Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Group through Robbery

Chapter 226: The 4th Division Commander is in a bad mood

For the sake of money, they are willing to sell their ancestral tablets. If they were asked to go south, he would not know whether they were going to fight or to do business.

"Let's give it a try." The Chief of Staff also knew the difficulties of his partner, but what choice did he have? The only force around that could move south completely was the 4th Division.

"Report, the 4th Division called and requested to fight in the south."

These bastards really can't hold it back anymore. They're asking for a fight, but what the hell are they asking for a fight? I've never seen them so enthusiastic. There must be something fishy going on here, some conspiracy.

Terauchi Hisaichi was a little uneasy. They had always regarded war as a disaster, but now they would take the initiative to ask for a fight.

"Do you dare to say that they have no bad intentions?" Terauchi Hisaichi frowned and asked his chief of staff.

He said this in frustration, and seeing the chief of staff answer him with silence, Terauchi Shouichi suddenly exploded and cursed the Kwantung Army for being inhuman. The headquarters asked you to support the Battle of Xuzhou, and you supported it like this. There are no troops in Shanhaiguan? There are no troops in the north, and you took down the 4th Division on purpose.

As he was cursing, he started to insult the headquarters, calling them a bunch of people who had nothing to do and had a full stomach. Things were originally fine on his side, but you wanted to let the Kwantung Army interfere. Are you deliberately trying to embarrass him?

The chief of staff saw that he was getting more and more out of control when insulting the emperor, and he thought that he might even curse His Majesty. He quickly coughed and took a step forward and said, "It is better to let them go to buy some weapons, and let them go south to bring the people back. Otherwise, after this battle, even if we occupy Xuzhou, will the headquarters not settle accounts with us?"

They are a division, and the weapons in their hands are not just fire sticks, so they can scare people if they go south.

Besides, he never expected them to become anything significant. They were just a diversion. The chief of staff’s real plan was another one.

"The situation is changing rapidly. The Isogai Division can no longer withdraw troops. General, we should launch a full-scale attack on Xuzhou. Let the Isogai Division attack Taierzhuang with all its strength and approach Xuzhou, forcing the commander's headquarters in Xuzhou to withdraw troops to the south."

"At this point, this is all we can do. Let the Isogai Division launch an immediate attack."

Before the order was issued, the Isogai Division had already launched a full-scale attack.

The second reinforcement was ambushed again, and he almost lost two regiments. I wonder if his superiors will ask him to send more reinforcements.

Even if his superiors dared to do so, he did not dare to do so because there were no troops to mobilize. If they did, there would be no way to fight Taierzhuang.

He didn't know what was going on with the Fourth Division, but he had no troops to redeploy. Even if he did, he wasn't going to give them to them.

Isotani and the chief of staff studied it carefully and decided that instead of letting them surround a point and attack its reinforcements, it would be better for them to interrupt their plan and launch a full-scale attack. As long as they could capture Taierzhuang, they would be able to directly threaten Xuzhou and force the other side to make changes.

Taierzhuang suddenly became the focus of both sides. This was not a big place, and Commander Li dragged the most powerful Pang Tongxun Corps of the Northwest Army into it. He also asked a division of the Gui Army to stand by in the direction of the canal, while the core area of Taierzhuang was directly engaged by the 33rd Division of the Northwest Army.

At the war zone headquarters, Commander Li, who had not slept for two days, rubbed his sore eyes. He wanted to sleep but dared not. The 74th Army and the 41st Army fought a bloody battle in Teng County, disrupting the Japanese deployment. The 74th Army Independent Regiment ambushed the Japanese twice in the same place and annihilated most of the Japanese troops.

If the Japanese army cannot withdraw troops from the southern part, they will inevitably move south with all their strength to attack Xuzhou, forcing me to change my plan and withdraw troops from Tengxian.

The only way for him to break the impasse was to defend Taierzhuang to the death.

"Sir, General Pang called to say that the 33rd Division suffered heavy losses and requested reinforcements." The adjutant handed the telegram to Commander Li.

Commander Li took the telegram, glanced at it, thought for a while, and said, "Reply, Taierzhuang is related to the life and death of Xuzhou, the Fifth War Zone, and the nation. The defenders of Taierzhuang must not be evacuated. If a soldier dies, an officer will take his place. If an officer dies, he will take his place personally. If he dies, I will take his place personally. If we have to evacuate Taierzhuang, only their corpses can be left, not the living."

The 4th Division moved south.

The Fourth Division, which had always marched at a snail's pace, was like a chicken with its blood pumped up this time. After the main force left Jining, it was as if a spring had been stepped on, and both officers and soldiers, all ran south with smiles on their faces.

In one day, we walked eighty kilometers.

Eighty kilometers! As the division commander, Matsui Ming almost fainted in his own headquarters.

He didn't know whether to feel relieved or to curse.

This was the first time since he became the division commander, no... to be precise, it was the first time since he became the division commander five times before that the 4th Division broke the record, especially the 8th Regiment, which had recently issued an order to him that in order to be able to support the Seya Detachment in Fuji Prefecture as soon as possible, they had to set out overnight and try to reach the front line as soon as possible.

If this was true, he would definitely be very pleased and shout twice, "God has eyes." The Fourth Division finally got its revenge.

But he knows.

That's not the case at all. The entire division was full of enthusiasm. They really...really weren't going to fight. They were going there to resell supplies.

You're in a war, what are you bringing cloth for? To wrap up a corpse.

He had heard that the Eighth Regiment brought three truckloads of cloth and some local specialties from outside the Great Wall.

Faced with such an unstoppable army, Matsui simply gave up.

How dare you stop them? Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents. He can't and dare not do such a thing.

"Mr. Division Commander, how should we respond to the Eighth Regiment's request for a rapid march?" The adjutant next to him asked the division commander with a sad face.

These people are not very good at fighting, but if you cut off their source of income, they will dare to come and gang up on you aggressively to question you.

Just don't fucking mutiny.

Now, this is all he has requested of this division. As for the rest.

Neither Terauchi nor Prince Tokugawa could do anything to them. Could it be that I could turn the tide and make them undergo earth-shaking changes?

Sorry, he really can't do it.

Let them do whatever they want, I really can't control it. If they want to do business or do whatever they want, let them do it. I don't have the ability to stop them, and those who think they have the ability can do it, anyway, I can't do it.

"Mr. Division Commander, do you want to order them to stop advancing?" the chief of staff asked cautiously.

Matsui Ming wiped his face and snorted; "If they want to go, then go. How can I stop them? If I tell them, will they listen?"