NCCnovel Chapter 308 Linfen Recovery
Chapter 308 Linfen Recovery
Wang Ming fiddled with his three officer swords speechlessly and translated to Ding Wei in a bad mood.
"The old devil said that he wanted to ensure his safety and also wanted to eat a bowl of Northeastern rice!"
Ding Wei looked at Ishida Keio with contempt, as if he was looking at a fool.
"If you work hard and satisfy me, I'll give you plenty of rice!"
After Ding Wei finished speaking, he ordered the reconnaissance battalion of the 1st Infantry Division to keep Ishida Keio under strict supervision, and then began to order the 1st Infantry Division to continue clearing out the enemies in Linfen City.
The 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions continued to expand their victory toward the north, establishing a safe depth of at least a hundred miles.
After the arrangements were completed, Ding Wei immediately reported the news of Ishida Keiichi's surrender to Li Yunlong at the Pingshun Military Fortress.
Li Yunlong had a very complicated expression after reading the telegram.
"Mengzi, why did this little Japanese general surrender? Was there some trick?"
Wang Meng shook his head. Before attacking Linfen, he had thoroughly investigated Ishida Keio's background.
Ishida Keio graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army University and came from a prominent family. He joined the army entirely for the sake of his family's interests.
Therefore, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, facing the superior M country troops, he used his connections to transfer to the safer battlefield in China.
As the elite class of Japan, they naturally will not fight for the so-called emperor, but purely for their own interests. So, he can lead troops to fight, but he will never die in battle like those brainwashed soldiers and young Japanese officers.
"Lao Li, I think he is really afraid of death. He should be the highest-ranking officer in the current Japanese portrait, right? If so, why not take a few photos and slap the Japanese in the face!"
The next day, with the extensive publicity by Pingshun Daily and Pingshun Radio Station, people all over the country knew that the Independent Column had shattered the Japanese devils' wild talk of holding on to Linfen for 30 days.
The newspapers controlled by the Japanese devils remained silent, just like clowns.
Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the photo of Keio Ishida in the newspaper and his nose became crooked with anger.
"Baka! The cowardly Ishida Keio is indeed an opportunistic and unsteady person who actually dared to betray the Empire! Baka!"
However, he could only be furious and had no way to deal with this "traitor".
Even Yamamoto's special forces who returned from Germany couldn't do anything to them, so which elite force could they expect to travel thousands of miles alone and take Ishida Keio's life?
There was no other way but to send a large force to attack, otherwise Linfen would not have fallen into Li Yunlong's hands.
"General, how will we respond?"
"Report the truth to General Okamura Yasuji and request that troops be sent to support Taiyuan and Yangquan to ensure the safety of the empire's coal resources!"
After receiving the telegram, Okamura Neiji's already dark face turned even darker than pig liver.
Under his rule, there was even a surrenderer with the rank of lieutenant general, and more than half of Shanxi's land was lost, and the trend is still spreading.
"Baga, if the army doesn't curb the independent column, it may affect the war situation in North China!"
If the independent column was able to capture Changzhi and Yuncheng before, it was entirely due to luck and taking advantage of the empire's negligence.
This head-on attack on Linfen completely shattered Okamura Yasuji's fantasy.
The independent column is so powerful that it is terrifying!
Okamura Neiji immediately organized the "Operation No. 1" plan, vowing to completely strangle the increasingly powerful independent column.
At this time, the Pingshun military fortress was full of joy, and everyone was proud of the three infantry divisions in the Linfen siege.
"We commend the three division commanders Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Xing Zhiguo. Well done! They won a great victory in the first battle. It's great! It seems that they really put their heart into the training and didn't let our weapons and equipment go to waste!"
Wang Meng laughed. The Chinese people have always been brave and fearless in the face of foreign invasion, and the three infantry divisions of the independent column are even more so. They will definitely not waste these weapons and equipment.
However, these teams are still not big enough! To defeat the more than one million Japanese soldiers in China, their mere 100,000 people are not enough.
In particular, the choice that will be faced soon is whether to fight northward to Mongolia and the northeast, or to fight eastward directly to Henan and Shandong provinces.
If we go north, we will definitely have to fight against the elite Kwantung Army.
Are they going to let their 100,000-strong independent column fight against the millions of Kwantung troops? Even if everyone turns into Iron Man or the Hulk, it won't be enough!
Therefore, the top priority is to expand the army, expand the army, and expand the army again!
There is only one military cadre available for the Independent Column, and that is Wang Huaibao!
After all, Wang Huaibao is still the deputy of the 1st Armored Division, so Wang Meng and Li Yunlong discussed and decided to promote Wang Huaibao to become the head of the 1st Armored Division, while Dai Anlan would organize a 4th Armored Division and serve as the division commander!
At this time, Wang Huaibao, who was completely unaware of the situation, was gathering the tank regiment in Linfen City. He burst into tears as he looked at the destroyed and damaged tanks.
"The damn Japanese are so heartless. They just bombarded and blew up such a good tank. Are they still human?"
Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Xing Zhiguo standing by felt a little embarrassed. After all, they were the ones who invited the tank regiment of the 1st Armored Division to help out, but ended up suffering a lot of losses.
Ding Wei was the first to step forward and express his position.
"Lao Wang, I'm sorry for this! If you need us in the future, just let me know. We'll be happy to serve you, whether you need men or guns! But our infantry regiment doesn't have any tanks, so it's not appropriate to give them to you, hehe!"
Wang Huaibao knew that this kid Ding Wei must have planned it all out long ago and was not willing to give a penny.
But what Ding Wei said was not wrong. Their infantry division really could not provide any weapons and equipment to the armored division.
"Oh, forget it! Let's talk about it later. We are all here to fight the devils!"
Kong Jie was waiting for this sentence, and as soon as Wang Huaibao said it, he immediately backed down.
"Our Deputy Commander Wang is really responsible and has a vision. He doesn't want our weapons and equipment! I admire you!"
Wang Huaibao rolled his eyes at him. If their infantry division had tanks, he really planned to steal a few.
"Okay, stop talking! If you keep talking, I'll take away all your instant noodles and compressed biscuits. This thing doesn't distinguish between armored troops and infantry!"
Kong Jie immediately shut his mouth.
At this time, the communications soldier of the 1st Armored Division quickly brought over a telegram.
"Deputy Division Commander Wang, the command center has sent an urgent telegram asking our tank regiment to return to base immediately, and you are also required to report to the Pingshun Military Fortress immediately. We have an important mission!"
Wang Huaibao took the telegram in his hand, glanced at it, then put his legs together and saluted Ding Wei and the other two.
"Three commanders, I will withdraw first. See you later!"
"See you later!"
The tank regiment weighed anchor and set sail, raising clouds of yellow smoke.