Start with Four Lines Warehouse

Chapter 9

At about 27:10 a.m. on October [-], [-], the headquarters of the Japanese Army's Shanghai Expeditionary Force.

In the Operational Staff Office, the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Tsukada, is discussing the next military operation with a group of staff officers.And this morning's battle report about the Sixing Warehouse, perhaps in their view, it was just a small wave, not worth paying attention to at all.

"Report! Your Excellency the Chief of Staff! The latest battle report from the front line."

"Oh, so fast? It seems that the combat effectiveness of the Tenth Army has improved after this training! Everyone, please stop for a while, and let's share the victory news sent to us from the front."

Seeing that all the personnel gathered around, Tsukada Gong nodded slightly to the correspondent.

"Hi, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the translation is as follows: The headquarters of the Sixth Division of the Tenth Army arrived at the incident site at [-] o'clock in the morning and found that all the enemy defenders entered the Sixing Warehouse for defense. Twelve corpses of our soldiers, this place should be the first ambush site of Chinese soldiers, and more than [-] corpses of our soldiers were found in buildings on both sides of the street, which should have been killed by booby traps. According to the understanding of the wounded, After the above-mentioned two incidents of casualties of our army, a nearby full-staffed team entered the area for investigation, and a fierce exchange of fire broke out after entering the Sixing Warehouse, and after I heard from me, all jade should be smashed!"

"So far, the preliminary statistics of the total number of casualties in our army have reached more than 170. Then, after checking the situation on the scene, at about [-]:[-], we mobilized seven chariots and a full-staffed elite team to form the first assault group to attack four The warehouse launched an attack. However, it was suspected that we were hit by the new weapons of the Chinese soldiers, and all our chariots were destroyed, and all members of the elite team were smashed!"

"According to the analysis of this attack, the number of the enemy should be around [-] people, lacking heavy firepower, and a small number of light machine guns. However, it is suspected that there are weapons such as anti-tank guns. Let the commander know and give tactical guidance, Tanabe Sheng Wu!"

After hearing the battle report, Tsukada Gong's complexion was as dark as the bottom of a pot.At this time, his mood is as if he went to open a room happily with a peerless beauty. After some cloud and rain, the makeup of the beauty is smeared. You can wipe her off with good intentions, and a dinosaur comes out after wiping, you say, You are not tired of crooked.

"Bage! Does Mori Tanabe have Yoneda Ko in his head! It's just a small firepower investigation, but he even mobilized seven chariots to play. What a tenth army, what a big deal!"

Tsukada Gong was really angry!In the tradition of the Japanese army, weapons are more important than people. After all, as an island country, its resources can be said to be extremely scarce.Moreover, the navy occupies most of the limited military expenditure every year.Therefore, the military expenditure that eventually fell into the hands of the army was pitifully small.

And this small trial, seven tanks were reimbursed, and the original goal has not been achieved yet! .To Tsukada Gong, this kind of thing is like turning off the gun with your left hand and holding the watermelon knife with the right, and going out to fight with all your armor, only to be beaten up by the other party with chopsticks. This kind of thing can be said to be extremely embarrassing.

"Call back, I don't care what method he uses to get him to end the battle within three hours. If he can't finish it and affect General Matsui Iwane's victory reception, then let him get ready to commit seppuku to wash away his shame!" Tsukada After contemplating for 10 minutes, Gong said to the communications soldier.

"Hi!"

"At the same time, send a telegram to the base camp and request the plane to approach for reconnaissance. And cooperate with the Tenth Army to pull out the nail of the Sixing Warehouse!"

"Hi!"

"Notify the logistics department to transport some special shells to Moritake Tanabe. And tell Moritake Tanabe to use them if necessary!"

"Hi!"

"Go down, and you all go out too." After Tsukada Kou gave orders to the communications soldiers and staff officers, only Tsukada Koo was left in the entire combat room.

He leaned on the sand table, lowered his head, closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose, and seemed to have a headache.

Afterwards, he picked up his water glass and walked to the window, looking at the flags waving in the wind.

"Hope, don't change the direction of the wind. After all, in this time period, it is easy to cause international impact."
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At ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese Tenth Army, Sixing Warehouse Frontline Combat Command.

"Everyone, the chief of staff of the dispatched army headquarters, Lieutenant General Tsukada Katsuki, has issued an order to us. We are required to end the battle within three hours, that is, around twelve o'clock at noon today." Moritake Tanabe Facing the Sixth Division of the Tenth Army, the heads of the No.18 Division and the [-]th Division, and other officers met before the station opened.

"If the defenders of the Four Elements are not wiped out by then, which affects the next plan of the commander of the dispatched army, General Matsui Iwane, then we will apologize to the empire together!"

"Lieutenant General Yanagawa Hirasuke, the commander of the army, is on his way to his post at this time. Do you want the commander of the Tenth Army to go to the headquarters of the dispatched army to be scolded on the first day of his appointment?"

"Lieutenant General Tani Hisao, the Sixth Division and the Second Division are known as the double flower of the Imperial Army. Don't you want to say something about the disadvantage of this battle!"

Tanabe Moriwu stared at Lieutenant General Tani Hisao standing in the crowd, like a hunting dog that would prey on someone, his gloomy tone made people shudder.

"Report! Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the failure of this battle is entirely due to our negligence and contempt for the enemy. After learning the previous lessons, this is our re-drafted combat plan. Please check!"

With that said, Hisao Tani took two steps forward, and presented the battle plan in his hands to Moritake Tanabe.

"This time the combat plan is to formulate the offensive method again, because the location of the Sixing Warehouse is located in the downtown area, with many buildings, and it is backed by the river, so the combat method of encirclement on all sides cannot be implemented.

Moreover, due to the concession, our army also needs to be cautious in using some heavy firepower.But the so-called success and defeat of Xiao He, although so many buildings blocked the smooth attack of our army, they also blocked the shooting circle of the four-element defenders.

Therefore, the new combat plan will adopt a plan of slow advancement and gradual erosion.

The first step is to occupy all the buildings opposite the Sixing Warehouse to weaken the height advantage on the opposite side, and place heavy machine guns on them to achieve the effect of suppressing firepower.

The second step is to move the troops to the rear of the building, and when the time is ripe, quickly rush forward.At this time, under the cover of heavy machine gun fire, they reached the downstairs of the warehouse.

The third and final step is to blast the wall after the troops move downstairs, and then it is time for us to wipe them out. "

"The above is the latest battle plan, please correct me, Chief of Staff!"

After Tani Hisao finished describing the entire battle plan, he put his legs together, lowered his head and waited for Moritake Tanabe's response.

"Very well, His Excellency Tani Hisao, this battle plan of yours is highly feasible. Then, we will look forward to the performance of the Sixth Division, whether it is as wonderful as you described. Please go down and prepare, and then we will continue to prepare for it." Afterwards, I will go to the front line with all the generals to watch the drama you arranged together!"

"Hi! Please wait a moment! Excuse me for being rude, let's go down and get ready!" Hisao Tani finished, turned around and left after saluting!

At this time, it was already ten twenty in the morning.

(End of this chapter)