Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Small Chinese troops are already active in our occupied areas, and the commander of the Chinese troops will not use the same method to launch a surprise attack again. It's useless for the division to deploy too many troops."

Seeing that the division commander was so persistent, Major General Ishu Nobutoki stopped trying to persuade him. He thought about it and felt that what Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke said made sense. As long as the attack speed in the urban area was fast enough, these potential problems would be solved.

Inside the headquarters of the new 100th Division, Zhang Wenwu was discussing combat issues with Ouyang Heng with a worried look on his face.

"Division Commander, the troops have suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese have strengthened their forces today. Fortunately, we have made sufficient preparations before, otherwise the Japanese would have advanced a very long distance today. But if the Japanese still attack with such great force tomorrow, it will be difficult for us to hold on for a few days." Ouyang Heng said to Zhang Wenwu with a little concern.

Zhang Wenwu was also looking at the casualty list of the troops today. He was a little worried about the current situation. The Japanese army suddenly increased the intensity of its attacks, which was really a headache.

"Division Commander, Chief of Staff, I'm here." Just when Zhang Wenwu was having a headache, Li Zhengying walked into the division headquarters with his shirt open and sweat all over his body and reported.

Li Zhengying did not follow the special forces battalion to carry out harassment operations in the Japanese-occupied areas. He had always been thinking about taking the officers and soldiers of the suicide squad to go outside the city to see if he could take down the headquarters of the 9th Division. He came to the division headquarters every day to find Zhang Wenwu and Ouyang Heng to ask for instructions on combat missions. In fact, he just wanted to find an opportunity to take the troops out of the city to collect benefits.

When Ouyang Heng saw Li Zhengying's appearance, he also curled his lips. Li Zhengying was here to waste his time on the mission again. He just wanted to take the suicide squad out of the city to rob the headquarters of the 9th Division. He was addicted to robbing other people's nests.

"Captain Li, didn't I tell you that the headquarters of the Japanese 9th Division must be heavily guarded now? The more than 200 people in your suicide squad are not even enough to fill their teeth." Ouyang Heng was quite helpless and told Li Zhengying again the reason why he was not allowed to leave the city.

When Li Zhengying heard Ouyang Heng's words, he also laughed shamelessly and said, "Chief of Staff, I just came to see if there are any tasks that need to be completed by the death squad. Regarding the division headquarters of the 9th Division you mentioned just now, I really think you are wrong this time. You think that the Japanese may have tight defenses. I think it's hard to say. There are so many Japanese troops coming here. How many people have they used to attack the city now? Can the defense of the division headquarters have so many people? I don't think so. If you let me take the death squad out of the city, I will definitely bring you the head of Yoshizumi Ryosuke."

Seeing that Li Zhengying was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, Ouyang Heng felt helpless. He did not intend to argue with Li Zhengying any further. It was obvious that Li Zhengying was making up all kinds of excuses just to get out of the city.

After hearing Li Zhengying's nonsense, Zhang Wenwu began to weigh the situation in his mind. The Japanese army's offensive in the city had obviously increased, which must have increased the number of troops in the attacking force. However, the Japanese Ninth Division only had so many troops. Where did Yoshizumi Ryosuke get the troops to strengthen the attack? The 101st Division? It was unlikely. Judging from the intensity of the Japanese attack, it was not the 101st Division's lack of morale. It could only be the troops drawn from the Ninth Division he brought.

The only place where he could draw troops was his divisional headquarters. There was no other place. But Zhang Wenwu was just guessing now. He couldn't be sure of these things. So he looked at Li Zhengying and said, "Captain Li, I have a task for your death squad to do. You must complete it. If you do it well, you can lead the death squad out of the city."

Li Zhengying was just about to end his request to fight today, but before he could go out, he heard Zhang Wenwu's pleasant voice of command, which made Li Zhengying very happy, and he quickly promised that he would complete any task assigned by Zhang Wenwu.

"Captain Li, you go to the suicide squad and select some members who are familiar with the environment outside the city. Let them scout the situation of the Japanese army outside the city. At the same time, let them see if they can find the headquarters of the Japanese 9th Division. Do you understand?" Zhang Wenwu explained the task to Li Zhengying. He wanted someone to go and scout to see if his guess was correct, so that they could prepare for the subsequent operations in advance.

Zhang Wenwu is now afraid that the Japanese army will get reinforcements from somewhere. If that happens, he will really have to consider preparing for the last step.

When Li Zhengying heard Zhang Wenwu's mission, he immediately guaranteed that there would be no problem, and then happily trotted off to select team members. He knew that the division commander had asked him to conduct reconnaissance this time in order to find out the specific situation of the Japanese troops outside the city. If he could find the headquarters of the 9th Division, it might be possible for him to lead his men to defeat them.

Major Saburo Hanekawa now dislikes the night very much. All the officers and soldiers of his newly formed Second Battalion hate the night. They know very well that night is the time when those very annoying small Chinese harassment troops are active. They may suddenly shoot at you from anywhere in the city, and run away after shooting, and you can't catch up with them even if you want to.

Thinking of the task given to him by Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Yoshisuke, commander of the 9th Division, Major Saburo Hanekawa felt a headache. How could a battalion of officers and soldiers from his own battalion possibly take care of such a large occupied urban area? He could only divide the troops into groups of small teams to patrol the city.

But even so, the sneak attack by the small Chinese force has caused more than 50 casualties. Now many patrol teams are deliberately avoiding patrols in some dangerous areas. Basically, everyone is just pretending to patrol in the urban area.

Major Saburo Hanekawa had no way to deal with this kind of behavior. He could not command this makeshift force and could only leave it to its own devices. He was only a second lieutenant before and had no experience in managing so many troops and his qualifications were insufficient. What could he do?

The darkness also made the Japanese officers and soldiers of the 106th Division in the Wanjialing Mountain area feel very bad. Before dark, the five infiltration troops of the 106th Division in the Wanjialing Mountain area finally appeared in various directions of the Wanjialing Mountain area. For the 106th Division, they were finally able to contact each other by radio and also contact the th Army Headquarters.

However, what surprised them was that they were attacked by the Chinese army on the edge of the Wanjialing Mountain area. Almost at the same time, they all received a telegram from the 106th Army Headquarters. Now the various troops of the th Division finally understood their situation. They had actually been surrounded by the Chinese army.

At the 106th Army Headquarters, after receiving the telegram from all the troops of the 106th Division, Lieutenant General Okamura Yasuji breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the five troops of the 106th Division were still alive, it would be difficult for the Chinese troops to quickly destroy the 106th Division. At least the current situation of the th Division was better than that of the New nd Chinese Army in Hongcheng.

Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, commander of the 106th Division, also received a telegram from the 106th Army Headquarters. He had a certain understanding of the current situation of his 106th Division. He felt that the biggest problem of the th Division was that it was too dispersed. The five troops could not cooperate in combat and could easily be defeated by the Chinese army.

"Captain Sonoda, we now know our position. You must lead your troops to attack forward to block our Chinese army. You must break out of the encirclement of the Chinese troops." Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura ordered Colonel Yoshio Sonoda, commander of the 147th Regiment beside him.

Colonel Yoshio Sonoda also knew that his troops had been surrounded by more than 100,000 Chinese troops, so he quickly organized his troops to attack the Chinese troops ahead.

At the same time, gunfire was heard from all directions of Wanjialing, and the Japanese 106th Division began to break out in separate directions.

The various units of the First Corps quickly passed the news of the engagement and exchange of fire with the Japanese army back to Commander Xue. The busiest people now are the staff officers in the First Corps headquarters. They are busy marking the positions, numbers and firepower configurations of the five Japanese troops on the map to facilitate the officers to make the next battle instructions based on this information.

When all the information was marked out, Commander Xue finally chose the first target, which was the Japanese unit that was currently the farthest away from the other four units. This Japanese unit was the 113th Infantry Regiment, which was advancing all the way to the right front according to the instructions of the division commander, Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura.

At this time, the commander of the 113th Regiment, Colonel Seimichi Tanaka, was also feeling extremely aggrieved. He had obeyed the orders of the division commander, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke, and had come all the way here. After he determined his position and sent a telegram to the th Army Headquarters, he received a telegram from the th Army, and was honored to learn that he had been surrounded, and was the team farthest from the left and right troops.

After he looked at the current positions of the other four troops in the division, he sadly discovered a problem: his own troops were too far away from the other four troops, and moreover, his 113th Regiment now had only two understaffed infantry battalions, which made things difficult.

After receiving the order from the 11th Army to break out on their own, Colonel Seimichi Tanaka immediately organized his troops to attack the encirclement of the 1st Corps. However, after three attacks, Colonel Seimichi Tanaka failed to successfully break out with his troops. At night, Colonel Seimichi Tanaka asked his troops to have a good rest and prepare for another charge after dawn.

But what Colonel Tanaka Seimichi didn't know was that Commander Xue of the First Corps had already set his sights on his troops. That very night, the First Corps sent troops in that direction, preparing to launch a charge against the Japanese from both wings after the Japanese launched an attack the next day.

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