Tian Zhen was an independent unit of the 4th Brigade. After the battle here ended, the Japanese started to clean up the battlefield.
Zhao Rui of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army rushed over. Just as he arrived at the Exploration Team Department, Katayama Province Taro walked over.
"Taijun, are you okay? I rushed over when I heard that Tian Town was attacked. I was afraid that something would happen to you.”Zhao Rui immediately flattered.
However, just as he finished speaking, Katayama Shuntaro slapped Zhao Rui's face.
"Bagaya Lu, why didn't you guard against Zhong Wu? Your brigade has lost a lot of cannons, how are you going to bear the responsibility?”
"The loss of those cannons will make the resistance forces even more tenacious.”
Katayama Shuntaro had already learned of the losses of Zhao Rui's troops, and he was furious.
One had to know that the Japanese army attached great importance to artillery. If it wasn't for the fact that Zhao Rui was their loyal lackey and that they needed to make Zhao Rui a model to attract more people to join the Japanese, they wouldn't have equipped Zhao Rui with so many artillery.
Now that these cannons were either captured or destroyed, Katayama Hotaro was naturally furious.
Another point was that the assault battalion had rescued Zhong Wu's relatives right under his nose, causing Zhong Wu's cavalry regiment to betray him.
This incident had caused Katayama Taro to lose face. Zhao Rui was now directly facing the muzzle of a gun.
Zhao Rui was stunned by the slaps, but he did not dare to retort. He stood where he was with a respectful expression.
After venting his anger, Katayama Shitarou came to the map with a cold expression.
Zhong Wu's cavalry regiment defected, and the Japanese puppet army's blockade of the Gray Cloud Ridge area completely failed. There was a huge gap in the strategic encirclement.
However, Katayama Shitarou felt very good about himself. He felt that he had not suffered any setbacks when he became an independent member of the 4th Brigade. He felt that he had the ability to fight.
"Your regiment, quickly enter Yang Town and Liu Town. Make sure that there won't be too many openings in the encirclement.”
Pointing at the map, Katayama Prefectural Taro gave the order.
Zhao Rui instinctively wanted to refuse, but he did not dare to say it out loud. He could only bite the bullet and agree.
After a series of losses, their brigade only had around 3,000 soldiers.
These 3,000 people were in charge of the stronghold in the Yang Town area, and they were already a little stretched.
Currently, the 3,000 soldiers were responsible for defending Yang Town and Liu Town. They were completely lacking in manpower, which would cause Zhao Rui's troops to be very scattered.
Such a separation would give the eighteen armies a chance to break through one by one.
However, looking at Katayama Shuntaro in front of him, he did not have the courage to say it out loud, afraid that he would continue to be beaten up.
Zhao Rui was beaten up in the Exploration Team Department and left in a sorry state.
After he left, the Chief of Staff of the exploration team, Shinji Kagawa, came to Katayama Province Taro.
"Brigade Leader, the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army is deployed like this. I'm afraid that it will give the resistance forces a chance to attack one by one. Moreover, after losing their cannons, Zhao Rui's troops will find it hard to block the resistance forces.”Shinji Kagawa said solemnly.
The Zhong Wu Cavalry Brigade had already defected, and Zhao Rui's troops were their only helpers. If Zhao Rui's troops were annihilated again, the Japanese would be passive.
"Kagawa-kun, immediately contact the armored forces that are monitoring the Jinsui Army and have them maintain mobility at all times.”
Katayama Province Taro had a serious expression on his face as he gave the order.
Shinji Kagawa was once a major general of an elite exploration team. He was capable.
After hearing this order, he immediately realized that Katayama Province Taro was planning to start a battle.
Furthermore, it was obvious that they were not planning to report this operation to the military headquarters.
As for Zhao Ruihuang's 8th Mixed Brigade, it was obviously bait thrown out by Katayama Shitarou.
Naturally, the higher-ups on both sides could not hide what had happened in the Gray Cloud Ridge.
The commander of the Japanese's First Army, Shinozuka Yoshio, sent a message of reprimand when he found out that the cavalry brigade had defected.
At the same time, Shinozuka Yoshio emphasized that the independent 4th Brigade should not take any action for the time being. The First Army Headquarters would adjust the deployment.
Shinozuka Yoshio planned to wait for Yamamoto's Special Agent Team to arrive before transferring the independent Third Brigade to support them, and then completely eliminate the resistance forces in the Gray Cloud Ridge area.
However, he did not know that Katayama Shuntaro had his own plans and completely ignored this order.
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At the headquarters in Great Summer Bay, the deputy commander-in-chief looked at the message sent by the brigade commander with a thoughtful expression.
Zhong Wu's cavalry regiment had more than a thousand men, and the assault battalion had nine hundred men. Both sides had more than two thousand men.
One had to know that a small regiment only had 1,000 people. The current Nanzhuang Village's military strength was almost equivalent to two small regiments.
Under such circumstances, it would not make sense if they did not give him a number, especially when Zhong Wu had just joined them.
"This Yang Chen not only knows how to command a battle, but he's also good at inciting defection. I really didn't expect him to be so versatile.”
The deputy commander-in-chief put the message aside and looked at the deputy chief of staff.
"Deputy Commander, how do you plan to handle this matter? Yang Chen is too inexperienced. I'm afraid it will be difficult to obey him if he becomes the regiment commander directly.”
Looking at the map of the High Heavens Cloud Ridge region, the deputy chief of staff said worriedly.
Indeed, the 18 armies were currently compressed, and many of their commanders were veterans.
Yang Chen was just a militia member. It was already quite an exception for him to be promoted to battalion commander.
"Your qualifications are too shallow, but your abilities are outstanding. Who can kill two colonel regiment commanders in a row and seize the regiment flag?”the deputy commander-in-chief said domineeringly.
"Do you mean to give them regimental titles?”the deputy chief of staff asked with a smile.
"Give them a temporary name for a supplementary regiment.”The deputy commander-in-chief thought for a moment and decided.
Soon, the headquarters gave the order to expand the Tiger Assault Battalion of Nanzhuang Village into a temporary replacement regiment.
Chen Yang was the regiment commander, and Zhong Wu was the deputy regiment commander.
Apart from that, the higher-ups also specially sent Zhao Ze to be the main committee member, responsible for the thought work of the temporary recruitment team.
The order was quickly relayed to Nanzhuang Village. After Yang Chen received the order, he immediately discussed it with Zhong Wu.
Zhong Wu had been the regiment commander before. When he joined the puppet army, he had become the brigade commander. Now that he was the deputy regiment commander, Yang Chen was afraid that he would have any ideas.
However, after chatting with Zhong Wu, Yang Chen was relieved. Zhong Wu didn't care about these things. As long as he could fight the Japanese, he was willing to be a battalion commander.
There were more than 2,000 soldiers in the temporary replenishment regiment, but considering the situation of Zhong Wu's troops, Yang Chen did not touch them for the time being.
However, Yang Chen made some adjustments to his equipment.
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