War of Resistance

Chapter 238 Nanjing Breakout Battle ([-])

"Wadashiwa, what does Iizawa-kun mean is that the troops should have a three-day holiday?" Matsui Iwane looked at the chief of staff, Major General Iizawa Mori.

"Your Excellency, General, I think it is very necessary, but it must be brought down before all the vital forces of the China Army are defeated!" Iizawa Mori said loudly, to show his firm position.

"Yo, Iizawa-kun's proposal is very good, but before the holiday, a grand entrance ceremony must be organized!" Matsui Iwane said firmly, "This is the time to show the world the power of the Japanese Empire!"

"Hay!" Mamoru Iizawa responded, "When does the general think it's appropriate to issue this order?"

I saw Matsui Iwane pondering for a while, and said: "Let's issue this order to the commander of the Shanghai Dispatched Army at noon on the [-]th, Prince Chaoxiang Palace Hatohiko! I'm afraid it will be too late for the order at noon today. Some Chinese troops Still stubbornly resisting..."

At this moment, a lieutenant came to report: "Report to Your Excellency, Commander of No. 18 Division Ushishima Sadao's urgent call!"

"No. 18 division? Could it be that the Chinese army in Wuhu has launched a fierce attack?" When Matsui Iwane received the telegram, he did not forget to glance at Major General Iizawa.

The Lieutenant Commander replied: "Report to Your Excellency, the problem is not in the direction of Wuhu, but in Chunhua Town, south of Nanjing City!"

"Nani?" Matsui Iwane immediately began to read the telegram. When he saw the words "absolute main force", he threw the telegram in his hand to Major General Iizawa Mori, and strode to the In front of the military map.

Mamoru Iizawa followed closely behind, not forgetting to read the telegram twice. When Matsui Iwane walked to the map, a staff officer had already marked the location of Chunhua Town on the map.

"Chunhua Town, Chunhua Town." Matsui Iwane muttered to himself while staring at the map. As a commander, he must capture every detail of the battlefield!
Soon, Matsui Iwane made a decision, and he ordered to the lieutenant around him: "Immediately order, the headquarters of the No.13 Division, and a brigade of the Sixth Division, ah no, it is a regiment, immediately To pursue this army, the No.18 Division will send a regiment from Wuhu to intercept it, and we must wipe out this arrogant Chinese army!"

Originally Matsui Iwane wanted the Sixth Division to send a brigade to join in the pursuit of the penetration regiment, but when he thought of his "grand city entry ceremony", he changed his mind directly - even if it was an army of China Elite troops, so what?Compared with the splashing credit for winning Nanjing, it seems that it is not so important.

In short, from his political standpoint, the political show of Nanjing's entrance ceremony must be done beautifully!
"Hay!" The lieutenant officer led the order and left.

With Matsui Iwane's order, this not-so-large net against the penetration regiment has begun to slowly start.

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Just when Dizhou Libing was about to personally lead the strong troops of the two regiments to support Takahashi Masaotake's Sendai regiment, a soldier ran down and reported: "Reporting to your Excellency, Division Chief, No. 18 Division Ushishima Sada The head of the army is calling urgently!"

"Read!" Dizhou Libing, who was about to board the armored vehicle and set off, turned around and said.

I saw the soldier immediately picked up the telegram and read: "Your Excellency Dizhou Libing, head of the No. 13 Division, a brigade of our garrison stationed in Chunhua Town is facing the absolute main attack of the Chinese Army. Now The situation is very critical, General Dizhou Libing must send support troops immediately! No. 18 Division Commander Ushishima Sadao, urgent telegram at 37:[-] am on December [-]th!"

"Immediately call back the head of the Niudao division and tell him that I, Dizhou Libing, have personally led a powerful reinforcement to support it! Please rest assured, the head of the Niudao division!" Just as Dizhou Libing was about to board the car again, another A bad thing happened.

I saw another soldier ran to Dizhou Libing and reported: "Report to your Excellency, the commander of the division, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Matsui Iwane, has an urgent call!"

Just when Dizhou Libing wanted to scold his mother, he heard the name "Matsui Iwane", immediately stopped the swear words that were about to come out, and said, "Nani? Even General Matsui was alarmed Already? Read it quickly!"

After receiving the instructions from the division commander, the newly arrived soldier immediately began to read: "The No. 13 Division Commander Lieutenant General Dizhou Libing, now the battle in Chunhua Town is urgent, please take your army with you immediately." All of the No.13 divisions, plus one unit of the sixth division, immediately reinforced Chunhua Town! General Matsui Iwane, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, issued an urgent order at 39:[-] am on December [-]! "

As soon as Matsui Iwane's order arrived, Dizhou Libing knew that at least now he couldn't leave, so he could only say to the new captain of the Eighth Regiment, Soeda Fuki, and the No.13 Regiment's Sakata: "I still have urgent matters to deal with, so you go to support the [-]th Regiment first, and you two try to obey the command of Colonel Masao Takahashi as much as possible. Their regiment has just fought against this cunning Chinese army. The situation should be clearer than you!"

"Hay!" Chief Sakata and Chief Soda Uki responded at the same time.

"Master Soda Uki, you and Takahashi Masaobu and the officers and soldiers of the Kumamoto Regiment should work together to create the best results!" Libing Ogizhou specially instructed Mr. Tomada Uki.

Among the Japanese army, although the Kumamoto division from Kyushu is very powerful, the Japanese army from high to low prefers troops from rich areas, such as Sendai, Tokyo, and Osaka. The Kumamoto Division in Kyushu is not liked by the military because it was born in the relatively poor Kumamoto area.

Throughout the history of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kumamoto Division has made a lot of contributions in China, but it has always been inferior to the First Division and the Fourth Division in terms of equipment supplements, which were born in wealthy places.

If you don't believe me, just take a look at the famous Fourth Division, and you will know that the Fourth Division, a division composed of businessmen from Osaka, can be said to have completely disgraced the "imperial army" no matter what battle it was in. Still not being abolished, even Yamashita Fengfumi, who was later known as the "Malay Tiger", was transferred to the division as the division head, and there was nothing he could do.

All these can prove that the Japanese military does have the habit of favoring troops from wealthy areas.

Because of this, Dizhou Libing specifically told Soda Fuki and Takahashi Masaobu, after all, the purpose is the same - to strive for the best results.

After instructing the two, Dizhou Libing walked back to the division headquarters. He was still secretly thankful—fortunately, Takahashi Masaobu was not allowed to lead the [-]th Regiment forward, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable... ...at least this ugliness is settled.

What Dizhou Libing didn't expect was that it was precisely because of their reckless pursuit that the entire army of the third brigade of the Sixth Regiment was annihilated, giving Zhang Tianhai and others a rare chance of survival!
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The camera switches to Chunhua Town again.

At this time, because it was night, the people's team passed relatively slowly. After all, these people's teams are no better than the officers and soldiers of the army. The officers and soldiers of the army are all young and strong, and they have been training all year round. There are both, and there is no sense of coordination, so the speed of travel is relatively slow.

If you were to ask Zhang Tianhai if he regretted taking these people with him for a moment, his answer would be "no". He knew that if he didn't save them, no one would be able to save them...

Looking at these slow-moving civilian teams, Zhang Tianhai was very anxious, but he had no choice, so he could only order the Fourth Temporary Battalion to take over the escort task of the First Temporary Battalion, and then let all the First Temporary Battalion be stationed in Chunchun immediately. Huazhen position.

It's not that Zhang Tianhai doesn't trust the ability of the Fourth Temporary Battalion, it's just that he doesn't know Li Zuoliang well, so he can rest assured that this position will be handed over to Wei He...

Of course, it wasn't that they were completely without firearms and ammunition to stay in the position in Chunhua Town. For example, half of the firearms and most of the ammunition of the Japanese army brigade that had just been wiped out were left to them.

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