Chapter 707: The Trauma of the 'Battle of the Hundred Regiments' (1)

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The Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge suddenly erupted with a powerful explosion, and Fujita Daisa, the captain of the 372nd Wing who was standing in the turret and watching, was almost paralyzed on the ground in fright, if it weren't for the chief of staff Matsumoto Taro next to him, who was held up from behind, Fujita Daisa would have fallen down in embarrassment.

Fujita Osa violently pushed away the chief of staff who was holding him, rushed out of the turret in fear, brandished his command knife and shouted violently: "Order the troops to quickly reinforce the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, and we must destroy all the eight roads of the earth." ”

At this time, the operational staff officer handed a telegram to Fujita Daisa, which read as follows: The 372nd Wing has made outstanding achievements in defending the bridge, and the North China Command has sent a telegram to commend it.

A very ironic commendation order, in Fujita's eyes, more uncomfortable than a sharp sword through the heart, he led the troops to rush to the bridge, saw the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge 500 meters south, to the head of the bridge was destroyed, he could no longer hold on to the ground paralyzed.

Fujita Osa sighed and said: "I, Fujita, came to the battlefield of China, only in the past month, I have been hit hard by the Dirt Eighth Road, which is my humiliation, and the military department will definitely not let me go." ”

He grabbed the chief of staff Matsumoto Taro Nakasa, who was standing beside him, and asked almost madly: "Matsumoto-kun, what kind of troops did you tell me, which unit of the Dirt Eighth Road attacked the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge?" Tell me quickly——。 ”

Chief of Staff Matsumoto pulled Fujita Dazuo up, patted the dirt on his body and reported: "Report to Your Excellency Osa, after investigation and a call from Shangfeng, this unit that attacked the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge was ...... with us all the time on the way west of the 372nd Wing from Guangxing City, on both sides of the Yellow River, on the No. 1 and No. 2 highlands, and on the Deshi Road. ”

"Bastard, don't talk about it anymore, it must be the commander of the Independent Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, Lei Jian, this milky and dry Chinese baby, like a devil, appears in front of my 372nd Wing at any time, and every time he sneaks up, the strategy and tactics adopted are different.

This sneak attack on the Tiger Leaping Gap Bridge guarded by our wing in various forms, I thought it had been defeated, but in the end, this bastard destroyed the Tiger Leaping Gap Bridge guarded by my wing, I want to find him and kill this bastard, this devil. ”

Fujita Osa hissed and scolded, which did not resonate with the surrounding officers, and the surrounding devils looked at Fujita and lost his temper without saying a word, and the angry Fujita old devil felt very faceless, he stared at the imperial officers in front of him fiercely, and suddenly laughed and said: "Roaring West, once I, Fujita accept the responsibility of the military department, you will all get a terrible end." ”

The surrounding officers took a step forward in fear, and shouted: "Fujita Daisa, the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge has been destroyed by the Tuba Road, resulting in the complete paralysis of the Tiger Leaping Gorge section of the Zhengtai Railway. ”

The thoughtful Chief of Staff Matsumoto, he took a step closer to Fujita Daisa and whispered: "Fujita-kun, the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge was destroyed by the Dirt Eighth Road, we should exaggerate the number of troops and combat capabilities of the Dirt Eighth Road, and the brave soldiers of the Great Japanese Imperial Army of our 372nd Wing fought bravely, so as to keep the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge from being completely destroyed by the Dirt Eighth Road, what do you say?" ”

Fujita Osa shook his head with a sigh and said to Chief of Staff Matsumoto: "Matsumoto-kun, you like words, how to report to the upper peak, please take out the first draft of the telegram first, and then report it after careful consideration." ”

At this moment, the combat staff officer ran from the barracks to the bridgehead and handed over a telegram to Fujita Daisa, Fujita didn't know what the bad news made him tremble, but he couldn't help but read it, he unfolded the message, read it, stuffed it to Chief of Staff Matsumoto, and shouted in a low voice: "Bastards, a group of bastards, the soldiers of the Imperial Army of the 6371st Brigade were actually attacked by a cavalry battalion of the Tsuchibachi Road in the process of returning to help, and the train was crushed, and it would actually kill and damage the strength of a squadron, and Toshio Kuno is a useless and incompetent bastard." ”

Fujita Osa returned to the barracks and ordered the major teams to engage the Eighth Route Army this time, and the casualties of the troops were immediately reported.

At this time, all the units of Lei Jian's 'only regiment' had withdrawn from the battle, assembled at the entrance of the Zhengtai Railway into the Taihang Mountains, and reorganized the troops.

When Lei Jian received a report from the soldiers who stayed on the top of the mountain to observe the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge: The Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge was 500 meters away from the southern end of the bridge, and it was destroyed by a train that placed explosives and cluster grenades and quickly rushed onto the bridge, and the raid mission was basically over.

Lei Jian immediately reported to Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and Commander Nie said to the head of the military region at the meeting: "Although Lei Jian's 'only regiment' did not completely destroy the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, but in this way, it is enough for the little devils to be busy for a while, and according to preliminary calculations, it will take at least 20 days to a month for the Japanese army to rebuild the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge and officially open to traffic, which also greatly alleviates the troop movement of the Japanese troops on Zhengtai Road, and forms a great military pressure on our various sabotage troops. ”

At the same time, in the war room of the Japanese North China Front, Commander Okamura Ninji, holding a large handful of telegrams in his hand, he swept away his usual Sven, and asked in a very stern tone: "The 180th Division, the 36th Division, and the 108th Division, generals, in my hands are all reports sent by you to request reinforcements, casualties, and paralysis of the railways from the troops deployed on the seven main railway lines in North China, including Zhengtai Road, Tongpu Road, Jinghan Road, and Baijin Road.

I just want to ask all the generals here, your troops are the most combat-effective units of the Imperial Japanese Army, why are they so vulnerable? Why don't you speak? ”

The commander of the First Army Corps of the North China Front, Commander Kiyoshi Kazuki, stood up and excused his subordinates and said: "Your Excellency Commander Okamura, the three divisions of the 180th, 36th, and 108th under my First Army Corps mainly deployed the main forces in the areas of Xuzhou, Handan, and Luoyang on the frontal battlefield, and waged a desperate battle with the Chinese troops.

At present, the temporary defeat of the Imperial Army troops in the anti-Japanese base areas of the Eighth Route Army is forgivable, and my request is to immediately withdraw a main force from the frontal battlefield, strengthen the deployment of railways, highways, and strongholds, stations, bridges, and culverts along the line, and continue to implement the harshest 'cage plan' and 'three-light policy' in the Tu Eighth Route Anti-Japanese Base Area, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be wiped out. ”

General Okamura Ningji looked at the commander of the Xiangyue Kiyoji Corps with disdain, and said in a very bad mood: "Xiangyue-kun, you know that the main strength of the Eighth Route Army's large army this time was invested in the general battle of breaking Zhengtai Road, and preliminary statistics show that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has invested more than 100 regiments of troops to carry out the 'Hundred Regiment Battle' that has been deployed for a long time.

At present, the entire railways in North China, at the same time at 22 o'clock on August 20, were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and now the Jingcheng Coal Mine has fallen, the Niangzi Pass has been lost, the Yangquan Battle has failed, and now the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, which connects Zhengtai Road, has been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

You said that in less than 20 hours, the theater under the jurisdiction of the North China Imperial Army suffered such a huge defeat, can you, as the direct commander, shirk the blame and not pursue responsibility? ”

Commander Kazuki Kiyoshi didn't expect that the Imperial Japanese Army, a bridge protection wing, would not be able to take advantage of the favorable terrain to block the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, and he asked with some disbelief: "General Okamura, is this news accurate?" Is it the malicious propaganda of the Eighth Route Army? ”

Okamura Ningji stared at General Kazuki Seiji again very angrily, slapped all the messages in his hand on the table, and ordered in a fierce voice: "I will give you fifteen minutes, and every general will read these messages, and when I come back, see what you say." ”

Fifteen minutes later, Commander Okamura Ninji walked from the outside to the door of the war room, he calmed down his anger outside the door, and his face returned to normal.

When the generals present saw that Commander Okamura Ninji's attitude had changed too quickly, one by one they had already realized nervously that this commander of the North China Front, who was meticulous and had superb command ability, did not know what new strategy he was going to have.

General Okamura Ninji did not offend everyone present, and he said with a gentle attitude: "Generals, I, the Imperial Japanese Army, have lost the sensitivity of accurate information in the general attack of the Eighth Route Army in this 'Hundred Regiment Battle'.

We received a secret letter from the former deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, misestimating that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was going to fight with what they thought was the recalcitrant army, that is, our friendly forces Shibu and Zhubu, and actually transferred the elite brigades and regiments along the railway, especially the Zhengtai Road, to the frontal battlefield, resulting in less than 4,000 Imperial Army troops guarding the Zhengtai Road for more than 240 kilometers.

The lack of troops, and the fact that they were scattered in small and medium-sized towns, stations, bridges, and culverts along the long and narrow railway line, gave the cunning commander of the Eighth Route Army an opportunity to deploy and carry out the 'Battle of 100 Regiments' and carry out a general attack on our railways, highways, and various strongholds along the line, resulting in a situation in which the imperial army was passively beaten along the railway. ”

When Okamura Ningji said this, Huo stood up, patted the table and said: "I order: The 180th Division will send a wing to strengthen the emergency repair of the Tiger Leaping Gorge Bridge, and the Zhengtai Road must be guaranteed to be unblocked within ten days; Command....... ”