War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 703 Black Skeleton!

"Report, the camp is lost!"

Tuanchengkou military camp.

Seishirō Itagaki was thinking about the oil in northern Shaanxi. Before he could make a decision, his subordinates had already reported back shocking news.

"Is it Yan?"

He did not even think about the 18th Group Army. According to the report from the Special High Technology Bureau, Xu Chaoyang was currently continuing to develop Xin County, and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's prevention of Henan disaster victims from entering Taiyuan seemed to have caused a lot of trouble for Xin County. If it were not for the bumper harvest in Xin County, it might not have lasted even a day. How could he get the energy to fight himself?

In 1938, the Japanese did not know how powerful Yan'an was, let alone how they had established a solid base among the people. They certainly would not believe that the person who attacked Dayinger was Xu Chaoyang. Instead, Itagaki Seishirō thought that it should be his disciple Yan Laoxizi who passed through Xin County and sent troops to Dayinger to recover Shanxi. After all, Yan Laoxizi had a strong enough foundation in Shanxi.

"no!"

The soldier quickly replied: "It was the 18th Group Army of Xin County. They were the only ones who had the tanks we took from us and deployed these mechanized troops to the battlefield."

"Where are our troops?"

Itagaki Seishirō asked with his eyes wide open.

The soldier lowered his head: "We are defeated."

As if he still had his pride in his heart, he raised his head again: "But they were not annihilated."

"Annihilate?" When Itagaki Seishirō heard these two words, it was like a knife stabbing him in the heart. The annihilation of the 217th Brigade by the st Brigade was his eternal pain!

Snapped!
Itagaki Seishirō stood up and slapped the Japanese soldier in the face, and the Japanese soldier immediately stood at attention and said, "Hey!"

"report!"

Another soldier rushed in quickly and reported loudly to Itagaki Seishirō, "The commander of the 9th Brigade, Kunisaki Noboru, sent someone to report that the defense areas of his 11th Infantry Regiment and 41st Infantry Regiment were attacked at the same time..."

"at the same time?"

Itagaki Seishirō seemed to hear something unbelievable again!

In the official history, what was the combat effectiveness of Kunisaki Noboru's 9th Brigade?

According to the records in the book "History of Army Operations in the Chinese Incident", the detailed battle report of Kunisaki Noboru's 4th Brigade's attack on Linyi stated (Japanese Invaders' 16th Battle Detailed Report), from April 4 to April 20, the 89st Regiment of the 361th Brigade of the th Division of the Japanese invaders had a total of deaths and injuries, and captured Linyi.

4月22日至4月25日，亡8人、伤29人；
4月26日至5月15日，亡199人、伤533人。

In total, the 2517st Regiment of Kunisaki Nobu had a total of 296 people, with 943 deaths and injuries!
The force that confronted them was the 46th Army of the Guangxi Clique. Only the 59th Division of the 180th Army participated in the battle. This was the true combat effectiveness of the Fifth Division. It was also the unit in the official history that suffered five or six thousand casualties and caused nearly casualties to the Fifth Army.

And this unit has now become a standard animal-powered division of the Draught Horse Division...

Yes, Xu Chaoyang is currently fighting against the Fifth Division.

As for what the Horse Driving Division means...

Before the July 17 Incident, the Japanese had 16 standing divisions, namely 17 regular divisions and one guards division. These regular divisions were also called special divisions.

After the July 173 Incident, the Japanese formed a total of 156 divisions in World War II. This total force was composed of 17 newly established divisions and 173 regular divisions. Among these 61 divisions, were successively sent to fight in our country.

Among its 17 standing divisions, there are not only four-regiment draft horse divisions, but also pack horse divisions. The difference between the draft horse divisions and the pack horse divisions is the artillery regiment. The draft horse divisions will be equipped with heavy howitzers, which are the artillery shells used to plow the fields in Tuanchengkou; the pack horse divisions are only equipped with mountain artillery, which are the Japanese that Xu Chaoyang encountered in the mountains of Northeast China.

But before the loss of the 21st Brigade, the th Division was not an animal-powered division. It had the th Logistics Regiment...

However, didn't that mean Xu Chaoyang had to fight a fierce battle at Tuanchengkou and risk nearly a thousand lives to win the game? In addition, due to the withdrawal from the Wuhan Battle, the Fifth Division can only serve as an animal-powered division.

At this point, the Fifth Division was unable to recover!
When they were unable to participate in the Shandong campaign, Terauchi Juichi hated Itagaki Seishirō. He felt that it was Itagaki who destroyed the powerful Fifth Division, and thus refused to provide more resources for Itagaki. His reason was very good. At that time, all the Japanese troops were preparing to attack Xuzhou, and your Fifth Division would not participate in the war, so what resources would you need?
Under such circumstances, Xu Chaoyang turned the Fifth Division into a livestock division in this time and space. In addition, Xu Chaoyang learned the calculation skills from the 115th Division. Before the troops were dispatched, Yang Jingyu was forced to use an abacus every day. He counted on his fingers how much combat power the Fifth Division had left. After he figured it out, he dared to march out of Xinkou. According to Xu Chaoyang's calculations, the Fifth Division now only had two infantry regiments, the th Regiment and the st Regiment of the Ninth Brigade. The Fifth Field Artillery Regiment also lost a battalion in Tuanchengkou. Otherwise, the fifth platoon leader who followed him back to Shanxi from SH should still be alive.

Under his command, there is also a 5th Cavalry Regiment, a 5th Engineer Regiment, a division communications team, a division health team, a logistics team, and a field hospital...

Xu Chaoyang knew more about each of the Japanese troops than he knew how much money he had in his pocket. He could calculate their combat strength in great detail... How could he possibly send troops out of Xinkou on a whim? This was not a game.

In such a comparison of military strength, Xu Chaoyang has 217 troops with men, while the Sichuan Army has !
As the battle in Wuhan was at a stalemate, the Japanese had no time to rescue the Fifth Division, and four mixed brigades in Chahar were destroyed, let alone Xu Chaoyang, even if anyone else was put in this position, he would have to fight the Fifth Division.

……

"report!"

Xin County.

Under the dim light, the battle report from the frontline troops came again: "The 47st Cavalry Battalion has received the 47th Army and sent our New 104st Regiment across the Tuanchengkou defense line. Now, the 178th Division of the th Army has penetrated the Tuanchengkou defense line, and the th Division is waiting for the st Cavalry Battalion to withdraw before attacking the other side of the Tuanchengkou defense line."

Xu Chaoyang's brain was swelling in this small headquarters. Here, he had to pay attention to the changes in the entire battlefield and keep an eye on the movements of the Japanese invaders. At the same time, the war had developed to the most critical moment. At this time, Itagaki Seishirō must have known that they had attacked the Fifth Division. In other words, the real battle officially began from now on.

He has to deal with it. How can it be as satisfying as pulling the trigger while smelling the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield?
But at this time Xu Chaoyang was no longer the company commander. If he pulled the trigger, what would the 217s do?
"What's the situation of the First Cavalry Battalion?" Xu Chaoyang could only calm his mind.

"One armored vehicle was destroyed, and the rest of the tanks and armored vehicles only had some battle marks on them, but no major problems occurred;"

"The First Cavalry Battalion headed towards Tuanchengkou after the main camp had refueled... so there is no need to worry about fuel consumption."

After the soldier finished reporting the news, You Kui'er took out the battle report sent back by the First Cavalry Battalion an hour ago and said, "So far, the First Cavalry Battalion has only rested for half a night after two days and one night of fighting. Otherwise..."

"no!"

Xu Chaoyang said these two words with absolute certainty!

"The morale of the Sichuan Army is high right now. This is their first victory against the Japanese invaders after leaving Sichuan. We must not lose heart halfway!"

He pondered for a long time...

"Give me the order!"

"Let the cavalry battalion... hold on a little longer. On the day Desheng returns, I, Xu Chaoyang, will march thirty miles from Xinkou to welcome them and celebrate their triumphant return!"

He really didn't have any weapon to cheer up the soldiers, so he could only risk it himself.

"Count me in."

"And I."

"You can't leave me out!"

Another person arrived outside the headquarters.

Xu Chaoyang hurried out to greet him.

"I'm not late, it's you, Xu Chaoyang, who fights too fast. Once the fighting started here, we couldn't find enough manpower to send people down to take over the county, and we just finished now..."

……

At the same moment, Itagaki Seishirō recalled Kunisaki Noboru from the front line, and took Kunisaki Noboru to the heavily guarded area of ​​the military camp to open one of the many ammunition boxes in the room.

Each shell in the ammunition box has a white mark with a black skull printed on it!

(End of this chapter)