"At least one battalion's strength?" Naosaburo Okabe's heart trembled. Although the strength of only one battalion does not represent the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, it can at least show Xu Rui's determination. Xu Rui sent a battalion.
The fact that Badou Town blocked their Kumamoto Division was enough to show that Xu Rui wanted to keep them.
"Baga!" Naosaburo Okabe cursed, and immediately led Shigeta Shigenori straight ahead.
After walking less than ten miles, Naosaburo Okabe arrived at the headquarters of the 23rd Infantry Regiment.
"Division Commander!" It seemed that Okabe Naosaburo had entered, so Sano Torata quickly stood up and bowed in salute.
"Sano-san." Okabe Naosaburo said with a livid face as he accused Sano Tora, "Yesterday morning, your 23rd Infantry Regiment had already set off from Daping Town, and now nearly thirty months have passed.
It's almost an hour, why haven't your 23rd Infantry Regiment passed Badou Town yet? What are you doing?"
Naosaburo Okabe was really angry because the 23rd Infantry Regiment, as the vanguard of the Kumamoto Division, was responsible for clearing the way, but now they had only traveled less than a hundred miles in thirty hours, even more than the main force of their division.
They were even slower, but the main force of the division carried a large amount of heavy equipment, while the 23rd Infantry Regiment advanced lightly.
"Hai!" Sano Tora paused heavily and said depressedly, "Division Commander, no matter how much explanation you give, it will be in vain, so I'd better ask the division commander to go to the front line and have a look."
At that moment, Sano Torata took Naosaburo Okabe and his party to the frontline battlefield.
Then, Naosaburo Okabe saw the triangular flags all over the highway.
"What is this?" Naosaburo Okabe's forehead immediately showed three black lines, and he asked, "Landmine?!"
"Hai." Sano Huta nodded heavily, and then continued, "Of course, not every flag has mines, but even if it is only one-tenth, the number is still a lot!"
"One-tenth?" Naosaburo Okabe said in a deep voice, "That many?"
Sano Torata said: "Judging from the few minefields that have been cleared, there are only a lot more."
Shigeta Shigenori said: "Sano-san, why don't you send engineering troops to clear mines?"
Sano Torata said: "What Shigeta-san doesn't know is that most of the landmines planted by the Chinese are ceramic mines, and the metal detectors equipped by the engineering team cannot detect them at all! They can only use bayonets to detect mines manually, so the speed is very slow.
"
"Nani, ceramic landmines?" Shigetori's face immediately darkened, "Cunning Chinese!"
Sano Torata continued: "What's worse is that not only are landmines buried on the road, but also a large number of landmines are buried on the fields on both sides of the road. Although the number of landmines on the fields on both sides is much smaller, because there are no
Mark, so it’s even more troublesome to detect, it’s simply impossible to detect!”
After a pause, Sano Torata said: "So in the end, we can only use human rolling thunder."
"Human body rolling thunder?" Okabe Naosaburo's face suddenly became solemn, and then he nodded and said, "In emergency situations, it is also a good idea." After a pause, he said, "But since human body rolling thunder, why are you second in the infantry?
The progress of the Thirteenth Regiment is still so slow? It has not passed Badou Town until now?"
Sano Torata sighed and said: "Because in addition to the obstacles of landmines, there are also harassment by guerrillas."
While talking, Sano Torata led Naosaburo Okabe and his party forward, and then came to the front of a trench. Sano Torata pointed to the trench warfare and whispered: "Division commander, Shigeta-san, and everyone else."
, when you came here, the road had been smoothed by us, so you don’t know, but in fact..."
After a pause, Sano Tora said sadly: "But in fact, we have filled in twenty-four field trenches like this that cross the road, and in the middle of these twenty-four field trenches, there are minefields.
, there are also landmines on both sides. We finally cleared a safe passage through human rolling mines, but before we could move forward, we encountered a small enemy force. Although the enemy's small force was small in strength, it had a very high firepower density.
, there are many machine guns, and coupled with the minefield restrictions, our attacking troops can only attack from a narrow front, causing heavy casualties and even worse effects!"
Shigeta Shigenori frowned and said, "Why don't you launch an attack?"
"Shigeta-san, we have launched an attack." Sano Torata said, "But there are minefields on both sides of the road. Even if human rolling mines are used, it will take time to clear the minefields. Basically, every time such a blockade is broken,
It takes at least an hour, and we spent a full twenty-four hours just to break through these twenty-four field trenches!"
Naosaburo Okabe sighed and said, "Sano-san, it seems that I have wronged you and made it difficult for you."
"Nothing." Sano Torata shook his head and said, "I failed to pass through Badou Town before noon and failed to complete the combat mission assigned by the division headquarters. As a result, the main force of the division has been blocked in Badou Town and has not been able to escape.
, This is a dereliction of duty by our 23rd Infantry Regiment, and it is even more despicable and incompetent. Please punish us from the division and regiment headquarters!"
"It's not time to investigate the responsibility yet." Naosaburo Okabe shook his head and said, "The most urgent task is how to break through the blockade of the Dameishan Independent Regiment as soon as possible and return to Feicheng smoothly!" After a slight pause, Naosaburo Okabe said
Then he continued, "Sano-san, now you can tell us about the battle situation in detail."
"Hai." Sano Tora turned around and said, wiping his hands, "Please also ask the division commander to return to the headquarters."
At that moment, Tora Sano led Naosaburo Okabe and his party back to his regiment headquarters.
At the wing headquarters, Sano Torata reported the battle situation in Badou Town to Naosaburo Okabe in detail.
At noon today, after breaking through twenty-four blockades in succession, the Sano Regiment was finally met with a tenacious blockade by the Dawu Mountain Independent Regiment in Badou Town. At least one battalion of troops relied on the ruins of Badou Town to build a
A chain of fortifications traversed the entire highway line, tightly blocking their path forward.
In the next two hours, Sano United tried several attacks, but all failed.
"Badou Town?!" Naosaburo Okabe's eyes narrowed and he said, "I think I have understood Xu Rui's intention. Xu Rui wants to take the heads of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers of our Kumamoto Division and sacrifice eight people's blood to them.
The Chinese people in Dou Town, because before this, our vanguard troops massacred the entire Badou Town, more than 2,000 people!"
"Nani, take the heads of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers of the imperial army and sacrifice them to more than 2,000 Chinese people?"
"A Chinese citizen is worth ten heads of the imperial army? Isn't Xu Rui's appetite too big?"
"Arrogant, simply arrogant. I want to see what Xu Rui can do to keep our Kumamoto division? Just because he is entrenched in that camp in Badou Town? Want to close the door and beat the dogs? What a joke!"
"Why shut the door and hit the dogs? Are we dogs? It's a misnomer!"
As soon as Okabe Naosaburo finished speaking, the entire regiment immediately exploded.
Shigetori Shigetori also said disdainfully: "Up to now, the Daimeishan Independent Regiment has not even been able to break through the blockade of the Iwasaki Regiment. How dare they dare to keep our entire Kumamoto Division? What a joke!"
Unfortunately, as soon as Shigeta Shigetoku finished speaking, signal troops hurriedly entered.
"Report!" The signal corpsman nodded heavily and reported, "Chief of Staff, Iwasaki Regiment has an urgent call!"
Shigetori stretched out his hand to take the telegram, and his face immediately darkened when he saw it, because this was not an ordinary telegram, but a farewell telegram sent by Captain Minao Iwasaki of the 47th Infantry Regiment. Just now, just now
When they were discussing Xu Rui, Iwasaki's brigade had just been wiped out, and Iwasaki Minao had been shattered.
Just by looking at Shigetori's face, Naosaburo Okabe, Torata Sano and others had roughly guessed what was going on.
However, Naosaburo Okabe still had a trace of luck in his heart, and he asked in a deep voice: "Shigeta-san, what's going on?"
"Hai." Shigetori paused and said sadly, "Division commander, just five minutes ago, the 47th Infantry Regiment was completely destroyed, and the commander of the regiment, Iwasaki Minao, was also shattered."
For the Kumamoto Division, this is by no means good news, because with the destruction of the Iwasaki Regiment, it means that the main force of the Daimeishan Independent Regiment will be able to pursue it with great strides. It is now past two o'clock in the afternoon, and it will be evening at the latest.
The main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment can rush to Badou Town. The marching intensity of the Dameishan Independent Regiment is no stranger to Naosaburo Okabe!
Moreover, before the Dameishan Independent Regiment arrives, the Langya troops will arrive first. This is the most troublesome!
The brutal battles in Daping Town over the past few days have given Naosaburo Okabe a clearer understanding of the power of Wolf Fang!
This means that there is only half an afternoon left for the Kumamoto Division. If they cannot break through the Badou Town defense line before dark, they will not be able to leave as soon as the Dameishan Independent Regiment arrives.
!What worries Okabe Naosaburo even more is that once the Kumamoto Division is trapped here, almost no one can come to rescue them!
It's not that there are no troops, there are still troops. Several divisions are stationed in Bengbu in the north, Huainan and even Wuhu in southern Anhui. There are even two divisions stationed in Wuhan. As long as they cross the Dabie Mountains, they can reach central Anhui.
,The problem is that due to the lack of military supplies, these troops are basically unable to dispatch!
In order to support this large-scale raid on Damei Mountain, the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters has transferred all the combat readiness materials of various divisions under its jurisdiction. Now the Japanese troops in other directions can only shrink to protect themselves, and there is no spare strength at all.
Troops were sent to central Anhui to rescue them.
idiot!
Naosaburo Okabe cursed and gritted his teeth and said: "Order, the 6th Field Artillery Regiment will be deployed immediately to cooperate with the 23rd Infantry Regiment. The 12th Independent Tank Corps Squadron will also belong to the 20th Infantry Regiment."
Commander of the Third Regiment!" After a pause, Naosaburo Okabe said to Sano Torata again, "Sano-san, you must clear the Badou Pass before dark, please do everything!"
PS: Recommend a book "Anti-Japanese Violent Legion": Lei Zhan, the chief instructor of the Chinese Lightning Special Forces, was reborn during the Anti-Japanese War. His arrival frightened the little devils!