usatvline Chapter 308 Working in vain
Chapter 308 Working in vain
In the camp of the Japanese Army's 5th Division's flanking force, Major Masaaki Yasukawa, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 11th Regiment, is now commanding the officers and soldiers assigned to his regiment headquarters guard to stand by in the camp.
Major Masaaki Yasukawa was a little nervous at the beginning about the division commander and the brigade commander's concerns that the Chinese army might launch a large-scale night attack. However, as time went on, Major Masaaki Yasukawa gradually figured out the problem.
Major Masaaki Yasukawa felt that it was indeed possible for the Chinese army to use a night attack, but even if the Chinese army launched a night attack, it would be impossible to eliminate all the troops in the camp in one night. The Chinese army's night attack could at most occupy the defensive positions outside the camp. To eliminate the remaining flanking troops of the Fifth Division, the Chinese army would have to launch multiple large-scale night attacks in at least three nights. But did the Chinese army have so much time?
However, Major Masaaki Yasukawa had learned from the staff of the division headquarters that the 104th Division had already captured Huaxian in the afternoon, and that the 108th Regiment of the th Division had already set out from Huaxian in the afternoon and attacked Sanshui from the north. The troops of the th Division that set out from Yangcheng were also preparing to launch an attack from the north of Nanhai City tomorrow. It was impossible for the Chinese army to have so many troops to defend against the attacks of so many troops.
After thinking through these problems, Major Masaaki Yasukawa felt relaxed. This was the stage for him to perform well, so Major Masaaki Yasukawa personally led his troops to wait in the camp with a serious face, as if he was ready to rush forward and fight the Chinese army at any time. No matter who saw it, they felt that Major Masaaki Yasukawa's attitude was very correct.
When the sky grew brighter, all the members of the Fifth Division's flanking force breathed a sigh of relief. The long and dangerous night was finally over. During the day, the officers and soldiers on the positions were not too afraid of the attack launched by the Chinese army. After all, they had the advantage in firepower weapons.
However, after the Japanese officers and soldiers in the Fifth Division's flanking force were happy and relaxed for a short while, they all thought of the Chinese army's sharpshooters who had harassed them all day yesterday. At this moment, the faces of all the Japanese officers and soldiers looked unhappy. They suddenly felt that the torture they had to endure during the day seemed to be no less than that at night, and the depression and tension were even a little more than at night.
"Your Excellency the division commander, the Chinese army did not attack the positions outside our camp last night. Reports from the surrounding positions said that it was very quiet outside the positions last night. However, the Chinese army's daytime harassment operations are expected to begin again soon." Colonel Tsunahiko Watanabe, commander of the 11th Regiment, stood in front of the division commander, Lieutenant General Anriyoshi, and reported with big dark circles and bloodshot eyes.
The Fifth Division commander, Lieutenant General Anriyoshi, does not look much better now. In more than a day, his beard has grown a lot, and his whole spirit and spirit have become much more haggard. As for the dark circles under his eyes, they have now become a common feature of the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Division's flanking forces.
"Well, thank you for your hard work, Watanabe-kun. During the day, try to let the officers and soldiers of the troops take turns to rest, otherwise their energy and physical strength will not be able to keep up with the combat requirements. Let the Chinese troops harass us, and as long as they do not launch an attack, let them mess around on the periphery. At the latest tomorrow, these Chinese troops outside will have no chance, and by then, the reinforcements coming from other directions will completely wipe them out here." The division commander, Lieutenant General Anriyoshi, forced a smile and said to the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Tsunahiko, in his already hoarse voice.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Tsunahiko, also knew that now they had to defend the camp to the death. The longer they held out, the better it would be for other friendly forces that were surrounding them from behind. So he just let the Chinese army jump around for a while and he would just watch the show.
Colonel Shiro Yamazaki, commander of the 55th Regiment of the 18th Division, brought some officers from the regiment to the starting position for the attack after a simple breakfast. He needed to observe the tactics of the Chinese army at close range, find the defensive weaknesses of the Chinese army, and make thorough preparations for the next attack.
As time came to eight o'clock in the morning, the artillery unit at the back began its performance first. The continuously falling shells blew up the defensive positions of the Chinese army on the opposite side into dust. The intensive artillery fire made it impossible for the regiment commander, Colonel Shiro Yamazaki, to observe the situation on the Chinese army's position through a telescope for a while.
The regiment commander, Colonel Shiro Yamazaki, was very satisfied with the performance of the artillery. As the shelling gradually weakened, the officers and soldiers of the First Battalion, who had been prepared for a long time, also launched an attack on the defensive positions of the Chinese army.
However, what surprised the officers and soldiers of the First Battalion was that when they rushed to a distance of only 100 meters from the Chinese army's position, there was still no defensive gunfire from the opposite Chinese army's position. Not a single gunshot was heard until they rushed into the Chinese army's position.
This made the commander of the regiment, Colonel Shiro Yamazaki, who had been watching the battle carefully from behind, understand immediately that the Chinese army had run away. Damn it, he had prepared for so long, thinking of countermeasures, and studying tactics for most of the night, but in the end, the new 22nd Army of the Chinese government didn't give him face and all ran away. Isn't this a waste of brain cells? It's too abominable.
After breakfast in the morning, the officers and soldiers of the 42nd Regiment of the Japanese Army who were attacking head-on on the Pearl River gathered together seriously. Today would be a battle of life and death for them.
While having breakfast, some well-informed soldiers learned about today's attack order from some channels, which was that there would be no retreat order today, and they had to either continue the attack alive or die on the way to the attack. This order would continue until the defensive positions of the opposing Chinese army were occupied.
After the usual artillery cover, the officers and soldiers of the 42nd Regiment tragically began what might be the last attack in their lives. However, after all the attacking Japanese officers and soldiers were at a very dangerous distance in the past, they did not hear the familiar and fierce gunfire from the opposite Chinese army positions, which scared all the officers and soldiers.
This was not the first time they had fought against the New 104nd Army of the Chinese government. They had heard about the tragedy of the 132nd Brigade of the th Division before they landed on the west bank of the Pearl River. Later, they also witnessed the tragic death of the st Regiment, which was also part of the Fifth Division.
Now there is a saying circulating in the entire army: The positions of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government that fire guns are gentle and kind, because they can at least let you know how you die; the positions of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese Government without gunfire are the devil's giant mouth, and you don't even know how you will suddenly die.