Quartermasters can also fight the devils

"Your Excellency, the Chinese army on the opposite side seems to be shooting at our officers in a planned manner. This causes our attacking troops in the front to often lose effective command. We need to pay attention to this." The commander of the second battalion, Major Fujii Kyuichi, also stated the reason he had prepared long ago, which was indeed a fact.

As for the solution, sorry, Major Fujii Kyuichi couldn't think of a good solution. It can only be filled with human lives. If the Chinese army's positions are not occupied, then this situation will have to continue. He just wants the regiment commander to feel that his battalion is not worthy of use and withdraw them, so that he won't have to face this headache situation.

In the face of the problem raised by Major Kyuichi Fujii, the regiment commander Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada and the chief of staff Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi both attached great importance to it. It was through Major Kyuichi Fujii's narration that they learned about the specific problems in the previous battle. The previous attack of the 1st Battalion, except for the loss of a battalion of soldiers and a great shock, was basically fruitless. No one could successfully report back the problems encountered in the previous attack. This was the first battlefield feedback they had officially heard.

The regiment commander, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi, also believed that what Major Kyuichi Fujii said was indeed a big problem. It was difficult for soldiers without the command of officers to play the advantages of group combat, and they could not achieve effective coordination in the attack. Now they understood why they felt that chaos would occur as soon as the troops arrived 200 meters in front of the Chinese army's position.

But this problem is really difficult to solve. It is obvious that the troops of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government are organizing the shooting of officers of the attacking troops. It is difficult to eliminate such shooters, unless we can gain an absolute advantage in the overall attack and compress the activity space of such shooters to stop their activities.

"Captain Fujii Kyuichi, the problem you reported is very critical. It's almost dark now. You and your troops should have a good rest in the camp first. The troops should also do a good job of post-war summary and see if the officers under them have any good ideas for the Chinese army's tactics." Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi saw that the commander of the regiment, Colonel Yamada Hidenosuke, fell into deep thought, so he asked Major Fujii Kyuichi to go back and reorganize the troops first. They needed to think carefully about how to solve this problem.

After hearing the words of the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi, Major Kyuichi Fujii quickly bowed respectfully, then left the regiment headquarters quickly and lightly.

Major Kyuichi Fujii was so happy, not only was he not blamed by the regiment commander, but he was also praised by the regiment commander and the chief of staff for the feedback from the battlefield. It was a pleasant surprise. As for solving the problem of the Chinese army shooting officers of the attacking forces, Major Kyuichi Fujii did not have any hope. He also did not think that the regiment commander and the chief of staff could come up with any good solution. This was an unsolvable problem.

Major Kyuichi Fujii was not very worried about whether the regiment commander would send his battalion to attack again tomorrow. Even if the regiment commander sent the second battalion to attack tomorrow, his troops would just repeat today's tactics. In any case, he would never lead the team to attack.

Major Fujii Kyuichi was sure that as long as he dared to appear within 200 meters in front of the Chinese army's position, he would never be able to walk down from the front alive, and he still wanted to live a long life.

"Mr. Yasumi, the problem that Fujii Kyuichi just reported is really difficult to solve." After thinking alone for more than ten minutes, the commander of the corps, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, said to the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi, with a frustrated look on his face.

Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi also did not have a good solution. He had been waiting for the result from the commander of the wing, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada. However, after hearing the words of the commander of the wing, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, his expectant heart quickly fell to the bottom.

"Your Excellency, Captain, should we gather a few captains here to discuss it and perhaps we can come up with a good solution." Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Yasumi Kinsaburo also suggested in a low voice. He felt that gathering everyone together to brainstorm might lead to some solutions.

Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, the commander of the regiment, shook his head at Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi, the chief of staff, and said, "Hashimi-kun, if we gather all the captains to discuss this matter, let alone whether we can find a good solution, first of all, this will make all the commanders feel uncertain or worried, which is very fatal to the morale of the troops. If we can find a solution, it will be fine. If we can't, then, to use a Chinese proverb, it will be a loss of both the wife and the army."

Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi also understood. It was indeed as the commander of the regiment, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, said, this matter was really difficult to deal with. But if no solution was found, what about tomorrow's attack? Would it be the same as today's attack, with no results?

"Hashimi-kun, let the Second Battalion continue the attack tomorrow. Their tactics do have some effect. Although the scene does not look good, the effect is much better than the First Battalion's previous scene which looked good but actually resulted in heavy casualties." The commander of the regiment, Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, also set the tone for tomorrow's attack.

Major Fujii Kyuichi did not expect that his passive and lazy tactics could actually be appreciated by the regiment commander, which made Major Fujii Kyuichi almost cry. When he received the order from the regiment headquarters that his second battalion would continue to be responsible for the attack tomorrow, he gathered all the officers in the army, read out tomorrow's combat orders, and then specifically instructed them to carry out today's combat method and to pay attention to their own safety.

In the direction of Daya Bay, the troops of the 18th Division were also slowly advancing in the direction of Zengcheng. This was not to say that the 12th Army's defensive operations were so outstanding, but because the division commander Lieutenant General Nagana Seiichi specifically ordered the attacking troops in front not to attack too hard. He had to wait until the flanking troops occupied Huaxian County before he could let the troops attack with all their strength.

Although the flanking force did not attack and occupy Huaxian as quickly as the plan made before the war, the defense of the Chinese government's troops in the direction of Zhengguo meant that the flanking force could not advance very quickly. Fortunately, the Chinese government's defense forces were not large, so the flanking force was still able to advance towards Huaxian.

In the Fourth War Zone Headquarters, Senior Counselor Wang reported today's battle situation to Commander He as usual. Commander He was also very satisfied with the battle situation in various directions today. He looked at the lieutenant colonel in charge of material transportation and asked, "How is the material transportation going? Can all the materials be transported by tomorrow?"

"Report to Commander He, the supplies in Yangcheng should be transported tomorrow." The lieutenant colonel immediately reported on the transportation of supplies. He was satisfied with the speed of the transportation of supplies he was responsible for. As long as the government people were under his command, everything would be easy.

When Commander He heard that the supplies could be transferred tomorrow, he felt relieved. The flanking troops of the Japanese 158th Division barely entered Hua County today. No matter how weak the 211th Division in Hua County was, it would have no problem holding out for two days. As for the new nd Army troops on the west bank of the Pearl River, there was no need to worry about them. The Japanese frontal attack troops failed to break through and occupy the first line of defense of the new th Division in a whole day, let alone hold out for two days.

"Report, the new 22nd Army sent a telegram." A communications staff officer walked into Commander He's office with a telegram and reported.

Commander He was a little curious about why the New 22nd Army sent a telegram at this time, so he took the telegram from the staff officer and started reading it. He realized that the New 22nd Army had discovered that the Japanese troops on the west bank of the Pearl River were somewhat insufficient in strength, especially the troops doing flanking operations, which only had more than one regiment of infantry. The New 22nd Army hoped to eat up the Japanese troops along the west bank of the Pearl River and win a beautiful victory.

"Take a look at the idea of ​​the New 22nd Army. If it can really be done, we should still support it." Commander He handed the telegram in his hand to Senior Counsel Wang. He was very interested in the combat idea proposed by the New 22nd Army. The main reason was that every previous battle of the New 22nd Army could bring him great benefits, and they did fight beautifully. Commander He now felt that any combat concept proposed by the New 22nd Army would be realized.

Senior Counselor Wang looked at the telegram from the New 22nd Army. He thought about it for a while before saying to Commander He, "Commander He, if the New 22nd Army can operate well, it is indeed very likely to destroy the Japanese troops that are making a roundabout attack on the west bank of the Pearl River. They may even be able to surround the Japanese troops that are attacking head-on. However, the 12th Army in the direction of Daya Bay may not be able to cooperate with them to complete this combat plan. If the Japanese 18th Division presses through Yangcheng, the New 22nd Army will be entangled by the Japanese army, which will lead to a more dangerous situation."

When Commander He heard that this operational plan might not be completed due to problems with the 12th Army, his face immediately fell. He felt that this was a great opportunity to make a name for himself and establish prestige, and he couldn't miss this opportunity.

"Let's study it further. You go ask the New 22nd Army how long it will take them to eliminate the Japanese flanking force. Ask them to try to compress the time. I will talk to Commander Yu about the 12th Army Group. When the time comes, just ask them to slow down the rescue speed of the Japanese 18th Division and prevent them from fighting a fatal battle."

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