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Chapter 809: My three artillery regiments have become one?

Under the dim sky, the commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese army, Shoji Sakurai, walked towards the cave where Kazuo Shinozuka was with Nobuyasu Masuda, as if he was visiting a grave.

He didn't know what would happen to him after this trip.

He also didn't know that at this moment, on the hillside opposite, someone was staring at him through a telescope, with an excited grin on his face.

……

Kazuo Shinozuka slept uneasily in the cave that served as a temporary headquarters last night.

He had a bad feeling, but no news was reported from any source.

It was so quiet that it seemed a little unreal to him.

As he was old and couldn't stay up late, he fell asleep in a daze.

But it was only 5 o'clock and he was already awake.

At this time, the guard at the door came in and reported that Sakurai Shoji had arrived.

He quickly called the other party in and asked:
"Sakurai-kun, I asked you to reorganize the team last night so that we can go out today. How is your reorganization going?
How many troops do we have left?

How is the artillery situation?

How much food, medicine and other military supplies are left?"

After hearing this series of questions, Sakurai Shoji was in a bad mood and had no idea how to answer.

Instead, he spoke in a cold voice and threw out the trump card:
"Commander, the Third Brigade has been destroyed."

Shinozuka Kazuo was unable to react for a moment and replied:
"Nani? What happened to the Third Brigade?"

"They—all of them—died in glory!

Only a few hundred people have fled into the mountains, and a few dozen have just returned!"

"What? Baga Yalu!

How can this be? ? ? "

Kazuo Shinozuka's eyes, which already had a few bloodshot veins, instantly turned blood red!
It looked like it was about to explode, it was terrifying.

Then he roared:

"Where's Yamada Taro?

Where is this idiot?
Let him come to see me!!!"

"Commander, Mr. Yamada has died.

Including his chief of staff, Kita-kun!

For details, Commander, please ask Captain Nobuyasu Masuda of the 3rd Brigade, who is waiting outside. "

Sakurai Shoji answered.

"Idiots! They are all idiots..."

Shinozuka Kazuo roared.

The roar frightened the Japanese soldiers inside and outside the cave, fearing that the commander would draw his sword and chop them all.

……

After a long while, when Kazuo Shinozuka's voice was almost hoarse, he finally calmed down and ordered the guards to call in Nobuyasu Masuda who was outside.

He wanted to find out how that idiot Taro Yamada had killed his six or seven thousand men.

And it was destroyed in such a short time!
In his opinion, even if there were six or seven thousand pigs charging at the Eighth Route Army, they would not die so miserably!
……

Soon, Nobuyasu Masuda came in trembling.

Then, under Kazuo Shinozuka's murderous eyes, he recounted the story of how they pursued the Special Forces Regiment and were eventually annihilated in the White Wolf Valley.

As he spoke, drops of sweat fell to the ground.

He felt full of shame when he talked about it now, as he had lost such a terrible battle.

It's such a disgrace to my grandma!
Although he had just vented his anger, Shinozuka Kazuo still felt angry again when he heard that his entire fully-strength brigade was destroyed by the enemy's intensive artillery fire in just two or three hours.

However, he also knew that the current situation was extremely critical and losing his temper would not solve any problems.

He immediately kicked Masuda Nobuyasu in the face, sending him flying, and roared:
"Get out of here!"

Then he stared at Sakurai Shoji with a hawk-like gaze and said coldly:
"Sakurai-kun, are you ready?

We have no other choice!"

Sakurai Shoji understood what he meant and could only nod:

"Your Excellency the Commander is right.

Now we must use a hearty victory to wash away the humiliation we have suffered!" In fact, he was complaining in his heart: Commander, we are all thousand-year-old foxes, so please don't play any Liao Zhai games with me, right?
Can things like warrior glory and locust army dignity fool me?
You just feel that retreating will definitely lead to death, but if you continue to move forward, there is still a glimmer of hope.

What kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending to be?
Shinozuka Kazuo couldn't help but feel very satisfied when he saw that this guy was still on the same side with him after all this.

He immediately asked:

"Sakurai-kun, the artillery strength of the Eighth Route Army is far beyond imagination.

How many mountain guns and field guns do we still have?"

Sakurai Shoji looked unhappy and replied in a deep voice:
"There are 27 mountain guns left and only 9 field guns."

"Nani?
My three artillery regiments became one???

Baghya Road!

Those useless artillerymen can't beat the artillerymen of the Tubalu Army?"

Kazuo Shinozuka almost fainted from anger again.

Sakurai Shoji quickly defended himself:

"Commander, there is something strange about the artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

They seemed to be immune to the explosion and could survive our fierce artillery fire.

In addition, their mountain artillery seems to have an endless supply of replenishment.”

“How is this possible???

What tools did the Eighth Route Army use to transport those heavy mountain cannons?
Our scouts did not report that the Eighth Route Army had received any additional artillery!"

Kazuo Shinozuka had a lot of question marks on his head.

Of course, Sakurai Shoji had no answer to his question, so he could only change the subject:

"Your Excellency the Commander, last night I integrated all the troops and artillery of our three artillery regiments into the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment.

The command was unified by Colonel Kazuo Mitsui.

Now, their team can be said to have recovered all its combat effectiveness!
However, after yesterday's fierce battle, we don't have many shells left.

Now that supplies from the rear cannot be delivered, they estimate that they can only hold out for one to two hours of full-scale bombardment."

After hearing these details, Kazuo Shinozuka could only keep his doubts about our army in his heart and began to carefully understand the current situation of his own troops.

Then he felt like crying but had no tears left.

Through Sakurai Shoji's introduction, he knew that although he still had nearly 20,000 people, after deducting two engineering regiments, the logistics regiment, the guard troops of each division, and various other miscellaneous non-combat personnel.

There are less than three infantry regiments capable of going forward to fight!

He really had no confidence in fighting against the ferocious Eighth Route Army with such a small force.

After all, the battle has been going on for so long, and he still can't figure out whether the enemy has sent one division or two divisions!
Judging from the enemy's artillery configuration, it is not impossible that they have three divisions!

After pacing in the cave for a few minutes, Shinozuka Kazuo gave the order:
“Sakurai-kun, at 8 a.m. this morning, I want the entire army to launch an attack to the east.

I want you to draw some more men from the Engineer Corps and the Quartermaster Corps, and reorganize them with the other corps to form four corps. Under the cover of the field artillery corps, attack eastward and fight a decisive battle with the Tubalu Army!"

When Sakurai Shoji heard this, he knew that the other party was gambling everything.

He frowned and asked:

"Commander, what should we do with our two to three thousand seriously injured soldiers?

Once the army comes out in full force, the wounded soldiers left behind are likely to be attacked by the Eighth Route Army!"

“Don’t we still have so many non-combatants?

Let them all pick up their guns and protect the wounded!
As long as we can defeat the Eighth Route Army, they will be safe!

And if we cannot defeat the Tubalu, then it is only natural for them to be loyal to His Majesty Tianhuang."

Kazuo Shinozuka answered cruelly.

Hearing this, Sakurai Shoji couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.

I knew in my heart that the guy in front of me was going crazy!
Kazuo Shinozuka had no idea what the other party was thinking. Next, he discussed the specific details of the attack with him in detail, and then prepared to let Shoji Sakurai go out to arrange various matters before the expedition.

Suddenly, there was a series of whistling sounds from outside——

“Swish, swish, swish…swish, swish…”

The two of them immediately changed their expressions and shouted in horror:
"Shock! Get down!"

……

(End of this chapter)