Quartermasters can also fight the devils

As soon as Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke concentrated the attacking forces, the front-line troops of the New 100th Division responsible for the defense of Hongcheng city soon felt the pressure doubled, and the defense lines were constantly broken through and occupied by the Japanese attacking forces.

"Commander, the 9th Division wants to attack quickly and split our troops in the city so that they cannot communicate with each other. But if they do this, the gaps between the Japanese attacking forces will be very large. Moreover, I estimate that their garrison forces in the occupied areas are insufficient. We can send out the special forces battalion to conduct harassment operations." Ouyang Heng said to Zhang Wenwu beside him while looking at the current situation map in Hongcheng City.

Zhang Wenwu also nodded. The casualties of the front-line troops were gradually increasing. The Japanese army's combat plan was to end the battle quickly and not waste time with them in the city.

How can that be possible? Is this a place where you, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, can do whatever you want? You want to give me a quick victory? You are dreaming.

Zhang Wenwu shouted to the outside of the door: "Li Zhengying, come in."

Since the Ninth Division launched the attack, Li Zhengying has been staying in the division headquarters every day. He is thinking about when he can take people out through the tunnel and destroy the Ninth Division headquarters. What if he kills Yoshizumi Ryosuke of the Ninth Division? Then his descendants will worship him to death.

"Division Commander, Chief of Staff, Special Service Battalion Commander Li Zhengying has been ordered to come and receive the mission." After hearing Zhang Wenwu's shout, Li Zhengying quickly ran into the combat hall, stood at attention and saluted. He was so happy because it was finally his turn to take action.

Zhang Wenwu nodded to Li Zhengying, and then said: "Captain Li, now we need the special forces battalion to send three companies of officers and soldiers to go deep into the urban areas occupied by the Japanese army to carry out harassment operations. You go and select the troops. The chief of staff will explain the specific combat missions and activity routes to you. I have only one request, that we cannot let the Japanese army get comfortable in the occupied urban areas. Do you understand?"

Li Zhengying immediately said loudly: "Please rest assured, division commander and chief of staff, the special forces battalion will definitely complete this mission and will never let the Japanese army get away with it."

He felt a little regretful when he heard Zhang Wenwu ask him to send only three companies of officers and soldiers to carry out harassment operations in the Japanese-occupied areas. He was obsessed with the headquarters of the 9th Division and could not let it go.

That night, the officers and soldiers of the three companies of the special forces battalion, who had been prepared in advance, sneaked into the rear of the Japanese army through various gaps in the Japanese defense line. Most of these infiltrating troops were new recruits from local gangs in Hongcheng. Every street and house in Hongcheng was so familiar to them that they might even pass by the house where they had lived before to take a look.

Thirty minutes after these officers and soldiers entered the urban area occupied by the Japanese army, gunshots and explosions continued to be heard from behind the Japanese defense line, which made the Japanese troops on the front line nervous.

On the other hand, after two days of preparation, all the troops of the 106th Division had been secretly gathered in the designated assembly area west of De'an, and the frontal offensive mission had been successfully taken over by the troops sent by the th Brigade of the th Division.

In order to conceal the infiltration operation, the staff of the 106th Army Headquarters took great pains to schedule the operation at night, so that the concealment work could be done better and the Chinese army would not be able to discover the five infiltration forces of the th Division.

At 106 o'clock that evening, Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, commander of the th Division, personally ordered all troops to begin action according to the previously formulated plan, and Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura also personally led the Japanese troops to begin a covert infiltration operation.

It has to be said that the Japanese army's aerial reconnaissance during the daytime a few days ago was very accurate. The First Corps did not deploy many defensive forces in the mountainous area in the south. The reason was very simple. This mountainous area contained a large amount of minerals. The compass and compass would lose their pointing function in it. Without the guidance of the locals, there was no way to successfully get out of this mountainous area.

But the staff officers in the Japanese 106th Army Headquarters did not know about this. According to the map work and aerial reconnaissance, there was indeed a large gap that could be utilized. Thus, the tragic journey of the Japanese th Division officially began.

Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura led a regiment of Japanese officers and soldiers walking on a non-existent mountain road. There was no road at all in this mountainous area. The Japanese officers and soldiers could only advance forward while following the guidance of the compass. However, after walking in the mountainous area for about two hours, the officer in front who was responsible for leading the team discovered an embarrassing thing: they were lost.

When the news of getting lost reached Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura in the team, he was almost crazy. He couldn't understand how these junior officers in his division could make mistakes in such a simple task of guiding people to find the way. How did they graduate from the NCO Academy?

Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura angrily came to the front of the troops in person. At this time, many officers had gathered in the front of the team, and even the commander of the 147th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Yoshio Sonoda, had arrived here.

"Captain Sonoda, what's the situation now? How did you lose your way?" Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura asked Colonel Yoshio Sonoda in a bad mood.

When Colonel Yoshio Sonoda saw the division commander coming over, he hurriedly said respectfully: "Your Excellency, all the compasses in the troops have become ineffective. The officer in charge of leading the way doesn't know when the compasses lost their effectiveness. Now we can't tell where we are."

Colonel Yoshio Sonoda explained helplessly to the division commander, Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, that he was very angry with the guiding officer he had sent out. Such a basic combat training task could be done with mistakes, and this happened when the division commander was advancing with his regiment. This made him angrily come to the guiding team at the front of the team.

But after the officer leading the team told him the reason, he checked everyone's compasses and reluctantly accepted this ridiculous fact.

"What? All the compasses are out of service?" Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura was in disbelief after hearing Colonel Yoshio Sonoda's explanation. This is fucking hell! Even if it was a ghost, it was impossible for everyone's compasses to be out of service.

Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura took out everyone's compasses and looked at them. Sure enough, all the compasses were unusable. Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura immediately thought that there should be a lot of minerals in this mountain area, which would affect the accuracy of the compass.

This is a problem. It is night time now and the troops can still hide well, but it will be more troublesome after daybreak. Who knows if some Chinese civilians will appear here and discover their troops and report to the Chinese army.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Matsuura Junrokuro was even more worried about a more critical issue. Would the other four troops encounter the same situation? If the other four troops encountered the same situation, it would be a joke. An entire division of troops actually got lost while interpenetrating.

Then his 106th Division would become a joke in the Imperial Japanese Army. Not to mention a penetration attack, his 106th Division would probably have to call for air support to guide his troops.

"Damn it, the map given by the intelligence department doesn't even mark the mining area here. They should all be sent to a military court. Captain Sonoda, do we know where we are now? We need to get out of the mountains as soon as possible, from any direction." Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura has a thousand horses running through his mind. He just wants to get his troops out of the mountains as soon as possible. As for attacking, he will talk about it after he gets out and figures out the direction.

Colonel Yoshio Sonoda was now a little embarrassed. The officer leading the team in front didn't know when the compass began to malfunction, and he didn't know how far the troops had moved forward when the compass malfunctioned. He really wanted to tell the truth, which was that even if everyone turned around and went back now, they probably wouldn't be able to get back to their starting point.

Colonel Yoshio Sonoda was sweating with anxiety. How should he answer the question of the division commander? It was too difficult to answer. After holding it in for a long time, Colonel Yoshio Sonoda tentatively said: "Your Excellency the division commander, it is difficult to determine our current position. There are no obvious landmarks around. I think we can only move in one direction. Although this will take a little more time, this is the only way now."

Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura glanced at Colonel Yoshio Sonoda, who was sweating profusely. He knew that there was really no good way out now, so he could only nod and let Colonel Yoshio Sonoda quickly organize the troops and march forward in any direction.

Fortunately, Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura's worries came true. Fortunately, all the infiltration troops of the 106th Division got lost in this mountainous area. If you look from the air now, the five infiltration troops of the Japanese 106th Division are running around in this mountainous area.

In the 106th Army Headquarters, Lieutenant General Okamura Yasuji and a large group of staff officers were excitedly waiting for the news that the 106th Division had successfully penetrated and began to attack the flank of the Chinese Army in Wuning from the south. A group of Japanese staff officers were excitedly deducing the march and attack route of the th Division after its successful penetration.

Lieutenant General Ningji Okamura looked at this group of motivated staff officers with a smile, and he was a little happy in his heart. Thinking that the 106th Division would be able to successfully defeat the Chinese army in the direction of Wuning soon, he was excited. Once the Chinese army in Wuning was dealt with, the new nd Army in Hongcheng would be his prey, and he must avenge himself.