Chapter 402: Decision
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Speaking of this, Yang Zhen pointed to the map and pondered for a while before saying, "Let them focus their reconnaissance on the triangle east of the Baishi River, south of Tuanshanzi, and north of Dongquan. γ. If I'm not mistaken, this forty-third wing should be on standby on this line. β
After giving all the orders, Yang Zhen hesitated, and still asked the staff officer to give Guo Bingxun all his deployment and the battle situation in Baoqing, wanting to ask Guo Bingxun's opinion. Yang Zhen, who has always been decisive in killing, is a little hesitant about this general attack of the whole army.
Guo Bingxun's call back was quick and concise. When the telegram went out, Guo Bingxun, who did not call back in an hour, only had eight words on the telegram: "When the interruption continues, there will be troubles in the future." Looking at Guo Bingxun's concise telegram, Yang Zhen smiled slightly: "In the end, it is still the old brother who has fought together, understand yourself." Eight words illustrate a qiΔ. β
Putting down the telegram in his hand, Yang Zhen turned his head and pushed open the window of the headquarters and listened to the deafening gunfire around the county seat. After a long time, he turned his head and said to the combat staff officer beside him: "Send a telegram to all troops, ordering them to be resolute and resolute in attacking, and no matter what difficulties they encounter, they must not hesitate to think of the predetermined target and rush fiercely." β
"It is imperative to complete the encirclement of the 11th Division in the shortest possible time, and to completely wipe out the 11th Division of the Japanese Army in the shortest possible time. Sue sΓΉ Sun San, no matter what the price is, you must give me to arrive at the designated area on time. Guarantee the combat operations of the main forces. β
Although Yang Zhen was somewhat hesitant before giving the general attack order, he was either not lightly determined, but once he made up his mind, he would go all out and never look back. And judging from the follow-up of the battle situation, his general attack order was also quite timely. Even if it was one day at night, the 11th Division would have really slipped away under his nose.
Ushijima was not killed, and he was lucky to escape. When An Zaijiang was attacking the front line of Qingyuan, this guy also conducted morning exercises in a small depression outside Qingyuan according to the habit of his squadron leader. Of course, he has always been proud of his kendo, and the so-called morning exercise is to practice kendo and slashing for half an hour.
This is a habit that he has not been able to shake for many years. Whether it is on the battlefield or in the station, it is necessary to practice kendo for at least half an hour every day, and it has not changed for many years. But this guy never expected that it was his habit that he had cultivated for many years to save his life today.
Although the depression where he was exercising in the morning was just outside Qingyuan Village, and he had also been hit by a bomb, fortunately the bomb that landed on the edge of the depression was an ordinary 50-kilogram high-explosive bomb, not a napalm with more lethal power. This allowed him to get away with it.
But this guy saved his life, but he didn't get any better. He reacted quickly, and when the first bomb exploded, he flew to the ground and did not suffer serious damage, but a piece of shrapnel the size of two palms was inserted into his buttocks.
Although I have been in good health because of diligent exercise, I have been pampered for many years. Although the reaction is still agile, the body is a little sluggish. The most important thing is that the ability to resist blows is also much less than when it was younger. Such a large piece of shrapnel was inserted into his buttocks, and coupled with the impact of the shock wave of the bomb explosion, Lieutenant General Ushijima fainted at that time.
Several guards beside him saw that His Excellency the division commander was seriously injured at a key position, and Qingyuan was blown into a sea of fire again, knowing that he would definitely not be able to go back. And all the military doctors and sanitary equipment of the division and regiment headquarters are in Qingyuan, and I am afraid that they will also be reduced to ashes in this fire.
Qingyuan, who has now become a sea of fire, not to mention performing surgery on the division commander to take shrapnel, just wants to find a first-aid kit to bandage it. Seeing that His Excellency the division commander was not lightly injured, several guards did not dare to delay, and they did not care about hygiene or hygiene, and after simply bandaging the noble buttocks of the division commander with leggings, they carried Lieutenant General Ushijima all the way south to the direction of the 44th Wing on the periphery of Baoqing.
Fortunately, Qingyuan is only 20 kilometers away from Baoqing County. At Guoyongle, another carriage of the divisional baggage wing was intercepted to replenish ammunition for the 44th Wing and escaped. The journey was also smooth, and at this moment, it had been transferred to the headquarters of the 44th Wing in Beiguan.
In the Beiguan headquarters, the commander of the 44th Wing, Asakawa Tiji, who was commanding the troops to attack the city of Baoqing County in Dongguan, was startled when he saw that the division commander was actually carried back, and hurriedly gave up his command headquarters and mobilized military doctors to rescue him as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, although Mitsuru Ushijima was injured, there were no major blood vessels on his butt after all. Although the shrapnel inserted into the buttocks was larger, the actual injury was not serious, and it was not used until the evening to wake up.
It's just that this guy came to his senses and learned that the 44th Wing hadn't taken Baoqing County yet, so he immediately angrily called Asakawa Dazuo over and reprimanded him severely: "Asakawa Jun, it's been a day and a night, why haven't you been able to take Baoqing County until now?" You are so slow to move, so that the next combat arrangements of the division and regiment cannot be carried out for a long time, you are really embarrassed to the imperial army......"
Looking at Ushijima Man, who was lying on the marching bed but still with an angry face, Asakawa Daiji didn't dare to argue, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Excellency the division commander, you are despicable and incompetent, and you have not been able to occupy Baoqing County within the specified time according to the division plan, please punish Your Excellency the division commander."
"But Your Excellency, Division Commander, the resistance of those anti-Manchu armed forces is unusually fierce. His spirit of death is extremely vigorous, no worse than the emperor's ** people. Although the 44th Wing concentrated all its forces to attack the perimeter of Baoqing with all its might, it made slow progress under the stubborn defense of the opponent. β
"In the entire periphery of Baoqing, every position has to be fought over several times before the final ownership can be determined. The tenacity of the will of these anti-Manchurian armed forces to resist is rare for me in the army for many years. Although they were absolutely inferior in terms of strength and firepower, they still desperately resisted despite the sacrifice. β
"And it's tactically clever and flexible, which is very different from our previous opponents. He was incompetent, and even at the cost of nearly one-third of the casualties of the 44th Wing, he failed to break through the county seat of Baoqing, and asked the division commander to punish him. β
"However, Your Excellency the division commander, although our wing has not been able to completely capture its outlying positions and occupy the county seat of Baoqing, in addition to the brave fighting of the officers and men of our imperial army, it has also inflicted heavy casualties on the defenders. According to my estimate of the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us at a ratio of 1:5, at most half of the defenders inside and outside Baoqing County are still fighting at most. β
"Let's see if you let the 43rd Wing go south in advance and take over the offensive of my Wing in Jiaxinzi. In order to concentrate our forces, while the enemy army is already in the weakest situation, take Dongguan as quickly as possible, and completely destroy all the defenses on the periphery of Baoqing. And do all of it to occupy Baoqing to ensure the safety of the rear road of the division to the north. β
Ushijima closed his eyes and pondered for a while at Asakawa Asakawa's request, and instead of answering him immediately, he asked rhetorically, "How is the situation on the side of the Twelfth Wing?" At this time, they should have won the first line of Jinshagang and broken through the Qixing River, right? I still know Duobaojun's courage and determination. β
Ushijima's question made Asakawa Teiji hesitate somewhat. He didn't know whether he should report the true situation on the Jinshagang front line to His Excellency the division commander. Because he didn't know what choice His Excellency would make if His Excellency the division commander learned the true situation on the Jinshagang frontline.
Ushijima was full of people who were able to climb to the position of division commander, and even a few years later on the island of Okinawa with absolutely inferior troops and firepower, inflicting an almost one-to-one casualty ratio on the firepower of the American army. If it weren't for the disparity in troops, and because they were trapped on an isolated island, they would not get any support. The outcome of the Battle of Okinawa is not always the same.
In the First Battle of Okinawa, he was evaluated as the best Japanese general of the Japanese army by the U.S. Army, the main enemy he would face in the future, and it was so easy to fool. When he mentioned the battle situation of the Twelfth Wing from Asakawa Ladder and Daidaichi, he immediately felt that something must be wrong with the Twelfth Wing.
Ushijima, who noticed the abnormality, struggled and raised his head to look at Asakawa Daisa and said, "Asakawa-kun, you tell me the truth, is there something going on in the Twelfth Wing?" Was it the anti-Manchurian forces on the front line of Jinshagang who launched a counterattack on all fronts, or was Duobaotian defeated? Asakawa-kun, I want you to be honest with me. β
As soon as Ushijima said this, he knew that Asakawa Osa, who could no longer hide it, could only tell the truth: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Tahoda Osa, as the emperor, was loyal to the emperor in the air raid on the front line of Jinshagang by the anti-Manchurian forces in the early morning of this morning, that is, five minutes before the division headquarters and the baggage wing of Qingyuan were attacked. β
"As for the Twelfth Wing, in addition to casualties in battle, it lost a third of its strength in the vile air raids of the enemy. Together with the number of troops lost in the battle, and together with a part of the 43rd Wing, the 12th Wing has now lost two-thirds of its strength and has lost its combat effectiveness. After the death of Tabota Daisa, the remaining troops had retreated to the defense zone of our wing. β
"The other side threw a powerful new type of incendiary bomb during the air strike. This kind of incendiary bomb is not only several times more powerful than the standard incendiary bomb used by the aviation of the 6th Army of the Reich, but once ignited by it, it cannot be extinguished at all, not to mention, it can also create a large area of oxygen. β
"So that even if the people who are not affected and are lucky enough to escape, as long as they are within the killing range of this bomb, they will suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen. In the face of this new type of incendiary bombs, even the strongest anti-aircraft fortifications will not work. It was this new type of incendiary bomb that brought heavy casualties to the imperial army. β
"In addition to the heavy casualties of the 12th Wing, all the personnel of the division headquarters and the chief of staff of the division, His Excellency Masashi Dazuo, also died heroically and were loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. And all the baggage of the division and regiment reserves in the Qingyuan area, together with the division and regimental headquarters, were also destroyed in the enemy's air raids. β
"Your Excellency the division commander, after all the baggage stored in Qingyuan by the division and regiment has been destroyed, all units of our army can only rely on the ammunition and materials they carry to fight. Judging from the current consumption of ammunition, especially artillery shells, if we do not take Baoqing at all, according to the current reserves of the division, we can still maintain the needs of the battle for two days at most. Otherwise, we will have to retreat because we are running out of supplies. β
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