"Baga! How did this idiot Suzuki get the position of brigade leader? Such an idiot should commit seppuku and apologize!" After receiving the battle report, the kid from Gangcun could hardly believe his eyes!
The Suzuki Brigade, which had nearly 10,000 troops, was unexpectedly attacked by a mere two companies of Tubal Cavalry!
An entire tank regiment was wiped out!
This simply challenges everyone’s IQ and cognition.
Although Suzuki Shaokang reported that there was artillery support from at least one Tubal Artillery Battalion, the North China Expedition Army Headquarters almost unanimously agreed to relieve Suzuki Shaokang from his post!
Of course someone has to be responsible for such a disastrous defeat, and the smug Major General Suzuki Shaokang is the best scapegoat.
If not for this, the North China Expeditionary Force, which had been defeated one after another, would not be able to explain to the base camp.
"Everyone, how will our locust army respond in Wucheng next? Do we need to send additional reinforcements?" The gangcun kid vented for a while and returned to normal.
He could still afford the loss of a tank regiment.
"In this sneak attack, Tubal Road's strength has not changed much. The sneak attack on the Locust Army's cavalry battalion and mortar battalion should be their entire mobile force. If they were properly prepared, this incident would not have happened. These are all losses caused by the incompetence of the frontline commander." After a rational analysis, Gangcun's staff said to the gangcun kid.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I think there is no need to send additional reinforcements. We only need to send capable frontline commanders. With the strength of the independent mixed brigade and heavy artillery brigade, they will still win the final victory."
Gao Jianwu's artillery bombardment also caused a lot of manpower losses for the Little Japanese Heavy Artillery Brigade, but the artillery was almost undamaged. It could be made up by deploying some artillery from the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade. These losses were not a big problem for the Heavy Artillery Brigade. .
Only the chariot brigade's losses could not be compensated. Almost all the chariots were blown up, and the chariot drivers were almost wiped out. This chariot brigade only had a few logistics teams left, which had no impact on the battle situation.
If the leader of the Suzuki Brigade is in front of him, the kid from Okamura can slap him into a pig head!
With a reorganized brigade and a heavy artillery brigade, the gangcun kid silently calculated the strength of his side and found that there was really nothing to worry about.
Even if the Tuba Road in the first division occupies Wucheng's favorable location, in the face of the 105mm howitzer of the heavy artillery brigade, Wucheng's little city defense is a joke.
It's just a little more troublesome to rebuild.
With only a few thousand Tuba Road, one integrated brigade should be enough.
After Gangcun's kid was determined, he turned to the group of staff and asked, "Now, who is suitable to be the brigade commander of this independent mixed 11th brigade?"
To be honest, there are too many people waiting to sit on the throne of brigade commander. Not to mention anything else, there are at least seven or eight qualified major generals or major left officers in Yandu alone.
But when they considered the fate of the tank regiment, most of the staff became silent.
Although from a rational analysis, this group of bastards in the first division should not be able to cause any trouble.
But it happened to be them. Not only did they capture Wucheng in one fell swoop, although they were suspected of taking advantage of the situation, the facts are facts. Wucheng falling into their hands was like a slap on Gangcun's face!
Even the base camp generated electricity and made inquiries.
In this way, this new candidate must lead the locust army to capture Wucheng.
This kind of thing was slapped in the face just now. The staff members took great risks to recommend candidates. Even if there are many people who usually ask for help, they will not propose it now.
After watching the silence for a while, no one made any suggestions, and the gangcun kid also understood what everyone was thinking.
"Tokunaga-kun, I'll leave this matter to you." The kid from Okamura said to an aide in the room.
It was Tokunaga Shikasuke Daizuo, who was the deputy chief of staff of North China at the time, who had just been transferred from a certain regiment to the North China headquarters. This man has a tough character, is bold and careful, and has never made any mistakes when leading a battle.
"Hi!" Tokunaga Sasuke stood up and bowed his head in response, without refusing.
He has no background, and his promotion is all based on his own merits. This time he came to the headquarters because the gangcun kid admired him. Now at such a delicate time, the gangcun kid pushed him to the position. It is a man who no one can say. What time.
Gangcun also needs someone who can truly lead troops to fight this battle. In the eyes of the kid from Gangcun, Tokunaga Shika Sasuke is just right.
"Tokuyong-kun, if you need anything, just ask. I only ask that in this battle, the main force of Tubal Road can be eliminated in Wucheng!" The little devil from Gangcun's eyes were sharp. This task is much more difficult than taking back Wucheng. .
"Hey! Please rest assured, Commander, I will do my best to complete the mission!" Tokunaga Shikazuosuke nodded again and said, "I have only one request. I need the air force to conduct uninterrupted aerial reconnaissance and conduct dynamic reconnaissance of the Tubal Road around Wucheng. clear."
"Yusi, as you wish, I look forward to good news from Tokunaga-kun!" The kid from Okamura nodded with satisfaction, and was very satisfied with Tokunaga Shizuosuke's statement.
As the staff analyzed, the key to this battle is not whether it can be won, but whether it can grasp the dynamics of the Tubal Road and severely inflict heavy damage on the opponent's main force. The strength of both sides is clear at a glance. Tokunaga Shika Sasuke can seize the key to strengthen himself. His ability to control the battlefield situation is indeed his favorite.
"Hey! I'm going to leave right away and take over the army overnight!" Seeing that everything was resolved, Tokunaga Sasuke was ready to take up his post without hesitation.
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Gao Jianwu didn't know what he was doing, so he directly replaced the commander of the little devil.
But even if he knew, he didn't care.
Now that the most troublesome and serious problem has been solved, the next step for him is to find a way to deal with the 11th Brigade.
The most difficult decision to make is whether to dispatch the main force of the Daqingshan Cavalry.
Theoretically, dispatching the main force of the Daqingshan cavalry and carrying out another night attack would be very effective. With their own map perspective ability, they could concentrate the main artillery of the Ping An Cluster and the Yang Regiment in the first division to launch a burst of bang bang bang bombardment to disrupt the Jaap camp, and then the cavalry The main force rushes in to harvest, and can basically solve the 11th brigade at the minimum cost.
But in this way, the strength of the Daqingshan Cavalry was exposed.
Gao Jianwu also expected the Daqingshan Cavalry to perform miraculously when attacking Yunzhong City. After exposing your strength in this way, the little devil has less chance of being fooled.
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Two days later, Gao Jianwu discovered that the 11th Brigade was late, approached Wucheng, and stopped in the Xuancheng area. Although I don't know why it was different from the initial prompts of the intelligence system, it was not a big problem. The hourly intelligence updates gave Gao Jianwu a clear understanding of the progress of the 11th Brigade.
The troops were taken to the mountains and forests more than 40 miles northeast of Xuancheng in advance to lurk, although the soldiers endured some hardships.
However, everyone has thick cotton coats and dog-skin hats, and is relatively well prepared with warm clothing, so that everyone will not be reduced due to the low temperature in early spring. It's just that everything you eat is cold water and dry food. This is a bit unimaginable to modern people, but the soldiers of this period were somewhat accustomed to this.
"Squad leader, how many more days do we have to lurk?" A soldier who was eating fried noodles and drinking cold water asked his squad leader.
"Why, are you impatient to wait?" the squad leader said with a smile.
"That's not true, I'm just a little bored." The soldier said, "We have been waiting here for four days, why haven't the little devils come to our door to be beaten?"
"There are so many little devils here, are you afraid that there won't be any little devils to beat you?" the squad leader couldn't help laughing and scolding. "Don't worry, the detachment leader has prepared everything a long time ago. I heard that the detachment leader and the others have already solved the little devil's chariot group. The little devil's chariot is what we call a tank. It's like an iron bastard. Then But it’s so awesome, I don’t know how the detachment leader and the others solved it, but the captain said it was done!”
"The detachment leader is the God of War. It's not a piece of cake to take down a few brats and iron bastards." The soldier said with a smile, "We killed so many brats along the way. If the detachment captain hadn't been the god of war, who would have been able to run so many Lu, beat up so many little devils. If I were old and had a grandson, I could tell him about this for three days and three nights!"
"Haha, can you finish it in three days and three nights? We have just started. Since the Gao detachment came to our independent regiment, you can see that the team is improving day by day. Is there any day when it is not winning the battle? Work hard and tell your grandson later. There will be no problem for him for seven days and seven nights!"
They were chatting here, but Zhao Dalei and others were called together to start a pre-war meeting to encircle and annihilate the 11th Brigade.
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On the other hand, Commander Yao Ce led the First Cavalry Regiment and approached Xuancheng in a roundabout way. According to Gao Jianwu's plan, after the battle begins, they will serve as the first echelon to launch a charge against the Japs!
Gao Jianwu finally decided to show some of his strength, so that the little devil had some understanding, but not all.
In the integration of the sneak attack on the first tank regiment of the Little Devils, the strength of the cavalry is once again shown, so that the information about the existence of the Ping An cluster can be better hidden.
Because almost at the same time, Captain Yang's two main regiments had secretly left the city. However, due to the sudden strengthening of the city defense, the news of Captain Yang's actions was blocked in the city, and the little devil's spy now had no chance to pass the news out.
Due to the hasty loss of Wucheng, the original little devils were directly cleaned up. Although some informants in the little devils' special high school later penetrated, big guys like the radio station had no chance to send them in.
So when they saw Yang Tuan's actions at this time, although the little devil's informants were in a hurry, they could only move around in circles and had no way of passing it on.
In this way, the main force of the Ping An Cluster, the Cavalry Regiment and the Yang Regiment quietly moved at night to surround the 11th Little Japanese Brigade.
In this battle, Gao Jianwu prepared to use full firepower to minimize the casualties of various units. Mountain artillery and mortars that were almost suitable for movement were concentrated. Under the command of Gao Jianwu, an artillery position was established. According to the map coordinates and the little devils observed by Gao Jianwu in advance, Intelligence set up a bombardment of Zhu Yuan.
Just waiting for the zero hour general attack to arrive!
