Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Major General Yasuo Karakawa, Chief of Staff of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, quickly analyzed the current crisis of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade in his mind. Now the Chinese army has completed the encirclement of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, and the fastest reinforcements will take more than a day and a half to reach the Xiaojunjiang Brigade.

This means that the Xiaojunjiang Brigade needs to hold out for at least two days under the siege and attack of China's elite troops. After all, Chief of Staff Major General Tangchuan Yasuo does not think that the Chinese army has designed a trap for so long that they would not consider sending reinforcements.

The Third War Zone Command of the Chinese government will certainly send troops from other places to block and harass the Japanese 13th Army's troops that are reinforcing Wenzhou. In this case, the arrival time of the reinforcements will be even more uncertain, which will be very difficult for the officers and soldiers of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade.

You know, most of the supplies and ammunition of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade are stored in this forward position. The officers and soldiers will not carry much food and ammunition with them, because according to the previous plan of the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, they are planning to spend the night in Wenzhou City tonight.

Major General Yasuo Karakawa, Chief of Staff of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, walked quickly to the office of Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, Commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, and quickly read out the contents of the telegram sent by Major General Kunio Kojune, Commander of the Kojune Brigade.

"Mr. Tang Chuan, this is a trap set up long ago by the Third War Zone of the Chinese government. I have just carefully reviewed the whole process. The Third War Zone of the Chinese government used the infantry battalion of the Provisional 33rd Division and Wenzhou City as bait, and then quietly moved their elite main force to the outside of Wenzhou City. This made it impossible for our intelligence personnel in Wenzhou City to know the true strength of the Chinese army. It seems that the elite main force of the Chinese army mentioned in the telegram from Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, the brigade commander, is true. We were careless." Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, is now much calmer and has begun to reflect seriously.

"Commander, this is not your fault. It's the intelligence department that failed to do the reconnaissance work it should have. However, these problems of the intelligence department are later. Now we need to quickly give orders to the brigade commander, Major General Kojune Kunio, and ask him to quickly organize the defense of the troops, hold on under the siege of the Chinese army, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements." Chief of Staff Major General Karakawa Yasuo reminded Commander Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru that the urgent issue now is to quickly let the troops of the Kojune Brigade defend on the spot.

"That's right, Tangchuan-kun, your reminder is very good. Order the commander of the Kojunjiang Brigade, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, to immediately organize the troops to defend on the spot and make sure to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements. In addition, Tangchuan-kun, which unit do you think the elite troops deployed by the Third War Zone of the Chinese government in Wenzhou are from?" After giving the order, Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, also threw a question to the chief of staff, Major General Karakawa Yasuo. He already had a preliminary answer to this question in his mind, and now he needed his chief of staff to help him confirm it.

"Your Excellency the Commander, I personally believe that the elite troops used by the Third War Zone of the Chinese government in Wenzhou should be the troops of the New 22nd Army, which is the direct line of the Chinese government. This force has the size of three elite infantry divisions, which is consistent with the judgment and analysis in the telegram of the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong. After all, the Third War Zone of the Chinese government can only use one 74th Army and one New 22nd Army to attack. The 74th Army has already launched a counterattack against our 15th Division in Shangrao area. Only the New 22nd Army has never appeared on any battlefield. Therefore, I judge that the Chinese army in Wenzhou should be the New 22nd Army, which is the direct line of the Chinese government." Chief of Staff Major General Tangchuan Yasuo had analyzed this issue a long time ago, and as soon as the commander of the Japanese 13th Army, Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, raised the question, he reported his thoughts and judgments in detail.

Moreover, Chief of Staff Major General Yasuo Karakawa knew that Commander Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada must have determined that the Chinese army in Wenzhou was the new 22nd Army, and asking him questions was just to prove his inner guess.

Sure enough, after hearing Chief of Staff Major General Yasuo Karakawa say that the Chinese army in Wenzhou was the new 22nd Army, Commander Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada nodded in approval. This judgment and analysis result was consistent with his own ideas.

However, when Chief of Staff Major General Yasuo Karakawa said that it was China's New 22nd Army that surrounded and attacked the Xiaojunjiang Brigade in Wenzhou, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, Commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, and Chief of Staff Major General Yasuo Karakawa fell silent for a moment.

If the Chinese government's new 22nd Army surrounded the Kojunjiang Brigade, the Kojunjiang Brigade would be in great danger. Even the two Japanese army leaders felt in their hearts that the Kojunjiang Brigade commander, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, had really bad luck.

This is because, since the official outbreak of war between China and Japan, the number of troops that have been able to successfully escape from the hands of the Chinese government's New 22nd Army is extremely rare. It seems that only the Fifth Division succeeded by chance during the Battle of Yangcheng three years ago.

However, too many Japanese troops suffered heavy losses at the hands of the New 22nd Army. Two division commanders were killed by the New 22nd Army. What was the commander of the Kojunjiang Brigade, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio? Moreover, this brigade was a temporary unit, and the combat effectiveness and coordination of the troops were not ideal.

No matter how they look at it now, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the 13th Japanese Army, and Major General Yasuo Karakawa, chief of staff, both are not optimistic that their Kojunjiang Brigade can hold out for two days under the siege of the New 22nd Army.

In particular, after seeing the troop losses reported in the telegram by Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, the commander of the Kojunjiang Brigade, it was found that the Kojunjiang Brigade had unknowingly lost one and a half battalions of troops in the battle over the past two days. Currently, there are only more than 2,800 troops left in the entire brigade that can fight.

With the current strength of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, without solid defensive fortifications to rely on, it would be really difficult for it to hold out for two days under the siege of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government. Moreover, the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government must also know that time is precious to them. In order to eliminate the Xiaojunjiang Brigade in the shortest time possible, the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government will definitely launch continuous attacks on the Xiaojunjiang Brigade.

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