Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Chapter 472 Making the decision without authorization

At the same time, the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, Crazy Qiu, also received the news that the main position of Kunlun Pass had been captured. This made the crazy commander have other ideas in his mind. He felt that the Fifth Army had finally got a good opportunity this time. Anyway, they had to surround and destroy the Japanese army, so why not let the Japanese army go, and then set up an ambush on the road that the Japanese army must pass and give them a good fight.

As soon as this idea came up, the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, Crazy Qiu, could not contain his inner excitement, so he arbitrarily ordered the troops in Wutang to pretend to retreat and be broken through. This made the commander of the troops in Wutang a little confused. When arranging tasks before the war, I remember that the army commander gave the task of blocking the Japanese reinforcements to the newly formed 22nd Division. How do you look at the division commander's order? It seems like luring the enemy deep into our territory.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Anyway, there is nothing wrong in following the orders of the division commander. Therefore, under the fourth attack commanded by Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke, commander of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army, the defensive position of the newly formed 22nd Division in Wutang collapsed. This made Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke, commander of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army, very proud. After breaking through the blocking line of the newly formed 22nd Division in Wutang, Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke proudly sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, commander of the 5th Division, and expressed his high spirits that he would retake Kunlun Pass from the occupation of the Chinese army in the shortest time possible.

When the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, Crazy Qiu, telegraphed his unauthorized behavior and idea to Commander Du of the Fifth Army, Commander Du was shocked on the spot and took a long time to recover. This crazy Qiu is really a lunatic. You let in a regiment of Japanese troops, which can indeed increase the number and scale of enemy annihilation, but don't you think that this also increases the time and difficulty of annihilating the enemy?

Well, you, Crazy Qiu, have already done something and you only remembered to report to me. You are really amazing. What should we do now? We can only fight according to Crazy Qiu's idea. How come you, a division commander, always worry about the affairs of the army commander? Why don't you be the army commander?

The relationship between Commander Du and Crazy Qiu is quite good. Both of them are direct descendants of the Chinese army. Commander Du is a student of the first term of the military academy, and Crazy Qiu is a student of the second term. In addition, their combat concepts and ideas on the combat use of mechanized forces are consistent. Therefore, the two have a very good relationship in private. Crazy Qiu is arrogant, but he admires this big brother from the first term, and usually listens to Commander Du.

This is also the reason why Crazy Qiu dared to make the decision on his own and let in the 21st Regiment of the Japanese reinforcements. In Crazy Qiu's view, killing a pig is killing, and killing a group of pigs is also killing. It will only take some time at most. Moreover, he did not simply let in the Japanese reinforcements and be done with it. He had another trick up his sleeve.

Commander Du also sent a telegram to Crazy Qiu that was apparently stern. In the telegram, Commander Du simply sternly demanded that the newly formed 22nd Division quickly regain control of Wutang and block the Japanese army's retreat. He also told Crazy Qiu to block the Japanese reinforcements and not let any more Japanese troops in, otherwise there would be too many Japanese troops and cause trouble by causing indigestion.

Commander Du did not even mention the fact that Crazy Qiu disobeyed military orders, as if it was just the battle plan they had previously formulated.

When Crazy Qiu saw that Commander Du did not accuse or criticize him just as he had expected, he followed Commander Du's instructions and began to order the troops that had originally withdrawn from Wutang to the two wings to retake Wutang as soon as possible. Without his order, not a single Japanese soldier could be allowed to pass.

When the troops of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army advanced to the vicinity of Jiutang, the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, Fengzi Qiu, also ordered the previously ambushed troops to take action.

It turned out that the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, Fengzi Qiu, had already ambushed his troops near Jiutang. Fengzi Qiu ordered the armored tank troops and infantry troops of the new 22nd Division to ambush in the woods beside the road that the Japanese army must pass. After the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army arrived at Jiutang at night, Fengzi Qiu saw that the time was ripe and gave the order to attack.

Following an order from Fengzi Qiu, the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, the troops ambushed on both sides of the road immediately began to act. The tank troops of the new 22nd Division first used artillery to destroy all the bridges between Liutang and Qitang.

This frightened Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke, commander of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have been tricked by the Chinese army. The Chinese army had deliberately allowed him to advance here and was not really repelled by his offensive.

Now, the 21st Regiment has been divided and surrounded by the superior Chinese army. The small part of his troops at the rear has been cut off from the main force. Now not only the small force at the rear has been surrounded, but also the main force of the regiment led by him is in a completely isolated situation.

The commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, Fengzi Qiu, personally commanded the armored tank troops to launch a fierce attack on the surrounded 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army. Before the Japanese Army could react, the armored tank troops of the newly formed 22nd Division rammed and fired at the Japanese convoy on the road, causing chaos in the advancing Japanese troops.

Fengzi Qiu, the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division who had just returned from Germany, was very good at using armored vehicles and tanks. When the troops were being organized, he personally demonstrated and gave lectures to junior officers, telling the infantry how to fight under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, and at the same time, how the infantry should provide corresponding protection for tanks and armored vehicles.

The 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army was immediately defeated by the ambush of the newly formed 22nd Division. The regiment commander, Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke, could only lead his troops to retreat to the nearby mountains for avoidance. The regiment commander, Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke, was stunned by the Chinese army's tank charge. When did the Chinese army have so many tanks concentrated for combat? Moreover, the coordination between tanks and armored vehicles and infantry was not very skilled. What kind of ace troops did he encounter in the Chinese army?

The ambush and armored tank assault by the newly formed 22nd Division left the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army with a large number of dead bodies of officers and soldiers and more than 200 vehicles of various types on the road, and also seized a large number of light and heavy weapons.