nucmednet Chapter 314: Matsui Iwane, the old devil, was dismissed
Chapter 314: Matsui Iwane, the old devil, was dismissed
314 The old devil Matsui Iwane was dismissed from his post
Front line, 88th Division Headquarters.
Division Commander Sun Yuanliang commanded the remnants of the 88th Division and also participated in street fighting with the Japanese.
They were responsible for defending two streets.
They were not the main force in this street fighting against the Japanese Third Division.
The main forces engaged in street fighting with the Japanese Third Division were Zhou Pingkou's 208th Division and 41st Division.
Blocking the Japanese Sixth Division in the east was the National Army's 66th Army.
The 88th Division had already reduced its remaining forces to a regiment in order to improve its combat effectiveness.
Covering on the flank.
"Commander, Qingshan has allocated 2,000 reserve troops to our division."
Chief of Staff Chen Sunong ran in excitedly.
"Damn it, our Chief of Staff Ye finally remembered to send us reinforcements."
Sun Yuanliang has been sending telegrams to Ye Qingshan these two days.
He requested to provide them with more reserve troops, as he was unwilling to be a supporting role.
Their 88th Division is the ace division and has always been the main force. They will always provide cover for others.
Unfortunately, Ye Qingshan only had 30,000 reserve troops left.
This is the trump card Ye Qingshan has reserved for the future counterattack by the Japanese.
He won't play it out easily.
Therefore, Sun Yuanliang's request for reserve troops was rejected.
But this time, with a new batch of ammunition about to arrive, there was also news that the Japanese's new air force was coming.
This put some pressure on Ye Qingshan.
Let Ye Qingshan decide to increase the intensity of street fighting in the city.
The best soldiers of the Japanese Third Division were exhausted.
At this time, the casualty ratio of both sides in the street fighting on the front line was about one to one.
In other words, for every Nationalist soldier killed by the Japanese, they would also suffer the casualties of almost one of their own soldiers.
This kind of casualty ratio is not only seen in Ye Qingshan.
All the generals of the National Army laughed out loud in their sleep after seeing this.
So worth it.
The strength of Ye Qingshan's troops is now almost twice that of the Japanese.
This kind of exchange method is indeed cruel.
But in the end, the Japs will definitely be unable to hold on before them.
Ye Qingshan spent an entire afternoon transferring 10,000 reserve troops to the front-line divisions.
And half of his remaining ammunition stock.
After nightfall, the rocket artillery battalion first launched a wave of fire coverage strikes on the area occupied by the Third Division in the city.
The divisions then continued their nighttime counterattacks.
The Japanese Third Division and the Sixth Division were the two main divisions that entered the city and engaged in street fighting.
In the past few days, we have actually figured out the National Army's combat tactics.
Knowing they will counterattack at night.
Therefore, the Japanese attacking forces would stop attacking around five o'clock in the afternoon.
Then, build a defense line on the spot.
To deal with the Kuomintang's counterattack at night.
However, they did not expect that the national army's counterattack tonight would be so powerful.
The battle lasted for a day and a night, and the Japanese were prepared in advance.
They still failed to hold the several new urban areas they had captured during the day.
Overnight, the National Army recaptured one-third of the occupied area.
The battle line between the two sides returned to the situation two days ago.
This means that the Japanese captured the urban areas through brutal street fighting in the city over the past two days.
Overnight, they were all thrown back.
Apart from thousands of casualties, they gained nothing.
When this news was passed back to the Japanese headquarters, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane was almost angry to death after hearing it.
"Commander, hold on."
"Quick, call the military doctor,
hurry up! "
The Japanese chief of staff was so angry when he saw the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane that he almost died.
I was also very scared and quickly called a doctor over.
When the Japanese military doctor came and treated the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane, he was finally saved from death.
“Eight…Baga!
Why is the Chinese counterattack so fierce?
How many soldiers do they have left?
Why are our troops suffering such heavy casualties on the front lines?
We are losing a lot by exchanging an elite imperial soldier for an inferior Chinese soldier!"
The old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane looked at the reports on the battle losses on both sides that were constantly being sent in from the front line.
Looking at the high casualty rate of the Japanese soldiers, he simply could not accept it.
I was so angry that I almost died. I didn't even have the energy to curse.
"Quick, tell the Third Division to withdraw from the city.
This battle cannot continue like this."
The old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane captured the Japanese chief of staff and issued this order.
This old Japanese is very smart and knows that this unprofitable battle cannot continue.
Otherwise, their defeat is only a matter of time.
"Commander, no.
The headquarters has issued a death order that we must capture Jinling and defeat Ye Qingshan within half a month."
Unfortunately, the Japanese chief of staff did not agree with the order of the old Japanese Matsui Iwane.
"idiot.
I am the commander, follow my orders."
The old devil Matsui Iwane roared.
As a result, just half a day later, new orders from the Japanese headquarters in the country were conveyed.
The old devil Matsui Iwane was dismissed on the spot.
His position as commander-in-chief on the front line was revoked.
The Japanese Chief of Staff, Tsukada Osamu, took over on the spot.
“Idiots, the people in the base camp are just a bunch of idiots.
This battle cannot be fought like this.
We were fooled by that Chinese general Ye Qingshan."
The old devil Matsui Iwane roared.
Unfortunately, the other Japanese officers no longer dared to obey his orders.
The Japanese Chief of Staff beside him also put away his previous respect and said to the old Japanese Matsui Iwane: "General Matsui.
You have heard the order from the headquarters.
Now that I have taken over the command, you don't have to worry about the war in Nanjing.
We will definitely defeat the Chinese."
"you……"
The old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane looked at the chief of staff who had been respectful to him before.
Now, he had such a look on his face, and was angry again.
Passed out on the spot.
"Send a message to the Third Division and tell them.
Give them two days to attack the Drum Tower and occupy the commanding heights in the city.
Cut off the Chinese army's connection between the east and west of the city.
Then convey the order to the 13th Division, the 11th Division, and the 18th Division.
Let them also prepare to enter the city and fight."
The Japanese chief of staff directly gave up the tactics previously formulated by the old Japanese Matsui Iwane.
In a desperate attempt, they allowed other Japanese divisions to enter the city and fight.
It is time to have a real decisive battle with Ye Qingshan.
There is no way, the Japanese chief of staff knows it very well.
His promotion this time.
It was all because of the outrageous actions of the old devil Matsui Iwane that the domestic headquarters no longer trusted him.
Therefore, after he came to power, he had to resolutely carry out the attack orders from the domestic base.
Win within half a month.
Of course, the Japanese Chief of Staff, Tsukada Isao, was not without ceremonial guard.
He dared to boldly change the tactics set by the old devil Matsui Iwane.
Just because the new Japanese commander, Tsukada Ko, knew it.
In three or four days, a new air force will be transferred from their country to join the war.
By then, they will regain air support.
Will win!