ushernet Chapter 483 Safety No. 1
Chapter 483 Safety No. 1
Since it was determined that it was the troops of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government that were defending Luwu, the commander of the Fifth Division, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, had endless fighting spirit in his heart. You know, in the Battle of Yangcheng last year, the New 22nd Army had made the Fifth Division run around in circles, and also caused the Fifth Division to lose a large number of troops. Even the commander of the Fifth Division at that time, Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, now the commander of the 21st Army, was surrounded by the New 22nd Army. This is the archenemy of the Fifth Division.
After pondering in front of the map for a long time, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, commander of the 5th Division, sent a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Sakamoto Junki, the current chief of staff of the 2nd Regiment.
The division commander, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, ordered the Chief of Staff of the Second Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Sakamoto Junki, to organize the troops and continue the attack on the Chinese army in Rikuya tomorrow. At the same time, the division commander, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, informed the Chief of Staff of the Second Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Sakamoto Junki, that the troops now defending Rikuya were most likely the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government. He hoped that they could display the heroic fighting spirit of the Imperial Japanese Army, break through the Chinese army's defense line in Rikuya as soon as possible, and add honor to the Second Regiment's flag.
After sending a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Jun'ichi Sakamoto, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Regiment, Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura, commander of the 5th Division, immediately sent a telegram to the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division, which was attacking Longzhou and Zhennan Pass, ordering the attacking force of the 9th Brigade to immediately dispatch a battalion of troops to return to Nanning by car and then reinforce the battle in the direction of Kunlun Pass.
Then, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, commander of the 5th Division, sent a telegram to Major General Masao Nakamura, commander of the 21st Brigade, ordering him to personally lead the 42nd Infantry Regiment of the 21st Brigade to reinforce the battle in the direction of Kunlun Pass.
After making these arrangements, the commander of the Fifth Division, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, secretly encouraged himself that he had already used all the troops he could mobilize. As for whether he could achieve the final victory, it would depend on the performance of each unit.
After receiving the telegram from Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, commander of the 5th Division, Lieutenant Colonel Sakamoto Junki, the Chief of Staff of the 2nd Regiment, threw the telegram on the marching table of the regiment headquarters. What's the point of displaying the bravery of the soldiers of the Empire of Japan? Who are you fooling? The one on the opposite side is the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government. Your 5th Division was severely beaten by the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government in the Battle of Yangcheng.
You are an opponent that even the Type A regular division cannot defeat, but you let your own mixed brigade's regiment launch the attack. Did Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi get kicked in the head by a donkey, or do you think our Taiwan Mixed Brigade is a fool? We are only assigned here to fight. After this battle, we may be transferred back to Taiwan or to other battlefields. There is no need for us to fight to the death with the Chinese government's New 22nd Army here.
Besides, the Chinese government's new 22nd Army is the archenemy of your Fifth Division, not our Taiwan Mixed Brigade. If you want to take revenge, just send your own troops over. Don't think of using our Taiwan Mixed Brigade as a gun.
Lieutenant Colonel Jun'hiro Sakamoto, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade, called the only surviving senior commander, Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, to the regiment headquarters and told him that the current defense force of Rikuya was the new 22nd Army of the Chinese government.
When Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, commander of the 3rd Battalion, heard that the defense force at Luwu was from the New 22nd Army, which was directly under the Chinese government, he suddenly understood why the full-scale attack in the morning had ended in such a tragic defeat. If the New 22nd Army, which was directly under the Chinese government, had reinforced Luwu's defense line, then the disastrous defeat of the 2nd Regiment would be understandable.
After all, no matter which army of the Empire of Japan had encountered the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government in the past, it had all ended in defeat. So it was not shameful at all that the Second Regiment's attack had failed. In his heart, the battalion commander, Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, actually thought that this was a matter of course.
But when the Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Junki Sakamoto told the battalion commander Major Yoshitsugu Matsui that the commander of the 5th Division, Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura, ordered their regiment to continue attacking the troops of the 22nd Army of the Chinese government defending Rikuya tomorrow, the battalion commander Major Yoshitsugu Matsui frowned more and more.
The battalion commander, Major Yoshitsugu Matsui, felt that this order was an order to commit suicide. Which unit now dared to say that they could break through the defensive positions of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government? Considering the morale and fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment, it would be a very good result if they were not wiped out by the troops of the New 22nd Army.
However, the commander of the 5th Division, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, actually ordered the 2nd Regiment to continue the attack. This was simply sending the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Regiment to their deaths.
Seeing the expression of Major Matsui Yoshitsugu, the captain, who looked as if his parents had died, Lieutenant Colonel Sakamoto Junki, the chief of staff, also understood what he was thinking, so he whispered, "Mr. Matsui, we still have to execute your orders, but we still need to discuss how to execute them. The Second Regiment has been seriously injured, and we must save it."
When the battalion commander, Major Matsui Yoshitsugu, heard what the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Sakamoto Junki, said, he immediately understood what he meant and quickly agreed, "Your Excellency the chief of staff is right. As soldiers of the Empire of Japan, we must obey orders. But for the survival of the Second Regiment, we must change our tactics and try to attack the Chinese army's defensive positions with the least losses."
During the conversation between Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Jun'ichi Sakamoto and Commander of the 3rd Battalion Major Yoshitsugu Matsui never mentioned breaking through or occupying the defensive positions of Rikuya. Both of them were thinking about how to minimize the casualties of the troops in the attack. As for whether they could break through the defensive positions of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government, that was not something they needed to consider, because it was simply unrealistic to want to break through the positions defended by the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government.
After the two people's research, a set of offensive combat plan that is completely in line with the current official temperament of the Second Regiment was produced. In this plan, the main feature is to be in line with the situation. The shouts of the troops charging must be loud, and the distance of the attack must be just right. They must not be too close to the Chinese army's defensive positions. It is best to control the distance to about 300 meters. The casualties of each attacking force must be strictly controlled. Once the casualties reach 30 people, the attack must end and retreat.
In a nutshell: safety first.