Political Commissar Meng frowned and said with a serious face: "This idea is not bad, but this Fourth Division has been stranded in the vicinity of Shimen, and I don't know what the hell to do."
If we let the other little devils go over and concentrate on dealing with the Fourth Division behind, what if they don't come, we can't fight to Shimen," Li Guotao frowned and said: "I think they must come back, otherwise what are they doing in Shimen, as for why they stayed in Shimen, I guess there should be some special reason." ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "I think the commander is right, the little devils of the 4th Division rushed to Shimen, obviously to act in unison with the little devils of the other three divisions and regiments to counterattack the northern Jinbei region together."
As for why they have been staying in the Shimen area, it is estimated that there are indeed some special circumstances, but even if it is like the political commissar said, this little devil will not come to Shanxi, and there will be no loss for us.And there are only three divisions of little devils left, and it will be much easier for us to deal with them. ”Political Commissar Meng nodded, turned to look at Li Guotao and said, "Then fight this fourth division first, I have no opinion." ”Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Since the two of you have no opinion on this, then this matter is decided."
Political Commissar Meng would like to trouble you to contact the Taiyue Military Region and ask them to assist us in the war. ”"No problem, it's up to me."
Political Commissar Meng agreed.Li Guotao nodded lightly and turned to Ma Zhenguo and said, "Zhenguo, you work hard to draft a battle plan immediately, and then report it to the headquarters and ask the headquarters for approval." ”"Yes," Ma Zhenguo replied respectfully.The Fourth Division has not advanced westward to Niangzi Pass, and there are indeed some situations.Originally, according to the plan of the Japanese army, the 14th Division, as a sharp knife unit, was the first to enter Shanxi, followed by the 46th Division and the 47th Division, and the 4th Division was responsible for breaking the rear.Even so, it stands to reason that the 4th Division should have set off a long time ago.However, until this moment, the Fourth Division has never left Shimen, because in recent times, the Fourth Division has frequently encountered problems.The units under the Fourth Division resolutely refused the orders of the headquarters on the grounds that the railways were impassable and that supplies were insufficient.The North China Dispatch Army Command repeatedly sent telegrams urging it, but to no avail.Later, after the 15th Infantry Wing was completely annihilated, Tada Jun personally called the 4th Division to urge it to rush to Niangziguan as soon as possible to support, but the 4th Division still did not move.It turned out that after the news of the total annihilation of the 15th Wing reached the Fourth Division, the officers and men of the various wings of the Fourth Division began to fall ill collectively, and the illnesses of these little devils were also varied, strange, and a large number of sick soldiers asked to stay in the barracks and refused to go west to Shanxi with the army.The commander of the Fourth Division, Kitano Kenzao, was furious, but there was no way to do it.In fact, those who know the Fourth Division know that it is not surprising that such a situation has occurred, because this is the fine tradition of the Fourth Division.The 4th Osaka Division was established in 1888 and consisted mainly of Osaka's vegetable vendors, making it one of the oldest divisions in the Japanese army.This unit has four wings under its jurisdiction, equipped with first-class weapons and equipment, and can be called the "elite" of the Japanese army.However, not long after it was founded, the reputation of "wreck" spread throughout the Japanese army.In particular, the 8th Wing, the core unit of the 4th Division, received the nickname "The 8th Wing that is not afraid of defeat" because of its repeated defeats in the Russo-Japanese War.Until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Fourth Division had never been on the front line.However, this does not mean that it does not have the opportunity to show the spirit of "bravery".In 1933, Private Matsui of the Fourth Division ran a red light in the center of Osaka, and as a result, he clashed with the police.In 1937, due to the shortage of Japanese troops stationed in China, the Japanese army base camp transferred the Fourth Division to Northeast China and assigned it to the Kwantung Army.The Japanese base camp really put a lot of thought into it, and came to the conclusion that the commander played a decisive role in the combat effectiveness of a unit, so the Japanese army base camp successively transferred several famous generals to train the division.After two years of intensive training, the Fourth Division finally had a chance to show its face.In 1939, when the Soviet Union and Japan fought in the Nomenkan area on the Sino-Mongolian border, the Kwantung Army ordered the Osaka and Sendai divisions stationed in the northern part of the puppet state of Manchukuo to urgently mobilize to reinforce the front line.After receiving the order, the Sendai Division forcibly marched from Hailar to Nomenkan for 4 days, and entered the battle on the day it arrived at the battlefield, but was soon defeated by the Soviet army.On the contrary, the order for the dispatch of the 4th Division was issued, but it was delayed.The reason is that after the order was issued, there was a surge in the number of sick patients in the division and regiment, and as far as the eye could see, the battalion was full of officers and soldiers who asked to stay behind for various reasons.The excited Japanese wing commander was furious and personally sat in the infirmary to participate in the diagnosis, and only then did he reluctantly organize the troops to march to the front line, and the joke that "the wing commander changed his career to become a doctor" also spread among the Japanese army.However, the matter did not end there, and the soldiers of the 4th Division played new tricks to passively slack off.From Hailar to Nomenkan, the 2nd Division walked for 4 days, but the 4th Division walked for 8 days, and a large number of personnel were left behind.Coincidentally, on the day that the advance team of the 4th Division arrived at the front, the Soviet Union and Japan declared an armistice.When the news came, the officers and men of the Fourth Division who had fallen behind quickly followed as if they had taken a strong pill, and even many of the officers and men who stayed behind rushed to the front line "sick," while complaining with great regret that they had no chance to fight a battle.Ironically, on the way back, the 4th Division, which was fully manned and full of spirit, became the most formidable unit in the Japanese army, while the 2nd Division, which was the first to arrive at the battlefield, lost its armor and was full of wounded soldiers.The officer in charge of news and propaganda of the Kwantung Army really couldn't look past it, so he picked up his pen and changed the headline of the news on the majestic return of the Fourth Division of our Invincible Imperial Army, which had been submitted for review by the Japanese army newspapers, to the majestic return of the Fourth Division of the Imperial Army without any injury, and ridiculed this "soft egg" unit in a roundabout way.Although it was out of the West, the Fourth Division was quite lucky, because it didn't take long for the Eighth Route Army to launch a large-scale counteroffensive campaign in North China.aa2705221: