Bright Sword: An eight-year-old boy led a group to fight the Japanese invaders

"Report to the commander, the devils have retreated!"

Chu Yunfei was extremely confused when he heard the report from the signalman. What the hell were the Japs doing this time? They were advancing lightly, avoiding fighting, and retreating inexplicably. He couldn't understand!

Fang Ligong was delighted, the Japanese finally retreated, and the orders from his superiors were too difficult for him to follow.

Taiyuan Headquarters, Tsukasa Yoshio smashed the headquarters into pieces.

Finally, we found the arsenal and headquarters hospital of the Tubalu. I thought the headquarters was not far away. However, the Yamazaki Battalion could not even hold out for a day despite such a good opportunity.

"Bagayaru, Yamazaki Yehei is a piece of crap, how did he become a lieutenant colonel?"

Tanaka Yoshinori touched his bald head and quietly retreated to the door. He was a little worried about the commander's anger.

Can such an irritable leader be worthy of the responsibility of the First Army?

"Where are you going, Tanaka-kun?" Yuzuka Yoshio looked at Tanaka Yoshinori with a gloomy face as he was about to go out.

"Commander, I think the supporting troops should be withdrawn. After all, the rapid support has caused great losses to the troops!"

Yuzuka Yoshio looked deeply at Tanaka Yoshinori and then gave the order:

"Let them return to their bases!"

Tanaka Yoshinori did not dare to delay for a moment and went out to convey the message immediately. He did not want to see Yuzuka Yoshio's helpless and furious look.

"How is the military ration collection going in various parts of Shanxi Province?" Yuzuka Yoshio asked the logistics commander after seeing Tanaka go out.

"Commander, the military rations in various parts of Shanxi Province have been well collected, but there is still a shortage in the northwest of Shanxi.

Especially the 20th Division in northern Shanxi, whose garrison area is mostly in mountainous areas, has always been supplemented by the rd Brigade.

However, the 20rd Brigade was destroyed, and Jingxian and other places were occupied by the Eighth Route Army, so the th Division has sent several telegrams to urge the logistics department. "

"Baga, Jingxian again, Tubalu again," Yuzuka Yoshio now gets a headache when he hears about northwest Shanxi.

"Didn't I order reinforcements to be sent to the 20th Division? Why is it still not enough? Didn't your logistics department send any?"

Fujiwara no Nakayoshi was a lieutenant general and a division commander with a large number of troops under his command. The Logistics Department could not afford to offend him, so the Logistics Department delivered the order as soon as it was issued.

"Commander, what Captain Fujiwara meant is that the additional rations have arrived, but the Imperial Army's expanded divisions in the past few months have consumed a lot of rations."

"Baka, why did Fujiwara no Nakayoshi expand so many Imperial Army troops? Doesn't it cost money to support these rubbish?"

The Logistics Department had no way of answering this question.

"Commander, Commander Fujiwara of the 20th Division sent a telegram saying that if the headquarters cannot provide him with enough rations, he will solve the problem himself!"

The signalman ran in to report.

The facial expression that Tsukasa Yoshio had just managed was distorted again.

Although Yoshio Yuzuka was the commander of the First Army, he was still a lieutenant general, the same rank as the commanders of several divisions under the First Army.

Moreover, the First Army's war in Jin Province was not going well during this period. These divisions looked down on him and now they said such things.

What’s going on? Your own defense zone can’t satisfy them, so you want to run to other defense zones to rob them?

"Hmm?" Yuzuka Yoshio suddenly thought that the 20th Division was the only organized unit in northwest Shanxi. If he wanted to go to another defense zone,

Either the Tubalu or the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, there seems to be no problem.

"Send a telegram to the Fujiwara Division Commander. The entire northwest of Shanxi is now his defense zone. No matter what he does, the Taiyuan Command will not do anything!"

The 20th Division was formed in 1915 and was stationed in the peninsula for a long time. It participated in the September 9.18th Incident and entered the Northeast.

Later, during the July 7.7 Incident, the 20th Division landed in Tianjin by boat from the peninsula and participated in the battle in Shanxi Province with the Japanese Fifth Division. It was then incorporated into the First Army and stationed in Ping County.

The Japanese 20th Division is a Type A division, with two brigades, a cavalry regiment, and a field artillery regiment, with a total strength of 2.2.

With more than 9000 rifles, more than 600 light and heavy machine guns, 50 mountain and field artillery pieces, and 12 armored vehicles, it is very powerful.

Since the 20th Division entered China, it had been going smoothly and had never experienced a defeat, so Fujiwara no Nakayoshi was very unhappy that Tsukasa Yoshio took over the position of commander of the st Army.

Who hasn’t won a prize?

If Yoshio Yuzuka could be the commander, then where was Fujiwara no Nakayoshi?

Ping County, 20th Division Headquarters,

After receiving the order from the Taiyuan Headquarters, Fujiwara no Nakayoshi immediately ordered the 39th Brigade with 9000 men, the 20th Division of the Imperial Army with 1 men, and the 5000th Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Army with 8000 men to march towards Jingxian and several surrounding counties.

There is only one goal, to drive out all the Eighth Route Army there. The plains belong to the Imperial Army, and the Eighth Route Army should stay in the mountains and eat dirt.

Uchida Ginnosuke, the 20th Division's Major General and Chief of Staff, questioned, "Fujiwara-kun, do you need to ask General Yuzuka for permission for such a large-scale troop movement?"

Fujiwara Nakayoshi handed him the telegram and said confidently, "Why do you think I keep urging the headquarters to get supplies?"

Uchida Ginnosuke saw it and said happily, "Fujiwara-kun, I have long said that there must be something wrong with Sasaki being able to become a major general of an independent mixed brigade at such a young age.

Moreover, the headquarters handed over such an important grain-producing area as Jing County to him. Something will happen sooner or later!

Now is the right time for our 20th Division to attack!"

Uchida Ginnosuke, the chief of staff of the 20th Division, had just been promoted from colonel to major general, while Sasaki, the commander of the rd Brigade, was younger than him but had already been promoted.

Therefore, Uchida Ginnosuke never had a good attitude towards Sasaki.

"Uchida-kun is right. The area around Jing County is an important grain-producing area in northwest Shanxi. Such a place must be controlled by our 20th Division.

As for the 3rd Brigade being annihilated there, there must be something wrong with Sasaki's command.

The Tubalu are so rampant in northwest Shanxi, my 20th Division will teach them how to fight this battle! "

Fujiwara no Nakayoshi was very confident because the 20th Division had been in existence for more than 20 years and had never lost a battle.

Just as the 20th Division was preparing to move south, the general had already brought the headquarters guard battalion to the brigade headquarters of the 386th Brigade, where Wang Ye's brother and sister and Zhao Gang were visiting.

At the brigade training ground, the artillery of the 386th Brigade was learning how to use the Katyusha rocket launcher under the command of Liu Changjian, the rocket artillery battalion commander of the independent battalion. The boss watched this quietly.

When he saw the long rows of rails on the trucks in the middle of the training ground, he couldn't help but say to the commander,

"What is that thing?"

Commander Liu looked at it for a long time and said in confusion, "It looks a bit like a launcher. Look, there are shells behind it, but I have never seen this thing before. Where did the 386th Brigade get it from?"