"Is Hirata-kun's jade broken?"
At the headquarters of the 2nd Guards Division, Lieutenant General Kunomura Momoyo read the telegram sent from the headquarters and was stunned as if his acupuncture points were tapped.
His expression was full of disbelief, another lieutenant general died in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
This was too sudden. Didn't you say it could last for 3 days? You didn't expect it to break so quickly?
However, the telegram said that although the division commander Yu was broken, the officers and soldiers of the 37th Division were still insisting, and Shinozuka Yoshio ordered him to speed up the offensive.
He was ordered to lead the 2nd Guards Division to completely destroy the Eighth Route Arsenal before dark.
Kunomura Momoyo carefully calculated that this was the fourth Imperial Army Lieutenant General to die at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
The first one was Lieutenant General Numata Tokuchuge who was shot in the abdomen by the Eighth Route Army. He was shot several times and was sent to the hospital where he died after unsuccessful rescue efforts. Although the Japanese army did not admit that Lieutenant General Numata was killed by the Eighth Route Army, it was undeniable that he died at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
The second was the famous general Norihide Abe, who died under an Eighth Route Army mortar in Huangtuling just after he was promoted to lieutenant general.
The third was Lieutenant General Muto Akira, who was killed by the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery at Niangziguan.
The fourth was Lieutenant General Hirata Kenkichi, who was also killed by eight-way artillery fire.
"Bagaya road!"
Hearing the news about Hirata Kenkichi's broken jade also completely aroused his anger.
They were all excellent generals of the empire, and it was a great shame to die at the hands of a group of peasant troops.
"Division Commander!"
Chief of Staff Zhongze Province Yizuo came in and bowed his head.
"Nakazawa-kun, Lieutenant General Hirata has been shattered." Kunomura Momoyo said in a deep voice, "This is a telegram from Commander Shinozuka."
"Nani?"
Zhongze Province's expression changed, he took the telegram and read it.
After reading the telegram, Nakazawa Shoichi was full of disbelief. These rats actually defeated the 37th Division, and Lieutenant General Hirata also died in the battle?
In the past few days of fighting with the Eighth Route Army in the Eighth Route Base Area, although the Eighth Route Army has been blocking them at all levels, Zhongze Province believes that the Eighth Route Army's mine warfare, sparrow warfare and other tactics are just some small tricks. These alone cannot defeat the Japanese army, nor can they block it. Unable to stop the Japanese attack.
The only trouble is that the Eighth Route Army has the advantage of fighting at home. Their main force does not fight head-on with the Japanese army. It is difficult for the Japanese army to eliminate the Eighth Route Army's main force.
Moreover, the continuous layers of blockades and constant harassment made the Japanese troops a little tired.
But now we are close to the Eighth Route Army's arsenal. As an old Chinese saying goes, if you can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple.
Their soldiers can escape, but the arsenal cannot.
A deputy from Zhongze Province said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I went to inspect the vanguard unit in the morning and learned something when I came back."
"What's the catch?"
Zhongze Province No. 1: "There is a Chinese man who calls himself Wang Fugui. He claims that he is familiar with the terrain of Huangyadong. After arriving at the outskirts of Huangyadong, he is willing to lead the imperial army to sneak attack on the Huangyadong arsenal from a small road."
"Oh?" Kunomura Momoyo's expression changed, "Where are the others?"
Zhongze Province said: "Just outside."
Kunomura Momoyo said: "Let him in!"
"Hi!" Nakazawa turned around and walked to the headquarters, shouting outside, "Bring him in!"
After a while, two soldiers carrying 38 large caps escorted Wang Fugui in.
"Taijun, Taijun!" As soon as Wang Fugui came in, he couldn't help but nod and bow to Kunomura Momoyo and Nakazawa Shougi.
"Can you lead the way for the imperial army?"
Kunomura Momoyo leaned forward, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Wang Fugui with eyes that seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts.
Nakaze Shoichi is a China expert and translated Kuno's questions to Wang Fugui simultaneously in Chinese.
"No problem. My friends and I have grown up in this area and are very familiar with Huangya Cave." Wang Fugui answered cautiously.
"Why do you want to lead the way for the imperial army?"
Kuye stared into Wang Fugui's eyes and asked again.
Wang Fugui's tone was cautious and sinister: "Because I hate the Eighth Route Army. As soon as they came, they took away my house and my land and gave it to those mud-legged people... I want to take revenge on the Eighth Route Army."
This Wang Fugui was originally a famous squire from all over the country. After the Eighth Route Army came, he divided the land among the local tyrants.
In order to save his life, Wang Fugui voluntarily gave away his land to the Eighth Route Army, but he always secretly resented it in his heart.
When the Japanese came to raid, the Eighth Route Army mobilized the people to move. The local tyrants and evil gentry like Wang Fugui said they were unwilling to leave.
Seeing the Japanese army advancing into the hinterland of the base, these squires thought that the Eighth Route Army was doomed and became traitors to the Japanese without hesitation.
"Yo Xi!" After hearing Wang Fugui's words, Kunomura Momoyo said happily, "Wang Sang, you are a friend of the imperial army. After the Eighth Route Army is eliminated, you will be rewarded greatly."
Wang Fugui quickly expressed his gratitude and was taken down by the Japanese soldiers.
"Nakazawa-kun, you handled this matter very well." After a pause, Kunomura Momoyo asked again: "Where have the forward troops advanced?"
The division headquarters and headquarters troops were with the artillery regiment, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th regiments of the 2nd Guards Division attacked and advanced from the front.
Due to the terrain, the Japanese were not familiar with the trails, so they could only attack along the main roads.
However, the Eighth Route Army has been blocking the enemy's attack, and the Japanese's casualties have been increasing.
Zhongze Province pointed at the map: "Division commander, the leading troops will arrive at Gujia Village immediately. After passing Gujia Village, they will reach Huojiazhuang and then turn 3 kilometers west to reach the Eighth Route Arsenal."
Kunomura Momoyo's eyes dropped and he nodded: "Yoshi, the vanguard force is only 6 kilometers away from the outskirts of the Eighth Route Arsenal. Order the vanguard force to speed up!"
After a pause, Kunomura Momoyo drew out the Lieutenant General's command sword with a swipe: "My sword can't wait any longer. After capturing the Huangyadong Arsenal, I cut off the heads of all the Eighth Route Army soldiers and hung them on the cliff of the sky to commemorate Lieutenant General Hirata." And the heroic spirit of Lieutenant General Takeda!”
"Hi!" Zhongze Sheng smiled ferociously, lowered his head, turned around and walked out.
…
Takeyoshi Masaru Imaka, commander of the search wing of the 2nd Guards Division, led the troops to attack and advance.
According to the map, Gujiazhuang is ahead.
The search wing is a special organization of the Japanese army.
It is mainly responsible for multiple tasks such as reconnaissance, battle breakthrough, battle maneuver, and battle pursuit.
In addition to the wing headquarters, it also has a horse squadron, a vehicle squadron, and an armored vehicle squadron.
The entire regiment has about 400 personnel, more than 120 horses, 12 Type 95 tanks, and 15 trucks.
This kind of organization does have high mobility and protection, and can achieve a certain degree of rampage on low-tech and relatively gentle terrain.
Especially after tearing apart the defense line of the infantry-based troops, it is easier to cause confusion and fear in the enemy and further develop the results.
In Imaka Wuyi's view, such a force would be a piece of cake to deal with Tubal Road.
However, the effect of the search wing was far beyond his expectation. The Eighth Route Army was actually equipped with powerful anti-tank weapons. Seven of the 12 tanks of the search wing had been scrapped.
Even the cavalry could not exert its mobility advantage in the ravine-ridden mountainous terrain.
There were also many German-style S mines buried on the road. These mines were so powerful that they could explode into a large area.
When the engineers of the search wing were clearing mines, they were often knocked down by sudden machine gun fire.
When Imazaka Wuyi responded with fire and then led his troops to attack, the Eighth Route Army ran away again.
When you feel safe, Ba Lu suddenly appears again after only a few steps and attacks you with a burst of firepower.
From yesterday to this morning, the search wing had advanced less than 30 kilometers and already suffered most of the casualties. It is necessary to recruit more from each wing to continue to serve as the vanguard.
Otherwise, with the remaining 100 or so people, they would have been eaten by the Eighth Route Army.
Takeyoshi Imaka forcefully opened the turret cover of the Type 95 light tank and looked forward at the bleak village ahead.
A soldier ran over with a rifle and reported: "Report to the captain, no Chinese have been found in the village!"
"Keep searching!" Takeyoshi Imaka said.
"Hi!"
Several engineers held minesweepers and searched slowly along the road next to Gujia Village.
…
Temple top mountain.
Taihang Column Headquarters.
Huang Erhu put down the high-power walkie-talkie, stood up, turned around and saluted Li Yunlong: "Report to the commander-in-chief that the enemy's leading troops have arrived at Gujia Village."
"Okay!" Li Yunlong nodded, "Order the scouts to report the enemy's location at any time!"
"Yes!" Huang Erhu responded, turned around and returned to his seat.
Li Yunlong raised his wrist and checked the time. It was estimated that the Japanese would arrive at the outskirts of Huangyadong Arsenal in 3 hours and enter the encirclement in 2 hours.
So he walked over to the radio, turned on the call, and picked up the handset.
"Hey, Boss Li calls Boss Chen, Boss Li calls Boss Chen."
At this time, in a base under a mountain less than 20 kilometers away from the Huangyadong Arsenal, a handsome boy heard the sound of electric current coming from the radio next to him.
The handsome boy picked up the receiver and responded: "Boss Chen received it, Boss Li please speak."
Li Yunlong said: "Boss Li applied for pigeons to take off."
Not long after, Chen Feng said on the radio: "We have arranged for the pigeons to take off immediately."
After hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately hung up the call, with a sneer on his lips, just wait for the little devil to become a mature man.
"Li Yunlong!" A familiar voice sounded in Li Yunlong's ears.
Li Yunlong turned around quickly and saw the division commander wearing glasses walking in from the door. He quickly saluted with a military salute: "Teacher Commander!"
It was the division commander who personally commanded the four regiments to block the 2nd Japanese Guards Division. The 2nd Guards Division did not gain any advantage at the hands of the division commander.
But now we should not call it blocking, but should call it luring the enemy deep.
The division commander asked: "Li Yunlong, the Japs' vanguard troops have arrived at Gujia Village. How are you doing here?"
"Report to the division commander," Li Yunlong said, "The pockets have been laid, now we are waiting for the son of a bitch, the 2nd Guards Division, to get in."
The division commander relaxed and asked Li Yunlong about his troop deployment.
Li Yunlong first reported on the deployment of troops, and then chuckled: "Commander, in addition to setting up a large pocket formation, I also called for air support to ensure that this dog-year-old Emperor's Guards will drink a big pot."
"Not bad!" The teacher nodded and adjusted his glasses again, his expression extremely satisfied.
