Chapter 252: Japanese Psychological Warfare
The North China Front of the Japanese Army was under the command of the Japanese base camp, and the Japanese base camp has now received relevant information.
The Japanese army base camp was very dissatisfied with the results achieved by the North China Front, and they severely reprimanded Terauchi Shouichi in the telegram.
After looking at the telegram sent from the base camp, Terauchi Shouichi's face was not very good, and he directly took Okabe Naosaburo to the map.
"According to Hasegawaji's report, there are currently two independent regiments, one of which is likely to be a breakout force composed of the regimental headquarters and armored units of the independent regiment, and they have now broken through from Tianjing Village to the northwest.
The other part is the cavalry unit of the independent regiment, they have now been evacuated from the county seat of Pingding County, according to the report of the commander of the Fengwen Corps under the mountain, this cavalry unit is very likely to go to Yangquan, judging from the current situation, the remaining strength of the independent regiment still has more than 500 people, and the direction of their breakthrough should be Yangquan County and Shouyang County. ”
After coming to the map, Naosaburo Okabe picked up the baton and began to introduce the situation.
Terauchi Shouichi's eyes stared at the map, his face gradually turned pale, and in a day's battle, the Japanese army of more than 10,000 people did not annihilate the independent regiment of more than 1,000 people with the help of tanks and aircraft, which made him very dissatisfied.
"What are the casualties of the garrison corps, are they sure to deal with the next battle, and do the rest of the troops have any reaction?"
Terauchi Shouichi continued to ask, he had made a big decision in his heart, this time he would completely annihilate the independent regiment no matter what.
"The troops of the Eighth Route Army have reacted very strongly, but our troops can deal with it, and most of the troops of the 20th Division will still be able to block the actions of Sun Weiguo's Independent Regiment, but there are too many wounded in the garrison corps, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult for them to pursue it."
Okabe Naosaburo said in a somewhat helpless tone, and he glanced at Terauchi Shoukaichi.
There was one situation that Okabe Naosaburo did not report, that is, a tank blocked the pursuit of an infantry squadron of the 1st Wing of the Garrison Corps, and brought a devastating blow to this infantry squadron, directly causing the 1st Infantry Wing to lose the breakout force of the independent regiment.
This tank was the tank whose tracks had been destroyed, and the two armored men in the tank fought until the last moment.
With the cooperation of twelve snipers, they almost completely annihilated a Japanese infantry squadron.
However, with the arrival of the main Japanese army, the tank was eventually destroyed by Japanese artillery, but it was precisely because of their heroic fighting that the Japanese were unable to bite the armored company.
If the Japanese army bites the armored company, the breakthrough force will not have any chance to rest, and it will be easily annihilated by the Japanese army.
"The Fourth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was dispatched to fight in Pingding County, and the troops of the 20th Division were informed that no matter how many casualties they paid, they must block the troops of the Sun Weiguo Independent Regiment, and in addition, let the intelligence department immediately take action to deal a severe blow to Sun Weiguo's troops psychologically, and continue to dispatch planes to help the battle tomorrow!"
Terauchi Shouichi glanced coldly at the map, and he immediately gave an order.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Naosaburo Okabe said with a respectful salute.
After receiving the order, the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade in the vicinity of Jingcheng County, Hebei Province, which was preparing to encircle the troops of the Independent Regiment, entered Shanxi Province overnight to fight.
Although the performance of the garrison corps was not very good, Terauchi Shouichi still asked Yamashita Fengfu to command the garrison corps and the mixed fourth brigade to fight.
The tanks blocking the Japanese were destroyed, the snipers quickly began to evacuate, and the Japanese troops launched a search overnight.
After Yamashita Fengwen in the county town received reinforcements, he began to readjust, and he immediately dispatched nearly 2,000 troops of the First Infantry Wing to move in a roundabout way from Naozhai Mountain, occupying the Cuifeng Mountain, Hulujian and other highlands in the northwest of Chengguan Town, blocking the independent regiment troops searching for breakthroughs.
The 2nd Infantry Wing was responsible for searching and recuperating in the vicinity of Nanzhuang Village, encircling and annihilating the remnants of the Independent Regiment left behind.
The newly formed Fourth Brigade of the Mixed Regiment to fight in Shanxi Province was responsible for pursuing the breakout troops of the Independent Regiment and cooperating with the First Infantry Wing to fight for the total annihilation of the Independent Regiment in Pingding County.
Yamashita himself knew that his troops had suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, and he wanted to atone for his sins by pursuing the independent regiment.
He wanted to annihilate Sun Weiguo's independent regiment in Pingding County without the help of the 20th Division, so he made such an arrangement.
It's just that the mixed Fourth Brigade has just entered the territory of Shanxi, and it will take some time for them to catch up with the breakout troops of the Independent Regiment.
Most of the Japanese troops spent the night on the march, and the troops who broke through the siege took a short rest in the village of Nanru.
At present, the troops in Nanru Village have two infantry platoons, one tank platoon, one armored vehicle platoon, one mountain artillery platoon, two guard platoons, one anti-tank gun squad, one machine gun squad and other troops, counting non-combatants, a total of nearly 300 people, but dozens of wounded people followed.
It was not yet fully dawn, but the fighters were ready to evacuate.
Sun Weiguo's body was re-treated by Liu Qian, but Sun Weiguo's body was still very weak, if it wasn't for his good health, I am afraid he would have passed out a long time ago.
Political Commissar Shen Wei and Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong came to Sun Weiguo's side early, and they discussed the evacuation with Sun Weiguo.
Six reporters surrounded Sun Weiguo, taking pictures of the evacuated troops from time to time and interviewing some officers and soldiers.
"Let three tanks open the road in front, four armored vehicles will be responsible for breaking the rear, and all the wounded will be arranged on the trucks......"
Sun Weiguo was deploying, and at this time, planes began to appear in the sky, and the fighters who had already seen the planes reacted quickly, and they immediately hid themselves.
It was a Japanese bomber, but instead of bombing the ground, this Japanese bomber threw a lot of paper.
The paper in the sky fell quickly, and the whole sky was covered with these thrown papers.
Soon a piece of paper fell to the ground, Chen Zhengwei picked up a piece of paper, and after he glanced at it, he immediately handed it to Sun Weiguo.
It is a newspaper with clear photos and text.
The photograph is the corpse of the fallen officers and soldiers of the Separate Regiment, and the most striking one is the charred corpse on the position of the regimental headquarters.
"The Independent Regiment of Pingding County of the Eighth Route Army of the Chinese Army has been defeated by the Imperial Army, and the deputy commander Sun Weiguo abandoned his troops and fled, and his subordinates were seriously wounded and self-immolated on the position."
"Sun Weiguo abandoned his subordinates and fled, causing hundreds of wounded to self-immolate, which was a shame for the soldiers, and the Imperial Army was ashamed of him as an adversary."
"The Imperial Army has achieved a complete victory in the pacification war, and Sun Weiguo, who has fled, can be called a representative of corrupt and incompetent officers in China."
The text on the photo is all the Japanese army's attack on Sun Weiguo, but Sun Weiguo's eyes are always looking at the photos in the newspaper.