That night, Tanibe Terube, who was eagerly waiting for Li Shoushan's call back, stayed up all night.
The puppet army's radio station was buried together with the telegraph operator by a massive amount of rocks before it even had time to turn on.
In the evening, it was estimated that Li Shoushan and his Fengtian Independent Brigade had arrived in Chengde. Terube Tanibe wandered around the headquarters anxiously for several hours but still did not receive the call he expected. He was basically certain that Li Shoushan's troops had encountered something.
Unexpected.
In fact, Tanibe Terube had already thought that this was Liu Lang's plan, and set up an ambush on the road to annihilate Li Shoushan's army. However, no matter how strong Liu Lang's Great Wall Regiment was, they would not be able to defeat Li Shoushan.
Shoushan's 2,000-strong army didn't even have time to send a message, just swallow it all!
What's even more frightening is that through the offensive of the Great Wall Regiment on this day, Tanibe Terube is certain that the main force of the Great Wall Regiment is still there. The only one who can possibly ambush Li Shoushan's troops is the baggage troop that left earlier.
A baggage unit of the Great Wall Regiment can destroy half of an independent brigade of nearly 2,000 people. How powerful will the combat effectiveness of the Great Wall Regiment be? The more Terube Tanibe thought about it, the more he felt chills all over his body. He would rather make this guess of his own.
it is wrong.
After sitting for half the night with only one tenth of hope, but still not waiting for a call back from Li Shoushan, Terube Tanibe finally confirmed in despair that something unexpected had happened to Li Shoushan.
Moreover, Terube Tanibe was finally sure that the so-called bullshit bandits in Chengde City were definitely Liu Lang's subordinates in disguise, otherwise Maki Kagawa's infantry team would not be able to escape with even half a human hair, and would still need a
A servant of a Chinese businessman came to deliver information. Maybe that servant was also a fake.
If this is the case, now it is no longer a problem of losing one Chinese brigade, but a problem of losing the head of the entire 8th Division.
The logistics supplies were swept away by the Great Wall Regiment. Even if they could not move, they could still burn them all. The direct consequence was that tens of thousands of people in the Eighth Division would be able to survive with only two supplies in the next half month.
What's even more frightening is that after nearly half a month of fighting, the ammunition in the entire division's logistics reserves has been depleted. On average, the soldiers on the front line have less than twenty rounds of ammunition left in their bullet boxes.
Perhaps if the Great Wall Regiment launches another large-scale attack, the soldiers will have to rush out of the trenches with bayonets in hand and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
It is said that the Japanese army likes to use hand-to-hand combat to show off their martial prowess. In fact, it depends on the situation. The Japanese army often only uses the ancient warfare of hand-to-hand combat when the enemy's morale is low and ammunition is seriously insufficient, or when they want to launch a decisive charge.
Law.
To put it bluntly, no matter how loyal the Japanese invaders were to their Emperor, and no matter how willing they were to serve their Amaterasu, they actually preferred to live.
Hand-to-hand combat with greater casualties is also the last resort they have to resort to.
The reality that each soldier had only twenty rounds of ammunition left on average made Terube Tanibe feel desperate. However, he did not know that a few years later, an army that fought with them on the North China Plain was called "
If each soldier of the "three-guns and eight-pronged" army had twenty rounds of ammunition before the war, their commander would be so happy that he could not sleep all night, instead of being like Tanibe Terube who was so worried that he almost pulled out his hair.
.
After firing the last three bullets in their guns, the troops had to launch a charge and use bayonets and spears to fight the powerful enemy troops at close range. This kind of fighting lasted for eight years. This is what the whole of China has to bear.
Eight years of great sacrifice.
Of course, Terube Tanibe would not have imagined that there would be such a tough army in the world. He now even has the urge to send a farewell message to the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army.
There is no need to go to Chengde City. If you think about it with your buttocks, Terube Tanibe knows that the defenders of Chengde City only need to block them for an hour, and the main force of the Great Wall Regiment that is swarming in will be able to use up all their ammunition and food outside Chengde City.
Thousands of people were torn into pieces.
Running out of ammunition and food is actually not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the 14th Brigade has called, and it will take them five full days to get to the battlefield. And if Liu Lang lays an ambush somewhere where he is retreating, even if he doesn't
There are many, but as soon as the retreat is blocked and the enemy's main force attacks with all its strength, the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers under his command who have already suffered from low morale are likely to be defeated.
Once defeated, the entire Eighth Division will be at the mercy of others. The Eighth Division may become the first division in the history of the entire empire to be annihilated by an established organization. Thinking of this possibility, Teru Tanibe
I felt so cold all over, it was bitingly cold.
After struggling for several hours, Tanibe Terube finally made up his mind. Even if he disobeyed the military order of Commander Muto Nobuyoshi, he had to leave this hellish place and leave the damn Great Wall Regiment. He could not let the entire Kwantung Army because of the Eighth Division.
The regiment has become the laughing stock of the army, let alone the heads of tens of thousands of imperial warriors becoming that brutal Chinese colonel's medal to demonstrate military merit.
When Shan Ying, who was lying in ambush ten miles around the Japanese army, sent the news to the Great Wall Regiment Headquarters that the main force of the Japanese army was withdrawing overnight, it was already late at night. Qi Guangyuan, who was temporarily in charge of all war operations, convened several school officers for an emergency military meeting overnight.
After studying for half an hour, I finally realized that although the great achievements were right in front of my eyes, they were only a mirror in the mirror - I could see them but couldn't catch them.
As long as the lightly-armed Japs tried to escape, the Great Wall Regiment couldn't do anything to bite them without paying huge casualties.
Although Qi Guangyuan and Dong Shengtang were more focused on killing the 8th Division no matter how heavy the losses were, this proposal was fully resisted by Chi Dakui and Tang Yongming.
As a confidant of Liu Lang, Chi Dakui knew that it was understandable that Liu Lang attached great importance to the battle losses of soldiers. However, Qi Guangyuan and Dong Shengtang were slightly surprised by the clear-cut choice of his former subordinate Tang Yongming to side with Chi Dakui.
Of course, this was also the imagination of the two officers who came from the old warlord system. If they really lost the few elite veterans on this battlefield that was already a great victory, they would be so distressed that they could not sleep for several nights.
Just watching a big pie leave their mouths like this, several people were still not willing to accept it. After asking Liu Lang for instructions via telegram, they still sent out the first and second infantry battalions in quick pursuit. Chi Dakui's
The Third Battalion protected the artillery company and the baggage train and then followed.
However, Terube Tanibe's determination to run away this time left the Great Wall Regiment dumbfounded. It was nearly an hour and a half later than the Japanese troops who started running away, and pursued the two infantry battalions for four hours in the middle of the night.
They almost didn't break their legs and failed to catch up with the main force of the Japanese army. Instead, they were desperately blocked by a well-ambushed Japanese infantry squadron on the road.
Although it took one hour to finally annihilate the Japanese aggressors who were not afraid of death with their superior strength and far superior firepower, the two infantry battalions actually lost 20 people and seriously injured more than 30 people.
Qi Guangyuan was not allowed to lift the table.
Liu Lang, who had also been up all night, did not criticize Qi Guangyuan in the early morning after receiving a somewhat apologetic message. The Great Wall Regiment had won successive victories, beating the Eighth Division like a dog, and became a bit arrogant.
The atmosphere of a warrior, this small setback can be regarded as a wake-up call for them.
The Japanese army was defeated not because they were weak, but because they made repeated mistakes and lost heavy firepower. Even so, they are still one of the strongest armies in Asia. Anyone who underestimates them will pay the price, and the same goes for the Great Wall Regiment.
In war, no mistakes can be made.
Every mistake requires the lives of thousands of soldiers to make up for it.
Not every general has the opportunity to learn and make amends.