mtl008 Chapter 857 The Japs Run Away
Chapter 857 The Japs Run Away
857 The Japanese escaped
Lu Dahai looked at the location of the 3rd Regiment on the map and slammed his hand on the table. "Damn, do the Japs really want to swallow up our division in one go?"
"Tell the Third Regiment not to waste their resources fighting the Japs.
Let them hold out until nightfall and then retreat.
We don't need to fight the Japanese to the death, we should retreat when we need to.
Let the Japs be proud for a few days; when Zhangfa's armored division arrives, it will be their doom."
Although Lu Dahai came from a humble background and had not received systematic military training, he had learned to be flexible over the years.
At this moment, he knew that this was not the time to show off.
"Yes, Master.
Don't worry, Commander. Even the Japanese Imperial Guards Division is powerful and their offensive is fierce.
But the soldiers of our division are not vegetarians either.
It is nothing but a pipe dream for them to annihilate our division in a short period of time.
We will make that old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki regret it."
The chief of staff next to him also made a solemn promise.
In the following two days, the Japanese Imperial Guards Division launched a fierce attack on the defensive positions of the various regiments of the New 1st Division without stopping for a moment.
Even at night, the Japs would organize sneak attacks.
It can be said that the Japanese Imperial Guards Division launched such an attack at all costs.
This really made Lu Dahai and all the generals of the New 1st Division believe that the Japanese Imperial Guards Division really wanted to eat them up.
Zhang Fa's armored division also encountered a series of attacks from the Japanese on the way.
In order to hold out until the arrival of the armored division, Lu Dahai had to order his troops to withdraw and hold their ground until help came.
Three days later, at the Japanese Imperial Guards Division headquarters, the division commander, Takuma Nishimura, received the news and learned that Yamashita Tomoyuki had arrived.
Immediately bring people out to greet them in person.
"Commander, why are you here in person?"
Nishimura Takuma smiled.
Yamashita Tomoyuki didn't say anything, of course he had to come.
He was not stupid, so he naturally knew that the safest thing to do next was to follow the Imperial Guards Division.
"How's the operation going on here?
What is the current situation of the Chinese Army?
Yamashita Tomoyuki asked.
"Commander, over the past three days, our division has launched more than a dozen large-scale attacks against the New 1st Division of the Chinese Army.
At least three thousand of them were wiped out.
Now, this Chinese army has been completely frightened by us.
Hiding in the jungle in front and on two hills.
If we can be given more time, our division will definitely be able to defeat this Chinese army."
Nishimura thought the old devil said this, but he felt very distressed in his heart.
Just because he didn't say half of what he said.
That is, although the three-day fierce attack caused the New 1st Division to suffer a lot of casualties.
However, their division suffered more casualties, after all, they were the attacking side.
During these three days, the Japanese suffered more than 2,500 casualties.
This is when they drove other vassal soldiers to act as the main force of the charge.
The number of casualties among the vassal army soldiers exceeded four thousand.
To be honest, if we continue fighting like this.
Even if they had enough time and were able to wipe out Lu Dahai's New 1st Division, their Guards Division would be half-destroyed.
At this time, the old devil Yamashita Fengwen shook his head and said, "There is no time.
The armored division sent by Ye Qingshan will arrive in three days at the latest.
We have to move in.”
"So fast?"
Nishimura Takuma was also surprised.
He didn't expect that after his Guards Division withdrew from the western mountain defense line, the Fifth Division would allow the Expeditionary Force to tear a gap in the defense line so quickly.
Let the armored division come in through this gap first.
Once Ye Qingshan's armored division arrives near Mangu, it will be a force enough to change the entire situation of the battle.
According to what Nishimura Takuma learned, the weapons and equipment of the expeditionary force's armored division.
Even in the heyday of their Guards Division, they might not be a match for Ye Qingshan's armored division.
"Gather all generals above the rank of colonel and gather them here for a meeting immediately."
Immediately, the old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki summoned the Imperial Guard Division and all senior generals to a meeting.
At the meeting, the old Japanese general Yamashita Tomoyuki also told these senior Japanese generals for the first time the overall follow-up action plan.
"Commander, your Excellency, put it this way.
Next, our division will move south quickly.
Go to Long City and join the 18th Division?"
A Japanese major general looked at Yamashita Tomoyuki and stood up and asked.
"Hey, that's it."
Immediately, the old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki ordered the Imperial Guards Division to retreat tonight.
“Nishimura-kun, tonight’s retreat must be conducted quietly.
We must not let the Chinese Army's New First Division discover anything."
The old devil Yamashita Fengwen warned.
"Don't worry, Commander, I will make the arrangements."
After dark, the Japs began to act.
Nishimura thought that the old Japanese had left behind more than 10,000 vassal troops, who continued to pretend to be Japanese and besiege the New 1st Division.
This made the New 1st Division mistakenly believe that the main force of the Guards Division was still there.
Nishimura Takumi himself quickly withdrew with the main force of the Imperial Guards Division and 20,000 loyal vassal troops, heading south.
The old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki transferred more than 3,000 remnants of the 56th Division, as well as the logistics and supply troops originally under the commander, to the Imperial Guards Division.
Easy to command.
The total strength of the Imperial Guards Division once again exceeded 30,000.
Together with the 20,000 loyal vassal soldiers who were willing to follow the devils, the total army was 50,000.
Head south quickly.
Until dawn, Lu Dahai's New 1st Division did not find anything unusual.
I have to say that the old Japanese devil Yamashita Tomoyuki's confusing strategy is still working very well this time.