The atmosphere here at the Great Wall Group is relaxed.
But the Eighth Division is full of worries.
The only two major generals plus five or six colonels and lieutenants, including several major-level captains who were recalled from the front line, have been studying and discussing around the temporary sand table for a long time.
Tanibe Terube, who was restless like an ant on a hot pot, gave full play to the essence of China's "Three Stooges are better than Zhuge Liang" and summoned a group of Stooges to analyze and demonstrate the future war situation.
But after much discussion, no one can figure out the Chinese people's intentions.
According to common sense, there is no benefit in confronting the Eighth Division in the wild.
Yes, the Eighth Division currently lacks heavy weapons, but Major General Tanibe has just sent an urgent message to the Kwantung Army Headquarters requesting support from the Sixth Air Wing. The headquarters has already called back. As long as the weather permits tomorrow morning, there will be a group of more than ten troops.
Five bombers came to support.
The Eighth Division can have air support at any time, and no one believes that the Chinese commander on the opposite side doesn't know this. A commander who can't even imagine this is not worthy of confronting the Eighth Division for ten days.
Well, until now, everyone in the Eighth Division is still unwilling to admit that they have been defeated. They just suffered slightly greater losses during the confrontation.
Unless he thought this bad weather would continue forever, air support from the 8th Division would never arrive, but was that possible?
Unfortunately, you guessed it right, this bad weather will last for half a month. If Liu Lang were here, he would definitely give those cobblers some reassurance. Although there is no air support, their words are
It's really poisonous.
In the past, this kind of bad weather lasted for half a month. The Japanese invaders without air support encountered much more stubborn resistance than they imagined. Their tens of thousands of troops had broken through the Great Wall defense line in early April, but it was not until May
, the fighting on the land of Beijing and Tianjin is still continuing, forcing the Kwantung Army to transfer the 28th Brigade of the 14th Division stationed in Heilongjiang to the front line.
After the war, the Japanese base camp believed that if the weather had not been so bad and the Sixth Air Wing could have participated in the battle, the war would have been won at least twenty days earlier. Although the Chinese did not admit it publicly, they had to admit it in private.
This statement.
In the sky in northern China, there are no planes belonging to China, not a single one.
Liu Lang kicked history hard in the butt and slightly changed the course of history. However, he could not change the wind and rain created by God. The bad weather started yesterday.
This was also one of the reasons Liu Lang dared to chase Luo Wenyu out of the pass. Since yesterday, the little devils have become pure infantry just like them. None of the big guys have planes.
The "stooges" also believe that the arrival of the baggage train is also the key to victory in the battle. Not only can it deliver sufficient artillery shells and bullets, but also two months of military pay. For the already extremely tired soldiers,
It is also a heart tonic.
Money, for ordinary Japanese soldiers who also come from the working class, is not an ordinary stimulus.
But where is the damn baggage train? They disappeared again after sending an inexplicable message yesterday.
"Major Akiyama, can you tell me where the signal for that bastard Yuji Nagano's final disappearance was?" Terube Tanibe stared at the person in charge of the communications department with bloodshot eyes.
"In the southeast direction, the distance will not exceed a hundred miles." The major stood up and reported the report respectfully.
"Yo Xi, Akiyama-kun, yours is good." Tanibe Terube nodded slightly, with a smile on his face.
During this period, being able to locate the position and distance of a radio station was considered high-tech. The Japanese military communications department had already tried it, and the results were obviously very effective.
"Your Excellency Tanibe, we should send someone to pick up the baggage convoy. If possible, arrive at the division before our military plane arrives tomorrow morning. By then, the Chinese will know how powerful the Imperial Army is." A major stood up.
suggested.
"Hey, Shimizu-kun, what you said makes sense." Terube Tanibe nodded, which seemed to be acknowledging the statement of the major who spoke about his heart.
At the same time, I gave this major captain ten points in my heart. He definitely belongs to the category that can be promoted.
"Then let the 16th Brigade Tanaka Battalion go! They still need to continue repairing." Matsuda Kunzo, who had not spoken yet, suggested.
"Okay, then the Tanaka Brigade will go to pick up the baggage brigade, and order Major Tanaka to try to bring the baggage brigade back to the division before noon tomorrow." Tanibe Terube secretly twitched his face and immediately ordered.
Although Matsuda Kunzo's words were very polite, as the chief of staff of the Eighth Division, Tanibe Terube still felt his face burning.
The so-called Tanaka Brigade of the 16th Brigade is actually the fighting force of the entire 16th Brigade. The rest either died in the battle at Luo Wenyu Pass or are lying in the field hospital. It is not so much that they need rest and recuperation, but rather that their morale is low.
They are no longer suitable to stay on the front line, it is better to let them go out and visit other people.
Major Tanaka, who was not even qualified to attend the meeting, was already one of the three majors left in the 16th Brigade.
However, Tanibe Terube is still somewhat grateful to Matsuda Kunizo. If he continues to be on the front line, if the Chinese launch an attack at night and cripple this brigade of only more than 800 people, then the 16th Brigade will be left
The only ones who suffered were the two to three thousand wounded with broken arms and legs.
A whole brigade of nearly 7,000 people, all of whom returned in the end, whether dead or alive, would become another huge joke in the history of the Eighth Division Army.
The 4th brigade has been completely wiped out, and the 16th brigade is all lying back. The division commander Nishi Giichi will certainly be worse off than dead, and the chief of staff, Terube Tanibe, will definitely not be much better.
When he thought of holding a command knife to make a cross incision on his belly and then waiting to be hurt to death, this terrifying purely technical job that combined courage and stupidity beckoned to him, Tanibe Terube's face couldn't help but twitch.
. He cheered up and stood up: "Because the enemy has the advantage of artillery, our army suffered a slight setback in today's battle, but the imperial army is invincible, and our army will win tomorrow. At the same time, we need to guard against the enemy tonight.
With the help of night sneak attack, when the eagle of our empire appears tomorrow, it will be the time for our army to counterattack. I leave it to you tonight. May your military fortune be prosperous."
"Hi." All the Japanese officers stood up, bowed their heads heavily, and accepted the blessing of the supreme commander.
Although I am not too confident in my heart.
A group of 800 Japanese troops, the 16th Brigade under the command of the dead Nagakawahara Kan, the unluckiest man in the history of the Japanese army, quietly broke away from their position and headed towards the Great Wall Mountains dozens of miles away.
Go to pick up the large baggage convoy, which has all been used as roadbed.
The rookies who had already hidden various supplies in Qinglong Mountain had all changed into stripped Japanese and puppet military uniforms.
Both in terms of thermal effect and visual effect, it is much better than the rags that bandits and civilians wore before.
No matter from far or near, there is a large group of Japanese soldiers and two Japanese soldiers.