If it were another division commander, facing such a strong Seishiro Itagaki, he might have no choice but to endure it. In any case, Seishiro Itagaki is known as the courage of the army! You must know that on the Xinkou battlefield two years ago, Itagaki was
It once defeated the Central Army with half a division and more than thirty divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army.
But Iida Sadugu's violent reaction exceeded Itagaki Seishiro's imagination.
After being stunned for a moment, Iida Sadagu finally reacted and yelled angrily: "Itagaki Seishiro, you are an overreaching commander. If you break the rules, I will sue the Army Headquarters, Tojo-kun and His Majesty the Emperor."
You! The Guards Division is a whole, you have no right to dismantle it! No one has this power!"
Because he was angry, Iida Sadagu didn't even address him by his job title, but just named him by his surname.
In the highly hierarchical Japanese military world, this can be said to be a very rude act.
"You can go ahead and complain," Itagaki Seishiro said, "but the order must be carried out. The First Guards Infantry Regiment must be transferred to Baoshan immediately to accept Kunisaki-kun's command! That's it, you can go now! I have the field rations here.
Everything is served in rations, but there is no breakfast for the two of you!"
Iida Sadagu snorted and left angrily.
Kunizaki Noboru nodded respectfully to Itagaki Seishiro, then turned and left.
The two division commanders left one after another, but Itagaki Seishiro's back suddenly stooped, a look of exhaustion appeared on his face, and he fell back to his chair.
In addition to leading troops to fight, I also had to scheming with the big guys of the Erye Society, which made me feel very tired.
The Chiefs of Staff of the Twelfth Army, Tanaka Kuichi and Ogawara Junsi, walked in one after another.
Oluhara Junsi asked with concern: "Your Excellency, Commander, do you want to take a rest?"
"I'm fine." Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand and said, "As you can see, this guy Iida, relying on Tojo-kun and even His Majesty the Emperor to support him, is so arrogant that he doesn't even care about me.
The commander takes it seriously and has no choice but to use this method to remind him to correct his position."
"It's good to remind you, otherwise the trouble will be even greater when disputes arise when the war is fierce!" Tanaka Jiu said, "Besides, I am also sure that both Tojo-kun and His Majesty the Emperor will give their full support to the Commander. Otherwise,
, Mr. Tojo will not urge you, Commander, to serve as the commander of the Twelfth Army, and His Majesty the Emperor will not approve this proposal."
Ogawara Junsi also said: "If you have to choose between Commander-in-Chief and Iida-dono, I firmly believe that His Majesty the Emperor and Tojo-don will definitely choose Commander-in-Chief over Iida-dono! But I
I also believe that Mr. Iida would never be so unwise as to accuse the Commander before Mr. Tojo or His Majesty the Emperor."
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand and said to Ogahara Junsi, "Ogahara-kun, I must do a good job in protecting Iida-kun and Kunizaki-kun, but we must not let Wolf Fang attack him again.
The Guards Division or the 7th Division will carry out a beheading battle! Otherwise, the Imperial Army will really become the laughing stock of the world."
"Don't worry, Commander." Ogawara Junsi said, "I have sent a combat team to the Guards Division and the Seventh Division's division headquarters. It is difficult for these two combat teams to help in the offensive battle.
It’s not a big deal, but it’s more than enough to ensure the safety of Mr. Iida and Mr. Kunisaki.”
"Yo Xi." Itagaki Seishiro nodded happily, "This makes me feel relieved."
Tanaka Jiuichi who was next to him said suddenly: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Aviation Corps sent a telegram early in the morning, requesting to cancel the bombing of Wusong Fort. In yesterday's bombing, the Aviation Corps lost two more bombers."
"Okay, just cancel it." Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said, "Facts have proved that before the infantry has broken through the Baoshan defense line and advanced to the Wusong Fort, the bombing of the Wusong Fort will hardly have a substantial effect.
The point is that I am too idealistic, and I must review it with you, Tanaka-kun."
Although the Seventh Division is currently fighting with the Songhu Independent Regiment in Baoshan, Baoshan is not the target of the Japanese army. The target of the Japanese army is the Wusong Fort.
Only by occupying the Wusong Fort can the Japanese Navy clear the shipwreck blockade at Wusong Pass. Therefore, while storming Baoshan County, Seishiro Itagaki also asked the aviation force to bomb the Wusong Fort. As for the purpose of the bombing, of course it was to stop Songhu.
The independent regiment built complete fortifications at Wusong Fort.
However, Tanaka Jiuichi did not recommend bombing Wusong Fort, because at this time, more than half a month had passed since the end of the Second Battle of Songhu. If the Songhu Independent Regiment had started building fortifications at Wusong Fort from that time, now
It has been basically completed a long time ago, and even if it has not yet been fully formed, there are only some finishing works left.
The number of aviation bombs and naval artillery shells is limited. Every time a bomb is wasted at Wusong Fort, there will be one less bomb on other battlefields. Therefore, Tanaka Jiuichi believes that precious aerial bombs and large-caliber heavy-duty bombs should be used.
The artillery shells were all used on the Baoshan battlefield in an effort to break through Baoshan County's defense line as soon as possible.
However, Itagaki Seishiro did not listen to Tanaka Jiuichi's suggestion and acted arbitrarily. However, the final facts proved that Tanaka Jiuichi was right. The bombing of Wusong Fort was indeed ineffective. It not only wasted precious aerial bombs and artillery shells, but also
Four 96 bombers were also shot down by the anti-aircraft fire of Wusong Fort.
Thinking of this, Itagaki Seishiro said sincerely to Tanaka Kuichi: "Tanaka-kun, facts have proven that you are a very good chief of staff, so in the future, if you have any opinions, even if your opinions are seriously inconsistent with mine,
, and you must not have any scruples, please be sure to mention it to me in person."
"Don't worry, Commander, I will definitely do it." Tanaka Jiuichi smiled and nodded, and then said, "And now I have to make a suggestion to you." After a pause, Tanaka Jiuichi continued, "
Your Excellency, Commander, we may have to prepare for the worst in advance and prepare to fight the enemy in the streets without the navy providing artillery support."
"Nani?" Ogawara Junsi looked sharply and said in a deep voice, "Sir Tanaka, do you mean to say that even the First Infantry Regiment of the Guards cannot break through the Baoshan Defense Line?"
"It's not a big problem to break through the Baoshan defense line. It's just a matter of time." Tanaka Jiuyi shook his head and said, "But even if the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment breaks through the Baoshan defense line, I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture Wusong Fort. Wusong Fort
If we cannot take it, it will be impossible to clear the sunken ship blockade at Wusongkou, and it will be impossible for naval warships to enter the Huangpu River."
"Prepare in advance?" Itagaki Seishiro said solemnly, "How should we prepare?"
Tanaka Jiuichi said in a deep voice: "Let the officers and soldiers of the Guards Division adapt to street fighting in advance!"
"I understand!" Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said, "But after all, this is just the worst plan. We should indeed prepare for the worst, but we still have to work hard in the best direction."
"Of course." Tanaka Jiu nodded and said, "I completely agree with this point."
Itagaki Seishiro pointed at Tanaka Kuichi and said: "However, your suggestion just now reminds me that in fact we have not tried our best. If we want to break through the Baoshan defense line as soon as possible and capture the Wusong Fort, we only need to move the guards infantry.
It’s not enough to transfer the first regiment to Baoshan, we need more powerful combat power!”
"More powerful combat power?" Tanaka Kuichi was confused, "What?"
Itagaki Seishiro's eyes turned to Ogahara Junsi, and he said in a deep voice: "Ogahara-kun, I remember you said that only one combat team can ensure the safety of the headquarters, right?"
"Hai!" Ogahara Junsi paused and said, "If it is just to ensure the safety of the headquarters, a humble person can do it. As long as there is a humble person, Langya will never even think about beheading the headquarters."
"Yo Xi." Itagaki Seishiro nodded happily and added, "This means that your special operations brigade can dispatch at least fifty special forces to support operations on the Baoshan battlefield, right?"
"Hai." Oluhara Junsi paused and said, "There is absolutely no problem with this."
"Hey!" Itagaki Seishiro nodded again and said, "There is no problem with the combat effectiveness of the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment, but they are better at field combat. When it comes to street fighting, I'm afraid your special operations brigade is stronger, so I'll help you special forces.
The battle brigade taught the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment street fighting experience through actual combat."
"Hai!" Oluhara Junsi nodded heavily.
(Dividing line)
Let’s talk about Xu Rui later. After sending the telegram to the Second Battalion, he returned to the war room.
By this time, Wang Husheng had returned to Wusong Fort and continued working on the project.
Xu Rui suddenly felt vaguely uneasy and said to Yang Rui: "Old Yang, the little devil suffered a loss in Baoshan. He will definitely not let it go. There will definitely be big moves next."
Yang Rui said: "No matter how big the move is, how big can it be? The Baoshan battlefield is limited in width, and the Japs can only deploy an infantry regiment at most. Therefore, even if the Japs mobilize ten divisions, they can directly attack our Baoshan defense line.
There is only one infantry regiment attacking, so don't be afraid, there is no need to be afraid of them."
Xu Rui said: "I'm worried that the Xiaoluyuan Brigade will come again!"
"Xiaoluyuan Brigade?!" Yang Rui frowned and said with a stern look, "Can't you? Lang Ya Ke has been lurking, ready to carry out a beheading battle against the little devil's headquarters and division headquarters. Xiaoluyuan Brigade is now dividing its troops for protection.
If the headquarters and several division headquarters still think there are not enough people, can they still divide their troops and go to the Baoshan battlefield to help?"
"Lao Yang, you are wrong. The protection headquarters does not need too many people, even one person is enough!" Xu Rui shook his head and frowned and said, "No, I have to guard against Xiaoluyuan. This kind of thing cannot happen at all.
I'm lucky, I'm not afraid of 10,000, but just in case, send a telegram to Leopard and ask him to lead the sniper squadron to Baoshan."
PS: It’s the beginning of the month, and the monthly vote list is so brutal. I’m asking for monthly votes urgently.
