Seeing that Xu Rui was so happy, Wang Husheng couldn't help but joked: "Didn't I just annihilate two Japanese infantry brigades? You will be so happy that you will grin from ear to ear, as if you picked up a gold ingot. Before
I didn't see you so happy when we wiped out three Japanese regiments in Jiangwan, you really are."
"That's true." Wang Husheng said, "No matter how powerful you are, Old Xu, you are only one person. You are not three-headed and six-armed. You cannot withstand the Japanese attacks from several directions at the same time. Now that Old Wu and the others can be put to great use, the pressure on you will be reduced."
Much more, but Lao Wu really fought beautifully in this battle, no worse than the nerds and the others."
Xu Rui's face fell again, and he said in a deep voice: "However, Old Wang, the little devil will not give up after suffering a loss this time. Next time, he will definitely attack Baoshan City even more crazily. Old
Wu's second battalion has been reduced by a quarter after two days of fierce fighting. I'm worried that it won't be able to hold on for too long, so the construction of Wusong Fort must be stepped up."
"Old Xu, I was just going to tell you this." Wang Husheng nodded and said, "Yesterday I found an architecture teacher from Baptist University. He put forward some valuable suggestions for the entire defense project. As long as the weather does not change later,
It will get worse. If the weather continues to be nice and sunny, it will be completed in three days!"
"Three days?" Xu Rui said, "Great!"
Wang Husheng quickly explained: "But this has to be a prerequisite. The weather cannot turn bad later."
"That's your business." Xu Rui said domineeringly, "I know anyway, you just said it yourself, the defenses of Wusong Fort will be completed within three days!"
"What did you say?" Wang Husheng was stunned and asked, "Can I decide God's affairs?"
"Anyway, I don't care. I know you just said five days. I will send a telegram to Lao Wu and tell them that the Second Battalion must guard Baoshan City for another five days no matter what!" Xu Rui said and turned around and left.
Wang Husheng could only smile bitterly, "I shouldn't have told you this."
(Dividing line)
The two infantry brigades of the 25th Infantry Regiment were completely wiped out, and the news that the commander of the regiment, Adachi Kantoshi, was killed, soon reached the ears of the commander of the 12th Army, Itagaki Seishiro. After receiving the report, Itagaki Seishiro lost all sleep.
, immediately called the division commanders of the Guards Division, Iida Sadagu and Kunisaki Noboru, to his headquarters.
Iida Sadagu's division headquarters was relatively close to Itagaki Seishiro's headquarters, and he arrived quickly.
Before Kunizaki arrived, Iida Sadagu immediately repeated the old talk: "Your Excellency, Commander, I'm sorry to be blunt, but the 7th Division is far inferior to our Guards in terms of quality of officers and soldiers, equipment level, and training level.
Division, I said before that the 7th Division might not be able to shoulder the main offensive task, but now I am indeed right."
Itagaki Seishiro just stared at the map and said nothing.
Iida Sadagu also said that Itagaki Seishiro was already tempted, so he continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, while the strength of the 7th Division is not damaged yet, it is still too late to transfer it to the front line in western Shanghai to serve as a diversionary task. Otherwise, we will wait until the 7th Division
If the regiment loses its troops and generals, they will lose even their ability to contain the flanks, and then they will have to mobilize troops from the mainland again."
After a pause, Iida Sadagu continued: "As for the main attack from Baoshan and Wusong Fort, just leave it to our Guards Division. I promise to live up to the expectations of the Commander."
However, Itagaki Seishiro ignored Iida Sadugu until Kunizaki Noboru arrived.
"Your Excellency, Commander!" Kunizaki Noboru strode up to Itagaki Seishiro, suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention, and then paused.
"Kunizaki-kun, are you here?" Iida Sadagu had been talking for a long time, and Itagaki Seishiro ignored him, but now as soon as Kunizaki Noboru came in, Itagaki Seishiro immediately raised his head and greeted him. Such differential treatment made Iida
Tian Zhengu felt very unhappy. He felt that he had been despised by Itagaki.
In fact, Itagaki Seishiro did this on purpose.
Because Iida Sadagu's background is not small. Iida Sadagu's family is nothing, purely a farmer's family. However, when he was an adjutant in the Army Ministry in his early years, he was influenced by Nagata Tetsuzan, who is known as one of the "Showa Sanyu Karasu".
He was appreciated and joined the Futaba Club of Nagata Tetsuzan and quickly became the backbone of the Futaba Club.
This Futabahui may seem unfamiliar to everyone, but if we talk about another common name of Futabahui, it is almost universally known. This name is Showa Warlords! Futabahui is Okamura Neji.
Nagata Tetsuzan, the tool Obata Toshishiro used to snare young officers for Hirohito's kid!
Iida Sadagu was recognized by Hirohito through the Futaba Society, and he has been on a meteoric rise ever since.
Now, Iida Sadagu has become the commander of the Guards Division and the backbone of the Showa warlords!
In other words, since Iida Sadagu had Hirohito as his back-up, he might not necessarily take Itagaki Seishiro as his commander seriously.
If Itagaki Seishiro is a person with a weak personality, that's okay, but it happens that Itagaki Seishiro is also a very strong personality, and conflicts will inevitably arise when the two parties work together. At this time, it becomes very important to establish a clear superior and subordinate subordinates.
Now, Itagaki Seishiro is working hard to clarify this affiliation.
In this way, Itagaki Seishiro wanted to remind Iida Sadagu that he was the commander of the Twelfth Army. As a subordinate unit of the Twelfth Army, the Guards Division must obey the orders of the headquarters! You Iida
No matter how good Zhengu is, no matter how much he is appreciated by the emperor, he must obey me unconditionally!
Therefore, Itagaki Seishiro deliberately ignored Iida Sadagu but treated Kunisaki Noboru enthusiastically. He wanted to use this simple and direct method to tell Iida Sadagu and Kunisaki Noboru that if you are obedient, I will give you a good look.
, if you disobey me and contradict me, then don’t blame me for making you look bad.
Itagaki Seishiro came over and patted Kunisaki Noboru's shoulder affectionately, and said: "Kunisaki-kun, you should believe it now, right? I really didn't exaggerate before. Xu Rui is indeed difficult to deal with, right?"
"Hai! I have already believed that Xu Rui is really difficult to deal with." Noboru Kunizaki said with a heavy nod.
"Yo Xi." Itagaki Seishiro nodded happily and said, "It seems that Kunizaki-kun has indeed learned his lesson."
"Hai!" Noboru Kunizaki paused again, and then said with an apologetic look, "It's just that the price for this lesson was a bit high. I lost two infantry brigades in exchange for such a lesson. This is
It was a dereliction of duty. If it weren’t for the stubbornness of humble duty, this incident should not have happened."
Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said: "The price this time is indeed heavy, but then again, as long as Kunizaki-kun you can learn enough lessons from it, innovate tactics in future battles, and minimize losses, then
The losses of these two infantry brigades are worth it."
"Hai!" Kunizaki Noboru paused again and said, "After returning home, I will make a serious summary and innovate my tactics. I will never make the same mistake again in future combat operations."
Hearing this, Iida Sadagu couldn't help but said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "If you don't make the same mistake, you will inevitably make new mistakes. Kunizaki-kun, why don't you join our Guards Division instead?"
As for the glorious mission of staying in western Shanghai to contain the main force of the Songhu Independent Regiment, I leave it to your Seventh Division."
"Haga!" Kunizaki Noboru said angrily, "Iida-kun, are you insulting our Seventh Division?"
Seeing Kunizaki Noboru getting anxious, Iida Sadagu quickly laughed and said: "Kunizaki-kun, don't be angry, don't be angry, I'm just joking, it's just a joke."
Kunisaki Noboru snorted and said, "You should avoid making such jokes."
"Kunizaki-kun is right, it's better to make fewer jokes like this." Itagaki Seishiro paused after saying this, and then said, "But Iida-kun is right, the combat effectiveness of your seventh division is relatively close.
There is indeed a gap in the Guards Division, so I decided to transfer the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment to the Baoshan battlefield."
"Your Excellency, Commander, what are you doing?" Kunisaki Noboru was stunned when he heard this.
What do you mean? One second you were affirming our Seventh Division, and the next second you were giving me this?
Iida Sadagu was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that Seishiro Itagaki's stubbornness had finally come to his senses!
However, Iida Sadagu was only happy for two seconds. Itagaki Seishiro's second sentence immediately pulled him from the cloud of happiness and fell directly into the abyss of anger.
Itagaki Seishiro then said: "After the First Guards Infantry Regiment is transferred to Baoshan, it will temporarily belong to the battle order of the Seventh Division and will be directly commanded by you, Kunizaki-kun."
Itagaki Seishiro's sudden mention caught Iida Sadagu off guard.
After a long while, Iida Sadagu finally reacted and shouted: "Your Excellency, Commander, does this seem inappropriate?"
"There is no right or wrong." Itagaki Seishiro said forcefully, "This is all necessary for the war situation."
After a pause, Itagaki Seishiro gave a rare explanation: "The combat effectiveness of the Guards Regiment is stronger than that of the Infantry Regiment of the 7th Division. This is recognized by everyone, and you will not deny it, Iida-kun."
, as for why the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment should be temporarily attached to the 7th Division and placed under the command of Kunisaki-kun, it is because Kunizaki-kun is more familiar with the situation on the Hoyama battlefield. If it is replaced by you, Iida-kun, it will inevitably happen again.
It takes a few days to adapt.”
The reasons stated by Itagaki Seishiro were indeed valid, but Iida Sadaguchi was obviously not willing to give in.
At that moment, Iida Sadagu shouted again: "The problem is that since the Meiji Restoration, the Imperial Army has never broken up the division-level organization and transferred the infantry regiment originally belonging to a certain division to another division.
precedent.”
Itagaki Seishiro said suddenly: "Then let it start from me."
"Nani?" Iida Sadagu just stood there, unable to say another word.
