"Kawamoto-kun, please, we have to hold on here alone for at least 10 hours." Yuji Watanabe said to Taro Kawamoto after escaping.
After jumping out of the encirclement of the Independent Regiment, Watanabe Yuuji did not panic and fled back.
In his mind, it was unacceptable to go back with such a disastrous defeat, because such a huge failure would basically bring an end to his military career.
At least 2/3 of the troops had been lost in the battle that had just passed. Such huge losses were extremely rare in Yuji Watanabe's memory.
Only in the local battlefields of several large battles were there disastrous defeats with casualties of more than 2,000.
But now he is facing a small independent group on Tubal Road. Speaking of which, the people at the headquarters would not believe that an independent group like the Independent Regiment, which did not even have an official designation, could actually defeat a locust army field force the size of an integrated regiment.
Although the ninth brigade can only be regarded as a second-rate unit in the Locust Army, compared with its opponents, it is a more powerful unit than any German weapon master.
If Yuuji Watanabe accepts such a result and returns, he will either face a military court or he will choose to have a caesarean section to apologize.
There is almost no 3rd path to choose from.
Therefore, Watanabe Yuji, who is not willing to fail, still has to struggle.
Now if he had any strategy to save the situation, he only needed a simple deduction, and he soon came to the conclusion: the independent group must be completely eliminated.
Then use the captured weapons to exaggerate the strength of the independent regiment. It is best to say that it has the equipment and combat effectiveness of a division!
Only in this way can Yuji Watanabe balance his merits and demerits and get out of the current predicament.
But even the Ninth Brigade currently does not have the ability to send such a large-scale team for encirclement and suppression. Task Force Watanabe has almost emptied the Ninth Brigade's mobile troops.
Now let alone the coalition level, it is very difficult to dispatch another brigade. Being able to pull out the safe gendarmerie brigade is already the limit.
So Yuuji Watanabe focused his eyes on the little devils around him.
His first target is the defense zone next door, Shicheng!
There, there is a field wing, the 139th Wing!
By coincidence, the commander of this regiment, Kurono Nakasei Daizuo, was also a classmate of his in school.
It's just that he is two grades below Yuji Watanabe. The relationship is not as direct as that of running a school in the same class as Major General Mitsuo Kawada.
But they usually have some contacts and even fought together.
Under the current circumstances, as long as Kurono Nakasei Daizuo can be persuaded, then this matter will be more than half successful.
But familiarity comes with familiarity, after all, this is a big deal, and relying solely on relationships with classmates at the same school will not work.
But Yuuji Watanabe quickly cleaned up the chips and information in his hands, and found an issue that Kurono Nakasei was concerned about.
That was the military train intercepted by the Dagushan guerrillas last time. This incident made Kurono Nakacheng embarrassed at the Little Japs North China Headquarters and was reprimanded by his superiors. It has always been a heartache for Kurono Nakage. Like nails. Then when Kurono Nakage hears about this, he will definitely take revenge in the future.
Sure enough, when Yuuji Watanabe told him about his raids on the independent regiments and the encirclement and suppression of the Dagushan guerrillas, he specifically pointed out that the Dagushan guerrillas who attacked the military columns were in Zhao Jiayu.
Sure enough, Kurono Nakasei, who received the telegram, was angry and a little excited at the same time. He had encountered such an opportunity for military exploits.
Therefore, after immediately communicating with the superior division and regiment headquarters, we quickly received the order to dispatch troops. The elimination of a Tuba Road with several thousand people was considered a great achievement for the little devil.
The division commander Kurono Nakasei naturally hopes to make more achievements, and he will not let go of the opportunity to invite the brothers to fight in the defense zone.
As for saying that the Independence Regiment and the Dagushan guerrillas are very good at fighting, this is a joke to him!
In the North China Theater, even one division is not enough for the 139th Regiment, let alone a small independent regiment!
You must know that the 139th Regiment is a field division, and its combat effectiveness cannot be compared with that of second-line troops such as the 9th Brigade.
The 139th Regiment has always been in a state of combat readiness, so after the order is issued, the dispatch speed is very fast, especially now that the combat target is only aimed at a regiment-level target.
Kurono Nakasei set off with a basic ammunition supply.
An independent regiment was crippled by Yuji Watanabe, and a basic amount of ammunition was enough to cope with it.
Shicheng is more than 70 kilometers away from Zhaojiayu, most of which are connected by roads. For a field regiment, it takes about 8 hours to march.
Weapons and baggage were mechanized by the car squadron, and the 139th Regiment, which set out lightly, marched very quickly.
After learning about the dispatch of the 139th Regiment, Yuji Watanabe was afraid that the independent regiment would disperse the main force. After thinking about it, Watanabe Yuji deliberately exposed some traces so that the independent regiment could seize some clues and wanted to use this. This method holds back the main force of the independent group.
After leaving the road and walking 5 kilometers in the rugged mountainous area, Watanabe Yuuji's remaining troops were about a thousand people.
But this time he met his opponent. When Gao Jianwu received the exact information from Zhang Dabiao's fast horse, he led the Dagushan Guerrilla Brigade without hesitation, and together with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Independent Regiment, they attacked Yuuji Watanabe. The little devils outflanked them.
The Watanabe task force was soon surrounded in a valley 5 kilometers away from Zhaojiayu.
However, the mountains surrounding this valley are very large and not conducive to climbing.
The mountainous area surrounding the entire valley is several kilometers in diameter.
In such a large space, it is difficult for the Independent Regiment and the Dagushan Guerrilla Brigade to surround them.
Fortunately, the mountain is not easy to climb. If the little devil wants to escape by climbing over the mountain, it is considered that they have the ability. It is too difficult and ordinary people cannot do it.
Unless you are a pervert like Yamamoto Agent.
Seal a few obvious valley entrances and block the little devil inside the valley.
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"Your Excellency, Mr. Zuo, we lack the advantage of artillery fire. In this case, we try to spread out as detachments as active units to avoid being concentrated by the enemy's artillery fire in the annihilation battle." Although Taro Kawamoto's suggestion was to let these little devils die. , but this is also the best way to delay time.
Why did the little devil who was surrounded in the valley dare to stop? It was because it was no longer a flat river, but undulating, filled with natural bunkers such as large and small rocks and mountains, and many small bushes for hiding. .
This kind of terrain is actually quite advantageous for the defensive side.
Watanabe Yuuji took a brief look at the situation in the valley, nodded and agreed to Taro Kawamoto's suggestion.
After dispersing the troops, it means that this may be the last career of most of the little devils, but Ci does not control the troops, and what Yuji Watanabe wants is victory.
As long as we can hold off for 8 to 10 hours, we can win after the reinforcements arrive and then follow the counterattack.
Now he still has more than 1,000 people. If they are divided into teams of about 10 people, then this is a team of hundreds.
It is not an easy task for the independent regiment to eliminate so many opponents, especially under such complex terrain conditions.
Captain Kawamoto is indeed the person chosen by the commander of the 9th Brigade, and his vision is quite sharp.
But in the eyes of Fujino Shaozuo, who followed him and escaped, he felt something was wrong, but he did not say exactly what was wrong.
So the team of little devils began to disperse one by one. In addition to Watanabe Yuuji, there is also an elite team as bodyguards, lurking in a cave on the top of a mountain, waiting to break out again.
The other little devils followed the order and dispersed into small teams.
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