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

For the sake of his own reputation, Masao Tanimoto cannot rely entirely on others. Of course, he is also familiar with the behavior of some of his colleagues and they are not reliable at all.

At this moment, this guy is leading the elite troops of the 1st Division and the 15th Division on foot towards Aohan. It is best to have the initiative in his own hands.

The army had already arrived in Heichengzi. There was no railway here, so there was no need to worry about the 72nd Division causing sabotage. All the soldiers advanced on foot.

Neither division is complete. A group of troops were sent to Rehe before, so now the two divisions combined have less than 40,000 people, but they are also a group of fresh troops. After arriving in Aohan, although they may not be able to defeat the 72nd Division, they will have no problem defending Aohan.

After daybreak, planes appeared in the sky above this army. The First Air Division mobilized most of its combat-capable aircraft to provide them with air patrols. Such a long team stretched for more than several kilometers. If there was no air cover, and the 72nd Division's Air Force discovered them, it would be unknown how many casualties would be incurred along the way. Those people dropped bombs as easily as they ate.

"Report to His Excellency the Commander, Chief of Staff Anton is here."

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Masao Tanimoto looked at the person who got off the car in the distance with some disdain. This was the chief of staff of the Rehe Expeditionary Force, Lieutenant General Andong Shigekita.

This guy was originally a division commander, but in the process of fighting with the 72nd Division, the troops under his command were almost wiped out. In the end, he could only gather all the Japanese troops in Rehe and organize them into a garrison division.

"I'm sorry, Commander, I'm late."

Anton Maobei bent over seventy degrees.

Although both of them had the rank of lieutenant general in the army, it was very good that Anton Shigekita was not dismissed after his defeat. After all, his father-in-law was the president of the Army University and had deep connections in the Japanese Army. If it were someone else, based on what he had done, he would have found a place to retire by now. How could he still let you be the chief of staff?

"Anton-kun, you're too slow. No wonder you can't keep up with the 72nd Division. If you keep going like this, both you and I will become criminals of the Empire. This time, in addition to the original army, the 16th and 17th divisions stationed on the mainland will also be part of this mission."

When Tanimoto Masao was teaching Anton Shigekita a lesson, although Anton Shigekita nodded with a submissive look on his face, he had actually been unhappy in his heart for a long time. If you hadn't caused such an incident, would all the troops have changed their original deployment and come to this remote place like Aohan?

According to their previous ideas, the battlefield should be set up near Jianchang, where there is a developed railway network, which can transport troops and various supplies from the Northeast one by one, and we can even use the power of the Pujiang Army.

Now, look what’s happened. We have arrived in the inland area of ​​Aohan. The navy is of no use at all. Soldiers have to rely on their legs, and all transportation has to rely on horse-drawn carriages and cars. Do you think you have as many cars as the 72nd Division?

"Your Excellency the Commander is right. Aohan is still in our hands, but all the reinforcements have been blocked. Should we wait a while and let the reinforcements charge again? If we are the only one, our strength will be greatly reduced after we get there..."

Anton Maobei said hesitantly that the two armies in the south were blocked, and only some scattered troops could come over, and there were not many people added up. Although there are nearly 40,000 people now, but thinking about the failure on Li Shaoyi's side, these 40,000 people may not be able to solve the problem of Ao Han, and it is very likely that all of them will be defeated here.

"Anton-kun, I remember you were very courageous before. What's going on now? The troops of my First Division are not used to waiting for people, not to mention the Second Brigade of Aohan Security. What kind of army is that? It's just their second-line army. Can't we even deal with such an army?"

Masao Tanimoto said with some disgust that he had received a telegram from Major General Inoue that the Second Security Brigade was now short of supplies. He thought of the difficulty the Japanese army had in transporting combat supplies to Aohan. The 72nd Division must have had the same problem. It was normal for supplies to be insufficient. We should take advantage of the army's advantage and directly wipe out the Second Security Brigade and fire the first shot of the Rehe Campaign.

Seeing that the commander was so confident, Anton Maobei shut his mouth. If he continued to talk, the other party might think that he was really cowardly and afraid of death. However, based on his experience of fighting with the 72nd Division, if he ran to Aohan with the current strength, he might be sucked there.

By then, you won’t be able to fight, and you won’t be able to escape. You can only be slowly consumed by the people of the 72nd Division.

"Reporting to the Commander, sixteen fighter planes from the 1st Air Division are engaging the 72nd Air Division approximately forty kilometers to my left. The current situation is unclear."

While the two were talking, their subordinates came to report that once they entered Rehe Province, almost all places were within the strike range of the 72nd Division Air Force. Even though the 1st Air Force Division was relatively strong, it was just a piece of cake for Li Qiankun.

The distance between them was only 40 kilometers. If it were the army, it might have taken a while to run, but the air force quickly got the result. In less than ten minutes, they saw Japanese planes fleeing frantically in the sky. However, even if their engines were running so fast that smoke was coming out, they could not outrun the German fighter planes behind them.

The biplane itself is a product of the First World War. Compared with the all-metal World War II aircraft, the gap is too huge in terms of speed and other data.

At this moment, all the Japanese soldiers saw that of the dozen or so fighter planes that had just flown past, less than half were left, and some were injured. Behind them, there were only four enemy fighter planes.

They only had four fighter planes, while we had more than a dozen. After fighting for half a day, we lost half of them and they were still fleeing.

In front of tens of thousands of soldiers below, the four pilots of the 72nd Division dealt a blow to their confidence. Above their heads, two Japanese fighter planes rushed down with black smoke. The four planes of the 72nd Division gave up the pursuit and instead tilted their noses downwards and rushed down with machine guns firing.

The Japanese army quickly found a place to hide. Although there were only four fighter planes, it caused the Japanese army to collapse over a stretch of several kilometers.

"Fire the anti-aircraft machine guns at me."

When Masao Tanimoto was pinned down, he was still shouting "air defense forces".