"Okay, let's go as far as we can. I'll figure out the rest. Let's rest for twenty minutes and set off immediately!" Zhang Tianhai gave the order directly.
"Yes!" Zhao Huzhen responded.
Regarding the issue of diesel fuel, Zhang Tianhai is not an ordinary headache. Apart from the little devils, where else can I get this stuff?
There is no telling when things like little devils will appear. He, Zhang Tianhai, has a certain understanding of this era, but that is limited to the general trend of war and the trend of history, nothing more.
As for some details, he is not a scholar who specializes in this area, so naturally he cannot fully understand them. Many things can only be known through his own contact.
Besides, some things have changed since his arrival. For example, the first regiment directly under the third theater, a German weapon reinforcement group that should not have appeared, has now appeared; and the penetration regiment of 3,500 The officers and soldiers who were likely to die on the banks of the Yangtze River, as well as the common people who should have died in the massacre.
And this encounter.
Everything told Zhang Tianhai that at least some changes had taken place in this battle.
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Then the camera turned to the division headquarters of the 18th Division, and the time returned to twenty minutes ago.
Just when Lieutenant General Ushijima Sadao was sleeping soundly, another telegram woke him up.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Your Excellency, Division Commander, Captain Fujita Shigenobu of the 124th Regiment is sending an urgent message! The 124th Regiment encountered the main breakout force of the Chinese Army and engaged in a fierce battle with it. The losses were very heavy. Now, Captain Fujita Shigenobu has led the troops to retreat southward!" the combat staff report reported.
"Nani?! Didn't the commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei, lead the main force of the 13th Division south to pursue it? Why did it appear here!" Ushijima Sadao, who had just been woken up His face looked very bad. Now the 18th Division's troops were not sufficient to begin with, and if he came here again, he would wipe out all his reserves.
Regarding the puppet troops brought from the northeast, Ushijima Sadao never expected how strong their combat effectiveness would be.
To put it bluntly, apart from being a show-off, what else can you do? How can a group of people who have no faith and even betray their own motherland, who only receive this salary to survive, risk their lives to fight on the battlefield?
Ushijima Sadao understood it in his heart like a mirror. Not to mention that he thought so, even those puppet soldiers thought so in their hearts?
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, could it be that the judgment of the Division Commander Ogisu was wrong, which led to such a result?" the combat staff officer added.
Ushijima Sadao thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "It must be so. Immediately, call the commander of the 13th Division Ogisu Ritsuke Division and ask his westward detachment to continue the southward pursuit! Otherwise, the security of Wuhu will be threatened! "
"Hai!" the combat staff responded.
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For Ogisu Ritsuhiko, after receiving the death orders from the Central China Expedition Army Commander Matsui Iwane and the Shanghai Expedition Army Commander Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko, he led the main force of the division back, and the westward detachment also Rushing back quickly.
Don’t forget, this is a death order. If you delay its execution, you will most likely be punished by a military court!
Therefore, after he received the telegram from Ushijima Sadao asking for help, he did not plan to continue sending the westward detachment to search along the Jiangnan Railway.
"Your Excellency, the division commander, I believe that we must never send out troops to pursue along the Jiangnan Railway again. Both General Matsui and Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko regarded this city entry ceremony as an event of great political significance. Compared with this China Army breakout force, the city entry ceremony is too important. I hope that the division commander can understand the importance!" Chief of Staff Aichi Shinichi said seriously.
"Souga, I think so too. Compared to this grand entrance ceremony, these Chinese troops who broke through are simply not worth mentioning. After the war, just let the intelligence unit capture the intelligence of the commander of this unit. This battle The loss you suffered will have to be paid back sooner or later." Ogisu Tachibyou said firmly, holding the translation of the telegram in his hand.
"Immediately, call back to the commander of the Ushijima Division and tell him that the order we received to return to Nanjing is a death order and that we cannot assist. In addition, I wish the commander of the Ushijima Division a long military success!" Ogisu Rihei directly said to the man next to him. The signal soldier said.
"Hai!" the communications soldier responded, and then typed out the message word by word.
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How to describe the mood of the leader of the Ushijima Sadao Division at this moment, it can only be described perfectly as if he has eaten a piece of shit, and it can be described as a complete piece of hot shit.
Due to the decision-making errors of Ogisu Rippei, the 18th Division suffered successive setbacks. The first was in the direction of Chunhua Town. The 56th Regiment suffered the most casualties. On the night of the 13th, almost all of the 56th Regiment suffered setbacks. The entire regiment of the team was directly killed, with more than 1,600 people killed.
Then there is the situation of the 124th Regiment tonight. Just two minutes ago, the battle damage report came out, and more than 1,600 people were killed.
So the total battle losses of the two regiments were nearly 3,300 people. What about the tough battles fought since the landing? More than half of the entire 18th Division had been killed or wounded!
Although the total number of Japanese B divisions is more than 24,400, there are also many non-combatants, accounting for almost more than 3,000. In other words, there are only more than 21,000 combatants. people.
More than half of the casualties were casualties, which means that the number of casualties has exceeded 12,000, and this number is basically the loss of combat soldiers!
The 18th Division was a division specially established to support the front line. It was an internal unit inferior to the permanent divisions. Although there were no divisions into four divisions such as A, B, C, and D at this time, the organization was also the same as that of the later ones. The B divisions are not much different.
Just kidding, even the 13th Division, which was originally a permanent division, was improvised and the organization was the same, let alone the 18th Division, which had no previous experience.
In addition, the current combat mission is to defend Wuhu, the center of Nanjing's western front, and Ushijima Sadao's military strength is becoming increasingly stretched.
Under such circumstances, I sent a telegram to General Matsui Iwane to request reinforcements. The reply was that there were no reinforcements, and only part of the "Manchukuo National Army" could be commanded. He was asked to find a way on his own. If Wuhu could not be defended, he would be dismissed and investigated.
In such a situation, Ushijima Sadao was just about to be roasted on the fire. How could he not be distressed?
Therefore, after receiving a call back from Ogisu Rihei, Ushijima Sadao was so furious that he threw his tea cup in the office.
It was crackling and very scary.
"Hagaya deer! The bastards of the Ogisu Ripei and the 13th Division are all horse deer, Hagaga!!!" the furious Ushijima Sadao yelled.
The Japanese officers in the division headquarters looked at each other, but no one dared to go in rashly to persuade the division commander, for fear of being used as a punching bag.
Even the chief of staff of the division is no exception. Under such circumstances, there are still people who are so indifferent?
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PS: Update is coming.
Thanks to Qidian book friend Lao Zi Mo Daode for giving me two monthly passes!
I recommend a book called "Army of Fire" by Yu Gu. Interested comrades can read it.
