Quzhou Hu Town, the head of the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone.

Yu Liangzhen said: "Zi Ren, Chief of Staff Zheng just called and said that the 1st Flying Brigade found a lot of heavy equipment from the Japanese near Tongshan Town. If I was not wrong, it should be the heavy equipment of the 5th and 15th Divisions of the Japanese. At present, the heavy equipment of the Japanese is not protected by infantry, which is a good opportunity."

"Yes." Tao Guang also said, "Do you want to fight back while you are winning?"

"Forget it." Zhong Yi refused directly, "We are powerless to fight back because of such a huge loss."

Yang Bufei disagreed and said: "The combat effectiveness of the Rong 8th Division is basically intact, and the 203rd Division belonging to the 10th Army is almost no damage. It can completely eat the heavy equipment of the 5th and 15th Divisions of the Japanese army!"

"Staff Officer Yang." Zhong Yi asked coldly, "Didn't you say we can't win this battle at all?"

Yang Bufei's face immediately showed a look of embarrassment, and he was very dissatisfied with Zhong Yi's actions to reveal his scars.

However, no matter how dissatisfied, he had no choice but to smile awkwardly: "What else did he do in the past? The most urgent thing is to take advantage of the victory to chase the Japanese and kill the heavy equipment of the Japanese!"

After pausing, Yang Bufei continued: "The Japanese's troops may be able to be replenished soon, but their heavy equipment will probably not be that easy to be replenished! Therefore, taking this opportunity to kill the Japanese's heavy equipment will definitely cause severe damage to the combat effectiveness of Okamura's 13th Army!"

The other Xuan Tiewu, Peng Songling and others were also very moved.

Zhong Yi said, "Staff General Yang, I mean, you were wrong before, and this time, too. Although the combat power of the Rong 8th Division is basically intact, the 203rd Division is almost not damaged, but don't forget that the Japanese Guard Division is also basically intact and has a strong siege! You don't think that the Rong 8th Division and the 203rd Division can defeat the Guard Division, right?"

"Guard Division?" Yang Bufei smiled and said disdainfully, "Guard Division has become a frightened bird. As long as our army appears in front of them, they will collapse."

"Okay." Zhong Yi smiled, "Since the Guards Division has become a frightened bird, then I will give you a regiment, and you will take this regiment to kill the Guards Division for me. How about it?"

"You..." Yang Bufei said, "Aren't you just arguing?"

"I'm really not arguing." Zhong Yi said coldly, "Staff Officer Yang, you should study trauma psychology well. If you have a little research on trauma psychology, you will understand that the Guards Division is in a state of shame and regret at this moment. It's better not to provoke them!"

...

Zhong Yi was right. The Guards Division was below the commander of the division, Yoshiro Iida, and nearly 40,000 officers and soldiers of the entire division were all in a state of shame and regret.

Because after dawn, as their Guard Division completed its reassembly near Zhuji, information on the battlefield ahead was gathering little by little to Zhuji County.

"Second Commander." Kinoshita Yuki said sadly, "The headquarters just sent a battlefield notice that the 38 infantry brigades, plus 21 temporary infantry brigades that were sent to Yiwu for reinforcement, plus 21 temporary infantry brigades, are already...too broken."

After pausing, Kinoshita Yuki said again: "No imperial soldier withdrew from the battle, and all the soldiers died for their country!"

Hearing this, Iida Xiangjiro's face immediately turned red, and a mouthful of thick phlegm seemed to be stuck in his throat, almost suffocating him to death.

After a long time, Iida Xiangjiro cursed in a depressing manner, Baga!

I don’t know whether this baga is scolding others or scolding himself.

However, Kinoshita Yuki's secret guess was that when Ichida Shojiro was mostly scolding him.

That's true. Iida Xiangjiro's voice was indeed scolding him, calling him too careless. He simply issued an order to break through and join the reinforcements, but did not issue what to do after joining the reinforcements. This gave the officers and soldiers of the Guard Division an illusion that the battle was actually over after the breakthrough was successful.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Iida Xiangjiro's order is completely fine.

Because after the National Army was attacked inside and outside the Japanese army, when the Guard Division in the encirclement merged with the reinforcements who came to reinforce, most of the National Army had collapsed. At this time, the battle was over. As for the pursuit of the National Army, of course, the reinforcements were responsible. Their Guard Division had been fighting hard for many days and could naturally rest.

But this time, their guard division encountered an extraordinary opponent!

I don’t know what happened, just when their Guard Division launched a breakthrough, the Kuomintang army suddenly contracted, from offense to defense, and there was no chaos yet!

Iida Xiangjiro realized that it was abnormal at that time, but there was nothing he could do.

Because the order to break through had been issued, nearly 40,000 imperial soldiers from the Guard Division had been divided into dozens of routes to launch breakthroughs in different directions based on brigades. At that time, Iida Xiangjiro could no longer contact any brigade except the guards around him, so he could only lead a brigade around him to break through.

Then, when Iida Xiangjiro stopped, he had arrived in Zhuji.

The various breakthrough troops of the Guard Division basically suffered no losses, and basically broke through. If the troops heading to reinforce would not suffer much, it would be a successful rescue operation.

But this is not a simple rescue, but a counterattack!

Okamura Yasuji's intention was to take this opportunity to severely damage or even wipe out the two main armies of the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone!

The final result was that the 38 infantry brigades sent to reinforce the 5th Division, the 15th Division, the 22nd Division and the Independent Mixed 11th Brigade, as well as 21 temporary auxiliary brigades, were all killed in battle!

There are nearly 60,000 imperial soldiers in these 59 brigades, and perhaps not many of them are actually killed in battle.

Unfortunately, control of the battlefield has fallen into the hands of the Chinese army, which means that the wounded National Army wounded can be treated in time, while the wounded Japanese soldiers can only wait for death with their eyes closed.

In other words, these 59 brigades can basically be declared destroyed!

This is an unprecedented failure for the 13th Army and even the entire Japanese invaders!

Because even in the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army did not die so many times in a battle!

All of this was caused by the improper response of the Guards Division, or in other words, it was caused by his improper command of Yoshiro Iida.

At this moment, Iida Yoshiro felt guilty and regretful.
Chapter completed!