Chapter 653: Are all the battalion commanders of a regiment dead?
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Matsubushi, who received the last telegram from Yoshida, cursed in anger. What was the main force of the Chinese army coming to Jilin by detour, and it was still covering the night!
Are these people blind?
If you wait until dark before you take a detour, will the Chinese army surrounded by them fly over?
The incompetent intelligence departments, they were all fooled by the Chinese army!
Although Abe's Nakasa bypassed the defense line of the Chinese army and launched a sneak attack from the rear, the effect of the sneak attack was not very ideal. In this way, the Japanese army's hope of taking the initiative was dashed.
Song Buzhiliang held an emergency combat meeting to discuss the issue of staying or leaving!
If you go, you will concentrate your efforts to break through the northwest direction. There is a weak Chinese army, and it will be safe to pass through the woods.
If he stayed, he would fight the Chinese army with blood, but no one could predict the final result.
A considerable number of officers advocated staying for the Chinese army to fight to the end, but many officers felt that it was meaningless to fight, and would have won over all the old foundations of the two masters.
Once the support of veterans is lost, the two masters will become the bottom of the seventeen standing divisions, and it will be difficult to recover in the future!
What's more, Xinjing's defense power is weak now, and once they suffer too much loss here, Xinjing will be in danger.
If Xinjing falls, it means that the Great Japanese Empire's policy in Manchuria will fail, which is unacceptable.
Song Buzhiliang also had his own considerations. The failure of the sneak attack on Jilin was not only the failure of the two masters and the Kwantung Army, but also an indelible stain in his personal military career.
Who will bear the consequences of the failure of this battle?
Is he so relaxed? Obviously he didn't want to do it, but failure is failure. He thought there was no responsibility at all, and Xia Ran was impossible, but the main responsibility for failure should not be borne by him!
The main responsibility for failure should be borne by the relevant Dongjun intelligence department!
So, Matsubu NaoRyo took out the last telegram from Yoshida Nakasa to him about "the Chinese army detours to help Jilin"!
"Absurd, how is this possible? The Chinese army has been fighting fiercely with us for more than an hour. They said they had just come here, what did the intelligence department do for food?" The generals were extremely angry.
"The people in the intelligence department are all idiots. Before, now, we are defeated repeatedly, and the intelligence department repeatedly provides wrong intelligence..."
"Their work efficiency is too low. Are the agents of the Great Japanese Empire so incompetent?"
"It's so ridiculous. I don't know where they got this information from. They wouldn't have imagined it when they sat in the office..."
The reason why Song Buzhiliang took out these telegrams was to make the middle and lower commanders of the two masters unit share the same hatred of the enemy and point the finger at the intelligence department. In this way, he would be very little responsible for the failure!
What's more, this sneak attack plan was formulated by the Kwantung Army headquarters. He was just an executor. As long as there were no major mistakes in command, he had to bear some responsibilities in time, and it would not be very big.
He is the leader of the lieutenant general, not a small fish or shrimp, and he can be regarded as a scapegoat.
"Everyone, you all know the current situation. It is obvious that the Chinese people have already learned about the information we are going to attack Jilin City. However, they pretended to be unaware of it, luring us to take the bait, set a trap, and cooperate with the outside. The situation where we are trapped now has two ways. The first is to fight to the end, and victory must belong to the Great Japanese Empire. The second is to preserve our strength. Withdraw from Jilin and wait for the next battle, you are all warriors of the Great Japanese Empire. It is the long-cherished wish of our soldiers. However, if we are all dead in battle, who will defend the new capital and who will defend the Commander?" Song Buzhiliang said righteously.
"Your Excellency Commander of the Division, you are the commander of this battle. As long as you give orders, we will obey the order!" The generals of the 9th Division launched Major General Akiyama as the representative.
"Okay, Akiyama, sit down." Song Buzhiliang nodded slightly.
"Where are you?"
"Abide by the orders of the division commander!"
"Okay, I decided to preserve my strength and wait for another battle in the future. The 14th Division is the back team and the 9th Division is the front team. Retreat in the direction of Woguagou, pay attention to the rangers of the Chinese army!" Song Buzhiliang issued a retreat order.
"Hayi!"
"Everything has been prepared, and evacuate from the city in half an hour!"
"Secretary Commander, what should I do if Abe Zhongsap?" Heiga Shizuka hesitated for a moment, and quietly asked this question.
"Get out the phone and ask Ampere to find a chance to break through the camera." Song Buzhiliang was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said slowly.
"I'll go now!"
"No, wait a moment." Matsuburi stopped Hiraga Sadazo.
"Your Excellency, your division commander, are you..."
"If Ampe Zhongzhao is still alive," Song Buzhi said.
Shizusato Hiraga's eyelids jumped. Matsubu Naoki did this obviously because he wanted to sacrifice Abe Nakasa and his two brigades to restrain the Chinese army and create favorable battlefield conditions for the retreat of the large army!
"Secretary Commander, isn't this done..."
"I must ensure the safety of most people. I can only sacrifice Ampere. They are all warriors of the empire. When the empire will include Manchuria in the territory in the future, they will receive the honor they deserve, and their families will also be compensated!" Song Buzhi said.
"Hai!" said Shinzo Hiraga lowered his head.
At 9:10 p.m., Zhai Lequan transferred the command center to the former general of Jilin and joined forces with Zhang Yihu's 1st brigade.
"According to the frontier reports, the Japanese army's resistance has been significantly weakened, the firepower has been much weaker than before, and the troops have advanced much faster!"
"The Japanese army is still in strength, so why is its resistance weakened?"
"Two possibilities are that they want to shrink their defensive fronts and reduce their defensive surfaces. Wait for dawn. At that time, they can ask the planes to help fight and regain the initiative in the battlefield. The second is that they want to run and actively give up the occupied area."
"Zhang Lu, what do you think?" Zhai Lequan looked up and asked Zhang Yihou.
Zhang Yihu stared at the sand pan and frowned slightly, and opened his mouth and said, "It's not easy to say. According to our statistics, the total Japanese army has more than 12,000 troops, minus the damage to the war this day. They still have at least seven or eight thousand soldiers who can fight, and they have sufficient military resources, which means that their combat effectiveness still exists. Although we have the upper hand for a while, if the Japanese army really fights hard, the current situation will be unpredictable!"
"Brave Commander Zhang's judgment was too cautious. Although the Japanese army still had strength, as time went by, they would inevitably lose control of Jilin's urban area. Once they were driven out of the city by us, the advantage was in our hands. The terrain outside the city was open, which was conducive to our cavalry assault. The Japanese army was infantry, and although there were some tanks and armored vehicles, they were not our opponents at all. It would be fine if they did not give up the battle in the city. Once they gave up the battle in the city, they would definitely die!" Xia Shangzhi expressed a different view!
"There are so many northwest of Jilin City, and most of them are primeval forests. Once the Japanese army hides in the forest, even if we have more cavalry, it will be useless!"
"Well, the northwest direction is the weakness of our defense. If the Japanese army retreats, they will definitely go from the northwest direction. It is too late to mobilize troops now. It is only possible to see how the Japanese army moves by themselves!" Zhai Lequan said.
"Report, the battle on Dongping Street is over!"
"What's the situation?" Zhai Lequan asked nervously.
"The situation is not very good. All the Japanese soldiers were killed in battle, but... but..." The communications consultant who reported the situation turned red and tears couldn't stop it.
“But what?”
"Captain Qiao Baozhen died!"
"What, Lao Qiao died!" Zhai Lequan staggered and almost fell down.
Qiao Baozhen and Li Lan who went to study in Germany were cousins. Before Li Lan left, she asked him to take good care of his little cousin, but unexpectedly, he actually sacrificed his life.
"How did Captain Qiao sacrifice?" Xia Shangzhi asked after hearing this.
"It was that despicable Japanese Colonel. He pretended to be dead. When Commander Qiao led everyone to clean the battlefield, he saw the command knife in his hand and went forward to pick it. Who knew that the Coward of the Japanese Colonel suddenly pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into Commander Qiao's abdomen. Commander Qiao lost too much blood on the spot and fell into a coma. Before he could be sent to the hospital, he stopped breathing..."
"Where is that damn Japanese colonel?"
"I was chopped into meat sauce by the angry warrior!"
"It's good to chop, it's good to chop. When you pass the orders and clean the battlefield, whenever you encounter a dead Japanese, you must first make up for it and then collect the corpse!" Zhai Lequan ordered gritting his teeth.
"Old Zhai, this is not good. What if I encounter a coma?"
"Then even if he is unlucky!" Zhai Lequan said coldly.
From then on, all the soldiers who were fully equipped with Zhai Le had an extra procedure when cleaning the battlefield. Even if the dead were killed, they would not be killed again, so as not to repeat the tragedy of Captain Qiao!
"When Lao Qiao left, no one took him. The first group was the most capable force in our Jilin Security Brigade."
"Where is Zhang Xiaohua, deputy leader of the First Group?"
"Zhang Xiaohua was injured. The bullet penetrated her abdomen and rubbed her liver. She is still in a coma now?"
"Where is Chief of Staff Zhang Yun?"
"Zhang Yun, his leg was broken and he was also in the field hospital!"
"Why, there is no one who has a whole cadre?"
"There is, there is, but I don't know if I can take on this important task!" Xia Shangzhi said.
"who?"
"Xu Zhen, the chief staff officer of the regiment headquarters, commanded the Midian battle and blocked the Japanese army for nearly four hours, twenty-six people, and in the end only four people survived, he was one of them!"
"The battalion commander of the first regiment is dead. Can a regiment staff officer do it?"
As soon as he asked, everyone in the command center was silent, lowered their heads, and did not dare to look at them, nor did they dare to answer Zhai Lequan's questions.
When Zhai Lequan saw this situation, he understood everything in his heart. He slowly closed his eyes and two lines of tears flowed down unstoppably!
"Old Zhai, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you this news, I'm just afraid of you..." Xia Shangzhi said deeply apologized.
"It's okay, I can hold on. The blood debt must be paid with blood!" Zhai Lequan gritted his teeth, and a biting chill burst out from his teeth! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!