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Volume 1, Battle of Songhu, Chapter 285

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    In the forward observation post, Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi put down the telescope, with a look of regret on his face.  Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi couldn't help but feel regretful. If his field artillery UR regiment was fully organized and had sufficient ammunition, it would only take one sudden fire attack to defeat the remnants of the 40th Division on the opposite side. After defeating the remnants of the 40th Division,  Sweeping along can also eat up the other two divisions on the left and right wings.  But now, due to insufficient firepower, the situation has fallen into a stalemate.  Although the attack of the Hojo Battalion caused the Chinese army on the left wing of the front to waver, it was only a waver. It would take at least a day to turn the advantage into victory. However, Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi knew very well that he could not  It's been such a long time.  The Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and Di Pei of the New Fourth Army have been spying on the southern and southeastern front of Chizhou. Now the main force of the UR Division is gathering on the eastern front. Xu Shijiu, the tiger of southern Anhui, will never let go of this opportunity unless Yoshikawa  Xifang is willing to give up Chizhou, otherwise he will have to retreat.  Sure enough, Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi had just come up with such an idea, and the military police commander Haneda who was staying in Chizhou sent an urgent message. The southern barrier of Chizhou and the Yunguang Temple stronghold were violently attacked by the main force of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, and asked the UR Division to quickly attack  Return support.  In order to defeat Huang Baitao's 2nd Army, the three infantry regiments of Yoshikawa Kif¨­'s UR Division were almost mobilized, leaving only a small number of troops in various strongholds in Chizhou and other directions. Therefore, if the main force of the U Pei Regiment cannot return in time, reinforcements  If so, the consequences would still be serious.  If the remaining strongholds in all directions are destroyed by the Wannan Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, or even Chizhou is lost, then even if the UR Division defeats Huang Baitao's First Army, it will be meaningless.  Therefore, although he was quite unwilling, Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi still issued the order to retreat.  Fortunately, this attack was quite successful, at least the threat from Huang Baitao's army was eliminated.  After this defeat, Huang Baitao's 25th Army will not dare to venture into the muddy waters of Chizhou in a short period of time. Or, even if Huang Baitao still wants to take revenge, Gu Zhutong and Chiang Kai-shek will never allow him to do so again. Then  , As a result, the UR Division has one less enemy to face, and it is the one with the best equipment.  Of course, although the equipment of the First Army is the best, it is definitely not the one that poses the greatest threat. In the eyes of Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi, the most threatening enemy is obviously Xu Shijiu¡¯s Wannan Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.  (Dividing Line) At night, Huang Baitao, accompanied by Chief of Staff Cao Xiang, arrived at the defensive position of the 40th Division.  At this time, although the sky had darkened, Huang Baitao could still see clearly that the remains of the national army soldiers were lying on the battlefield. These corpses were all dressed in eye-catching olive green, which was very different from the khaki yellow military uniforms of Little Japan.  Easy to identify.  Looking at the remains of the national army soldiers lying all over the ground, Huang Baitao's heart was bleeding.  Yesterday, Huang Baitao still couldn't understand why the Central Army on the battlefield of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi lost to the Japanese army, which was already at the end of its war effort. But now, he somewhat understood that even a well-equipped art division like the 40th Division would be defeated.  The battle was completely defeated, let alone those national troops on the battlefield in Henan, Hunan, and Guangxi whose equipment was not as good as that of the 40th Division?  ¡°It¡¯s so careless, it¡¯s so careless.  Due to the excessive consumption of troops, the quality of Little Japan's soldiers has indeed declined seriously. However, the quality of Little Japan's senior generals and grassroots officers has not declined significantly, and they are even more difficult to deal with than three years ago.  Therefore, once fighter planes appear, they will deal a heavy blow to the national army.  However, there is one question that Huang Baitao still can't figure out. The 118th Regiment of the 40th Division has clearly occupied Guanqian Town and Yuqiao. With the 118th Regiment in front, how can Little Japan easily hit Chen Shizhang's division headquarters?  , and then led to the complete collapse of the 40th Division?  At that moment, Huang Baitao stared at Chen Shizhang and asked: "Mr. Chen, should you give me an explanation?" Chen Shizhang's mouth moved, but he didn't say anything. At this moment, Chen Shizhang really wanted to dig a hole and get in. Yesterday,  , he also clamored that he would use the power of the 40th Division to defeat the Japanese UR Division and regain Chizhou and even southern Anhui in one fell swoop. However, now, the cruel reality gave him a loud slap in the face.  Chen Shizhang wanted to explain that Little Japan was too cunning. They had reserved tunnels in the defense fortifications of Yuqiao and Guanqian Town in advance. They took advantage of the silence of the night to crawl through the tunnels and launched a surprise attack directly from the inside towards the 40th Division. So he said  , the fortifications relied on as a fortified city by the soldiers of the 40th Division did not play any role.  However, Chen Shizhang couldn't say this.  "Little Japan is too cunning, can this also be an excuse?"  Sun Wu said two thousand years ago that soldiers are also deceitful. As a senior general who commands thousands of troops, it is really not a glorious thing for his opponent to use such means to crush him on the battlefield.  Seeing Chen Shizhang lowering his headAfter saying a word, Huang Baitao became angry and said angrily: "Tell me, why did Yuqiao and Guanqian Town suddenly fall? Why did the little Japanese commando suddenly appear at the gate of your division headquarters? What is going on?  Why don't you speak?" "Military, I have nothing to say, and I am willing to take responsibility for this failure." Chen Shizhang lowered his head and said.  "Responsible? Of course you have to take responsibility for this failure." Huang Baitao said, "But now is not the time to hold people accountable. The most urgent thing is to figure out why Little Japan suddenly appeared behind you. Otherwise, there is no need to fight this battle.  "Secret passage." Chen Shizhang whispered, "Little Japan has reserved a secret passage in the fortifications." "What, secret passage?" Huang Baitao figured it out in an instant, and then turned around and told Cao Xiang, "Chief of Staff, give it to Wannan right away."  The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army sent a report to remind them to be careful of Little Japan's secret channels, but do not let Little Japan suffer big losses if he repeats his old tricks." Cao Xiang, however, stood still and whispered: "Military seat,  Forget it? " From the standpoint of the National Government, it is undoubtedly the best outcome for the Wannan Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the New Fourth Army and the Japanese Army to lose both sides, and then the First Army will have the opportunity to reap the fruits of victory. Therefore, it does not seem to be the case.  The Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army should be informed of this situation.  What's more, Japan's defeat is imminent, and there will eventually be a battle between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang. Take this opportunity to weaken the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army, so that after the civil war breaks out in the future, the pressure faced by the First Army will be less.  Instinctively, a large number of senior generals of the First Army, including Cao Xiang, have regarded Xu Shijiu's Wannan Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army as enemies.  "What did you say? Forget it?" Huang Baitao said angrily, "You can't be too ungrateful. If it hadn't been for the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army to lend a helping hand this time, the 40th Division would have been doomed, and maybe our entire First Army would have been doomed.  What's more, now that little Japan has not surrendered, are you thinking about fighting among each other and can't wait to kill each other? " "Sir, please calm down and leave now." Cao Xiang blushed at Huang Baitao's words and turned around to leave.  .  However, Cao Xiang still did something and delayed informing the Wannan Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army of the situation until dawn the next day. As a result, it caused serious losses to the Wannan Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army.  Only then did Huang Baitao have the mood to ask Chen Shizhang about the casualties of the 40th Division, and said: "Commander Chen, have the battle losses of the 40th Division been calculated?" "Reporting to the military seat, the statistics have been roughly calculated." Chen Shizhang's head hung even more.  He said in a low tone, "In this battle, about 900 people were killed, more than 2,000 were injured, six 10m-caliber field howitzers, more than 20 Browning air-cooled heavy machine guns, and other various firearms were lost.  , more than two thousand branches were damaged" Huang Baitao's brows frowned every time Chen Shizhang said something.  Although the 40th Division was not completely wiped out this time, it was definitely devastated. Looking back, Gu Zhutong asked, but he didn¡¯t know how to explain it. You know, the 40th Division is the entire third theater of war.  The only artificer, this is Gu Zhutong's pet peeve (dividing line) Li Zihan walked into the forward headquarters with a face filled with gunpowder smoke.  Xu Jiujiu, who had been waiting for a long time, asked anxiously: "Lao Gao, how is the situation?" Li Zihan wiped the smoke from his face and said: "Just now, little Japan launched a counterattack against us, and dispatched at least  The strength of an infantry squadron. Judging from this situation, the Japanese UR Division should have withdrawn its main force, and the 3rd Army should be safe. "At that moment, Li Zihan asked: "Captain, do you want to send the 4th Regiment back?  Withdraw? " "No need." Xu Shijiu pondered for a moment and said, "It's not a big deal even if Japan withdraws its troops from Guanqian Town. You tell Cao Xinming to let go."  Xu Jiujiu didn't want to withdraw so easily. He wanted to try the firepower of Little Japan.
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