Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In three directions, rumbling explosions continued to sound on the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Balls of fire continued to rise on the battlefield, even though they knew that the 1st Independent Division was about to launch an attack.

But when the battle officially started at this moment, the Japanese and puppet troops still panicked.

"idiot!!!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

"Hurry up, get ready for battle!!!"

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief that Chu Feng's troops have taken the lead in launching the attack!"

"..."

As the party that took the initiative to attack, the Japanese and puppet troops did not think about building positions.

My whole gang is about to take the initiative to attack, and you want me to build a defensive position?

The battle has begun, and I have already led the team away. What is this position for?

But with the uprising of the puppet army and the mobilization of Chu Feng's troops, all this happened too quickly.

The Japanese and puppet troops could only hurriedly dig trenches again, but time was too tight.

The time left for them was enough for them to build a simple defensive position, but there was no way they could build a complete defensive fortification.

This defensive position, built in a short time, was no different from not being built at all when facing the Independent 1st Division with sufficient artillery firepower.

It is no problem to dodge some bullets and rely on some, but facing hundreds of such 75mm, 100mm and above artillery, these defensive positions are a bit insufficient.

Especially those 150 caliber, 155 caliber, and 152 caliber heavy artillery. With one shot, not only the people were blown away, but the defensive positions were also blown into loose soil.

Peking!

At the North China Front Army Headquarters, General Terauchi Hisaichi had a very ugly expression.

At this moment, he had received a notification from the navy.

Among the four aircraft carriers that came to support them, the Longxiang aircraft carrier had been sunk.

Of course, if an aircraft carrier was lost, it would not make Admiral Terauchi Hisaichi so angry.

Anyway, the loss was suffered by the navy, so what does it have to do with the army?

But the navy now insists that their army's intelligence is unfavorable.

They didn't even find out how many air forces Chu Feng's army had, which led to the loss of a small fleet.

Six warships!

Even if it was an antique, the navy would not allow it and demanded that the army give them an explanation.

Of course, these disputes are still happening at the Japanese headquarters and will not affect the North China Front Army for the time being.

But General Terauchi Hisaichi was also disgusted, so he couldn't help but call the head of the Special High Technology Department over and scolded him for several minutes.

Afterwards, General Terauchi Hisaichi fell into depression because news about the air force also came at this time.

Although he had discussed with Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi that if it really didn't work, they could abandon the airport and save the planes.

But even so, the 500 aircraft prepared before the war included 300 new fighter jets.

In this preemptive attack by the Chu Feng tribe, all 200 aircraft produced by the empire were lost.

Three-fifths of the 300 new aircraft were lost, and the remaining ones fled to farther places like stray dogs.

With only a little over a hundred new aircraft, even with the help of the navy's three aircraft carriers and two hundred aircraft, it is impossible to regain air superiority.

In other words, he is not only facing a disadvantage in terms of military strength, but has also completely lost air superiority.

You know, in order to gain air supremacy, the aviation force is his most proud trump card.

Now that the hidden cards have become visible, they are completely useless.

The current situation has only occurred in less than ten hours.

"Ugh!"

Thinking of this, General Terauchi Hisaichi couldn't help but sigh. He felt a little overwhelmed.

"Am I really old?"

"I was actually schemed against by a young man like Chu Feng!"

"Ever since I met Chu Feng, I've been unlucky and have been failing all the time. Will I make the same mistake again this time?"

As soon as this thought appeared in his mind, General Terauchi Juichi couldn't help but shudder.

"Baga!!!"

He cursed subconsciously and said, "No, absolutely not. I can't fail again."

"My military career should be even more glorious. I want to become the Grand Marshal of the Empire."

"Reinforcements, as long as reinforcements arrive, we still have a chance!"

Thinking of this, he subconsciously picked up the phone and wanted to call the Kwantung Army and the Central China Front Army to ask them to speed up.

But before General Terauchi Juichi could make a phone call, the peace was broken by the sound of dense explosions and roars coming from the distance.

This made General Terauchi Hisaichi, who was already furious, stand up suddenly and throw the phone in his hand on the table.

He walked out of the room quickly, then trotted up the stairs to the roof, looking in the direction of the explosion, his expression becoming increasingly ugly.

Southwest!

That was exactly the direction of Chu Feng's eastward column, and there were such large-scale and dense explosions.

He knew that there was only one reason for this situation!

That is, Chu Feng took action!!

"idiot!!!"

General Terauchi Hisaichi couldn't help but curse, feeling more and more aggrieved and a little panicked.

Chu Feng cut off the source of his trouble, putting him in a completely passive position, even though the base camp coordinated reinforcements for him.

But it would take time for the reinforcements to arrive, and Chu Feng obviously did not give him this opportunity.

It is obviously impossible for a force of 150,000 to resist Chu Feng's ground forces of over 100,000 and the air force that is so powerful that it scares him.

"No !!!!"

“We must hold on!”

"We must hold on! We must wait until the reinforcements arrive!"

General Terauchi Juichi's face darkened as this thought emerged in his mind.

He quickly walked down from the roof and said to the people gathered around him, "Record the order!"

"Send a telegram to the Navy, asking them to cooperate with the Army Air Force and provide support to the ground forces, even at the risk of their lives, especially to ensure the security of the battlefield in Hebei Province."

"Send a telegram to the troops stationed in Mongolia, the troops in Shanxi Province, and the Kwantung Army. Tell them to take advantage of the favorable terrain to block the attack of Chu Feng's troops and wait for the arrival of reinforcements."

At this point, General Terauchi Hisaichi paused for a moment and said, "Send another telegram to the troops responsible for Chu Feng's eastward column, asking them to leave some troops to hold the position, even if it means they are wiped out."

"The rest of the troops must retreat quickly to the defensive positions we established earlier. Relying on the positions and fortifications we've built, hold tight there and buy time for reinforcements to arrive."

As soon as this order came out, General Terauchi Hisaichi hesitated for a moment: "Don't use the Imperial Army, use our troops. The Imperial Army is unreliable!"

As General Terauchi Hisaichi's order was issued, the panicked Japanese and puppet troops immediately began to act.

Is General Terauchi Hisaichi's order correct?

no problem!

Because they were actively attacking, now the active attack has turned into passive defense.

When your strength is inferior to that of the enemy, it is indeed a good choice to take the initiative to retreat and go to the complete defensive position you have built.

However, General Terauchi Hisaichi missed a few points. To be precise, it was the troops on the Eastward Column side, which also had the largest number of Japanese and puppet troops.

First, they underestimated the mobility, combat effectiveness and firepower of the eastward-moving column.

Second, although he ordered the air force to delay the enemy, the navy and the remaining army air force were limited. What could they use to delay the enemy?

Third, even if the Japanese and puppet troops wanted to retreat, the distance would range from more than ten kilometers to twenty or thirty kilometers in different directions.

If it were a mechanized force, they would retreat in just ten minutes or half an hour.

But for two legs, that's calculated by the hour.

Therefore, General Terauchi Hisaichi's seemingly correct orders were actually a series of stupid moves made in a panic.

If he had ordered the troops to retreat immediately before the battle started, there would have been no problem.

Now that the battle has begun, retreating like this will give us an opportunity.