8.116 New divisions

"The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the ship was late and encountered a head wind", this sentence comes from Feng Menglong's "Xingshi Hengyan", which can be used to describe the state of mind of "Xiao Zhuge ", the acting commander of the 5th Theater of Operations. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As the saying goes, disasters don't go alone, and recently this unfortunate thing has really been concentrated in one place, and the frenzy set off by the 2nd Army of King Higashikuyu on the northern front has not been suppressed, and the 6th Division of the 11th Army in the direction of Tongcheng has launched an attack on Taihu Lake and Wangjiang. Xu Yuanquan, whom "Xiao Zhuge intends to rely on", is not the opponent of Shiro Inaba, the commander of the 6th Division, and the defeats are one after another!

Holding the third urgent telegram sent by Xu Yuanquan in one day, "Xiao Zhuge " was in turmoil!

Damn Japs! Damn Shunroku Hatata! It's so out of the rules! Originally, in the plan of the Wuhan Military Commission, the Japanese army that invaded Wuhan should be dealt with by the three forces of the 5th Theater, the 9th Theater and the Wuhan Garrison Command, but Toshiroku Hata seemed to have made up his mind to attack only the 5th Theater. From the beginning of the war to the present, the Central China Dispatch Army has only drawn the brigade-level military force of the Botian Detachment in the other three directions to attack the Madao Fortress, while the strength of the troops thrown into the 5th theater is as high as 5 divisions!

Could it be that Shunroku Hata identified the Chinese army in the 5th theater of operations as soft persimmons? "Little Zhuge ", who felt that he was being despised by the Japanese, held back his strength and wanted to teach Shunroku Hata a lesson and take the 6th Division out of anger. But in the 5th battle, a large number of generals were pulling around, but "Xiao Zhuge " really couldn't find a candidate who could compete with Inaba Shiro. Due to the sudden change in the war situation at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, "Xiao Zhuge " had to put Sun Lianzhong and Zhang Zizhong, the two army commanders who were the most capable of fighting under his hands, to put them up.

"Alas! What a mess! If Brother Delin is here......"

"Xiao Zhuge who was about to breathe away from being surrounded by a lot of worries couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he really missed his big brother Chief Li.

"Jiansheng, I have reinforcements here, but I don't know if you want to move ......."

Chief of Staff Xu Zuyi observed on the side for a long time, and finally opened his mouth at this time, "Xiao Zhuge " still has more respect for Xu Zuyi, and the person who can be selected by Chief Li as the chief of staff of the 5th Theater is naturally capable.

"When is this coming, my Chief of Staff Xu! If you have any ideas, hurry up and come up with them! ”

"Xiao Zhuge " is really anxious, he is not as calm as Chief Li, facing the situation of three ways of urgency, "Xiao Zhuge " really needs someone to guide him now.

"In that case, I'll just say a few words! Jiansheng, look at the defensive situation of our 5th theater, and then look at the defense area of the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, the 6th Division has invaded Taihu Lake, and Huangmei is in danger! Huangmei is not only the gateway to Guangji, but also the flank barrier of Jiujiang, the Hatian detachment suffered such a big loss at the fortress of Madao, it is impossible for Okamura Ninji not to find an opportunity to retaliate, in case the 6th Division turns from Huangmei to attack Jiujiang... Huang Haoran, can he not care? ”

Xu Zuyi's words were like a spark, which suddenly lit up the idea of "Little Zhuge ". Oh, yes! It is true that the 5th Theater does not have exciting troops in its hands, but the Jiang Defense Army system has! Originally, although the foundation of the Jiang Defense Army was not very good, it was better than the large establishment! It's still completely okay to top the 6th Division, as long as there is enough time for adjustment, the 5th Theater can readjust the deployment, not to mention that Huang Haoran still has an ace 25th Group Army in his hands, if he can really pull Huang Haoran's trump card out, let alone a 6th Division, even if there are a few more, I am not afraid!

The more "Xiao Zhuge " thought about it, the more he felt that Xu Zuyi's words made sense, he first slapped his thigh hard, and then said excitedly: "Great! Wouldn't that turn a bad thing into a good thing? The Jiang Defense Army that lost Taihu Lake in exchange for Huang Haoran came to help, it's worth it! ”

Huang Haoran, who was far away in Tianjia Town, didn't know that the highest authorities, "Xiao Zhuge " and Chen Cixiu all remembered him!

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"Ito-kun, you should already understand your combat mission, right? Jiujiang, as long as your 101st Division can capture Jiujiang, the Chinese defenders of Madao will become a lone army, a source of water, and they themselves will have to withdraw! Encircling Wei to save Zhao is a strategy that the Chinese are proud of, and now, it is up to us the Japanese army to realize it! ”

The 11th Army's blockage put Okamura Ninji under tremendous pressure from Tokyo, and in order to instill confidence in the troops at the front, Okamura Ninji deliberately pushed his headquarters forward to Wuhu. Also on the road at the same time as Okamura Ninji were Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, commander of the 106th Division, and Lieutenant General Masakaki Ito, commander of the 101st Division, and others, the 6th Division on the north bank of the Yangtze River was Okamura Ninji's first sword after the setback of the Hatada detachment, and the 101st and 106th Divisions were his second attack waves.

"Hay! I understand! Bypass the horse and go straight to Jiujiang! This is the combat mission of our 101st Division! Please rest assured, Your Excellency Commander, I will definitely send a surprise to Huang Haoran! ”

Lieutenant General Ito Masakaki, who was standing opposite Okamura Ninji, responded loudly, and from time to time cast a provocative gaze at Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, the commander of the 106th Division, although the 101st Division and the 106th Division are both "special divisions" in the Japanese Army, authentic third-rate troops, but in the mind of Lieutenant General Ito Masakai, compared to the 106th Division composed of Kumamoto soldiers, the 101st Division, all of whom are from Tokyo, is much more noble in blood!

"Excellent! Ito-kun! But you also have to remember that after the capture of Jiujiang, your division should not stop, right away! Go ahead and attack the next point, Ruichang! Matsuura-kun! I hope you will do your best to help Ito-kun's 101st Division, after the capture of Jiujiang, your two divisions will divide their forces and advance, and your 106th Division's mission is to attack De'an along the Nanxun Road! ”

"Hay! I, Junrokuro Matsuura, will not disappoint His Excellency the Commander! ”

Compared with the long-winded Ito Masakaki, the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, was obviously more like an imperial general, and Ninji Okamura was very satisfied with Junrokuro Matsuura's answer.

In fact, Okamura Ninji didn't like the arrogance of the Tokyo Division very much, but at the moment of employing people, he still chose to give encouragement to the 101st Division, and compared with the cards in the hands of the commander of the 2nd Army, the commander of the 2nd Army, Okamura Ninji held the cards in his hand is really much worse, and only 3 of the 4 army divisions in the 11th Army's combat sequence are currently in place, and only the 6th Division is a type A division, and the other two are "ad hoc divisions" with low combat effectiveness like the 101st and 106th divisions. After the Hatada detachment was injured, Okamura Ninji now looks even more stretched in his hands. If the 11th Army can successfully take Jiujiang, then a new situation will appear on the southern front of the Yangtze River, and it will be much easier for Okamura Ninji to request reinforcements from Tokyo.

If you want to ask the 11th Army if it can't take Jiujiang, what will Okamura Ninji prepare? Okamura Ninji will definitely ignore this problem! Because if this idea becomes a reality, then the commander of the 11th Army will definitely be replaced, and how to fight the next battle will become something that the next commander of the 11th Army needs to consider. Since it has nothing to do with himself, why should Okamura Ninji think about it?

Throwing away the horse and attacking Jiujiang in a roundabout way, in fact, Okamura Ningji is already desperate!

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As Okamura Ninji's 11th Army pressed on the entire line, the road to Jiujiang immediately became congested, and the potholed road was completely filled with a marching procession of trucks and infantry platoons. Chariots, trucks with cannons, mules and horses, and infantry with loaded guns and ammunition competed with each other for this road, not because the military discipline of the "special division" was too poor, but because the officers and men of the 101st Division were eager to fight and hoped to reach the Jiujiang battlefield as soon as possible.

In the minds of these Japanese soldiers, Jiujiang was like a completely undefended city, as long as they showed their swords and guns, the Chinese army could only abandon their weapons and surrender!

I really don't know where these devils' confidence comes from!

Major General Yoshige Saeda's division commander, Lieutenant General Masakaki Ito, was appointed as the vanguard of the 101st Division, and his 102nd Brigade was at the front of the departure sequence, but because the roads in the garrison area of the Chinese army had been bombed by the Japanese Army Aviation frantically, the road conditions made the 102nd Brigade unable to march faster! The march stretched for several kilometers along the road.

"Hurry! Hurry! Speed up! ”

Faced with such a predicament, what else could the commander of the Saeda Yoshishige Brigade do other than order his officers to urge the troops below? In order not to attract Chinese reconnaissance planes in the sky, the 102nd Brigade had to leave the road from time to time to conceal itself, which seriously affected the speed of the march.

"Daisa Fukui! Can't your 157 Wing be any faster? My wing's path is blocked by your soldiers! In order to cooperate with our actions, the Potian detachment in the direction of Madao has launched a feint attack on the Chinese defenders! If you capture Jiujiang a second late, the empire will lose a lot of soldiers! ”

The officer who ran over on a horse and got angry was the commander of the 103rd Wing, Kanichi Matsui, and he was very dissatisfied with the indiscriminate tricks played by the commander of the 157th Wing, Kotaro Fukui, on the road! In order to reach the Jiujiang front in front of the 103rd Wing, Kotaro Fukui actually instructed his subordinates to "create" a number of traffic accidents in front of the queue of the 157th Wing, which is obviously to monopolize the credit!

"Imperial soldiers? I really don't know when those Taiwanese from the Potian detachment also became imperial soldiers! Matsui-kun! The road is only so wide, you have to take your time on the march! Otherwise, you should let the engineering troops open another road for you! ”

Kotaro Fukui gave Kanichi Nagamatsu a soft nail, and there was Brigade Commander Major General Yoshishige Saeda next to him, Kotaro Fukui didn't care about him Kanichi Matsui!

It's all hooligans from Tokyo, who's afraid of whom!? (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )