noffsinger Chapter 486 The situation is not good
Chapter 486 The situation is not good
"Well, Matsui-kun, the officers and soldiers performed very well today. There is nothing we can do about it. The officers in the army have just been appointed. They are not familiar with their troops yet. They can only slowly master their troops through combat. There is nothing we can do about the current speed of attack, don't you think, Matsui-kun?" Lieutenant Colonel Junki Sakamoto, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Regiment, said to Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, commander of the 3rd Battalion, with a normal face.
"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, you are absolutely right. Our newly appointed officers do need time to familiarize themselves with the troops. The slow offensive now is understandable. Your Excellency Chief of Staff, you have done your best. The situation of the Second Regiment is very special now. I believe that the commander of the Fifth Division after the war, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, will also understand us." Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, commander of the Third Battalion, also respectfully comforted the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Junki Sakamoto.
After hearing such a sensible answer from Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, the captain of the 3rd Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Junki Sakamoto, the Chief of Staff, patted Major Yoshitsugu Matsui on the shoulder with satisfaction and gave him an encouraging look.
That night, Commander Du of the Fifth Army also ordered the 1st Honor Division and the 200th Division to organize a night attack force, preparing to launch a night attack on the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army that had been surrounded at Kunlun Pass, in an effort to completely eliminate this Japanese army unit.
Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, commander of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army, looked at the main position of Kunlun Pass in the dark night and sighed in his heart. Today, the officers and soldiers of the 21st Regiment dragged their tired bodies to attack for a whole day, and the result was naturally the same as before, without any progress.
Not only is there no progress in the attack, but the little bit of strength and energy that the officers and soldiers had finally recovered yesterday has also been consumed in today's attack. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, even feels that the mental state of the officers and soldiers is much worse than yesterday.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, also called off today's attack early at four o'clock in the afternoon, hoping to give the officers and soldiers more rest time so that everyone can recover their spirit and physical strength.
The officers and soldiers of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army finished their dinner early, and then went to sleep with their guns in their respective camps. They were really exhausted, and if the officers had not ordered them to eat some dinner before they could rest, they would not even want to eat a bite of dinner. Now the soldiers just wanted to have a good rest, preferably sleeping for three days and three nights.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, walked in the quiet camp with his command knife in hand. Only the snoring sounds coming from the tents on both sides made him feel that there were still people alive in the camp on his side and it was not an empty camp.
The regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, stood in front of the regiment headquarters' tent and fell into deep thought, wondering whether he should send a telegram to request the division commander, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, to allow the officers and soldiers of the 21st Regiment to rest for a day, or wait for the brigade commander to bring the 42nd Regiment to meet up with his own troops before launching an attack on the main position of Kunlun Pass. In that case, the possibility of occupying the main position of Kunlun Pass would be greatly increased.
After thinking for a long time, the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, made up his mind to ask the division commander, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, to suspend the attack on the main position of Kunlun Pass, and to rest and recover the exhausted physical and mental state of the officers and soldiers.
Just as the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, turned around and walked into the regiment headquarters tent, thinking about what euphemistic and gorgeous words to use to send this telegram to the division commander, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, a gunshot interrupted his thoughts.
"Huh? Where are the gunshots coming from? Why does it sound so close? Could it be that the sentry's gun went off accidentally?" The first time the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, heard the gunshots, he thought that it was the sentry's gun in his own unit that went off accidentally, mainly because the gunshots were too close to him.
But a few seconds later, the mortar shells and wild artillery shells that fell in the camp completely made the quiet Japanese camp lively, and also made the regiment commander Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke react. This was the beginning of the Chinese army's counterattack against the 21st Regiment. It must be said that the commander of the Chinese army was really talented. The timing of the counterattack made the regiment commander Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke admire him very much. He was so good at choosing the time.
Faced with the sudden large-scale counterattack by the Fifth Army, the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, quickly ordered the regiment to withdraw to their last position on Kunlun Pass: the Jieshou position.
The regiment commander, Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke, organized his own troops and tried his best to delay the Chinese army's offensive speed, fighting while retreating to the last Jieshou position.
The commander of the 21st Regiment, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, knew very well that with the current state of the officers and soldiers of the 21st Regiment, it was impossible for them to withstand the night attack of the Fifth Army of the Chinese government. Moreover, the 21st Regiment had previously launched attacks on the main position at Kunlun Pass, and the defensive fortifications on the camp side were all built outside the camp, so it was impossible for them to hold on to the camp.
Now, the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, did not have to think about how to send a telegram to the division commander, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, requesting rest. Facing the fierce attack of the Fifth Army, the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, also realized that the Fifth Army, which was directly under the Chinese government, was preparing to give his troops a fatal blow when they were most tired. This was definitely not an ordinary counterattack or night attack. The Fifth Army, which was directly under the Chinese government, was preparing to completely destroy his 21st Regiment.
After seeing the current situation clearly, the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, did not hesitate to send an urgent telegram requesting support to the division commander, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, and the brigade commander, Major General Nakamura Masao, in the simplest words. In the telegram, the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, stated directly that the 21st Regiment was now ready to retreat to the Jieshou position for a final resistance.
As soon as this telegram was sent, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, commander of the 5th Division, and Major General Nakamura Masao, commander of the 21st Brigade, were extremely anxious. If the 21st Regiment was destroyed by the Chinese army, then this battle would basically fail to achieve the goal of occupying Kunlun Pass, and it could also indirectly declare the failure of their own 5th Division in the Battle of Kunlun Pass.
Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, commander of the 5th Division and the highest commander of the Japanese Yongqin Corps, was thinking further ahead. If the 21st Regiment at Kunlun Pass was destroyed by the Chinese army, the Chinese army would certainly press towards Nanning. At that time, it would be difficult to defend Nanning with the current strength, and they might even be driven into the sea by the Chinese army.