Chapter 122: Pre-battle Mobilization

Sichuan Army!

This unit is truly like a lingering ghost; fire flickers in the eyes of Hashimoto Ryuji.

Fujita, serving as his capable assistant, was annihilated by the Sichuan Army at the Y-shaped fork in the road last time.

Deep down, Hashimoto Ryuji has already decided to annihilate the Sichuan Army.

Since the unit first arrived in Jin Province, the Hashimoto Detachment has been conquering cities and seizing territory all the way, only suffering a major loss when encountering the Sichuan Army.

"Sato, what about today's raid by the Sichuan Army?"

"What is your take?"

"The little devils cannot stir up any giant waves."

Just the infantry alone numbers over ten thousand, and among them are an Artillery Battalion, a Machine Gun Battalion, a Machine Gun and Artillery Battalion, and a Cavalry Battalion.

The October weather is already very cold.

"As long as they enter our ambush circle, aren't they just fish on the chopping block, waiting for us to slaughter them?"

"We are currently following the tracks of the Sichuan Army's vehicle convoy."

"This village is very spacious, very suitable for the devils to camp."

Cheng Xiazi crosses his hands and tucks them into his armpits, "These little devils are also made of flesh and blood."

Although the devils have placed two squads on these two commanding heights, the devil squad leader only occupied the hillside near the road.

Li Yunlong's eyes are fixed straight on the Sichuan Army's 82mm mortars.

Qigeng Village!

Jin Jizhong leads the Sichuan Army unit and arrives at the ambush site.

Just as Li Yunlong is observing at the Sichuan Army's artillery position.

Deng Xihou delivers a mobilization speech to the company, battalion, and regiment-level officers of the Sichuan Army.

"Even the Imperial Army's planes haven't discovered them; where are they hiding?"

The 771st Regiment and 772nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division are lying in ambush on a hillside beside the canyon.

"There's no script in my hand!"

"Is it about time?"

"Your regiment has quite a lot of good stuff, doesn't it?"

"Let me also see how good your level of overseas education is, kid."

"As long as we drive the Hashimoto Detachment into Yixiantian according to the predetermined plan here, the mission will be more than half completed."

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong wants to take a closer look, and Jin Jizhong agrees.

"In the War of National Salvation, we people of Sichuan Province did not fall behind; now that the nation and the people are facing life-and-death survival, we are soldiers."

"It is different from this ambush."

Yu Hua comes to the position of the Group Army Staff Officer, sits down, ponders for a moment, and then picks up a pen to write.

"We definitely won't laugh at you."

"I am to do the mobilization?"

This time, the attack is on the devil's Hashimoto Detachment.

"We haven't engaged the devil's combat troops yet, have we?"

Hashimoto Ryuji nods: "Well said."

A few minutes later, he hands the draft to Deng Xihou.

"Rest assured and wait; this time it is a joint operation between the 22nd Group Army and the 18th Group Army."

Cheng Xiazi rolls over and grins: "How would I know?"

This time, only the Jin Jizhong Regiment and the Shen Yunhua Regiment have come, and they have all arrived on foot.

Sun Zhen nods: "Division Commander Liu just called; they have already made combat preparations."

"Defend the home and protect the country... resist the war to the end!"

"Damn good stuff."

"There were people from our Sichuan Province in the Huanghuagang Uprising, and there were also people from our Sichuan Province in the Xinhai Revolution."

Li Yunlong sees a Type 92 Infantry Gun for the first time, his eyes wide as lanterns.

Seeing Deng Xihou praising Yu Hua, Sun Zhen walks up to take a look as well and finds that Yu Hua's draft is written quite well.

Suddenly!

A violent explosion occurs at the location where the Hashimoto Detachment is camping.

"Old Deng, you go do the pre-battle mobilization."

Touching the devil's Type 92 Infantry Gun, Li Yunlong keeps muttering: "Good stuff!"

After the two of them shout loudly.

Sato goes up and says: "Hashimoto-kun, do not worry."

Yu Hua leads his Reinforced Company, riding in cars and motorcycles, heading straight for the Hashimoto Detachment camp.

"Commander-in-Chief, in the direction of Yixiantian, the Jin Jizhong Regiment and the Shen Yunhua Regiment have already entered their positions."

On the hillside, after Li Yunlong sees the weaponry of the Jin Jizhong Regiment and the Shen Yunhua Regiment.

"Commander, wait a moment, let me rack my brains."

In the command post, Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen look at Yu Hua.

Li Yunlong is trying to preserve the warmth of his hands so that he won't be unable to perform when it comes time to fire his gun.

Now that the troops have just been reorganized, Yan Laoxi, that stingy iron rooster, won't issue any weapons or ammunition to the 18th Group Army at all.

Among them, the 1st Battalion Commander of the 772nd Regiment, Li Yunlong, is hiding in a trench, constantly rubbing his hands.

Li Yunlong curled his lip: "Am I not just anxious?"

Thick flames shot into the sky; Li Yunlong and Jin Jizhong both had their eyes widened.

Jin Jizhong and Shen Yunhua grinned: "Battalion Commander Li, compared to the devils, our weapons are far inferior."

"According to the Persistent War of Attrition of the Jinling Supreme Military Command, we of the Chuan Army are leaving the province; until the Japanese invaders are eliminated, we will never return to Chuan."

"Why is there still no movement from the Chuan Army?"

The Chuan Army dispatched two regiments of the 122nd Division, over five thousand men, and two regiments of the 124th Division, over five thousand men.

After Yu Hua led his Reinforced Company to the village where the devils were camping, he sought out the command post of the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army.

"Hashimoto-kun!" Sato stepped forward, "This Chuan Army unit has decent combat effectiveness; their Circular Fortification is constructed quite methodically."

"The Chuan Army leaves the province; if we win the battle, we will naturally return in glory; if we do not win, we are determined to return wrapped in horsehide!"

Time moves forward.

He really wants this thing!

"Tomorrow during the day, we will let the Imperial Army's air force patrol in turns."

As he spoke, one could see several Chuan Army artillerymen assembling a Type 92 Infantry Gun on the hillside.

Looking at the full moon in the sky.

"As for exactly how their combat effectiveness is, I'm not clear either."

Li Yunlong grinned: "Let's go take a look."

"I think the time is about right."

Li Yunlong turned his head and said: "Cheng Xiazi."

"Many of these weapons were just captured."

Seeing Deng Xihou using fighting the devils to threaten him, Yu Hua had no choice but to nod: "Fine, fine, fine!"

Deng Xihou was very satisfied with the draft in his hand.

Just as Cheng Xiazi and Li Yunlong were talking, Shen Quan ran over.

"Everything has been arranged properly."

Yu Hua reported the situation at Yixiantian to Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen.

Deng Xihou grinned.

"Battalion Commander, another Chuan Army unit has arrived."

"If the Chuan Army doesn't want us to encircle and annihilate them, they must march."

"The little devil Hashimoto Detachment is currently camping in Huangya Village."

Following Deng Xihou's speech, the Chuan Army officers shouted loudly: "Protect our homes and defend our country, fight the war of resistance to the end!"

"We have won a few battles before, but that was by ambushing the devils' Supply Troops."

Seeing Yu Hua teasing him, Deng Xihou said coldly: "Good lad, haven't seen you in a few days."

"This gun is light and easy to hide, very good."

After having this pre-battle mobilization draft.

"Prepare for battle!"

"This Chuan Army unit fights quite methodically?"

"Tomorrow, I will personally cut off the head of the Chuan Army commander."

These two Reinforced Battalions were hiding in pits on the high ground on both sides of the road in Huangya Village.

Hashimoto Ryuji nodded: "Yosh!"

"Good lad, you can use a pen to govern the world in literature, and mount a horse to conquer the world in martial arts."

The Chuan Army and the 18th Group Army at Yixiantian all entered combat positions.

"If you don't write it, don't even think about fighting the devils today, kid."

"Regimental Commander Jin, what kind of gun is this?"

Jin Jizhong looked in the direction Li Yunlong was pointing, "Oh... this gun."

"It has made my Detachment pursue bitterly for so long, and even now there hasn't been the slightest discovery."

"Moreover, this unit engaged with the Imperial Army for less than fifteen minutes."

"To be able to withdraw troops at such a critical moment shows that the unit's commander is very capable, calm, and composed."

"The people of Sichuan Province have supported us for over twenty years; now is the time to leave the province to fight the war of resistance and repay the people of Sichuan Province with excellent results."

"Daring to joke with the Commander, you will write this pre-battle mobilization draft."

Seeing Sun Zhen ask him to do the pre-battle mobilization, Deng Xihou frowned slightly.

Yixiantian!

Regarding Cheng Xiazi's words, Li Yunlong nodded slightly, "That's also true."

The little devils didn't pay any attention to the other side of the hillside at all.

After boosting the soldiers' morale, Deng Xihou issued the order for the general offensive.

"We are just waiting for you, kid."

"The devils' Type 92 Infantry Gun, support artillery at the battalion level."

"As long as the devils enter Yixiantian, we will cut off their head and tail."

Hashimoto Ryuji's gaze looked at the map, then he named Sato.

Deng Xihou issued the order for the general offensive, and the latest to receive the news were the two Reinforced Battalions.

Thinking of this, Hashimoto Ryuji looked at Sato: "This Chuan Army unit actually escaped today."

Yu Hua grinned, "Commander, it's fine, just say whatever comes to mind."

"Regimental Commander Jin, Regimental Commander Shen!"

"We people of Sichuan Province have always possessed a patriotic spirit."

His eyes were shining!

Under the introduction of the Liaison Officer, both sides could be considered to have met.

The two Reinforced Battalions hiding here quietly emerged from the pits and crept toward the devils' positions.

These two Reinforced Battalions were armed with Mauser 98K Rifles and MP40 Submachine Guns, and furthermore, they had specifically installed silencers.

(End of this chapter)