the Sixth Division, which had no strong terrain and fortifications, and the hundreds of people rushing towards it
Compared with a tank, it was like a fragile egg, which was quickly submerged in the rolling torrent of steel.
After two days and one night of fighting, the Sixth Division was completely defeated. More than 28,000 people in the entire division were killed and more than 20,000 were injured. Less than 4,000 people remained, holding the division commander Machijiri Yukichi hostage.
Fleeing towards the Wuchang First Administrative Supervision District (later Xianning City) in Hubei Province. Wu Chengfeng and Li Chenzhe commanded the First Armored Division and the 400th Division in hot pursuit. Finally, on the next day, they were less than three meters away from Tongshan.
Ten kilometers away from Tongshan Town, they encountered the 13th Division, which hurriedly arrived. As the vanguard, the 1st Armored Regiment and the 13th Division fought fiercely for two hours. The two sides were in a stalemate. Finally, in the evening, the two sides gave up temporarily.
The hurriedly arrived headquarters of the 13th Division was set up in a jungle more than 60 kilometers away from Tongshan. At this time, the division commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Tanaka Shizuichi, looked at the man in front of him.
A look of shock appeared on his face.
"Machijiri-kun, why have you become like this? Where is your Sixth Division?"
Standing in front of Tanaka Shizuichi, Machijiri Yuki looked at his former classmate and laughed miserably: "Tanaka-kun, you didn't expect that, did you? I lost, and the Sixth Division lost to that Chinese again."
At this time, Machijiri Yuuki has completely lost his former high-spirited look. At this time, he is wearing a tattered general's woolen military uniform, and his face is also black and blue. If you are not familiar with it, you will not be able to recognize it.
A lieutenant general division commander.
"Where is your Sixth Division?" Tanaka Shizuichi quickly came to Machijiri Yuki. He was shocked when he looked at the face of the man in front of him who was completely black and his face was almost unrecognizable due to gun smoke and mud.
. He and Machijiri Yoshiki have known each other since they were in mainland China, and it has been almost twenty years now. In his impression, Machijiri Yoshiki has always been a representative of neat clothes and calm demeanor, but today this impression has been broken.
.
"The Sixth Division... The Sixth Division has been crippled, and now there are less than one regiment left." Seeing his former friends, Machijiri Yuki finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had been taken away.
He sat down on the chair next to him with all his bones in his body, picked up a teapot and drank all the water in it without caring about it.
Seeing his friend being so rude, Tanaka Shizuichi frowned and motioned to the orderly on the side to get some more water. He then asked: "Machijiri-kun, how come you only have so few people left in your Sixth Division? Is it possible?"
Are the troops in China’s fourth theater area so powerful?”
After drinking the water, Machijiri Yuki finally regained some energy and gasped: "Isn't it awesome? Didn't you just see it?"
"See?" Tanaka Shizuichi shook his head: "Machijiri-kun, we only made contact with each other and then retreated. We don't really understand their true combat power."
Machijiri Ryouki laughed miserably: "That's because their main force hasn't come up yet, and it's almost dark now. You will know their true combat effectiveness tomorrow, I can guarantee that. That's definitely because you don't want to see it.
Arrived."
Seeing Machijiri Ryouki's appearance, Tanaka Shizuichi secretly shook his head. It seemed that this former friend had been completely knocked out of his spirit by those Chinese people in this battle. These words did not sound like a soldier at all.
What an imperial officer should say. However, he still knows a lot about Machijiri Yukichi Tanaka Shizuichi. He is a proud person. What kind of blow made him become like this?
Thinking of this, he turned his attention to Chief of Staff Shimono Kazuhiro, who had been standing silently next to Machijiri Yuuki, and asked: "Shimono-kun, you are the Chief of Staff of the Sixth Division, tell me about this battle.
How did it fail?"
Shimono Kazuhiro, who had been standing next to Machijiri Ryouki without speaking, looked no better than his division commander. After hearing Tanaka Shizuichi's question, Shimono Kazuhiro cheered up and said, "Tanaka Division Commander"
The situation of the group leader is like this, we..."
Immediately afterwards, Shimono Yihuo described the battle situation of the past two days in detail, even the situation where they captured the people in the town and used them as human shields on the battlefield.
The more Tianzhong Jingyi listened, the more he frowned. After a long time, he said: "I guess your actions have angered those Chinese people. These Chinese people will attack you so madly regardless of casualties. But to be honest, arrest the Chinese people."
Acting as a human shield in front of the battle is indeed beneath the dignity of a samurai."
After listening to Tanaka Shizuichi's words, Mr. Shimoichi Huo blushed. This matter was really embarrassing anyway. He promised for a long time before saying: "This... there is nothing I can do about it. The Chinese tanks are coming overwhelmingly."
, we simply had no way to resist, so I came up with this method out of desperation."
"Now is not the time to discuss this. The question now is how we will cope with tomorrow's battle!" Tanaka Shizuichi waved his hands and began to think deeply. As he paced, he looked at Machijiri Yuki and Shimono Kazuhiro.
According to his feeling, Shimono Yihuo's description just now is most likely true. As a senior Japanese general, Tanaka Shizuichi is very familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Division. If the Sixth Division only
He was defeated after persisting for two days, so what about his Thirteenth Division?
Although Tanaka Shizuichi and Machijiri Yoshiki are both graduates of the same batch of mainland universities, compared with Machijiri Yoshiki, Tanaka Shizuichi is less cruel and more cunning. He thought about it for more than half an hour before saying
: "Machijiri Ryouki-kun, tell me the truth, if you rely on your remaining troops and our Toki Thirty Regiment, can you compete with the Chinese army on the opposite side?"
Machijiri Yuuki smiled bitterly and said, "Tanaka-kun, to be honest. If you had asked me this the day before yesterday, I would have said without hesitation that we could completely annihilate the Chinese army on the opposite side, but after this battle, I can no longer
I don’t dare to say that. I think with the combined strength of more than 30,000 troops on both sides, if we really want to fight the two enemy divisions, we will most likely lose."
Tanaka Shizuichi raised his eyebrows, "Machijiri-kun, are the individual qualities and combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the fourth theater really that strong?"
Seeing Tanaka Shizuichi's disbelieving look, Machijiri Yuuki explained: "It's not that their soldiers have strong combat effectiveness, but that their tanks are very powerful. Our existing firepower simply cannot compete with them. I know you want to
What you say is nothing more than letting the warriors carry explosives to blow up their tanks, but I want to tell you, I have tried it, and it is useless. Under the intensive firepower of the opponent, our warriors have no power at all.
Opportunity to get close to the opponent's tanks. Moreover, the opponent also has air superiority. Our army aviation force has existed in name only. Under the crushing force of the opponent's planes and tanks, the imperial soldiers have no chance to show their bravery. In short, unless
We have complete permanent fortifications and powerful artillery support, otherwise the current temporary positions alone will not be able to stop the Chinese tanks!"
After listening to Machijiri Yuuki's words, Tanaka Shizuichi fell into deep thought. After about ten minutes, he raised his head and said slowly: "Machijiri-kun, if what you said is true, then the only thing we can do first is
It’s time to retreat!”
"Retreat?" Machijiri Ryouki was shocked and couldn't help but said: "Tanaka-kun, our mission is to attack. If we retreat, how will we explain it to Commander Okamura?"
"Explain?" Tanaka Shizuichi snorted coldly: "Don't forget, we belong to the 11th Army, and our direct commander is the Commander of the Garden Department, so there is no need to explain to others!"
"this……"
Rao Shijiri Yangji has always been famous for his boldness, but at this moment, he can't help but feel a little drumming in his heart. You must know that although the Japanese army has a tradition of subordinates overcoming superiors, and the top brass of the Japanese army also express their appreciation for generals who dare to disobey orders but can win the battle, but that is
It is based on winning the battle. If the reason for a general's disobedience is to escape for his life, the result will be completely different.
Thinking of this, Machijiri Ryouki hesitated a little. He hesitated and said: "Well... I think we might as well ask Commander Sonobe for instructions first?"
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