Chapter 381: No Feints, Only Main Attacks

Chongteng Qianqiu!

After receiving the telegram from Segaya Qi, he also ordered the Detachment to strengthen their guard tonight.

At the same time, he ordered the Japanese Army troops sent to meet the Regiment breaking out from Dagu Mountain to return to the camp as quickly as possible.

Tonight, Chongteng Qianqiu also believed that the Sichuan Army would certainly not pass up the opportunity for a Night Raid.

As long as the reinforcement troops returned to the military camp.

Chongteng Qianqiu believed the overall situation was still relatively stable; after all, his own Detachment and the Segaya Detachment were not far apart.

Right now, one division at Dagu Mountain had already been crippled, which could be considered as having wiped out part of the main force of the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army.

The Chongteng Detachment camp was set up in a region with steep terrain, easy to defend and hard to attack; if the Sichuan Army chose to attack, they would certainly suffer no small loss.

He was also shocked for a brief moment in his heart; these two regiments were the elites of the Imperial Army Division!

Just when Shanhia Kazuo believed everything was safe and sound, an accident occurred.

The Japanese Army officer who went to meet the Shanhia Kazuo and Banyuan Saburo Regiments was named Shanmu Yikou.

Now that Regiment Commander Banyuan Saburo had been killed in action, Shanhia Kazuo felt very distressed; the two of them were classmates at the military academy.

Shanhia Kazuo believed that as long as the Chongteng Detachment held out until daylight, victory would surely belong to the Imperial Army.

Seeing the Shanmu Battalion in such a sorry state, Shanhia Kazuo's large, watery eyes were filled with disbelief.

Shanhia Kazuo and Banyuan Saburo urged Shanmu Yikou to hurry toward the Chongteng Detachment camp.

The combat effectiveness of the Detachment had also been recognized by the previous Commander, Matsui Iwane.

Liu Zhangqing led the Chuan-Kang Pacification Office Independent Brigade and laid an ambush on both sides of the highway.

The scouts probing the way ahead triggered the Landmines and Explosives buried by the Sichuan Army.

He led a battalion of men and saw the disheveled Shanhia Kazuo and the others.

At the same time!

Because the Sichuan Army launched attacks from three directions, there was no distinction between feint attacks and main attacks.

According to Imperial Army intelligence, combined with the comparison of the two armies, if the Sichuan Army dared to attack the Chongteng Detachment or the Segaya Detachment.

The Mauser 97K Rifle equipped with an Optical Sight and a Silencer fired a shot, sending this old devil straight to see the King of Hell.

The massive sound of explosions caused the marching Japanese Army to assemble urgently and begin charging toward the hillside to occupy the commanding heights.

Upon receiving Yu Hua's order, Liu Zhangqing led the Independent Brigade to lie in secret, preparing to wipe out the Japanese Army breaking out from Dagu Mountain.

The remaining brigade of the 122nd Division, in coordination with Yu Hua's Independent Brigade and the remnants of the Sichuan Army at Dagu Mountain, launched an encirclement and annihilation battle against the Shanhia Regiment.

The Japanese Army aircraft also flapped their wings and departed.

From the density of the gunfire in this great battle, Segaya Qi knew that the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army had mobilized with full force.

In the battle of Dagu Mountain, the Sichuan Army also suffered no small casualties, at least seven or eight thousand men; Shanhia Kazuo knew very well that with such heavy casualties, a Sichuan Army division could be considered crippled.

The 125th Division, which had secretly outflanked the junction of the Segaya Detachment and the Chongteng Detachment, also launched a fierce attack on the Chongteng Detachment, splitting the two armies.

Moreover, the junction with the Chongteng Detachment had already been cut off by another Sichuan Army division, and the two armies had become separated.

Small squads of the Sichuan Army were certainly pursuing the Imperial Army and were marking the way for the Sichuan Army troops behind them.

Even Nakajima Kesago and Matsui Iwane praised the Chongteng Detachment for its strong combat effectiveness, which was in no way inferior to the Imperial Special Division.

On the commanding heights!

At night, the Segaya Detachment and the Chongteng Detachment were close together; even if the Segaya Detachment did not send reinforcements, it could provide artillery support.

The moment they were attacked by the Sichuan Army's Explosives, Shanhia Kazuo ordered Shanmu Yikou to lead his battalion to charge rapidly from the south and occupy the commanding heights above.

You must know!

During the Battle of Songhu and the Jinling pursuit, the Chongteng Detachment followed the 16th Division, and they fought fiercely and violently.

The 124th Division acted as the reserve force, ready to support the battlefield at any time.

A group of Formosa soldiers lay on the ground, not daring to charge like the Shanhia Regiment at all.

To the ambushing Sichuan Army Sniper, his rank of Regiment Commander was nothing but walking military merit.

Furthermore, he had led the Detachment through bloody battles in Songhu and had fought quite well.

At the Chongteng Detachment camp, Detachment Commander Major General Chongteng Qianqiu was now also looking melancholy.

However, in their hearts.

Coupled with the Sichuan Army's heavy attack intensity, the charging Shanmu Yikou Battalion suddenly suffered a rout.

A squad of the Japanese Army was wiped out by the Sichuan Army's explosives; Regiment Commander Banyuan Saburo, in order to show his bravery, personally led a company behind the squad.

Behind Shanhia Kazuo and the others, Brigade Commander Zhang of Dagu Mountain ordered the Jin Jizhong Regiment to send scouts to tail this group of Japanese troops.

The dense gunfire, combined with the explosions all around, suddenly made the quiet hillside lively.

However, the war situation was now festering, and he still needed the Formosa soldiers, so he just had to suppress the displeasure in his heart.

Unfortunately, on the southern hillside, the Sichuan Army's dense firepower completely drained the Shanmu Yikou Battalion of its fighting spirit.

When the Japanese Army charged, the long-ambushing Sichuan Army soldiers opened fire; M2 Heavy Machine Guns, Type 26 General Purpose Machine Guns, Mortars, and Grenade Launchers smashed frantically into the Japanese Army.

After the sky turned dark.

With the Shanmu Yikou Battalion being so ineffective, Shanhia Kazuo wished he could cut off the heads of the fleeing Formosa soldiers.

Especially since his Segaya Detachment was facing attacks from three Sichuan Army divisions, and all three directions were being hit by artillery fire.

The 123rd Division and the 127th Division launched attacks on the Chongteng Detachment, delaying the Chongteng Detachment from sending reinforcements.

Why were they so listless tonight?!

Being beaten by the Sichuan Army until they were scurrying like rats, Shanmu Yikou even urgently asked Shanhia Kazuo for help, asking him to send troops to stabilize the war situation.

"Baka Yaro!"

In the daytime sky, the Imperial Army had aircraft to assist, and on the ground, there were armored troops and Tanks, plus the Segaya Detachment's outflanking maneuver; they could completely annihilate the Sichuan Army in night combat.

A 105mm Howitzer and 150mm Heavy Artillery, such an artillery group, could also make the Sichuan Army suffer.

The furious Colonel Yamashita Kazuo directly swung the Command Sword in his hand, splitting a burning tree in two.

The companies of Zhang Kang and Liao Junjie, as companies with decent combat effectiveness within the Jin Jizhong Regiment, served as the scouts for this operation.

To think they have been beaten into such a state now.

At the same time, the three Divisions of the New First Army under Yang Lin's Chuan-Kang Pacification Office were also attacking the Japanese Army Segaya Detachment.

Just like that!

Under the cover of night, in the mountainous area outside Teng County, the Japanese Army and the Sichuan Army engaged in fierce gunfire.

Only by returning to the Chongteng Detachment Daying could the two of them feel at ease.

The two of them kept feeling that there were small squads of Sichuan Army pursuers behind them, although several sweeps by the Imperial Army had not revealed any trace of the Sichuan Army.

The remnants led by Yamashita Kazuo and Banyuan Saburo were now less than five kilometers away from the Chongteng Detachment Daying.

The men of the two companies were maintaining vigilance while leading the way for the troops behind them.

At the very least, it would require the strength of a Group Army, five Divisions, to barely maintain a balance.

Indeed, the order Yu Hua gave to the troops tonight was for an all-out offensive; there was no such thing as a damn feint, it was all main attacks.

The Shanhia Regiment was surrounded and annihilated by the Sichuan Army, and was now less than five kilometers from the Chongteng Detachment Daying.

Because the combat effectiveness of the Shanmu Yikou Battalion was pathetic, Yamashita Kazuo was forced to deploy his own Regiment to fill the defensive line.

(End of this chapter)