Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 58 Itagaki Seishirō Swordsmanship +1
Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Captain Chen led the troops into the mountains before ordering the soldiers to take a break.

The Japanese did not pursue us, but drove towards Wangdongbao.

Li Yunlong had already sent a signalman riding the newly captured Japanese horses.

Go to Dai County to notify the Independent Regiment and the First Battalion of the New First Regiment to retreat, and blow up the Wangdongbao Bridge.

In the woods, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Commander Chen saw many seriously wounded soldiers, so they ordered all units to immediately count the casualties.

After giving the order, Li Yunlong looked towards the south bank of the Hutuo River and the direction of Wangdong Fort, and saluted:
"Fellow villagers, we, the Eighth Route Army, have wiped out the Japanese cavalry brigade and avenged you!"

Seeing Li Yunlong's actions and hearing his words, the soldiers stood up and saluted in unison in the direction of Wang Dongbao.

As a soldier, it is my duty to defend my country.

However, the civilians were massacred by the Japanese cavalry under their protection, and Li Yunlong and the soldiers felt very guilty.

At least 2500 Japanese devils were killed today, which can be regarded as revenge for our fellow villagers.

But even if we kill more devils, the villagers will not be able to come back to life, so all the devils should be cut into pieces!

After saluting with his right hand lowered, Commander Chen came over with a guilty look on his face: "Old Li, this is all my fault. If I had sent troops to forcibly take the villagers away, they wouldn't have been massacred by the devils."

When the 769th Regiment and the artillery platoon of the New st Regiment were retreating, the Japanese reinforcements from Gang County and Dai County were about to arrive, and it was not clear whether there were any main Japanese reinforcements in Xinkou, so Commander Chen sent some propaganda officers to the village to inform the villagers to move to the mountains.

Some villagers did move to the mountains, but some were unwilling to leave their homes and move, as they did not believe that the Japanese would massacre the village.

"Old Chen, how can I blame you?" Li Yunlong said, "The Japanese can't find any civilians on the south bank of the Hutuo River. They will definitely find our people somewhere else and massacre them to vent their anger. If you want to blame someone, blame the Japanese."

Ding Wei also patted Captain Chen on the shoulder and said, "Old Chen, this is not your fault, it's all the fault of those damned devils!"

Captain Chen nodded, still feeling a little guilty.

Captain Chen's expression changed: "By the way, Lao Li, there's something else I need to tell you."

Li Yunlong asked, "What's the matter?"

Commander Chen said, "Our two regiments worked together to destroy 24 Japanese planes at Daixian Airport last time. Chiang Kai-shek rewarded us with 2 silver dollars, which he has already sent to headquarters. How about we split this silver dollar between our two regiments?"

"No problem, very reasonable." Li Yunlong nodded and said, "But then again, Chiang Kai-shek was quite stingy. He only gave 24 silver dollars for shooting down 2 Japanese planes. Last time, our regiment killed Sakata Nobutsu, and Chiang Kai-shek didn't give us a single cent, not even a machine gun. Last time, when our brother troops won the battle of Pingxingguan, Chiang Kai-shek even gave us 20 20mm machine guns. I took a look at those 20mm machine guns at the division headquarters, and they were really good stuff."

Captain Chen's expression changed. "Our four regiments have killed at least 2500 Japanese this time, right? I wonder if Chiang Kai-shek will give us some weapons, ammunition, or silver dollars?"

"If Chiang Kai-shek gives it to us, we'll take it." Ding Wei said with disdain, "If he doesn't give it to us, we won't ask him for anything."

The 769th Regiment enjoyed the treatment of a regular National Army regiment, but it didn't take long before Chiang Kai-shek stopped treating this treatment as the main regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

As for Ding Wei's New Third Regiment, Li Yunlong's New First Regiment, and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment, not to mention any treatment, they didn't even have a number.

"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded.

It is better to rely on Boss Lin than on Chiang Kai-shek. In Li Yunlong's eyes, Chiang Kai-shek is not as important as Boss Lin.

"It's almost time to rest. Let's hurry on." Commander Chen said, "We still have many wounded who need to be sent to the field hospital at the division headquarters for treatment!"

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at the same time.

Kanji Changgang and Xuesong Ogawa led the remaining troops, cleared the roadblocks, and drove all the way to Wangdongbao Bridge.

What caught the eyes of the Japanese were a number of blown-up small trucks. Some of them were still emitting thick smoke and were not completely destroyed.

More than 100 Type trucks were blown up and all the combat supplies on the trucks were looted.

The ground was covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers. Why do we say they were covered with white?

Because the uniforms, boots and trousers of all the Japanese soldiers who were killed were all stripped off, not to mention their weapons and ammunition, not even a bullet was left. All that was left of the bodies of the Japanese soldiers was a piece of their trousers.

"Report to the General."

A scout came running over on a Japanese horse:
"The Wangdongbao Bridge has been blown up by the Chinese, and our convoy can't get through..."

Chang Gangkanzhi's face turned pale as he asked, "Have you spotted the enemy transport convoy?"

The scout replied, "No enemy transport, only mule cart tracks!"

"Your Excellency," Ogawa Xuesong asked gravely, "the enemy convoy has certainly not gone far. Should we order the reconnaissance cavalry to pursue them along the ruts?"

Chang Gangkuanzhi's face was uncertain for a while, and finally he said, "No need. Order the troops to dismount and wade across the river immediately, and advance at full speed to Dai County."

If the cavalry brigade was still there, he would definitely send it to chase them.

But if we send only a dozen or so reconnaissance cavalry to chase them, there is a high probability that they will never return. The enemy's transport team must have reached a safe location, so the Eighth Route Army that had just blocked them retreated.

"Hi!"

Ogawa Xuesong suddenly lowered his head, turned around and went to convey the order.

So the Japanese scouts went to look for the place where the water of Hutuo River was shallow, and they actually found it.

Then, Kanji Tsuneoka and Xuesong Ogawa ordered an infantry battalion and an artillery battalion to stay on standby, and he took the other three crippled infantry battalions and rushed all the way to Daixian County to provide reinforcements.

Officers like Kanji Tsuneoka and Xueshou Ogawa rode Japanese horses.

The Japanese infantry were in a miserable situation. Not only did they have to carry weapons and ammunition, but they also had to run all the way.

After more than two hours of forced march, the Japanese soldiers were exhausted and finally arrived at Dai County.

However, the battle in Daixian County had already ended and the Chinese army had already withdrawn.

The reinforced out-of-village squadron defending Daixian County was completely wiped out, the arsenal was blown up, and the granary was burned.

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground and the devastated arsenal and granary, Chang Gang Kuanzhi was so angry that he dismounted and started slashing with his sword.

"idiot!"

When the news reached the Japanese front-line headquarters in Xinkou, Itagaki Seishirō showed an expression of disbelief and shock on his face, and then he drew his lieutenant general's sword in anger and slashed it down.

Swish—the newly replaced table was chopped into two pieces with one knife.

Itagaki Seishirō's swordsmanship +1
The Dike Detachment was completely wiped out, the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade suffered 1000 casualties, and the Cavalry Battalion was completely wiped out... Adding to the losses on the front battlefield, the Japanese casualties today exceeded 3500.

more importantly!
Hundreds of tons of combat supplies were looted, bombed, and burned.

Without combat supplies, how can we attack Xinkou and capture Taiyuan?
This is a great shame for Itagaki Seishirō.

"Check it for me!"

"I want to know the enemy's unit number and commander!"

With red eyes, Itagaki Seishirō called the intelligence staff and ordered the intelligence department to immediately investigate the Eighth Route Army that ambushed the Di Detachment and attacked the Dai County seat today. He wanted to find out the commander of this Eighth Route Army and then chop off his head to restore the honor of the Locust Army.

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(True history: The Eighth Route Army attacked Yangmingbao Airport at night. Itagaki, the Japanese division commander, was furious, believing the Eighth Route Army had crossed the river from Wangdongbao in Gang County to attack. The next day, the Japanese army dispatched troops to launch a large-scale retaliation against Wangdongbao and eight nearby villages: Hetou, Xiaoying, Dingjiazhai, Wangdong, Beigao, Ruyue, and Dafang. They burned, murdered, and looted, burning down over 8 houses and slaughtering over 700 civilians. In Wangdongbao alone, over 130 houses were burned down, and over 200 villagers were killed.)
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