"Nani? Isn't it the imperial army with a loss of only about four thousand? How can it be five thousand? ”

Shinozuka Yoshio's face suddenly stinked when he heard this, doesn't this mean that the more than 20,000 Japanese troops he commanded were only about 15,000 men and horses after a few hours of fighting? The loss of 5,000 centaurs is too big!

The Japanese staff officer who was in charge of counting the battle losses smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, commander, this is the latest statistics. The 10th Wing of the 10th Division and some of the troops directly under the command of the military headquarters transferred from Taiyuan City also participated in the attack on the defensive position of the new regiment at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Gorge, but also lost some men and horses. Right now, this is the result of the statistics of war losses reported by people from various ministries! ”。

"Eight Ga Ya Road!" Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and motioned for the Japanese staff officer in charge of counting the battle losses to sit down, and then said to the Japanese commanders sitting on both sides: "This is the shame of my First Army!" Attacking the base of the new regiment, within a few hours, we lost 5,000 of our men and horses, do you have anything to say? ”。

Yoshio Shinozuka spoke coldly, clearly dissatisfied with the attack of the Japanese army on the new regiment.

Just by capturing the new defensive position at the mouth of the valley of the Jinlong Gorge, the valley road and the plank road of less than 200 meters, a total of more than 5,000 Japanese elites were lost, which was enough to make the temperamental and irritable Yoshio Shinozuka look good.

As soon as Yoshio Shinozuka finished speaking, the commanders of the Japanese troops sitting on both sides of the lower side bowed their heads one by one, and refused to take the lead in speaking.

In the end, the commander of the 20th Division, which lost nearly 4,000 elites, Lieutenant General Nanata Ichiro, stood up and pleaded: "Your Excellency, Commander, you are guilty of despicability!" It's just that Your Excellency Commander, the fortifications built by the new regiment in several dangerous places in the Hengshan base area are very strong. It was mainly in the attack on the new defensive positions here at the mouth of the canyon, and we suffered the most losses. Taniguchi was built with a large number of concrete bunkers and other permanent fortifications with a large amount of ash cement, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, with fierce firepower and a wide field of vision. Although the Imperial soldiers scattered and attacked, they were strafed by the fire of the opposing defenders, and it was inevitable that they would suffer heavy casualties. ”。

"Forget it, I know all of this. Now, we have lost more than 5,000 Imperial soldiers, and about 15,000 men and horses! Let's talk about it, do you want to continue to storm the plank road next? ”

Lieutenant General Nanata Ichiro, commander of the 20th Division, answered: "Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that after resting for an hour, the troops will continue to attack the plank road. If the attack can lay down the plank road, keep fighting! If you can't fight, keep the place you have captured! I have a little idea in my heart, I don't know Your Excellency Commander? ”。

"Nanata-san, say it!" Yoshio Shinozuka saw that Nanada Ichiro seemed to have a bit of a breakthrough idea, and suddenly woke up a little in his heart, maybe Nanata Ichiro has some way to take the new Hengshan base as soon as possible!

Sure enough, Yoshio Shinozuka's guess was right.

After seeing Nanataichiro's voice, he said in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency, commander, according to the current situation. Even if we continue to storm the boardwalk. Judging by the firepower of the new regiment of defenders on the last length of the boardwalk, it is almost impossible for us to take the plank road in a short time. And to enter Hutou Mountain, there is only one way to go through the plank road. But the other party is stubbornly defending the plank road, and the firepower is strong, if you want to capture it, forgive the humble words, it is impossible to take the plank road in a short time. ”。

After a pause, Nanata Ichiro continued: "Therefore, I would like to suggest that Your Excellency the Commander be able to order the Imperial Aviation Corps at Yangmingbao or Taiyuan Airport to send parachutes and land an elite paratroop unit behind enemy lines on Hutou Mountain, so as to eliminate the command center of the new regiment in one fell swoop. As long as we can eliminate the new regimental headquarters located on Hutou Mountain, just waiting for the other side to be in chaos, we will take advantage of the situation to storm the plank road, that is, we will have a great base to conquer the new regiment. ”。

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable!!! I saw that Yoshio Shinozuka didn't wait for Nanataichiro to finish speaking, and immediately clapped his hands and laughed.

"Yo Xi, Yo Xi, Nanata-san is worthy of being the division commander of the 20th Division and the wise general of the empire! That's a good idea! It is impossible for the new regiment to realize that we will send out paratrooper units! Yo Xi, Yo Xi, as long as the command center of the new regiment headquarters on Hutou Mountain is eliminated, great things can be expected! Yoshio Shinozuka affirmed Ichiro Nanata's suggestion.

Afterwards, Yoshio Shinozuka turned his head to the chief of staff of the accompanying army, Yusuke Tohi, and asked, "Tohi-kun, do we have paratroopers in the aviation unit at Taiyuan Airport in Datong?" ”。

"Your Excellency, Commander Qiqi, according to the situation of the various aviation units under the command of the inferior position, only the Fifth Air Brigade of the Imperial Air Corps located in the Taiyuan Airport has a special paratrooper unit for airborne, but the number of paratroopers is only about a small team. However, although the number of this paratrooper squad is small, it is very elite, good at airborne operations behind enemy lines, and is very familiar with performing decapitation operations! Your Excellency the Commander. Yusuke Dohi didn't let Yoshio Shinozuka wait long, and he talked eloquently in less than half a minute.

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned when he heard this, this number was a bit small, so he said to Yusuke Tohi: "Send a report immediately to ask the Fifth Air Brigade at Taiyuan Airport to see how many people there are in this elite paratroop squad?" I want a specific number of troops! ”。

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, send a report to inquire immediately." Yusuke Dohi immediately got up and answered, and then hurried to the side to let the Japanese signal corps send a report.

A few minutes later, Yusuke Tohi returned to Yoshio Shinozuka and reported: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, Taiyuan Airport has called back, this paratrooper squad has a specific strength of eighty-three people, all of them are surrounded by German-made MP36 submachine guns, as well as grenadiers and several 60 mm mortars. He is good at airborne decapitation operations behind enemy lines, and has carried out airborne missions many times, and has successfully beheaded the command of the National Army many times. ”。

"Yo Xi, immediately order this paratrooper unit to board and take off immediately, and according to the airborne coordinates we gave them, I will take out the new regimental headquarters on Hutou Mountain. As long as it is successful, everyone in the paratrooper squad will be promoted to three levels after the war! Yoshio Shinozuka clapped his hands and ordered.

Yusuke Tohi suddenly paused and said, "Hai, Your Excellency Commander!" Humble duty understands! Then he left quickly and sent a telegram to order the Japanese paratroopers at Taiyuan Airport to dispatch.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka stood up and ordered the Japanese officers gathered in the temporary headquarters: "Order all units to rest and recuperate until the airborne troops arrive at Hutou Mountain and be ready to attack at any time!" Nanata-san! ”。

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Ichiro Nanata replied.

Yoshio Shinozuka said in a condensed voice: "It's still hard work for the remaining men and horses of the two wings under your command, wait until the airborne troops take the regimental headquarters of the new regiment, and cover the attack on the plank road at any time!" ”。

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I understand!" Hearing this, Ichiro Nanata said solemnly, this is an inevitable thing.