At the front-line observation post, Yoshikawa Kiyoshi put down his telescope and showed a look of regret on his face.

Yoshikawa Kiyoshi had no choice but to regret it. If his field gun UR corps were complete and had ammunition sufficient, he would only need one round of firepower to defeat the remnants of the 40th Division. After defeating the remnants of the 40th Division, he could also sweep the other two divisions on the left and right wings.

But now, due to insufficient firepower, the situation is in a stalemate.

Although the attack of the Hojo Brigade caused the Chinese army on the left wing of the front to shake, it was only shaken. It would take at least one day to turn the advantage into a winning momentum. However, Yoshikawa Kiyoshi knew very well that he could not have such a long time.

The Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army of Southern Anhui and the Di Pei of the New Fourth Army have been spying on the southern Chizhou line and the southeast direction. At present, the main forces of the UR division gather together on the eastern line. Xu Shijiu, the tiger from southern Anhui, will never miss this opportunity. Unless Yoshikawa Xifang is willing to give up Chizhou, he must retreat.

Sure enough, Yoshikawa Kiyoshi had just had such an idea. Haneda, the commander of the military police team left behind in Chizhou, sent an urgent telegram, saying that the Yunguangji stronghold in the southern border of Chizhou was fiercely attacked by the main force of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, and requested the UR division to return to help quickly.

In order to defeat Huang Baitao's army, the three infantry regiments of Yoshikawa's Hifang's UR Division were almost all dispatched, leaving only a small amount of troops in Chizhou and other strongholds. Therefore, if the main force of the U Pei Regiment cannot return to the rescue in time, the consequences will be very serious.

If the remaining strongholds in various directions are destroyed by the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, or even Chizhou is lost, it will be meaningless even if the UR division defeats Huang Baitao's army.

Therefore, although he was quite unwilling to accept it, Yoshikawa Kiyoshi still issued an order to retreat.

Fortunately, this attack was quite a success, at least it solved the threat of Huang Baitao's army.

After this defeat, Huang Baitao's 25th Army did not dare to wade into the muddy waters of Chizhou in a short period of time. Or, even if Huang Baitao still wanted to take revenge, Gu Zhutong and Chiang Kai-shek would never allow him to do this again. Then, in this way, the UR division would have to face one less enemy, and the one with the best equipment.

Of course, although the equipment of the No. 1 Army is the best, it is definitely not the one that threatens the most. In the eyes of Yoshikawa Kiyoshi, the enemy that threatens the most is obviously Xu Shijiu's southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army.

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At night, Huang Baitao came to the defensive position of the 40th Division accompanied by Chief of Staff Cao Xiang.

At this time, although it was already dark, Huang Baitao could still see clearly that the positions were covered with the remains of the soldiers of the National Army. The bodies were all wearing eye-catching olive green, which was very different from the yellow military uniforms of the little Japanese, which was easy to recognize.

Looking at the bodies of the national army soldiers lying all over the ground, Huang Baitao's heart was bleeding.

Yesterday, Huang Baitao couldn't understand why the Central Army on the battlefield in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi lost to the Japanese army, which was already at the end of its strength. However, now, he understood that even well-equipped American armed divisions like the 40th Division would be defeated, let alone the national army on the battlefield in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi that was less equipped than the 40th Division?

Be careless, careless.

Due to the excessive consumption of troops, the quality of the soldiers in Japan has indeed declined severely. However, the quality of senior generals and grassroots officers in Japan has not declined significantly, and it is even more difficult to deal with than three years ago.

Therefore, once the fighter jets appear, they will deal a heavy blow to the national army.

However, there is a question that Huang Baitao could not understand. The 118th Regiment of the 40th Division had obviously occupied Guanqian Town and Yuqiao. With the 118th Regiment in front, how could the Japanese easily attack Chen Shizhang's division headquarters, which led to the complete collapse of the 40th Division?

Huang Baitao stared at Chen Shizhang and asked, "Teacher Chen, should you give me an explanation?"

Chen Shizhang moved his mouth, but said nothing. At this moment, Chen Shizhang really wanted to dig a hole in the ground and drill in. Yesterday, he was clamoring to defeat the Japanese UR Division with the power of the 40th Division and restore Chizhou and even the entire southern Anhui. However, now, the cruel reality gave him a loud slap.

Chen Shizhang wanted to explain that the little Japanese was too cunning and reserved tunnels in Guanqian Town in advance in Yuqiao. They took advantage of the dead of night to touch the tunnel and launched a surprise attack on the 40th Division from the inside. Therefore, the fortifications that were relied on by the soldiers of the 40th Division as a strong city did not play a slight role.

However, Chen Shizhang couldn't say anything like this.

Japan is too cunning, can this also be an excuse?

Sun Wu said two thousand years ago that war is a treacherous way

As a senior general who commands thousands of troops, it is really not a glorious thing to be beaten by his opponents on the battlefield by such means.

Seeing Chen Shizhang lowering his head and not saying a word, Huang Baitao became angry and said angrily: "Tell me, why did Yuqiao and Guanqian Town suddenly fall? Why did the little Japanese commando suddenly appear at the gate of your division headquarters? What's going on? Why didn't you speak?"

"Military throne, I have nothing to say, and I am willing to be responsible for this failure." Chen Shizhang said with his head down.

"Responsible? Of course you have to be responsible for this failure." Huang Baitao said, "But now is not the time to hold the responsibility. The most urgent thing is to find out why the Japanese suddenly appeared behind you. Otherwise, there would be no need to fight this battle."

"Secret passage." Chen Shizhang whispered, "The little Japanese reserved secret passages in the fortifications."

"What, secretly?" Huang Baitao thought it through in an instant, and turned around and ordered Cao Xiang, "Chief of Staff, immediately send a report to the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, reminding them to be careful of the secretly Japanese slander, and do not let the Japanese do the same trick again and suffer a great loss."

Cao Xiang stood still and whispered: "Military, don't you forget it?"

Standing on the standpoint of the National Government, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, the New Fourth Army fought against the Japanese army to suffer a loss, and then the Third Army had the opportunity to pick the fruits of victory. Therefore, it seems that this situation should not be told to the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui and the New Fourth Army.

What's more, Japan is about to lose, and there will be a war between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang. Taking advantage of this time, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui will be weakened. Then, after the civil war breaks out in the future, the pressure faced by the Army will be less.

Instinctively, including Cao Xiang, a large number of senior generals of the Army have regarded Xu Shijiu's southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army as enemies.

"What did you say? Forget it?" Huang Baitao said furiously, "You can't be too ungrateful. If it weren't for the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army to lend a helping hand, the 40th Division would have been finished. Maybe our entire army would have been finished. What's more, before the Japanese surrendered, you're just thinking about fighting in the nest, and you can't wait to kill each other?"

"Stop the anger of the military throne, go now." Cao Xiang's face turned red when Huang Baitao said it, and turned around and left.

However, Cao Xiang still made trouble and delayed until dawn the next day to tell the situation of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui. As a result, it caused serious losses to the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui.

Only then did Huang Baitao feel the mood to ask Chen Shizhang about the casualties of the 40th Division, and said: "Captain Chen, have the battle losses of the 40th Division been counted?"

"Report to the military throne, it has been roughly counted." Chen Shizhang's head lowered and said in a low tone, "In this battle, about 900 people were killed, more than 2,000 injured, six 10m-caliber field howitzers were lost, more than 20 Browning air-cooled heavy machine guns, and the rest of the various types of firearms damaged more than 2,000 (公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公�

Every time Chen Shizhang said something, Huang Baitao's brows frowned.

The 40th Division was damaged. Although the entire army was not destroyed this time, it was definitely damaged. Looking back at Zhutong, I don’t know how to explain it. You must know that the 40th Division is the only American armed division in the entire third war zone. This is Gu Zhutong’s heart

(Split Line)

Li Zihan walked into the Frontier Command with a smoke on his face.

Xu Shijiu, who had been waiting for a long time, asked anxiously: "Old Gao, how is the situation?"

Li Zihan wiped the smoke from his face and said, "Just just now, the little Japanese counterattacked us and dispatched at least one infantry squadron's troops. Judging from this situation, the little Japanese UR division should have withdrawn its main force, and the army should be safe."

Li Zihan asked: "Captain, do you want to withdraw the 4th Regiment?"

"No need." Xu Shijiu pondered for a moment and said, "Even if the little Japanese withdraws troops from Guanqian Town, it's no big deal. Tell Cao Xinming that you can let go of the fight."

Since the fight has started, Xu Shijiu doesn't want to withdraw so easily. He wants to try the firepower of little Japan.
Chapter completed!