Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Major Kyuichi Fujii, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 42nd Regiment of the Japanese Army, failed to come up with any good solution after a meeting with the officers of his own unit. In the end, everyone came to one conclusion: let everything depend on the blessing of Amaterasu.

When the artillery began to bombard, Major Kyuichi Fujii started to order his troops to attack forward. He had no choice but to force the issue, so Major Kyuichi Fujii divided the troops directly into two parts. He wanted to concentrate the troops a little so that he could fully exert the attack power, instead of dispersing the troops too much like the First Battalion.

Major Fujii Kyuichi commanded his troops to advance slowly. He asked each unit to ensure its own safety first, and then try to put pressure on the Chinese army. In this way, although the scene might not look good, his troops could keep casualties to a minimum.

Major Fujii Kyuichi also figured it out. It was not necessary to attack and occupy the position of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government in this attack. His own troops could just fight slowly. It didn't matter even if the regiment commander was not satisfied with the attack of his troops. This made Major Fujii Kyuichi feel better. His ultimate goal was not to occupy the position of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government, but to let the regiment commander change the attacking troops.

Major Fujii Kyuichi had a very bad feeling about this battle. After seeing the death of Major Kobayashi Zen, the captain of the 1st Battalion, he set a goal for himself in his mind, that is, in this battle, he did not ask for any achievement, but just wanted to survive safely. The troops of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government brought him too much insecurity.

"Your Excellency the Commander, the attack of the Second Battalion seems very cautious. It seems that Captain Fujii Kyuichi has made sufficient preparations." Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Yasumi Kinsaburo looked at the slow and cautious attack of the Second Battalion and did not think there was anything wrong.

The regiment commander, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, did not answer the question raised by the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi. He felt that it was okay for Major Kyuichi Fujii to change the offensive rhythm of the troops. After all, the 1st Battalion's previous rapid offensive mode did not achieve any good results. Changing the method now might bring unexpected results. He decided to see the effect of the offensive first before evaluating the 2nd Battalion's tactics.

Major Kyuichi Fujii is now constantly directing the heavy machine guns to fire. Although the eight heavy machine guns of his battalion are continuously firing in all directions, Major Kyuichi Fujii is still not satisfied with the current fire suppression. He now wishes he could drag the field artillery regiment's artillery in front of him and fire at the Chinese army's positions.

When the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Second Battalion approached within about 211 meters of their positions, the new 211th Division's defensive positions began their first round of shooting. In response to the Japanese army's slow and collective advance, the officers and soldiers of the new th Division also carried out blocking operations step by step.

If the Japanese army is willing to drag its feet, the officers and soldiers of the New 211th Division will cooperate. As long as the time is delayed long enough, it will be a victory for the officers and soldiers of the New 211th Division.

When the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Second Battalion came under fire from the defensive forces of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Army, they immediately lay on the ground and fought back. Major Fujii Kyuichi also ordered the troops to move forward slowly and not to launch a so-called brave charge. As long as the Chinese army did not rush out of the position, his Second Battalion would just keep the distance between the two sides within 150 meters.

Major Fujii Kyuichi looked at the time from time to time. He decided to retreat his troops after about 30 minutes of attack and fight slowly until the regiment commander was dissatisfied with the offensive effect of his brigade. Anyway, he didn't want to complete this combat mission. Whoever thinks he is capable can do this job.

Major Kyuichi Fujii felt that he was suitable to cheer on other troops from the back and maintain the defense of the camp and the security of the logistics line. In general, he did not seek to make any achievements but to avoid making any mistakes.

The middle and lower-level officers of the Second Battalion strictly implemented the central idea of ​​the battalion commander, Major Fujii Kyuichi, especially after they found that they were 200 meters in front of the Chinese defensive position, the casualty rate of officers and soldiers around them was rising sharply. The officers in particular could hardly expose their positions. In such a short period of time, four squad leaders and one company leader had been killed by the Chinese army.

This made all the officers on the front line panic. It seemed that the tactics of the captain, Major Fujii Kyuichi, would require human lives to complete. As a result, all the officers moved back involuntarily.

Their automatic retreat made the soldiers in the front a little unhappy. They thought that we, the soldiers, would be the living targets of the Chinese army. You officers are afraid of death, but don’t the lives of us, the soldiers, matter?

As a result, the soldiers of the Second Battalion also slowly retreated backwards, which made the regiment commander Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada and Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi who were watching the battle from behind a little puzzled. The current situation of the Second Battalion was that the attacking troops in front were slowly retreating backwards as a whole, but the troops behind still did not move at all, which made both of them unable to understand what tactics the Second Battalion was using.

The captain of the second battalion, Major Fujii Kyuichi, only discovered the movements of the troops in front ten minutes later. There was no other way. The retreat speed of the troops in front was very slow. If you didn't carefully compare their previous positions, it would be difficult to find that they were retreating.

When Major Kyuichi Fujii saw that the troops had already started to retreat on their own, he ordered them to stop the attack and retreat completely. He looked at the time and saw that the attack had lasted for more than 30 minutes, which was already quite good. Major Kyuichi Fujii felt that as long as the appearance was good, it was fine. As for the effect, he could just make up excuses for it.

After seeing the Second Battalion begin to retreat, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, put down his telescope and said to the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi, "Ask Captain Fujii Kyuichi to come over and see if he has discovered any weaknesses in the Chinese army. He must have discovered some problems with the Chinese army by asking the troops to retreat."

Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi also nodded quickly. He also felt that Major Kyuichi Fujii must have discovered something and ordered the troops to retreat, otherwise the attack should have been able to continue advancing for some distance.

Fifteen minutes later, the commander of the second battalion, Major Kyuichi Fujii, also rushed to the regiment headquarters, exhausted. As soon as he led his troops to withdraw, a messenger found him and asked him to go to the regiment headquarters after he had organized the troops, as the commander and chief of staff had something to discuss with him.

Major Fujii Kyuichi had some idea about the regiment commander's summons, especially after he had just counted the losses of his troops, he found a reasonable reason to deal with the regiment commander's inquiries.

"Captain Fujii, did your Second Battalion discover anything in the previous attack? I saw that you were very cautious in your previous advance, so why did you suddenly start to retreat?" Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, the commander of the regiment, asked Major Fujii Kyuichi, the captain of the Second Battalion who was sweating profusely in front of him.

Major Fujii Kyuichi sorted out his thoughts, then stood at attention and bowed, saying, "Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, our Second Battalion did make some discoveries during the attack just now. I found that the defense forces of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government are very powerful, and their shooting accuracy within 200 meters is also very high. In this attack just now, although we have been very cautious, our Second Battalion still lost a squadron leader and four team leaders, and 179 soldiers. I think the intelligence given by the 41st Regiment seems a bit wrong. In order to avoid greater losses to the troops, I ordered the troops to retreat as a whole."

After hearing what Major Fujii Kyuichi said, the regiment commander, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi, both sighed inwardly. Now even the battalion commander who was commanding the operation in the front knew that the 41st Regiment had given a false battle report. It seemed that an explanation must be given to everyone, otherwise the voices of doubt in the army would become louder and louder, which would seriously affect the subsequent operations of the army.

"Captain Fujii Kyuichi, you are right. We have also observed from the back that the combat effectiveness of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government is very strong, especially in defense. Their combat style is very steady. As for the previous battle report of the 41st Regiment, it said that the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government had suffered very heavy losses. The Chief of Staff and I judged that this might be another main force of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government that was defending. This caused the gap in intelligence. Let's not care about what was written in the previous battle report of the 41st Regiment. We just need to complete our tasks seriously. Do you have any good ideas for the subsequent offensive operations?" The commander of the regiment, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, also lightly mentioned the matter of the 41st Regiment.

When the captain of the 2nd Battalion, Major Kyuichi Fujii, saw that the commander of the regiment, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, was unwilling to explain too much about the battle report of the 41st Regiment, he immediately realized that it seemed that the commander of the regiment and the chief of staff should also know that the 41st Regiment was falsely reporting the results of the battle, but he was just a captain of a battalion, and the commander of the regiment and others were unwilling to mention this matter too much. It would be better for a small fry like him to pretend that he didn't know, so as not to get into trouble by talking too much.