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

Chapter 62 Top secret information?
"Commander, this is a telegram just sent by the 21st Brigade. They request to withdraw to the Shitang position." The commander of the 22th Division, Imamura Hitoshi, looked at Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi, who had just taken office as the commander of the nd Army, and handed the telegram to him.

Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi did not answer it, but asked.

"What's the reason?" Although he asked each unit to hold their positions and not attack, it did not mean that they could retreat at will.

"The Chinese army occupied Lingli Town and deployed heavy artillery. Colonel Motoichi Sakata of the 21st Brigade believed that the positions at Liutang and Qitang were within the range of heavy artillery attack, so he suggested retreating to Wutang and Sitang." Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi immediately gave a brief report.

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi pondered for a while, thinking that the Wutang position was not very safe.

On the contrary, Sitang was within the support range of the city’s artillery.

However, considering the geographical location of Shitang, if we retreat here, it means abandoning the positions north of Nanning, including Wuming and other places, and retreating to Gaofengai line.

In this case, all previous efforts will be in vain.

Not to mention that Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi found it difficult to accept, even other soldiers might have complaints.

We have finally captured the position, but are we just going to give it up like that?

Therefore, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi must consider the impact.

"Commander, if we have heavy artillery, we can recapture Lingli Town. In this way, we don't have to give up the position in the north." Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi said.

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi shook his head.

"The heavy artillery brigade is out of the question for now. I have already discussed this with the 21st Army, no, now I should call it the South China Front Army. They can ask the field artillery regiment of the Guards Division to support us, but before that, we are powerless to stop the enemy's heavy artillery."

"Even fighter planes won't work?" Lieutenant General Imura Hitoshi asked unwillingly.

"The Chinese army has anti-aircraft guns. Don't forget the twelve fighter planes of the Naval Aviation. Their superiors have sent me telegrams more than once, asking for an explanation on this matter." Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi rubbed his head.

He suddenly realized that being the commander of the 22nd Army was not an easy job.

This is to clean up the mess.

In fact, he only worked for a few months before he was ordered to return to the Army General Staff Headquarters to serve as a staff assistant, and then retired.

"Forget it, let's retreat first. When the field artillery regiment arrives, we can use heavy artillery to retake these positions." Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi was silent for a while, and then decided to abandon these positions first.

Just then, the communications staff came hurriedly with a telegram and reported to Kuna Makoto.

"Commander, urgent message from the South China Front Army."

"What's the matter?" Kuna Seiichi asked instead of answering the call.

"Hai, the intelligence is top secret, I hope you can open it yourself," the communications staff said with his head down.

Hearing the top-secret information, Kuna Seiichi was stunned. He took the telegram with a serious expression, took out the code book, and began to translate it word by word.

After translating it all, I was shocked when I saw the contents of the telegram.

It's really top secret information.

The old man from Shancheng will arrive in Guilin soon to discuss and summarize the battle in southern Guangxi. I hope you will be informed.

There is no doubt that this kind of information must be the work of the Special Higher Police. It seems that they have agents inside the mountain city. Otherwise, how could such top-secret information be leaked?
After reading it, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi pondered for a while and handed the telegram to Imamura Hitoshi who was standing beside him.

"This..." Imura Hitoshi took in the contents of the telegram with a glance, and a trace of disbelief appeared on his face. Is the Special High Police so powerful?

"What do you think?" asked Lieutenant General Makoto Kuna.

He is in a mess now and has no idea how to deal with this matter.

"Commander, I think this is an opportunity. If we can kill him, the Sino-Japanese War will probably be completely over. We can then agree to the Germans' conditions and march south." Imamura Hitoshi's brain worked quickly and he immediately came up with a solution.

That is to assassinate the king.

"The possibility of success is very low, and it will also expose our intelligence personnel." Although Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi was somewhat tempted, he knew that the possibility of success was not high.

"Even if we succeed, we can divert the blame to others. They might even be in chaos for a while. And I think if we can figure out where they live, we can send fighter jets to bomb them. It would be best if we have ground guidance. The possibility of success will be very high." Imamura Jun said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi's eyes lit up. This was a good idea.

At least the bombing by fighter jets will not expose the intelligence personnel of the Special High Section.

After all, a blind cat catches a dead mouse.

It is not impossible.

"Hey, Imamura-kun, write a complete plan immediately. I will report it to the South China Front Army and let their Special High Section cooperate with our action. If it succeeds, it will be a great achievement." Lieutenant General Kuna Seiichi patted his shoulder and said excitedly.

"Hi." Imamura Jun responded immediately.

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At the Guilin Fourth War Zone Headquarters, Zhang Fakui was looking at the telegram sent from the mountain city, announcing that a special plane would arrive at the airport outside Guilin at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

As for the reason for coming, it was naturally for the Battle of Southern Guangxi.

Because of the retreat of the Japanese army, the intensity of the war on the front line was greatly reduced, and some troops also began to withdraw to rest and replenish their forces.

"I don't know how many people will be dismissed and investigated this time." Zhang Fakui sneered as he looked at the telegram.

"That shouldn't be the case, right? I think the frontline troops performed quite well. For example, the 49th Division held its position and blocked the attack of the Japanese th Division for five whole days. The th Army also broke through the Batang position. This is something that the divisions couldn't do, but they actually did it."

"There is also the 76th Division, which destroyed a lot of Japanese troops in the battle of Sicai Village."

"As for other troops, although their performance is not so impressive, it is still good overall. Even if they don't get promoted or make money, at least they won't be dismissed, right?" The adjutant looked confused.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fakui gave a different opinion.

"You are only superficial. There are many ragtag armies whose numbers have been cancelled in recent years. Every time, it is after the war, they cancel their numbers, dismiss their officers and investigate them because of the unfavorable combat. Think about it carefully, isn't that right?"

"It was only this time that an accident occurred. Otherwise, I'm afraid that many people would be unlucky this time. Bai Jiansheng heard about something when he just arrived in Shancheng. That is, the plan to cancel the number was ready, but the 714th Garrison Regiment gave them a surprise, causing their plan to be aborted."

"But the troops on the front line performed quite well this time. They shouldn't do that, right?" The adjutant still felt that they would not do that. If they did, many people would probably be dissatisfied.

"A few people will be laid off, such as Xu Tingyao of the 38th Army Group." Zhang Fakui said meaningfully, then remembered something and spoke quickly.

"Let the anti-aircraft artillery regiment take up position to prevent the Japanese fighter planes from attacking."

(End of this chapter)