Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 143 Yoshio Shinozuka's Reaction

"Retreat? Why retreat? The brigade's order depends on the situation on the battlefield. Lao Luo, what do you mean by depending on the situation on the battlefield?" Li Yunlong stiffened his neck, as if no one would provoke me.

"Old Li, the brigade commander said it depends on the situation on the battlefield, but he also said later, don't fight recklessly with the little devil!" Commissar Luo patiently explained.

"The current situation is that we have eaten up two squadrons of the Japanese army alone. If we continue to fight, the enemy's reinforcements may not arrive anytime soon. By then, it will be too late to retreat. Old Li, let's just accept it!"

It turned out that although Li Yunlong was full of heart and soul to fight against the little devil, after all he had fought for so many years, he was not in a hurry to fight the little devil head-on.

Li Yunlong's new regiment is the main regiment of the 386th brigade, with a strength of about 2000 troops and a large number of light and heavy machine guns, but the reinforcements of the 16th and 17th regiments are not at this level. The regiment gained a lot, but it also suffered a lot of casualties. After the war, many new recruits were recruited. In more than two months, the combat effectiveness was far from being restored to that before the war.

With the current strength of the existing three regiments, if they really fight head-on with the Japanese army of nearly a thousand people, let alone wipe out the Japanese army, even if they severely injure the Japanese army, they will win miserably in the end.

Li Yunlong discussed with the 16th and 17th regiments who came to support, and the three regiments split up to act and wreak havoc in Changzi County at the same time.

The strength of three regiments cannot defeat a Japanese brigade, but a regiment of more than [-] people still has a chance of winning a squadron of the Japanese army.

For a while, Changzi County was full of gunpowder and smoke, and the returning Japanese army could only divide their troops to support them. As a result, Li Yunlong and other regiments were hit hard one by one.

"Damn, I really can't swallow this breath, such a good opportunity, the meat on the side of my mouth is stuck in my mouth, this is a useless battle!" Li Yunlong felt flustered when he thought about it.

What Li Yunlong was thinking at this time was that the main force of the Japanese army had been eaten up, and by the way, a few more strongholds in Zhangzi County were pulled out, but now it was dark, no matter how slow the Japanese army's response was, the reinforcements dispatched from other places should have arrived .

"Correspondent, go and tell the battalions to retreat immediately after cleaning the battlefield, and stop worrying about the little devil's stronghold!" Li Yunlong shouted loudly.

That night, the units of the 386th Brigade returned to their bases one after another. After a day of fighting, although each regiment suffered casualties, they captured a lot.

Zhou Weihan's new second regiment returned to the station before dark because the battle ended earlier.

On the second day, the headquarters of the Japanese Shanxi First Army.

Shinozuka Yoshio held a special military meeting on this Eighth Route Army operation.

"Tell me, why are the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire being led by the nose by the Eighth Route Army, and have suffered heavy injuries repeatedly?" Yoshio Shinozuka sat upright, his face gloomy.

"General Shinozuka, with all due respect, the failure of this battle is entirely the responsibility of the 108th Independent Mixed Brigade. There is a problem with public security in Anzawa, and our defenders in Nagko County received a request from Kamezaburo Kawada for reinforcements. Send troops to reinforce Yasawa, so that there are so many casualties. Kamezaburo Kawada should commit suicide!" The newly appointed commander of the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army Shimomoto Yakuma said angrily.

The main force of the 108th Division is in the west of Hebei. The Japanese army in Zhangzi County is weak, so a separate brigade was dispatched to garrison Changzi. After arriving, it was attacked by the Eighth Route Army all day long. After annihilating a small group of Japanese troops, Li Yunlong and other regiments took advantage of the loopholes and suffered heavy losses.

The brigade of the 108th Division in Zhangzi County is not the worst. The worst is the independent [-]th mixed brigade. Anze, Qinyuan, and Tunliu are all its defense areas.

Hearing Motoya Kuma's words, Kawada Tsutsutaro of the [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade immediately became unhappy: "Hachi, it's clear that the reinforcements from the defenders in Nagiko County did not arrive in time, which caused the situation to escalate."

Tsutsutaro Kawada is the elder brother of Kamezaburo Kawada, the captain of the Japanese army in Anze. He knows that the source of the incident is Anze County. A good candidate to take the blame, if not done well, he will have to commit suicide.

As the elder brother, Kawada Tsutsutaro couldn't bear his younger brother's fate, so the two sides began to blame each other.

"Baga, you have lost all face of the Imperial Japanese Army!" Yoshio Shinozuka, who was sitting upright, couldn't bear it anymore at this moment, stood up, slapped the table and roared angrily.

The two who were still arguing just now shut up immediately, but they still looked like they were going to fight if they disagreed.

"General Xiaozuka, the most important issue at present is to maintain law and order in several counties. Now our army's defense forces in these counties are empty. The Eighth Route Army has suppressed our troops around the county town. We must mobilize some troops there as soon as possible." Chief of Staff Miyano Jun said in a timely manner.

"The battle on the front line is tense, and the rear is full of gunpowder. General Gangcun is especially dissatisfied with the security war on the Shanxi battlefield!"

Shinozuka Yoshio frowned after hearing this, the strength of the First Army is really stretched: "All the officers involved in the incident will be handed over to the court-martial, and they will be severely punished."

Then it looked at Xiayuan Xiongmi: "Xiayuanjun, Wuyi and Wu'an are in good order, and there is no need to guard them with heavy troops. Mobilize a brigade under Si Neiyong to the eldest son to continue maintaining law and order."

Then he looked at Taijiro Iida, the acting head of the 35th Division who was sitting beside the old god, and suddenly he was furious, and said: "Mr. The Ten Mixed Brigade mobilized some troops to support Qinyuan."

Not long ago, when the Japanese army was sweeping Shanxi, the head of the 35th Division, Maeda Osamu, led the main force of the 35th Division to attack the Wei Lihuang Department guarding the Jincheng area to assist the Japanese army in the Shanxi First Army. Therefore, in the fierce melee, Maeda was shot in the head and chest and injured.

Major General Taijiro Iida, the commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment who commanded the operation, had no intention of fighting, and protected the division commander Maeda Osamu while fighting and retreating.

Since Maeda was seriously injured, the military doctors at the field hospital with the army only stopped the bleeding and bandaged his wound, and quickly sent him to the Japanese Army Hospital in Beiping for treatment, but eventually died of his injuries due to his serious injuries.

The dramatic thing is that in the later Hundred Regiments War, Taijiro Iida, as the acting commander, was attacked by a small unit when he was fighting with the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and he was also killed in Huangquan.

"Currently, our army's combat mission is to maintain law and order in the defense area. Don't take the initiative to fight with the large forces of the Eighth Route Army. I don't want to see such a thing happen again. Do you understand?" Shinozuka Yoshio said sharply.

After Shinozuka Yoshio spoke, the senior Japanese generals present did not dare to refute, and stood up one after another: "Hi!"

"Yoxi, I hope you all remember that only by working together can we gain a firm foothold in China!" Yoshio Shinozuka said with satisfaction.

After the meeting, Kawata Tsutsutaro did not leave in a hurry, but instead carried a gift box into Shinozuka Yoshio's office.

"General Shinozuka, these are two bottles of authentic Shanxi Fenjiu collected by my younger brother Kamedasaburo Kawada in China. They are said to be ten years old. I invite you to taste them!" Tsutsutaro Kawada smiled.

Yoshio Shinozuka's personal adjutant took it over, his expression moved slightly, as if he had sensed something, he handed over the gift box and put it on Yoshio Shinozuka's desk.

"Oh, how can you find such a treasured wine?" Yoshio Shinozuka's calm face showed a little joy. He took the gift box, his frown immediately relaxed, the mung bean-sized eyes behind the glasses shrank, and he waved his right hand in front of his nose. After a few touches, it seemed that I could smell a mellow wine fragrance.

Then he coughed dryly and said, "Hey, I accept Guisanlang's wishes. You go back and tell him to ensure the security in the defense area. Next time, I will definitely punish him severely!"

"Hey, please rest assured, General, I will strictly supervise him!" Kawada Tsutsutaro was overjoyed.

On the other side, Kamezaburo Kawada of Anze was beating his chest and feet in the office at this time, and the savings of years of search were wiped out, a total of twenty gold bars were gone.

(End of this chapter)