Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

The Japanese army's last resort was useless, so what else could these frontline soldiers do except retreat? Moreover, when they retreated, most of the troops had suffered casualties of over 70%, which was considered acceptable in the history of war, except that they encountered a stronger army.

The 11th Division would definitely not be able to recapture the position that night. Even if all its personnel were turned into members of the suicide squad, it would still be impossible to recapture the position.

So at one o'clock in the morning, the expeditionary force headquarters did not hear the news that they had recaptured the position, but heard the news that the 3rd Division had retreated.

There was absolutely no way around this. When the 11th Division retreated, the space next to the 3rd Division was vacant, and the entire division became a salient point.

Not to mention Guo Shaoqiu's troops, the other reinforced Nationalist troops were also busy, punching and kicking. The Third Division was like a fool. Over a whole day, more than a thousand people were killed.

That night, the 3rd Division carefully considered the matter and obtained accurate intelligence.

The 72nd Army will also launch a major attack on them in the early morning. In this case, if they stay there and take the beating, there will be no other result except increasing losses.

Therefore, without the consent of the expeditionary force headquarters, the 3rd Division withdrew to a position parallel to the 11th Division.

The expeditionary force headquarters severely criticized the 3rd Division for its unauthorized retreat, and replaced the division commander and chief of staff, ordering them to commit suicide by seppuku.

But doing so cannot save the defeat in Luodian battlefield. It is a fact that Japan's two main divisions retreated successively in Luodian despite obtaining countless resources. In this case, is killing a division commander useful?

Upon learning of the retreat of the two main divisions, the Japanese high command scolded the officers at the Pujiang Expeditionary Force headquarters. They were told to capture Luodian within a week, no matter what method they used, and that the other surrounding battlefields must also be engaged. The Pujiang War must be concluded within a month.

The headquarters' logistics department also sent a report that the Pujiang War was like a giant tube, constantly draining the blood of the Japanese mainland. Now all kinds of supplies from the Japanese mainland were specifically supplied to the Pujiang battlefield. If Pujiang was not taken, the losses to Japan would be too great.

Admiral Matsui's office on the warship stayed lit all night, reading the incoming telegrams from various departments. He kept listing various plans and some revisions, but when he woke up in the morning, all the maps had been shoved into the wastebasket. After some review, all the plans were overturned.

The Pujiang battlefield is different now. We can no longer formulate battle plans based on assumptions. The 72nd Army is still sending reinforcements. We have already lost the best opportunity to capture Pujiang. Now, if we want to capture every inch of Pujiang, we must fight diligently.

In the end, General Matsui established his own plan, withstood the pressure from the Japanese headquarters, and temporarily gave up the Luodian battlefield.

There was nothing that could be done about it. The two main divisions had the support of the entire expeditionary force and had used every possible means on the Luodian battlefield, but what was the final result? Both main divisions were crippled, with losses exceeding 50%.

It is still unknown when these two main divisions will be able to restore their combat effectiveness.

In this situation, you still let your troops fight to the death in Luodian. This is a mental problem. Not only will you fail to win, but the morale of your men will be further lowered. The most important thing is that according to the current situation, the lost troops cannot be replenished at all, which means they are lost in vain.

Therefore, General Matsui also saw clearly that what we have to do now is to expand the battlefield around Pujiang as much as possible without increasing our existing strength, open up multiple battlefields, and consume Longguo's anti-Japanese forces.

The 72nd Army did not have many troops in Pujiang before. We made a huge mistake. If we could have opened up multiple battlefields earlier, the people of the 72nd Army would definitely not be able to unite as a fist in Luodian. They would have to travel around the battlefields in Pujiang. The daily travel alone would be enough to make them suffer even if they were sitting on wheels.

Unfortunately, we did not think of this strategy at that time. We only wanted to fight them head-on in Luodian. Moreover, many Japanese soldiers believed that the 72nd Army might not be able to win in Luodian, after all, it was far away from their rear.

Unfortunately, the final result surprised all the Japanese soldiers. The two main divisions were defeated, and they began to calm down. Luodian switched to passive defense, and the troops in other counties had to immediately divert the attention of Longguo's anti-Japanese forces and let them rush to defend other places.

Pujiang War Zone Command

"After the battle the night before yesterday, two Japanese divisions retreated voluntarily and, with the help of the former Marines, began constructing a series of fixed reinforced concrete defenses. Our current troops have already reached them, but I think their strategic focus has shifted and will no longer be in Luodian."

Chief of Staff Zhang's analysis of the strategy was very accurate. After learning that the Japanese army had retreated, he immediately thought of the three battlefields around Pujiang. At present, the fighting on those three battlefields is also fierce. The scale has increased from a thousand people at the beginning to several thousand people now. Tonight, each battlefield should reach a climax.

"According to my original plan, we'll fight them on various battlefields, but we won't stop attacking Luodian. This is where they're most vulnerable. But if we rely on the existing fortifications, with our insufficient heavy artillery, we could suffer heavy casualties."

Li Shaoyi was very clear about the defense line built by the Marine Corps. At the beginning of the war, the main forces of the three German-equipped divisions attacked fiercely for more than a week, but ultimately failed to do anything here.

The 105mm howitzer shells did not have much effect on this line of defense. The Japanese were determined to defend this line. If they wanted to break through here, 203mm howitzers were necessary, and the number could not be too small.

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