Chapter 457: Kunisaki Noboru's hesitation
Lieutenant General Noboru Kunisaki clearly knows that what the Seventh Division needs to face now is not the question of whether it can continue to complete the combat mission previously assigned by the army commander, but whether it and its remaining forces can safely withdraw to the side of the Sila Murong River, and how to solve the problem of its fate in the next step.
Now there are only two roads in front of Lieutenant General Noboru Kunisaki and Naoliang Tomita, one is to concentrate the remnants of the forces that can be concentrated, and take advantage of the fact that there are no anti-United Nations forces on the road from Baichengzi to Shaogen behind them, and quickly break away from contact with the Anti-Japanese Federation and withdraw to the east bank of the Xila Murong River, that is to say, to find a way to preserve the last remnants of the Seventh Division.
Although he didn't know that he was around him, and he had secretly hidden a large number of mechanized cavalry clusters at this moment, Kunisaki still knew very well that once the main force of the Anti-Japanese Union in the territory of Linxi to Bahrain Right Banner learned of the current situation of the Seventh Division, he would inevitably transfer a large number of troops to give him a fatal blow.
If this opportunity cannot be grasped again, then the commander of the Anti-United Nations on the opposite side is either a fool or an idiot, if he wants to get out, now is the best time, and if it is too late, I am afraid that when the reinforcements he has mobilized arrive, he will not be able to leave even if he wants to, because the Anti-United Nations has a large number of cars, tanks, and cavalry, and its mobility is far above that of the Seventh Division.
Either ignore the current situation of the division and regiment, concentrate the remaining troops and firepower, and continue to attack the front line of Balakirude at any cost, that is to say, even if you jump into the well, you must jump with the anti-coalition troops in front of you, or you will die, and you will have to pull a cushion.
Although the Seventh Division is in danger of being wiped out in this way, if it is properly deployed, there is still a chance to redeem the honor of the Seventh Division if it fights to the death, but Lieutenant General Kunisaki Noboru also knows very well that even if it is at any cost to tear through the defense line of the Anti-Japanese Union on the front line of Balakirude, with the current strength of the Seventh Division, it will not be able to continue to expand in depth anyway.
This is still under the premise that it can be torn apart, and according to the situation since the crossing of the river, according to the cunning of the opponent, with the current strength of the 7th Division, it can only be a wish to make a breakthrough on the front line of Balakirude, so for Kunizaki Nobori, the two decisions are undoubtedly the next decision.
In his mind, in fact, the first plan was the most difficult to accept, a fully equipped and fully formed division was crippled and withdrawn from the battlefield in less than 36 hours after crossing the Xila Murong River, and when it came out, it was fully loaded, and when it withdrew, there were less than 5,000 people left, including the non-combatants of the division and regiment headquarters, as well as the search, engineer, and baggage wings.
He Kunizaki is afraid that since the Meiji Emperor created the new 6th Army, the 6th Army of the Japanese Empire has lost so many people, and even before this battle, the 7th Division suffered the most losses in the Russo-Japanese War Battle for the 203rd Heights of Arthur Mouth, and the 7th Division was not so fast.
Of course, if the remnants of the 28th Wing can be found, the result will definitely be better than now, but is this possible, the sound of heavy artillery on the shore of Lake Zagastaino last night, he heard it clearly in Baichengzi, although the anti-coalition forces participating in the attack were only one regiment, but the commander of the wing, who was ambitious and talented, scattered his troops in squadrons and marched.
Isn't he in a hurry to find an opportunity for others to sneak attack him, Lieutenant General Kunisaki Noboru is very suspicious, even if they can find the remnants of the 28th Wing, how many people can they have left, and it is unlikely that they will be completely wiped out, which Lieutenant General Kunisaki Noboru is still very confident in.
Even the 28th Wing suffered the greatest losses among the three wings of the 7th Division in the air raid during the day yesterday, but Lieutenant General Noboru Kunisaki still thought that with the strength of a regiment of the Anti-United Nations, no, it was still the strength of a newly formed regiment, and even with the cooperation of heavy artillery, it would not be able to eat a wing of the 6th Army of the Empire in any case.
Even if the 28th Wing encountered the opponent's night attack, the actual strength was only two infantry brigades, but these two infantry brigades were not all tofu scum, and the enemy army did not have the ability and stomach to swallow them all overnight, let alone 3,000 well-trained and well-equipped imperial warriors, even 3,000 pigs could not be completely wiped out by the enemy overnight.
However, although it was impossible to be completely annihilated, the 28th Wing was probably scattered by itself, and the 28th Wing was afraid that it would be scattered by itself when the visibility was extremely low at night, and that it was at night.
Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Kunizaki Noboru hated the wing captain who was the oldest in the Seventh Division in terms of qualifications and age, but his ability was not average, but he was always self-righteous, his heart was higher than the sky, but his life was thinner than paper, if it wasn't for this fool, he wouldn't carry out the orders of the division.
If the 28th Wing is still there, no matter what decisions they make at the moment, it will not reach the point where there are no troops available.
Now the 28th Wing has been lost, the remnants are all missing, the wing commander Ichiki Kiyoshi Nao Osa's life and death are unknown, the division headquarters has been intermittently contained since the middle of last night to the present, and there are only more than two squadrons of the 28th Wing stragglers who have been intermittently contained, most of them are in the night battle, and the stragglers who were scattered or scattered, the highest officer is only a squadron leader, and as for the rest, their whereabouts are still unknown.
The return of the officers and men of the 28th Wing who ran to the division headquarters from all subordinate brigades undoubtedly proves that the 28th Wing was not defeated by the enemy's night attack, but was forced to crush by the enemy because its own forces were too scattered.
As a result, the originally superior forces, the forces that could be concentrated in the event of an attack, fell behind in comparison with the strength of the enemy attacking at night, and as a result, I am afraid that the enemy army attacked by the night will take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, but it will bring unavoidable losses to itself.
The situation of the 28th Wing made him feel very depressed for Lieutenant General Noboru Kunisaki, and the fact that a fully organized main force wing had been lost in such an inexplicable and confused way was undoubtedly worse for the current embarrassing situation of the Seventh Division.
However, if we really concentrate the last remaining strength to continue the attack, although we know that the opponent will definitely not be able to support it now, they are only the strength of one regiment, and in the night battle in the middle of the night last night, I did suffer a lot of losses, but Kunizaki Noboru firmly believes that with the combat effectiveness of the 7th Division, under the condition of equal firepower, the casualties caused to the enemy will not be small.
Although they held the defensive line, but they still have the strength to persist in fighting, I am afraid that only they themselves know, but now only the ghosts and themselves know, how many large-caliber shells they still have in their hands to use, if they do it again, then it is now a crippled Seventh Division, and it will be completely ruined, and this responsibility is something that they cannot afford anyway.
Looking at Lieutenant General Kunizaki Noboru who was a little hesitant, Tomita Naoliang Osa, who had been silent on the side, as if he understood what he was thinking now, suddenly spoke: "Division commander, we must not withdraw across the Xila Murong River now, there are only two ways to go in front of us, one is to gather all the troops together, and then stick to it and wait for reinforcements, or concentrate the remaining forces and fight to the death with the enemy on the front line of Balakirude." ”
"In the first battle of the 203rd Heights of Lushunkou, the Seventh Division was almost completely wiped out and did not take a step back, if we withdraw at this time, the division will certainly be able to maintain the last few people, but all the honors of the predecessors of the Seventh Division will be destroyed in the hands of the two of us."
"Now for us, even if the 28th Wing still has a certain combat effectiveness, but the remaining two wings, almost all of them are exhausted, for the 7th Division, it is undoubtedly collapsed, and now if we go back, we can only become the laughing stock of the Kwantung Army, Your Excellency the Division Commander, I will not forget the ending of His Excellency Komatsubara, the commander of the 23rd Division, after the Battle of Nomenhan."
"And judging from the current situation, even if we want to withdraw to the other side of the Sila Murong River, I am afraid it will be empty joy, although we have suffered heavy casualties in the previous battles, but most of the remaining troops still maintain considerable pressure on the two main points of Balaqirude and Ao Han Yingzi, and the division has not yet finally broken up."
"After the enemy's artillery bombardment stopped, although our troops were forced to retreat, the closest distance between them and the defenders was still not more than three kilometers, if we reorganize the attack, at least stick to the defenders and maintain the closest distance contact, the power of the enemy's aviation to support them will be reduced by at least two-thirds, but once our troops are completely separated from the enemy, then what happened yesterday during the day will be repeated again."
"Yesterday during the day, although our division suffered certain losses in the enemy's air raid, but at that time our division was completely organized and the troops were also fully equipped, in other words, it was able to bear the losses, but now, if yesterday's experience is replicated, I am afraid that our division will be completely destroyed on the way to retreat."
"Especially now that the sky has completely brightened up and the visibility is extremely good, our retreat is bound to suffer from the all-out bombing of the enemy's air force, and the bombing accuracy of the anti-United Nations air force at night is so high that almost all the bombs fall on our heads, and now that it is daytime, its bombing intensity can only be greater, and there will definitely be no reduction."
"Also, the division commander, you forgot one thing, that is, they attacked the 28th Wing last night, but in the end it was the regiment that disappeared on the battlefield, now that the sky is bright, we still haven't been able to find out their traces, if they seize Bayannuoer at this time, it is equivalent to blocking our retreat route, as long as we are delayed by it, then once the enemy troops lurking around swarm, waiting for our division will be even more tragic."
"Even if we don't seize Bayanor, then if when our army retreats, they suddenly kill and drag our army, and their troops in Balachrud attack behind our army at the same time, then we will face the fate of being divided and surrounded, Your Excellency the division commander, if we retreat now, we can only put ourselves in a more dangerous situation, and to put it more clearly, we will send ourselves to death."
"In my opinion, we will either shrink the remaining forces to the area east of Zhangjiayingzi and bite the enemy garrison to the death; although it is inevitable that we will be killed or injured by the enemy's heavy artillery units, we can make the most powerful air force dare not be as unscrupulous as yesterday when bombing the ground, and the pressure on our division and regiment to bear firepower strikes will be much smaller."
"But if we do this, although our division can buy a certain amount of time, unless the Kwantung Army and the army commander can send us at least two wings of reinforcements, it will still be difficult for us to escape the risk of annihilation, because we have no reinforcements, it does not mean that the enemy army is not, huddled in a ball, can only delay time."
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