Chapter 666: Encirclement and Annihilation of the Japanese Sendai Division
Okamura Ningchi's preconceived ideas confused his thinking, and he said happily: "Doihara-kun! There are still four days left in the ten-day deadline. In these short four days, this commander will definitely wipe out the Chinese 4th Army from the face of the earth."
Doihara Kenji couldn't remember whether it was 7 days or 10 days, so he nodded and said, "I am willing to wait and see."
Okamura Ningchi said with a smile: "In order to stimulate the Chinese government, you might as well send a clear message to their Supreme Command, saying that this commander led an army of 15 and killed all the ace 4th Army in four days. And I hope they can send more reinforcements so that this commander can destroy them together."
Doihara Kan'er loved to make jokes, and when he heard this he said with great joy:
"Yoshi! I will send the message myself right away."
He sat down and sent a clear message to the Chinese Supreme Command, relaying Okamura Ningchi's ambitions, and then adding his own angry words:
"China's Supreme Command! Chu Xi of the 34th Army Group is too outrageous. He secretly withheld my seal and the flag of the Elite Chicken Raid Team. He will definitely not die a good death."
Chongqing, combat research conference room.
The theme today is war, and everything starts from this.
Minister Chen read the message sent by Kong Ling and said with a smile: "Everyone! The 34th Army is still quite capable of fighting. It is like cracking taffy, eating up the Japanese troops bit by bit."
Chen Guo shook his head and said, "It's just a small fight, it won't have much effect."
Minister He laughed and said, "You can't say that. Chu Xi is quite good at fighting. He first knocked out those isolated Japanese troops who were deep in the enemy's territory. But how come his intelligence was so accurate?"
No one answered his question, not even Dai Nong.
At this time, an intelligence lieutenant colonel appeared at the door of the conference room with a folder of telegrams.
Minister He waved his hand and said, "Read it!"
The intelligence lieutenant colonel walked into the conference room, unfolded the telegram folder and read aloud:
"The Chinese Supreme Command! The commander of the 11th Imperial Army, General Okamura Ningchi, has personally led 15 troops, advancing by land, sea and air, and vowed to destroy the ace 34th Army in four days. You'd better send more reinforcements, so that Commander Okamura can destroy it together.
In addition, this general wants to severely condemn Chu Xi. He privately withheld my seal and the flag of the elite chicken attack team. This is unforgivable. He must not die a good death. Doihara Xianer! "
The senior officials in the conference room could not help but burst into laughter and commented:
"This Doihara-chan is so silly and cute!"
"With 15 Japanese soldiers, the 34th Army is in danger."
"The Japanese commander also asked for reinforcements for the 34th Army."
Minister He loudly ordered: "Don't reply to Doihara Ken'er, to avoid him showing off."
"Yes!"
The intelligence lieutenant colonel nodded hastily.
Zeng Yun recuperated for two days, and since his injury was not serious, he returned to work in the Political Department.
He had been defeated, and instinctively hoped that Xiang Chu would also be defeated. He said with a smile:
"Everyone! The 34th Army only has 9 soldiers, and most of them are new recruits who have not been trained or baptized by the blood and fire of the battlefield. Many of them have never even touched a gun."
Minister He said angrily: "You mean to let the 34th Army slip away, and let Okamura Ningchi lead 15 Japanese troops south and occupy Changsha without any effort."
Zeng Yun shook his head and said, "Of course not! The 34th Army is too poorly equipped, with only the 34th Division as a base."
This is true, and everyone nodded.
Minister He waved his hand and said, "No! We still distributed a lot of mines and land mines to them, which should be useful."
"Sea and land mines?"
The senior officials were stunned.
Dai Nong couldn't help but ask himself, "Brother Xiang! Can you stop the enemy's attack with mines and land mines?"
Not only he thought so, many people had the same idea.
Gupei Town, 34th Army Headquarters.
In order to facilitate the deployment of troops, Xiang Chu also made a sand table.
Kong Ling couldn't help but taunt him, "Wu Wan's father! You like playing in the mud so much, wait until I give you a son, and then you can teach him how to play well."
"I'm at war!"
Xiang Chu said angrily, pointing at the Miluo City on the sand table and laughing, "This devil is really funny, thinking that the Chinese army fights to defend the city."
Kong Ling said angrily, "Don't be so cocky! If you don't want to defend the city, what else can you defend? It's better to defend the city than to have no defense at all."
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "Defending a city was feasible in the era of cold weapons, but what era is it now? Moreover, the most common tactic used by the Japs is the roundabout attack, which they have written into the textbooks."
Yu Xiaowan pointed at the map and said, "Brother Chu! The Immortal Corps Division has reached the Miluo River. You should quickly see what to do."
"Simple!"
Xiang Chu smiled, took a look at the map, and immediately ordered,
"Xiao Wan! Send a telegram to the 2nd Division, and have them attack the Japanese engineering corps behind the Sendai Division, kill all the Japanese engineers, blow up all the mechanical facilities for repairing bridges and roads, and then strike back to the south to attack the Sendai Division."
Yu Xiaowan questioned, "Brother Chu! It's not safe to act before dark."
Kong Ling said anxiously: "The 2nd Division attacked the Japanese engineering corps. There is no need to fight back. The Sendai Division will also come to support."
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "My two wives! It is more convenient to move before dark, because it will be dark when the battle starts. Moreover, I want the 1st and 3rd Divisions to attack from the east and west, the 2nd Division to strike back from the south, and the Special Mixed Division to bombard the south bank of the river, concentrating superior forces to encircle and annihilate the Sendai Division."
"Encirclement and annihilation?!"
Yu Xiaowan and Kong Ling were stunned.
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Yes, surround and annihilate him! Take advantage of his unstable foothold and catch him off guard."
"Great! I'll send a message to the 2nd Division right away."
Yu Xiaowan said happily and quickly sent a telegram.
Kong Ling said hurriedly: "I will send a message to other divisions!"
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said, "No need! I asked Shima to use the Bai language to broadcast to several divisions. Now all the radio operators in each division are Bai soldiers."
When Shima heard Xiang Chu calling her name, she immediately ran out of the radio room.
Xiang Chu immediately gave her instructions, and Shima followed her instructions and called out to the radio soldiers of each division in the Bai language, which was both quick and confidential.
To the north, the Japanese engineering corps was widening the road.
Hundreds of engineering maintenance personnel, driving more than 30 construction vehicles, rushed to complete the project before dark.
A squad of Japanese soldiers were on high alert, carrying machine guns and infantry guns, and were responsible for guarding it.
The leader of the engineering corps was a captain. Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were very nervous, he comforted them: "Warriors of the Empire! The Sendai Division is just to the south, you don't have to be too nervous."
The Japanese squad leader shook his head and said, "Captain! The 34th Chinese Army is not an ordinary Chinese army. They fight without rules, without front and rear..."
"Bang!"
A sniper bullet cut his words off abruptly.
A thousand meters away in the woods, Liu Zhengxiong roared loudly:
"Artillery fire! Infantry charge, grenade launcher battalion approaches 600 meters to attack. Kill the devils!"
"Kill the devil!"
The officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division let out an earth-shaking roar, and their shouts filled with hatred against the Japanese could be heard for miles around.
"Boom! Boom!"
Hundreds of Type 92 infantry guns fired at the same time, and more than a hundred shells flew towards the engineering construction site.
The engineering corps' construction site was covered by artillery fire, and the Japanese soldiers and machinery suffered a devastating disaster.
The Japanese soldiers reacted quickly, looking for cover, supporting each other's firepower, and fighting back frantically.
However, their artillery was completely lost in the first wave of artillery fire from the 2nd Division.
When the second wave of artillery fire came, only a few Japanese soldiers were left in a small group and they were unable to stop the attack.
Soon, Liu Zhengxiong led the 2nd Division to the construction site, eliminated all the Japanese devils, blew up all the construction vehicles, and even destroyed the repaired roads and bridges.
Liu Zhengxiong ordered loudly: "Clean up the battlefield immediately and prepare to attack the Japanese division to the south."
At this time, the radio operator reported loudly: "Division Commander! The commander asked us to dig fortifications immediately and destroy more roads to the north to prevent the Japanese reinforcements from arriving quickly and completely wipe out the Japanese Sendai Division."