"Hai!!" Shimono Yihuo responded.
"Okay, go and do your work! I'll be quiet for a while!" Inaba Shiro said, looking a little tired.
"Hai!" After responding, Chief of Staff Shimono left Inaba Shiro's office.
Looking at the back of Chief of Staff Shimono leaving, Inaba Shiro's face fell into darkness, because he knew the current situation. Hisao Tani's contribution to the first attack on Nanjing was really too great. If he couldn't do it as his successor, If he gets some results, it will be very troublesome for him to be promoted to general.
"Damn the China Army! I will definitely lead the army to invade Changsha!" As he said that, Inaba Shiro held the pen in his hand tightly, and with a little force, he broke the entire pencil barrel at the waist.
The irritable Shiro Inaba walked to the military map and looked at the contents on the map attentively. He saw that the icons of the national army on the map covered the entire south bank of the New Wall River.
"Baga!" Looking at the icon of the national army on the map, Inaba Shiro cursed fiercely.
In fact, it's not that Inaba Shiro doesn't want to lead his army to attack Changsha directly, but that he simply can't attack it. After all, there is a group of national troops waiting there on the south bank of the Xinqiang River, and they can attack without backup. , it is very likely to be surrounded and annihilated by this part of the enemy.
Although the 15th Group Army of the National Army is not very powerful, it is composed of three armies, namely Chen Pei's 37th Army, Zhang Yaoming's 52nd Army, and Xia Chuzhong's 15th Army. The Seventy-ninth Army once had a strength of nearly 80,000 troops, and two of them were the Central Army with stronger combat effectiveness.
In fact, with the strength of the Sixth Division, it was barely enough to defeat the 80,000 soldiers of the Chinese army with 30,000 soldiers. However, after being weakened by three large-scale battles: the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, and the Battle of Wuhan, the Second The grassroots troops of the Sixth Division have also basically changed. Even if they bring these well-trained soldiers from Kumamoto, they are not as elite as when they set off from Nanjing to Wuhan, let alone It was like that when I first arrived in Shanghai.
If they had to forcibly cross the river, what worried Inaba Shiro most was not the 80,000 national troops, but the fact that the national army could still mobilize nearly 20,000 troops in the direction of Changsha, including the most elite 3rd troops of the Central Army of the National Army. According to the latest information he received, the strength of the Ninth Theater Guard Force stationed in Changsha has been increased from one reinforced regiment to two strengthened regiments and an infantry regiment.
Out of vigilance for Changsha, Inaba Shiro must do thorough homework - he must have a very clear understanding of Changsha's garrison and equipment.
As an ambitious and capable division commander, he is not only the leader of the Sixth Division, but also the bridgehead for the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army to march into Changsha. In order to gain the lead and initiative in the war as soon as possible, Inaba Shiro sent people to the south bank of the Xinqiang River more than once to spy on the military situation, including promoting the Special High School to send spies to Changsha and so on.
It is precisely because he knew the enemy's deployment that Inaba Shiro did not choose to act rashly. If he rashly led his army southward, there would be only one outcome as soon as possible, and that is to become the 106th Division in the second Wanjialing!
The tragic end of Matsuura Junrokuro forced Inaba Shiro to pay attention to the enemy forces in front of him, especially the security forces of the ninth theater of the national army. As long as these security forces of the ninth theater of the national army could hold back one of their brigade. If the troops of the regiment are killed, or even the main force of one of their regiments is killed, the Sixth Division will be in danger.
If there were reinforcements, Inaba Shiro's Sixth Division would not be so dangerous, but there are no reinforcements, so they cannot act rashly.
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Two days later, Changsha.
As the Spring Festival was getting closer, Zhang Tianhai felt that the adjustment of the division of labor must be put on the agenda immediately, so in the morning, Zhang Tianhai, who had completed the new division of labor plan, held a middle-level and high-level meeting.
"Everyone, we are all gathered together now to hold a brief division of labor meeting and announce the division of labor and deployment of our first guard regiment." Zhang Tianhai looked at the various battalion commanders in front of him and several company commanders of the troops directly under the regiment headquarters. , with a serious face.
"applaud!"
Li Chunfei said something, and the audience burst into applause.
Zhang Tianhai raised his left hand and pressed it down to indicate silence. The applause immediately stopped, and everyone was listening to the speeches and instructions from the group leader.
Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Zhang Tianhai said: "In order to further speed up the construction of our regiment's combat effectiveness, according to our regiment's latest deployment, we will first expand the officer training platoon and expand it into a teaching company. The first task of this teaching company is to serve us. The regiment has trained excellent platoon-level officers to make up for the lack of platoon-level officers in our regiment after the war. Some outstanding graduates can even be appointed as company-level officers, and the company commander of the training company is Deputy Commander Guo Qiliang."
As soon as Zhang Tianhai said these words, everyone on the field understood what he meant - it meant that the teaching company enjoyed deputy regimental level treatment, and even the platoon leader of the teaching company was deputy battalion level. The teaching company After the company squad leader goes out, he must be qualified to serve as a company-level officer or even a deputy battalion-level officer.
Everyone present was not a fool. When they heard this specification, they immediately understood why the division of labor had to be adjusted. It is estimated that Deputy Commander Guo's main focus will be on this teaching company.
Sure enough, Zhang Tianhai continued: "Since the teaching company is a newly established unit, and construction in all aspects is also a top priority, I will announce the latest division of labor plan based on the latest situation within the regiment."
As soon as Zhang Tianhai said this, everyone on the field straightened up, waiting for the leader's most important speech.
"The first is the division of labor of Deputy Commander Guo. He is mainly responsible for the training of the teaching company and the logistics work of the entire regiment. The platoon leaders and squad leaders of each platoon of the teaching company will be transferred from each battalion. Please cooperate with all battalion commanders; secondly, The division of labor between Chief of Staff Li Chunfei and Chief Li is mainly responsible for the operation of the staff department, formulating training plans, and assisting the regiment leader in managing the training matters of the entire regiment. Finally, there is my division of labor. I am responsible for the general direction construction of the entire regiment and manage the training matters of the entire regiment. Adjutant Xu Xun is temporarily acting as my prime minister for the affairs of the troops directly under the regiment headquarters. The troops directly under the regiment headquarters include guard companies, artillery battalions, cavalry battalions, engineering companies, and communications companies, excluding the secret service company. The secret service company is under my personal command." Zhang Tianhai said.
"Reporting to the leader, I have something unclear about my humble duty, and I would like to ask the leader for help!" Lu Shaojie, the commander of the first battalion, stood up and reported.
"Please tell me." Zhang Tianhai said seriously.
"Just now, the regimental commander made it very clear that all the regiment headquarters except the special agent company are directly under the direct control of Lieutenant-General Xu. I would like to ask you if our main infantry battalion is directly responsible for you?" Lu Shaojie asked bluntly.
"Yes, that's right. Why should I arrange for Adjutant Xu to watch the training of the troops directly under the regiment headquarters for me? It's because I have to personally oversee the training of your main infantry battalion, and our training progress is still slow now. It's up to me. After we come to arrest him, he will be even more severe." Zhang Tianhai said sternly.
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