Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1006

Chapter 1006: Angry!

Three full days!

The entire two armies of the 108th Division were harassed by the hateful "little mosquitoes" in a non-stop and almost stubborn manner for three days.

Originally I thought that the 'dysentery' that lasted for a day or two would improve after taking medicine, but the effect may be there, but not much.

And later on, even the lowest Japanese infantrymen thought that the reason why those unlucky guys with diarrhea didn't have much diarrhea was because their intestines had been emptied, and it was definitely not because any medicine had taken effect.

The poisonous power of this unknown fruit produced in the Taihang Mountains and used for laxatives can be proved by the later battle reports of the 108th Division.

The 20,000-strong army of the 108th Division had to be killed due to this sudden 'dysentery' disease. 1,200 packhorses were extremely weak and were still unable to walk normally when they were finally evacuated. Horses can be killed, but people cannot be killed with one shot. In the end, nearly a thousand people were carried out of the vast mountains lying on stretchers. Half of these soldiers, commonly known as "severely ill" patients, were ordered to retire from active service that year. Because their intestinal function is permanently damaged, their food is slightly cold and they often have diarrhea every three minutes.

In addition, more than a thousand Japanese infantrymen suffered from psychological abnormalities, which were manifested by their faces turning pale and their bodies shaking uncontrollably when they smelled the stench.

In their original words: When you are conscious, your limbs are sound and you can control yourself, but you cannot control your anus, whether you are lying down, sitting or lying on your stomach, you can only let the uncontrollable waves Do you know how broken your heart is when the heat is all over your crotch and the stench fills the sky, and when the people around you, even your colleagues who are usually as close as brothers, look at you with disgust?

Japanese soldiers may be cruel, but they also need dignity in front of their own compatriots. However, the Chinese used an unknown poison to trample their dignity into dust in front of their own compatriots.

No matter how they washed themselves afterwards, the stench seemed to never be removed, and the feeling that their buttocks, thighs and even heels were covered in feces and water stayed with them for life.

So much so that the Japanese troops of the 108th Division surrendered after being captured in future battles at a much higher rate than other divisions. The main reason was simply that they were threatened to be thrown into the cesspit. It was such a terrifying feeling that they no longer wanted to repeat it. Okay, in comparison, forget about the honor of the Imperial Japanese Army!

Perhaps it is simpler and more direct to use the definition of a certain regiment leader after learning about this matter: "Look, the so-called honor of the Imperial Japanese Army is worse than a piece of shit!"

That's all. Lack of sleep for three consecutive days completely destroyed the morale of the infantrymen of the 108th Division. Many soldiers wrote letters home expressing their boredom and dissatisfaction with this battle.

The 108th Division, which originally planned to join the Second Mixed Brigade 40 kilometers away for a decisive battle with the Chinese through the mountains, lost nearly a thousand people in a battle with two infantry regiments of the Chinese army at a mountain pass 20 kilometers away from Wuxiang. Finally, he made an incredible but sensible decision.

With Xiong Yuan's approval, the 108th Division, which had lost only more than a thousand men and more than a thousand pack horses, was about to withdraw, commonly known as running away.

But Xiong Yuan was not ordered by Xia Jiba. According to the battle plan of the Front Army Headquarters, the combat mission of the 108th Division is to be responsible for attacking Yushe and Wuxiang, raiding the core of the 80th Group Army's garrison, and executing the "Three Lights" policy', destroying all the people, villages, and materials in the area.

Now, the 108th Division has stayed in Yushe, Wuxiang and other places for more than 5 days, burning more than 70 villages and 15 mountains and forests in total.

Since no one could be found, and in order to prepare for a sneak attack by the Chinese at night, Major General Nakano Kosan of the 25th Infantry Brigade personally ordered the mountainous areas around the camp to be burned.

Unfortunately, the mountains in some areas of the Taihang Mountains are not small, but the vegetation is not very dense, and it is May now, and the shrubs and trees are green. After all, this man-made wildfire did not really burn much, basically A few pieces were symbolically burnt black.

However, there was no battle merit to write about, and the 108th Division could only include it in the battle report.

What I mean by this is that our division's combat mission has been completed.

Moreover, the 108th Division only carried seven days' worth of baggage. The original plan of obtaining supplies through fighting was completely in vain after the Chinese moved their homes and retreated. There was poison in the water that caused dysentery, and there was a shortage of food. The 108th Division Is there any reason for the group not to run away?

If you don't run away, why don't you wait for the Chinese to calm down and surround them?

But to be honest, not many people know that the real reason that prompted Xiong Yuan to make up his mind to run away with the entire division was that the two infantry regiments working hard in the two infantry regiments of the Yamaguchi and 108th Division turned out to be the 921st Division of the 80th Group Army. In addition to the strong firepower of the Chinese who harassed the 108th Division for three consecutive days, there is also a shadow of the Four Lines Regiment in their tactics.

When thinking of these two old rivals, Xia Xiong Yuan felt something bad.

The Fourth Line Regiment has not appeared since the beginning of the war. Even senior spies lurking in China's Second Theater Command do not know where the regiment has been mobilized.

What do they want to do by harassing us so hard? Moreover, the 80th Army was gathering its main force to fight the 16th Division. Why did two infantry regiments suddenly appear here?

There is a fierce battle going on over there with the Second Mixed Brigade. More than 20,000 Chinese troops and 10,000 imperial elites are fighting inextricably. It is said that in just four days, both sides suffered close to 3,000 casualties.

The **** battlefield made the usually proud Major General Yamashita leapfrog the Telecommunications Front Army Headquarters and requested sufficient air support.

On a battlefield covering an area of 3 square kilometers, the Japanese North China Front Army Aviation launched nearly a hundred bomber sorties and dropped more than 60 tons of bombs.

This may not be worth mentioning for the density of hundreds of fighter planes on the Western battlefield, but for the Chinese battlefield, it is extremely rare. Even the 16th Division has not received such strong air support.

However, the more lively the fight was in the Second Mixed Brigade, the more Xiong Yuan felt guilty.

All this seems to indicate that the Chinese have some bad ideas about their 108th Division.

For example, making an attack in the east and attacking in the west?

As a result, the two sleepy infantry regiments mustered up their last strength to attack the defense line where more than 5,000 Chinese soldiers were deployed. After being frustrated, Xiong Yuan decisively ordered the entire division to retreat first, and then wait for supplies before joining friendly forces. Military orders for coordinated operations.

“Xia Xiongsang, why did the main force of your 108th Division evacuate? According to the previous battle plan, your division should continue eastward, join up with the Second Mixed Brigade, and encircle the stubborn enemy with an absolutely superior force.”

This military order made Xiang Yue Qingshi, the commander of the Japanese First Army in Lucheng, so angry that he directly called Xia Xiong Yuan in Licheng and asked why he dared to withdraw his troops without permission.

Although Xiangyue Qingshi is the highest commander of the entire Japanese army in southeastern Shanxi, in terms of military rank, he is only an army lieutenant general. He is on the same level as Xiong Yuan, the commander of the 108th Division. He can't show mercy in questioning. The most intense way.

"Mr. Qingshi, the reason why our division has temporarily evacuated the area this time is because of the serious shortage of military rations and even drinking water. In addition, dysentery is rampant. Thousands of imperial officers and soldiers have fallen ill. Many imperial warriors have become weak after falling ill. , but had to get sick and go to the front line, which ultimately resulted in far higher casualties than usual.

Do you know? In yesterday's battle alone, our army suffered 1,600 casualties! As a division commander, I can accept the Imperial Warriors serving the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, but I cannot accept them doing such glorious things while hungry and seriously ill.

If, Commander, you think I have done something wrong, after the war, I will submit my resignation to the Front Army Headquarters, but I bet Xiong Yuan himself will not admit his mistake. "

Although Xiong Yuan wanted to spit out thick green phlegm through the phone at his colleague who was holding chicken feathers as an arrow, he still had to give face to General Shanshan Yuan who was in charge of Ping Beicheng, so he patiently told this 108 The division is currently experiencing difficulties.

Of course, Xiong Yuan's confidence as an army lieutenant general is still there, and he can state his reasons with good evidence. At the same time, he clearly tells his colleague at the same level that he can use the authority of the commander to say that he is wrong, but He can deny it.

But by that time, it may not be the two army lieutenant generals who are at odds with each other, but the camp behind them.

The 108th Division is a second-line division, but it also depends on whose second-line division it is. They are the reserves of the 8th Division and were reorganized into the 108th Division before the war and entered the Chinese battlefield.

This is a feature of the division numbers of the Japanese invasion of China. For example, the 109th Division is the reserve of the 9th Division, and the 110th Division is the 10th Division. Why is there no 105th Division? That is because of Itagaki Shiro's 5th Division. The division is composed of both regular divisions and reserves, so Mao's Fifth Division is very powerful, because the total strength of the Fifth Division was close to 60,000 when it was at its highest, which was a complete establishment of a Japanese army.

This is what Xiong Yuan means. I have given you a reasonable explanation. We are all lieutenant generals and we all have backers. You Xiangyue Qingshi should not be shameless. There are many factions in the Chinese army. During battles, they blame each other and disrespect orders. It is common for them to run away with oil on their feet. In fact, the Japanese are not much better. They have the upper hand now, and many conflicts are covered up by the aura of victory. Well, if they wait until that day when they are beaten to a pulp, the ugliness of those high-level officials will be blinding to others.

Jianghu is a global thing, not just unique to China.

Xiang Yue Qingshi, who originally knew the news about the Chinese's "Strengthening the Wall and Clearing the Wilderness" in the area where the 108th Division arrived, was also a little helpless.

The military book says that "before the army moves, food and grass must go first." This shows the importance of logistics support to an army. For the Japanese army, which has completely entered the era of thermal weapons, logistics support is more important than ever.

However, the Japanese Army did a very poor job in this regard. Logistics support in the Western world has already used ships, cars and even aircraft. The mighty Imperial Japanese Army still uses a large number of pack horses.

Fortunately, the Chinese army is still at the bottom of the list. The logistics support of many Chinese armies is not to mention pack horses, but there are only a few donkeys.

But this army lieutenant general ignored one point. Almost all Chinese soldiers can survive as long as they get some potatoes, sweet potatoes, cornmeal, or even none of these. They dig wild vegetables and add some rice paste to their belly. Chinese soldiers rely on health. At the expense of the country, it bears the shortcomings of its own army's weak logistical support.

What about the Japanese army? Not only do you need to fill your belly, you also need enough salt, sugar, tea and other supplies, which are much more expensive than the Chinese. With the same troop strength, the Japanese army's logistical support capabilities must be several times greater than that of the Chinese army.

In the North China Plain or the Southeast Plains of China, the Japanese army could barely satisfy themselves with trains and cars. But in the Taihang Mountains, the Japanese army also had no choice but to abandon a large number of cars and use pack horses instead.

Because it was wartime, the ammunition reserves carried far exceeded the food. Ensuring food and drink for the soldiers within ten days was the limit of the Japanese army's ability to enter the mountains to participate in the battle.

The 108th Division suffered from dysentery among its soldiers and pack horses, so it was unavoidable that it consumed more than usual. Besides, it also completed the tasks previously set by the front army headquarters. It seems unjustifiable to accuse this person of disobeying the order because of this.

Thinking about it further, if Xiang Yue Qingshi wants to become the next commander of the front army, doesn't he also need the support of the master leaders? People have already talked about this, and if we pursue it further, we will really offend people.

Of course, these are all secondary. The most important thing is that Lieutenant General Xiang Yue Qingshi has always had an indescribable thorn in his heart.

Xiang Yue Qingshi was named "Xue Rong" within the front army. At the beginning of the battle, he had already heard from internal channels that the division chief of staff, Saburo Okamoto, was about to be transferred. This battle in the southeastern Shanxi Province also happened between him and General Shanshan Yuan. With mutual understanding, they were able to quickly formulate a battle plan and implement it smoothly.

However, what makes Xiang Yue Qingshi extremely unhappy is that reliable sources rumored that Yamashita Yamashita, commander of the Major General Brigade of the Second Mixed Brigade participating in the war, is the most likely candidate to succeed Saburo Okamoto. Normally, this would have been just a piece of news at most, but when Yamashita was ordered to lead the Second Mixed Brigade from his original base of Baoding to participate in the war in southeastern Shanxi, the authenticity of this news instantly rose to over 90%.

It would have been fine if it had been anyone else, but Yamashita was extremely arrogant. Before the war, he had violated Xiang Yue Qingshi, who was the commander of the garrison army, which made Xiang Yue Qingshi very angry. Especially after indoor shroud took office, the major general brigade The leader directly hugged the indoor shroud's thigh, and even ignored Xiangyue Qingshi, who was no longer his direct boss.

Of course, we are all people who have known their destiny, and they keep their disapproval of each other in their hearts. The conflict between the two is not as serious as Xiangyue Qingshi and Indoor Shingyi, who are blushing and thick-necked in the battle meeting. They started fighting each other.

But during this battle, Yamashita bypassed Lieutenant General Xiang Yue Qingshi, the commander of the "Snow Melt" campaign, and directly asked General Shanshan Yuan for help, which completely angered Xiang Yue Qingshi.

Xiong Yuan retreated because he had no choice but to explain it to me, the commander, with a smile. Besides, he was still a lieutenant general in the army. You, Yamashita, are just a major general in the army, so you don't take me seriously. Here, when you become a lieutenant general in the future, you must not trample me to death!

Angry Lieutenant General Xiang Yue Qingshi has not even read the battle reports sent by the Second Mixed Brigade these days. Anyway, you like to find the Commander of the Front Army, so your battle reports can be sent directly to the Front Army Headquarters.

What, heavy casualties? Xiangyue Qingshi even wanted to give him a slap in the face. The worse he was, the lower his chance of being promoted to Army Lieutenant General, let alone Chief of Staff of the Front Army.

That is a transitional position, but it does not mean that any lieutenant general is qualified to be gilded, especially a defeated general.

You know, up to this point in the battle, even though the 16th Division and the 109th Division have not yet achieved the previously expected combat goals, their two divisions have attracted a Chinese army group and at least three infantry divisions. 80,000 troops, otherwise how could the 108th Division have so smoothly entered the 80th Army's station in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains?

Although the Chinese ran fast and did not kill many Chinese, more than 70 villages were burned down and tens of thousands of Chinese lost their homes. Rebuilding would consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and it was also a heavy blow to the Chinese.

This means that there is nothing else in the mountainous area except mountains and trees. Otherwise, if we blow up some bridges or something like that, the people's livelihood system in this area will be basically destroyed.

Fortunately, China is a big agricultural country. Otherwise, how many factories and other things are built in these mountains, which would destroy the 108th Division?

But no matter what, Xiangyue Qingshi can find military exploits for every important general under his command, but what is there for Yamashita who is still fighting hard with two infantry divisions in the mountains?

Other than the heavy casualties, there seems to be no distinguishing feature.

The Chinese suffered at least thousands of casualties. Why, if you fight the Chinese with a one-to-one battle loss ratio, do you still have the face?

Therefore, Xiangyue Qingshi agreed to the 108th Division's request to retreat for supplies, and reported it to the front army headquarters for approval.

This retreat is already reasonable and legal within the Japanese army.

　　However, when Yamashita heard this, he almost lost his temper.

Okay! I dare say he had been waiting for reinforcements for several days, but they were gone.

They all believed that the more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command were fully capable of crushing two Chinese infantry divisions.

But only someone like him who has experienced it personally knows that the two Chinese infantry divisions in front of him are definitely a tough nut to crack.

Tough willpower is one thing, and their heavy firepower equipment is by no means as small as some people think.

In the last two days of the fighting, the intensity of the artillery fire increased instead of decreasing. At the most, there were nearly 20 mountain guns firing, as well as a large number of 82 mortars.

Had it not been for the support of aircraft, the future "Malay Tigers" would have even wanted to give up their so-called military exploits and retreat with their men.

But now that the war has begun, what should we do? Should we continue fighting, or should we carry thousands of corpses and run away?

The dilemma made Yamashita, who was holding the Xiangyue Bluestone Electric Order, stand still in the open space in front of his field headquarters for at least 10 minutes.

Finally, he chose to pull out his small pistol and flicked it.

“Baga! Baga! Bastards, two **** bastards!”

Yamashita, who kept shooting into the sky with a pistol to vent his anger, what he wanted to do most now was not to kill the Chinese, but to kill the two idiots Xiong Yuan and Xiang Yue Qingshi.

(End of this chapter)

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