Of course, in all kinds of wild histories, the jokes provoked by the Fourth Division are definitely not one or two.

Although the Kwantung Army had all the foreign appearances on its side, the Fourth Division was quite lucky, because at that time, the Japanese army invading Central China was in a tight situation and urgently needed reinforcements, so the Japanese military headquarters had to give up pursuing the Fourth Division and urgently transferred it to the south for reinforcements. The 4th Division was transformed into a member of the elite 11th Army of the Japanese army.

During the Battle of Xuzhou, the Chinese army encountered a "strange Japanese army". At that time, in the face of the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army, the boss of the Gui family, Li Dajiao, commanded an army of 400,000 to skillfully jump out of the encirclement of the Japanese army. However, after the Chinese army broke through the siege, it was already sleepy and lacking in people, and it had lost a lot of heavy equipment, and its combat effectiveness had been sharply reduced. When crossing a road on the border of Lusu-Anhui, a Chinese army of more than 10,000 people was sleepy and exhausted, and suddenly found a well-equipped Japanese army on the road.

Because the troops were very tired, the Chinese troops were naturally extremely panicked when they found the enemy, and immediately left the road in great confusion and retreated to the nearby mountains. However, to the surprise of the Chinese army, after a long time, no Japanese troops pursued, and the commander of the Chinese army was surprised and sent people to investigate, but saw that the Japanese army had no intention of pursuing at all, on the contrary, the Japanese army was still cooking in a grand place on both sides of the road. This strange Japanese unit was none other than the southward detachment attached to the 4th Division.

It is estimated that for the Chinese commander at that time, he scolded in his heart for not knowing how many slots. An army that has encountered a major enemy situation can still bury the pot so calmly, how strong is this special mother's combat effectiveness? However, no matter how strong their combat effectiveness is, the Chinese army has to break through them and continue to retreat, and they can chase after hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops? The Chinese army, which numbered only more than 10,000 troops, had no choice but to cross the highway with one heart, and was only a little more than 1,000 meters away from the nearest part of the "powerful" Japanese army, which had been cooking with peace of mind.

As a result, the Japanese army really came for a "picnic", and they were not hindered in any way. In the Chinese commander's binoculars, except for the two squadrons sent by the Japanese army to symbolically build a defensive position, everyone else was drinking porridge very happily.

Yes, that's right, they were drinking porridge, and the Chinese troops retreated in fear.

After the incident, the commander of the southward detachment of the Fourth Division, Nagumo Zaoji, explained to his superiors on the grounds of "strictly observing combat discipline": "I have not received an order to intercept the Chinese troops."

There is nothing wrong with saying this. It was true that the southward detachment of the 4th Division was there to support, and there was no clear military order requiring them to volley at the enemy forces they encountered. The generals and officers of the Japanese Theater Command could only bite their back molars and stare wide-eyed.

To tell the truth, as a Japanese standing division, the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Division is not as scummy as the legend, it's just that these peddlers whose commercial spirit has been deeply rooted in their bones cherish their lives. However, after the Battle of Xuzhou, the Chinese army, which fled in fear, reported this strange incident to the upper peak, and as soon as the Chinese side investigated, the "glorious" resume of the Fourth Division was transferred.

From then on, the news that "with the participation of the Fourth Division, the battle that could have been won would have been lost" reached the ears of the Chinese army, and the saying that "the Japanese soldiers in Osaka would not fight" became popular. Persimmons always have to find a soft pinch! Every day, they were bullied by the Japanese army with strong combat effectiveness, and the Chinese army, which was not as well equipped as people, was also on fire. Therefore, every time they fought, when the Chinese army heard that the opponent was the "Osaka Hawker Division", their morale often increased greatly and they rushed to engage the Fourth Division.

As a result, the Fourth Division, which had just arrived at the front line and had not yet adapted to the situation, was caught off guard and suffered several defeats one after another, and even implicated friendly troops, so that friendly neighboring troops complained to the headquarters of the 11th Army: "With the Fourth Division participating in the battle, the battle that could have been won would have been lost, because the enemy's morale was greatly boosted, and ...... would have been lost."

This is a good thing, for the first time that China and Japan have unified their voices, and the target is the unlucky Fourth Division.

From then on, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army had no choice but to let the 4th Division concentrate on "standby" in the rear. On one occasion, the commander of the 11th Army, Anan Wei, did not believe in evil and sent the Fourth Division to attack the main attack in the Battle of Changsha, but as a result, the Fourth Division was driven out as soon as it entered Changsha and was defeated on all fronts.

However, this time I really don't complain about the Fourth Division. The Battle of Changsha lasted for six years, with 100,000 casualties on both sides of China and Japan, and the national army guarding Changsha at that time was the elite of the national army's fierce general Xue Yue.

However, from then on, the Fourth Division really became the "mourning star" of the Japanese army, and no army wanted it, so the Japanese army base camp had to change it to a directly administered unit. At this time, some of the soldiers of the Fourth Division blew: "Lao Tzu was a soldier in the A Division, and when the war started, it belonged to the Kwantung Army - the elite, and the battle was fought in the Eleventh Army - it was still the elite, and in the end the Eleventh Army could not be equipped with us, so we had to change the base camp directly under the jurisdiction, and the special one was the elite ...... among the elites."

Let's not talk about whether its combat effectiveness is as stated in the wild history, but this cheekiness, the Fourth Division dares to say that it is the second, and no one dares to call the armies of China and Japan the first!

However, the Fourth Division is definitely not really a "wreck" as everyone thinks, and if you think about it with your toes, how can a standing division and regiment of Japan, which was already the first in Asia at that time, have no combat effectiveness at all? The Japanese emperor is not from Osaka hawkers, and he has to take care of his group of fellow villagers, let them play, and pay military salaries?

Napoleon once said, "There is no waste in the world, but it is misplaced." This sentence is more suitable for the Fourth Division. The 4th Division, which had gained a notorious reputation in China and was not wanted, was transferred to the Philippines in April 1942 to participate in the final assault on the fortress of Corregidor along with the 5th, 18th, and 21st Divisions. In this battle, the 4th Division progressed uncharacteristically smoothly and successfully completed its mission, and finally surrendered all the American and Philippine troops on the Bataan Peninsula.

Of course, it was only later that I learned that this was not the Fourth Division's change of character, but that the Philippine American and Philippine troops had been cut off from supplies for many days, and they had been barely holding on to "salt and vegetables" for several months, and it was not new at all that it would collapse at the first touch.

However, this victory brought great glory to the 4th Division, and it flew frequently in its hometown of Osaka, with a sense of pride that "thanks to the dispatch of the 4th Division, it was able to defeat the enemy in Bataan". The only regret was that it was later discovered that the vendors in Osaka had taken advantage of the victory celebration to resell wartime rations and take advantage of the opportunity to do business.

Trade......

Yes, this may be the only pure army in the Japanese army that has not been polluted by militaristic ideas. What goes deep into the bone marrow of the hawker group is to do business and engage in commerce. Even His Majesty the Emperor, who is loyal to them, would not be able to make them die honorably without benefit. In their words: Lao Tzu is dead, who will earn money to pay taxes to the country? There is no tax money, how anxious His Majesty the Emperor is!

The Hawkers with their ambition are living exclusively for His Majesty the Emperor of the island nation, and they have faithfully maintained this characteristic. When the Japanese surrendered and the red-faced Fourth Division returned to the Japanese mainland with full men, the day after the American cowboys' harbor was surrounded by them.

Not surrounded by machine guns and artillery, but with small goods. The hawkers of the 4th Division, who had just returned home, surrounded the American cowboy camp with small goods to earn lunch money for His Majesty the Emperor.

MMB, the mood of the American cowboy at that time is probably like this.

Having said so much, Liu Tuanzuo is also happy.

However, as mentioned earlier, as one of Japan's 17 permanent divisions, although their fighting will is not strong, their equipment and training are absolutely first-class in Asia at this time.

In the past time and space, one of Liu Lang's old man's comrades-in-arms really fought with the Fourth Division stationed in the Dangyang area of Yichang. The Fourth Division was stationed in Dangyang County with only one infantry squadron, but neither the Nationalist Army nor the New Army of the Red Army attacked no less than five or six times, but they were not captured.

It's hard to annihilate them and snatch weapons from them, but it can be done in other ways. According to Liu Lang's old man's recollection, since he failed to fight the county seat several times, under the initiative of the Fourth Division, the two sides have actually had more contacts.

Nothing else, the vendors want to do business. As a result, the red troops saw that their pitiful equipment was getting better day by day, with 38 large covers, crooked machine guns, and even grenadiers. In the words of the old general, it's a pity that the Fourth Division went to Southeast Asia so quickly, otherwise Lao Tzu would have been able to arm a regiment.

MLGB, anyway, Liu Lang still remembers how he was in the mood at the time.

Briefly told the two puzzled colleagues about the glorious history of the Fourth Division in the Russo-Japanese War, and in their laughter, Liu Lang quickly formulated a battle plan for Sun Yongqin's department, which was thousands of miles away.

Since there is such a strong army with a strong commercial atmosphere, how can Liu Lang not take advantage of it? Maybe this time he can vomit blood three liters of anger from Gangcun Ningji, who has been promoted to chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, and it is best to finish it immediately, lest he run to China again in the future.