Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 268 Major General Nishiyama Masao: Target, Eliminate the Independent Battalion

"Baga! These Tubalus are really cunning!"

Seeing the chasing soldiers of the independent battalion receding like a tide, Kasahara Koizumi showed an undisguised annoyance on his face.

Because as long as the opponent pursues for a while, he can join forces with the newly formed 3rd Infantry Regiment to wipe out all these pursuers.

The chief of staff next to him, Shimono Jundao: "Captain, I think it should be that China Tubalu discovered the newly formed 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Army who came to reinforce, and then suddenly stopped the pursuit."

"Well, it should be so."

Kasahara Koizumi nodded.

For fear of being ambushed, Kasahara Koizumi did not order a counterattack, but let the troops rest in place.

About half an hour later, Nishiyama Masao led the newly formed 3rd Infantry Regiment and the troops directly under the brigade headquarters arrived here.

Kasahara Koizumi, together with Shimono Jun, and a group of staff members from the regiment immediately greeted him: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander!"

Masao Nishiyama glanced at the devil officers in front of him, and scolded with a heavy face, "What a bunch of useless idiots. After half a day, they still couldn't take down a Wangjia Village that was only defended by a part of the independent battalion!"

"If I had known earlier, the newly formed 3rd Infantry Regiment should have been the main offensive in this battle!"

Kasahara Koizumi hurriedly lowered his head and explained: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, calm down. It's not that his subordinates are incompetent. It's just that when we were about to capture the defense line of the Independent Battalion, a large number of militiamen suddenly came out from behind them."

"militia?"

It’s okay if Kasahara Koizumi didn’t say anything, but Masao Nishiyama’s face darkened even more when he talked about it: “It’s not that I don’t know the Chinese militia, they are just a group of mobs who can be defeated at once, even if a large number of militiamen come to help the battle, so what ?
Is this why you failed? "

Kasahara Koizumi: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, the situation is completely different from what you think. Although the equipment of these militiamen is not very sophisticated, they each have a rifle.

Moreover, their number is extremely large, more than 2000 people. "

"Originally, even with so many militiamen, they couldn't turn the tide of the battle, but they delayed the imperial army's attack until Wang Chengzhu led the main force back."

"Otherwise, my subordinates would have already captured Wangjiacun!"

Nishiyama Masao nodded. When he couldn't get in touch with the 22nd Infantry Regiment, he realized that something was wrong. The reason why he led his troops out was also to prevent accidents.

Thinking of this, Nishiyama Masao asked again: "How about your casualties?"

Kasahara Koizumi did not dare to hide anything, and replied truthfully: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, our troops suffered more than 1500 casualties. In addition, due to the hasty transfer, about half of the artillery and heavy machine guns were lost on the way in."

Rao Nishiyama Masao was already prepared in his heart, but when he heard the battle damage data, he was still shocked.

Then he gritted his teeth bitterly and said, "It's okay, let Wang Chengzhu save it for us first, and let him return the principal with interest tomorrow!"

Hearing this, Kasahara Koizumi was overjoyed: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, what do you mean, continue to attack Wangjiacun?"

Masao Nishiyama said with a gloomy face: "This independent battalion provoked the majesty of the imperial army time and time again, and brought great shame to the imperial army of Japan. I will wash away these shames with the blood of Wang Chengzhu and Tubalu of the independent battalion! "

"It's getting late today, go back to Wanjia Town to rest, and launch an attack tomorrow morning!"

"Hi Yi!"

Kasahara Koizumi nodded heavily, and the fighting spirit in his heart was rekindled.

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the other side.

While Wang Chengzhu led his troops back to Wangjia Village, he cleaned up the battlefield along the way and picked up the weapons and equipment abandoned by the little devil on the road.

In the meantime, he also learned what happened through the narrations of Xu Hailang, Shi Yichuan, Zhao Hong and others.

When he heard that during this period of time, Zhao Hong had actually developed more than 2000 militiamen, he was immediately shocked.

Originally, he thought that he had developed the artillery platoon to a scale of 1200 people a month, which was already against the sky.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hong developed more than 2000 militiamen in less than a month.

Of course, this is due to the good propaganda work of our party, the good mass base, and the fact that we don't have to worry about weapons and equipment.

But Zhao Hong's ability to develop troops is beyond doubt.

Fortunately, Wang Chengzhu developed the militia, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Not only will Wangjiacun be occupied by the 22nd Japanese Infantry Regiment, but when he returns with a large force, he will also be flanked by the newly organized 3rd Regiment of the Japanese Army who will come after him.

Even if they were lucky enough to break out of the siege, the Independence Battalion would suffer heavy losses and return overnight to before liberation.

After returning to Wangjia Village, Wang Chengzhu first visited the wounded soldiers one by one, and asked the veterans who were proficient in field rescue to treat the wounded, and then asked the militiamen to repair the fortifications together.

Looking at the battalion full of wounded soldiers, Xu Hailang's face was full of frustration.

Wang Chengzhu came over and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "Old Xu, you are not to blame for this matter, you have done well enough, isn't the base still in our hands?"

"And, this is war!"

"There will be casualties in wars, no matter how powerful your troops are, they may be defeated one day!"

"And through today's battle, I also hope that you can understand one truth, that is, don't think that our independent battalion has won a few battles, and we are invincible."

"No army is invincible. Even if this army has never been defeated before, it doesn't mean it won't be defeated in the future!"

"For example, the Japanese army, which used to be known as an invincible army, hasn't been defeated by us many times?"

"Of course, the same is true for my independent camp!"

After saying this, Wang Chengzhu suddenly changed his voice, and continued: "However, the blood debt of the brothers must be paid by the little devil with blood!"

"Everyone boosted my morale!"

Hearing these words, the morale of the military cadres of the [-]st Company of the Independent Battalion, the Supplies Company and the Supplementary Company were greatly boosted.

When battalion commander Wang Chengzhu came back, they were confident.

Even if Lao Tzu Hades comes, they dare to fight with him!

Xu Hailang: "Battalion Commander, you mean, we are going to fight the Devil's 4th Brigade?"

Wang Chengzhu: "No! They will come to your door by themselves."

Xu Hailang: "You have led the main force back, how dare the little devil come to the door?"

Wang Chengzhu: "If it's just a unit, the little devils would not dare, but don't forget, this is a brigade of devils."

"And, if nothing unexpected happens, the information about our independent battalion should have been exposed."

"In the battle of Huluxia, although we wiped out thousands of Japanese troops, as the main offensive force, our independent battalion suffered a lot of casualties."

"Masao Nishiyama must have gotten the news, so he won't let go of this opportunity!"

"Because once we get our Independence Battalion back on their feet, it won't be that easy for them to beat us.

What's more, when we were in Cangyunling with Nishiyama Masana, we lost the establishment of his 3rd Infantry Regiment. How could he swallow this breath? "

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(End of this chapter)