Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Yoshizumi Ryosuke felt that he needed to re-evaluate China's 51st Division.

This is nothing like what was shown in the previous battle report.

Before the Battle of Shanghai, the 51st Division was able to fight, but it was not to this extent.

What on earth is the reason that makes this division suddenly so powerful!

The Empire has a large number of regiments, but it has no way to deal with Hu Shu. He still hasn't figured this out.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to the battle report from the Ide Brigade, the Chinese 51st Division has more than one regiment of soldiers in Hushu Town."

"But according to the Empire's intelligence, the 51st Division doesn't have that many people deployed in Hushu Town. This is a bit strange to me."

The operations staff suddenly thought of this problem and began to analyze it.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke frowned. It was indeed mentioned in the battle report, but he had not thought about this issue before.

After this reminder, he also realized that something was wrong.

"Koga-kun, please tell me more details."

Yoshizumi Ryosuke said to the operations staff officer Koga Rikuma.

Koga Rikuma tidied up his words and spoke.

"The Empire's intelligence network can't be wrong, so that proves the problem lies with the Chinese 51st Division."

"I suspect they have hidden a troop in Hushu Town and have not reported it to their headquarters."

Koga Rikuma didn't say much. He needed to give the division commander some room to play.

After listening to this, Yoshizumi Ryosuke nodded slightly and then spoke.

"What Koga-kun said does make sense. These Chinese are really cunning."

"But this force can't appear out of thin air."

As Yoshizumi Ryosuke spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up and he turned to ask the communications soldier next to him.

"Has there been any news from the Expeditionary Force Headquarters?"

When the Ide Brigade encountered difficulties in the attack in the afternoon, he sent a telegram to inquire.

Now is the time to uncover the mystery.

He didn't expect that the communications soldier would directly say no, which surprised Yoshizumi Ryosuke.

Hurry up and ask the signalman to urge them.

In fact, the characteristics of Gu Changfeng's troops are very obvious, and the Japanese upper echelons must be paying special attention to this kind of team that annihilated a large number of their soldiers!

Previously, the Shanghai Expeditionary Force Command also received intelligence that it would be incorporated into the 21st Army Group.

However, the 20-strong army besieging Nanjing was just a drop in the ocean in their eyes.

No matter how powerful you are, you will still be destroyed by the trend.

They received inquiries from the 9th Division in the afternoon, but didn't take it seriously.

After all, they were also overwhelmed and had a lot of things to do at this time.

The main reason is that Yoshizumi Ryosuke did not mention encountering this unit and their casualties, otherwise the staff of the expeditionary force headquarters would have a headache again.

This time, Yoshizumi Ryosuke didn't have to wait long, and it reached him in about half an hour.

It would be fine if he hadn't looked at it, but once he did, Yoshizumi Ryosuke was completely stunned.

"How, how is it possible?"

After reading it, Yoshizumi Ryosuke couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Sir, division commander, what happened?" Koga Rikuma asked curiously.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke ignored him, but read it again carefully, and finally ran to make a phone call in a hurry.

The person on the phone was none other than the 6th Division, and he needed to confirm whether it was true.

It was impossible for the people at the expeditionary force headquarters to post all the details, so they just gave the general picture of the battlefield and the casualties.

Therefore, Yoshizumi Ryosuke wanted to ask whether it was true or not, and what the battle process was.

This kind of uncertainty will keep him awake tonight.

How could he believe that a single army had killed so many of their imperial soldiers?

Koga Rikuma looked at the division commander, picked up a piece of paper that had fallen on the ground, and then he was also stunned.

This kind of record had never been achieved in the Battle of Shanghai, let alone after the capture of Shanghai.

But now he sees it.

"No wonder the division commander looks like this." Koga Rikuma muttered to himself.

Then he thought of another question: why didn't the headquarters make it public when the imperial army suffered so many casualties?

.........

"Keep your voices down, everyone. If you delay Changfeng's business, you will suffer the consequences."

Huang Zhengkui said in a low voice.

The action has already begun. Taking advantage of the cover of night, they are secretly heading towards the Japanese encampment.

There must be Japanese guards. Gu Changfeng meant that if you can launch a surprise attack, then do so, try to get as close as possible and then fight, and if that doesn't work, then attack by force.

So everyone is being cautious now.

After leaving the defense line, the two sides were still seven or eight miles apart.

Yagi knew that Huxiu had mortars and did not dare to be careless. He saw that the brigade commander had no intention of continuing the attack.

They retreated directly into the valley and placed guards everywhere.

He didn't dare to withdraw. Without orders, he couldn't withdraw even if he didn't want to fight anymore.

"Ueda-kun, do you think we can still break through here?"

Major General Yagi looked at the gray sky and felt very sad.

They had tried every possible means, but they just couldn't break through the small town of Huxu. Even the division's heavy artillery was useless. This result was somewhat unacceptable to him.

"Sir, let's obey the orders of our superiors!"

Colonel Ueda's battalion was almost wiped out, and he was still injured, so he didn't want to bother with Yagi at all.

Major General Yagi seemed to be possessed by a demon. He did not pay attention to Ueda's tone and started talking to himself.

Ueda was thinking about his future and didn't notice that the two of them just stood on the top of the mountain, feeling the cold wind.

Seeing the two men's appearance, the nearby soldiers didn't dare to say anything and mechanically stood nearby to guard them.

It's ten o'clock in the evening.

Xiaowu led his troops to the side of the valley, and the Japanese guards had all been secretly killed by the special forces.

And Gu Changfeng's front was also very close at this time.

He and Zhao Ziqing took action personally, and the Japanese guards were killed without any surprise.

Plans on both sides are progressing smoothly.

"There are a lot of devils ahead, let's start fighting."

Gu Changfeng took out the telescope and looked for a while, then said in a low voice.

Zhao Ziqing nodded slightly and said, "Come on, my spear can't be restrained any longer."

Although the voice was very low, everyone around could hear it and couldn't help but smile.

Gu Changfeng took the rifle from the soldier and began to look for a sniper position with a few people.

Zhao Ziqing bowed and walked in another direction.

As the two men were ready, the sudden sound of gunfire rang out through the night sky, and the Japanese soldiers guarding the roadside at both ends were blown away.

"Baga, enemy attack." More than a dozen Japanese devils reacted quickly and immediately changed their fighting posture.

The machine gunners began firing into the darkness.

The two Japanese squadron leaders halfway up the mountain were also awakened instantly.

Yagi placed their two squadrons halfway up the mountain to prevent surprise attacks or artillery bombardments.

Now there is really an enemy attack, and this situation makes the two squadron leaders lose all sleep.

Immediately stand up and start organizing the team, preparing for a counterattack.

The dozen or so Japanese guards died quickly. With the sniper there, Huang Zhengkui and his men didn't have to take any action at all.

In less than two minutes, Huang Zhengkui and Yang Zhenhua appeared next to the Japanese corpses with the first and second companies.

The remaining third and fourth companies formed a fan-shaped attack and began to run towards the two hillsides.

The Japanese soldiers on the mountainside prepared quickly, hiding behind trees or lying beside protruding rocks, waiting for the enemy to come up the mountain.

"Da da da."

The machine gunners of the 3rd and 4th companies tentatively fired into the woods, wasting some bullets.

The soldiers of the two companies each entered the woods.

Of course, the test is still going on, and they don’t know where the devils are.

However, as the heavy machine gunner probed to the middle of the mountain, an unlucky Japanese soldier was shot in the abdomen.

Then there was a scream, and the Japanese's position was exposed.

Now that the target was found, the machine gunners of the fourth company began firing at the hillside.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was still about 600 to 700 meters, but they had a long range and were not afraid of the Japanese who were in a high position.

For a moment, the wailing sounds of the unlucky Japanese soldiers could be heard from time to time on the hillside.

Each company had three heavy machine guns, facing trees, grass, and darkness, so it was impossible to say anything about aiming.

Fire blockade is even more difficult, but it is still possible to suppress the Japanese a little.

Anyway, we have plenty of bullets, so we just need to shoot at the Japanese. This is what their company commander said.