Chapter 319 Is there any chance?
Chapter 319 Is there any chance?
"Captain Shen, Captain Yang, that's it! You know our captain well. Instead of taking him back and leaving him to rust on the mountain, you might as well give him to a team in need. We are all fighting the Japanese, and you have come from afar to support us. There is no need to refuse. It is getting late. We must withdraw from the battlefield and return to our base as soon as possible to prevent Japanese bombers from bombing at daybreak. Start distributing him!"
The telegrams to annihilate the 5th Division and the 32nd Division were sent to Chongqing. The attendant office did not dare to delay and knocked on the door of the high-level camp at two o'clock in the morning.
"Report, the Yimeng guerrillas have launched a cold-shooting operation."
"read"!
"Yesterday afternoon, Lin Chuan's guard regiment of the Yimeng guerrillas joined forces with 2,000 troops from the Lunan Detachment to set up an ambush in Xiong'er Mountain and annihilated the Japanese Fifth Division, killing approximately 18,000 Japanese troops. Only more than 2,000 defeated soldiers of the Japanese Sakagami Division escaped back to Lincheng."
"At 11 o'clock last night, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Regiments and the Guard Regiment of the Yimeng Guerrillas, together with the 1st Regiment of the New 4th Division and 1,200 troops of the Lunan Detachment, launched a siege on the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army at Laomao Mountain. By the time the message was sent, the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army was completely wiped out, and no one from the division commander down escaped."
"it is good"!
Suddenly a loud shout was heard in the room, and then the lights came on. A few minutes later, a senior official in formal attire appeared at the door, took the telegram, read it several times, and began to show off to the attendant office officials, telegraph operators and guards in front of the door.
"Can you imagine it? I can't even imagine it. Two divisions went to encircle and suppress the Yimeng guerrillas in Mengshan! One of them was the Fifth Division, which was known to be invincible. It hadn't even reached Mengshan, and hadn't even reached Pingyi City. Two divisions were gone. Tell me, how many divisions will the Japanese devils send next time?"
Seeing no one responded, the senior management lost interest.
"Forward the telegram to all the major war zones and let everyone see how a field battle should be fought. Isn't it said that the cold gun team can only defend Mengshan? This time we will use this telegram to slap them in the face. We ambushed them at the positions and encircled them in field battles. We took down two divisions in half a day. Let everyone open their eyes and learn from us! We don't expect them to have such a record. Just don't let them retreat as soon as they fight."
"By the way, after daybreak, notify the commanders-in-chief of the Fifth and Ninth War Zones to come to the military intelligence simulation room for a meeting at 8 o'clock. Also call Bai Chongxi along. The Japanese army has lost two divisions, so we need to discuss and see if there is any chance to do something about it."
"Yes"!
In stark contrast to the excitement of the Chongqing senior officials, Bin Shanyuan didn't know how to explain it. It was okay that two divisions were lost at the foot of Mount Mengshan, after all, more than one division was buried there. But they hadn't even traveled half the way, and only more than 2,000 troops were left out of more than 30,000. How should this telegram be sent?
Although the old man, the commander of the Sakagami Division, was a little arrogant and ignored his orders, he was fighting in his own defense zone! Needless to say, any inaccurate intelligence would be blamed on him first. After all, he had conveyed the battle situation. The Yimeng guerrillas were stationed in Mengshan, and only a few special forces came out. At most, some guerrillas from other forces would ambush them.
According to the information we got from the defeated soldiers yesterday, these are not just a few special forces teams! This firepower configuration means that the Yimeng guerrillas, the New Fourth Division and the Lunan Detachment have launched an all-out attack, right?
Is the cold gun so cruel? Leaving the tunnel undefended, instead of setting up an ambush in the field, aren't you afraid of being killed?
And that idiot Kimura Heitaro, couldn't he expand the guard posts further out? Bin Shanyuan considered that the 32nd Division would be ambushed on the way back tomorrow, and worked out a return plan all night. Before the plan was ready, he received a farewell telegram and suffered endless covering artillery bombardment. The team couldn't rush out. Bin Shanyuan's mind was in a mess. Could the Yimeng guerrillas run so fast? They were still in Xiong'er Mountain in the afternoon, but they were already at Laomao Mountain in the evening?
The news was sent back to the headquarters, and the headquarters reported to the emperor. The emperor once again broke his beloved glass cup. He was a good-for-nothing, a fool, and as stupid as a pig. Sakagami Seishirō was just a name. He wanted to send troops to continue the encirclement and suppression, but he didn't dare to speak. Two divisions would not work. Three divisions? Or four divisions? Forty thousand troops had already been transferred away. If another sixty thousand or a hundred thousand were transferred, it would really affect the layout of North China and Central China. The emperor was a little stupid, but he was not completely brainless. Silence represented everything.
At dawn, the senior officials dressed in military uniforms held a military seminar. Unlike the meeting held after the withdrawal of troops from Wuhan a few days ago, the military seminar was full of laughter and joy. As soon as the senior officials entered, several bigwigs immediately stood up and saluted.
"Don't be polite, everyone sit down."
Seeing that several war zone bosses were all beaming, the senior executive sat down and spoke.
"I guess everyone knows this, right?"
Seeing everyone nodding, the senior executives were full of emotion:
"I don't know if you have thought of it, but I didn't expect that a cold gun would be fired. Two divisions besieged Mengshan. I was a little worried. I was not worried that Mengshan would be broken. The Japanese did not have that ability. I was just worried that they would besiege Mengshan for a long time. After all, we are out of reach and cannot go to rescue them even if we want to."
"Now, two Japanese divisions are equivalent to the complete destruction of the army. Jiansheng, tell me first, do we have any chance now?"
Bai Chongxi stood up solemnly:
"Report, judging from the current situation, we don't stand much chance. After all, the 32nd Division is only a garrison division on the Jinpu Line, and the Central China Expeditionary Army is only missing a Type A division. The loss of troops is limited. But if they continue to withdraw troops, if they withdraw more than two divisions from the Central China Expeditionary Army, we can still do something."
"Forget it, let's just defend the current line of defense first! Wait for the next move of the Japanese army."
Bai Chongxi did not sit down and continued to speak to the senior management:
"The 32nd Division of the Japanese Army was originally stationed on the Jinpu Line. The reason they were able to besiege Mengshan was because Bin Shanyuan mobilized no less than an A-type division from the North China Expeditionary Army to defend the Jinpu Line. They could notify the Second War Zone and make them active. Regardless of whether they had any battle records or not, at least they could strangle Bin Shanyuan's neck and prevent him from being so unscrupulous."
"Then send a telegram to Baichuan, asking them to stop hiding in the mountains and take action when necessary. Also, inform Director Zhou and ask them to learn from the Lunan Detachment. They are also a team, but the Lunan Detachment suffered more than half of its troops casualties when it ambushed the Sakagami Division yesterday. They can't keep fighting guerrilla warfare all the time, they must take action when necessary, and not just say one thing and do another."
According to the telegram sent by the Nightingale Squad, there were more than 2,000 troops from the Lunan Detachment participating in the battle in Xiong'er Mountain. They also participated in the ambush in Laomao Mountain with the Guard Regiment. Only 1,200 people were left in the battle, with a loss of 800 people in one battle. The losses from last night have not been reported yet. This news made the top leaders happy, but he had no idea that 500 troops were transporting captured troops, and that Lin Chuan, a young man he admired very much, had thrown all the captured troops to them.
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