Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 51: Wang Chengzhu is in trouble, Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei take the blame
"Nani? You said that the train shipment to Jinnan was robbed by the Chinese army?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was slightly taken aback, and the chess piece held between his fingers also 'clicked' and fell on the chessboard.

"Hi Yi!"

The devil's communications staff nodded heavily.

As soon as these words came out, Yoshio Shinozuka's face darkened immediately, and he asked in a cold voice, "Baga! Where are the garrison troops in Wanjia Town? What are they doing?"

It's no wonder Yoshio Shinozuka was so angry. It was because the train's equipment was not a small amount, and he was going to use it to deal with the Central Army.

Not only was it not used to deal with the Central Army at the moment, but it was also snatched away by the anti-Japanese armed forces, which enriched the opponent's strength. It really lost his wife and lost his army.

The staff officer of Devil Communications tremblingly said: "The more than 200 imperial warriors in Wanjia Town have all died for the country, and the Eighth Mixed Brigade Cavalry Battalion of the Imperial Association Army has all defected."

Toshi Miyano, who was sitting opposite Yoshio Shinozuka, became angry with embarrassment: "Baga! These nasty Chinese people are really unreliable!"

Shinozuka Yoshio didn't know that the Imperial Association Army was unreliable, but there was no way to do it. China's land area was too large, and their population in Japan was limited, so they could only surrender the Imperial Association Army for their use, and use China to control China. .

Yoshio Shinozuka and even other Japanese never trusted the Imperial Association Army, they just regarded them as a group of coolie tools.

However, although Yoshio Shinozuka's heart ached when the train supplies were robbed, it was not enough to make him lose his mind.

"Do you know who did it?" he asked.

The devil's communication staff said: "Before the fall of Wanjia Town, the Futian Squadron stationed at the railway station sent a message saying that it seemed to be the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army who attacked them. Besides, there seemed to be the shadow of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

"The Chinese army moved very quickly, and several towns near Wanjia Town were attacked by the Chinese army one after another, and the garrison has not yet been resent.

By the time the Imperial Army of the Ninth Regiment arrived at Wanjia Town, the Chinese Army had already left. "

Yoshio Shinozuka fell silent.

Shilipo and Donghui Township were attacked by the Chinese army one after another, but these two times were not violent attacks, which made Yoshio Shinozuka subconsciously think that the anti-Japanese troops operating in this area were not very strong.

Despite this, he strengthened the defense against Wanjia Town, and the garrison was increased from the original squadron to a reinforced squadron.

In his opinion, having a reinforced squadron plus a cavalry battalion of the Imperial Association Army is enough to ensure the safety of Wanjia Town.

It has to be said that Japan, a country with small resources, has the disadvantages of insufficient population and weak war potential.

And this is also the fundamental reason why Yoshio Shinozuka reused Kazuki Yamamoto.

If he can use a large army to occupy China in a devastating way, why should he find another way.

After all, the population of Japan is still too small, at least in front of the behemoth of China...

Just when the atmosphere was about to freeze.

A ghost officer in charge of intelligence came in from the outside. He glanced at the communications staff next to him, then paused for Shinozuka Yoshio and Miyano Jun, and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, attack Shilipo and kill Kato The culprit of Staff Takaki has been investigated."

Before Kato Takaki was killed in Shilipo, Shinozuka Yoshio ordered the intelligence department to investigate the matter and find out which anti-Japanese army did it.

The intelligence department of the little devil is not a vegetarian. After this period of investigation, it finally came to a result.

Yoshio Shinozuka temporarily put aside the matter of Wanjia Town and asked, "Which Chinese army did it?"

Guizi Dazuo respectfully said: "According to our intelligence department's investigation for more than half a month, the Chinese army that attacked Shilipo is a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army?
Shinozuka Yoshio certainly knew about this army.

After all, it was this unit that killed Sakata Nobuzhe in the Battle of Cangyunling, and also destroyed the establishment number of Sakata United.

There is an express provision in the Japanese military law that if the flag of a unit is captured, the designation of the unit will be permanently revoked.

Shinozuka Yoshio's expression changed, and he asked, "Kato-kun also fell into the hands of the Shina Army's Xinyi Regiment, Kato-kun."

Da Zuo, the devil, nodded abruptly: "Hi Yi! In addition, the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army in Donghui Township were also annihilated by this Chinese army."

As soon as these words came out, Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly became restless: "Baga! A small Shinichi regiment has caused so many losses to our Great Japanese Imperial Army one after another!"

If Yoshio Shinozuka knew, the Wanjia town incident was also done by Xinyituan, and all this was done by a platoon of Xinyituan.

It is estimated that this old devil is not as simple as being calm.

Jun Miyano commented on the side: "Your Excellency, this damn new regiment of the China Army has caused so many things one after another, which has brought great shame to the Imperial Japanese Army. If it is allowed to continue to develop, not only It will affect the morale of the imperial army, and it will even become a serious problem for my big Japanese imperial army."

"So, shouldn't we destroy this army before it has developed?"

Yoshio Shinozuka fell into deep thought again. Originally, he had never looked at Xinyituan directly, not to mention Xinyituan, even the entire Eighth Route Army was not in his eyes.

Because the Eighth Route Army has never shown a strength that would make Yoshio Shinozuka afraid on the frontal battlefield, and has always been fighting guerrillas. Although Yoshio Shinozuka was extremely annoyed by this, he never took it to heart.

In Shinozuka Yoshio's view, only Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army and Wei Junru's Central Army are his opponents for the First Army.

However, the strong rise of the new regiment still made Shinozuka Yoshio feel a little worried about the stability of the First Army's occupied area.

It's just that the troops in his hands are limited at the moment, and the Eighth Route Army has been hiding in the mountains all year round, so it is obviously unrealistic to send a large army to encircle and suppress them.

It is worth mentioning that Yoshio Shinozuka had raided and suppressed the Eighth Route Army before, but each time the results were minimal.

Firstly, it was difficult for the mechanized troops of the Japanese army to spread out in the rugged mountainous terrain. Secondly, the Eighth Route Army never confronted the Japanese army head-on. Almost every time, they disappeared into the mountains before the battle started. .

The Eighth Route Army seldom confronted the main force of the Japanese army unless it was a small group of Japanese troops that had been singled out.

The last battle at Cangyunling was the most successful encirclement and suppression by the Japanese army, but it was a pity that it failed in the end. Not only did it fail to wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but it also wiped out the third regiment, which was also the Sakata regiment.

If the large army can't do it, then we can only dispatch a small group of elite troops...

(End of this chapter)