Genbo, who also didn't believe in Watian Takashi and the report, when he stepped on this road, which had caused his 89th Wing to lose almost a third of his troops, found that at least according to the layout of the fortifications, the defenders who had just confronted the 89th Wing did indeed have at least 10,000 men.

Although the area had been blown up beyond recognition by the Japanese artillery fire and intensive air raids, as a recognized tactical expert in the Japanese army, Nemoto Hiroshi still estimated at a glance from the remaining fortifications that there were at least more than 10,000 people here. Moreover, the large number of six-five-millimeter and seven-seven-millimeter machine gun bullet casings on the ground also told him that the firepower of the defenders here was quite powerful.

When receiving the return of Lieutenant General Gen Bo from Jiangnan, the 89th Wing suffered heavy losses, but it did suffer from the main force of the opponent. It can be seen from the fortifications left by the opponent and the huge number of bullet casings that there are at least more than 10,000 anti-Manchurian telegrams here, and General Umezu Mijiro can't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

He was most worried not that this cunning anti-Manchu army would fight to the death with him, but that he would return to the mountains and forests when his troops were pressing.

In the opinion of General Umezu Yoshijiro, if they were to be re-infiltrated into the Khing'an Mountains, which were thousands of kilometers long, densely vegetated, and connected to other mountains, it would probably not be possible to find them by simply gathering two divisions.

In the autumn and winter of last year, the Kwantung Army only encircled and suppressed more than 1,000 anti-Japanese elements in the Xiajiang area, and also mobilized more than 40,000 Japanese troops and the Manchukuo Army.

But even so, a large part of them slipped away. Now these anti-Japanese forces are not able to do their own to fight a regular positional war face to face with themselves, but it is exactly what Umezu Mijiro cannot ask for.

After receiving a telegram that Hiroshi Nemoto was facing the main force of the opponent, Umezu Mijiro did not hesitate to order all the troops still stranded in Jiangnan to cross the river immediately. He also ordered Lieutenant General Gen Bo to immediately lead the remaining troops of the 89th Wing to stick to it, and absolutely not let these anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese forces slip under his nose.

In fact, the troops of the 24th Division left in Jiangnan at this time were removed from the 32nd Wing, which had suffered heavy losses in the previous shelling and almost lost more than a whole brigade, and in fact only the 22nd Wing, which crossed the river east of Jiamusi, was still relatively complete.

Under the circumstance that the 32nd Wing suffered heavy losses and the remaining strength was somewhat insufficient, General Umezu Mijiro immediately transported a 1/2 infantry brigade of the 22nd Wing, which had not yet crossed the river, to the ferry where he was now by car as quickly as possible to form a detachment with the 32nd Wing, under the command of the 32nd Wing Commander Yoshihei Noji.

With all the temporary field detachments crossing the river, because Senior General Umezu Yoshijiro had been on the front line to command, and often did not inform him, the division commander, of the transfer of troops, and became a marionette in the hands of General Umezu Lieutenant General Nehiro Nemoto, who could only give orders, he obtained the final command of his own troops.

After crossing the river in the field detachment, Umezu Mijiro could not be absent from his position for a long time in Lieutenant General Iimura Tsui Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army. As the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, he personally went to see these things that should have been done by the commander of the division, and under the persuasion of people who were easy to see as jokes, he finally handed over the command to Kenji Dohihara, the commander of the Fifth Army, who he had left in Jiamusi and became the minister of baggage.

After returning to Jiamusi by car, he returned to the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army in the afternoon of the same day on his luxurious special plane of the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, which was converted from a Type 97 transport plane. The reason why Admiral Umezu agreed to return to Shinkyo was not because of Iimura's persuasion, but because he thought that he had already captured the main force of his opponent, and there was no need for him to stay here anymore.

If several division commanders and a lieutenant general commander could not complete the predetermined battle plan and wipe out this bandit under the command of two divisions and regiments with the cooperation of a large number of Manchukuo troops, then the army, which the Japanese Empire had always been proud of, should resign and apologize to the emperor.

The return of Senior General Umezu Mijiro relieved both Kenji Dohihara and Lieutenant General Shiro Kuwabara on the Western Front, Lieutenant General Momoto Hiroshi on the Central Front, and Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada on the Eastern Front. After all, the commander-in-chief often directly commanded the wings below without going through his own division commanders. Several division commanders became the commanders of the Air Force.

And they have become a high-level herald, not to mention, they are often forced to run to the front line, and they even have to work part-time as senior supervisors. After the commander-in-chief left, several division commanders who had regained command were relieved.

Compared with Lieutenant General Kuwabara Shiro, who was reluctant to carry out the offensive after the attack was launched from the Western Front, because his wife and children were in the hands of others, and there were some rat traps, Lieutenant General Nemoto Shiro, who regained command, concentrated the forces of the two brigades as soon as he came up. and ordered the 22nd Wing, which was on his right flank, to speed up the attack.

It's just that Wang Guangyu, who has already led the team to withdraw to the second line of defense, will let Genbo, who has just taken office and wants to show his strength, get his wish? This result was already clearly expressed in the next battle. You want to accomplish the predetermined battle plan objectives, and that might be fine. But if you want to complete the battle plan lightly, then you don't even think about it.

When Wang Guangyu, who didn't want to be satisfied with Genbo at all, retreated, between the first line of defense and the second line of defense, which were separated by several miles, he left Genbo with a mobile firepower point composed of mines, machine guns and mortars, and of course, a lineup of snipers trained by Yang Zhen himself, which can be called a luxurious welcome feast.

Apparently unaware that the opponent had prepared a lavish feast to entertain him, Lieutenant General Hiroshi Nemoto, who had taken over the actual command for the first time since he became the commander of the division, seemed to be full of pride and ambition, and only after turning over the ridge that brought painful memories to the 89th Wing did he find that his troops had stepped into an almost endless minefield.

These mines are planted almost everywhere. There are mines on the roads, in the green gauze tents on both sides of the road, and even in the drainage ditches on both sides of the road. The way of arrangement is also varied, which makes it difficult to guard against. There are tripping mines, pressure mines, pull mines, and even a mine designed with only one bullet.

This kind of improvised landmine, although it is not lethal when stepped on, because it is less lethal, or it is blown off like other mines, but it is the most painful. Compared to being blown off one foot, being pierced by a 6.5 mm bullet on the surface of the foot, and the entire foot bone being completely torn by the bullet did not feel much better.

The marching speed of the 89th Wing, which stepped into the minefield array with one foot, and the field detachment that followed up suddenly plummeted from the previous Kanto Han's triumphant to the old lady with small feet. Not only is it helpless against the seemingly endless and unguardable mine arrays, but it is also necessary to guard against the cold guns and cannons that come from time to time around us. The torture can be said to be painful.

Every explosion, even if it was the same as the gunfire of the Type 38 rifle in his hand, meant that at least one comrade had lost his combat effectiveness. And when a slightly more violent explosion sounds, it means that at least one of their comrades has become crippled for life or thrown directly into the arms of Amaterasu.

The troops in front were tortured and almost collapsed. Standing at the bottom of the soil ridge, a temporary improvised fortification that took three or four lives of the 89th Wing to build had been personally supervising the battle, and Lieutenant General Momotohiro, who had never thought about carrying the sappers before, was dumbfounded when facing the situation in front of him.

Looking at the officers and soldiers who were blown away one by one, or whose hands and feet were blown off, because no one dared to risk the same fate to carry them back, but could only be left there to die of pain, Nebo Bo's eyes almost popped out. His face turned even redder.

The only remaining third brigade of the 89th Wing that still had combat effectiveness was already dead and wounded before it could go out of a kilometer. If a soldier falls, four people will have to carry it, and ten will have forty people, and this can still be saved. If this form continues, how many combat soldiers will be left when they set foot on their final destination? Have they all been changed to stretcher teams?

It's just that before Genbo's anger can be released, something even more stunned in front of him appears in front of his eyes. The remaining soldiers of the 89th Wing, who had been frightened by the bombing, could not restrain the chill in their hearts, and despite the fact that the division commander and the wing commander were behind them to supervise the formation, after marching to a kilometer point, they refused to take a single step forward despite the urging of the officers.

Dedication to the emperor was due, and these fanatical young Japanese soldiers, who were indoctrinated with the so-called bushido spirit all day long, were not afraid of death. Being able to die in battle for His Majesty the Emperor and establish meritorious services for His Majesty the Emperor to expand the territory is considered by these Japanese soldiers to be deserved, and it is even more glorious. But that doesn't mean they can afford to die of pain after having their hands and feet blown off by landmines.

The painful moans of the wounded who were injured but could not be rescued before they were killed or bled to death were unacceptable to the Japanese soldiers, who had always been known for their tenacity.

The previous painful lesson taught these Japanese soldiers that the best thing to do after their companion stepped on a mine was to leave him alone. Otherwise, in order to rescue this person, there may not be a few more people involved.

After the first Japanese soldier to win the lottery appeared, several of his comrades tried to rescue the comrade who had one of his feet blown off. As a result, I didn't expect that I didn't rescue these comrades, not to mention that I was also hitched in. Three people were killed and seriously injured by a series of lightning explosions buried next to the winning comrade-in-arms.

A squadron leader who claimed to have studied engineering looked at his miserable subordinates and was worried that their moans would affect their morale, so he volunteered to clear the mines. As a result, only within a distance of ten meters around those fellows, seven linked mines were cleared.

Just when the squadron leader thought he was done, he didn't expect that a strange-looking grenade attached to the back of the seventh mine would kill him that almost all Japanese soldiers had never seen.

This strange grenade, which suddenly exploded and was extremely powerful, not only carried him up to the western sky, but also implicated the three Japanese soldiers who volunteered to serve as assistants behind him, as well as the three unlucky ones.

After another similar incident with even greater casualties, the commander of the 3rd Brigade and the commander of the 3rd Brigade had to order that no one should rescue the wounded injured by the mines, except when they could be sure that there were no mines. The third brigade could not afford to sell one, or even take two or three of them.

Even so, the various mines laid by the opponent on the road less than a kilometer also cost the Third Brigade the price of an entire squadron being blown up and disabled. In the face of the dead and wounded comrades, the remaining Japanese troops completely lost the courage to attack, and no matter how intimidated they were, they refused to move forward.

If it weren't for the fact that they didn't want to repeat what happened before, and I don't know if there were any mines behind them that had not been stepped on by their comrades and had not exploded, these guys would have turned back a long time ago. The threat of the saber in the hands of His Excellency the Division Commander and the Wing Commander is nothing compared to the endless mines that bring them psychological panic more than physical ones.

Moreover, for those ordinary soldiers, the object of the waving of the saber in the hands of the division commander will not be himself. It can only be those officers who lead the team. If they hadn't been killed by mines, the division commander would have come to them for anger. It's not going to be a soldier like yourself who is unlucky.

In fact, Hiroshi Nemoto should be mentally prepared for the current situation. Because when building that improvised headquarters for him, he should have been reminded of the few lives he had paid. It's just that Lieutenant General Nebo, who was complacent at the beginning, may have noticed it, but he didn't go to the psychology, maybe he didn't care at all.

When the fortification was first built, a Japanese soldier who was working on the construction was just squatting down after filling the sack with soil to make the bunker compact, but half of his upper body was blown off by a mine that had been mixed in at an unknown time.

Another soldier digging in the earth had a shovel in his hand that directly hit a chain of mines. He and his comrades-in-arms were sent directly into the sky by four or five mines that exploded at the same time. This scene happened right under the nose of Root Bo, but he didn't take it to heart.

And now Genbo is more angry in the face of the 89th Wing, which has voluntarily stopped the offensive. And Takashi Wada, who are the captains of the 89th Wing, and Osa directly become his best punching bags. Although they were also frightened by the tragic situation of their subordinates, Wada Takashi and Osa had to take cover under the threat of the bright saber wielded in the hands of Lieutenant General Nemoto, and rushed to the side of the subordinates who had stopped under the escort of dozens of guards.

It's just that what Wada Takashi didn't expect was that he thought he had brought a full squad of guards, and he was walking on the road that had been trampled out by his subordinates, and there was no other threat except for the occasional mortar shells.

It's just that he didn't expect that the moment he stepped out of that bunker. At a distance of no more than four hundred meters in a straight line, on the edge of a small ditch that his men thought was more dangerous because it was riddled with more mines than the road, in a thick grass, a Mosin Nagant rifle equipped with a quadruple scope had already firmly put his head in the scope.

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