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

Chapter 145 The Crazy Harada Colonel

The Sato detachment was hit to a greater extent, which made Shinozuka Yoshio wonder whether there were other outstanding officers to assist in the command of the independent 48th Brigade's assault force.

After all, for him, Chen Ziyun, who was born as an artilleryman, may have a strong ability to command artillery, but he must be lacking in commanding infantry.

He didn't believe that Chen Ziyun still had the ability to command infantry and other arms. In fact, this was something Yoshio Shinozuka didn't want to see.

After all, Chen Ziyun's command of artillery has already posed a great threat to the Japanese army. If he can still command infantry and other arms to fight, it will be a nightmare for the Japanese army.

In view of the combat situation in the Suohe Township area, Shinozuka Yoshio chose to confront rather than continue to fight.

The combat order from the First Army Headquarters began to be passed on, and at this time it was in the southwest area of ​​Yuanping City, Jinshan Highland.

The Harada detachment has already begun to transfer the detachment headquarters here, observing from the Jinshan Highlands, you can overlook Suohe Town from a condescending height.

At this time, hundreds of engineering troops of the engineering brigade assigned to the Harada detachment began to build positions and fortifications to ensure that this place could become a strong fortress.

As for the detachment headquarters, it is specially reinforced, not to mention mortars, even if they are directly hit by mountain cannons, they will not be destroyed.

The Japanese army has strict regulations, and the rigid Japanese army will fully implement these regulations.

Even if it is a short stop on the marching road, the first thing the Japanese army will do is to immediately build a bunker to prevent it from being attacked.

Not to mention the detachment headquarters and the alliance headquarters, even the brigade headquarters will be reinforced to ensure the absolute safety of the brigade leader.

"Nani?"

"Your Excellency, Commander of the First Army, actually asked us to confront the Jinsui Army troops in Suohe Town!"

"We didn't come here this time to fight against them. If we confront them, we can arrange other troops to carry it out."

"Could it be that just because they brought casualties to the Sato Detachment, the First Army Command thinks that we will not be their opponents?"

"Don't forget, our 26th Division is a field division, not comparable to those security and garrison divisions under the First Army!"

After Mr. Harada received the telegram from the First Army Headquarters, he showed an expression of extreme dissatisfaction.

He frowned, looked at the map coldly, his eyes exuded a strong fighting spirit.

The 26th Division is the first batch of field divisions formed by the Japanese army in three regiments, and they have strong combat effectiveness.

Its predecessor was the mixed brigade established outside the customs in 34, which is also the establishment of field troops.

They fought one after another outside the customs and had strong combat capabilities.

After the start of the full-scale operation, the Kwantung Army dispatched a corps to participate in the battle, and they were the number one main force of the dispatched corps.

They performed very well in the battles against Cha Province and Jin Province, which is why they were qualified to expand into the 26th Division.

Colonel Harada is full of confidence in this battle, and he intends to use this battle to gain military exploits.

After all, he has stayed in the position of Colonel for many years, so it is inevitable that he wants to get promoted through military exploits.

The rank of Major General in the Japanese army is the threshold for entering the rank of major general, and these major officers are very crazy in order to be able to wear the rank of major general earlier.

As a staff officer, the Dazuo officer will continue to plan operations and draw up combat plans, so as to gain credit.

The captain of the Dazuo United, who holds the military power, will command the troops to continuously attack the city and pull out the village, annihilating the troops to gain military exploits.

It was rare for Harada Osamu to find such an opportunity, and he was unwilling to miss it.

"Your Excellency, Detachment Leader, more than 4000 troops from the Sato Detachment fought fiercely with the Jinsui Army and other troops in Suohe Town, and paid 2000 losses by themselves."

"They were forced to retreat to the blockhouses along the railway line to keep the troops. The Jinsui Army we are facing is a very elite force."

"The designation of this unit is the Independent 48th Brigade, and its core is the 358th Regiment. This regiment has achieved great results in battlefields such as Cangyunling and Yangcun."

"The flag of the Third Elite Wing, the ace of mobile warfare directly under the First Army, was captured by the 358th Regiment."

"According to the current situation, it is the best choice for us to confront them and prevent them from attacking the railway."

"At this time, they occupy the high ground. If we attack forcefully, it will be difficult to obtain the results."

After hesitating for a moment, a major staff officer standing aside, he came to the map and analyzed it directly.

Harada Dazuo became even more angry when he heard the words of the Shaozuo staff officer.

He looked at the major staff officer coldly, and began to growl loudly.

"Don't you think that the Harada detachment organized by the 13th independent infantry regiment is not an opponent of the Jinsui army at all?"

"Don't forget, these Jinsui troops have the worst combat effectiveness. We can deal with them with wooden sticks and beating their helmets."

"What's more, we don't have wooden sticks, but sophisticated weapons and equipment!"

"Don't think that I don't know their situation. Their most elite is nothing more than the artillery unit."

"That's just right, our two mountain artillery brigades can fight against them to see whose artillery is more powerful!"

Colonel Harada kept clamoring, even if Chen Ziyun's troops had won the battle, even if the independent 48th Brigade had brilliant military exploits.

But he still didn't take this Jinsui army seriously, he thought that his troops could win.

Of course, Da Zuo Harada is not a brainless person, otherwise he would not be able to sit in the chair of the captain of the Da Zuo Alliance.

He is so active in wanting to fight, mainly because his troops are relatively elite.

And this time the division head personally arranged the 13th independent infantry regiment, which was also an opportunity given to him by the division commander Shigetoku Kuroda.

Shigetoku Kuroda once served as the head of the major general of the 26th Infantry Regiment under the 26th Division, and was the immediate boss of Harada Osaku.

It's just that Shigetoku Kuroda went around and went back to the 26th Division as the commander of the lieutenant general division, and Harada Osaku was still the commander of the regiment.

As Harada Osamu's old superior, Shigetoku Kuroda arranged for Harada Osamu to command the troops to attack this time. The reason is very simple.

He wanted to use this opportunity to pull Mr. Harada.

As long as Harada Osamu obtains military exploits, with his qualifications, Shigetoku Kuroda will report and operate, and he will naturally be able to promote his position.

Colonel Harada wanted to seize this opportunity, and he firmly believed that his troops could defeat Chen Ziyun's troops.

Because the 13th Independent Infantry Wing, which he served as the leader of the wing, is a strengthened wing.

This wing has three infantry brigades and one artillery brigade.

The Artillery Brigade is equipped with twelve Type 75 [-]MM mountain cannons, which is hard to see in other infantry regiments.

In addition, the Harada Detachment also has the First Brigade of Mountain Artillery, which is directly under the Mountain Artillery Wing, equipped with twelve Type 75 [-]MM Mountain Artillery.

The Japanese Type [-] Mountain Cannon is a product of the same era as the Type [-] Field Cannon.

In the 30s, the Japanese army considered that the range of the Type 6000 mountain gun was only more than [-] meters, so they began to develop the Type [-] mountain gun.

The performance of the [-]-type mountain cannon is very good, and it is of high quality and low price. It directly completely replaces the [-]-type mountain cannon.

Of course, the little devil's resources are limited, and the [-]-style mountain cannon was replaced, but it was not eliminated.

The Type [-] mountain artillery has become a division-level support mountain artillery, and the Type [-] mountain artillery has become a wing-level support artillery.

Basically, each wing will be equipped with an artillery squadron equipped with four [-]-type mountain guns.

The 26th Division belongs to the Garrison Mongolian Army, and the Garrison Mongolian Army can be said to be a weak force at the army level of the little devil.

It has a cavalry group under it, the 26th division, which is independently mixed into the second brigade, with a total strength of more than 3 troops.

You must know that some permanent divisions of the little devils have undergone a series of reinforcements during combat, and their combat strength will exceed 3.

As an army, there are more than 3 troops, and it is indeed very broken.

The area in charge of the Garrison in Mongolia is also very broad, including areas such as Cha Province, Sui Province, and Northern Shanxi.

Therefore, under such circumstances, as the only field division, the three infantry regiments under the 26th Division must all have independent combat capabilities.

The artillery units directly under the three infantry regiments are all strengthened and have an artillery brigade.

In this way, each infantry regiment has three infantry brigades and one artillery brigade, which can conduct offensive and defensive operations of a certain scale independently.

The Harada detachment currently has two artillery brigades, with a total of 24 mountain guns of two types, which is also the source of Harada Osamu's confidence.

You must know that even in the Central Army, even if it is the Central Army, it is impossible for an artillery regiment to make up 24 artillery pieces.

There are only a dozen artillery regiments in many artillery regiments.

An artillery battalion of the 358th regiment of Chu Yunfei is nothing more than eight Jin orogenic cannons.

In fact, eight Jin orogenic cannons, that is, two artillery companies.

Harada Osamu has so many mountain cannons in his hands, and he wants to gain military exploits.

Now the First Army Command asked him to maintain a confrontation and stand still, which he definitely could not accept.

It's like a person who has been hungry for several days and is holding a chicken leg and wants to eat a big meal. If someone wants to take the chicken leg away at this time, then this person will definitely go completely crazy.

Colonel Harada roared angrily. He stood in front of the map with a gloomy expression.

At this time, Nakasa Sato of the Sato Detachment came here immediately.

The Sato detachment has been hit hard at present, its overall strength has been greatly hit, and its morale is also very low.

This time, Lieutenant Sato came over mainly to discuss the next combat operations.

"Your Majesty Harada, the Army Command asked us to maintain a confrontation with the Jinsui Army, but it also supports us in launching appropriate night raids."

"At present, the overall casualties of our detachment are very high, so I hope that our two detachments can coordinate defense and confront the Jinsui army face to face."

"As long as we build a line of defense along the Tongpu Railway, the Jinsui army may not have the courage to attack."

"The battle in southern Shanxi is progressing very smoothly. As soon as the battle over there is over, the Jinsui army will withdraw to the station in embarrassment."

"In that case, our mission has been completed, and we can directly hand over the task to the army headquarters."

After Nakazu Sato saw Harada Osamu, he directly saluted and said.

His meaning is obvious, that is to stand still and directly confront the Jinsui army.

When the battle in the Zhongtiao Mountain area is over, they will be able to handle their errands.

Even though the First Army mentioned that night raids could be launched, Nakazu Sato was unwilling to let his troops continue to take risks.

After all, he only has more than 2000 people under him. If he pays another casualty loss, he will definitely be held accountable.

Colonel Harada glanced at Nakazu Sato with a very cold expression.

Nakazuo Sato can be said to lift which pot is not opened!
"Mr. Sato, are you so frightened by these Jinsui troops that you don't even have the guts to make a small-scale night attack?"

"Don't forget, back then we easily defeated them and took most of the cities and towns in Jin Province directly."

"The more than 2000 Jinsui troops now want to restrain our thousands of troops. This is simply the biggest shame of our imperial troops!"

"To deal with them, we only need to send a small number of troops to carry out night raids, and we can completely defeat them."

"You reminded me that the army headquarters supports us in launching night raids."

Mr. Harada had a serious expression on his face, and said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"Your Excellency, there are more than 2000 Jinsui Army troops in the Suohe Town area, but they are very elite troops."

"They are well equipped with excellent weapons and powerful combat effectiveness, especially they have two small units with super combat effectiveness."

"And their artillery combat capabilities are very strong, and they are fully capable of accurately hitting targets."

"What's more, in the area south of the battlefield, there are more than 1000 Eighth Route troops supporting the battle."

"If we attack blindly, I'm afraid we will fail. Now we stand still and confront them, which is the best choice."

"If they take the initiative to attack, we can also use the existing fortifications to cause them heavy casualties."

Nakazu Sato frowned slightly, and argued directly.

The two of them have different military ranks. If they were the lieutenants in the field army, they would not have the guts to directly challenge the powerful captain.

But Lieutenant Sato is different. He is the Lieutenant Staff Officer of the First Army Command, and he has been around the Army Commander and Chief of Staff for a long time.

As the saying goes, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister.

What's more, Lieutenant Sato is still the staff of the Lieutenant, so he naturally has an arrogance.

Harada Osa glanced at Sato Nakazu coldly, and he also knew Sato Nakasa's identity.

If it was the lieutenant commander of the field army, Harada Dazuo would have already slapped him in the face.

But Lieutenant Sato was the staff officer of the Army Command, and if he was slapped, it would be tantamount to slapping Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army.

Although Harada Dazuo was angry, he remained calm. He knew that some things could be done, but some things could not be done.

"If that's the case, Sato-kun, please stick to your detachment's place." Harada Osamu said with a sarcasm.

Without waiting for Nakasa Sato to say anything, Osamu Harada directly gestured to see off the guests.

Sato Zhongzuo walked out helplessly, and after he left, Harada Dazuo immediately called the Major Commander for deployment.

He caught the loophole in the message of the First Army Command, and he planned to use the night attack to launch a large-scale attack.

"All the ministries went back to actively prepare. For this battle, we must completely annihilate the Jinsui Army in the Suohe Town area overnight."

"They only have more than 2000 people and no more than ten artillery pieces. We have more than twice the number of troops and artillery pieces."

"In this night attack, we must wipe them out completely, and let the First Army see the strength of our Mongolian army!"

After the officers arrived, Colonel Harada said with a serious expression on his face.

"Hi, Your Excellency the detachment captain." The major captains stood up one after another, saluted and agreed immediately.

(End of this chapter)