Hebian Zhengzo, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.
Kawabe Shozo, an old devil, is a workaholic. It is very rare for him to go to bed before two o'clock in the morning. However, this old devil is still made of flesh and blood after all. After nearly half a month of high-intensity work, the old devil finally let him go to bed.
The Japanese couldn't bear it, so they went to bed early before ten o'clock last night.
However, Kawabe Shozo did not go back to the dormitory to sleep, but slept directly in the staff headquarters. It was not a good experience to lie on the cold bench of the staff headquarters with no clothes on such a cold day.
, only a workaholic like Kawabe Shozo can bear it, and even an orthodox soldier like Nishio Hiszo can't bear it.
After Hebian Zhengzo was awakened by the knock on the door, he turned over and sat up, but he was a little dazed. This is also normal. The old devil did not have enough blood supply to the brain due to lack of sleep for a long time, and there would indeed be a temporary pause in thinking. In severe cases,
It may even lead to ischemic necrosis of brain tissue, which is also a stroke.
The knock on the door rang again, and Hebian Zhengsan finally regained consciousness.
Kawabe Shozo rubbed his face, stood up from the bench, and said: "Please come in."
The wooden door was gently moved away, and then a staff officer on duty from the staff department walked in and reported: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, we just received an urgent call from the Iida detachment, saying that they were attacked by the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment half an hour ago.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, all the outer positions of the Huangnipu stronghold have been lost. Now the Dameishan Independent Regiment is launching a fierce attack on the main position of the Huangnipu stronghold. Captain Iida requested urgent tactical guidance from the Bengbu and Huainan garrison.
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"Nani?" Hebian Zhengsan was shocked when he heard this.
It was also at this time that Kawabe Shozo suddenly realized that he seemed to have made another mistake! Moreover, this mistake was probably a fatal mistake! The day before yesterday, after the Osaka Division caused a large-scale fraud incident,
He ordered the operation to be suspended for the safety of the three Japanese troops, but he did not consider his opponents!
The two divisions and detachments involved in this sweep will immediately stop their advance as long as he gives the order from Zhengsan by the river. However, his opponent Xu Rui and the Dameishan detachment under Xu Rui
Independent Regiment, but would not obey his orders and stay put. Damn it, why did I ignore Xu Rui?
To be honest, I can't really blame Kawabe Shozo for this matter.
Because this has nothing to do with Kawabe Shozo's ability, it is a blind spot in human thinking.
Because the Japanese army has always been the active offensive party on the Chinese battlefield. Facing the Japanese attack, the National Army only knew how to defend blindly. The Dameishan Independent Regiment often launched fierce counterattacks in defense, but in essence it was still defense.
, at least until today, the Dameishan Independent Regiment has never taken the initiative to attack when faced with the attack of a heavy Japanese army group. When facing the gendarmerie of various counties, it often takes the initiative to attack.
Therefore, all the Japanese generals, including Kawabe Shozo, have formed this mindset. Even if the three Japanese troops participating in the mopping up operations temporarily stop their operations, the Dameishan Independent Regiment will only strengthen the defenses in their base area.
, at most they would just set more traps, but they would never have thought that the Dameishan Independent Regiment would dare to take the initiative!
It's okay to have a fixed mindset, but until you realize the problem, it's difficult to get out of it! So you really can't blame Kawabe Shozo for this.
"Map!" Hebian Zhengzo took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
The combat officer on duty quickly found a map and put it on Zhengsan's big table by the river.
Kawabe Shozo picked up a blue pencil and drew two straight lines on the map, from Shanxian to Guanxian, and from Puxian to Guanxian. Then he picked up a square ruler and measured the two straight lines.
After calculating the length using the scale, his face suddenly became embarrassed, and he threw the square ruler and pencil heavily on the map.
"Baga!" Hebian Zhengsan cursed and slumped back on the big chair.
Although the battle in Huangnipu has just begun, and although there is a whole detachment of Japanese troops stationed in Huangnipu, a very bad premonition still wells up in the heart of Zhengzo by the river. The Iida detachment is afraid that
We are going to be in big trouble, maybe it will become the second Chongdeng detachment!
The combat officer on duty is named Masayoshi Sakai, who used to be Hata Shunroku's adjutant. After Hata Shunroku was killed by Xu Rui, Masayoshi Sakai was transferred to the staff department by Kawabe Shozo as a staff officer. This little devil's military quality is quite good, Kawabe
Although Shozo didn't say a word, Masayoshi Sakai still figured out the clue from his work on the drawings.
At that moment, Masayoshi Sakai said: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, even if Xu Rui really transfers all the troops originally planned to be used in Ga County and single counties to block Osaka Division and Kumamoto Division to Guan County, even if Xu Rui concentrates the entire Dameishan Independent Regiment,
His troops only number more than 10,000, and they don’t have heavy weapons.”
Kawabe Shozo rolled his eyes and asked: "So?"
Masayoshi Sakai continued: "Therefore, it can be said that it is absolutely impossible for the Daimeishan Independent Regiment to severely damage or even annihilate the Iida detachment in a short period of time. However, as long as it waits until dawn tomorrow, the Imperial Army's aviation regiment can fly over
At the Huangnipu stronghold, bomb the participating troops of the Dameishan Independent Regiment outside the stronghold. By then, the war situation will be reversed!"
Kawabe Shozo shook his head and said: "Sakai-san, everything you said is right, but what I want to say is that Xu Rui has never been a person who is willing to play his cards according to the routine. The battle of Nantong, the battle of Yematan, the Battle of Yematan, etc.
In the Battle of Bay and the Battle of Qingfeng Mountain Road, when did Xu Rui play according to the routine? So, this time he still won't play according to the routine!"
"Don't play according to the routine?" Masayoshi Sakai said, "Chief of Staff, are you referring to Xu Rui's conspiracies? Please forgive me for speaking frankly, the Battle of Nantong, the Battle of Yematan, the Battle of Dawan and the Battle of Qingfeng Mountain Road
battle, the reason why the imperial army suffered a disastrous defeat was because Xu Rui enjoyed the advantage of home field and could set up traps in advance."
After a pause, Masayoshi Sakai continued: "But this time, it is the Imperial Japanese Army that enjoys the home field advantage. Therefore, I really can't think of any other tricks that Xu Rui can play?"
Hebian Zhengzo shook his head again and said: "Xu Rui is more cunning than you imagine."
Masayoshi Sakai frowned, and wanted to say, Chief of Staff, are you going to scare Xu Rui out of fear? However, Masayoshi Sakai held back in the end, because he knew very well that if he said this
If he comes out, then his position in the Central China Dispatch Army Staff Department will no longer exist.
Masayoshi Sakai shut his mouth and said no more.
Hebian Zhengsan calmed down and said: "Order the Iida detachment to just hold the Huangnipu stronghold and not to attack rashly, so as not to give Xu Rui an opportunity to take advantage of; and then order the garrison in Bengbu and Huainan to send reinforcements, but do not underestimate the enemy."
If you advance rashly, beware that this is the encirclement point of the Dameishan Independent Regiment for reinforcements; also, cancel the bombing mission in Chongqing, and wait until early tomorrow morning for all bombers and reconnaissance fighter squadrons to fly to the Huangnipu stronghold to support the Iida detachment!"
"Hai!" Masayoshi Sakai paused heavily and turned around.
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Shozo Kawabe is right, Xu Rui has never been a person who is willing to play his cards according to routines, Shojiro Iida is also right, facing Xu Rui and the Dameishan Independent Group, no matter how cautious you are, you will never be too cautious.
, However, at this point, no matter how cautious Kawabe Masaru and Iida Shojiro are, it will not help.
The Iida detachment is already doomed, and its fate can no longer be reversed.
The battle started at half past ten in the night. The first regiment, the second regiment, and the security regiment launched attacks from three directions from the south, east, and west at the same time. In less than an hour, they were overwhelming.
They broke through the Japanese's outer defense line and advanced the battle line to a hundred meters outside the Huangnipu stronghold before stopping.
Then, the three main groups stopped attacking at the same time and went into defense on the spot.
Although the Iida detachment discovered this change in the Dameishan Independent Regiment, for safety reasons, Iida Shojiro did not invest too many troops in an all-out counterattack, but only dispatched a few infantry squadrons to launch a tentative counterattack. This intensity
Naturally, it is impossible for the counterattack to break through the defense line of the Dameishan Independent Regiment.
Iida Shojiro didn't know that the Iida detachment's last chance of survival had disappeared.
Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with being cautious, but sometimes, being cautious can be fatal.
Less than half an hour later, Niu Dazhuang's artillery battalion came up. Along with the artillery battalion, there were two hundred heartless cannons! Niu Dazhuang gave an order, and the artillery battalion began to attack the militia and a regiment.
With the full cooperation of the officers and soldiers, artillery positions began to be constructed intensively.
Night provided the best cover. The Iida detachment, which was trapped in the Huangnipu stronghold, did not know that the Dameishan Independent Regiment outside had secretly set up two hundred "large-caliber heartless cannons", and their Iida detachment,
He is about to fall under this simple yet cruel and heartbreaking heavy artillery!
Although the heartless cannon has a large caliber, its control is simpler than that of a mortar.
Mortars are precision strike weapons. They have very high requirements for shooting angle and shooting height. If they are left to inexperienced artillerymen to operate, it will basically be a waste of shells. However, heartless cannons are not precision strike weapons. This thing is reliable.
It is a large-scale coverage and destruction, so the number must be huge, otherwise it will be basically useless.
In less than half an hour, all two hundred heartless cannons were set up. All the muzzles were at a forty-five-degree angle, pointing at the Huangnipu stronghold a hundred meters ahead. Considering that the heartless cannons
The accuracy is low, so the artillery position of the two hundred heartless guns is also a large rectangle, nearly a hundred meters long and wide.
As a result, the mines fired by the two hundred heartless cannons can, at least in theory, cover the entire Huangnipu stronghold. In actual combat, some of the mines will definitely miss, but according to probability statistics, most of the mines will still be missed.
It will fall into the Huangnipu stronghold, and the distribution density of the impact points will not be significantly different.
Immediately afterwards, Niu Dazhuang raised his right hand.
