Glorious Mission 1937

() After receiving the urgent telegram sent by Hua Dajiao's secret radio station, Chen Feng felt a 'thump' in his heart, secretly thinking that he was really careless this time, but he never thought that the real purpose of the little devil was Guisui and Baotou. The devils are also planning to take this opportunity to wipe themselves out.

Although I said that I am not worried that the 61st Army will be wiped out by the Japanese in this way, but if it really fights against the four powerful field divisions of the Japanese Army, plus 3 du li mixed brigades and a large number of puppet troops, even if it is In the end, if you really won the victory, your own situation may not be better. The saying that killing an enemy ten thousand and self-defeating eight thousand is not a lie.

Before he had time to think about it, Chen Feng hurriedly returned a telegram to Hua Dazuo, asking him to immediately find out at all costs whether it was the Japanese army that captured Guisui, and how many people there were in total.

At the same time, Chen Feng sent another telegram to Li Yifeng, ordering the 222nd Division stationed in Jining to immediately seize the commanding heights along the line from Zhuozi County to Jining, and then block the Japanese army step by step. Under Ning Cheng.

傍晚，花大脚发来可靠情报，攻占归绥的是驻蒙军第26师团，另外协助第26师团作战的还有ri军第四师团、du li混成第15旅团、伪蒙古军jing卫第2师、骑兵第7师、第8师以及伪满洲国的步兵第6师和骑兵第5师，ri伪军所有的兵力加起来6万5千余人。

After reading this telegram, Chen Feng was really relieved. To be honest, Chen Feng really didn't pay attention to the few troops stationed in the Mongolian Army. They were all beaten by the 26st Army many times.Most of the troops have undergone at least three major replenishments, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of half a year ago.So at the beginning, Chen Feng didn't pay too much attention to the Mongolian Army Garrison. He heard that the Mongolian Army Garrison came for reinforcements, and they went to many cities of the Chinese Army within one day. I thought it was some kind of powerful army, but I didn't expect it to be the Fourth Division of Osaka. It seems that God still favors him.

Chen Feng of this Fourth Division had already heard of its 'prestige'. The reason why Chen Feng knew about this unit was entirely because Chen Feng read an article when he was in college.This article was written by Sekisuke Seki, a modern Japanese historian.The name is "The First Worst and Abandoned Division of the Japanese Army".This article described in detail various anecdotes about the [-]th Division, and it also gave Chen Feng a certain understanding of the [-]th Division that still existed in the battle sequence of the "Masturbation Team" of the Japanese Army after World War II.

What the Japanese soldiers did in World War II reminds us of nothing more than "brutal", "heinous", and "killing without blinking an eye".Then I thought of the "loyalty to the emperor", "Bushido" and so on that they often yelled.Everyone seems to be a desperado.Yet few know.At that time, in the "Imperial Army", which was world-leading in terms of equipment and military quality, there was an alternative army "famous" for its extremely poor combat effectiveness.It is the fourth division of Osaka known as "the first useless division in the imperial army".

The Fourth Division of Osaka was established in 1888. The soldiers are mainly composed of vegetable vendors in Osaka. It is one of the oldest divisions in the Japanese Army.The Fourth Division was one of the first few field divisions established by the Japanese Army, and its natural qualifications were far from comparable to those formed later.No matter in terms of soldiers or weapons and equipment, the Japanese military has not neglected this army. It has everything from long guns to short artillery tanks, but in terms of hardware, the Fourth Division is no worse than any division in active service in the Japanese Army.

But this army did not bring honor to the Japanese army like other Japanese army regiments, but it was constantly humiliated.Especially during the Russo-Japanese War, the Fourth Division suffered repeated defeats, which greatly disappointed the senior leaders of the Japanese army.After that, until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Fourth Division never went to the front line again.

In order to improve the combat effectiveness of this unit and let the soldiers radiate fighting spirit, the Japanese army base camp successively transferred several famous generals to train the division, such as Terauchi Shouichi, the current commander of the North China Front Army, and the well-known "Malay Army" in the Pacific War. "Tiger" Yamashita Fengwen once served as the division head of the Fourth Division, but they also had nothing to do with the loose and loose Fourth Division.

The various units of the Japanese army are conscripted in a centralized manner, so the soldiers of many units come from one place.And there is a general rule in the armies all over the world, that is, the worse the living environment, the fiercer the people who come out, and the stronger the combat effectiveness of the troops formed by the more fierce people.For example, in modern China, warlords fought in chaos, and there were as many warlords as a cow, such as the Northeast Army, Northwest Army, Sichuan Army, Guangxi Army, Yunnan Army, Guizhou Army, Jinsui Army, Hunan Army, and Guangdong Army.Among all the warlords, the Northwest Army and the Guangxi Army with the worst natural environment have the strongest combat effectiveness, followed by the Northeast Army. The Jinsui Army and the Sichuan Army relying on the Shanxi Plateau and the Chengdu Plain are obviously not as effective as the above-mentioned troops. .

In the same way, the main conscription place of the Fourth Division is in Osaka, Japan. Osaka is a famous commercial city in Japan. Most of the residents are related to business, and the respect for the princes is very limited.On the contrary, around issues such as exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people of Osaka have been fighting wits and courage with the princes and bargaining for hundreds of years. It also directly made the Fourth Division composed of Osaka people not have the psychological basis for the Japanese army to generally fanatical "loyalty to the emperor".

Without a psychological basis, the so-called loyalty is even more out of the question.Although during World War II, soldiers born in Osaka were also bewitched by militarism, but the people of Osaka were not in a hurry to "die for the emperor and die for the Japanese Empire", and try not to die if they can.Officers and soldiers from Osaka are also accustomed to "bargaining" and "haggling over every detail" when dealing with orders from their superiors, and they will not follow through with their eyes closed like other troops.Even the Fourth Division has formulated the so-called "three don'ts" principles of "don't pay unnecessary sacrifices", "don't participate in unreasonable battles", and "don't pursue desperate enemy troops".

When he learned that it was the Fourth Division that was attacking in the direction of Jining, Chen Feng's brain started running at high speed.Meeting the Fourth Division is not an easy task, but he knows that in the future, almost all squadrons are looking forward to meeting the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army. Now he is lucky, and he has just started the battle Not long after meeting this army, Chen Feng felt the urge to kneel down to God.

It's not that Chen Feng is belittling the Fourth Division deliberately. There is a saying in the Japanese army, "With the Fourth Division participating in the battle, the battle that could have been won will also be lost..."

This is not nonsense, it is all proven by facts.In fact, the Chinese ** team had heard about the reputation of the Fourth Division for a long time. As early as during the Xuzhou Battle, the Chinese ** team encountered a "strange Japanese army".At that time, facing the encirclement of the Japanese army, Li Zongren commanded an army of 40 to skillfully jump out of the encirclement of the Japanese army.However, after breaking through the siege, the squadron was exhausted, lost a lot of heavy equipment, and its combat effectiveness dropped sharply.When crossing a highway on the border between Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui, the exhausted squadron suddenly found a well-equipped Japanese army unit appearing on the road.

Because the troops were very exhausted, the squadron was panicked when they found the enemy, and they left the road in confusion and retreated to the nearby mountains.Strangely, after a long time, no Japanese army came after them. The commander of the squadron was surprised and sent someone to inquire, but found that the Japanese army had no intention of pursuing them at all. to cook.This strange Japanese army unit is the southward detachment of the Fourth Division.

Since they had just jumped out of the siege of the Japanese army, the situation was still very dangerous, so the squadron had no choice but to make up their minds and walk across the road, but it turned out to be a safe journey.Afterwards, the head of the Southward Detachment explained to his superiors on the grounds of "strictly abiding by combat discipline": "I did not receive an order to intercept the squadron."

When the news reached the ears of the squadron, the saying "the Japanese soldiers in Osaka can't fight" became popular.In every battle, when the squadron heard that the opponent was the "Osaka Division", their morale would be greatly increased, and they rushed to fight the Fourth Division.The [-]th Division, which had just arrived at the front line, was caught off guard and suffered several useless defeats one after another, even implicating friendly troops, so that the friendly troops complained to the headquarters of the [-]th Army: "With the [-]th Division participating in the battle, we could have won The battle, because the morale of the enemy army is greatly boosted, it will also lose..."

It was his luck to run into this team, Chen Feng couldn't let such a good opportunity slip away from him no matter what.After thinking for a while, Chen Feng analyzed on the map for nearly half an hour, and finally came to a conclusion. If the battle is successful, the 222nd Division is likely to wipe out the [-]th Division. Even if it cannot be wiped out, it can still severely damage its main force. .

Chen Feng first compared the troops and weapons and equipment of the two sides, and found that in terms of strength, the 222th Division plus the puppet troops fighting in coordination, the total strength is a bit more than that of the [-]nd Division, but the gap between the two sides is not very big .Besides weapons and equipment, although the Fourth Division is a permanent field division of the Japanese Army, the Fourth Division has always been affiliated with the Japanese Kwantung Army. Certainly no heavy weapons will be carried, not even mountain artillery, field artillery and tank troops.

The 222nd Division is different. After reorganization, the 222nd Division not only has a complete artillery regiment equipped with 36 75mm caliber mountain guns, but also an air defense regiment with 48 dual high-shelf machine guns. Nets are a nightmare for any army.Besides, some time ago, Chen Feng strengthened the artillery of each unit, adding 4 large-caliber heavy mortars to each regiment.In addition, the rifles of the 61st Army were originally better than the 222th of the Japanese Army. In terms of machine guns, the crooked handles and the 222nd Type of the Japanese Army's equipment were far inferior to those of the [-]nd Division, so in terms of weapons and equipment The Fourth Division is not at the same level as the [-]nd Division.

In addition, the 222nd Division belongs to the field of defense operations, familiar with the terrain, and has strong morale, and has the belief that if you don't win, you will die.On the other hand, the Fourth Division is not familiar with the terrain and has a very weak will to fight. This kind of troops can only fight with the wind. Once they encounter setbacks, the final result will be a big rout. The arrival of the Fourth Division is a complete surprise to Chen Feng surprise. (To be continued..)