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Chapter 448 Okamura Adjustment
Originally, I planned to merge the 33rd Division with the 106th Division and the Zuozhi Detachment on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi after the 33rd Division opened up the passage to the northeast of Changsha City. Half off.

At the moment Okamura thought, Amakasu Shigetaro, who has been playing circles in the local military academy, is also a piece of paper. When it comes to tactics, he has one set of tactics, but it turns out that it is not the case at all when he goes to the battlefield.

Originally, the 33rd Division, the 106th Division, and the Saeda Detachment supported each other's offensive from the left to the right. Now that they have lost all the way, the heavy responsibility of attacking from the battlefield behind Changsha City falls to the 106th Division and the Saeda Detachment.

However, the 106th Division and the Zuozhi Detachment had been blocked in the area of ​​Tonggu Mountain, and there was no progress for the whole afternoon. Looking at the area of ​​Tonggu Mountain, Okamura frowned more and more tightly.

Thinking about the Xiangbei battlefield, the sudden heavy rain made it difficult for the troops to move forward, especially their own mechanized troops, which could burn gasoline better than walking on two legs. Although he didn't want to admit it, Okamura knew that he underestimated the support of the Chinese people. The destructive power of major traffic arteries.

The mechanized units attacking Changsha on the Xiangbei battlefield caused soldiers and tanks to step into the mud, and the wheels slipped and the military shoes were filled with water, which seriously hindered the marching speed of the troops.

According to the observations of the meteorological soldiers, the heavy rain will not stop for a while.

Thinking about the current situation, the more Okamura thought about it, the more serious the problem became, but he did not fall into depression because of this. As the commander of the entire 11th Army, his experience in the great battle made him think more calmly at this moment.

The heavy rain delayed the frontal march, and the 106th Division and the Zuozhi Detachment were blocked in front of Tonggu Mountain. How should I break through the obstacles of the heavy rain?
Okamura stared at the entire sand table, he knew that he had to come up with a countermeasure to break through the deadlock of the attack at this time, even if he broke through a single point.

Ok?
Okamura set his sights on a meandering Xiangjiang River. It was the surge of this river that hindered the march, and behind this river was the [-]th Group Army of the Chongqing Army who had built a defensive position.

Okamura thought, since his troops were in deep quagmire on the frontal battlefield in northern Hunan, presumably Xue Boling in Changsha City also knew about this situation. sex declined.

If at this time, when the Chongqing army thought it would be difficult for them to cross the river due to the soaring water, they could send a surprise soldier to destroy a key point on the position opposite the Xiangjiang River, then maybe they could open the defense line of the opposite Chongqing army position!

If this method is to be effective, it must be able to surprise a key point of their retreat on the Chongqing Army's position in front of them.

Where is this key point?
While Okamura's mind was in a hurry, he hurriedly walked to the opposite side of the sand table, and his eyes turned to the third division stationed in Jiangbei.

After a while, Okamura straightened his waist and spread his right hand to the side.

The division staff officer on the side put the commander in his hands.

Okamura used the command stick to slide up the Xiangjiang River from the position of the Jiangbei Third Division, and finally stopped at Yintian, and said confidently, "What if I send a force to surprise Yintian at this time?"

The staff officer on the side looked from Yintian to both sides. The position of Yintian was directly the key position in the rear of the 15th Group Army in the Ninth Theater of Chongqing. The 15th Army is entirely possible!

The division staff's eyes brightened, "Your Excellency, this is definitely an unexpected plan for Changsha!"

For Okamura, who is good at planning, the biggest role of his staff is to make up for his big strategy and point out some shortcomings. After all, with an extra pair of eyes, he may be able to find some loopholes at some point, but he is confident that he has just Once the surprise attack plan that I came up with is implemented, it can definitely be broken.

Currently, around this idea, Okamura and the staff of the division are discussing and perfecting the entire surprise attack plan.

Okamura's plan is aimed at the frontal battlefield in northern Hunan, and naturally it will not be able to reach Shizhuling, 180 kilometers away, in a short while.

At this moment, there is no heavy rain in Shizhu Ridge.

The sun was still hot at four o'clock, and Li Chong, who drank a sip of water from time to time, drank a total of six military water bottles from noon to now, but he didn't urinate once. Only slowly regained motivation, and after recovering some energy, the officers and soldiers began to clean the battlefield and count the number of casualties.

The three battalion commanders under Li Chong, Tang Dayao, Jian Yongjiang, and Tang Dahai, were all still alive. They spent 5 minutes counting their men and horses. In addition, the company directly under the regiment headquarters also suffered a lot of casualties. More than half of the regiment died. There are more than [-] people left.The whole regiment did not take advantage of this kind of hand-to-hand combat. Bringing bayonets depends entirely on the level of bayonet fighting.

In addition to burying corpses and picking up guns, there are still living officers and soldiers picking up bullet casings and mortar casings with baskets.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of materials in the country. Even the arsenal in the rear does not have enough copper and iron raw materials to use. The bullet shells and mortar shell shells on the ground are made of brass, which can be made into bullets and shells after being re-melted.

The ground is full of brass bullet casings, and you can easily pick up twenty or thirty catties by bending over. Of course, this kind of work of picking up bullet casings does not need to be done by a leader like Li Chong.

At that moment Li Chongzheng was stepping on among the corpses, and picked up an assistant officer's knife from the corpse of a headless major.

It was a knife that had been hard-fought many times in the hand-to-hand combat. Li Chong carried the headless corpse and threw it aside, then picked up the scabbard that was under the corpse.

Taking a closer look, Li Chong found that it was actually a big saber, and the devil's corpse he threw aside was only a major rank.

Li Chong guessed for a while, this devil most likely inherited his father's business, and the knife he held was presumably passed down from his father who was the chief, so the knife held by this devil's master is so strong.

While sitting on the ground wiping the knife, Jing Jiamo came over.

"Lao Li, wipe the knife."

Li Chong shook the handle of the knife and said, "When fighting the bayonet, I met a good knife. The big blade could not stop chopping. Maybe it is the knife inherited from the little devil's ancestors."

The dried blood on the bayonet was wiped dry by Li Chong, and the silver shimmered in the sun.

After showing off the captured saber a little, Li Chong asked, "How about your regiment's casualties?"

Jing Jiamo sighed, "It's not pretty, more than a thousand people died."

"I'm no better off."

Then both of them sighed at the same time.

(End of this chapter)