"Order the troops to continue advancing. With Taro Fujita as the new 101st Regiment Captain, lead the troops forward to launch an attack!" Lieutenant General Masaki Ito showed a ruthless expression.
"Hai!!" everyone responded.
When Ito Masaki said he wanted to avenge his subordinates, that was not just a joke. He really wanted to personally supervise the battle.
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The fighting in Xingzi County is still in full swing. At this time, the outer wall of Xingzi County has long been reduced to ruins.
"The battle in Xingzi County was so hard! The damn China Army was so tenacious!" Ito Masaki cursed. After all, he was the highest-ranking commander among the Japanese commanders present, and his will represented the entire The will of the Japanese troops.
"Then how do you, the division commander, plan to proceed with the next step?" asked the chief of staff next to him.
"The pace of advance of the frontline troops must be continued, but the progress of the frontline is too slow. The fighting will of the China Army is indeed tenacious, but our advancement is too weak." Masaki Ito Said in a deep voice.
"What do you mean, the division commander, that we want to supervise the battle?" the chief of staff asked.
"Yo Xi." Ito Masaki nodded, looking very serious, "If I don't go to the front line to supervise the battle, I won't be able to break through the front line defense of the China Army as soon as possible. Let's do this! I will go to the front line to supervise the battle in person!"
Ito Masaki has made up his mind, and naturally he will not tell lies. He has already gone to the front line of the battle in person.
However, due to life safety considerations, Ito Masaki did not appear in the most intense street fighting battlefields, but appeared on the front line of suburban fighting.
Since the division commander appeared, the officers and soldiers of the 101st Division couldn't help but be shocked: the division commander had already come to the front line to supervise the battle, let alone ordinary officers and soldiers like them.
On the front line of the battle, wherever Ito Masaki appeared, the Japanese army cheered, and their morale was very high.
There were cheers and shouts of killing.
As for the opponent, the national army, naturally noticed something unusual here...
As a result, Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 25th Army, made a decisive decision and decided to mobilize his few artillery units, aim at the most aggressive and ferocious Japanese army, and then fire.
Shot after shot, just desperate.
"Military, with the way we are fighting now, we may not have many artillery shells left..." the chief of staff couldn't help but persuade Wang Jingjiu.
"Our reserves of artillery shells are not large, but they have to be spent in the most critical places. Like this time, the Japanese army suddenly became so excited. It is definitely a sign. We just have to concentrate our firepower on their most prominent parts. Don't worry! There will definitely be gains. ." Even if Wang Jingjiu has made some mistakes, he is definitely one of the best in Huangpu, otherwise he would not have been one of the first people to become army commanders.
"Yes, military officer, I understand the humble position." The chief of staff responded.
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Facts have proved that Wang Jingjiu’s theory is correct...
Just as Ito Masaki was happily directing his troops to move forward on the front line, a deadly shell exploded around him.
"Boom!!!"
Lieutenant General Masaki Ito was seriously injured on the spot!
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!! Your Excellency, Division Commander!!"
After the explosion, the Japanese army immediately changed their strategy-the priority was to protect the commander of the division!
The Japanese army's offensive momentum suddenly stalled!
Within one day, two important figures in the Japanese army were killed and the other injured. Once the news was sent back to the Eleventh Army Headquarters, even Okamura Neiji could not help but be surprised.
Fortunately, Neji Okamura has also been in the army for many years, and he immediately made a decision that he thought was very correct: the 101st Division Headquarters was replaced by the chief of staff to command the troops, and everything waited for Masaki Ito's division The leader will make a decision after he wakes up.
After taking over the baton, Chief of Staff of the 101st Division Yukihiko immediately continued Ito Masaki's consistent tough policy and launched a sustained and normalized fierce attack on the national army.
The starting point was excellent, but the actual effect was not good - no matter how you put it, two generals were lost in one day. One was the most important core, the division commander; and the other was also the 101st general. The division is regarded as the "Military God" of honor and pride.
These two people are like this, and it does not affect the morale of the army at all. How is this possible?
Since the accident between these two men, the offensive momentum of the 101st Division has not only been stagnant, but the national army has suddenly become much more relaxed.
As the saying goes, good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles: the news that the commander of the 101st Division, Masaki Ito, was seriously injured, and the "military god" symbol, Colonel Iizuka Kunigoro, was killed in action, quickly spread back to Japan and was published in newspapers It was widely published on the Internet.
In Japan, the whole country was shocked.
These invaders never imagined that they would encounter such a huge setback on the front line.
It didn't take long for the news that the Japanese army had suffered such a major setback on the front to reach China, and the national army also followed up with a big publicity campaign.
This report was quickly received by the Ninth Theater District Police Regiment, which was very close to the front line of Xingzi.
"The little devil has suffered a big loss now...Old Zhang, look, they are like this, and they still want to capture our Xingzi County?" Guo Qiliang walked in with a happy face, holding this "Frontline Battle Report".
"By the way, Lao Guo, how long have you been fighting on the Xingzi front line?" Zhang Tianhai asked.
"It seems like they have been fighting for six days and six nights! Without this news, I don't think they would have been able to survive this long. Now Masaki Ito, an old thief, has been seriously injured by the explosion. Even their so-called 'Military God' , and the old opponents we have fought against before have all died in their hands, what reason do they have for not being able to hold on?" Guo Qiliang said confidently.
Zhang Tianhai shook his head and said, "Lao Guo, you still believe in them too much."
Before Guo Qiliang could speak, Zhang Tianhai continued: "Don't you know how strong our troops are in combat? No matter how strong the 25th Army is, it cannot be stronger than the 71st Army." Wang Jingjiu has been commanding elite troops for a long time. He has indeed made a great contribution to the fact that he has been able to survive for so long this time. But this time, the 25th Army will not survive for a long time."
"Why?" Guo Qiliang frowned, and then he immediately came to his senses: "Old Zhang, you mean, the 25th Army is not as good as the 71st Army, so they can't survive that long?"
Zhang Tianhai smiled softly and said: "Lao Guo, you are not stupid after all. Our troops, no matter which one they are, are not as good as the 87th Division before Songhu entered the war! If we replace It is the 87th Division guarding Xingzi, and it can definitely defend for more than half a month, but now it is the 25th Army... things are different now..."
When he talked about this, Guo Qiliang's thoughts seemed to go back to the day before Songhu joined the war. He said with great emotion: "Old Zhang, don't mention it. At that time, you were still Li Haocheng's deputy, and I was just the second. The small battalion staff officer of the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment never dreamed that this day would come to pass. At that time, our army had strong soldiers and horses, and its fighting spirit was not generally strong..."
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PS: The first update is here, there will be another update before twelve o'clock.
