Chapter 178: Don't Beat Your Head Against a Wall

Yu Hua walked while thinking.

Where exactly did the flaw appear in tonight's operation?

It would cause the frontline troops' offensive to be unfavorable.

After reviewing it, Yu Hua still found no problems; a physician is hard-pressed to heal himself, and he still needed to enter the command post.

He had to understand the detailed situation!

Entering the command post, the main generals of the 22nd Group Army were also observing the map.

On it was drawn the battlefield situation map.

Seeing Yu Hua enter, Deng Xihou immediately beckoned him forward.

Yu Hua looked at Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen, "Commander, let's simply give up on attacking the Chuan'an Corps."

The Imperial Army, having lost its artillery advantage, was really only slightly stronger than the Republic of China Army.

After Terauchi Hisaichi, Xiangyue Qingsi, and others conferred.

The combat effectiveness of this unit was truly very powerful; it was nothing like the Republic of China Army he had encountered before.

Upon learning of this, Kawakishi Bunzaburo scoffed at it and didn't take it to heart at all.

"Our 22nd Group Army has prepared for so long, and now to give up..."

During the day, the Imperial Air Force assisted in the battle, and the Sichuan Army's artillery advantage could not be brought into play at all.

That was hitting the Imperial Army's Light and Heavy Machine Guns, leaving them with no power to fight back.

It didn't look like a German-style Mountain Gun, but Yamashita Tomoyuki guessed it must be a foreign Mountain Gun.

If the Imperial Army had no artillery advantage, with the same weaponry, the Republic of China Army could confront the Imperial Army.

No matter how the Sichuan Army units tried to lure them, Kawakishi Bunzaburo ordered no sorties.

A full-scale assault by the 22nd Group Army certainly wouldn't work; after all, the Sichuan Army's Mountain Field Guns were inferior to the devils'.

"To give up now, this is damn shameful."

The Chuan'an Corps' Artillery Regiment was not ambushed by the Sichuan Army's Mortars at all.

In the command post, the officers of the 123rd Division and 125th Division were the loudest.

After the little devils shelled them, they immediately shifted their artillery positions.

"Moreover, the devils' artillery group was not wiped out by us either."

After Kawakishi Bunzaburo received the telegram from Terauchi Hisaichi.

He also immediately began making arrangements; regarding the Sichuan Army's tactics, he also had the Artillery Regiment shift positions immediately after shelling.

The Pingjin Area Army changed to a new secret code, and although the 22nd Group Army was monitoring,

What he needed to do now was hold out until dawn.

"Give up!"

"Now that the meat is at my lips, not letting me eat it makes me feel terrible inside."

Furthermore, he led the 20th Division from Hancheng to the Far East Continent, sweeping across the Republic of China Army; wherever his blade pointed, the enemy forces were all defeated.

In addition, according to Yamashita Tomoyuki, the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army's Weaponry.

Fortunately, the Sichuan Army's Mortar units also followed the pre-battle agreement, firing three rounds per gun before quickly shifting positions.

The Imperial Army's combat effectiveness was only slightly stronger than the Republic of China Army's; the soldiers of the Republic of China were all first-class.

Moreover, the Sichuan Army units also possessed 75mm Mountain Gun groups.

"It's just... it's just..."

The Imperial Army's communications had already been monitored by the Sichuan Army.

After the 109th Division was annihilated, Terauchi Hisaichi suspected that the Pingjin Area Army's secret code had very likely been obtained by the Sichuan Army.

However, they also did not find any useful information.

On the contrary, the Sichuan Army's Mortars were targeted by the devils' artillery after the first round of shelling.

They immediately passed some of the Sichuan Army's situation, as well as Yamashita Tomoyuki's summary, to the Chuan'an Corps.

After thinking about it several times, Yu Hua felt that since Kawakishi Bunzaburo was unwilling to come out and fight.

Because, judging from the Sichuan Army's several battles at Niangziguan.

This old devil had once clashed with the Republic of China Army during the One-Two-Eight Incident, and then reached such a conclusion.

However, the Imperial Army's artillery could endlessly bombard the Sichuan Army.

The Sichuan Army's firepower, especially a type of Machine Gun that roared like a chainsaw when firing.

Upon hearing about giving up the attack on the Chuan'an Corps, the other Sichuan Army generals.

Hearing that they were to fight the Chuan'an Corps tonight, they all clamored and sought out Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen.

In the Mountain Gun group, there were over a dozen Type 41 Mountain Guns.

For this transmission, the Pingjin Area Army adopted a new secret code.

Terauchi Hisaichi, Xiangyue Qingsi, Nishio Toshizo, and others also attached great importance to it.

It was completely inconsistent with the intelligence obtained from the Nanjing Command.

Preparing to lead the troops under his command to have a good fight with the devils.

Then dispatching infantry to lure the Imperial soldiers in the camp to draw them out.

He was even more disdainful of Tsuji Masanobu's remarks.

Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen both agreed as well.

However, now that his corps had encountered the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army.

Among them, the Sichuan Army units also captured two of the Imperial Army's Type 92 105mm Howitzers.

As for the remaining 75mm Mountain Guns, Yamashita Tomoyuki listened to the sound of the guns and concluded they had not been brought out.

Without the advantage of artillery fire, Kawakishi Bunzaburo was still very worried that the Imperial Army would suffer losses.

During the encirclement and annihilation, the Lure the Enemy to Reinforce arrangement was very detailed, and the entire battle deployment was quite reasonable.

Just like Liuxiahui, who remained unmoved while holding a woman on his lap!

The first step for the Sichuan Army was to lure out the Imperial Army's artillery units, then concentrate artillery fire to destroy them.

The Chuan'an Corps was such a massive chunk, with a total strength of over fifty thousand men, plus Circular Fortification.

"I traveled thousands of miles out of Chuan to the Jin Province Battlefield, and I haven't even fought a single battle against the devils yet."

They also failed to lure out the Chuan'an Corps; that old devil Kawakishi just stayed firmly in his position and wouldn't move.

No matter how the Sichuan Army tried to lure him, he remained as immovable as a mountain.

"This is a damn shame."

They had also studied it carefully and felt that the Sichuan Army's tactics were extremely brilliant.

Yu Hua did not know this at the moment.

The previous three Divisions had fought a few battles against the devils, and now it was time to rotate the troops and conduct some rest and reorganization.

In the command post of the 22nd Group Army!

After Yu Hua learned of the situation on the front line, his brows furrowed slightly.

Then their 22nd Group Army should not stubbornly lock horns with the Chuan'an Corps.

That old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki immediately began to summarize the strategy and tactics of the 22nd Group Army.

Tojo Hideki had a subordinate named Tsuji Masanobu, and this devil had once said.

Moreover, Kawakishi Bunzaburo had had contact with Ishiwara Kanji and Tojo Hideki.

The Imperial Army's Special Higher Police department had been deceived by the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army.

"That's right, the brothers who came out of Chuan earlier have all gotten a taste of meat."

The Pingjin Area Army suffered a major defeat in Jin Province, so, that old devil Yamashita Tomoyuki's summary.

As long as it was daytime, the Chuan'an Corps would not be afraid of the Sichuan Army.

The power of this type of Mountain Gun was also very immense, even more formidable than the Imperial Army's new-style Mountain Guns.

At the same time, facing the units used by the Sichuan Army to lure them, the Imperial Army used superior firepower to counterattack.

The Sichuan Army units failed to destroy the Chuan'an Corps' Artillery Regiment; if they launched a forced attack, it would bring them huge losses.

Only then did Kawakishi Bunzaburo realize that Tsuji Masanobu was indeed right.

This was why they did not cause great casualties to the Sichuan Army.

If operated properly, he could still bite the Sichuan Army back.

The armed Sichuan Army units were truly not to be trifled with.

Therefore, the 22nd Group Army's monitoring department did not detect any communication between the Chuan'an Corps and Terauchi Hisaichi.

Immediately, Yu Hua learned.

Set up ambush positions on the outside and use superior force to conduct encirclement and annihilation.

That old devil Kawakishi Bunzaburo was not taking the bait now, and the troops had constructed tight Circular Fortification.

And!

Because these two Divisions had rested for half a day after arriving in Jin Province.

The devils sent to lure the Chuan'an Corps took the initiative to attack and encircle the Sichuan Army units.

"The little devils aren't taking the bait!"

"The front-line units' offensive is not going smoothly; they are sending us news."

Ever since the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army assaulted the 109th Division and the Yamashita Tomoyuki Brigade last time.

Watching the officers of the 123rd Division and the 125th Division clamoring, Liu Dashuai coughed softly a few times.

Everyone stopped arguing; after all, Liu Dashuai was here, and the combat deployment still had to be decided by the Marshal.

(End of this chapter)