Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 372: Prologue - The Uncertain Future of the Special 3rd Brigade

In addition, Chen Feng didn't trust the combat power of the 114th Division at all. He dared to fight it because the 114th Division was a soft persimmon.Although the 114th Division was not very famous in history, some historical facts were still recorded, and Chen Feng knew all of these.

It was precisely because the 114th Division did not live up to expectations that it was finally transferred back to the country by the Japanese base camp, and then directly dismembered in less than a month.Now Chen Feng doesn't need the Japanese army base camp to revoke this garbage division with weak combat effectiveness, he wants to personally erase this Japanese army division from the Japanese army's battle order.

With Chen Feng's order, the 52nd Army moved quickly. When the 52rd Special Mixed Brigade blocked the Japanese army in the Xuanhua area, the instructors, the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the 52th Theater Command under the 2nd Army were assigned to the [-]nd Army. Under the leadership of Lieutenant General Li Haoqiang, the deputy commander of the group army, the [-] artillery brigades set off from Zhangjiakou overnight to the Xuanhua front for rapid reinforcements.

At the same time, the 52th Special Mixed Division of the 5nd Army, under the command of the division commander Chen Bing, made a long-distance attack on the east gate of Beiping to compete, while Xu Hu took the remaining 6th Special Mixed Division and other troops to stay in Zhangjiakou as the army's reserve team.

After a day and a night of fighting, the 114th Division was really "regimented" by the Special Mixed Third Brigade. As a commander with extremely rich combat experience, Major General Akiyama had long discovered that the Chinese army fighting against them was quite strange. It is certain that this This army is not a veteran of all battles, the soldiers' movements are stiff, and many common sense issues are not very clear, it looks like a new army. [

But this guess is also contradictory.That is, the shooting level of the soldiers in this army is very high. From this point of view, it does not look like a recruit army. The shooting level of a soldier does not mean anything. There are indeed some people in this world who are born gods Shooter.But it doesn't make sense for a large group of soldiers to be sharpshooters. You can only show that this is a well-trained force, so the Special Mixed Third Brigade is extremely strange in the eyes of Major General Akiyama.

Since noon, his troops have played a cat-and-mouse game with the Chinese army. One of the two sides chased and fled while the other blocked the attack. Although they advanced more than 20 kilometers in just half a day, the troops suffered casualties. More than a thousand people.But they only found some broken limbs and broken arms that were too late to clean up on the positions of the Chinese army.Not even a complete body was seen.

The clever Major General Akiyama soon realized that he had been duped, but when he passed his discovery and speculation back to the division headquarters, he was severely reprimanded by the division commander and ordered his 127th Infantry Brigade to spare no effort. Delay the Chinese army at all costs.

In fact, Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeka is not a fool.After reading Major General Akiyama's telegram, he knew he had been fooled.That nasty Chinese woman was trying to lure the imperial army into pursuit.Then use the favorable terrain and powerful firepower to kill and injure the vital forces of the imperial army.Originally, according to his idea, the Akiyama Brigade was immediately withdrawn, but it was stopped by Lieutenant General Numata Shigetoku, the deputy head of the division.

According to Numata Shigetoku's opinion, Akiyama's troops could not retreat.On the contrary, the speed and intensity of the attack must be accelerated. In any case, this Chinese army cannot be allowed to escape back to Xuanhua, even if it cannot be completely delayed, some of it can be delayed, otherwise those on the flanks will be in vain.

Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeka would not have cared about the opinions of ordinary people. In the strict Japanese military system, even if the difference was only half a rank, the status difference between the two sides was extremely disparate. The superior had the right to order the subordinate to do anything.But he couldn't ignore the opinion of the deputy head of the division in front of him. He was already a person who was about to retire, so he still knew about some arrangements of the 114th division.

This lieutenant general who was transferred to the 114th Division not long ago was actually the deputy commander who came to take over the 114th Division. That is to say, it will not be long before the 51-year-old young general in front of him will become the 114th Division. The head of the division of the regiment has passed away, so Lieutenant General Matsumomo will have to consider his opinion.

Considering that Numata Shigetoku's opinion also has its merits, besides, an old man who is about to retire to the second line, why should he offend a rising star in the military circle who will soon be in power for such a trivial matter, it is unnecessary!Therefore, Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeru decided again and again to follow Numata Shigetoku's opinion, and ordered Akiyama's troops to continue to pursue, buy time for the flanking troops, and strive to destroy the main force of the Chinese army.

In an afternoon's blockade, the Third Special Mixed Brigade achieved great results. According to the news from the front line, the first regiment caused at least half of the regiment's casualties to the Japanese army.However, he only suffered more than 200 casualties, and most of them were only injured, and few actually died in battle.

Originally, according to Liu Li's idea, the large troops would continue to retreat, all the way to Xuanhua City, and then use the solid and perfect city defenses of Xuanhua City to consume the strength of the Japanese army.But an order from the group army headquarters forced Liu Li to change her tactics.

"Stop it on the spot? Are you making a mistake?" Chen Youliang asked in surprise.

"Old Chen, don't look at me like that. This is the order of the group army headquarters. If you don't believe me, take a look!" Liu Li handed the telegram to Chen Youliang.

After quickly reading the telegram, Chen Youliang said pleasantly: "It turns out that the reinforcements are about to arrive in Xuanhua, I told you!"

"According to the order of the Group Army Command, our 3rd Brigade will not only be unable to retreat, but will have to restrain the Japanese army in front of us, and wait for the follow-up troops to press up and wipe out this Japanese army in one fell swoop." Liu Li said.

"Brigade, the group army headquarters has a very good idea. The Japanese army chasing our army is only one brigade, with a total strength of no more than 3 people. Even if our [-]rd brigade fights head-to-head with it, we will not suffer. We can't retreat. It is to reduce the casualties of the troops, not to be afraid of those little devils. Now that the reinforcements are coming soon, we can't let these bastards slip away from our lips." Chen Youliang said.

"Old Chen is right. Besides, the little devil has killed and injured so many people this afternoon, and his morale will inevitably be low. Even if he fights head-on with him, there won't be many casualties."

"What the brigade said makes sense. Let the brigade make a big effort, then decline again, and then exhaust it. After half a day's wear and tear, the Japanese army's vigor may not be as good as before. It is a good time for our army to counterattack. Then the brigade will give you an order!" Chen Youliang said in response.

"Well, Staff Officer Li, pass me an order: the first regiment immediately deploys along the third line of defense, the second regiment establishes a solid defense line 5 kilometers behind the first regiment, the artillery battalion immediately rushes to the position of the first regiment, and establishes an artillery position behind the first regiment. Provide artillery support for the first regiment. The brigade headquarters will set up a front enemy headquarters behind the second regiment!" Liu Li ordered decisively.

Seeing Liu Li's decisive order, Chen Youliang was quite impressed.Originally, he was quite conflicted when he was transferred to a woman in the war zone, and it was a young woman as his deputy.But after he arrived, he was shocked by the decisiveness of this woman. Later, through communication, he learned that this woman was the deputy battalion commander of the first batch of independent battalions sent by the commander, and was photographed by the Japanese army. Southern Hebei, where the rule is the most stable. [

Now Chen Youliang is not calm anymore. He knows the batch of independent battalions that were sent out. There are 15 in total. Only eight of them really stayed outside for a year without being wiped out by the Japanese and puppet troops. Those eight independent battalions were war zones. In just one year, these troops have been expanded and upgraded, and the eight newly formed infantry divisions in the theater are now composed of those independent battalions as the backbone.

The battalion commanders of the other independent battalions have also been reused by the theater. Li Fuhai, the former commander of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion, is now the commander of the 1st Special Mixed Battalion, and Xu Dazhuang, the former commander of the Yixian Independent Battalion, has become the current Special Mixed 2nd Division. The division commanders, the former commander of the Fuping Independent Battalion became the commander of the 3rd Special Mixed Division, and the former commander of the Nangong Independent Battalion became the commander of the 4th Special Mixed Division. In addition, Liu Zhiqiang, Lai Pingfu, Liu Guodong, Hu Haitao and others also became division commanders. It can be said that this group of people is the most dazzling group of generals in the eighth theater except for Chen Feng, Xu Hu, Li Wensheng, and Li Yifeng. Their rise can be said to be a legend.

Chen Youliang did not expect that his immediate female boss was also one of these people, and she was also the chief of staff of the Fuping Independence Camp.In addition, Chen Youliang also knew that this woman was just a bandit leader two years ago, but she did not expect to become the brigade commander of the regular army in just two years. General is only a matter of time, and this time is not too far away.

This is the first battle of the 3rd Special Mixed Brigade. Although the battle has just begun, the 600rd Special Mixed Brigade has already caused [-] casualties to the Japanese army. The headquarters will promote Liu Li to major general, after all, her position is there.

The special mixed brigade in the eighth theater is not the infantry brigade of the national government. A special mixed brigade has at least 8000 people, and the infantry brigade of the national government with more than 3000 people is simply not comparable.Even so, the brigade commander-level officers of the national government are generally major generals, and only a small part are colonels. Therefore, the leader of the special mixed brigade in the eighth theater will be promoted to general sooner or later, otherwise many people will have opinions.

But Chen Youliang would never have imagined that there is now an infantry regiment of the Japanese army on the left and right flanks of their 3rd Special Mixed Brigade, and they are not far from their positions, because the high-level leaders of the 114th Division and the 52nd Army want to kill the opponent. All the troops on the front line were eaten up. Fortunately, at the beginning of the war, they gave the enemy a disarm, so a larger-scale battle has just begun. Unfortunately, their Special Mixed 3rd Brigade just became the center of the outbreak of the war, waiting for them What happened, I am afraid no one will know. (To be continued..)

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