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Chapter 267: Detecting anomalies

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    No one can understand Numata Shigetori's mood at this time. There is anger and anger, but more of it is entangled.

    He personally commanded the entire battle and knew all the circumstances. He also knew that the soldiers under his command had tried their best. Even if the division commander personally directed the siege, the result might not be any better than him.

    The reason why the Chinese army was able to block their attack in this battle was that the opponent was equipped with a large number of new weapons, so that the imperial army's tanks and fighter planes had little effect.

    But now that the battle has reached this point, it is definitely impossible to retreat. They have been unable to explain to the front army headquarters. Secondly, they have lost thousands of troops in this battle, and their 26th Brigade alone has lost 1,300 lives.  Four hundred people, and their bodies are still on the battlefield. They can't just withdraw, right?

    But it won¡¯t work if we continue to attack. Judging from the situation just now, the opponent still has a lot of effective strength. If we continue to fight, the result will still be the same.

    And after experiencing two consecutive heavy losses, it was obviously impossible for the aviation corps to continue to reinforce their side. What's more, it was getting late and the aviation corps could not fight at night. For a while, Numata Shigetori was in a dilemma.

    After thinking about it again and again, Numata Shigetori decided to truthfully report the situation on the front line to the Chuxian Division Headquarters and ask the Division Commander to make a personal decision!

    After receiving the telegram jointly sent by Numata Shigetori and Yamaguchi Oiji from the front line, Tanaka Shizuichi and Kawabe Shozo were confused. Before, the progress was going smoothly, but why did it become like this in the blink of an eye?  This change is a bit fast!

    Tanaka Shizuichi's face became a little livid, and he failed to win against the Chinese army several times in succession. This has made the 13th Division a laughing stock among the Imperial Army. Many people have secretly excluded the 13th Division.  Outside the first-class division, I feel that they are not worthy of their name.

    This time going north to siege Bengbu, in Tanaka Shizuichi's view, it was not a life-or-death battle. After all, according to the intelligence sent back before the war, the Chinese defenders in Bengbu only had four or five infantry divisions with more than 30,000 people, and their total strength was almost the same as theirs.  The sides are almost the same.

    But there is a big gap in terms of firepower and combat effectiveness. Therefore, whether it is Tanaka Shizuichi or several brigade commanders under his command, they feel that the small city of Bengbu is not easy to capture.

    However, the reality made Tanaka Shizuichi so angry that he vomited blood. When more than ten thousand elites under his command arrived at Bengbu City and felt that more than half of the battle had been won, they suffered an unprecedented defeat at Bengbu City.

    The defenders in the city exceeded their expectations in terms of combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment, especially in terms of weapons and equipment, which was very different from what the intelligence department said.

    The first is artillery. According to the intelligence provided by the intelligence department, the defenders were only equipped with some small-caliber mortars and no mountain guns or field artillery. However, in the morning they were actually attacked by large-caliber artillery from the defenders' artillery.  , judging from the power and sound, it should be a mountain cannon of 75mm or more. For this reason, the imperial army on the front line lost an artillery unit that strengthened the brigade.

    Secondly, there is anti-aircraft firepower. The intelligence department believes that the Chinese army defending the city is not equipped with any anti-aircraft weapons, not even anti-aircraft machine guns, let alone anti-aircraft artillery.

    But in fact, two consecutive air strikes showed that the Chinese army was not only equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, but also in such large numbers that the aviation regiment lost more than 30 fighter planes in one day. This huge loss even with the empire's powerful industrial production  The ability is also unbearable.

    Finally, there is the anti-armor force. According to the intelligence collected by the intelligence department, the defenders are not equipped with 37 anti-armor guns or other anti-armor firearms. To deal with the empire's armor force, they only have traditional explosive packs and cluster grenades.  There is no other way.

    However, according to the intelligence sent back from the front line, the army during the day's battle used new equipment to easily annihilate all the tank troops. In today's battle, the empire not only lost a large number of warriors, but also lost 57 tanks.  Tanks account for more than 80% of all tanks on the front line.

    It can be said that after this battle, both the artillery and tank units of the 13th Division suffered unprecedented heavy losses, and their combat effectiveness dropped by about 50%.

    More importantly, the morale of the frontline soldiers is low. If they continue to attack, it is likely to increase casualties.

    From private to general, Tanaka Shizuichi has participated in more than a thousand battles, but this is the first time he has seen an A-class division fight to the point of being unsustainable in just one day.

    Especially since the opponent is still Chinese, this makes Tanaka Shizuichi and others feel angry and a little unwilling.

    From NiqingFrom the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War to the September 18th Manchuria Incident, and then to the July 7th Incident some time ago, in the past half century, the armies of China and Japan have clashed many times, but the result is often that the Japanese Empire wins the final victory, not to mention the Chinese army.  The battle was won, even the evenly matched battles had not been fought many times, let alone the battles like today that caused heavy losses to the Japanese Imperial Army.

    In order to save the face of the Imperial Japanese Army, in order to avenge previous humiliation.  Tanaka Jingyi also tried his best and immediately ordered the reinforcements already on the road to speed up their march and must reach the Bengbu front line before nine o'clock in the evening.

    At the same time, Tanaka Shizuichi ordered the troops on the front line to rest for a night to recharge their batteries and wait for reinforcements to arrive tomorrow before continuing the attack.

    However, shortly after the telegram was sent, the Japanese military headquarters in Chu County suddenly received an emergency telegram from Nanjing.

    The telegram was sent by the Central China Front Army Headquarters. The content was that a reconnaissance plane affiliated with the Front Army Headquarters discovered a large army in Cangzhen leading to Dingyuan. Judging from the military uniforms and weapons and equipment, it should be affiliated with Li Guoyao.  The seventh temporary division under his command.

    At this time, the Chinese army was rushing to Dingyuan. More importantly, the reconnaissance plane discovered an abandoned battlefield in a large valley between Quanjiao and Dingyuan.

    The smoke in the battlefield is still there, but there are no troops around, only some mountain people in civilian clothes.

    It is said that the entire valley is full of randomly abandoned corpses and weapons and equipment. After a low-altitude reconnaissance flight, they were horrified to find that all of these corpses belonged to the Imperial Japanese Army. From this, the front army headquarters deduced that Yin Dongzhengxi's 101st  Something might have happened to the division.

    After receiving the telegram from the front army headquarters, Tanaka Shizuichi and others were stunned. They immediately ordered someone to contact the 101st Division, only to find that there was no news at all.

    Moreover, they learned from the communications department that the 101st Division had been cut off from the headquarters for almost 6 hours. Originally, they thought it was the 101st Division marching in the mountains, so they entered a state of radio silence. They waited until they arrived in Quanjiao County.  Can be contacted.

    However, it seems that this is not the case at all now. The reason why they cannot be contacted is that something has happened to them.

    Thinking that although the 101st Division is a second-class division, its total strength exceeds 18,000 people. Even if you leave out the more than 4,000 people who stayed in Quanjiao, there are 13,000 troops under the personal command of Yin Dongzhengxi.  How could more than a thousand people be wiped out without anyone noticing?

    In addition, Quanjiao's garrison has been defeated by the Chinese army, and only less than 2,000 people have escaped. If the main force of Yin Dongzhengxi's army has really been wiped out, then doesn't it mean that the 101st Division is now almost  Totally wiped out!

    Thinking of this possibility, neither Tanaka Shizuichi nor Kawabe Shozo became calm.

    "If a second-class division was wiped out under their command, then both of them would have to bear the responsibility. Coupled with the problems on the Bengbu front line, this level might be really difficult to pass.

    More importantly, reconnaissance planes have now discovered a large number of Chinese troops in Cangzhen. Judging from the marching direction, after passing through Cangzhen, the enemy went all the way west, heading straight to Daishan and Hechi. It seemed that they were preparing to return to Bengbu to aid.

    Thinking back to the situation on the front line in Bengbu, once the opponent successfully returns to Bengbu to aid, the consequences will be disastrous.

    In view of this, Tanaka Shizuichi immediately ordered the Japanese troops of the 104th Regiment, which was fighting on the front line of Sangjian Town, to withdraw from the battle immediately, then return to Hechi Town to aid, and strictly ordered them to defend Hechi no matter what.

    At the same time, Tanaka Shizuichi sent a report to the troops on the front line in Bengbu, ordering them to immediately stop all military operations and the entire army to evacuate Bengbu immediately and withdraw to Laian County via Guangming.

    And in order to prevent the Seventh Division from turning around and attacking Chuxian, the reinforcements rushing to Bengbu also received orders to stop going to Bengbu and immediately return to Chuxian.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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