The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

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As he approached, what caught his eyes was the scattered corpses on the ground. The captain of the Little Devils was heartbroken. It seemed that the whole army of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade should have been wiped out.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant Commander!" A little devil, a major, hurried over and said sadly, "The entire army of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade was wiped out, and we didn't find a single one alive."

Hearing this, the face of the Little Devils Brigade was pale, and they thought to themselves, this time it's over, one of the missions of their own brigade is to protect the safety of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade by the way, this time, the entire army of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade was wiped out , As the captain of the alliance, I have an unshirkable responsibility. [

Think about it, the entire Kwantung Army consisted of only two heavy artillery brigades. Now that the first heavy artillery brigade was completely wiped out, if His Excellency Umezu Yoshijiro found out, he would definitely kill himself.

Thinking of this, the captain of the little devil shuddered, his face was no longer bloody, and he thought in his heart, it seems that today he can only be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, otherwise, His Excellency Umezu Yoshijiro will definitely have no good results in the future Feed yourself.

Thinking of this, the little devil's team looked miserable, slowly drew out their samurai swords, slowly unbuttoned their military uniforms, exposed their belly, knelt on the ground, facing east.

The action of the leader of the little devils was immediately seen by many little devils. Some little devils officers even surrounded him and shouted eagerly: "Your Excellency, captain, you can't do this! Our second regiment can't leave Take your command!"

Quite a few little devil officers tried to dissuade the captain of the little devil, and beside him, many little devil soldiers even started to cry.

In the little devil's team, it can be seen that there are many children and old people. The young ones may only be thirteen or fourteen years old, and the old ones may be over 50 years old.

These little devils are basically new recruits with a weak will to fight. Compared with the little devil veterans, they are naturally far behind. Those who cried just now are basically these new recruits.

With the outbreak of the Pacific War, the little devils carried out several large-scale war mobilizations in the country. In just a few months, a large number of divisions were formed. Now, the number of the little devils division has reached after 160. A large number of The little devil recruits went directly to the battlefield after a little training.

In Japan, due to the serious shortage of soldiers, many children and old people were conscripted into the army and served as cannon fodder on the battlefield. Now the total number of Japanese troops has reached several million, but the combat effectiveness of each division has plummeted.

Even the Type A divisions in the past, the current combat effectiveness is not the same as that of two or three years ago. The little devil's Type A divisions are basically recruited by recruits who have not received much military training.

Due to the shortage of soldiers, most of the new recruits have low combat effectiveness. Among the new divisions formed by the little devil, in addition to a small number of B divisions, there are also a large number of C divisions, and even D divisions.

The little devil’s Type C division generally does not have a brigade, and directly governs three infantry regiments, one for engineering and one for artillery. Generally, there are five regiments, plus about 3 non-combatants at the division headquarters. Lower down.

The small devil's small division only governs three infantry regiments, and the other arms are only brigades or squadrons. The equipment is poor and the combat effectiveness is very low. The entire division generally only has more than 3 people, and the combat effectiveness is very low.

As a large number of Japanese troops were sent to the Pacific battlefield, many heavy weapons of the little devil were also transferred to the Pacific battlefield, including a large number of heavy artillery.

Now, many divisions of the Kwantung Army maintain the formation of artillery regiments, but many artillery regiments are equipped with mortars and Type [-] infantry artillery.

There are only seven real artillery regiments in the entire Kwantung Army, including the Mountain Artillery Regiment of the 39th Division that was blown up by the Flying Brigade, and the Artillery Regiment of the Little Devils. Only 12 75mm mountain guns or field guns.

Each artillery regiment has three artillery brigades, and each artillery brigade is equipped with four 4mm mountain artillery or field artillery. Each artillery brigade has four to 75 people. The entire artillery regiment, including auxiliary arms, generally has more than 500 people.

When the Pacific War broke out, the little devil's troops in China not only dropped greatly in terms of equipment, but also in terms of combat effectiveness.

This little devil's field infantry regiment has low combat effectiveness, and most of them are recruits. The little devils just saw corpses all over the ground, stumps and broken arms everywhere, and many little devils have already frightened their faces. The color turned white. [

Now, seeing that the captain of his regiment actually wanted to "commit suicide", many recruits burst into tears. Gradually, more and more little devils began to cry.

The captain of the little devil's alliance knelt on the ground, holding the hilt of the knife with both hands, pointing the tip of the knife to his belly, and said sadly: "Everyone! I have devoted my allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor today, and our second regiment will entrust you all."

After finishing speaking, the captain of the little devils bowed his head to salute all the little devils officers around him, and then shouted "Long live the Empire of Japan, long live His Majesty the Emperor", and stabbed the samurai sword into his stomach, and it didn't take long Exhausted and died.

Seeing that there are many little devils around the harakiri, their faces are pale, they are greatly shocked, and their morale is extremely low.

Shenyang, Kwantung Army Command.

Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army of the little devil, has been a different person from the previous two days. He seems to have aged 20 years in an instant, with deep wrinkles on his forehead and a lot of gray hair.

In the past two days, a series of bad news came from the front line, which hit Umezu Yoshijiro hard. Umezu Yoshijiro almost couldn't hold on, and was almost crushed by this series of blows.

Especially since the No.30 Sixth Army dispatched a large number of planes to bombard its own defense lines and troops indiscriminately, the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses, and tens of thousands have been killed so far.

The little devils only have 10,000+ troops in the Shenyang area, and now a quarter of them have been bombed to death, and the planes of the No.30 Sixth Army have not stopped yet. The bombing has been going on, and the Kwantung Army’s Casualties have been rising.

The hundreds of thousands of troops of the No. 30 Sixth Army have been advancing towards Shenyang. According to this situation, at the most tomorrow, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the No. 30 Sixth Army will reach the periphery of Shenyang.

The situation was bad, and Umezu Yoshijiro knew that his situation was very bad.

Umezu Yoshijiro frowned, walked to the map in a few steps, and stared at the map for a long time with a dark face, as if flowers could be seen on the map.

After at least ten minutes, Umezu Yoshijiro asked slowly: "When will our reinforcements going south reach Shenyang?"

The little devil went south to reinforce the troops, and was stubbornly blocked by the No.30 Sixth Army north of Siping, and suffered tens of thousands of losses. Umezu Yoshijiro knew it in his heart, but now, if he wanted to win the upcoming Shenyang Battle, Umezu Yoshijiro knew that he would We must rely on these hundreds of thousands of reinforcements going south.

The little devil's chief of staff next to him, seeing Umezu Meijiro's question, said tragically: "Your Excellency, our troops going south were blocked by the No. 30 Sixth Army and moved slowly. In addition, the No. In the vast area of ​​the north, several tank groups were sent to attack our southward team, and our operations were seriously interfered with."

"Baga!" Umezu Yoshijiro, who was already in a bad mood, yelled angrily after hearing the report from the little devil's chief of staff, "Damn No.30 Sixth Army!"

Umezu Yoshijiro's chest rose and fell sharply. Obviously, his heart was extremely restless and he was holding back a great anger. Umezu Yoshijiro walked back and forth in the command hall several times,

It took a long time to calm down the anger in his heart. Umezu Yoshijiro stopped, stared at the little devil's chief of staff, and said sharply: "Send a strict order to all the troops going south, ordering them to go south for reinforcements at all costs. Before noon tomorrow, we must reach Shenyang."

"Hi!" The little devil's chief of staff knew that it was very difficult. It would be very difficult to send hundreds of thousands of troops south to Shenyang at noon tomorrow, but the little devil's chief of staff could only bow his head in salute and immediately agreed.

The little devil's chief of staff was about to go out to deliver Umezu Yoshijiro's order in person. A little devil officer walked in with a sad face, stood at attention in front of Umezu Yoshijiro, saluted, and remained silent for a long time. The corner of the little devil's officer's mouth opened several times, but , just can't speak.

Umezu Yoshijiro saw the expression of this little devil officer, his heart tightened, and he thought to himself, is there any bad news coming from the front line.

"Haka! Tell me, what is it?" Umezu Yoshijiro shouted sharply. [

The little devil officer, miserable, said slowly: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have received the latest news that all the jade of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade we went south has been shattered, and all the vehicles and heavy artillery of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade have also been destroyed."

All the jade pieces of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade!

This news shocked Umezu Yoshijiro for a long time. After two or three minutes, Umezu Yoshijiro grabbed the little devil officer by the collar and said sharply: "You lied to me, this is absolutely not true."

The little devil officer lowered his head, letting Umezu Yoshijiro grab his clothes, motionless, his eyes lowered, he didn't even dare to look at Umezu Yoshijiro who was about to explode.

The little devil's chief of staff next to him knew that the news must be true, but the whole body of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade was broken.

Umezu Yoshijiro couldn't accept it for a while.

The entire Kwantung Army has only two heavy artillery brigades. The second heavy artillery brigade is at the Sino-Soviet border, confronting the Soviet army. The first heavy artillery brigade is ordered to go south from Changchun to reinforce Shenyang. Unexpectedly, the first heavy artillery brigade The group just disappeared.

The loss of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade had a great impact on the Kwantung Army, especially the upcoming Shenyang Campaign. Without the suppression of heavy artillery, a large number of little devils could only be bombarded by the heavy artillery of the No. 30 Sixth Army.

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