Chapter 368: Terrible Opponent

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Several important railway bridges were blown up. 【. com text] is simply not something that can be fixed in a short period of time. The day before, the Ducao Tunnel, which is the most important part of the Binsui Railway, known as the choke point, was completely blown up, and this main artery of the Japanese army in the entire northeast Manchurian region was completely cut off.

Several railway wings rushing to repair the railroad rushed to repair the railway, and under the attack of the other side's almost unlimited and unscrupulous methods, they ran around all day long, and suffered heavy losses in personnel and materials. Often, this side has just been repaired, and that side has been blown up. The rails had just arrived, and the sleepers over there had been burned by a fire.

What was even more unacceptable to the railway wing directly under the Kwantung Army, which rushed to repair the railway, was that those attackers not only blew up almost all the railway bridges and tunnels east of the Pearl River on the Binsui Line. The sleepers and rails were burned to the ground, and a large number of mines were placed on the upper part of the roadbed.

Not to mention the heavy casualties of the officers and men of the Railway Wing who rushed to repair the railway, were killed and injured by the mines planted on the roadbed. Because of these odious mines, coupled with the use of cold guns and cold artillery attacks by those hateful thieves from time to time, the railway wing has to dispatch a large number of personnel and troops to clear the mines while rushing to repair the railway, and it is also necessary to send troops to cooperate with the railway garrison to clear the line to ensure the safety of emergency repairs. In this way, the safety has come up, but the progress of the emergency repair project has slowed down greatly.

The interruption of the entire line of the Binsui Railway interrupted the supply of ammunition and materials to all divisions and regiments of the Japanese army at the front, including the 12th Division in the Dongning area. Now all war materials can only be transported by relying on the small number of transport planes and trucks of the Kwantung Army.

Although after the interruption of the Hamasui Railway, General Umezu Mijiro dispatched all the military and civilian trucks of the Kwantung Army and even Manchuria to supply the Japanese troops fighting at the front. However, the Kwantung Army's trucks were limited, and road transportation was not safe, and it was also repeatedly attacked. The materials that can be replenished to the front line have become a downward trend, from the original to how much to replenish, and now can only be described as a drop in the bucket.

The Manchurian military police, who had been beaten several times and had a blue nose and swollen face, had no choice but to ask for help from the Kwantung Army headquarters. It's just that Umezu Mijiro, who has no soldiers in his hand now, forwarded the telegram for help to the troops he now has at hand, and Hamada Shigeichi, who occupies nearly seventy percent of the Kwantung Army, with a large stroke of the pen.

But now that the battle situation on the front line is almost about to erode, Hakata Shigeichi, who only hates the small number of soldiers, where can he mobilize no less than 20,000 troops as required by the telegram? Not to mention 20,000 people, not even a brigade can be drawn. But it is not possible to send troops, and the Binsui Railway is the main artery of all Japanese troops in the entire theater.

Under the circumstance that not a single squadron on the front line could be extracted, the helpless Hatada Shigeichi could only form a detachment with the 14th Wing of the 29th Division remaining in Muling and the last three infantry squadrons of the 11th Division remaining in Mishan.

The 14th Wing was transferred from the 12th Division, and its combat effectiveness was the strongest among the three wings that formed the 29th Division. The dispatch of the 14th Wing should be able to curb the attacks on the railway line by thieves who have no samurai spirit and can only beat the sticks.

After the telegram sent out, Shigeichi Harata sat on the sand in his office in frustration and did not speak for a long time. The rear was constantly attacked, and the front was defeated one after another, making him physically and mentally exhausted. It has only been a few days since the battle began, and the two wings of the 10th Division have been completely wiped out, and the division commander is not known whether he is alive or dead.

The 6th Division collapsed on all fronts, the two wings were all shattered, and less than a squadron escaped. A wing is still barely surviving, although relying on the full support of the air force, it is still barely maintaining. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the time they have been in existence as a formed force can already be said to be counting down.

Judging from the farewell telegram that the commander of the 13th Wing, Fumio Shimatsubo, had just come over, under the full attack of the opponent's superior artillery fire and troops, the time for them to continue to exist in the mountainous area of central Boli could no longer be calculated in days, but only in hours.

"Intelligence, damn intelligence. The people of the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army should all apologize to His Majesty the Emperor. So far, it has not yet been clarified how many troops and equipment the other side has. Could it be that all those artillery pieces that appeared on the battlefield, especially large-caliber ones, fell from the sky? And those that are constantly growing. ”

When Shigeichi Hakata cursed the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army more than 10,000 times in his heart, Hashimoto Ryuichi Shaosa, the leader of the first field intelligence squadron directly under the Fifth Army, walked in directly after shouting a report. He was the only person in the entire Fifth Army who could walk into Shigeichi Hata at any time, except for Chief of Staff Tasaka.

Seeing that Higashihashimoto Ryuichi Shaozuo came in, Hakuda Shigeichi waved his hand and said, "Say, what news is there for the funeral?" Just say it, I'm now completely immune to losses below one wing. I've heard so much bad news that I'm numb now. ”

Hashimoto Ryuichi Shaozo looked at the listless Habata Shigeichi, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, just now the news came from the air force that there is no sign of resistance in the direction of the 13th Wing. The Thirteenth Wing did not come out of the way, nor did it hold out until reinforcements arrived. In other words, the Sixth Division, as a formed division of the Imperial Army, has now been completely wiped out. ”

Hashimoto Ryuichi Shaoza, who originally thought that Hakata Shigeichi would be thundered for the loss of an entire division, was stunned, but there was no trace of waves on the calm face of His Excellency the Lieutenant General in front of him. It was as if the lost Sixth Division was not a unit of the Imperial Army.

Seeing the stunned expression on Hashimoto Ryu's face, Shigeichi Hakuda stood up and walked to the window, looked at the main road of the Mudanjiang River outside the window, and was silent for a long time before saying: "We have been passive from the beginning of this battle, and even the 29th Division as a reserve has been invested until now, but it still has not been able to change the passive situation. ”

"Judging from the current situation, strategically we have completely lost. As soon as they ended the so-called autumn campaign last year, they were calculating us. Hide troops and equipment, and deliberately show weakness to us. In terms of intelligence, we have not yet been able to find out how many troops and equipment they have. ”

"We don't know anything about the thousands of artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 millimeters, and the number of troops that have accumulated at least 100,000 in the front and back. By the time we learned about it, we were already on the battlefield. Hashimoto-kun, you are a soldier and one of the best graduates of the Imperial 6th Army Non-commissioned Officer School. What kind of situation will these tens of thousands of people appear on the battlefield out of thin air? ”

"We are accustomed to dealing with these people with the old mindset. In the face of this cunning and tenacious anti-Manchurian force, we still look at it more with the old eyes of the Chinese government army and the so-called anti-Japanese alliance. There is a saying in China called taking one step and looking at three steps, and the empire can go from being so poor and weak back then to today, relying on a long-term vision. ”

"The empire has always been far-sighted, but this time it has made a big mistake. We have always been known for our meticulous intelligence work, but you have seen the results this time. I always had a feeling in my heart that there must be someone among them who knew us well. Their plan for every step is extremely targeted. ”

"Their tactics of deception are not only clear to the intelligence of the Kwantung Army, but also to their own people. The Eighth Division captured one of their so-called battalion instructors during the battle, and you can see the results of the interrogation. He didn't even know how many troops they belonged to, except for his own direct troops. ”

"This is a terrible person. He saw us every step clearly, and the technical and tactical characteristics of the imperial army could almost be said to be the palm of his hand. We were under a microscope in his eyes, too thoroughly seen. They come not only strategically, but completely against our weaknesses. Even in terms of tactics and weaponry, they came specifically for us.

"Tactically, strategically we were almost completely on the back foot, and they studied us very thoroughly. And we don't know anything about them other than what they look like on the surface. Until now, nothing is known. Where did their equipment come from, and where did so many supplies of weapons and ammunition come from? They don't know how much equipment their arsenal produces in a year, and how we can change the passive situation. From this point on, we lost completely, and the loss was quite clean, and we didn't even have a chance to turn the page. ”

When Hashimoto Ryuichi heard Hakata Shigeichi's words, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, I am here for this matter. This time, they were able to expand so many troops at once, and there was no shortage of weapons, not because the output of their military factories could already meet their needs, but because there were channels for foreign aid. ”

With that, Hashimoto Ryuichi Shaoza walked outside the door and waved his hand, and the two soldiers behind him put a few things on Shigeichi Hata's desk.

Ha Tian looked at the weapons in front of him and frowned, "What's the matter with these things?" Is there anything special? These are all German-style rifles that the government army has been using as standard equipment, and is there still our standard Type 38 rifle? What's so strange about that? ”

As soon as the words fell, Habata Shigeichi's eyes suddenly fell on a thick tube with a large caliber, but it was straight up and down and bottomless, and he didn't see anything famous after picking it up and looking at it carefully for a long time. He pointed to the ordinary-looking tube and said, "What the hell is this, artillery?" It was the first time I had seen such a cannon that was transparent on both sides, without even a base. ”

"The caliber of this kind of artillery is not small, this does not even have a basic gun mount, how to use it? Is it to shoot the birds in the sky? It was the first time I had seen such a strange weapon in all my years in the 6th Army. Was this also seized from them? ”

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