After Mountain Treasure Zongwu said this, it was as if he had sucked all the strength out of his body. In the Japanese army, it was extremely humiliating for a major general to ask for help from another division.
Especially since this division was one of the regular divisions, it was a stain. Shanbao Zongwu knew that perhaps because of his request for help this time, the military would mark him as a black spot. It would be very difficult for him to be promoted in the future. However, he also knew that if he did not ask for reinforcements from the 3rd division, it would be very difficult for the 11th division to fight against the Chinese army in Chang Zhou City. In this way, he would become the shame and laughingstock of the entire Japanese army.
"Regiment Commander, are we really going to send this telegram?”
The 48-year-old colonel asked hesitantly. This humiliation wasn't just for Shanbao Zongwu, but for the entire 11th Regiment. That was why the 48th Lieutenant Katamura asked hesitantly.
"Go! Otherwise, do you think that with our 10,000 people, we can really take down the army in Changzhou?”
Shanbao Zongwu's words silenced the 48-year-old colonel. Then, he turned around and went to send the telegram.
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Yixing was where the main force of the Japanese Third Division was stationed.
As for the 3rd division, it was the only division in history that had been stationed in China since the beginning of the war. It was also one of the most powerful divisions among the 17 regular divisions in Japan, and its composition was also very luxurious.
The 3rd division had two exploration teams and four infantry regiments.
In addition, he also commanded the 29th Cavalry Brigade, which was under the jurisdiction of the 3rd/25th/26th Cavalry Regiments.
The 1st Field Heavy Artillery Brigade was under the jurisdiction of the 2nd/3rd Field Heavy Artillery Wing, the 3rd Field Artillery Wing, and the 1st Anti-aircraft Artillery Wing.
The 3rd Engineer Wing, the 3rd Logistics Wing, and the 1st, 2nd, and 7th Aerial Wing.
However, after the war started, the 3rd division's aerial regiment was withdrawn and merged into the aerial division because of the integration of the land aviation in Japan.
There were four infantry regiments, three artillery regiments, three cavalry regiments, one anti-aircraft artillery regiment, one engineer regiment, and one logistics regiment.
Such a configuration was very rare among the regular divisions of the entire Japanese army. Other than a few other divisions that had such a configuration, the other divisions did not have it at all.
"Major general, Lieutenant General Shanbao Zongwu of the 11th division sent a distress message. They encountered a strong enemy in Changzhou. Now that the 22nd regiment of their division has been completely annihilated, they are no longer able to take down this army. Now, they are asking us to advance eastward and go to Changzhou to help them destroy this army."
The 3rd division's chief of staff, Lieutenant General Tachio, walked over to Fujita Jin who was looking into the distance.
"Na ~ ni? An army appeared in Changzhou? They even took the 22nd Brigade?"
Fujita Shin turned around and looked at Tachio in surprise.
"Ha ~ Yi ~"
"I remember now. Last night, there were troops appearing at the Henglin train station. At that time, the 11th division even sent us a telegram, telling us to be careful of these troops. Could it be that this unit was the one who had taken down the 22nd Brigade?”
"Yes, I am! I think it should be this army!”
"But why are there so many troops here? And they could even take down the 22nd Brigade? Did they not search carefully before?”
Fujita said unhappily. In fact, he still wanted to continue going to Nanjing. After all, Nanjing was the capital of China in this era. Taking down the capital was part of his 3rd division's credit. At that time, he might be able to raise his position to the higher-ups.
"Ever since the Second Battle of Shanghai, the Empire's military strength has been in a situation of shortage. From Shanghai to Nanjing, we don't have many troops. If the army is careful, we can also hide a troop!”
Taka Toshio thought for a moment and said.
"If I remember correctly, today is the day our army officially attacks Nanjing, right?”
Fujita Jin said leisurely.
"Yes, I am! According to the plan, today was the 1st of December, the day of the official attack on Nanjing!”
"Since it's only the first day, we're not in a hurry. Order the troops to immediately change direction and advance in the direction of Changzhou!”
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Changzhou City, the former 22nd Brigade Headquarters
Now, this place had become Yan Wenbin's temporary command center, and the staff officers inside were constantly busy.
Actually, the staff officers in Yan Wenbin's command center were almost all staff officers from Wang Ming's exploration team. It couldn't be helped. Previously, Yan Wenbin was just a Regiment Commander, so how could he have any advisors?
"The Japanese army has set up camp outside the city and did not attack us. According to the scouts 'report, the Japanese were eating breakfast and did not seem like they would attack immediately!”
Wang Mingzhi and Yan Wenbin stood together and looked at the map in front of them.
"It doesn't look like it's going to attack? I hope they attack immediately. The calmer it was, the more unsettled it would be!”
Yan Wenbin chuckled and threw the pen in his hand on the table.
"I think so too." Wang Mingzhi sighed. Although there are not many Japanese troops around us, the main force of the Japanese army is at the city of Nanjing. If they transfer a division or a brigade back to help, they can reach here in three days at most. If we meet the Japanese army here again, we'll be surrounded again!”
Yan Wenbin didn't rush to speak after hearing that. Instead, he turned around and looked at the big map hanging on the wall.
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