"Yes! Group seat!" the combat staff officer responded.
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Zhang Tianhai was sharpening his sword, but the Japanese army was not idle either. They were also making a series of maneuvers.
After receiving the direct order from the Eleventh Army Headquarters, Colonel Iizuka Kunigoro began to think about how to win this battle - obviously, it was meaningless to support Jiujiang County anymore. How to go?
As he thought about it, Iizuka Kunigoro remembered the obstacles that Kishiki Mizuichiro had encountered before when he led the troops to advance.
"This is definitely a premeditated battle. Our enemy has a clear support force and a clear strike force. If we want to defeat such an enemy, we must be extremely cautious." Iizuka Kunigoro He muttered a bunch of nonsense that seemed to make no sense, but was closely related.
After saying that, Iizuka Kunigoro walked back to the military map and began to study this battle.
Since the Japanese troops were indeed in a hurry along the way, they could only temporarily set up the wing headquarters on the roadside, with the map spread on the front cover of the armored vehicle.
Iizuka Kunigoro looked left and right, thought about it again and again, and finally set his sights on the place "Gutang Town".
"Gutang Town was a key point when they first captured Jiujiang. I think if the Chinese army was not stupid, they would have used Gutang Town as their defense center. This time they are trying to restore Jiujiang's How is it possible for them to achieve control in order to cut off the retreat of the 106th Division?" Iizuka Kunigoro said in a deep voice. Obviously, his goal is already here.
"Your Excellency, the commander, means that we will go to Gutang Town to fight to the death with the Chinese Army, right?" asked the chief of staff next to him.
"A fight to the death is not necessarily necessary. These Chinese troops are not enough to become the first-class enemy of our 101st Regiment. Our mission is to annihilate them all. Whether they are the enemies of Gutang Town or the enemies of Jiujiang County!" Iizuka Colonel Kunigoro said fiercely, looking even more ferocious against the backdrop of the full beard on his face.
"Hai!" the chief of staff responded.
"Order the troops in front to slow down their march immediately and wait for the larger troops to catch up. The target is Gutang Town and move forward!!" Iizuka Kunigoro said sharply, his words full of passionate fighting spirit.
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Soon, under the will of Iizuka Kunigoro, the 101st Regiment slowed down its advance towards Jiujiang, and they were even ready to attack Gutang Town at any time.
"It's really annoying... Who knew that the security brigade under Commander Neiji Okamura wouldn't be able to last that long." Kishiki Mizuichiro sighed longly. This actually can't be blamed on his lack of reinforcements. It is really My teammates are terrible.
Well, yes, it’s just too bad. At least that's how it seems to Kishiki Ichiro. After all, he is also a captain, and he is at the same level as Tanaka Yijun. It's just that one is a field army unit and the other is a guard unit of the headquarters, that's all.
It was precisely because of this that Xi Mu believed that this was definitely due to the poor command of the captain Tanaka Yijun, which was why Jiujiang County fell so quickly.
"I don't know if the North China Security Army and the Manchurian Army who helped us have caught up now. If they have caught up, at least our defensive pressure will be reduced by half." Another captain, Minato Nagashima, said.
"We expect these people who betrayed their motherland to defend us, Nagashima-kun, you may not trust them too much, right?" Kishiki Ichiro smiled softly.
"Ximu-kun, don't underestimate them. At critical moments, they are still somewhat useful. At least, they are better than undefended areas, right? Even if they fire a shot for us to remind us , then it works." Nagashima Minato smiled softly, his still young face revealing a strong confidence.
"Nagashima-kun's words are reasonable. If you look at it from this level, it is indeed true. But now, these Chinese troops who assisted us are still maintaining order in the rear, so we can only rely on us to open the front line." Ichiro laughed, without much embarrassment on his face.
This is the embarrassing situation of these puppet troops - on the one hand, they are disgusted by the Chinese military and civilians, and on the other hand, the Japanese do not trust them. If you want to use one word to describe it, it would be sandwich biscuits, bellows mouse.
"It seems that this battle can only wait for us. Mr. Ximu, I feel that our enemies have been monitoring us since we landed ashore. I am afraid that every move we make will be traced to them. Within our sight, this battle may not be easy to fight..." Nagashima Minato sighed.
"Don't be afraid. The Imperial Army of our empire has not been under the surveillance of the Chinese Army since they landed? So what? These Chinese Army may not be able to do anything to us. We are not under the expulsion of the Imperial Army. Running around?" Kishui Ichiro still looked that arrogant.
"Souga." Nagadao Minato responded, "Let your first brigade be the main force in this battle! This battle will most likely be to surround Gutang Town. I don't think the Chinese Army will be stupid. If they are left to be surrounded by us without doing anything, let our brigade handle the response." Nagashima Minato quickly assigned the task.
"Let's look at the captain's plan! Before he speaks, the decisions we make are meaningless." Kishiki Mizuichiro said.
For them, this is also the truth. Only the captain can decide the general direction. As grassroots cadres, they have no say in determining the trend.
Soon, a communications soldier ran to Nagashima Minato and Kishiki Mizuichiro and reported: "Reporting to the two captains, your Excellency the commander of the unit has an urgent call. He asked us to stop as soon as possible, and there are changes in the operation."
The two of them looked at each other, and then Nagadao Minato said: "We know. Mr. Ximu, what I just said was definitely surrounding Gutang Town. If you don't believe it, just wait and see! Your Excellency, Captain We will definitely do this. We can make the next battle plan, how we should cooperate and so on."
I saw Ichiro Kizumi laughed and said: "If the commander really did that, then let's follow Nagashima-kun's opinion! Let our first battalion be the absolute main force. And then use Nagashima-kun's troops as the response force. The remaining What happens next depends on the arrangements of the commander."
"Souga, I wish us a happy cooperation in advance!" Kishui Ichiro said with a smile.
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