People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Chapter 130 The Japanese Army Falsely Reported Casualties and Losses
"The First Army attaches great importance to the campaign to mop up and suppress the Yangcun area. They must have achieved the expected results."

"The opponent only has two regiments, and the strength is nothing more than a few thousand people. And they dispatched a reinforced brigade, and the Imperial Association Army to assist in the battle."

"Even though these troops have achieved some results in the past, it is still a bit of a trivial matter to do so."

"If this kind of news is spread, if we dispatch tens of thousands of troops to deal with the strength of the two regiments, then our North China Front Army will become a complete laughing stock."

After hearing Hirata's report, Tada Hayao said disapprovingly.

In his opinion, if the First Army dispatched enough troops to carry out the encirclement and suppression campaign in the Yangcun area of ​​Jin Province, they would surely succeed.

And up to now, the First Army has also dispatched aviation troops to assist in the battle. Such a level of combat cannot be handled by two regiments.

He believes that there will be no accidents in this battle, and the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route New First Regiment will definitely be completely wiped out.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there was an accident in the battle in the Yangcun area."

"The independent mixed fourth brigade and its attached machine gun brigade and mortar brigade were completely annihilated."

"In addition, the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, which was assigned to them, also suffered a devastating blow."

"Major General Shotaro Katayama, head of the brigade, was also killed in this battle."

Masahani Hirata lowered his head and reported softly.

When Tada Jun heard this reply, he couldn't help but froze in place.

Immediately afterwards, he quickly came to the map, checked it carefully, and quickly found the area of ​​Yangcun, Jin Province.

Looking at the markings on the map, Tada Hayao's eyes widened with disbelief.

"This place belongs to the defensive range of the Eighth Route, a strengthened independent mixed brigade, and a mixed brigade attached to the Royal Association Army."

"They have tens of thousands of combat troops, how could they be wiped out, two regiments wiped them out?"

"It's impossible. Even if Eight Routes takes the initiative to attack its main forces, it will be difficult to eat them up."

"As for the nearby Seventh Army of the Jinsui Army, if we deal with them, two or three thousand people will be able to block their attack."

Jun Tada's face was gloomy. He pointed to the Yangcun area and asked directly.

This matter was simply too unbelievable for him.

Tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops were all eliminated.

And the other party only had two regiments of troops, which made Tada Hayao unacceptable.

What's more, only the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army can carry out support operations nearby.

Tada Hayao would not believe that these troops have the ability to annihilate the independent and mixed Fourth Brigade.

The Eighth Route Army is good at guerrilla warfare. They lack heavy weapons, and they are at a disadvantage in positional warfare.

As for the troops of the Jinsui Army, Tada Jun would not take them seriously.

"At present, the First Army is still investigating and summarizing the details, but the results have been repeatedly confirmed."

"Li Yunlong's regiment and Chu Yunfei's regiment have teamed up to severely damage the third wing. Their overall combat effectiveness is very strong."

"Furthermore, the Yamamoto Secret Service Team carefully built by the First Army was also severely damaged in the Yangcun area, which shows that these troops are extraordinary in strength."

"Chu Yunfei's regiment has elite artillery units, and they have enough shells. These artillery may play a decisive role."

"And before the war started, these troops took the initiative to attack, causing the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army to be hit to a certain extent, and the Ishikawa Brigade was completely annihilated."

Masahani Hirata hesitated for a moment, then spoke slowly.

Tada Hayao was completely speechless. He looked at the map, frowning, with an uncertain expression on his face.

It is worth noting that in the report of the First Army, it only emphasized that the independent mixed fourth brigade, the mortar brigade, and the machine gun brigade were annihilated.

However, the Ishikawa Brigade and Fujita Brigade drawn from the 36th Division and the 37th Division also participated in this battle.

The Ishikawa Brigade was completely wiped out in Qingshan Town, and the Fujita Brigade was also wiped out in the battle in the Yangcun area.

These two brigades have been strengthened, and the total strength is more than 2000 people.

The First Army did not report their situation, obviously intending to weaken the total number of casualties this time.

The Jinsui Army and other troops like to exaggerate the results of the battle and falsely report their military exploits in order to reap benefits.

The Japanese army is completely the opposite. After all, if the Japanese army wants to obtain military exploits, it must conduct strict audits.

If they falsely report their military exploits, it will be easy to see through.

But when little devils report their own casualties and losses, they often shrink severely.

Hundreds of casualties, they can be said to be more than 100 people.

Casualties of hundreds of people can be said to be dozens of people.

The upper echelons of the Japanese army also defaulted to this. After all, no one wants to see heavy casualties in their troops.

This has something to do with their overall combat thinking. They constantly emphasize that they will achieve the greatest results with the least loss.

At the same time, it is necessary to use a small amount of ammunition to eliminate more opponents.

Therefore, according to the post-war statistics of the little devils, they fought in North China for several years, and only a few hundred people died in guerrilla warfare.

With such statistics, this has something to do with their false reporting of their own losses.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the number of the Third Wing has just been revoked because the wing flag was seized."

"At this time, the independent and mixed Fourth Brigade and other troops were annihilated. Once the news spread, the consequences would be disastrous."

"Even if the general headquarters of the dispatched army and even the base camp will not pursue responsibility, such a loss will definitely bring a serious blow to the morale of our front army."

"After all, a few months ago, Lieutenant General Norihide Abe, the commander of the independent and mixed second brigade, was unfortunately killed in battle."

"Nowadays, one regiment of the Jinsui Army and one regiment of the Eighth Route Army have achieved such results. This series of consequences is beyond our ability to bear."

At this time, Major General Yukio Kasahara, Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army, walked quickly, and said with a serious expression on his face.

In November 39, Lieutenant General Norihide Abe, head of the Second Independent Mixed Brigade, was shot dead by Jinchaji troops during a raid.

This incident caused an uproar within the Japanese army, and they suppressed the incident.

After all, it is a shameful thing to let the weapons and equipment fall behind and kill a lieutenant general and head of the brigade with almost no heavy weapons.

Not long after Norihide Abe was killed, the No. [-] Alliance was revoked because the alliance flag was seized.

Of course, when the First Army and the North China Front Army reported, they mainly explained that the flag of the Third Wing was seized.

As for the heavy damage to the third wing, they did not explain.

The General Command of the Little Devils Dispatch Army, as well as the main focus of the base camp were seized on the flag of the regiment, and they did not pay attention to the heavy damage to the third regiment.

Otherwise, if they knew that the Third Wing had been severely damaged, they would definitely have to have the generals dismissed from their posts, instead of being punished or other punishments.

According to the unwritten rules of the little devil, the elite troops suffered serious losses, and the division heads and army commanders they belonged to would all be dismissed.

After the battle of Taierzhuang, Rensuke Isoya, commander of the Tenth Division, and Hisao Nishio, commander of the Second Army, were all dismissed from their positions.

After the Battle of Lanfeng, Kenji Doi, commander of the 14th Division, and Kiyoshi Kazuki, commander of the First Army, were also dismissed from their posts.

Also because of these battles, Shouichi Terauchi, then commander of the North China Front Army, was more or less affected.

The meaning of Kasahara Yukio's words is obvious. If these things break out, the First Army Command and the North China Front Army Command will be affected.

However, Norihide Abe was killed, the third wing was abolished, and the independent and mixed fourth brigade and other troops were wiped out.

This series of defeats is enough to shake Tada Junhua's position as the commander of the Northern Front Army.

"Baga, Lu, Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong are so damn hateful!"

"Immediately communicate with the headquarters of the First Army, and the commander of the independent mixed Fourth Brigade, Major General Katayama Shotaro, commanded the battle bravely. Unfortunately, the jade was broken."

"The Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade was ambushed and attacked by the Jinsui Army, the Eighth Route and other main forces, and suffered heavy casualties."

"We will immediately report the combat situation to the headquarters of the dispatched army, so that we can quickly restore the independent mixed fourth brigade."

There was a little anger on Tada Hayao's face, and he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said.

At this moment, his meaning is very obvious, that is to conceal some casualties and losses, and try to make this matter as big as possible.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara immediately agreed.

The North China Front Army and the First Army contacted and discussed, and at noon, they began to generate electricity to contact the headquarters of the dispatched army.

At the same time, the Second Section of the North China Front Army Command and the Second Section of the First Army Command began to work together to investigate and find relevant information about Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei, and Chen Ziyun.

As the saying goes, where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, it is inevitable that there will be people with sophistication.

In the original play, Kong Jie said a word, how big is the matter of disobedience on the battlefield, if he is put on Kong Jie, it is enough to be shot several times.

But for the same thing, Li Yunlong just dismissed his position as the team leader and went to be the director of the clothing factory.

And it didn't take long for Li Yunlong to be activated and resume his post as head of the regiment.

Therefore, if you are not afraid of making mistakes, you are afraid that no one will protect you.

Tada Hayao was worried that he would be implicated, so he chose to stand with Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army, and they falsely reported casualties.

The Fujita Brigade and the Ishikawa Brigade were annihilated, they completely concealed it and did not report it.

The independent and mixed fourth brigade was wiped out, and it was also severely damaged.

This telegram was sent out and sent directly to Seishiro Itagaki, chief of staff of the dispatched army.

The relationship between Itagaki Seishiro and Tada Hayao is not bad. After checking the content of the telegram, he personally reported to the commander-in-chief Nishio Hiszo.

To say that the capture of the alliance flag is such a major event, the headquarters of the dispatched army must report it.

However, the independent mixed brigade was hit hard. The headquarters of the dispatched army can handle such things by itself.

After all, for the Japanese base camp, these independent mixed brigades are not even field troops.

"The Jinsui Army has been quite active in combat recently, and Yan Baichuan of the Jinsui Army obviously wants to bet on both ends."

"However, they have already touched our bottom line. You can contact the North China Front Army and give them a certain degree of blow."

"To make the Jinsui army understand the current situation, we will not allow them to bet on both ends!"

"The casualties and losses of the Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade require them to replenish their weapons and equipment from the depot."

"Tell Tada Hayao not to affect the next diversion attack on Mount Zhongtiao."

Hisao Nishio didn't pay much attention to this matter, he directly ordered.

For the high-level Japanese army, what they value is the casualties and losses of the elite permanent division.

In their view, these elite permanent divisions can play a decisive role in combat.

The First Army has 36, 37, and 41 divisions under its jurisdiction, and there are four independent mixed brigades.

These three divisions are all so-called security divisions.

Therefore, as long as there are not too many casualties on the side of the First Army, it will not attract the attention of the dispatched army headquarters.

After all, there is the North China Front Army above the First Army, so they can handle it.

Of course, Chief of Staff Itagaki Seishiro must speak for Tada Hayao when he reported.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the dispatched army headquarters just sent a reprimand message, without any punishment.

The general headquarters will obviously not pursue this matter.

"Contact the First Army Command and let them pay close attention to the movements of Chu Yunfei's regiment and Li Yunlong's regiment."

"At the same time, they will launch a diversion attack on Zhongtiao Mountain next. There must be no surprises in this operation."

"After the battle to contain Zhongtiao Mountain is over, even if we deploy a division force, we must completely eliminate Chu Yunfei's regiment and Li Yunlong's regiment."

"For specific matters, Kasahara-kun, come and personally communicate and coordinate with the First Army."

"In the future battlefield of Jin Province, I don't want to hear about the numbers of the Chu Yunfei regiment and the Li Yunlong regiment!"

After Tada Hayao received a call back from the dispatched army headquarters, he said with a gloomy face.

The general headquarters didn't take it seriously, but Jun Tada attached great importance to the Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong troops that successively caused heavy losses to the Japanese army.

If it weren't for the completion of the combat arrangements of the dispatched army headquarters, he wished he would deploy all his troops to carry out encirclement and suppression operations now.

Tada Jun was full of anger towards Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong, and he definitely wanted the First Army to completely wipe them out.

Yukio Kasahara, chief of staff of the North China Front Army, began to be in charge of communicating with the First Army.

For the next period of time, the Japanese army did not take any action.

Of course, their intelligence agencies mobilized in all aspects, and they kept investigating to find relevant information about Li Yunlong and others.

At the end of April, the brigade headquarters of the 386th brigade was here.

Brigadier Chen picked up the phone with a somewhat depressed expression on his face.

"Teacher, you also know Li Yunlong's character. It is almost impossible to get weapons and ammunition from him."

"He, Li Yunlong, is just a rascal. Asking for some weapons and ammunition is like killing him."

"There are a thousand rifles on your side. I am very embarrassed. You don't know the situation of our brigade."

"Let's not mention the local troops and basic regiments under our command, even the main force, they all lack weapons and ammunition."

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I always think of the boss who is crying and poor. It's okay to send us a batch of old sleeves."

Brigadier Chen spoke into the microphone in an aggrieved tone.

At this time, the person who was talking to Brigadier Chen was naturally known as the teacher who went down to earth in one dragon.

(End of this chapter)