In Liuhe County, the headquarters of the Japanese Far Eastern Front.
Although he has not slept for nearly thirty hours, Yamashita Fengwen is still very energetic, even a little morbidly excited, because the encirclement and suppression of Xu Ruixin's regiment has entered the most critical stage. The victory or defeat can be said to be everything.
This was done in one fell swoop.
If the main force of the New Regiment can be delayed on the west bank of the Songhua River until dark, then the destruction of the main force of the New Regiment will be a certainty. On the contrary, once the main force of the New Regiment can successfully cross the Songhua River and transfer to Wujiashan
Fortress, then the new regiment will definitely become a thorn in the side of the Far East Front!
Yamashita Fengwen was staring at the sand table and considering the situation, when suddenly there were rapid footsteps behind him.
When I looked back hurriedly, I saw He Zhongzhi, commander of the 3rd Flying Regiment, walking in hastily.
Moreover, when He Tadashi looked a little unhappy, Yamashita Fengwen immediately paused in his heart.
Sure enough, He Zhongzhi hurriedly walked to Yamashita Fengwen and said dejectedly: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have just received the latest battle report from the front line. The main force of the new regiment has all crossed the Songhua River."
When Shanxia Fengwen heard this, his horse face immediately fell.
Kobayashi Asaburo said angrily: "Baga! What do you, the Third Flying Group, do for food?"
"Our Third Flying Regiment has tried its best!" Shiga Tadashi glared at Asaburo Kobayashi with dissatisfaction, and said, "Starting from dawn today, our Third Flying Regiment's twenty-six attack aircraft squadrons and eighteen fighter jets
The squadron never stopped for a moment, and was constantly blocking the Songhua River for dozens of miles upstream and downstream of Liangjiang Town. At this time, sixteen attack planes even crashed due to mechanical failures!"
Sixteen attack aircraft crashed due to mechanical failures alone, which shows how intense the flight was!
Kobayashi Asaburo didn't appreciate it at all, and said angrily: "After all, you still failed to seal it!"
"Can we also blame our Third Flying Regiment?" Shiga Tadashi couldn't bear it and retorted, "The new regiment abandoned almost all military supplies and even most of the horses, and only carried a small amount of military supplies and horses on a small boat.
Crossing the river by spreading out across dozens of miles, what can we do with the Third Flying Group?"
When Kobayashi Asasaburo was about to continue complaining, Yamashita Hōfumi interrupted him.
"Enough!" Yamashita Fengwen sternly shouted, "The Third Flight Regiment has tried its best, and now this result is not to blame on them! What's more, even if the new regiment crosses the river, don't even think of jumping out.
The encirclement of our Far East Army!" He paused for a moment and then said, "Xiao Lin, where has the 38th Division arrived?"
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi replied immediately, "The 38th Division has just passed through Lushuihe Town and is already less than 30 kilometers away from Liangjiang Town!"
"Yo Xi!" Yamashita Fengwen nodded happily, "Order the 38th Division to continue to speed up the march. We must catch up with the new regiment before dark today! Then bite them hard and never do it again.
Just like when we were in Linjiang County last time, let them get away easily with conspiracy and tricks!"
Kobayashi Asaburo said "Hai" and turned to leave, but Yamashita Fengwen waved and called to stop him.
"Come back!" Yamashita Fengwen waved to Kobayashi Asaburo and said, "There is also Miss Inoue's special force. I must speed up the march to see if I can catch up with and annihilate the main force of the new regiment this time, and the Inoue Brigade's
Performance counts!”
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi gave a heavy meal, turned around and hurried away.
Yamashita Fengfumi turned to Shiga Tadharu and said: "Shiga-kun, please be sure to send more attack planes and reconnaissance planes to closely monitor the movements of the new regiment, and bomb them as much as possible to slow down their march!"
"Hai!" He Zhongzhi paused heavily and left in a hurry.
…
However, Yamashita Fengfumi's expectations were destined to come to nothing.
At this time, in the nameless valley less than ten miles east of Lushuihe Town, Zhen Sanjiang had already led more than a thousand bandits under his command to prepare for an attack by the Japs.
In the early morning, Zhen Sanjiang took Piedhu and Xue Lihong to Liangjiang Town, nominally to help, but actually wanted to take the opportunity to fight the little devil Qiu Feng, but their movements were too slow, and by the time they arrived at Liangjiang Town, the battle was over.
The fight was over, and just when Zhen Sanjiang and Spotted Tiger were disappointed, He Shuya gave them an unimaginable gift!
In the town of Sanjiang, the pied tigers and the three red locks in the snow were sent to each family of He Shuya, 2,000 pack horses, 100,000 kilograms of grain, and 1,000 rifles. In addition, there were twelve Japanese-made artillery pieces of various types! Ammunition
Countless! Such a generous gift, in the eyes of these green forest heroes who have never known what the king's law is, but put justice first, it is a huge favor.
How to repay such a huge kindness? Of course, you have to risk your life to repay it, so Zhen Sanjiang and the others decided to go all out.
"Brothers, I won't say anything unnecessary." Zhen Sanjiang Leng Jun's eyes swept over the faces of the dozen or so little bosses in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Brother He thinks so highly of us, not only does he not regard us as bandits,
Look, he gave us such a heavy gift, but I didn’t say that we recognize this brother, and since he is a brother, we must work hard for him!"
After a pause, Zhen Sanjiang yelled at the top of his lungs: "One word, fight with the Japanese!"
"Big boss, these are five words." A small boss who had just joined the gang reminded in a low voice, "It's not one word."
"Go away, I mean every word I say!" Zhen Sanjiang kicked the little leader to the ground and said, "I'll pick you up all over and guard all the hills beside the road, no matter how many little devils come.
People, no matter what, you can’t even think of passing through here before dark, or if you have to, you’d have to step over the bodies of our brothers!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a young minion rushed over and shouted loudly: "Master, the devil is coming!"
Zhen Sanjiang immediately pulled out the two box cannons stuck in his waist and shouted: "Brothers, let's go!"
…
The news that the 38th Division was tenaciously blocked by bandits in the nameless valley ten miles east of Lushui Town quickly spread back to the Far Eastern Army Headquarters in Liuhe County.
After listening to Asaburo Kobayashi's report, Yamashita Tomofumi was so angry that his lungs exploded.
When we attacked Baishan County before, we were trying to seize the territory of the bandits, so we were attacked by the bandits. We were willing to do so, but now the bandits are occupying the barren mountains and ridges ten miles east of Lushui Town, preventing them from passing through. This is really unacceptable.
Bear with it! These bandits are deliberately going against the Imperial Japanese Army!
"Baga!" Yamashita Fengwen said angrily, "Are all these bandits crazy?"
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi paused heavily and added, "According to the battle report provided by the 38th Division, these bandits fought very tenaciously and even launched a counterattack on the position, breaking into the imperial army's attack position.
We started a hand-to-hand battle with the imperial army, and we still didn’t lose in the hand-to-hand battle with the imperial army!”
"Baga!" Yamashita Fengwen said angrily, "What kind of bandits are these? Even the Chinese government troops can't fight them!"
After a pause, Yamashita Fengwen continued: "Order the Forty-sixth Division and the Forty-eighth Division not to go through Lushui Town anymore, and take a detour through the paths on both sides. If the heavy equipment cannot pass, abandon the heavy equipment and light up."
Advance rapidly, at all costs, we must catch up and bite the new group before dark!"
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi nodded heavily and said, "The moment the 38th Division was blocked by the bandits, the 46th Division and the 48th Division had already passed through the paths on both sides.
Detouring around, unfortunately, after advancing less than five kilometers, we were blocked by another two groups of bandits. These two groups of bandits were also very tenacious. Now the 46th Division and the 48th Division were also attacked by the bandits.
Stuck in the valley and unable to move!"
"Nani?" This result was obviously beyond Yamashita Fengfumi's expectations.
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi nodded heavily and added, "Now the 39th Division has detoured from further away, but due to the long distance, it is difficult to ensure that it can catch up with Shinichi before dark.
The main force of the group!"
Before he finished speaking, another voice suddenly came from outside the door: "I'm afraid, even if the 39th Division catches up with the new group before dark, it will be impossible to capture them!"
Yamashita Tomofumi and Kobayashi Asaburo turned around quickly, and Kimura Hyoutarou walked in.
"Your Excellency, Commander!" Kimura Hyōtaro paused and said, "The secret service has just received urgent news from an insider lurking in Songjiang Town, saying that an important situation has been discovered!"
When Yamashita Fengwen heard this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Kobayashi Asaburo asked even more urgently: "Komura-kun, what did the spy agency's insider discover?"
"Xu Rui's new regiment has been broken into pieces and moved in separately!" Hyoutaro Komura said, "They have entered the old forest!"
"Nani?" Kobayashi Asaburo said angrily, "The new group broke into pieces and went in separately? And also got into the old forest? Baga, didn't they have so many wounded people, they dared to get into the old forest?
Forest?"
This completely disrupted the Far Eastern Army's deployment, because all Far Eastern Army's deployments were aimed at the main road.
Including the march of the pursuing corps and the interception of the 57th Division, they all came from the main road.
"Although it is dangerous to get into the old forest, it is better than staying on the road and being surrounded and annihilated by the imperial army!" Hyoutarou Kimura said, "I believe Xu Rui can still choose such a simple multiple-choice question clearly!"
Yamashita Fengwen suddenly punched the sand table hard and said in a ferocious voice: "But if Xu Rui thinks that by getting into the old forest, his new regiment can escape the encirclement of the imperial army, he is totally wrong!"
After a pause, Yamashita Fengwen continued: "Kimura-kun, what is the smallest unit of the new regiment?"
Kimura Hyōtaro said: "According to the information provided by the secret service, it should be based on companies."
"Yo Xi." Yamashita Fengwen said in a ferocious voice, "Order, the three infantry regiments of the 57th Division will immediately divide into infantry squadrons and enter the deep mountains and old forests to intercept and kill the small troops of the new regiment!"