"Telegram of the First Brigade" As soon as Miki's troops were about to set off, Miki Yoshinosuke received this telegram that came suddenly, and Miki received a telegram, the content of the telegram was not long, but it made Miki's face cold.
Takeda Masayuki's telegram was a telegram asking for help, which roughly described the failure of a surprise attack and the current situation of the Takeda brigade, and mentioned that the number of the belligerent opponent was the new 22nd Division of the Fifth Army of the Chinese army, and finally expressed a request for reinforcements to Miki Yoshinosuke.
Miki Yoshinosuke was shocked and even a little unbelieving when he saw that "nearly half of the casualties were killed" mentioned in Takeda's telegram, and nearly half of the losses of an infantry brigade were defeated Miki really didn't believe it, he was a professional officer who slowly rose from the grassroots, and he had seen a lot of battles with the Chinese army, the first brigade set off, and the fierce battle was only two days, and now it was only noon on the nineteenth, in such a short time, the Takeda brigade lost more than half, for Miki Yoshinosuke, it was indeed shocking and angry.
"The first brigade has only been attacking for two days, with nearly half of the casualties, and there may be a strong enemy of the Chinese army ahead, Your Excellency Wing Commander, are we slowing down our advance?"
Miki's deputy, the adjutant of the accompanying wing, and a lieutenant tended to be conservative, and the Takeda brigade suffered heavy losses, and his first thought was self-preservation.
Miki did not consider this method at all, not to mention that he had not systematically analyzed and considered the situation ahead, and with the urging order from above and the urgent situation of the siege of Kunlun Pass, it was absolutely impossible to slow down the pace of advance.
Miki Yoshinosuke said: "Order the troops, pause the advance first" The troops were still in a state of standby for departure, and Miki had to make adjustments and countermeasures to the new battle situation, and more than 1,500 of his subordinates had to be hung on the road.
"Bring the map" "Yes" Miki jumped out of the Type 94 truck he was riding in and picked up the fine map handed over by the lieutenant's adjutant, and the Takeda brigade was heavily damaged, apparently gradually consumed by the constant attacks, according to the description in the telegram.
In Miki's expectation, with the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, he thought that the battle situation of the Takeda Brigade would be the same as before, with a certain number of casualties to defeat the Chinese army on the Nanbin Road, or even directly reinforce Kunlun Pass to break through the Chinese army's defensive line.
An infantry brigade, as far as the Japanese army is concerned, is now a very convenient tactical unit against the Chinese army, and in the field can be equivalent to the combat effectiveness of a division of the Chinese army, but in Takeda's telegram, it has become an assault force, and many casualties have led to more than half of the losses Miki Yoshinosuke then took into account the 1st and 2nd Field Supplementary Regiments of the Fifth Army of the Chinese Army, which were constantly harassing his own troops, and in the battle, the combat effectiveness and weaponry level of these two units were no different from other Chinese armies in his opinion.
Miki Yoshinosuke stared at the side of the Nanbin Highway near Kunlun Pass on the map: "I'm afraid that the combat effectiveness of the enemy army in front is stronger, and the number of people should be much larger." ” "The Chinese army that attacked us was called the Supplementary First Regiment and the Supplementary Second Regiment of the Fifth Army, and the Chinese army fighting against the Imperial Army, the supplementary regiment was usually worse in battle, and judging from the weapons and equipment and equipment we captured, the soldiers of these supplementary regiments and the number of light machine gun equipment were not much, and the division had instructed before the war that the Fifth Army was the main force of the enemy's Chiang Central Army, and the equipment of the enemy's central main force could not be so poor, and the Chinese army fighting in front and the First Brigade, Most likely, it will be the main force with stronger combat effectiveness" Adjutant Captain said beside Miki.
Miki nodded, and the lieutenant's judgment through the number made sense.
Judging from all the circumstances, the most likely situation for the Takeda Brigade was that it was blocked by the Chinese army, which was extremely superior to Bentley, because the number of troops was too small, and it had been consumed a lot in the previous attacks, so it was weak in the recent assault and was defeated, which was the most reasonable situation he could think of at the moment.
Miki even estimated that the number of Chinese troops engaged in the battle with the first brigade was likely to be more than one division, and it seemed that it was not impossible for a main division of the Chinese army to desperately hold off an infantry brigade.
In fact, Miki's general judgment was correct, and his judgment was very well-founded, and the Chinese army, which fought directly and indirectly with the Takeda Brigade, was the main force of the newly formed 22nd Division.
The only mistake is that Miki thinks that the Chinese army is aimed at blocking the attack, but he doesn't know that Zhang Wei is planning to eat the Takeda brigade.
Judgment on the battlefield is usually based on previous experience, and from this point of view, Miki's judgment is good.
"Wing Captain, reinforcements needed by the First Captain" Miki put away the map: "Send six trucks at once, draw an infantry squadron of the second brigade, take a car, quickly assault forward, and reinforce the first brigade" Miki Yoshinosuke quickly made a final decision, the Takeda Brigade in front, because of the lack of strength due to multiple attacks and troop problems, then quickly send a unit to support them, strengthen the strength of the Takeda Brigade, and let the Takeda Brigade continue to play the role of a sharp knife to open the way, to be the vanguard of Miki's troops, and to be the vanguard of the follow-up reinforcements.
If this support army wants to provide rapid support, Miki's troops as a whole will definitely not be able to go fast, more than 1,500 people, trucks, mules and horses, battle defense artillery, and all kinds of equipment will inevitably not go fast together, and they will have to deal with the troops of the Fifth Army's supplementary regiment that are raiding and harassing.
It happened that there were less than twenty cars reinforced from the brigade in hand, and on the road, it was the time for the cars to give full play to their advantages, and six trucks, squeezed together, carrying an infantry squadron, were the fastest and best reinforcement for the Takeda brigade.
Miki's attempt was to use the car as a vehicle to quickly replenish the combat strength of the Takeda brigade, transfuse blood, and play its due role, and the main force under his command followed up at a normal marching speed, breaking through the defense line of the Chinese army in one fell swoop and rushing to the aid of Kunlun Pass.
Miki finalized the reinforcement plan, and the troops on the road moved closer to both sides, giving way in the middle of the road, and although the Japanese soldiers who repeatedly tossed between starting and not starting complained, they still strictly carried out the orders of the upper peak, from infantry to battle artillery, from combat to march, and now stopped from marching.
"Get in the car" In the middle of the way, five Type 94 trucks removed the curtain from the rear compartment, and a squadron of infantry climbed into the car from both wings and the rear of the vehicle, and the compartment was full of Japanese infantry.
An Eleven-Year light machine gun was erected on the roof of the cockpit of each truck, and the Japanese infantry who climbed into the car immediately entered combat mode, their rifles pointed at both sides of the road to guard against a sudden attack.
With the Japanese infantry on the car, there was a small batch of ammunition, the carriage was slightly crowded, but the Japanese troops on the car were extremely strong, and the troops under Miki were full of vigor and spirit, and they had not yet had a serious fierce battle with the Chinese army.
The first car started, and the six 94-type trucks drove at full power, aiming at the Takeda Brigade, along the Nanbin Highway, and rushed at full speed to the direction of Kunlun Pass Read the URL: