Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

The 88th Army has more than 98 people. Although some troops still use formal rifles, they have not been able to completely replace them with Mauser K and German-made submachine guns.

However, they are happy in their hearts, because this is to kill the Japanese, this is to fight the Japanese, this is a national war.

When the 88th Army came out of Sichuan, many people from Sichuan Province’s industrial and commercial representatives, school representatives, student representatives, etc. came to cheer for the 88th Army.

When Fan Shaozeng saw so many people coming, he shouted: "Fellows and fellow villagers."

"When I leave Sichuan, I, Fan Shaozeng, will definitely kill more Japs and let the little Japs pay with their blood."

Many ordinary people also shouted together with the students: "Kill the devils, kill the devils, chop off the heads of the devils with a big knife!"

When the 88th Army of the Sichuan Army left Sichuan, Yu Hua in Wanjialing got the latest news.

That is when the Japanese 106th Division attacked a high ground in Ma'anshan, a regiment of Japanese troops suffered heavy losses. The regiment leader Tanaka Seido was killed in action. He was shot dead by the Chinese defenders.

The death of Tanaka Shoichi had a great impact on the morale of the 106th Division!

The division commander of the 106th Division, Matsuura Junrokuro, is also very angry now, wondering why his division's combat effectiveness has become so poor.

Compared with other armies, the 106th Division made little progress. Immediately, Matsuura Junrokuro held a meeting to discuss the next battle plan.

At the meeting, a staff officer of the Japanese army suggested that the Chinese defenders in Ma'anshan had strong combat effectiveness and that they might be the elite Class A adjusted German weapon divisions of the Nationalist Government.

It is better for the 106th Division to attack Jinjiashan and break through the Chinese defense line from here.

Matsuura Junrokuro agreed to this combat plan, and the Japanese 106th Division began to concentrate its forces and attack Jinjiashan.

However, the Japanese 106th Division still failed to fight well during Jinjiashan's attack. Captain Yozo Ichikawa of the 145th Regiment was beaten to pieces by the defenders with a heavy machine gun, and Captain Utsumi Changsheng was blown to pieces by a shell.

Captain Tachibana Fukushima and Captain Sazo Ogio were first wounded by the heavy machine guns of the Chinese defenders. Then when the Japanese soldiers rescued them, Chinese mortars took advantage of this opportunity and sent the two captains directly to the west. .

At this time, the Japanese 106th Division lost another regiment in Jinjiashan, and the morale of the entire division was even lower.

The attack of the 106th Division was blocked, and the death rate of the regiment captain and group captain was too high. This matter attracted the attention of Okamura Neiji, why the 106th Division had become so rubbish.

You must know that the 106th Division is a division formed from the source of troops of the 6th Division!

After investigation by Okamura Neiji, he discovered that many soldiers in the 106th Division had forgotten their combat skills. After many soldiers went to the battlefield, they were just like new recruits.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese 106th Division was extremely low, which also attracted Xue Yue's attention.

The last time Yu Hua came to see him, he was preparing to set a trap for the 106th Division. The performance of this division made Xue Yue feel that he could really come here and design to kill this division.

"Adjutant!" Xue Yue shouted: "Prepare your horses and follow me to Wanjialing."

Xue Yue is going to Wanjialing to talk to Yu Hua about how to eat the 106th Division.

At the same time, Sun Zhen was also surprised by the combat effectiveness of the 106th Division. Is this really a Japanese division? Aren't they the Wanwan Guard Force drawn from Wanwan? !

With such fighting power, Sun Zhen immediately thought of the Guoqi detachment he encountered before!

"Yu Hua, what's going on?" Sun Zhen looked at Yu Hua.

"Commander-in-Chief!" Yu Hua stepped forward: "This is easy to say."

Immediately, Yu Hua told Sun Zhen the reason. Although many soldiers of the 106th Division were special divisions drawn from the source of troops of the th Division.

However, these people had been separated from the army for many years, and many military skills had been completely forgotten. The Japanese army lacked soldiers and did not conduct restorative training for them, so they threw the 106th Division into the Wuhan battlefield. The 106th Division did not engage in restorative training on the Wuhan battlefield. First, it can only show that the Japanese soldiers lacked interests and had no time to train the 106th Division. Secondly, the Japanese army believed that the Chinese defenders were just chickens and dogs.

Even if the 106th Division does not go through restorative training and comes to the Chinese battlefield, it can crush any Chinese army, beat the Chinese army to a rout, and a regiment can catch up with a Chinese army group.

Sun Zhen understood after listening!

No wonder, the combat effectiveness of this Japanese army is so low. It turns out that they are divisions formed by people who have been separated from the army for seven or eight years, or even more than ten years.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. If you don’t practice a skill for many days, you will become rusty, let alone military skills? !

The combat effectiveness of the 106th Division was low, and Neji Okamura became anxious. This was related to his next battle plan.

There was no other way, so Okamura Neji had to ask Hata Shunroku for soldiers. He sent a message to Hata Shunroku, requesting that a team capable of fighting well be dispatched to the Wuhan battlefield as soon as possible.

Shunroku Hata was also always paying attention to the situation of the Wuhan battle. Okamura Neiji asked for soldiers, and he also called back and said that the Ninth Division would go south immediately and the Ninth Division would land in Jiujiang.

At the same time, Shunroku Hata also contacted Juichi Terauchi, the commander of the North China Front.

Shunroku Hata asked Juichi Terauchi to dispatch a division south for him and join the battle of Wuhan to relieve the pressure on Neji Okamura. Juichi Terauchi dispatched the 27th Division southward with a wave of his hand.

Although the 27th Division is a special division, in essence, this division can also be regarded as a permanent division of the Japanese army.

Before the July 7th Incident, the predecessor of this division was the China Brigade, and its combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the permanent division.

The division commander of the 27th Division is Masaharu Honma. This old devil is a typical die-hard.

After Okamura Neiji learned that the 27th Division had also gone south, he felt that he could do it again.

After Xue Yue came to Wanjialing, he and Sun Zhen chatted happily. In addition to chatting these days, Xue Yue was also looking for a suitable ambush location.

When he was out with Sun Zhen, he carefully inspected the topography around Wanjialing. This area was a very good location for an ambush.

No wonder this guy Yu Hua wants to put the 22nd Army here.

Just when Xue Yue was about to test Sun Zhen's tone, a signal soldier came to report: "Two commanders-in-chief, something happened!"

"What?!" Xue Yue and Sun Zhen's eyes widened.

The two immediately returned to the headquarters. When they arrived at the headquarters, Yu Hua immediately told them that the Japanese army had increased its troops.

Although he had previously reminded the defenders in the Jinguanqiao area and the Xingzi Village frontline to be careful of the Japanese landing, although these places had strengthened their alerts, they still failed to stop the Japanese after they landed.

Therefore, the Chinese defenders' defense line was quickly torn apart by the Japanese army, and the troops suffered a large number of casualties.

After the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the two sides cooperated very well, which also brought confidence to the 106th Division, the 101st Division, and San Yuandashan and other brigades. The morale of the Japanese army was strong and their combat effectiveness improved a lot.

Xue Yue and Sun Zhen looked at the map and saw the situation after the Japanese troops landed, and their expressions were not very good.

"Commander-in-Chief Xue, Minshan cannot be lost!"

"We cannot abandon Minshan now. The closest troops to Minshan are Wang Lingji's 30th Army and Yu Jishi's 74th Army."

"It will take some time for the 30th Group Army to assemble. Commander-in-Chief Xue, please give the order first and let Yu Jishi's 74th Army go up. I will call Wang Lingji immediately and ask him to quickly assemble the 30th Group Army to stop the two Japanese divisions from attacking Minshan. .”

Yu Hua's remarks immediately woke up Xue Yue!

He glanced at Minshan, circled it with his pen, and realized that at this stage, Minshan really couldn't be lost. (End of chapter)