Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

North of Datong, the North China Front Army Joint Command Post.

Seeing the small flag representing his own troops advancing in an orderly manner, Nishihara Issaku's old face suddenly showed an excited expression. He suddenly turned around and said to his colleagues:

"Yo Xi, it seems that our tactics are very successful. Sooner or later, the warriors will be able to penetrate all the defense lines outside Datong City."

"In my opinion, the number of casualties of the Eighth Route Army will never be that small. The toughness of those Republican people who are strong on the outside and capable on the inside is definitely no match for the massive Japanese locust army."

"Next, as long as we can cross the moat and destroy the city wall, our army can enter Datong unimpeded."

Compared with the 26th Division and the 110th Division, the overall casualty situation of the Mongolian Army Cavalry Group is relatively optimistic.

They are equipped with a certain number of armored vehicles, 95 light tanks and 97 medium tanks. Their breakthrough and protection values ​​are naturally much higher than those of ordinary infantry divisions.

In addition, in this battle, Iimorinuma's troops were responsible for the main attack direction, so Nishihara Issaku naturally retained a certain degree of strength.

Hearing this, the other two Japanese lieutenant generals also nodded.

Although their division suffered heavy casualties, the two men always believed that their efforts and rewards would be directly proportional. The loss now is just the darkness before dawn.

Thinking of this, the bitterness on the faces of Otono Saburo and Iinuma Mamoru were diluted a bit.

"Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that the intelligence provided by Commander Gangcun is correct. Only senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army can match the current defensive intensity."

"If the enemy's garrison in Datong collapses at a moment's notice, I would have to doubt whether the so-called division commander really exists."

"If everything goes well, the troops will be able to enter the city smoothly tomorrow. I hope everyone can continue to work together and never let the loot go away because of internal fighting."

After hearing Iinuma Mamoru's reminder, the two lieutenant generals Shiye and Nishihara suddenly became serious, and then they expressed their agreement one after another.

Such behavior is not because the old devils are overly cautious. The main reason is that within their army, there has always been a fine tradition of fighting among each other and grabbing credit.

For example, in the Battle of Taiyuan that year, Seishiro Itahara made remarks that affected unity many times in public, just because Hideki Tojo occupied several cities first.

Now the three of them have worked hard for so long and paid an unprecedented price.

If in the last trembling stage, because of each other's competition for credit and letting the big fish go, it is estimated that the locusts in Taizheng Tian would have crawled out of the coffin and cursed.

"Iinuma-kun, just be at ease."

"There are only six senior officers at the division commander level in the Eighth Route Army. As long as we can capture any one of them, this kind of contribution will be enough for the three of us to be promoted to half a rank."

"The cake is big enough, there is no need to fight over it."

As soon as these words came out, the three lieutenant generals showed sinister smiles and decided to cooperate well in their hearts.

Perhaps he could be promoted to general by taking credit alone, and he might even have a chance to sit on the throne of commander after the First Army was rebuilt. But the Eighth Route Army in Datong is not a vegetarian, and it is absolutely impossible for one division to defeat it.

Ten birds in the forest are worse than one in the hand.

Such a simple and easy-to-understand truth will naturally be understood by the Japanese who have matured into masters.

Just as the three were preparing to further discuss the details of tonight's attack, a series of deafening explosions suddenly came from the distant forward position.

Due to the victory during the day, Nishihara Issaku and his team had already moved their headquarters to a position closer to the battlefield.

At this moment, the strong shelling even shook a lot of dust off the roof.

"Enemy attack! The Eighth Route Army launched a night raid!"

"Come here! Hurry up and take the lieutenant generals away from the battlefield! This place is probably already within the range of the enemy's artillery, and the division commander cannot be allowed to put himself in danger!"

"Hi!"

In the panic, a squadron of guards rushed into the command post. Without saying a word, they picked up the old devils, loaded the three of them into the truck, and drove towards the north.

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Early the next morning, Fengzhen.

Although the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region did not kill anyone last night, the frightened old Japanese soldiers still moved the headquarters back more than 30 kilometers.

Looking at the gray-faced commander of the 108th Brigade, Iinuma Mamoru took the loss report very depressedly.

"I'm just confused! Why does the Eighth Route Army always give special treatment to our division? With three positions on all sides, don't they know how to pick on the weak?"

"Are there any serious illnesses among the people of the Republic of China? We must fight to the death with the strongest enemy!"

"Last night, we lost more than half of our brigade! If we continue to fight like this, even one of my brigade will be reimbursed!"

In accordance with the orders of army reorganization experts, three columns of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region began an orderly retreat into the city under the cover of artillery last night.

In the original plan of the headquarters, the soldiers only needed to do some scene work with heavy thunder and small rain, to scare away the Japanese and gain enough space.

But neither the enemy nor we expected that the two infantry brigades of the 110th Division would engage in a classic attack without receiving clear instructions from their superiors.

From the perspective of the two brigade commanders Ishii Kaho and Tsuda Mitake, their casualties during the day were indeed not small, but they were mainly servant troops.

The four teams of the two have not yet reached the point of breaking out.

Night combat can greatly reduce the Eighth Route Army's artillery superiority and mainly tests the infantry's individual quality and use of light weapons.

As the subordinate units of the strongest B division, the 108th Brigade and the 133rd Brigade have no reason to be timid.

Under the influence of the strange and wonderful warrior spirits, the two Japanese major generals hit it off and immediately issued combat orders, dividing the tens of thousands of people in their hands into two batches and went up.

result?

The result was classic: instead of surrendering, the enemy dared to fight back at our army.

Night battles can indeed smooth the gap in firepower between the two sides to a certain extent, but this rule is of no use to the main force of the Eighth Route Army at this stage.

The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has already completed the 50th forced advance platoon, the 60th forced advance company, and the 81st forced advance battalion, and even the 120mm mortar has been installed almost at the regiment level.

Poor vision will indeed affect the hit rate.

But if I directly cover an area, how should you respond?

Fortunately, the Shanxi-Hebei column received an order not to pursue deeply, and the 108th Brigade and the 133rd Brigade, who knew that the firepower gap was too big, also ran fast enough, otherwise more than half of the brigade would definitely have wiped out the enemy.

Hearing Iimorinuma's complaint, Nishihara Issaku quickly stepped forward to smooth things over.

The old devil first glared at the two major generals, and then used his classic advantage theory on me.

"Iimori-kun, the intelligence is very clear. Although the Eighth Route Army launched a night attack last night, they took the initiative to abandon the carefully prepared second line of defense."

"Have you ever thought about the hidden reason?" (End of Chapter)