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Chapter 61: The End of the Division 1
The Japanese troops advanced in two directions. The 41st Division on the northern line set out from Datong (Tong). They will follow the railway from Shuo (Shuo)zhou in the north to Ling (Ning)wu area.
They attacked southwards along the Hui River from Lingwu, and this time they were the main attacking group.
The Japanese 114th Division, which set out from Xinzhou, suffered heavy losses in previous battles, so this time they launched an auxiliary attack.
The main purpose is to attract the Chinese army in Guan Censhan and create opportunities for the 41st Division.
The 114th Division was one of the seven Japanese divisions that participated in the Jianye Massacre.
At that time, they belonged to the Tenth Army and after landing at Jinshanwei, they kept on rampaging to the capital of Guosu.
The Japanese Army's 7th Division and seven other divisions committed a horrific and brutal massacre, but the Japanese army is still desperately trying to block the news.
But there is no impenetrable wall in this world. The Japanese soldiers and media often boast about their "great achievements" in the Chinese capital.
There are also some photos secretly taken by some Western media and staff of consulates of various countries at the time, which have now begun to circulate.
Especially after the Japanese army launched the South Seas Campaign, countries such as Britain and the United States also began to publish information related to the massacres that occurred during this period.
Others don’t know why Wang Chun, a person from later generations, doesn’t understand the situation.
The 114th Division was the executioner of the massacre, so there was no reason for him to let these beasts go.
Leading the way in the 114th Division was the 127nd Infantry Regiment under the command of Major General Mitsusaburo Akiyama, commander of the 102th Infantry Brigade.
Led by the commander of the corps, Colonel Kotaro Inuiba, they had just arrived in Ninghua on the outskirts of Guancen Mountain.
The remaining 127th Brigade and the 128th Brigade were under the direct command of the division commander, Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, with nearly one and a half brigades of soldiers tightly packed together.
Even though the 102nd Regiment, which was in the front, was only 10 miles away from the main force, they did not dare to make the same mistake as the st Infantry Regiment.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander! Our 114th Division has nearly Imperial warriors. Is it necessary to be so cautious?"
"I admit that the rebels wiped out the 31st Regiment. They do have good combat effectiveness, but we now have the strength of an entire division!"
"I think I'm being too cautious!"
Major General Obufu, commander of the 128th Infantry Brigade, bowed repeatedly after he finished speaking.
"Okubo-kun! We can never be too cautious with this rebel army. Don't forget the latest news from the Special Higher Police.
"These Chinese are extremely evil. I don't know where they got a small number of tanks and nearly twenty large-caliber artillery pieces from!"
"It is safest to be cautious in everything!"
After listening to the explanation of the division commander Shigeharu Suematsu, Okubo showed a look of enlightenment on his face.
In fact, he had already cursed the old guy Suematsu in his heart after being surrounded by the troops of China's Second War Zone last time.
Now he is becoming less and less courageous and more and more suspicious. His situation makes the officers and soldiers below him and at the grassroots level very nervous.
Obaofu really wanted to slap the old guy and knock him unconscious, and drive him off the stage. Then the position of division commander would naturally be his.
Thinking of this, Obof couldn't help but curse this old guy in his heart, hoping that he would be killed by the Chinese this time.
I heard that China's 78th Army has many sharpshooters and even planes, so please come quickly and blow this old guy to death.
The 41st Division on the northern front had begun advancing along the canal, but they were blocked by the 120rd Column of the th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
Wang Chun handed over the defense of the northern route to the Third Column of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the security forces of the base. They only needed to slow down the advance of the Japanese 41st Division.
The weapons and equipment of the Third Column were now better than those of the Japanese. Coupled with the Eighth Route Army soldiers' fearlessness of death and their hard training, the Japanese 41st Division fell into a quagmire right from the start.
The Japanese 41st Division was often bombarded with firepower. Now, as they marched along the mountain roads, the thing they feared most was hearing the "whoosh" sound coming from the sky.
Those were rocket launchers launched by the Chinese. Yes, they now knew what these weapons were.
The damn Soviets gave these Eighth Route Army soldiers their most powerful Katyusha rocket launchers, which covered the ground with rockets in an instant.
The Japanese 41st Division suffered a lot because of its long range, flexible mobility, strong killing effect and relatively concentrated key killing range.
As long as the area is covered by a round of rockets, the imperial warriors in this area will basically return to the Yasukuni Shrine!
Compared with the 114th Division, the road that the 41st Division traveled on was not easy. In the early stages, they traveled along the river, but after entering the mountains, the road became very narrow and rugged.
In addition, the roads were blocked by the Chinese army, and they also had to face artillery and rocket attacks.
What made the 41st Division even more uneasy was that they discovered that the troops attacking their troops were not only from the Eighth Route Army and the 78th Army, but also from the German-equipped division of the Central Army.
Those German-equipped divisions inflicted enormous casualties on the Japanese army in the early stages of the war, but were later slowly consumed, and the Japanese army never encountered German-equipped divisions on the battlefield again.
Now that they have appeared again, combined with the BF109 fighter jets that appeared in the Chinese Air Force, it is clear without much thought that the so-called allies of the Empire are stabbing the Empire of Japan in the back again!
After entering the mountainous area, the 41st Division could only march 10 miles a day, and was constantly bleeding, causing complaints from the entire division.
Originally they were just a Class B division, and their weapons, equipment and personnel could not be compared with those of the 114th Class A Division, which had made great achievements in central China and was commended by the military.
When the battle report of the 41st Division was sent back to the headquarters, the original plan to let the 41st Division take the main attack direction needed to be adjusted.
According to this battle report, the 41st Division attracted more than Chinese troops, which was almost % to % of the Chinese troops in Guancen Mountain obtained by the Japanese intelligence department.
If this is the case, then the Chinese strategy is obvious. They intend to take advantage of the slow advance of the 114th Division and make good use of this so-called time difference, focusing all their main forces first to defeat the 41st Division, which they believe is slightly weaker.
Then turn around to deal with the 114th Division. If it were in the past, the Japanese army would have simply sneered at such a strategy.
However, after the 41st Regiment and the heavy losses caused by the failed air raid, the st Division's battle report revealed the appearance of the elite German-equipped division of the China Central Army.
Then this assumption is entirely possible. Once the 41st Division enters the unfamiliar hilly area, it will be surrounded by the superior forces of the Chinese army.
In addition, the Air Force cannot provide effective assistance, which will cause the war situation to take a sharp turn for the worse. It is possible that the 41st Division is really in danger.
Inside the command room of the First Army Headquarters, a group of senior officers and staff were all in deep thought with serious expressions!
They don't dare to make a decision easily now. If they choose to turn a blind eye, what will happen if the 41st Division is really in danger!
Of course, no Japanese soldier would think about the fact that the 41st Division was completely wiped out by the Chinese army, even when facing the Central Army's German-equipped Division, which had an army of no more than .
It is impossible to completely wipe out an Imperial Division. By then, the 41st Division will have suffered heavy damage. So what is the point of encircling and suppressing this Imperial Army rebel force?
Also, what if this is a trap set by the Chinese, just to scare the 41st Division into choosing to retreat temporarily, and then the 114th Division will naturally have to give up continuing to attack alone, allowing the Empire's action to end without any worries!
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