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Chapter 706 It’s all the terrain’s fault!
Harada Yuji sent messages to the 21st Division one after another.

At this moment, the commander of the 21st Division, Tanaka Kyuichi, who had already arrived at Koga Village, couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the telegram.

I thought to myself: You son of a bitch, you laughed at me before!

Are you dumbfounded now?

Do you know how powerful the Eighth Route Army was?

He knew without even thinking—

The other party must have encountered a major setback, otherwise he wouldn't be so anxious.

He arranged for the telegraph operator to call the other party back and inform them of his location.

At the same time, they arranged scouts to scout forward and prepared to move forward to meet the enemy at the foot of Shuiquan City.

However, Tanaka Jiuyi soon discovered that no matter how many scouts he arranged, as long as they walked west out of Kohe Village, they would never come back.

As a veteran of the battlefield, he instantly realized that they must have encountered a powerful enemy.

He was not in a hurry to send more people forward.

Instead, he turned to ask Chief of Staff Kusumoto Jutaka:

"Kusumoto-kun, has Fukuhara-kun's mountain artillery regiment entered the village?"

"not yet."

Kusumoto Julong was a little confused.

"Tell them not to enter the village, but to immediately find a suitable artillery position nearby, deploy on the spot, and prepare for the bombardment."

Tanaka Jiuyi gave the order firmly.

"Mr. Division Commander, are you worried that the enemy will ambush us?"

"good.

Now I estimate that there must be a large group of Eighth Route Army soldiers lying in ambush to the west of this village.

Otherwise, our scouts would not be unable to send back messages.

Once Fukuhara-kun's mountain artillery enters the village, it will easily become a target for the Eighth Route Army."

Tanaka Jiuyi said solemnly.

"I see.

I will arrange it right away."

Kusumoto Julong immediately accepted the order and turned away.

Afterwards, Tanaka Kyuichi did not arrange any more troops to advance westward, but instead reorganized his troops in Koga Village.

Since his 21st Division moved westward from Shimen, each regiment had suffered heavy losses and was incompletely organized. Now that Guhe Village was spacious, it was just right for a reorganization.

After an inventory and reorganization, Tanaka Jiuyi reorganized all the troops under his command into the 82nd and 83rd Regiments.

It was only at this time that he discovered that his original three infantry regiments now only had more than 3000 people left in total.

Officers at all levels also suffered huge losses!
I couldn't help but feel a little shocking.

That was originally an army of nearly 9000 people!
Now two-thirds of it has been lost directly!
Tanaka Jiuyi felt his scalp tingling, knowing that after this battle, the reputation of his family, the direct descendant of the Tanaka family, would be ruined.

However, a bad reputation is a matter for the future; the current crisis still needs to be resolved.

He thought that as long as he could win the battle in the end, even if the losses were greater, he should be able to cover them up.

Thinking of this, he immediately reorganized all the personnel from his division's engineering regiment, logistics regiment, communications team, weapons service team, etc. into the infantry regiment, barely filling up the establishment of the 82nd and 83rd Regiments.

Two infantry regiments of about 3200 people were formed.

Now, his 21st Division had no one left except these two infantry regiments, the division's medical team, field hospital, and Fukuhara Yukibei's mountain artillery regiment!
It can be said that I have lost a lot of weight.

……

After reorganizing the team, Tanaka Jiuyi called the acting commander of the 82nd Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kawasaki Katsuto, and ordered:
"Kawasaki-kun, immediately send a squadron of troops to conduct reconnaissance and see what traps the Eighth Route Army has set outside the village!
Be careful and avoid too many casualties!"

Kawasaki Katsuto was promoted from the chief of staff of the wing to the acting wing commander. He was very motivated at the moment and immediately responded loudly upon hearing the words.

Then he arranged for someone to go forward.

At this time, the division chief of staff, Kusumoto Jutsu, came back and reported to Tanaka Kyuichi:

“Your Excellency, the division commander, this village is surrounded by mountains on both the north and south sides, and the slopes are steep.

Fukuhara's mountain artillery regiment did not find a suitable artillery position, so they could only reluctantly set up the artillery in the open space at the entrance of the village, and then sent observers to climb up the hillside for observation and guidance.

"idiot!
This bastard terrain in Jin is too unfavorable for our locust army!"

Tanaka Jiuyi couldn't help but curse.

He recalled the painful experience of being ambushed by our army during the march.

If the terrain had not been unfavorable, how could his 21st Division have suffered such heavy losses?

He, Tanaka Jiuyi, is considered a famous general among the locust army!
Being able to become a lieutenant general and a division commander is definitely not due to the surname "Tanaka"!
"Your Excellency the Division Commander, I just heard faint artillery sounds coming from the north. I think the 35th Division is fighting with the Eighth Route Army. Should we move forward immediately?" asked Kusumoto Jutsuka.

"Not urgent."

Tanaka Jiuyi waved his hand.

Seeing the other party's surprised face, he immediately explained:

"I have arranged for Kawasaki-kun to send a squadron out for reconnaissance. We'll talk after they come back."

Seeing that the other party was so steady now, Kusumoto Julong couldn't help but be a little surprised.

I thought to myself: If you had done this earlier, you wouldn't have suffered such a terrible loss?

……

Just as the two of them were talking, suddenly a burst of intensive gunfire was heard from outside the village.

"Duh duh duh... duh duh duh..."

Kusumoto Julong immediately exclaimed:

"It's a heavy machine gun! Are the Eighth Route Army launching a surprise attack?"

Without bothering to answer, Tanaka Jiu looked around and saw an old crooked locust tree not far away. He immediately ran over and climbed up the tree in a flash, raised his telescope and observed towards the source of the gunshot.

At this time, the sound of "bang bang" and "bang bang" of Type 38 rifles also rang out.

It was obvious that the enemy and us were exchanging fire.

After a while, a lieutenant colonel came running over.

It was Kawasaki Katsuri, the acting commander of the 82nd Regiment.

When he saw Kusumoto Julong, he immediately reported:

"Mr. Chief of Staff, where is the commander?

There was an ambush of the Eighth Route Army at the west entrance of the village. As soon as one of my squadrons left the village, it was strafed by the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns!
Currently engaged in combat with the enemy!"

Tanaka Jiuyi jumped down from the old locust tree and said to him seriously:

"Kawasaki-kun, I saw——

The ambush position of the Eighth Route Army consisted of only one trench, which could probably only hide one or two hundred people at most.

I now order you to lead your 82nd Regiment to charge out and wipe out this group of Eighth Route Army troops.

Then do not advance rashly, deploy defenses within 2 kilometers of the village entrance, and wait for the mountain artillery to move forward and set up the guns! "

Kawasaki Katsuto heard the order, nodded in agreement, and ran back the way he came.

……

To the west of Furukawa Village.

At this moment, the ones who were lying in ambush in the trench at the entrance of the village and bullying the Japanese with heavy machine guns were actually just a few dozen soldiers from the first platoon of the third company of the third battalion of the Special Forces Regiment.

They brought two heavy machine guns and ambushed the Japanese here according to the order of Battalion Commander Wang Quanfa.

At the beginning, when the Japanese sent out some scouts to scout, they did not show up to fire.

Instead, they waited for the Japanese to get close to their trenches, then suddenly jumped out, caught the Japanese off guard, and ended the battle directly with their bayonets.

However, when the Japanese sent out a squadron later, they could only open fire suddenly and shoot with heavy machine guns.

The Japanese were suddenly attacked and dozens of them were knocked down by two tongues of fire. It was a tragic scene.

Now, platoon leader Wu Cong saw thousands of Japanese soldiers rushing out of the village, and he immediately knew that his mission was accomplished.

He immediately operated the heavy machine gun in his hand and continued to fire, while shouting:
"The Japs are coming out, take the wounded with you, retreat quickly!"

Following his orders, the soldiers retreated while firing their guns.

Another heavy machine gunner shouted:
"Platoon leader, what should we do with this heavy machine gun?"

"Blow it up! Retreat!"

Wu Cong yelled.

He used up the last magazine, then pulled a grenade from his waist and pulled the ring hard, blowing the heavy machine gun to the ground.

Seeing that the platoon leader had taken the lead, the heavy machine gunner, although extremely reluctant, still followed suit, blew up the heavy machine gun in his hand, and then followed Wu Cong to retreat.

On the Japanese side, Kawasaki Katsuri was very depressed when he saw that the Eighth Route Army ran away as soon as his main force rushed out.

He quickly waved his command knife and shouted:

"The Tubalu have escaped, chase them and catch them!

Come on!
I'm going to tear these bastards into pieces!!!"

……

(End of this chapter)