Chapter 452: Fighting (Part 1)

(...I discovered it after the war by chance, I read the confidential documents of the Japanese army. It turned out that I almost ruined the entire China, but I was very lucky that there were unexpected situations in the world. No general could predict what happened on the battlefield, and even Okamura Yasuji... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

To the west of Xuancheng, the Jiangnan battlefield, nearly twenty kilometers away, were everywhere defeated soldiers. The 146th Division of the 23rd Army was almost wiped out in the battle against Xuancheng!

If it weren't for the complex terrain of this area, the many mountains and rivers, if it weren't for the night war, if it weren't for the fact that these Sichuan soldiers were all born into mountain people, maybe they would have been strangled!

He was so shocked that he fled, fled westward... He was too heavy for equipment and threw it away; if there were too many people, he would be stared at by machine guns and drilled into the mountains... Every officer and soldier only knew how to escape, and the battlefield situation in the late stage of the Xuzhou Battle reappeared in Jiangnan!

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With tears in his eyes, witnessing everything in the darkness, the officers and soldiers who lost their weapons were not only afraid... There are many rivers, and they have to cross the river to escape! They all know the importance of guns, but with a gun weighing more than seven pounds, as well as bullets and grenades - the bullets are always knocked down, and many people put down their weapons and tried their best to escape the river. Those who walked fast saw the Japanese soldiers passing through the bridge driving along the river, searching all the way along the river, and shooting into the water. Many naked brothers died by the river, dead in the river, and blood flowed into the river!

Guocun died? Why did I forget the heroic spirit of my predecessors at that time? Why didn’t I rush up with a grenade?... Because of the misery, I was beaten so badly! I was beaten to lose my soul...

"Boom! Boom!..." The heavy artillery strike was suffocating, and the air was as hot as in the scorching sun in August... "Brothers, it was the Japanese who covered the retreat. The artillery could not be fired for long, just get through, don't mess around, everyone shouted..." The officials shouted. Although everyone couldn't hear what they were shouting, everyone still calmed down...

I don’t know how long it took, but my whole body was shrouded in thick smoke and black fog. From time to time, the orange-red fire would pounce on me with the unbearable burning heat that I wanted to jump up. Maybe my eyebrows and hair were burned out, right? But you must not move around at this time... They are not new recruits who have never fought wars, they know how to endure...

"Come! Keep up..." The commanders of the commanders came down, and everyone continued to move forward; in order not to allow the enemy's artillery fire to continue to cover, everyone charged desperately... The Japanese really couldn't bear it anymore! Throwing so many things... Tanks! Tanks! Still tanks! More than ten tanks were abandoned on the side of the road! The joy of victory boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers. Many of them jumped to the tanks whose machine guns were removed and the shells were removed by the Japanese jumped and cheered...

"Continue to pursue and take back Xuancheng!" No one suspected the command of the commander. This time, he would take back Xuancheng. I heard that the 187th Division has reached Wuhu. Why don't we take down Xuancheng and see people? "Come on! Serve loyalty to the country..." The shouts of the officers and soldiers, and they chased the Japanese who had escaped with cars and mules and carriages with their legs...

"Ce Ce Ce Ce Ce! Ce Ce Ce Ce Ce!..." The Japanese had so many heavy machine guns, and the sounds were connected together like the sounds heard in the weaving factory; the bullets were so dense, and the ears were full of "swooshing" whistling and "puffing" sounds of flesh entering... The brothers around them fell one by one, and some people were torn into pieces by the heavy rain bullets... "Brothers, it's time to defeat the enemy, and rush!" The commander took the lead and the brothers rushed, again and again... "Reinforcements are coming, continue to rush..." Time and again...

"Boom rumble!" Another heavy artillery exploded far behind me. What are the Japanese doing? Their cannons were blowing away?...No, it's impossible. They are bombing our reinforcements! Oh my God, there is no cover, and the whole body is moving, just as miserable as us... If we fight our reinforcements or not, what do they want to do? Do you still want to eat us? Then come, man wait...

"Hosh, hahah, hahah, hahah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, what sound? The earth suddenly started to move on the ground in front of me! That's... tank! The Japanese actually buried the tank in the tank tunnel, right in front of me! The tanks rolled over with a whistling sound, machine guns and bullets swept across like raindrops, and all the current stubborn resistance is in vain...

Tanks have been chasing, and a large number of cars are also chasing them. It turns out that the tanks left on the roadside have come back to the Japanese. The Japanese tanks that cannot be used for too long have become endless in complex terrain, and there are on every section of the road! There are no need for many tanks. As long as there is even one, it is enough to make the Chinese officers and soldiers who have been exhausted from their physical strength lose their idea of ​​any stubborn resistance... The Japanese army has been chasing them, fighting to the Qingyi River, setting up machine guns on the riverside and shooting desperately to kill the deserters who are swimming... Nearly twenty kilometers, the entire battlefield is covered with the blood of the officers and soldiers, and a reorganized division has disappeared overnight, and nearly ten thousand martial artists in Shu have fallen into a foreign land!

"It seems that the most dangerous time is actually the best opportunity. This is how I understand the Chinese 'crisis'. Danger equals opportunity!" Okamura Nishi stood in front of the map and said arrogantly to a group of generals: "The Chinese have always implemented their retreat tactics against us, which is very unfavorable to us. Even if we can win all the battles, we may not be able to conquer this country. The infantry of our 13th Division is still very difficult..." Okamura Nishi humored at the right time. Chiang Kai-shek served in the 13th Division when he was studying in Japan; his humor immediately caused a burst of laughter, and Okamura Nishi nodded with satisfaction.

"The principle of the withdrawal tactics of the Chinese army is to avoid the main force's decisive battle, so to break his move, it is best to let him take the initiative to force forward to the decisive battle!" Okamura Nishi suddenly said with a meaningful smile: "Fortunately, there was a Cao Xiaomin in China. He shamed the imperial army one after another, but it also made the Chinese team start to become arrogant. They thought they could be compared with the Great Japanese Imperial Army! Look at the recent battle report: Bai Chongxi fought for the power of the nine oxen and two tigers in the Jiangbei battlefield to wipe out our three divisions. Humph, Cao Xiaomin is probably thinking of destroying my four divisions now!"

Fortunately, there was Cao Xiaomin in China? The other Japanese generals here don’t think so. They were already a little scared by Cao Xiaomin.

"This time I introduced our propulsion strategy to you, but I know very well that if the Chinese team is patient enough, they will retreat, but no matter how we concentrate our strength, they will be dispersed, unless we do not occupy China. So, we have to use the trick, and the more he lets me go, the more we advance, until they think the fighter plane appears..." Okamura Yanji suddenly lowered his avatar like he was silent, and raised his head for a moment and continued: "Wuhu is an accident, but this is also the 'decisive opportunity' in the minds of the Chinese people we are waiting for. They will definitely think that our three armies are following the attack; this is our decisive opportunity!"

"I pretended to let the 116th Division withdraw quickly, and discard some supplies we could rob along the way... When the Chinese caught up, the 116th Division deliberately asked them to fight for a while, so that their reinforcements could come at any cost, and were plowed by us first in the artillery fire; then they waited until all their pursuers pressed on our tank troops and suddenly appeared... Today our retreat tactic was successful, and one Chinese division was wiped out, which took only half a day and a night!" Okamura Nishi stopped and enjoyed the applause of all the generals.

"But I can judge that the Chinese people will not be willing to accept it. They will chase them. We can play the same trick once..." Okamura Yanji suddenly looked up and said to everyone: "But this time we want to play it really, just fight Qingyijiang! The Chinese people saw that we last time, but Qingyijiang must have thought that we just used a resurgence. Their follow-up troops will be repaired regardless of everything. They will be exhausted just by running to the war zone. This time we crossed Qingyijiang and fought to Jiujiang with the Chinese army! At that time, the main force of the Third Fleet will carry two divisions transferred from the country to cooperate, and we will conquer Wuhan in one breath!"

No wonder! No wonder that something big happened in Wuhu, Okamura Neji didn't need to cut the stomach! It turned out that he had already had a comprehensive plan, which must have been approved by the base camp! All the generals of the Central China Expeditionary Army couldn't help but respect Okamura Neji. His plan was indeed the best plan to turn defeat into victory in such a harsh combat environment along the Yangtze River!

"Our HNA troops will give us full support. From here to Jiujiang, they are within their combat radius. The Chinese people think their air force can still have an advantage. Hum! They are wrong. I just want them to annihilate my four divisions and assemble the army. Finally, we will completely eliminate the main force of the Chinese army in this decisive battle!"

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