The decisive battle is imminent

Increasing the number of sentinel patrols and enhancing the security of the garrison sounds like nothing wrong with that. However, Lieutenant General Mori Gang, who was the commander of the division, still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the special operations division.

In one night, even though the Japanese army had strengthened its vigilance several times in a row, the entire garrison was attacked several times. However, because of the preparations that had been made for a long time, the several attacks did not cause much casualties, except for causing a lot of chaos in the military camp.

The time of the night passed in a blink of an eye, and the Japanese army station, one by one, with two black circles under their eyes, began a new day of combat life with a tired face. The main force of the ** First Division led by Li Chengtian, under the support of the first regiment, was already stationed in a mountain col less than five kilometers away from the Japanese barracks.

As soon as he walked into the headquarters, Li Chengtian, who was still serious just now, was shrouded in a smile on his face. said to Wen Changtian, the head of the regiment in front of him.

"Lao Wen, I have heard a group of results on the road. I really didn't expect that you kid would be so ruthless, and directly put mortars and heavy machine guns under the nose of the little devil to attack. However, this attack is well fought, well fought..."

"Lao Wang, tell you first, the division headquarters has just learned the latest situation of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army, especially the loss of the little devils?"

"Comrades, the latest information I have just received shows that the attack last night, the first regiment that rushed to the battlefield ahead of schedule, under the command of Commander Wen, used mortars and heavy machine guns, and caused at least 1,500 casualties to the Japanese troops. So, so far, the total strength of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, which is blocking us, has been sharply reduced to five infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, and one engineer brigade. A baggage brigade, totaling more than 7,500 people..."

"At the same time. After the annihilation of the cavalry wing and the night attack of a regiment last night. The 9th Division of the Japanese Army seems to have been frightened by the strong strength displayed by our **1st Division. Therefore, after the end of yesterday's night attack, the Japanese Ninth Division issued an order to camp on the spot and stop advancing. If nothing else. The Ninth Division standing in front of us must have been waiting for their intelligence officers to thoroughly find out the true details of us. will continue to attack me. Chief of Staff Wang Yusheng said with a relaxed face. In his words, he didn't seem to take the more than 7,000 little devils in front of him in his eyes at all.

Indeed, after listening to the introduction of Chief of Staff Wang Yusheng. All of you standing here. There was a light smile on their faces. You must know that these people are all company and platoon-level officers from special operations divisions. In peacetime, with a company of special combat personnel, even a division of the Japanese army is not afraid. What's more, at this moment, he constantly has hundreds of special combat personnel in his hands, as well as ordinary troops of almost 5,000 people. Of course. Most importantly, the enemy he faced was only about 7,500 men. As for the five infantry brigades of the combatable soldiers, there were only more than 5,000 people at full duty.

Seeing the confidence on the faces of his subordinates, Li Chengtian nodded with great satisfaction, and then said: "Comrades, the Japanese army has more than 5,000 combatable soldiers. And the first division of the lying ** also has 5,000 people. Even more importantly, in our large rear, there are at least two thousand new recruits who can replenish the main forces at any time and participate in the battle. So, I think it's time for a decisive battle with the 9th Division of the Japanese Army..."

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Lee Seungtian certainly knew what everyone was thinking. Then he spoke, "However, don't worry, I, Li Chengtian, am not such a reckless person. This time, the reason why I made up my mind to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army without having any superiority in strength is because we already have a secret weapon in our hands that the Japanese army does not know. Even though Hsinchu County had been occupied by the ** First Division, with the order of Lieutenant General Sen Gang, the intelligence officers hidden in various places still sent a letter of information about the ** First Division to the headquarters of the Ninth Division at the first time.

"Kuno-kun, judging from the report, the total strength of our opponent's ** First Division is only about 5,000. As for these soldiers, almost all of them came from the former Taiwan local garrison in Hsinchu County. More importantly, because the troops lacked artillery, the entire unit, except for mortars, was not equipped with any large-caliber artillery..."After reading the information in his hand, Lieutenant General Mori Gang asked rhetorically.

"Hayi...."

"If this is the case, then there is evidence for the total annihilation of the cavalry wing and the night attack last night....As far as I know, after several years of military training, the marksmanship of many soldiers in the garrison units in various parts of Taiwan has completely caught up with our elite imperial army. With a force of 5,000 people, it is still possible to draw a few hundred sharpshooters. As for the reason why the cunning enemy used only mortars and heavy machine guns in the night attack last night, it is even clearer....", Lieutenant General Morioka replied thoughtfully.

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency the Division Commander is wise...."

"Has the General Staff proposed a specific response plan for this information?" Lieutenant General Mori Gang no longer had the slightest hesitation, and the first thought that came to his heart was how to eliminate the ** First Division, avenge the warriors killed in the Ninth Division, and give an explanation to his superiors.

Seeing the expectant gaze of Lieutenant General Morioka, Kuno Shaozo certainly knew the mood of the division commander at this moment, and immediately replied: "Hayi, Your Excellency the division commander...."

"Our General Staff has been studying and deciding that in the first two battles, the cunning Chinese were able to achieve victory, without exception, all by taking advantage of the light enemy of our army and the division of troops. And our army, in order to get out of this crisis and achieve final victory. There is only one way, and that is to hug together, rely on the superiority of troops and equipment, and go straight to Hsinchu County, and destroy the nest of the first division of China in one fell swoop...."

"Yo Si, very good. Pass on my order, according to the latest battle plan of the General Staff, the troops will set off immediately after an hour and attack and advance to Hsinchu County-...." After listening to Kuno Shaosa's suggestion, Lieutenant General Morioka seemed to have seen victory beckoning to him, and ordered with a heroic face.

Shikeng was the only way for the Japanese army to reach Hsinchu County by road. Since deciding to fight a decisive battle with the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, Li Chengtian led the entire ** 1st Division to this cemetery selected for the Japanese army a few days ago.

On a mountain beam less than 500 meters away from the highway in the area of Shikeng, division commander Li Chengtian was pointing to the terrain in front of him and giving specific orders to his subordinates.

"Look, comrades. The terrain around the stone pit is like a cauldron in front of us. And the road leading to my Hsinchu County just passes through the lowest point of the cauldron. As long as we place heavy troops on three sides of this cauldron and build a large number of blocking fortifications with the help of the mountain. If the Japanese army wants to pass through the stone pit and occupy the positions of our troops, they will inevitably be hit hard by the fire of our troops from three sides..."

Seeing everyone's nodding in agreement, Li Chengtian continued to speak: "Of course, our ultimate goal is not to use such a good terrain to completely block the Japanese Ninth Division and defend Hsinchu County. Instead, they took advantage of such a good terrain to kill and injure a large number of the living forces of the Japanese Ninth Division. In the end, through precise deployment, these thousands of little devils were wiped out in one fell swoop..."

"The specific deployment is as follows, because the time is pressing, the Japanese army will rush to the battlefield at noon today at the latest. Therefore, we must hurry up and build a blocking fortification that can withstand the Japanese field artillery bombardment before the arrival of the Japanese army. The first regiment was responsible for the construction of the front fortifications, and the second and third regiments were responsible for the fortifications of the two wings. However, in terms of specific defense, all three positions were defended by the three infantry battalions of the 2nd Regiment. As for the one, three, or two regiments, the artillery units directly under the division headquarters, as the reserve of the whole army, have other tasks ...

Time passed in a blink of an eye, and less than half an hour after the completion of the three fortifications, the scouts came with the news of the imminent arrival of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army. For a while, the stone pit battlefield, which was still lively just now, became quiet in an instant. If it weren't for the piles of freshly dug up soil on the mountain beams on both sides of the road, no one would know that the entire Shikeng area had been transformed into a grave for the destruction of the Japanese Ninth Division by the ** First Division.

Perhaps Lieutenant General Mori Gang, after learning the true strength of the ** First Division, believed too much that he was not right in terms of combat effectiveness on the frontal battlefield. Seeing the silent blocking position in front of him, he almost did not hesitate at all, and directly sent an infantry squadron to attack, trying to rely on more than a hundred warriors to open the way for the main force to advance.

However, what made Lieutenant General Morioka feel depressed was that an infantry squadron sent out by himself was simply a sheep in the mouth of a tiger and did not play any role.

In the face of the attacking troops of an infantry squadron of the Japanese army, the three infantry battalions defending on three sides did not even use machine guns, and directly used rifles to name more than 100 devil soldiers one after another from three directions. In less than five minutes of the entire attack, more than 100 Japanese troops fell on the battlefield, and there was no chance to retreat.

The failure of the first round of the Japanese attack made Lieutenant General Morioka feel that the army in front of him in front of him was the main force of the ** First Division, and his heart began to slowly become cautious from the contempt just now. At the same time, the decisive battle related to the survival of the first teacher and student was also completely opened with the death of more than a hundred little devils.

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