Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 88 This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers!
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Japanese Army Fifth Division Headquarters.

When the main force of the Chinese army on the Xinkou front retreated, they deployed some troops to cover their retreat.

But the 20 main forces were having a hard time fighting on the Xinkou battlefield. How could these remaining troops be a match for the Japanese?

Within a day or two, the main force of the Japanese army captured the positions in Xinkou and captured Xinzhou.

There are almost no strategic locations to defend from Xinzhou to Taiyuan, so the Japanese only need to march straight in to attack Taiyuan.

The 20th Division and the 109th Division had already captured Yangquan and Shouxian and were heading towards Taiyuan.

A few days later, the 20th Division, the 109th Division and the th Division and other main forces will be able to meet in Taiyuan and attack Taiyuan from the north and east at the same time.

The commander of the Fifth Division, Seishirō Itagaki, stared at the map on the table. Taiyuan on the map was surrounded by two huge blue arrows, and a look of pride appeared on the old Japanese's face.

Taiyuan is the political, military and cultural center of Shanxi Province.

Capturing Taiyuan is equivalent to capturing Shanxi Province.

Although the Japanese army also fought hard in this battle, they were first ambushed by the Chinese Eighth Route Army at Pingxingguan and then encountered stubborn resistance at Xinkou.

However, the 20th and 19th Divisions were powerful and broke through Niangzi Pass in eastern Shanxi, seriously threatening the rear wing of the Chinese army in Xinkou.

Otherwise, the main force of the Japanese army attacking from northern Shanxi, including the 21st Brigade of the 1th Division and the st Independent Mixed Brigade, would have penetrated deep into the hinterland of Shanxi Province, and the logistics supply lines would have been too long, making it difficult to predict the outcome of the Battle of Xinkou.

Although they achieved a two-pronged attack on Taiyuan, the Japanese army paid a heavy price in this battle and suffered heavy casualties.

The lower-level soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the casualty rate among grassroots officers was also quite high.

Thinking of this, the commander of the 21th Division looked up at Major General Toshitoshi Miura, commander of the st Brigade.

"Miura-kun, have the Communications Department send a telegram asking where the training team for the reinforcements is?"

The officer training team led by Lieutenant Colonel Ikenaga Takeo was the one that Seishirō Itagaki applied for reinforcement from the North China Front Army Headquarters.

The empire's grassroots officers, such as squadron leaders, platoon leaders and squad leaders, have strong tactical command capabilities, sufficient experience, a high level of understanding of the samurai spirit, strong individual qualities, and are absolutely determined to die for the locusts, and can be called hexagonal warriors.

But the Chinese army is not made of clay. Although the individual qualities of Chinese soldiers are low, most of them are not afraid of death.

The empire's grassroots officers are very useful. They often lead the charge and lead by example in battle, but their loss rate is also very high.

In the Battle of Xinkou, the Japanese army suffered a total of about 2 casualties. Now it is urgently needed to add a group of grassroots officers with rich combat command experience and a high understanding of the samurai spirit to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops.

"Hi."

Major General Miura Toshiji lowered his head and quickly conveyed the order to the communications staff, then said:
"Division Commander, the transportation line from Zhangjiakou to Daixian is controlled by the Chinese Eighth Route Army, so I have the officer training team take the train from Peking to Shimen City, then take a bus from Shimen City, passing Niangziguan, Yangquan, and Shouyang, and finally the training team will meet us outside Taiyuan."

"The training team should be able to catch up with the Locust Army's operations in Taiyuan."

"The Eighth Route Army!" Itagaki Seishirō's face darkened. "What a bunch of annoying guys."

Itagaki Seishirō thought that in the Battle of Xinkou, if the Eighth Route Army had not frequently attacked the Japanese army's transportation lines from behind, and even attacked the Daixian Airport, the Japanese army would have been forced to rely on airdrops to obtain supplies and would have been unable to launch a larger offensive.

otherwise.

The locust army had already defeated the Chinese army in Xinkou.

In particular, Li Yunlong, the small regimental commander of the Eighth Route Army, actually attacked the locust army's transport team and even invented a coded telegram to mock them.

He was called Itagaki Seishirō and was the transport team leader of the Eighth Route Army.

Several of my fellow lieutenant generals have already sent telegrams to mock me.

This made Itagaki Seishirō furious.

Miura Toshiji sneered, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, don't worry. The Chinese government's millions of main forces couldn't stop the Imperial Locust Army. What damage can these mere tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers inflict on the Locust Army? At most, they can disrupt the Locust Army's transportation lines."

"Once the main force of the Locust Army has dealt with the China Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, we'll have more time to deal with this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers."

According to intelligence, Itagaki and Miura both knew that the Eighth Route Army and the government army were not in harmony.

It is easy to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

Itagaki Seishirō nodded: "Yeah."

He was a big shot who would be promoted to general of the Imperial Army in the future, so it was really not worth his while to worry about this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Just a bunch of clowns.

The locust army can be easily suppressed.

"General."

At this moment, the communications officer walked in quickly with a panicked look on his face:

"The training team was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army approximately 10 kilometers west of Niangzi Pass."

"What?" Miura Toshiji suddenly turned around. "What did you say? The training team was ambushed 10 kilometers west of Niangzi Pass?"

Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishirō's expression, which had just relaxed, suddenly became gloomy again.

idiot!

This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers!
Something's happening behind the locust army again!
"Hi."

The communications officer suddenly lowered his head and reported in detail again:

"Just as the signalman was about to send a telegram, we received a call in plain language from the Officer Training Corps. The enemy's firepower is strong, and Lieutenant Colonel Chi Yong is requesting support."

Plain language conversations can easily be monitored by enemy radio stations. Neither the Japanese nor the Chinese army generally communicate in plain language.

Instead, they used telegrams to protect secrets from being leaked, and even if they had to communicate by radio, they almost always used code words.

The teaching team actually requested support in plain language, which shows that the situation of the teaching team is very critical and there is even a danger of annihilation.

"The Tubalu are seeking death."

Itagaki Seishirō narrowed his eyes, his gloomy face filled with murderous intent:
"Immediately call the 20th Division in Mandarin Chinese and have the locust troops stationed at Yangquan and Niangziguan reinforce the training team and eliminate the Eighth Route Army."

"Hi!"

The communications officer suddenly lowered his head, turned around, and quickly went to call the 20th Division. Watching the communications officer's back as he left, Itagaki Seishirō rubbed his temples.

The Tubalu are so annoying.

In a frontal combat, an elite brigade of a regular division of the Locust Army could defeat the entire Eighth Route Army.

However, the Eighth Route Army did not engage in direct combat with the locust army.

They only made trouble behind the Japanese army's back. In addition to attacking his transport team, they also extended their claws to his officer training team.

feeling bad.

Very angry.

The officers of the training team are highly combat-capable, and the escorting guards are all elite members of the Kwantung Army. If they can hold on for an hour or two until the reinforcements arrive, there shouldn't be any problems.

I hope that this time the troops of the 20th Division can wipe out this group of local Eighth Route Army and teach the Eighth Route Army a big lesson.

……

at the same time.

Ambush battlefield on Zhengtai Highway.

The battle is in full swing.

The Japanese officers were rushing towards the slope, which was their only way to survive.

Whether they fled east or west on the road, they would become sitting ducks for the Eighth Route Army's machine guns and submachine guns.

When they fled to the slope, not only were there trucks blocking their view of the enemy, but there were also soldiers covering their retreat.

As for escaping in a truck, that was even more impossible because all the tires had been blown out in the battle.

When they were only about 50 meters away from the slope, the Japanese suddenly discovered that a large group of Eighth Route Army soldiers had suddenly appeared on the snow-covered slope.

These Eighth Route Army soldiers seemed to appear suddenly, set up machine guns and started shooting at them.

"Da da da…"

More than 30 light machine guns, more than 20 submachine guns, and more than 100 rifles fired almost simultaneously.

A large number of Japanese officers were caught off guard and shot down.

suddenly.

A sharp whistling sound was heard in the sky.

"Anti-gun!"

When he saw the Eighth Route Army suddenly appear on the slope, a thought flashed through Takeo Ikeda's mind: Oh no, I've fallen into a trap!
Before he had time to think, Ikeda, who was at the front, was shot into a sieve by the oncoming barrage of bullets.

The dense firepower from high above forced the Japanese officers to flee in panic.

At this moment, Li Yunlong led the soldiers to kill all the Japanese infantry on the highway, and shot at the Japanese officers with submachine guns and light machine guns.

Now the Japanese officers were caught in a situation where they were attacked from both sides.

The dense firepower from both the road and the earth slope was fired at the Japs.

Captain Masao Nakayama, holding a Type 97 sniper rifle, raised his hand and fired a shot, killing a machine gunner of the New 1st Regiment on the slope.

But just as he was about to reload the bullet, the Eighth Route Army's deputy gunner took over and several fire points targeted him.

Da da da…

Bullets were fired at him densely, and Masao Nakayama barely avoided the bullets by lying under the body of a Japanese warrant officer.

But Masao Nakayama was very clear about his situation. He knew that this was not a solution and that he would sooner or later be riddled with machine gun and submachine gun bullets.

"Mr. Zhongshan, there's a pit over there."

Hiroji Matsutani shouted loudly from not far away, his tone anxious.

Looking in the direction of Hiroji Matsutani's finger, without having time to determine why there was a pit, he fired a random shot. Then Masao Nakayama suddenly jumped out from his crawling position like a cheetah, leaving a string of machine gun bullet holes right at his heels.

Arriving at the edge of the pit at an extremely fast speed, Masao Nakayama jumped in without thinking.

Machine gun bullets and submachine gun bullets followed closely, causing snowflakes to fly around the pit.

Due to the low temperature, a thin layer of ice formed on the manure water in the pit, which obviously could not bear the weight of an adult.

The moment Hiroji Matsutani jumped into the pit, he broke through the thin ice and his feet sank into the sewage.

He didn't have time to rejoice that he had temporarily dodged the enemy's bullets. The next second, an extremely strong pain came from the soles of his feet. Nakayama Masao looked at his feet and suddenly let out an extremely miserable Japanese scream: "Ahhh!"

He saw his feet pierced by sharp blades and bamboo tips.

What’s even worse is that the pit is full of manure!
My legs are broken...

The mixture of knife blade, bamboo stick, fecal water and sub-zero ice water made Masao Nakayama feel extremely sour and refreshing at the moment.

My heart feels cool and my heart is soaring.

Unable to accept this fact, Masao Nakayama let out an even more miserable Japanese scream.

Hiroharu Matsutani and some Japanese officers were desperate and jumped into the pit to take shelter.

Some slow-moving Japanese officers were shot on the spot, while the fast-moving Japanese officers successfully jumped into the pit.

then.

Some Japanese officers triggered booby traps, while others stepped on knife blades and bamboo sticks.

There were explosions in the pit, and more Japanese screams.

……

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