sjar Chapter 255 The Empire's Greatest Sinner
Chapter 255 The Empire's Greatest Sinner
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The Chief of Staff obviously didn't understand.
Seeing that he didn't understand, Bantan narrowed his eyes slightly. "Since our division went into battle, we have never suffered such a loss. If we don't immediately shift the blame, do you think we will be valued by the higher-ups in the future? Will our division's reputation still exist? The glory that you and I have worked so hard to obtain will be completely destroyed because of this failure."
Who was the first one to lose all their glory? It was the 6th Division. After being beaten by the enemy several times in a row, they are no longer the main combat force of the empire. They have gone to the second line and performed the mission of escort. Even if they still have some troops on the front line, they are no longer under the command of the division headquarters.
Not long ago, he was still talking about how great the Isogai Division was, saying how useless it was. But how long has it been since then, and he is not much better than that useless person.
"Hurry up and make them evacuate. We don't have many troops around us. If they don't gather together to defend, they will be defeated one by one."
Bantan is very clear about the current situation. The 11th Regiment does not carry heavy weapons. If they are surrounded by the enemy, it will be difficult to break out. They must meet up with another regiment, jointly defend, and wait for rescue.
"Your Excellency the division commander, we can't contact Jinjiazhuang." The telecommunications director trotted over to Bantan and reported in shock.
Unable to contact, could it be that the brigade in Jinjiazhuang had already been annihilated by the other side? How did they do it? That was a brigade, didn’t they have any time to react, they…
Snapped……
Bantan seemed to understand something. He slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "One misstep will lead to eternal regret. Why didn't I consider that they had poison gas bombs?"
Hate it. Bantan sat dejectedly on the chair, and he figured it out.
Only poison gas bombs can annihilate the enemy before a battalion even has time to react.
"Where did they get the poison gas bombs?" The chief of staff took a breath and he understood. Jinjiazhuang had actually been destroyed by the independent regiment a long time ago. The people who were in contact with him were just the people they left behind to confuse him. The independent regiment had already passed Jinjiazhuang.
Ridiculous Division Command had always believed that the troops in Jinjiazhuang were still there, but because of this mistake, everything came to naught.
"Who else could it be? Except for the people in the Fourth Division whose parents wanted to sell them out, who else could it be?" Bantan was furious. He hated the Fourth Division so much now. If it wasn't for the Fourth Division, how could he have ended up like this?
"Report to the Northern Front Command. My division's offensive has been frustrated."
The attack failed, Teng County was lost, and the 11th Regiment was besieged by the enemy.
The continuous reports made Terauchi Juichi unable to react. He waited until his adjutant finished reading the message. He looked at his adjutant in confusion. "What did you just say? The 9th Brigade was defeated."
Among so many telegrams, he grasped one key point, which was that the Sakatan Division's attack failed, the 9th Brigade under its command failed to hold Fuji County, and the 11th Regiment was surrounded by the enemy.
"Yes." The adjutant's affirmation made Terauchi Hisaichi take a deep breath and come to the map.
Now he had no way to hold the Sakatan Division responsible, so he just wanted to know how this elite force of the Sakatan Division was defeated.
"What happened? Why did we fail?" Terauchi Hisaichi put his hands behind his back and looked at the map in front of him.
The adjutant looked at another telegram again; "The enemy's 74th Army Independent Regiment used poison gas bombs to destroy a battalion of our army in Jinjiazhuang, and then secretly entered behind the 11th Regiment."
Poison gas bomb.
Terauchi Hisaichi rubbed his temple. He originally planned to use poison gas bombs to open a gap, but now, he didn't dare to use it. The other party also had such weapons. If he rashly used poison gas bombs, he might be unable to defend against retaliation from both sides.
Damn the 4th Division, these criminals of the Empire, they will go to hell. Terauchi Shouichi cursed in his heart for a while, then came to the map and looked at it for a while and said.
"Let the Sakatan Division and Seya Detachment switch from offense to defense, and contain the main force of the Yu Corps in Lincheng. The Isogai Division, the Matsui Division, and the divisions coming from the mainland will launch a full-scale attack on the main force of the Tang Corps. After defeating the Tang Corps, they will quickly advance in the direction of Xuzhou. The main force of the air force will bomb the Xuzhou area."
"What about the 11th Regiment?" The chief of staff was pointing at the troops between Liteng County and Lincheng. Should we just ignore this force? They don't have heavy weapons.
"Let the air force drop supplies." As long as there are supplies, they will not be able to break through the siege, but they will have more than enough defense. As long as the troops on the right can defeat Tang's corps, Xuzhou will definitely return to defend. In this way, the two regiments will have a way out.
One after another, transport planes, under the cover of fighter jets, flew to the meeting point of the 11th Wing and another Wing. Countless supplies appeared in the air like flowers scattered from the sky.
Standing on a hillside, Zhou Weiguo stared at the parachute in a daze with an expressionless face.
"They don't intend to let them break through, but to let them defend here." Zhou Weiguo handed the telescope to Xiao Ya beside him, put his hands on his hips and looked at the people around him; "Are they ignoring these two regiments?"
Fang Shengli fiddled with his helmet with his hand and lowered his head to think; "Maybe they have made a change in their operations, and these two regiments and the Bantan Division have switched from offense to defense."
Switch to defense?
Zhou Weiguo squatted on the ground, and Zhao Shoutian quickly spread the map out.
After taking a quick look at the current troop strength and the offensive and defensive map, Zhou Weiguo took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Xuzhou, I guess we can't hold it anymore."
"Second in command, this shouldn't happen. We are fighting well now. There is no sign of collapse." Zhao Shoutian could understand the map to some extent. From the red and blue arrows, he really couldn't tell where the collapse had occurred.
Shen Xin, who had just returned from the military headquarters, also nodded; "Yes, we are fighting well, and there are still two regiments for us to surround."
"The victory of a local battle cannot change the overall occupation. At present, there are two corps here. Although our corps fought well, several armies have been pinned down by the Japanese army in the east and west. Although the Tang Corps is a whole, they cannot stop the attack of three divisions. As long as the Tang Corps is defeated, the Japanese army can go straight south."
"They are going to attack Xuzhou directly. It's not that exaggerated. There are several corps and hundreds of thousands of people there." Shen Xin spat on the ground; "Even if everyone spits on him, he will be spit to death."
"Fool, hundreds of thousands of troops cannot all be deployed to the front line, so there are only so many people fighting them in the front. Human wave tactics are no longer suitable. After all, we don't have air superiority. One bomb from them can kill many people."
"Who are you calling a fool?" Shen Xin turned around and looked at Fang Shengli viciously.
"How can you talk like that?" Zhou Weiguo raised his hand and knocked Fang Shengli's head to distract the couple from arguing, then pointed at the map; "Compared to Xuzhou, I'm more worried about ourselves right now."