Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

The iron plates of the Japanese's tiny tanks were originally thin, and sometimes large-caliber machine guns could penetrate them. Now that they were equipped with anti-aircraft guns, the Japanese troops at the forefront were beaten into meat paste.

Ban Lujia wiped his face and looked at the lumps of minced meat in front of him, unable to help but be amazed.

"Damn it, the Japs are standing so densely, aren't they afraid of our machine guns?"

You know, the International Youth Column was famous for its fire suppression. Before, when the Japanese skirmishers rushed to the position of the first battalion, they were suppressed by machine guns and could not raise their heads, and then they were killed one by one by the riflemen.

Gao Muqing Sanlang originally thought that with the tanks in front serving as cover, the infantry behind would be able to reach the position of the first battalion.

But he didn't expect that the first battalion had such a powerful weapon as anti-aircraft guns, which directly destroyed the tank squadron and two infantry squadrons.

"Baga! The Third Infantry Battalion attacks!"

Takagi Seizaburo cursed angrily, and then ordered his Japanese soldiers to attack the position of the first battalion.

At this time, his lieutenant ran to his command post with a dusty face and reported: "Captain, the 3rd Infantry Battalion has just been hit by heavy enemy artillery fire."

"More than 700 locust soldiers including the captain were killed. Now we can no longer gather infantry to attack."

After hearing the lieutenant's words, Takagi Seizaburo's smug smile suddenly froze on his face.

"Nani!"

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Xinzhou Second Division Headquarters

After receiving the telegram from the headquarters, Zhan Loulan paced back and forth in the command center excitedly.

After encircling and annihilating the Japanese First Army, the Second Division entered a state of rest and recuperation. This made him, who had a desire to stir up trouble, unable to hold back.

So he handed over the government affairs to the leader of the Plain White Banner, France, and then he disguised himself and attempted to sneak into the Northeast alone. Unexpectedly, he was caught by Feng Xianke as soon as he left the base.

After knowing that their column was mainly focusing on discipline during this period, he gave up the idea of ​​causing trouble and devoted himself to restoring the structure of the Second Division.

He had originally calmed down and was preparing to cooperate well with the political cadres assigned to the reorganized division by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, but he did not expect that the Fifth and Sixth Brigades would be withdrawn one after another.

Now, as a major commander, he suddenly had no troops under his command except for the new recruits who were still in training. He suddenly became a commander without troops, and this gap was hard for him to accept for a while.

Now the order from the headquarters has finally come down. The column headquarters has ordered the entire Second Division to move forward and prepare to cooperate with the Fifth and Sixth Brigades heading north to clear the four northwestern provinces.

After receiving the order, Zhan Loulan was so excited that he felt like he had a second spring.

Just as he was pacing back and forth anxiously, the heads of various units under the Second Division who were still stationed in Xinzhou also arrived at the conference room and were reminiscing about the past.

"Hahaha, Lao Zhang, long time no see. Are you doing well?" The staff officer of the division headquarters hugged a regimental commander excitedly.

Captain Zhang also said with a smile: "Old Zhou, what's the point of you reading those documents every day at the headquarters? You might as well fight the Japanese with me, Old Zhang!"

"Since Old Zhang came down from the headquarters guard regiment, he led his comrades to sweep northward along the outskirts of Xinzhou, beating the Japanese into a pulp. That was a comfortable life!"

Staff Officer Zhou chuckled and said to Captain Zhang with a narrow smile: "How can I not know what you are capable of, Old Zhang? Speaking of which, I have read your regiment's battle reports, and you did fight well indeed."

"The stability of Xinzhou today is due to your contribution, Old Zhang. But, Old Zhang, you are still a little short of the mark. Last month, your regiment fought a battle in Loufan. Did you suffer a great loss?"

Upon hearing what Staff Officer Zhou said, Captain Zhang, who had been looking very excited, suddenly became gloomy.

"Old Zhou, you keep talking about things that are not relevant to the topic. I was just about to report this to General He. This time, the Japanese have stockpiled heavy troops in the direction of Loufan in order to block our way to Datong."

"My 02201 Regiment had originally discovered that there was only one Japanese battalion in Loufan, so we wanted to go there to liberate the county, but after the battle started, we found that it was not the case."

"From the moment our regiment started fighting with the defenders of Loufan City, the Japanese launched a desperate charge against our regiment's position."

"If I hadn't realized something was wrong and led our regiment to fight and retreat with the automatic firepower at hand, I'm afraid we would have been caught by the Japanese behind us."

"I later learned that two Japanese divisions had just entered Loufan the day before we attacked the city, ready to fight us with real weapons."

Listening to Captain Zhang's rough description, Staff Officer Zhou could also understand that the situation on the battlefield that day was definitely not as easy as he said.

He knew Captain Zhang very well and knew that he was a warlike person. The fact that he chose to retreat on his own initiative was probably because of the pressure from the Japanese that day, which made him realize that something was wrong.

Seeing the somewhat sad Captain Zhang, Staff Officer Zhou wanted to say something to comfort him, but before he could say anything, he heard Zhan Loulan's voice.

"You made the right choice. Your regiment didn't suffer much loss. You only lost some supplies. But you pointed out the enemy's deployment to us. In comparison, those losses are nothing."

Zhan Loulan's voice silenced the originally noisy command center. Many chiefs of staff who were reminiscing about the past straightened their clothes and greeted Zhan Loulan.

"Mr. He!"

"Mr. He!"

"Master!"

"Equal seats!"

Zhan Loulan nodded one by one, walked to the main seat in the conference room, looked around, and couldn't help but feel secretly satisfied.

Logically speaking, the number of people in their reorganized division should be constant, so that the logistics of the reorganized division headquarters can replenish their supplies.

However, the 4th Division set a bad precedent when it liberated eastern Shandong.

First, some troops were borrowed from the Shandong East Military Region as the backbone, then a large number of militiamen were recruited as the grassroots, and finally a large number of puppet troops and local troops of the Kuomintang government were captured to form a large number of independent regiments.

These independent regiments did not disappoint Bo Guangbai's expectations and directly fought a war of attrition with the Japanese on the Jiaodong front.

The Fourth Division used the flesh and blood of a large number of Japanese devils to form an elite force. After these independent regiments went south and north, they also fought with all their might.

Seeing this, the other divisions followed suit. What to do when the troops are expanding and lack grassroots officers? They asked for help from the local Eighth Route Army leaders, and a large number of grassroots regiments and local troops were added to reorganize the division.

The leaders are also happy to reorganize the divisions and expand their size, so that when they arrive at the front line to command, they can use them easily. After all, they are invincible!

Another point is that the International Youth Column is still under the Taiyue Military Region, and its organization seems too large.

The leaders in northern Shaanxi intended to disperse the International Youth Column to various military regions, and transfer the command from the Taiyue Military Region to the heads of various departments.