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Text Chapter 405: The Corrupt War Situation

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    In fact, Mitsuru Ushijima was not mentally prepared at all for how the war situation had developed.  [.Com text] As early as after the division headquarters was destroyed in the bombing, Ushijima knew very well that without external intelligence support, he had lost control of the external situation.  The most critical thing is that he lost contact with friendly forces and was unable to cooperate with friendly forces in combat.  For the 11th Division, which was actually fighting alone, it was tantamount to being in a dangerous situation.

    This is what Ushijima Mitsuru knows in his heart. In fact, there is another point that Ushijima Mitsuru himself is not clear about.  After the defeat on the northern front, he decided to devote the last complete 43rd Regiment at hand to the attack on Jiaxinzi's front line in an attempt to open up the road in Baoqing.

    And transferred all the 44th Regiment to the direction of Dongguan, and devoted them all to the attack on Baoqing County and Dongguan, an important stronghold outside Baoqing. Is it really for the convenience of subsequent operations, or is it because of unwillingness in the heart?  Save some face?  I'm afraid only he knows.

    If he could be truly rational, based on Ushijima Mitsuru¡¯s unique tactical insights, he might not have failed to understand that Zaaoyuan was bombed and all the baggage was destroyed.  Baoqing County is investing a regiment, but it still cannot be captured.  When the 12th Regiment failed to attack the front line of Jinshagang and suffered heavy losses in the opponent's air raids and encountered a series of setbacks, it should have known that it was time to retreat.

    Although I have figured it out now, for Lieutenant General Ushijima Mitsuru, whose utilitarianism finally defeated his reason, even though he was hesitant at the time, he finally decided to fight for another 24 hours to see.  But it was these short twenty-four hours that caused a subtle change in the situation.  It was this change that seemed small now, but could kill someone at any time, that filled Ushijima's heart with an unspeakable sense of foreboding.

    After learning the latest news that the 44th Regiment has lost its offensive capabilities, the situation on the northern front is critical, and the defense line is in danger of being breached at any time, although it is not yet known what changes will occur in the battle situation in other directions.  But the information he got now was enough to make Ushijima Mitsuru shudder, feeling that an unexplainable conspiracy was coming towards him and the 11th Division.

    At the moment, it seems that he has the advantage on the Baochei battlefield, but in reality, Ushijima knows very well that all this is just an illusion.  When the 12th Regiment's attack on the Jinshagang front line was defeated by the opponent and suffered heavy losses in the subsequent air raid, the battle situation had already begun to develop in an unfavorable direction for the 11th Division.  For the 11th Division, the war situation has begun to change in the direction of erosion.

    In fact, I felt this way as early as early in the morning. The Jinshagang front line had been beaten by the 12th Regiment with almost no room to fight back. However, in just a few hours, like a dying man, suddenly the opponent launched a full line of defense.  When you fight back, you already have it.

    But the face-saving reasons that he could not let go of in his heart, especially the factor of not wanting to bow to Lieutenant General Namada Juichi, made him decide to fight for the whole day.  In his opinion, as long as he could capture Baoqing County, he would be able to regain some face for the northward movement that had so far resulted in losses of troops and generals.

    Facing the 44th Regiment, which was almost exhausted by a small Baoqing County, this uneasy feeling in him became clearer.  At this time, he suddenly felt that he had fallen into a trap where his opponent centered on Baoqing County, consuming his strength bit by bit, and then captured him in one fell swoop.

    After losing the radio station and password that allowed the division headquarters to communicate with the outside world, he became blind and deaf, ignorant of changes in the external war situation.  At this moment, he couldn't care less about what the commander of the army who had firmly opposed his march north had in mind and whether he would give him little shoes to wear.  At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind, and that was the word withdrawal.  And in his opinion, it is as fast as it can be.

    Lieutenant General Ushijima Mitsuru, who finally made up his mind, had all the division's staff officers wiped out, so he could only let Asakawa Teiji, the only colonel-level officer around him, temporarily replace the chief of staff position. As for the staff officer, he could only temporarily replace him.  Recruiting the few combat staff officers of the 44th Regiment.  Fortunately, he is currently at the headquarters of the 44th Regiment, so there is no need to move temporarily.

    Asakawa Teiji was entrusted with an important task at this critical moment. Although the chief of staff who temporarily served as the division commander was full of reluctance, he could only hand over the already damaged regiment to the command of the deputy commander, and he forced himself to  Scalp takes office.

    After making up his mind to retreat immediately without delay, Ushijima Mitsuru briefly looked at the map, and then said to the newly announced acting chief of staff of the division, Colonel Asakawa: "Asakawa-kun, order the provisional brigade of the 12th Regiment to make every effort to stop the troops moving south from Kinshagang.  Before receiving the order from the division headquarters, they must hold on to the 12-mile line. This is their final bottom line. Even if all 12 regiments are destroyed, they must hold on for at least six hours. "

    "Command"?The 13th Regiment used no less than one brigade to strengthen the front-line attack on Nobuko and the backer.  Tell Colonel Aoyama Kiyoshi that no matter what the cost, even if the whole brigade is completely exhausted, he must win the first line of Jiaxinzi before ten o'clock in the evening.  The main force of the regiment immediately withdrew southward to Erdaohezi and Dingtao lines to wait for the 43rd regiment.

    "Your 43rd Regiment will all withdraw from Baoqing County immediately, but you must leave more than two squadrons to continue the siege of Dongguan. Then transfer the most complete squadron to the 12th Regiment for command. The rest of the Regiment  The troops withdrew to the lighthouse line in the shortest possible time and immediately retreated to Mishan after joining the 43rd Regiment."

    Although he felt that there was a conspiracy coming towards him, in Ushijima Mitsuru's view, as long as he acted quickly, no matter what conspiracy his opponent had against the 11th Division, he might not be able to keep the 11th Division.  In Baoqing territory.  As long as the main force of the 11th Division is preserved, Lieutenant General Namada Juichi will not do anything to get it.

    Hearing Ushijima Mitsuru's deployment, Asakawa Teiji was slightly shocked. He knew that these troops left to attack were used by the division commander to confuse the opponent.  And with the entire division retreating, this unit means that it will be destined to be abandoned as an abandoned child.  And what awaits these abandoned troops, no one dares to imagine.

    However, the follow-up progress was not as Ushijima Mitsuru imagined. None of his orders were conveyed. Almost all the radio stations of the 44th Regiment became mute and deaf, and they were unable to obtain any communication with the outside world.  connect.  No matter how the signal soldier called, there was only a lot of noisy and harsh sounds coming from the earphones.

    Although this is not the first time that all tactical radio stations have collectively failed in the past two days.  But the reason is that no matter how hard the communications soldiers try, they can't find the problem.  The sky was clear and there was no such big disturbance from cumulonimbus clouds or thunder and lightning areas.

    The radio station failed and the wired communication was intermittent, which was quite unsatisfactory.  Under the urging of Mitsuru Ushijima, Colonel Asakawa Asakawa, who had no choice but to temporarily serve as the chief of staff of the division, could only follow the most primitive method, requisitioning all the horses in the regiment and temporarily forming a group of cavalry communications officers.  Use human methods to pass on orders.

    Although these selected cavalry communication officers performed their duties faithfully, on the unpredictable battlefield, the cavalry communication methods were undoubtedly quite backward and slow.  By the time these orders were finally conveyed to the people who were supposed to convey them, the war situation had already reached an uncontrollable bottom for the 11th Division.

    No matter how cunning he was, Ushijima Mitsuru paid an unimaginable price for his original hesitation and his desire to save face.  And this price is the main force of his 11th Division.

    As for the 44th Regiment, which has the advantage of being a landlord, it moves much faster.  As soon as Colonel Asakawa conveyed the order, the troops who invaded Baoqing County immediately began searching and evacuated Baoqing County under alternate cover.  Although it took two days to invade Baoqing County, it only took less than an hour to withdraw.  And the evacuation was so clean and tidy that not even a single bullet was left except for the empty ammunition boxes on the ground.

    It¡¯s just that the 44th Regiment, which has no intention of fighting from top to bottom, doesn¡¯t know that in these twenty-four hours, the entire Baoqing war situation will change, not only for Ushijima Mitsuru, but also for all the officers and soldiers of the 11th Division.  To put it bluntly, it can even be described as a sharp turn.  The wasted twenty-four hours in Baoqing gave them no chance to smoothly retreat to the starting point.

    At noon, Colonel Asakawa, who was extremely annoyed due to the heavy losses caused by his opponent's all-out air attack, regardless of the impact, cursed in front of his subordinates that the aviation force, which was still missing, was a waste and was not worthy of being called a warrior of the empire.  In accordance with Yang Zhen's order, Wang Guangyu's 1st and 5th Brigade, which was forced to march eastwards from the Laotudingzi Mountain line at a rapid march, has already seized the line from Erdaohezi to Lighthouse, which they must pass through when retreating to Mishan.  It occupied the retreat route of the 11th Division to the south.

    Wang Guangyu's timely arrival not only cut off the 11th Division's retreat.  At their planned retreat assembly point, an entire brigade of the 5th Brigade has been concentrated. Under the current lack of ammunition of the 11th Division, it can basically be said to have curbed its hope of retreating south.

    Moreover, Wang Guangyu, who had been worried about the safety of Yang Zhen who was trapped in Baoqing County, immediately after arriving at Erdaohezi, he immediately attacked northward with no less than one regiment of troops, heading towards Dongguan in the direction of Xigou.  .  Wang Guangyu's instructions to this regiment were simple. After tearing apart the joints of the two Japanese regiments, they should attack Dongguan with all their strength.  And with no less than one battalion of troops, they rushed into the county town at all costs to protect the safety of No. 1.

    He himself commanded the remaining two regiments to be divided into two groups. One regiment followed the direction of Xigou to bypass the southern line of the 43rd Regiment, which was fighting fiercely on the Jiaxinzi line.  andThe 1st brigade commanded by the political commissar operating on the northern front formed a north-south pincer attack on the 43rd Regiment sandwiching Nobuko's front line.  He himself commanded a regiment to attack the right wing of the 44th Dongguan Regiment along the attack route of the leading regiment.

    At the same time, he ordered the second column and one regiment assigned to the first column to be assigned to the 107th Rocket Artillery Battalion to immediately cross the Naoli River and forcibly penetrate Wanjinshan and the Wanzhong and Jinshan lines to cut off the final route of the 44th Regiment's eastward retreat and cut off the entire eastward retreat.  The encirclement circle centered on Baoqing County was finally completed.

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