binnovel Chapter 378 Listen to my gossip
Chapter 378 Listen to my gossip
"Well, Saito-kun, tell Major Ikutame Arata that the next time the attack should hold on a little longer in the front. Today's attack will be carried out by the Second Battalion. You go and contact the artillery. The commander of the Ogisu Ritsu Division has already informed the artillery." Colonel Takano Naomitsu, commander of the 18th Regiment, took a sip of the tea in the cup and then gave instructions to the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Saito Taro.
For the commander of the regiment, Colonel Naomitsu Takano, there was really no need to pay attention to this kind of attack. Letting the Second Battalion be responsible for the entire day's offensive mission was actually a statement of the commander of the regiment, Colonel Naomitsu Takano.
He knew that the commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Ogisu Rikuhei, and the chief of staff, Major General Ishikawa Takuma, must have been paying attention to the situation on his side. He must be careful during this period and order the troops to attack according to the previous instructions of Commander Ogisu Rikuhei. He must not change his combat methods on his own.
After receiving instructions from the regiment commander, Colonel Naomitsu Takano, the commander of the 2nd Battalion, Major Ikutame Arata, was extremely surprised. His battalion was so obviously slacking off, but the regiment commander did not reprimand him, not even a superficial reprimand. This would have been absolutely impossible in the past.
Moreover, the regiment commander actually let his Second Battalion, which had only half of its troops left, be responsible for today's attack operations. Major Ikutame Shin was absolutely sure that the regiment commander, Colonel Takano Naomitsu, was either crazy or doing it on purpose. Isn't this obviously a perfunctory attack operation?
To let his own half battalion of troops attack the blocking position heavily guarded by the New 22nd Army of the One-Day Chinese Government and to minimize casualties, isn't this pure nonsense? Major Ikutame Shin felt that he had roughly guessed the real intention of the regiment commander.
Thirty minutes later, the Japanese artillery opened fire again, and this time the bombardment continued for more than twenty minutes. Then the officers and soldiers of both sides entered into their roles as usual. This time the Japanese infantry attack was much more decent than the previous one.
At least, this time the Japanese attacking force came within 100 meters of the new 812th Division's blocking position, and some officers and soldiers of the th Regiment on the position, in accordance with Zhang Wenwu's previous orders, began to fire sporadically at the Japanese attacking force.
When the officers and soldiers of the Japanese attacking force saw that the Chinese army's position opposite had started shooting, they immediately lay on the ground with joy and began shooting at the blocking position of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government.
At this moment, officers and soldiers on both sides felt that this was a normal battlefield. The sound of gunfire immediately resounded throughout the battlefield. Judging from the sound, the fighting was very intense. As for the actual effect, that was another matter.
The opening fire at the new 100th Division's blocking position also made the battalion commander, Major Ikutame Shin, who was watching the battle from behind, very happy. The troops of the new nd Army of the Chinese government are really considerate. If everyone keeps cooperating with each other, the future will be so wonderful.
Now at least the situation can be explained. No matter who was listening to the fierce exchange of fire in the back, they cannot blame their own troops for not attacking hard enough.
Moreover, under such circumstances, the casualties of the troops' attack will be controlled very well. Even the battalion commander, Major Ikutame Shin, felt that after today's attack, his Second Battalion would suffer at most fifty casualties. Compared with yesterday's attack where half of the troops were lost, what a huge contrast.
"Division Commander, the Japanese army is still the same as at the beginning, but this time they have advanced a little further. They stopped about 200 meters away from our position to shoot, and will not continue to advance towards our position." Ouyang Heng walked into the command center and reported the news he had just received to Zhang Wenwu.
Zhang Wenwu listened to the fierce gunfire in the distance, and handed Ouyang Heng a cigarette with a relaxed look on his face, saying, "Brother Ouyang, have a cigarette to relax. I really don't know what the Japanese are doing. They attacked so fiercely yesterday, and we were still worried. But today they did this to us. It's really a waste of our worries."
Ouyang Heng took the cigarette, lit it and took a puff, then said with a smile: "Division Commander, I am willing to do something that is worthless, such as reducing the intensity of the Japanese attack. If the Japanese army does this in the future, it will be much easier for us. Division Commander, what on earth happened to the Japanese army? This is too unreasonable."
"I don't know. Maybe the Japanese commander here is having a conflict with the commander of the surrounded 16th Division, Fujie Keisuke. Isn't this obviously a slowdown in the attack so that we can use them to kill Fujie Keisuke of the 16th Division?" Zhang Wenwu looked calm and began his own nonsense speculation.
"Oh? Division Commander, do you mean that the Japanese commander here has a grudge against the commander of the 16th Division, Fujie Keisuke? But the Japanese attack here was very fierce yesterday. Could it be that such a big hatred was made overnight? But you have to say, the Japanese are really narrow-minded. When they get cruel, they can really attack their own people." Ouyang Heng was also sitting in the tent of the command center and chatting with Zhang Wenwu.
"Well, Brother Ouyang, I guess the Japanese commander in charge of the attack found out last night that his wife had an affair with the commander of the 16th Division, Fujie Keisuke, so he adjusted the attack tactics today. Alas, he has a white head but still tries desperately to save her. Any man can't stand it. He's a poor man." Zhang Wenwu continued to use his imagination.
When Ouyang Heng heard Zhang Wenwu's guess, he was shocked. What's more, Zhang Wenwu's guess was very likely. Otherwise, there was no other reason to explain the huge contrast in the intensity of the Japanese army's attacks in the past two days.
"Commander, how could the Japanese be so shameless that they could do such a dirty thing?" Ouyang Heng also followed Zhang Wenwu's thoughts and guidance and started to go astray.
Zhang Wenwu acted like he knew a lot and began to make up a story: "Brother Ouyang, you don't know this. This is very popular in Japan. Look at their emperor. That's something done by close relatives. This kind of thing is very common in Japan. So, every time we kill a Japanese soldier, we are eliminating a great scourge for the world. It is a meritorious deed."
It was the first time that Ouyang Heng heard of such a thing, so he began to discuss enthusiastically with Zhang Wenwu. At the same time, the staff officers who had nothing to do in the division headquarters also came over happily, smoking and listening to Zhang Wenwu's chatter.