Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 140 This Eighth Route Army commander is quite powerful!
Around 8 o'clock in the morning.

Yamashita Tomoyuki, acting commander of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, led reinforcements from the 80th Infantry Regiment to Taigu County with murderous intent.

The other three infantry regiments of the 20th Division were also on their way to reinforce.

At the north gate of Taigu County, Yamashita Fengwen's convoy happened to see the tanks of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade entering Taigu County in a long snake formation.

If you didn’t know, you would think that the Japanese army was attacking Taigu County.

But how is this possible? Taigu County was captured by the Japanese army more than ten days ago.

"idiot."

Yamashita Tomoyuki jumped out of the car, stopped a Type 89 medium tank, and asked with a frown:

"What are you doing, where are the enemies?"

Although armored vehicles and tanks are safer than cars, Yamashita Tomoyuki was too big and the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks had relatively small space, so it was difficult for Yamashita Tomoyuki to squeeze himself into the tanks and armored vehicles.

Yamashita Tomoyuki thought that the Chinese army was counterattacking and felt that a major battle was possible, so he dispatched the entire 20th Division to reinforce Taigu.

But what I saw was this bizarre scene.

He almost dropped his jaw in shock.

"General."

Seeing the rank of Lieutenant General on the other side's shoulders, the Japanese tank commander quickly jumped down, saluted and reported:

"The enemy... I don't know. We were ordered by the brigade commander to move the tanks into the city for cover."

"idiot."

Yamashita Fengwen said coldly: "Ask your brigade commander to come see me."

"Hi."

The tank commander seemed to be pardoned. He got into the tank, turned a corner, and ran away.

At this moment, dozens of trucks drove over from the direction of the field gas team’s base.

The convoy of the 80th Infantry Regiment, the tank and armored convoy of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, and the convoy of wounded soldiers were all blocked at the north city gate.

The north city gate suddenly became as noisy as if sheep were being herded, and everyone wanted to enter the city first.

Unable to bear it any longer, Yamashita Tomoyuki took out his arsenal and fired a shot into the air.

boom!
The scene fell silent instantly.

"idiot."

"Look at you guys, do you still look like the Imperial Locust Army?"

"Make way for the wounded soldiers of the field gas squad to enter the city first."

All the Japanese trucks and tanks drove aside to let the convoy of wounded soldiers pass first.

A major who was in charge of transporting the wounded expressed his gratitude to Yamashita Tomoyuki.

"Thank you, General. The field gas team has been completely destroyed. These are the poisoned soldiers from our 1st Independent Mixed Brigade. They need immediate medical attention."

"What?" Yamashita Fengwen asked in a deep voice, "The entire field gas team was killed? What on earth is going on?"

"Division Commander Yamashita."

At this moment, Major General Koji Sakai, commander of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, arrived.

He was shocked to hear that more than 300 soldiers of the independent infantry battalion had been poisoned. He ordered them to be immediately transported to the field hospital in the city for treatment, and rushed to the county town without stopping, where he happened to meet Yamashita Tomoyuki who was questioning him there.

The Japanese lieutenant colonel suddenly lowered his head, turned around and quickly chased after the convoy of wounded soldiers.

"Sakai-kun."

Yamashita Fengwen pointed at the convoy of wounded soldiers entering the city and asked in a deep voice:

"What happened? Why did the entire field gas unit die? Why were your soldiers poisoned? And where did the enemy go?"

The other party started with a series of soul-searching questions, and Sakai Koji couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Every question asked touched upon Sakai Koji's soft spot.

Sakai Koji thought to himself, you, Yamashita Tomoyuki, are still pretending. If the former commander of the 20th Division had not died in battle, would it be your turn as a fat guy to take the position?
"Report to Division Commander Yamashita."

However, the other party was now a Lieutenant General Division Commander, while he was only a Major General Brigade Commander, so he had no choice but to bow his head and report:

"Last night, the enemy attacked the Field Gas Team camp and the camp of my 1st Independent Mixed Brigade. The Field Gas Team was completely destroyed, and my 1st Independent Mixed Brigade also suffered heavy losses, with 28 tanks destroyed. The enemy had planted booby traps under the unexploded gas bombs. This morning, while my soldiers were clearing the remains of the Field Gas Team artillerymen at the Field Gas Team camp, they triggered the booby traps, poisoning over 300 soldiers. The enemy...the enemy has already fled after their attack last night."

"Ok?"

Yamashita Fengwen frowned:
"Sakai-kun, please tell me in detail what happened in the battle last night."

"Hi."

Sakai Koji then reported in detail what happened in last night's battle.

"You mean, the Eighth Route Army used the poison gas of the Locust Army to completely wipe out the field gas team within 20 minutes."

"And this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers was equipped with anti-tank weapons. They destroyed 5 tanks of your brigade in less than 28 minutes?"

There was deep shock in Yamashita Tomoyuki's eyes.

Even the main force of his 20th Division would find it difficult to completely wipe out the field gas team and destroy 20 tanks within 28 minutes.

The combat effectiveness of this Eighth Route Army unit is so strong that it is a bit scary.

What shocked Yamashita even more was the commander of the attacking force, the Eighth Route Army. This attack was different from the surprise attack on the 20th Division's field artillery positions in Yangquan, which was a spur-of-the-moment attack by the Eighth Route Army.

However, this attack was carefully planned in advance by the Eighth Route Army. The enemy's goal was very clear, which was to completely wipe out the field gas team and destroy the tanks of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade. It was just a matter of convenience.

After completely wiping out the field gas team, they retreated quickly without any lingering fight.

This Eighth Route Army commander is quite powerful!
However, Sakai Koji and the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade were frightened and lost the best opportunity to pursue the Eighth Route Army.

There was a hint of pity in Yamashita Tomoyuki's eyes when he looked at Sakai Koji.

With Sakai's military achievements and qualifications, he is already promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and becomes the commander of a main division. It is only a matter of time.

But after this defeat, Sakai's promotion to lieutenant general and division commander was in jeopardy unless he achieved another great feat.

Getting promoted and getting rich depends not only on your ability but also on luck.

Obviously, Sakai Koji was not very lucky, while Yamashita Tomoyuki was very lucky.

Yamashita Tomoyuki turned his gaze to a staff officer beside him and said, "Immediately report the situation here to Lieutenant General Itagaki and notify the aviation unit to immediately dispatch reconnaissance aircraft to search south for any trace of this Tubalu group."

"Hi."

The Japanese staff officer lowered his head, finished recording, turned around and walked towards the communications team.

After receiving the battle report of the losses in Taiyuan, Itagaki Seishirō angrily shouted "Baka".

……

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Zhao Gang led the troops on a 20-kilometer rapid march along the path.

After seeing that there were no Japanese pursuers, Li Yunlong ordered the soldiers to stop to rest, eat, drink water and replenish their strength.

Although Taigu County is located in the Jinzhong Basin, there are mountains five or six kilometers south of the county.

Li Yunlong took out meat patties and shared them with Ding Wei and Kong Jie. The three of them ate some meat patties and drank some water, and immediately recovered 80% of their strength.

Li Yunlong cursed: "Are the Japs so cowardly nowadays? Why don't you even give us a chance to chase them? If we had known earlier that the Japs wouldn't chase us, we would have taken the main road."

In order to escape the pursuit of the Japanese mechanized troops, the main forces of the three regiments, so Li Yunlong originally planned to retreat through the small paths in the mountains.

But Li Yunlong had no idea that the Japanese didn't even dare to chase him.

Ding Wei said, "I guess we scared the devils last night."

Kong Jie said: "It's possible."

Li Yunlong asked, "What did you do last night to scare the devils?"

During the forced march, the three men had to lead their respective troops and only after sitting down did they have the opportunity to discuss in detail the details of last night's battle.

"What did you do?"

Kong Jie lit his pipe, took two puffs, and then imitated Li Yunlong's words and said:
"Old Li, I'll scare you if I tell you this."

Li Yunlong said angrily: "Then you fucking tell me."

"Last night, the troops led by Lao Ding and I destroyed 28 Japanese tanks!"

After finishing speaking, Kong Jie added with his eyes wide open:
"In five minutes."

Li Yunlong's eyes suddenly widened. "In 5 minutes, you destroyed 28 Japanese tanks? Lao Kong, you're not lying to me?"

At this time, Li Yunlong's temporary anti-tank battalion was still with Ding Wei and Kong Jie and had not returned to the team. Li Yunlong did not know about the anti-tank battalion's great power.

If this is true, then he is going to get rich!
Ding Wei nodded. "After destroying the Japanese tanks, the Japanese infantry were frightened and all retreated back to the camp. That's why the soldiers counted them clearly. The Japanese didn't dare to pursue us. It's probably related to the 28 Japanese tanks we destroyed last night."

"I'm really hoping the Japanese armored forces will come after us."

Kong Jie tapped his pipe and said sternly, "This way I can destroy a few more Japanese tanks."

Ding Wei said, "Lao Li, these 20mm machine guns and bazookas are really great stuff. Can you give our regiment some? Even a few less guns will do!"

Captain Ding's tone sounded very serious. Both he and Kong Jie were shocked last night.

On the front battlefield, sacrificing a soldier from an infantry company does not necessarily guarantee the destruction of a Japanese tank. Last night, they destroyed 1 Japanese tanks.

In other words, they rescued 28 infantry companies last night.

This was all thanks to the anti-tank weapons in Li Yunlong's hands, the 20mm machine gun and the bazooka.

Without these two anti-tank weapons, they would have difficulty in destroying even one Japanese tank, let alone so many. Now, when Ding Wei and Kong Jie saw these two weapons, their eyes couldn't help but light up.

It’s really fucking good stuff!

"I want some too," Kong Jie also said. "I want machine guns and bazookas too. Give me a few less guns. Our regiment doesn't have that many artillerymen anyway."

"You won't be short of guns."

Captain Li was delighted, but on the surface he nodded calmly.
"I can give you some machine guns and bazookas, but how much depends on how much Boss Lin gives me."

After destroying 28 tanks and killing many Japanese tank drivers, Li Yunlong estimated that Boss Lin would give him a lot of good things.

Even if he gave Ding Wei and Kong Jie some bazookas and machine guns, he would still be able to make a fortune.

There is no loss in blood!
"Thank you very much, Lao Li." Ding Wei said seriously, "I'll treat you to a drink when we get back to the base."

"I'll treat you to a drink, too, Old Li." Kong Jie said hurriedly, "Not only will I treat you to a drink, I'll also treat you to meat."

Li Yunlong asked, "We'll talk about drinking and eating meat later. How many casualties did your two regiments suffer?"

In addition to asking about the casualties, Li Yunlong naturally wanted to show off a little and not let Ding Wei and Kong Jie do all the showing off.

(End of this chapter)