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

Chapter 58 Damn it, I’ve lost all my face!

"The 1st Guards Brigade suffered a heavy blow? Lost more than 3,000 people?" At the Guilin camp, Bai Chongxi looked at the telegram sent by Xu Tingyao with some disbelief.

The bloody battle of Kunlun Pass severely damaged the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, killing the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, and only wiped out more than Japanese troops.

As a result, more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in a small position, and it was done by a garrison regiment.

If I tell this to others, no one will believe it.

At least Zhang Fakui, who had just taken over, didn't believe it at all.

Because the Guilin Camp was not performing well in combat, Shancheng abolished the Guilin Camp and replaced it with the Fourth War Zone.

Bai Chongxi was given a salary cut but was allowed to remain in office.

Just as he was handing over the command to Zhang Fakui, his adjutant rushed in with a telegram of great victory.

To be honest, there was a moment when Zhang Fakui even wondered if this guy did it on purpose?

Otherwise, this would be too much of a coincidence, right?
However, looking at Bai Chongxi's confused expression, Zhang Fakui felt that this guy really didn't know.

After Bai Chongxi finished reading the telegram, Zhang Fakui took it and looked like he was trying to fool someone.
"A garrison regiment can achieve such a record? I'm afraid countless central troops will die of shame." Zhang Fakui sneered.

Bai Chongxi didn't know how to refute, but the adjutant next to him spoke up.

"Commander Zhang, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. This battle report is true."

"Impossible, I don't believe it. I just experienced the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Imperial Guard Division. It is very strong. Even if the Central Army's direct troops are against it, they may not be able to gain an advantage. A garrison regiment can severely damage a Japanese brigade? Do you think I will believe this?"

"Brother Jiansheng, even if you don't welcome me, this is the order from Shancheng and I have to come. Actually I don't want to come. If it weren't for the Japanese invasion, I would have returned home to enjoy my retirement." Zhang Fakui sneered and said sarcastically.

"Brother Xiang Hua, I really don't know the truth about this matter, but that garrison regiment is a bit strange. Maybe it's true. You should listen to what my adjutant says first." Bai Chongxi was also a little angry at the ridicule and motioned for the other party to listen first.

"My lords, when I first received the telegram, I also suspected it was fake, so I called the 76th Army Group to inquire, and the reply I got was true. But to confirm it, I called the th Division stationed in Gantang, and it turned out that it was their chief of staff who replied."

"Division Commander Wang Lingyun led the 228th Brigade to Luancheng to support the 49th Division, while the Shankouxu position was handed over to the 714th Garrison Regiment that had just arrived. They have been stationed there for five days."

"According to the 76th Division's response, the 714th Garrison Regiment stationed at Shankouxu used 150mm heavy howitzers to destroy the artillery positions of the st Guards Brigade, and with the assistance of anti-aircraft guns, shot down enemy planes."

"From then on, the clarion call for a counterattack was sounded. Under the cover of heavy artillery, the 714th Garrison Regiment deployed all its forces to counterattack. The morale of the st Guards Brigade, which had already collapsed, was chased for more than ten miles. In the end, it escaped with the support of the th Division of the Japanese Army." The adjutant said in one breath.

Zhang Fakui was already dumbfounded. He felt like he was listening to a foreign language.

In fact, not only him, but even Bai Chongxi was confused.

"A garrison regiment actually has 150mm heavy howitzers? Could it be that he is from the Central Army?" Zhang Fakui remembered that only the Fifth Army was qualified to use it. Since when did a garrison regiment become qualified to use heavy artillery?
Unfortunately, looking at Bai Chongxi's confused expression, he knew that it was probably not Bai Chongxi's work.

"No, it's just a garrison regiment under my command, whose uncle is Lu Rongting." Bai Chongxi said casually after he recovered. "This guy is not a quiet person. He sells illegal salt and opium. He does all kinds of evil things. But for Lu Rongting's sake, I just ignored it. Some time ago, I called his garrison regiment to the south to resist the Japanese army, but it fled when it was still a hundred miles away from the Japanese army. I was so angry that I was ready to find a reason to remove him."

"Who knew this guy would take the initiative to run to the Guilin camp to apologize, saying that he would sell his property, recruit soldiers and horses to go south to fight the Japanese army to the death, and asked me to give him a chance. At that time, I gave him a chance for Lu Rongting's sake. I never thought that this kid would give me such a big surprise this time."

"What about the German weapons?" Zhang Fakui nodded and asked again.

"Why do you say this guy is so lucky? I don't know where he got to know a German arms dealer, who said he had a lot of German weapons. I didn't believe it at first, but who knew it was true." Bai Chongxi sighed.

"So the much-rumored German weapons are real?" Zhang Fakui finally understood. As the commander of the Fourth War Zone, he did not have many direct troops under his command, and he was working in the headquarters of the Guangxi Clique, so he had to rely on others to a certain extent.

"It's true. I did purchase a batch of weapons. But I didn't expect the heavy artillery. This guy kept it secret so well. If I had known there was heavy artillery, I would have gotten it no matter how much it cost." Bai Chongxi said with some regret.

"No matter what, the great victory on the front line is also a good thing for you as the camp commander. At least Shancheng can't find any reason to punish you." Zhang Fakui shook his head. He was now particularly looking forward to meeting with the 714th Garrison Regiment.

"Forget it, the punishment has been imposed. We can't let Shancheng be taken back again. I'll leave it to you. I'm going to report to Shancheng." Bai Chongxi saw it quite clearly. He believed that his battlefield should be in Shancheng, cooperating with Li Zongren to expand the influence of the Guangxi clique.

"I'm afraid some people in Shancheng will have sleepless nights. They wanted to take this opportunity to abolish some units, but now that there's a great victory on the front line, I'm afraid they won't be able to find a reason." Zhang Fakui chuckled.

In fact, it was exactly as Zhang Fakui had expected. When the old man from Shancheng received the telegram, he was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

"Who used the heavy artillery?"

Unfortunately, Chen Cheng and He Yingqin shook their heads, indicating that their heavy artillery had not been used.

"That means the German who has never shown up still has heavy artillery?" the old man roared angrily.

"What on earth is the intelligence department for? Damn it, they don't even know that they have heavy artillery?"

"Have you forgotten how much we paid for these heavy artillery?"

"Damn it, what a bunch of bastards."

"Now that we're winning a great victory on the front line, tell me what's the point of these layoff plans? Who will be laid off?" The old man said as he threw the prepared layoff files in front of the two men.

"I'm afraid Bai Jiansheng and Zhang Xianghua are probably laughing at us right now."

"Damn it, I've lost all my face."

The scolding made He Yingqin and Chen Cheng dare not answer. The main reason was that they did not expect that without the help of the Fifth Army, they could actually destroy thousands of Japanese troops. This was simply incredible.

More importantly, the mysterious German arms dealer actually owned heavy artillery.

(End of this chapter)