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

Chapter 96 The fine tradition from the Fourth Division! (Subscribe!)
Other forces?

Who else could it be?

And we can also get weapons and equipment from Germany?
This is probably not an ordinary force.

More importantly, all the fighter jets in service of the German Air Force can be obtained.

This force is really too powerful, isn't it?
"Could it be Britain and France?" Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake guessed.

"I don't know. Right now the Special High Police are investigating with all their might. There won't be any definite news in a short time, but it doesn't matter. When we go south, let the navy completely blockade this sea area. Then their weapons aid won't be able to come in." Major General Sakurada Takeshi sneered. In his eyes, as long as the entire sea area was blocked, no weapons would flow in.

"That's true." Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake nodded, thinking it made sense.

……

On the other hand, Long Wenjian’s recruitment plan was carried out vigorously.

At this time, you can see the heroism of the Guangxi Security Corps.

Other troops are all deceiving people and then pinching them to give out a few dollars.

But Lu Yuhua was different. He gave him five dollars as a settling-in allowance as soon as he arrived. Not only that, he also issued him a military uniform on the spot.

The people here were called wolf soldiers, and the Japanese invasion led to the massacre of many civilians.

As family feuds and national hatreds piled up, young people from Guangxi Province came here one after another after hearing the news.

The most important thing is that the 714th Garrison Regiment made a name for itself in the Battle of Nanning, severely damaged the Japanese 22nd Army, and killed tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers. Not only that, it also took advantage of the situation to recapture Zhennan Pass, which shocked all the passionate men nearby.

They all believed that they would be able to achieve merit and receive rewards by following the 714th Garrison Regiment.

In just half a month, the threshold of Long Wenjian's recruitment office was almost trampled down.

Originally, only 10,000 people were needed, but they have already been filled.

If we weren't worried about having too few strategic officers, we might be able to recruit 20,000 or 30,000 people.

After all, there are very few troops who can lead soldiers to victory and provide five dollars for resettlement.

The main reason is that other troops give legal currency.

However, with the outbreak of war, that thing continued to depreciate.

Unless you are a fool, you will definitely choose the ocean.

"They've recruited everyone so quickly?" Lu Yuhua was stunned for a long time as he looked at the list of names submitted to him.

This time, the treatment he offered to the new recruits was not very high, and the requirements were also raised a lot.

Previously, because he was short of soldiers, he offered very high salaries.

Especially the soldiers recruited by Lu Yuyan, their treatment was obviously much higher.

There is no shortage of soldiers now, so naturally the treatment they receive will be a little worse.

But I didn't expect that it would be filled up so quickly.

It was indeed beyond his expectations.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, you don't know, if we only need 10,000 people, I tell you, we can recruit 50,000 people. Now there are many people outside the military camp every day asking whether we need to recruit soldiers." Long Wenjian said with a beaming eyebrow.

"What a pity. Many of them are strong and healthy. They look like good fighters. Some of them have even worked as hunters."

"Especially when they were walking in the mountains, they didn't even breathe hard. The quality of these soldiers is really good."

Long Wenjian sighed as he spoke.

Looking at Long Wenjian's expression, Lu Yuhua knew that he had made the right choice this time.

It is indeed a wise choice to let this guy recruit soldiers.

When it comes to the ability to deceive people, this guy is definitely top-notch.

He can even make the dead appear alive.

Among these 10,000 soldiers, 5,000 of them are mobilized soldiers, who will be organized into the new Chongzuo Security Corps together with others.

To be precise, the Chongzuo Security Corps is organized at the regiment level, but its number of personnel has exceeded the brigade level.

The main reason is that there is Zhennan Pass that needs to be guarded, so more troops will be needed.

In addition, there are some bandits in the mountains and so on.

During Lu Rongting's reign, bandits in Guangxi Province were almost extinct.

Although he did not bring much development to Guangxi's economy.

But as for public security, there is absolutely no problem.

So much so that many people now often miss Lu Rongting.

It is the responsibility of the security corps to eliminate bandits and protect the country and the people.

If the troops are too few, it will definitely not be enough.

After all, a Zhennan Pass requires at least three thousand soldiers to garrison, not to mention other things.

Ten thousand people is really not a lot.

But now seeing Long Wenjian say this, Lu Yuhua had other ideas in his mind.

He originally planned to recruit soldiers slowly, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good.

If this is the case, then your plans need to be advanced again.

"Really? There are still many people going to the recruiting office to inquire?" Lu Yuhua asked hurriedly.

"Of course it's true. You can go and see for yourself. Nowadays, the common people in the area near Nanning all praise our benevolence and righteousness." Long Wenjian said with some pride.

This was a passion he had never felt before.

In the past, he only thought that being a soldier was very impressive, especially being an officer, which was even more impressive.

Especially when the common people saw them, their eyes were filled with fear and they even wanted to avoid them.

But now it’s different. People are no longer afraid of them. Instead, they are very enthusiastic.

Some people even asked him if he had a partner and wanted to introduce him to someone.

This made Long Wenjian, who was always very thick-skinned, blush.

Hearing this, Lu Yuhua was sincerely happy.

He also clearly remembered that when he was in Liuzhou, the common people hated his security team.

After all, the former 714th Regiment had no personnel.

Lu Yuhua used to be very puzzled by this.

Because the army is the patron saint of the people, how can the people hate it?

It was not until he learned about the glorious deeds of the 714th Garrison Regiment that Lu Yuhua came up with the idea of ​​getting them all out.

It was also specifically emphasized that the newly recruited soldiers were not allowed to oppress the people, etc.

All the way from Liuzhou, Lu Yuhua has been emphasizing military discipline.

Anyone who violates military discipline, no matter who it is, will be severely punished.

After entering Nanning, they repeatedly emphasized military discipline and prohibited harassment of civilians.

In addition to these, 20 kilograms of relief food were distributed to each person in the city who suffered from the war.

With 60 kilograms of relief food, a family of three could barely survive for a month.

This move naturally won a lot of support from the people.

It is these actions that have earned us our current reputation.

They only knew that this officer was a good person and gave them relief food.

Not only that, Lu Yuhua also recruited civilians to clean up the city, especially those places that were destroyed by artillery shells.

For the common people who come to work, each person is given five kilograms of rice per day.

Work-for-relief!

Make sure everyone has food to eat and no one starves to death.

Before long, the public sentiment in the entire city of Nanning was initially stabilized.

As for the rest, it was left to Zhang Fakui, after all, he was the commander of the Fourth War Zone.

He is already overstepping his authority by doing these things.

"I believe what you said. If the common people think we are bad, they will never send their children to us." Lu Yuhua said with a sincere smile on his face.

"In that case, continue recruiting soldiers and assign them all to the supplementary regiment. We will need more troops to recover more lost territory."

"Ah? Still trying?" Long Wenjian was immediately unhappy.

He knew that a newcomer named Zhou Weiguo had been appointed as the head of the Qinzhou Security Corps, and had been ordered to attack the Japanese troops in Qinzhou.

The results of it?
I was the first one to follow Lu Yuhua, but I still haven't become a security team leader.

This naturally made him feel a little unbalanced.

This is also why he ran back immediately after recruiting soldiers.

Take credit!
By the way, see if I can become a security team leader.

Who knew that he would be sent to recruit soldiers again, so naturally he got upset.

Liu Yi went to Chongzuo to serve as the head of the security team, and Lu Yuyan was also sent back to Wuming to serve as the head of the security team.

Among the three battalion commanders, he is the only one who is still standing still.

Seeing Long Wenjian in a bad mood, Lu Yuhua suddenly laughed.

"What? Seeing Liu Yi and Lu Yuyan get promoted, are you jealous? I thought you weren't jealous?"

In response to Lu Yuhua's teasing, Long Wenjian's face turned red again.

"No, I...I..."

For a moment, Long Wenjian didn't know what to say.

"Okay, I understand what you mean. When you complete the recruitment task, I will let you serve as the head of the security team in Guixian and Pingnan areas." Lu Yuhua chuckled and told him his arrangements.

Hearing this, Long Wenjian was stunned. He didn't expect that this had already been arranged?
This was indeed beyond his expectations.

"Are you going to take action against the Japanese troops in Yangcheng?" Long Wenjian was no fool and immediately understood Lu Yuhua's intention.

"Well, that's about right. After we finish dealing with the Japanese troops in Qinzhou, we should take back Yangcheng. This is Commander Zhang's obsession." Lu Yuhua said with a smile.

"Yes, I understand." Long Wenjian responded immediately.

"By the way, Commander, some of the soldiers recruited this time have rich combat experience." Long Wenjian, who was about to leave, turned around and reminded.

Hearing this, Lu Yuhua didn't care. He thought they were talking about the mobilized soldiers.

But when I checked the roster, I was stunned.

Ma Dazhi, Guangdong Army!

Kang Huojian, warrant officer deputy platoon leader of the transportation battalion of the 17th Reorganization Division.

Meng Fanle, Li Sifu and so on.

Even Lu Yuhua thought he was dazzled and rubbed his eyes quickly.

It turns out to be true. After all these twists and turns, these people are back again?

He really wanted to ask Long Wenjian how he managed to attract these people again?
According to his memory, he should still be on the battlefield at this time, right?
How did we get here?
But after thinking about it, I decided to give up.

Now that you are here, just come.

It just so happened that these people were assigned to Long Wenjian's security team.

He wanted to see what kind of surprise Long Wenjian could bring him this time.

.........

On the other side, Zhou Weiguo received an order to attack Qinzhou.

With the arrival of heavy artillery, the Battle of Qinzhou officially began.

"Fire!" Following the order, the 240mm heavy artillery that had just arrived at the position immediately roared towards the coordinates that had already been marked.

"Baga, it's heavy artillery!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"Baga, it's actually a heavy artillery, how is this possible?"

Colonel Toru Tanaka of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Ishu Mixed Brigade suddenly felt cold hands and feet.

Although he heard from the 18th Division that the Chinese army had heavy artillery.

But hearing about it and experiencing it in person are two completely different things.

Judging from the scale of the explosion, it seems that there are quite a few of them, at least 5.

Others couldn't help but gasp.

The mountain road is rugged, how did they transport it?
More importantly, the enemy seemed to have known their exact location for a long time.

One artillery shell hitting the ground can destroy a line of defense.

This hit rate is really scary.

By the time the shelling ended, almost an entire squadron was gone.

There is no way, the power of the heavy artillery is simply too great.

Especially the shock wave generated, which covered an area of ​​dozens of meters. Even if people were not killed by the explosion, they would be shaken to death.

"Baga..." Colonel Tanaka Toru was a little desperate.

If the battle continues like this, his regiment would probably lose more than half of its troops before even seeing the enemy.

How can we fight like this?
The gap between the two sides is really too big.

"Send a telegram to Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake immediately and tell him that we need reinforcements," Colonel Toru Tanaka gave the order.

"Hay."

Not long after, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake received a telegram from Colonel Tanaka Toru.

Looking at the content of the telegram, he was also shocked.

He actually bombed his outer defense line with great accuracy.

Two explanations!

The first is that a blind cat catches a dead mouse.

If only one or two fortifications were bombed, it might be a coincidence.

But now several fortifications have been bombed one after another, which means that the Chinese army has clearly grasped the coordinates of his troops.

It means that the enemy's scouts have infiltrated.

I didn't know the result.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake broke out in a cold sweat.

I was still careless.

I'm afraid the other party has already set his sights on Qinzhou.

This was definitely not a recent infiltration. It was obvious that people had been sent to infiltrate long ago.

"Mr. Baiwu, I'm afraid we have to ask for help from the South China Front Army." Major General Sakurada Takeshi also obviously found the situation very difficult.

Faced with the Chinese army's heavy artillery, they were completely helpless.

The best way is to send reinforcements.

"All we can do now is ask for tactical guidance." Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake thought about it and it seemed that this was the only way.

Subsequently, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake wrote a telegram requesting tactical guidance.

After receiving the telegram, Ando Rikichi frowned slightly.

The current mission of the South China Front Army is to attack northern Guangdong and open up the Guangdong-Hankou Railway.

As a result, Yu Hanmou's 12th Army fought desperately, but achieved little results for the time being.

In addition, the base camp is now in a critical period of moving south, and he has no intention of continuing the attack, so he seems to be doing nothing.

Who would have thought that he would receive a telegram from Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake.

Normally, he wouldn't care.

Because the other party belonged to the 22nd Army, Kuna Seiichi was in charge.

But now the 22nd Army has lost contact, so it is not against the rules to send him a telegram bypassing the chain of command.

"The Chinese army's heavy artillery is indeed a threat. We must find a way to destroy their heavy artillery positions, send out fighter jets, and find a way to destroy the Chinese army's heavy artillery." Ando Rikichi pondered for a while and made the following deployment.

The location of Qinzhou is still very important and cannot be lost for the time being.

Therefore, by sending out fighter jets to destroy the Chinese army's heavy artillery positions, Qinzhou can be defended.

However, considering that the imperial army in Qinzhou had suffered a disastrous defeat before, the troops might be insufficient.

After thinking about it, Ando Rikichi decided to send an additional regiment of reinforcements.

This posed a dilemma. He naturally had elite divisions at his disposal, but those elite divisions were currently working to wipe out the Dongjiang guerrillas.

Not many regiments can spare the time.

Finally, Toshiyoshi Ando issued the combat order.

"Order the 104th Regiment of the 108th Division to advance westward immediately to support the Imperial Army in Qinzhou."

According to him, a fully armed regiment, cooperating with the original troops, would have no problem defending Qinzhou.

All in all, there are about 20,000 people in Qinzhou.

This is a very powerful force.

If they were a little more capable, they could even launch a counterattack.

"Hayi." The operations staff quickly recorded the order, but soon asked again.

"Commander, is the 108th Regiment ok?"

"What's the problem?" Ando Rikichi didn't react for a moment.

"Battle of Buffalo." The combat staff looked around and then reminded carefully.

"Baga!" Ando Rikichi reacted instantly.

Speaking of the 108th Regiment, it is also a strange regiment.

It mainly comes from the 4th Division.

Why do you say that?

Because the 104th Division was composed of reserve personnel from the th Division.

Most of the soldiers in this unit are over 30 years old, mainly from Osaka, and most of them are veterans.

The most famous is the Battle of Buffalo.

It is simply a disgrace to the Japanese army.

The specific details are as follows: when the Japanese 21st Army attacked Guangzhou, it found that it was short of troops, so it subsequently transferred the 104th Division and then dispatched the 108th Regiment to reinforce Zengcheng.

During the journey to Zengcheng for support, the so-called "Buffalo Battle" occurred.

Because Ando Rikichi kept urging the 108th Regiment to go to Zengcheng for support, but the soldiers of the regiment were slow to act on the grounds that their equipment was too heavy, and later robbed the buffaloes of the common people to transport their equipment.

This is normal. After all, it is a Type C division with a strength of more than 100. War horses are scarce and transportation equipment is unfavorable.

With such a long journey, it’s natural to want to be lazy.

Grab some buffalo checked gear, it's normal.

As a result, due to the hot weather in Guangdong, the buffaloes became tired after walking for a while and all ran into the water to rest, causing the guns, cannons and bullets to be soaked in water.

There was no other way, the commander of the 108th Regiment had to bite the bullet and order the boats to be aired for a day.

As a result, by the time the drying was finished, the battle in Zengcheng was over.

Afterwards, this battle was called the "Buffalo Battle".

Without losing a single soldier, he managed to hold back an entire Japanese regiment for a whole day.

When the Japanese commander Toshiyoshi Ando received the news, he was so angry that his lungs exploded.

Now that he was reminded by his subordinates, he was shocked because he had forgotten about this matter.

If we ask them to go for reinforcement, wouldn't that make us look like a fool?

After all, their ancestral Fourth Division has made many jokes.

Now the 104th Division is composed of the reserve forces of the th Division. Who knows what kind of joke it will cause.

But he really can't spare more troops now.

Are they going to mobilize the Imperial Guards Division?

This is absolutely not okay!
After thinking for a while, Ando Rikichi felt a headache.

Why would such a weird division be assigned to me?

After thinking for a while, Ando Rikichi said uncertainly.

"That shouldn't happen. We're just asking them to reinforce us, not to fight right away. There shouldn't be any problems."

To be honest, even Ando Rikichi himself didn't quite believe what he said.

When the other people in the headquarters heard this, they just looked at Ando Toshiyoshi.

Seems like asking again!

Commander, do you believe this?
They have a glorious tradition.

But they felt that what Ando Rikichi said made sense. They were just asking you to go for reinforcement, not to fight to the death, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

(End of this chapter)