Anti-Japanese War: The whole world is a base vehicle

Chapter 53 actually needs support!
In Luancheng, at the 18th Division's position, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi had an extremely gloomy expression on his face.

It had been four days and they had not yet captured the Chinese army's position on the opposite side. This was hard for him to accept.

"You underestimated the fighting spirit of the Chinese army on the opposite side." After a long time, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi snorted coldly.

"Your Excellency the division commander, the Chinese army on the opposite side should have reached its limit. We can definitely defeat them today." Chief of Staff Colonel Takeda Hisashi advised cautiously.

"Hmph, the 1st Guards Brigade hasn't called back yet?" Lieutenant General Seiichi Kuna asked again.

"No, they didn't explain why the 76th Division sent reinforcements. I suggest reporting to Commander Anten Rikichi immediately," suggested Chief of Staff Colonel Takeda Hisashi.

This suggestion made Lieutenant General Makoto Kuna somewhat excited.

But considering various reasons, he rejected the proposal.

If we offend the Imperial Guards Division, we might get into trouble.

"Forget it." Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi shook his head and rejected this idea.

If you don’t reply, then don’t reply.

As long as we take Luancheng, we can reach Gantang, and then we will know what the situation is.

Why did the 76th Division have enough energy to attack?

"Let the 35th Infantry Regiment of the 114th Brigade prepare and try to capture Luancheng in one go and completely destroy the Chinese army on the opposite side." Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi thought for a moment and gave a new order.

"Hay."

Just when the 18th Division was ready to attack.

"What did you say? The 1st Guards Brigade suffered a heavy blow? Suffered heavy losses? Now it is retreating towards me? Requesting for support?" Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi stared at the communications staff officer with wide eyes, his eyes full of disbelief.

This is really incredible.

The dignified First Guards Brigade was defeated?

Defeated by the 76th Division with only two brigades left?
What a joke.

What if the 76th Division had such strong combat power?

Could he not know?
Or is the 76th Brigade of the 228th Division in Luancheng fake?

For a moment, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi was also confused.

"Is the telegram genuine?"

"Hai, this is a telegram sent by Major General Sakurada Takeshi himself. The 1st Guards Brigade is now retreating in our direction and is expected to arrive in another hour." The communications staff reported respectfully.

In fact, when he first translated it, he was also confused.

The Imperial Guards Division, which had always been arrogant, actually suffered a disastrous defeat?
This is really incredible.

For this reason, he repeatedly confirmed that the answers he received were all true and asked them to send a support force immediately.

Because of this, I didn't dare to stop at all and reported immediately.

"Mr. Division Commander, let's wait until Colonel Takeshi Sakurada arrives before asking anything." Chief of Staff Colonel Hisashi Takeda knew that his division commander was full of doubts, but for now he decided to send troops to support the 1st Guards Brigade.

"Yoshi, you are right. Immediately let Jiki-kun lead the 124th Infantry Regiment to support the st Guards Brigade." Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi immediately gave the order.

"Hay."

"Sir, division commander, shall we continue the attack?"

"Let's suspend the attack and wait until the 1st Guards Brigade arrives." To be on the safe side, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi decided not to attack before figuring out the enemy's strength. He decided to first find out why the 1st Guards Brigade suffered a disastrous defeat.

After all, Takeshi Sakurada was facing only two brigades of Chinese troops, whose combat effectiveness was not strong.

But it still failed miserably. Something must have gone wrong.

As for the reason, he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. The elite troops of the Chinese Army, the Fifth Army, had already retreated to the rear to rest.

The troops remaining on the front line are mostly ragtag troops with average combat effectiveness, so there shouldn't be any problems.

never mind!

After thinking for a while, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi still couldn't figure it out, so he decided to wait for Sakurada Takeshi to arrive.

The Japanese army stopped attacking here, leaving Li Jingyi and Wang Lingyun in Luancheng confused and bewildered.

According to convention, the Japanese army should launch an attack at this point.

result?

The Japanese troops did not appear.

"The Japanese army won't withdraw, right?" Li Jingyi asked doubtfully.

"Impossible, unless the Japanese army abandons Binyang, or changes its route, but that will waste more time, and how do we solve the logistical supply problem? As long as we cut off the Japanese army's logistical supply, tens of thousands of Japanese troops will be finished, so they will definitely not change their route." Wang Lingyun's military ability is quite good, and he directly rejected Li Jingyi's opinion.

In fact, Li Jingyi’s strength lies not in commanding operations, but in artillery.

After all, he originally graduated from the artillery department, and his infantry command skills were indeed average.

"Brother Lingyun is a talented person. No wonder Shancheng can entrust you with such an important task." Fortunately, Li Jingyi is not a jealous person. He still gives a high evaluation of Wang Lingyun's opinion.

"It's just my humble opinion, but what happened that caused the Japanese army to postpone the attack?" Wang Lingyun shook his head and asked with a serious expression.

"What can happen? They are a division. Even if it is not fully staffed, we cannot defeat them, unless something goes wrong in their rear." Li Jingyi said casually.

"Impossible, Nanning is right behind us, there's no way anything could go wrong."

"Forget it, let's defend Luancheng first. The Japanese have suspended their attack, so we can take a breath and repair our fortifications." Wang Lingyun thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and began to urge his subordinates to repair the fortifications.

Colonel Jikizo, commander of the 124th Infantry Regiment, who had joined the st Guards Brigade, looked in disbelief at the dusty Major General Sakurada Takeshi in front of him.

"Major General, what exactly happened?" Colonel Ji Xizang couldn't help but ask.

This was a brigade with nearly 10,000 people, and they ended up suffering a miserable defeat?

This is really unbelievable.

What on earth happened?

Who knew that Major General Sakurada Takeshi ignored him and just had a gloomy face.

This time, the First Guards Brigade lost all its face.

An entire brigade was forced to flee after being beaten by the Chinese army, suffering heavy losses.

When they arrived at the 18th Division Headquarters, Lieutenant General Seiichi Kuna was also surprised.

"Sakurada-kun, what's the problem?"

"Aren't there only two brigades of Chinese troops at the Gantang position? The number of troops is about the same as your Guards Brigade. How could they be defeated so miserably?"

This time, Major General Sakurada Takeshi had no choice but to speak. He took a gulp of water and spoke hatefully with gritted teeth.

"That's not some ragtag army, but a well-equipped German-equipped division."

"What? How is this possible? Didn't the German-equipped division perish long ago?" Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi looked shocked.

The key point of the Battle of Shanghai was the landing of the 18th Division in Hangzhou Bay, which led to the collapse of the Chinese army across the board.

Therefore, they can be said to have the most say in the German-equipped divisions.

Now someone told him that the German-equipped division that had been destroyed long ago had appeared again, which was really incredible.

(End of this chapter)