Quartermasters can also fight the devils

When Commander Yu of the 12th Army received the telegram from the war zone, he made some arrangements for the New 22nd Army in his mind. It is fine that you, the New 22nd Army, want to make achievements and become heroes, but you cannot drag your 12th Army into this muddy water. Your 12th Army has been almost wiped out in recent times. How can you stop the full-scale offensive of the Japanese 18th Division? This is too difficult.

After the battles with the Japanese 18th Division in recent times, Commander Yu now has a very deep and clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of his 12th Army. In his heart, he also admires and envies the combat effectiveness of the new 22nd Army. He believes that under the current circumstances, it is impossible for his 12th Army to complete the combat mission assigned to it by the theater of war to block the offensive forces of the Japanese 18th Division for two days. Commander Yu is even a little pessimistic and feels that if the troops of the Japanese 18th Division attack with all their strength in Zengcheng, they can only hold out for more than a day at most.

However, Commander Yu did not dare to run away without permission. The telegram also said that Commander He had moved the theater headquarters to Nanhai City. This showed that Commander He was determined to live and die together with the New 22nd Army. If he ran away without permission, he would have no way to survive after the war. Public opinion would not let him go, and the top government would not let him off.

Commander Yu was left with no other choice. For the sake of his own life, he could only order the 153rd and 186th Divisions to defend Zengcheng to the death and not to retreat without his order. The same was true for the 158th Division in Huaxian. They had to hold on to Huaxian and protect the retreat for the th Army.

Commander Yu knew that he couldn't escape this time. Faced with the New 22nd Army, a powerful and capable government-run unit, he could only fight. When the troops were exhausted, he would just take a leisurely position in the government and retire. He would not have to worry about the troops every day in the future.

After receiving the latest combat order from the military headquarters, the new 211th Division also ordered the front-line troops to withdraw a little at noon tomorrow, and gradually move the Japanese troops attacking head-on on the west bank of the Pearl River closer to Nanhai City, in order to increase the distance between them and the outflanking Japanese troops and create more space for the new 100th Division's operations.

The officers and soldiers of the new 100th Division were busy setting up several new positions and traps. They needed to consume as much of the Japanese army's manpower as possible in the shortest possible time.

Major Kyuichi Fujii, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 42nd Regiment of the Japanese Army, did not sleep well the whole night. He felt even worse today than yesterday. His eyelids kept twitching today, which made him even more worried about the attack this morning.

After breakfast, Major Fujii Kyuichi once again gathered the officers in the army together. He explained to the officers below: "Gentlemen, the commander of the regiment has entrusted today's attack to our Second Battalion, but we have not yet found a good solution to the defensive tactics of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government. Therefore, our battalion must be more careful in the attack today. I don't have any specific requirements for this attack. Just take your time. After the appropriate time, I will let everyone retreat. My only hope is to see you all standing in front of me when the commander of the regiment sends out a replacement attack force."

This time, in order to make the officers in his unit understand what he meant, Major Fujii Kyuichi even omitted the euphemisms. Major Fujii Kyuichi directly and clearly told the officers below that everyone just had to pretend to attack until a certain period of time had passed.

Major Fujii Kyuichi's plain words also moved the officers in his Second Battalion. Although everyone was slacking off during yesterday's attack, a squadron leader and five team leaders were still killed. They were all very worried about their own safety in today's attack. The troops of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government on the opposite side were obviously a very tough nut to crack. Whoever wanted to chew it could chew it. They really didn't want to continue fighting with the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government, mainly because they always targeted officers and shot them. Who could stand this?

The Japanese army's artillery attack began steadily at eight o'clock in the morning. The officers and soldiers of the new 211th Division sat in the anti-artillery caves and listened to the explosions of shells outside without any panic or anxiety. After yesterday's battle, everyone's morale is now very high. Everyone huddled together, either bragging and chatting, or smoking cigarettes, and there was no sign of tension before the war.

When the Japanese artillery attacks became sparse, a series of sharp whistles were sounded on the positions of the New 211th Division. The officers and soldiers of the New 211th Division on the front-line positions quickly took up their defensive positions. They were too familiar with the Japanese offensive tactics. It could be said that the offensive tactics of all the Japanese troops were like carved out of the same mold, without any novelty or change.

However, this time something happened that surprised the officers and soldiers of the new 211th Division. The Japanese attack this time was completely different from previous ones. It could no longer be described as cautious.

The speed at which the attack force of the Japanese Second Battalion advanced could be described as a snail's pace. By the time the officers and soldiers of the new 211th Division entered the trenches after the shelling, the Japanese attack force had only advanced to a distance of meters from the position. Moreover, the Japanese began to crawl on the ground and shoot at this distance.

When the officers and soldiers of the new 211th Division saw the offensive posture of the Japanese army, they were all a little confused. Why did the Japanese army's attack look like a performance? The gunfire was very dense, but there was no practical effect at all. What made the officers and soldiers of the new 211th Division depressed was that the Japanese army was a bit far away, and they couldn't shoot at this distance.

When Major Fujii Kyuichi saw that the opposing position of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government did not shoot at his attacking troops, he felt a little anxious. "Warriors of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government, why don't you fire a few shots to pretend? From the current situation, anyone can see that it is his Second Battalion that is performing a one-man show."

We have all dealt with each other before, and as the saying goes, the first time is strange, the second time is familiar. We are performing hard here, so you should at least cooperate with us. After everyone finishes the performance peacefully, we can call it a day and go back for lunch.

After watching his own unit's one-man show for two minutes, Major Fujii Kyuichi suddenly realized that he had overlooked a fatal problem, that is, the rifle range of the Chinese government army was not that far. No wonder the Chinese government's New 22nd Army did not open fire on its position. This was because he did not consider it carefully. He could not blame the Chinese government's New 22nd Army on the opposite side for not cooperating with him.

"Tell the troops in the front to advance to a distance of 211 meters from the Chinese army's position and start firing. Organize some soldiers to move forward to attract the Chinese army on the opposite side to open fire." Major Fujii Kyuichi ordered the messenger beside him. He took great pains to get the troops of the new th Division to open fire.

"Battalion Commander, the Japs are so far away this time, what should we do? What are they shooting at?" A soldier from the new 211th Division was lying on the trench, looking curiously for the Japanese troops ahead, but it was impossible for him to see a single person at such a long distance, so he could only throw the questions he didn't understand to the knowledgeable battalion commander beside him.

The major battalion commander beside him was also looking ahead with a puzzled look on his face, listening to the fierce shooting of the Japanese army. How could he know what the Japanese army was doing? But he still had to answer the questions of his soldiers. Usually he prided himself on being knowledgeable and talented, and he must not let his image fall at this moment.

But how to explain it? He couldn't say that the Japanese saw birds in the sky and wanted to eat bird meat, so they were shooting birds there. His troops were already the front-line troops, and there were no friendly troops fighting with the Japanese in front. He couldn't say that the Japanese were fighting with his friendly troops.

Damn it, what on earth are you doing, you little Japanese? Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for me? Is my reputation of being knowledgeable and talented going to be ruined today by these little Japanese?

"Stupid guy, this is a ritual before the Japanese attack, just like we burn incense when we worship gods. Do you understand? The Japanese are kowtowing to us. We are their gods, and they have to kowtow all the way to us. Just wait, they will come over after they finish kowtowing." The major battalion commander also had a sudden inspiration and made up an explanation. As for if some Japanese troops rushed over in a while, he would be right.

What if the Japanese army didn't come? That's easy to explain. They said the Japanese army didn't understand the gods and thought it was not a good day to attack, so they retreated. Isn't that nonsense? It was made up by him.

After receiving the order from the battalion commander, Major Fujii Kyuichi, the attacking force of the Japanese Second Battalion also began to move forward slowly. However, this time, all the officers hid at the back of the troops and moved forward with the troops. Each of them had four to five soldiers around them, forming a circle around the officers to ensure that the Chinese army could not kill the officers quickly.

Colonel Hidenosuke Yamada, commander of the 42nd Regiment, and Lieutenant Colonel Kinsaburo Yasumi, chief of staff, were so angry that their hands were shaking when they saw the previous attack of the 2nd Battalion. They both felt that it was a great shame that their troops were so afraid of fighting. But after being angry for a while, they found that although the attack of the 2nd Battalion was ugly, the method they came up with to protect the officers was still very good. The anger in their hearts dissipated immediately. They even felt that the commander of the 2nd Battalion, Major Kyuichi Fujii, was indeed a talent, and he actually thought of such a good way to protect the safety of the officers.

As for the lives of soldiers, they are not worth mentioning to them at all. For the glory and victory of the Great Japanese Empire, soldiers should fight to the death and dedicate everything to the Great Japanese Empire. The lives of soldiers are not as valuable as those of officers. After the war, soldiers can be quickly recruited from the mainland, but officers with combat experience are difficult to replenish.