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    Kanji Nishihara's order to the entire division was very straightforward. Even if a knife fell from the sky, there would not be any pause during the retreat to Aershan.  All items that were inconvenient to carry were thrown away except for the few dry food left, the water bottle that had long been empty, and the ammunition carried by each person.

    Even the dozen or so carriages left in the air raids in the past few days were all discarded except for the draft horses.  As for the so-called large luggage in the car, they directly poured gasoline on it and burned it all.  Except for maps and a high-power radio used to communicate with the Kwantung Army headquarters, all the materials and information in the division headquarters were destroyed.

    After receiving the order from Kanji Nishihara, everyone in the 23rd Division knew that this meant that the entire division was required to ignore the air strikes from the Anti-Japanese Alliance.  Facing the bombs flying in the sky, they forced their retreat to the Aershan front line.  If this were normal, those junior officers would definitely raise serious protests.  All fools know what this method means for the already exhausted 23rd Division.

    But now, I am a little numb to the fact that I have been bombed.  Every day I live is like picking it up.  No one can guarantee that they will survive the next wave of air attacks intact, but for the officers and soldiers of the 23rd Division, it doesn't matter.

    Over the past few days, the 23rd Division has had a profound understanding of the intensity and density of the Anti-Japanese Alliance air strikes.  Especially those bombs that leave you with no place to hide, and the variety of bombs that make these officers and soldiers who have been tortured and numb no longer care about the enemy's air raids.

    When you leave the road and lie down to avoid air strikes, there are air-dropped landmines everywhere on both sides of the road.  Even if you escape the bomb, it is possible that a landmine dropped by the air will hit you while you are lying down.  They were still blown up to the sky.  If you run to a place with woods to find cover, they will use incendiary bombs to attack you and turn the woods you use to take cover into charcoal.

    Although the 23rd Division was bombed on the first day, it had dispersed its marching troops as much as possible under the circumstances.  But you still can't avoid those various bombs that almost leave you with no way to go to the sky and no way to the earth.  Not only are the enemy's aircraft numerous in number, but their bombs are even more powerful.

    A medium-yield incendiary bomb dropped by a medium bomber can turn a squadron into charcoal.  A bomb that lays eggs on a light aircraft can also send a squadron to the west.  If a delayed bomb is encountered, the entire march will suffer heavy casualties and will be unable to move within a few hours.

    As the 72nd Regiment of the 23rd Division, it is currently the most complete.  On the third day after leaving Hylar, an entire infantry brigade was collectively cremated in front of other troops by eight horrific incendiary bombs dropped one after another by an aircraft.

    But disperse the troops completely and retreat to avoid losses as much as possible.  When the radio communication inexplicably lost its function, even the tactical radio was unusable. Communication between them was extremely poor, and they could only rely on extremely unreliable liaison officers.

    And worried that the resistance forces behind them might ignore the pursuit and directly divide and encircle Nishihara Kanji and Kawagore Oto, they could only keep the various units of the division as close together as possible.  This kind of marching posture created a good fighter plane for the Anti-Alliance Air Force.

    With so many troops gathered together, the danger of being separated by possible pursuers was indeed avoided.  But for the Anti-Allied aviation forces that were bombing them, it was a target that could not be better.  But at this time, Nishihara Kanji, who was exhausted mentally and physically by the huge casualties and the slow marching speed, could no longer care whether he would be separated by the pursuing troops of the Anti-Alliance.

    For him, even if he does not change the retreat plan, it is imperative to adjust the retreat deployment.  If the bombing continues like this, the 23rd Division will have collapsed without the pursuit of troops.  Although he changed his retreat plan, Nishihara Kanji was somewhat reluctant.  But since it has been changed, let¡¯s just change it to the end.

    However, regarding Nishihara Kanji¡¯s order to change the deployment.  After so many days of being bombed, the officers and soldiers of the 23rd Division had developed a kind of ability to resist blows, but it did not cause much trouble. The entire division did not care much about it.  .

    For these officers and soldiers, as long as they can find a place to be bombed, it is worth taking no matter how big the risk is.  Even the two staff officers who single-handedly planned the massacre in Hyrule did not object to Kanji Nishihara's order, which usually seemed extremely inhumane.

    For all the officers and soldiers of the 23rd Division, there is nowhere to hide from the air raids, and there is nowhere to hide.  It's better to go straight to Aershan in one breath.  Anyway, with the well-trained marching ability of the Japanese army, these last few dozen kilometers are nothing.  As for thoseWhether the people can keep up is not something ordinary officers and soldiers would consider.

    After adjusting the deployment and retreat plan, Nishihara Kanji issued a death order to the division communications officer.  No matter what happens, we must get in touch with the Kwantung Army headquarters and secure aviation cover for the 23rd Division.  In order to reduce the losses of the 23rd Division as much as possible.

    What frustrated him and the entire 23rd Division was that no matter how hard the communications troops tried, there was still no reply except for a noisy sound on the radio.  Without the support and cover of the aviation force, Kanji Nishihara could not imagine how many officers and soldiers of the 23rd Division could escape from the brutal enemy planes and safely evacuate to Aershan.

    The 23rd Division's reckless retreat gave Aviation Commander Fang Ziyi, who was taking command in Qiqihar, the opportunity to achieve greater results.  Faced with the new situation, Fang Ziyi quickly adjusted his deployment and divided the Japanese army's final march route into three parts.

    Concentrate all the aircraft in hand into three batches, use high-explosive bombs and napalm bombs in turn, and take turns to attack the 23rd Division, which is currently retreating in three ways.  He placed the main attack force on the Japanese combat troops on both sides of the road. As for the engineers and heavy equipment troops marching along the road, he did not pay attention to them.

    In order to strangle the 23rd Division as much as possible during the retreat in accordance with the requirements of the military region, Fang Ziyi left behind a few IL-4 bombers and continued to destroy the Nanxing'an Tunnel to completely cut off the Baia-A railway traffic.  Air raids on the Baijia Railway Line and the Aershan Line were suspended.  All available forces were mobilized to the 23rd Division's final retreat route.

    During the day, Il-4 medium bombers, Su-2 light bombers, and P-39 and P-40 fighter jets loaded with ground bombing ammunition, like a group of hungry falcons, took turns to attack the three retreating formations of the 23rd Division.  bombing.  At night, under the cover of thrown flares, the Il-4 bombers carried out a rare carpet bombing of the 23rd Division.

    With Nishihara Kanji adjusting the sequence and method of retreat, a new contest between ground and space has begun.  But the 23rd Division was like a man possessed. They ignored the anti-Japanese planes and the various bombs, artillery shells and bullets dropped all over the sky, and retreated desperately towards the Aershan front line.

    Under almost all the anti-alliance aircraft dispatched to attack in turn regardless of consumption, the 23rd Division withdrew to the final route to Aershan. Compared with the previous situation, although it was also bombed badly, it could barely maintain the order.  It can be said that he is even more embarrassed to the extreme.

    No one is even willing to drag the bodies that were killed along the way to the roadside.  As for the wounded, if you can keep up with the troops, you can go alone. It is impossible to have a stretcher to sit on.  If you can't keep up, it's up to you to decide whether to leave a grenade or give yourself a shot.

    Anyway, no one will stop and give you a shot to completely resolve your pain.  No one would bend down to pick up the weapons that killed or injured people and take them away.  No one dared to stay where they were for a minute, because no one knew when the next wave of air strikes would arrive.

    At this time, there was only one thought in the minds of all the officers and soldiers of the 23rd Division who wanted to spread their wings and fly to their destination, and that was to rush to Aershan as soon as possible to get rid of this kind of bomb that fell on their heads.  Endless days.  There are still people out there who care about other people¡¯s lives?

    As for the backpacks, military blankets, and other luggage brought from Hylar, they were lost all the way.  Some soldiers even threw away their bullets and gas masks in order to reduce their load.  The 23rd Division made its final journey to Arshan. The wounded and equipment were discarded everywhere along the way.

    Any heavy weapons such as Type 92 heavy machine guns and infantry guns that became a burden were thrown away.  There are even some courageous veterans who, in order to reduce their burden, have lost not only their backpacks and military blankets, but also their rifles, bayonets, steel helmets, and gas masks.  As for the wounded and corpses, they were lost all the way.

    When the 23rd Division finally arrived at Aershan at midnight that day after running and throwing all the way, they were shocked when faced with the same miserable Aershan.  It turned out that the Kwantung Army built the Aershan Station in order to plunder the rich mineral resources and forest resources in the southwestern foothills of the Daxingan Mountains. By this time, it had already become a ruin.

    A large number of bombed freight trains were piled up in the station, and the railway tracks in the station were also destroyed by the huge power of the bomb.  All the buildings at the station were razed to the ground.  The entire Aershan Station has been completely paralyzed.  Not to mention transporting the entire 23rd Division's troops, not even a squadron could be transported by truck.

    Not only the Aershan Station was in ruins, but also the Japanese food, ammunition and other items in AershanAll the resource storage warehouses were also blown up in the air raids of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.  In the first night air raid of the Anti-Japanese War, the Aershan garrison suffered more than half of its casualties because the camp was bombed.  Of the more than 1,500 troops, less than 700 remained amid the fierce air strikes.

    Looking at the same miserable scene in Aershan, Nishihara Kanji and his successors were bombed twenty kilometers away from Aershan because they failed to escape during the final retreat.  The Chief of Staff of the Thirteenth Division, Yusaku Kawago, and Major General Chida Sadao, who was temporarily appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Twenty-third Division, could not help but look at each other
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