Chapter 175 The first division against the first division
Prince Chichibumiya Yuren, who was just a small team leader, didn't understand what Su Chen meant, but Sadao Araki and Shisaburo Masaki understood.
The Second Division and the Sixth Division are the ace troops of the Japanese Army, known as the Double Wall of the Locust Kingdom. Their combat effectiveness is definitely the best among the Japanese Army. However, the Second Division is far away in Sendai, while the Sixth Division is far away in Kyushu. One south and one north are far away from Tokyo.
The Imperial Task Sect's troops are concentrated in Tokyo City. When the forces are concentrated together, they are like clenching their fists and can attack at any time.
In the past few days, the Imperial Dao faction has attracted many military organs in various parts of Tokyo, as well as personnel from the First Division and Guard Division.
此外还征召了大量第一师团和近卫师团的预备役人员紧急入伍.再加上从各大院校乃至高中初中招募的学生,还有主动投靠皇弟的社会人员等等.为这些人配备上陆士和陆大的学员,再装备上东京城内仓库储备的武器弹药,顿时就将皇道派手里的实力扩充到了接近五万之众的庞大兵力.
At this time, when the entire Japanese army had only 320,000 troops, 50,000 troops were already a very huge force.
"Please look, everyone." Su Chen stood up and came to the map, pointing to the map. "Although the enemy is strong, it is too scattered. Now the closest thing to us is the 49th Infantry Regiment of Kafu and the 57th Infantry Regiment stationed in Sakura. We can divide the troops in our hands into two parts, and take a quick attack to eat these two troops first."
After pausing, Su Chen's finger continued to move on the map. "Then it was the Second Regiment of the Chariots stationed at Xi Zhiye and the Part 14th Division stationed at Yudu Palace. Their strength was not strong, and both of our troops had the strength to strengthen the division, so it was not difficult to win."
"As long as we eat these troops around Tokyo first, our strategic situation will be greatly improved. The enemy troops are all scattered. We can use Tokyo as the center and continue to attack heavily to kill the enemy troops scattered close to Tokyo, while constantly expanding our strength and achieving the final victory."
Su Chen has been emphasizing the enemy in order to make both sides happy and open-minded.
But it is obvious that Su Chen is thinking too much.
Whether it was Prince Yuren of Chichibumiya or Sadaki Araki, they had no concerns about shooting at their own people. They had done too much of this kind of thing.
After finding the staff from the Operations Department to deduce several times on the picture to determine that the winning rate is more than 80%, the combat plan was decided.
Japan has a complete reserve system, and the reserves recruited are by no means ordinary civilians. They are all veterans who have received years of training and will train in a concentrated manner every year after retirement. In addition, Lu Shi and Lu University students are officers, and their combat effectiveness is not at all.
As for weapons and equipment, Tokyo was originally the largest arms storage place in Japan. Moreover, Japan's largest large arsenals were all in the city, and even if Su Chen took away many of them, it was completely enough to equip tens of thousands of people.
These people acted very quickly. The next day, a large number of troops from the Imperial Dao set out toward Kofu and Sakura.
Many of the battleship cruisers of the First Fleet stayed in Tokyo Bay turned a blind eye to the rebels exposed to the guns of their main guns during the march. As Su Chen said, the navy was preparing to ride on the fence before the victory or defeat was decided. And maybe they would even celebrate with champagne because of the army's killing each other.
As for the previous killing of several naval generals, the Imperial Sect has already pushed Matsui Ishione, one of their leaders, to take the blame, so naturally they will not be able to fight with the Imperial Sect at this time.
The troops heading to Tokyo Castle to suppress the rebellion after receiving the order from the Chief of Staff did not expect that they would encounter such a warm welcome. For example, the 49th Infantry Regiment from Kofu hit the main force of the First Division just after passing Hachiozi Castle.
In fact, what is funny is that the Forty-Ninth Infantry Regiment belongs to the First Infantry Brigade, while the First Infantry Brigade belongs to the First Division. In other words, the ones fighting on both sides are actually their own people.
Major General Murae Nobuo, the commander of the brigade of the First Brigade, was from the commander-in-chief. He had wanted to enter Tokyo to quell the rebellion, but unfortunately he had not received the order. Now he finally received the order from the Chief of Staff, and even the emperor's edict. He immediately led his army to rush to Tokyo.
Just outside the Eighth Prince City, two troops, which were also affiliated to the First Division, fought fiercely. The main force responsible for fighting against the Forty-Nine Regiment was the First Regiment, which was also affiliated to the First Brigade. The First Regiment was previously stationed in Tokyo City, and after the uprising, they were quickly recruited to join.
Looking at the two troops who were originally from the same army, they also stirred horses and spoons in the pot together, classmates who had been to school together, and colleagues who had drunk wine in the tavern together, holding guns and cannons, shouting that Long live the Emperor and the Emperor, Su Chen was fighting each other for life and death. In the distance, he was so sad that he was cramped.
He has used such a lot of kung fu to play role-playing for this.
Nobuo Murasu directed the artillery to open fire, and Sadao Araki, who was temporarily commanding the First Division, also ordered the artillery to support him. The shells on both sides tore through the sky like meteors, and then smashed them hard into the crowd.
Seeing the many shells hitting the ground like heavy hammers, the ground was trembling. Su Chen, who was far away from the battlefield, took out the gourmet dining cloth, drank champagne and ate caviar, held a telescope in his hand, and bit a cigarette in his mouth. Seeing the broken limbs and broken arms flying into the sky, he even shouted loudly.
This tragic internal killing was fought from dawn to dark, and in the end, the headquarters of the First Division, which had a large number of heavy artillery support, won a complete victory.
There was no way, Murasu Nobuo of the First Brigade only had a Type 92 infantry cannon with a caliber of 70 mm and a 75 mm mountain cannon field cannon. However, Sadao Araki had a larger number of cannons, and even heavy cannons with a caliber of 105 mm or even 155 mm.
Faced with the bombardment of hundreds of large-caliber artillery, the First Brigade has really tried its best to last until dark.
When it was dark, the troops of the First Brigade had basically been eliminated, most of them were killed in battle, a small number of them were injured and captured, with more than 5,000 casualties. The units under his command and the Forty-Ninth Regiment basically no longer exist.
As for the brigade commander of the First Brigade, Nobuo Murae, he chose to commit suicide by separatism after the entire army collapsed. The brigade commander of the 49th Regiment was killed by artillery shells.
The casualties of the First Division were quite large. Because they were the main attackers and were equipped with a large number of social personnel who defected to the prince. Although they had a large number of heavy artillery support, they were still shot and killed by elite Japanese soldiers during the charge. The post-war casualties were also counted at 3,000 or 4,000.
Thousands of people were killed and injured in one battle, and a large amount of ammunition and weapons were consumed. Su Chen said he was very satisfied with this.
Although Japan is known as the most powerful country in Asia at this time, its family background is actually very weak. And this family foundation, which was not large, was used in internal strife, which is really a great thing to be pleased with.
After successfully eliminating the First Division, the energetic Sadao Araki sent a unit to the Kofu, and then rushed south to Odawara to try to capture Prince Zaihito, the number one villain.
Well, the newspapers and radio stations in Tokyo are so popular, saying that Prince Zairen of the Immortal Palace is the biggest treacherous minister and villain around the Emperor, and called on patriotic righteous men all over the world to punish this guy.
Prince Zairen of Xianyuan was not stupid either. After receiving a telegram from Major General Kurachi, he quickly got on the train and fled to Hiroshima.
There is a saying in the Japanese army called Satsuma Navy's Army of Cheungshu. The Cheungshu family was the famous Maori family. Although they hid in this corner of Cheungshu during the Shogunate period, their previous main city was in Hiroshima.
When the shogunate was overthrown, the Choshu family couldn't wait to re-turn Hiroshima Castle into the most important army stronghold in the local area except Tokyo. There was also the famous Wu Navy shipyard here, which was built here.
This is also the reason why Hiroshima was bombed when recruiting nuclear weapons.
Nagasaki is an important naval stronghold and shipbuilding base in Japan. The Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard here built the Musashi, which is not unfair to get a poached egg.
On the other side of Tokyo City, the Guards Division, which had a large number of men, also surrounded the 57th Infantry Regiment outside Sakura Castle.
That's right, this 57th Regiment is also affiliated with the First Division. They are stationed in Sakura Castle with the brigade headquarters of the Second Brigade.
The third regiment where Yamada Ryuze is located plus this fifty-seventh regiment is the main combat forces under the Second Brigade.
Unlike Major General Murachi, although the brigade commander of the Second Brigade was not from the Imperial Doctrine, he sympathized with the Imperial Doctrine. Therefore, after receiving the order from Prince Zairen of the Imperial Doctrine, he was slow to go out until the Guard Division approached.
Then the two sides fought back and forth for several hours, and the combined casualties on both sides were estimated to be less than 1,000 people. The Second Brigade returned to the organization of the First Division amid the persuasion of surrender.
In this way, it was less than two days after Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace issued an order to suppress the rebellion, and the two troops closest to Tokyo were wiped out.
The Second Regiment of the Chariots stationed in Xi Shiye, and the 14th Division stationed in Yudu Palace, fled back in a hurry after getting the news, and no longer mentioned the matter of approaching Tokyo. He kept calling Prince Zairen to ask for reinforcements to the palace.
Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace was also helpless. At this time, the entire Japanese Army had only seventeen standing divisions. Apart from the First Division and the Guard Division, as well as those stationed abroad, he actually did not have many that he could use.
Sendai Second Division, Kyushu Sixth Division, Osaka Fourth Division, Hiroshima Fifth Division, Himeji Tenth Division, Hokkaido Seventh Division, Hirosaki Eighth Division and the 14th Division as a mobile force.
Among them, the 7th Division in Hokkaido must be guarded against the giants in the north and cannot move anything. The 8th Division of Hirosaki could be mobilized because of the Emperor's service here. However, the vendors of the 4th Division of Osaka were extremely poor in combat, and no one knew what would happen if they sent them to the battlefield.
As for the Fifth and Fourteenth Divisions, the kind that are strategic reserves and cannot be used easily.
Chapter completed!