noffsinger Chapter 600 There is a problem
Chapter 600 There is a problem
Major General Kojune Kunio, commander of the Kojune Brigade, was very proud of himself for being able to figure out such a complicated problem. You know, this was a problem that even Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, had not thought of. By comparing it this way, Major General Kojune Kunio suddenly felt that with his military analysis ability, he could also become the commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army.
The brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, now feels it is a pity that no prisoners were captured in today's operation. In this case, in the post-war summary, the combat achievements of his brigade may be discounted. After all, the intelligence from the 13th Army Headquarters shows that the Chinese army defending Wenzhou City is the Provisional 33rd Division. His battle results today may very likely be recorded as defeating the Provisional 33rd Division.
If this happens, then his brigade will suffer a great loss. You know, there is a huge difference between defeating the main force of the Chinese government and defeating an ordinary force.
Thinking of such a situation, the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, became a little depressed. His luck was really too bad. There had been an incident of mass poisoning of the troops before, and now there was another incident in which he could not prove his military merit. His poor luck and his superb actual combat command ability were completely not on the same level.
However, the brigade commander, Major General Kojun Jiang Bangxiong, also knew that he had to endure this loss. According to the Japanese army's post-war assessment standards for military merit, he certainly had no evidence to prove it.
The brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, lay on the camp bed, thinking depressedly about how to find evidence for his military exploits, and slowly fell asleep.
By the next morning, the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, still had not thought of any good way to prove his brigade's military achievements.
So, while eating breakfast, the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, suddenly thought that if his troops occupied Wenzhou City, he might be able to collect some evidence from the headquarters of the 33rd Provisional Division of the Chinese government to prove that it was the main force of the Chinese government that blocked his brigade yesterday.
Or, if we capture some Chinese prisoners from the Provisional 33rd Division today, we might be able to learn from them the number of the Chinese army that is blocking our brigade.
So, after the troops had breakfast, the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, rushed with his troops to attack towards Wenzhou City. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his method was feasible. Now they had to hurry. The faster the attack, the more documents and prisoners they would get. In that case, the evidence to prove his troops' military exploits would be more sufficient.
As soon as the Japanese Army's Xiaojunjiang Brigade moved towards Wenzhou City, the reconnaissance officers and soldiers of the New 22nd Army, who had been waiting around the Xiaojunjiang Brigade all night, delivered the good news to the headquarters of the New 22nd Army. During that night, several bigwigs of the New 22nd Army had no time to rest, for fear that this Japanese army unit would find something wrong and stop advancing towards Wenzhou City.
Now, after a whole night of fear, news finally came that the Japanese troops had continued to advance towards Wenzhou City. This time, the pocket formation set up by the New 22nd Army was not in vain.
When the commander of the Japanese Army's Kojunjiang Brigade, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, led his troops to attack within seven kilometers of Wenzhou City, he was suddenly frightened by a burst of fierce gunfire and explosions in front of him.
The Chinese army still has defensive positions outside Wenzhou? The pre-war intelligence that the Japanese 13th Army Headquarters gave me did not mention that the Chinese army had built defensive positions outside Wenzhou. Even last night, the commander of the Japanese 13th Army, Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, said in his reply to me that there was no change in the Chinese army in Wenzhou.
Could it be that the troops of the Provisional 33rd Division in Wenzhou City temporarily went out of the city last night to build a defensive position? This is not right. Intelligence shows that the Provisional 33rd Division only has one infantry battalion and some direct units in Wenzhou City. Under normal circumstances, the Provisional 33rd Division should use street fighting and its own troops to fight in Wenzhou City. Why would it give up the advantage of street fighting in the city and run outside the city to fight a field battle with itself? This does not conform to basic logic.
Moreover, the gunshots and explosions that just sounded didn't sound like the firepower configuration of a single infantry battalion.
Before the brigade commander, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, could figure out what was going on, fierce gunfire and explosions suddenly rang out on both wings of the Japanese Kojunjiang Brigade. This scared the brigade commander, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio. The Chinese army had surrounded him on three sides.
Even if the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, was stupid, he knew from the gunshots and explosions on the three sides that this was definitely not the work of the 33rd Provisional Division of the Chinese government in Wenzhou City. His own troops were actually half-surrounded by the Chinese army. Moreover, it was obvious that the Chinese army had set up positions here a long time ago and had been waiting for his troops.
The brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, also quickly recovered from his shock. He first went to a nearby earthen slope and used a telescope to look at the situation ahead, then he carefully pricked up his ears and listened to the gunshots from three sides for a few minutes.
The result made the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, feel depressed. This was definitely not the firepower that the 33rd Provisional Division could have. This was not even the strength of a battalion. From the gunshots from the three sides just now, the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, judged that there were at least two divisions of Chinese troops around him, and they were all the main forces of the Chinese army. The sound of heavy machine guns and machine guns in the gunshots was a good proof of this. Moreover, the Chinese army also had a large number of artillery and mortars. These were definitely the most elite troops of the Chinese government.
Before the brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, had time to walk down the dirt slope, an officer ran up to him and reported: "Your Excellency, our vanguard troops were attacked by the Chinese army. The officers and soldiers in the front scout team have all been killed. At the same time, the defense troops on both wings were also attacked by the Chinese army. The troops suffered heavy casualties. I request tactical guidance from the brigade."
"Order the troops on both wings to move closer to the main force of the brigade. The vanguard troops will become the rear guard troops, responsible for resisting the attack of the Chinese army. The other troops of the brigade will all turn around. We will retreat to our previous starting positions first." The brigade commander, Major General Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong, also immediately issued a retreat order.