EBE Chapter 168: The Imperial Army also plays “Candy Crush”?
Chapter 168: The Imperial Army also plays “Candy Crush”?
The Gansu Army Guerrilla Detachment in Shanxi always likes to study some strange and weird things.
For example, the Hanyang-made gun that had "exploded" and the "bloody handprints" on the damaged gun body.
You can also feel the "temperature" by touching the gun body.
In short, this kind of thing that tests the IQ of the Japanese devils is something they never get tired of playing!
So this time, Inoue Yu was fooled and he didn't lose anything at all. He really learned a lot!
We can’t blame Inoue Yu for being too bold. After all, he has an army of 70,000 to 80,000 at his side.
The 7th Division of the Imperial Army, 50 kilometers behind in Lan County, is the 4th Division.
Taiyuan is one hundred kilometers east of Lan County, so he was not afraid of the Eighth Route Army besieging him.
As an unqualified China expert, Inoue Yu obviously forgot that the nature of the Imperial Army was to collect empty salaries.
In fact, of the nominally more than 50,000 Imperial Army troops, only more than 40,000 followed Inoue.
The biggest reason why they volunteered to come to Shanxi was that they wanted the Eighth Route Army to help them fill their holes.
The two divisions and two brigades of the Imperial Army were agreed to have a total of 58,000 troops.
If even one of them could return to North China alive, the shortfall of 18,000 people could be made up.
What a huge fortune this is!
Even if each person gets one dollar, the loss would be more than 100,000 dollars in half a year.
Unknowingly, Inoue Yu's strength had shrunk by half.
By the next morning, Inoue Yu received the report.
"Reporting to His Excellency the Division Commander, after yesterday night's battle, the losses of the 3rd and 7th Divisions of the Imperial Army were less than 500.
But we have successfully pushed the Tubalu back more than ten kilometers, and the Tubalu has been completely defeated. "
"Yoshi, tell the Third and Seventh Divisions of the Imperial Army that I will personally recommend them for merit after the battle.
I will have the First Army replenish all their casualties as soon as possible.
What is the current situation of the 15th Mixed Brigade, which is leading the charge?"
The operations staff said: "Your Excellency, the division commander, they set out at seven o'clock this morning.
Because of the 15th Mixed Brigade, I heard about the heroic deeds of the 37th Division.
They could no longer hold back their courage and set out towards the Eighth Route Army's base."
"Yoshi, it's all because of your conscience.
Notify the people behind, the 16th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army, to follow our troops closely, we are leaving now."
He was so happy that he didn't carefully observe the situation on the battlefield.
The Imperial Army on his two wings had already opened up a gap of nearly 20 kilometers between them.
The 15th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army, which was in the lead, was separated from him by a distance of nearly 40 kilometers.
This also created a powerful opportunity for the Eighth Route Army to defeat our enemies one by one.
There is another thing, Inoue Yu never knew until his death why the 15th Mixed Brigade worked so hard.
They already knew the battle record of the two divisions of the Imperial Army early in the morning.
Only about a hundred shots were fired that night, which was still less than the bullets fired by the Eighth Route Army.
How come more than five hundred people have been “lost” in just one night?
The speed at which they eliminated the "empty salaries" was too damn fast, wasn't it? They were really smart!
If Song Wenwan knew about this, he would definitely say, it turns out that you, the Imperial Army, can also play “Candy Crush”!
This matter was later known to Wu Longcheng in Henan, who immediately set his sights on capturing the puppet troops in the Jiaozuo area.
We captured a town today, seized a large number of weapons, and "eliminated" a number of puppet troops.
Two days later, the puppet army fought back and "lost" a lot of troops.
As a result, Wulongcheng had guns and ammunition, and supplies were also replenished.
Because of their effective fighting performance, the puppet army was rewarded with a lot of cash by the Japanese.
The best part is that in less than a month, all the unpaid wages were paid off.
Until a man named Okamura Yasuji was promoted to commander of the North China Expeditionary Army.
He killed several generals of the Imperial Army, and only then did the Imperial Army stop this "way of fighting".
It is said that there were many puppet troops in the later period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
They all carried out the battlefield uprising with the "receipts" given by the Eighth Route Army.
Now let’s talk about the 15th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army. They sent out their cavalry regiment early in the morning.
Captain Gou of the Imperial Army Cavalry Regiment was the commander of the 15th Mixed Brigade and Wu Fatian’s brother-in-law.
Captain Gou relied on the fact that his sister was the legal wife of Brigade Commander Wu.
This brother-in-law had the honor of commanding the strongest force of the 15th Mixed Brigade, the brigade's cavalry regiment.
It is called a cavalry regiment, but with the regimental headquarters and two cavalry battalions, there are only more than 800 people.
His share of "empty salaries" was as high as four hundred men.
This time, he not only wanted to "avenge" the loss of 400 men, but also wanted to break into the Eighth Route Army base.
Only by creating the illusion that we have suffered heavy casualties can we fool the Japanese.
Originally, this mopping-up operation was a tacit agreement between the Imperial Army and Yoshio Shinozuka.
Everyone wants to eliminate the "bad debts and dead debts" of the past year at the end of the year.
But Inoue was too busy and actually thought that it was time for him to make a contribution, and he was actively preparing for it.
Before entering Luliang Mountain, Captain Gou was also full of energy and vigor.
After burning several uninhabited villages along the way, the speed of their cavalry gradually slowed down.
Because they entered the mountains, the mountain road under their feet was sometimes high and sometimes low, making it very difficult to walk on.
They walked carefully while observing the terrain of the mountain area.
Suddenly I remembered two explosions in front of me.
Then on the hillside on one side, there was a flash of fire and another loud "boom".
This was obviously a party lying in ambush on the hillside, launching artillery fire at the Imperial Army cavalry below.
After the cannon fire, there was another round of gunfire, and many of Captain Gou's vanguard cavalrymen had fallen.
Captain Gou was so frightened that he shouted, "There is an ambush."
Then he immediately turned his horse around and fled in the direction of the main force behind him.
Brigade Commander Wu Fatian of the Imperial Army in the back glanced at Major Matsushita who was serving as tactical advisor (military supervisor) beside him.
The Japanese man's face had already turned black, and his hand had already reached for the Type 14 Nambu pistol at his waist.
Brigade Commander Wu was shocked, fearing that he would shoot his brother-in-law again.
He quickly rode his horse forward and intercepted the retreating Captain Gou.
He went up and whipped Captain Gou, almost knocking him off his horse.
Brigade Commander Wu pulled out his pistol and fired two shots at Captain Gou from behind.
Two cavalrymen who escaped from the front were killed in succession.
The other retreating cavalrymen, seeing that their brigade commander was really angry, pulled the reins of their horses one after another.
Captain Gou touched the shoulder of his military uniform which was torn by Brigade Commander Wu.
He said aggrievedly: "Brother-in-law, why did you hit me?"
By this time, Brigade Commander Wu had already felt the murderous gaze of Major Matsushita behind him.
He did not dare to look back, and directly scolded Captain Gou: "Captain Gou, why did you withdraw?"
Captain Gou said aggrievedly: "Sister...Brigade Commander Wu, we were just surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. We escaped with great difficulty."
At this moment, Brigade Commander Wu was so angry that he laughed at his brother-in-law.
He pointed his whip at Captain Gou and said, "How many casualties did you have just now?
Why do you think that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is on the opposite hillside? "
Captain Gou hesitated for a moment, then turned around and checked with the people behind him.
He then said: "Report to the brigade commander, a total of eleven brothers were killed..."