I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

In the temporary headquarters of the Japanese First Division.

The commander of the Eighth Division, Honda Masazai, was deeply shocked by the current situation of the First Division.

After a long while, he came back to his senses and asked Nakazawa Saburo:

"Mr. Nakazawa, it's been less than 24 hours since we engaged the Eighth Route Army in direct combat, why are your casualties so heavy?

Simply incredible!

In my opinion, the Tubalu who attacked us last night, although they were fully armed and had sufficient ammunition, their tactical skills were not very high!"

As soon as he said this, Saburo Nakazawa's face instantly felt hot.

This is a real slap in his face!

At this point, Nakazawa Saburo could no longer hide it.

They had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell the other side about the fierce battle their division had fought with the enemy from yesterday to early this morning.

Upon hearing that the 1st Division had lost not only the 1st Infantry Brigade, but also the tank regiment, the abolished engineering regiment, half of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, and 90% of the artillery regiment, Honda Masazai was suddenly paralyzed.

I couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Nakazawa-kun, who is the enemy we are facing now?
Could it be that the ones who attacked your First Division were not local troops from the Tubalu in Northwest Shanxi, but the elite main force sent by their headquarters?"

Nakazawa Saburo shook his head and answered bitterly:

“No, it’s most likely that damn Northwest Shanxi Special Agents Group!!

Apart from them, the Tubalu troops should not have such a large-scale artillery!"

"hiss……

Is this secret service group so terrifying?
Even after defeating the 33rd Division, the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, it still has such strong combat effectiveness!

Are all their soldiers iron men?

It’s unbelievable.”

Honda Masazai's face was filled with shock, and his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

“Yeah, I don’t understand how they did it.

Even if their soldiers are all iron men, it is incredible that their weapons, equipment and ammunition supplies can be delivered in such a short time.

Unimaginable! "

Saburo Nakazawa was also filled with sighs.

Now is the era of hot weapons. Wars are not like those in the era of cold weapons. Soldiers can just eat a full meal and then charge forward with swords. There is no need for too much preparation.

Nowadays, if you want to fight a war, you need to spend time and energy to prepare for the maintenance of weapons, the preparation of ammunition, and the collection of food.

For these little Japanese devils, they can still rely on their usual reserves to fight battles at the battalion or regiment level.

But if it is a division-level battle, it will take at least a week to prepare all the supplies.

Then you can take action.

Otherwise, even without the enemy taking action, they would be in chaos on their own!
They had never seen or even heard of a special forces regiment that could fight division-level battles one after another without interruption!

……

After the two of them lamented the horror of the special forces, Honda Masazai asked seriously:
"Mr. Nakazawa, you called me here because you have any new battle plans?

Last night, the Eighth Route Army attacked and stole a large amount of food from our Eighth Division.

Our food supply now can only last for two days at most.

Our two divisions must now break through as quickly as possible, otherwise we will have no choice but to retreat."

"What? Your food was also stolen in large quantities?

Damn it! "

Saburo Nakazawa was furious.

He had originally thought that the 8th Division had a large number of troops and would not suffer too many losses, and might even be able to provide him with some food support, but he did not expect that this would be in vain now.

Now, he didn't want to bother with Honda Masashi anymore, and directly stated his purpose:

"Mr. Honda, my First Division has basically lost its combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the food situation is even more scarce than yours.

I think the next attack will depend on your Eighth Division."

Hearing what he said, Honda Masazai couldn't help but frown.

This job is not easy.

Didn’t you see how miserable the First Division is?

But he also knew that this time the two divisions were acting together, and according to Okamura Jining's order, he had to obey the command of Saburo Nakazawa.

Now the other party seems to be negotiating with me in a nice way, but in fact I have no room to refuse.

Thinking of this, he could only nod:

"Nakazawa-kun, there is no problem in letting my 8th Division move forward, but can you provide security for our logistics transportation lines?

I hope to get a food supply in at least a day!
Otherwise, the warriors will not have much fighting power if they fight on an empty stomach! "

Seeing that Honda Masazai agreed to his request so decisively, Nakazawa Saburo, who now had little confidence, was immediately overjoyed.

Nodding repeatedly:

"Yoshi! This is easy!

I will use all the remaining troops to protect our logistics transportation lines!
Arrange some small troops to go to the surrounding villages and towns to collect food!"

……

After the two reached an agreement, they discussed carefully how to exchange positions and how to cooperate next.

Of course, they did not forget to unify their reporting statements to Okamura Ji-ning.

In order to cover up the attack and heavy casualties last night.

After everything was discussed, Honda Masazo immediately returned to his troops and prepared to mobilize them and move forward.

When the staff officer, Keijin Nagakubo, saw him coming back, he asked curiously:
"Mr. Division Commander, Mr. Nakazawa is looking for you because—"

"Mr. Nakazawa wants to exchange positions with us, and my 8th Division will be in charge of the front."

Honda Masazai sighed.

"What? Switch places? Why?"

Kubo Keijin was very confused.

Honda Masazai did not hide anything from him and immediately told him everything he had discussed with Nakazawa Saburo.

Upon hearing that the mighty First Division had become so miserable, Kubo Keihito was also very shocked.

After a long while, he sighed:

"I can't believe that the First Division can't even defeat the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi. This is really hard to accept!"

Then, he reminded Honda Masazai solemnly:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it seems that it is impossible for us to quickly break through the resistance of the Eighth Route Army and carry out a sweep deep into the hinterland of northwestern Shanxi.

I believe that when we replace the First Division and lead the front, we must not underestimate the enemy and rush in, but must be cautious to avoid suffering heavy losses."

"Yoshi! Kubo-kun, what you said makes sense."

Honda Masazai nodded.

Then he asked the other side to arrange for the entire division to break camp and advance.

……

This side of Shimen City.

After receiving the telegrams from Saburo Nakazawa and Masazai Honda, Okamura Jining became increasingly depressed.

Although these two people have repeatedly embellished what happened last night, how sharp is his sense of battlefield?
From their urgent demands for food in the telegrams, it is easy to see that these two divisions must have suffered great losses and lost a large amount of food.

He knew very well what would happen if an army of tens of thousands of people ran out of food!

There is no doubt that these two Class A divisions, which were originally powerful, are now walking on the edge of a cliff.

……

Although Okamura Ji Ning had already written a farewell letter to his family, he was ready to be loyal to His Majesty Tian Huang at any time to preserve his own reputation.

But at this moment, he couldn't just sit there and watch these two divisions starve to death.

After hesitating for a moment, he arranged for someone to call over Lieutenant Colonel Ritsuji Nagata, commander of the Shimen Garrison Regiment.

He gave the order straight to the point: "Mr. Changtian, after daybreak, you will immediately arrange a group of brave warriors to escort a batch of food to the First and Eighth Divisions!"

Upon hearing this, Nagata Ritsuji cried out in shock:
"what--"

Then he saw Okamura Jining glaring at him, as if scolding him for being so jumpy.

He quickly explained:
"Commander, I heard that Brigade Commander Lin Fang will also be leaving soon.

My regiment now has only three battalions with less than a thousand people. If one of the troops escorting supplies is transferred away, the defense of Shimen City will be too weak!

Your safety cannot be guaranteed!
The First and Eighth Divisions have their own baggage trains. Why didn't the Commander order their baggage trains to rush back to Shimen City to transport food?"

“Don’t worry about the safety of Shimen.

The Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei has been basically wiped out. I will give orders to the 57th Regiment of the First Division to gradually move towards Shimen City.

When they arrive, this Shimen City will be extremely stable!"

Okamura Ji Ning waved his hand and told him his arrangements.

He was too lazy to explain to the other party why they didn't wait for the supply troops of the 1st and 8th Divisions to return.

As the commander of a front, if he has to explain everything to a mere lieutenant colonel, then what is the point of him being an army general?

……

Seeing Okamura Jining's firm attitude, Nagata Ritsuji, the small lieutenant colonel regiment commander who had just been transferred to Shimen City not long ago, did not dare to resist anymore.

I could only nod and agree, and go down to make the arrangements.

As soon as he left, Okamura Ji Ning muttered with a distant look:

"Nakazawa-kun, this is my last chance for you.

I hope you won't fail miserably and tarnish the military honor of your Nakazawa family!"

……

The sky is getting brighter.

There was a commotion in Shimen City.

The 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, led by its commander, Major General Yoshitaro Hayashi, led the way out of the city and headed northwest.

About an hour later, thousands of Japanese soldiers from the Third Battalion of the Shimencheng Garrison Regiment, escorted many captured civilians, drove mule and horse carts, and transported large amounts of food and supplies, slowly heading west.

Of course, their movements were noticed by several soldiers in gray uniforms in the bushes outside the city.

After a few people gathered together and whispered for a while, they arranged for a soldier named Chu Ergen to quickly leave the grass and run towards Hujiazhuang in the west of the city.

There is no doubt that they are soldiers from the special operations company of the special forces regiment, sent out by the company commander Wei Dayong and Zuo Feng to scout the actions of the Japanese in Shimen City.

……

Soon, Chu Ergen hurried to Wei Dayong and reported to him excitedly:
"Company commander, the Japs are moving!"

Wei Dayong took some people to wander around Shimen City last night and sneaked out before dawn. He is still sleepy and a little confused.

But after hearing this, he was still very surprised and asked quickly:
"What's going on? Ergen, tell me quickly."

"Captain, early this morning, we saw the Japanese sent two troops to leave Shimen City.

One of them was a large force, with at least five or six thousand people, fully armed and heading towards the northwest.

But they didn't bring too many artillery and food supplies.

The other one was a transport team of about 1000 people, carrying a large amount of supplies. They were heading west, apparently going to take the Zhengtai Road to deliver supplies to the two divisions ahead. "

"Very good!

With so many Japanese soldiers gone, the Shimen City must be empty!

Our chance has come!
It seems that Buddha is blessing me!
hey-hey……"

Wei Dayong laughed excitedly.

Completely grinning from ear to ear.

The rough big hands scratched my scalp, and snowflakes flew off.

Zuo Feng beside him asked quickly:
"Ergen, besides the Japanese soldiers leaving the city, are there any Japanese soldiers entering the city?
Could it be that the Japanese were changing their guard normally?"

"No, we didn't see anyone entering the city."

Chu Ergen answered quickly.

"Has the number of Japanese defenders on the city wall decreased?"

Zuo Feng asked.

"Of course there are. We've noticed that the number of little devil defenders has obviously decreased. Before, there was one every four or five meters, but now it seems that there is one every seven or eight meters."

"Zuo Feng, stop talking nonsense, it's obvious that the Japanese are withdrawing troops defending the city to support the front line.

The defenses in Shimen City are unattended, this is our chance!

I have decided that we must act immediately and infiltrate the city!"

Wei Dayong interrupted Zuo Feng's intention to continue asking questions, and with a wave of his hand, he decided to take advantage of the opportunity.

Zuo Feng had no choice but to remind:

"Captain, don't worry!

Our mission target is that old devil named Okamura Ji-ning.

What if that old devil has already left with the large group that just left the city? It would be useless for us to sneak into the city!"

After hearing what he said, Wei Dayong did not immediately disagree with him, but quickly asked Chu Ergen:

"Ergen, did you see the old devil Okamura leave the city?"

“Probably not.

None of us saw any old Japanese soldiers wearing general's uniforms in the two troops leaving the city.

Only in that large army, there seemed to be a young Japanese major general riding away on a horse. "

Chu Ergen tried hard to recall what he had seen and answered honestly.

He knew that this was a crucial issue and could not tolerate any falsehood.

"Little Japanese Major General?

Company commander, it seems that this large force is exactly a brigade of the Japanese devils, and the leader is the brigade commander who is a major general.

I guess they are the brigade that escorted the old devil Okamura to Shimen City."

Zuo Feng said thoughtfully.

"Humph, I know without even thinking about it, it must be the regiment commander and his men who dealt such a heavy blow to the two Japanese divisions!

Otherwise, the old devil Okamura wouldn't have sent out all the troops to protect him!"

Wei Dayong said this excitedly, and couldn't help but stick out his tongue to lick his lips.

It seemed as if it was about to pounce on Shimen City immediately and take a big bite of meat.

……

The situation was very clear, so Zuo Feng no longer opposed Wei Dayong's decision to attack.

Instead, he called several platoon leaders to discuss the specific plan of attack.

Soon, they reached a consensus: in order to avoid any further complications, they had to sneak into the city tonight while it was still dark, and then a group of people would set fire to the Japanese army camp with incendiary bombs to cause chaos.

The other group of people went straight to the headquarters of the old Japanese devil Okamura to carry out the decapitation mission.

Wei Dayong sneaked into the city last night and found out the exact location of the command center.

Of course, in order to ensure the implementation of this plan, we have to arrange for a dozen soldiers to sneak into the city during the day and prepare to provide support and cover at night.

After the plan was finalized, Wei Dayong immediately ordered the third platoon leader Lu Yuhao to set off with the soldiers who were responsible for sneaking into the city first.

The other soldiers quickly ate and slept to conserve their energy for tonight's attack.

After everything was arranged, Zuo Feng remembered one more thing and quickly reminded:
"Captain, we need to send a telegram to inform the regiment commander that these two Japanese troops are advancing westward.

Let them prepare ahead of time.

To avoid sudden attacks and losses."

Of course Wei Dayong couldn't refuse such a suggestion.

The matter was immediately thrown on him and he was asked to find the telegraph operator to send the message.

...(End of chapter)