Chapter 195: Have The German-equipped Chinese Troops Arrived? Lieutenant General Katsuki Kiyoshi Launches The Decapitation Operation
At Division Commander Kawagishi Fumisaburo Lieutenant General’s command post, he soon received the report from 39th Brigade Brigade Commander Takagi Yoshito Major General, stating that the first battle of the troops led by 77th Infantry Regiment Regiment Commander Rito Koichi Colonel under his command had failed, and there were also considerable casualties.
Upon hearing this, he angrily stared at Division Chief of Staff Kishimura Kyuzo Colonel beside him, 39th Brigade Brigade Commander Takagi Yoshito Major General, and 40th Brigade Brigade Commander Kobayashi Koichi Colonel and other high-level generals,
“Baka Yarou! Tell me, what exactly is this situation? An infantry battalion attacking an empty city with no Chinese Army troops, and yet the first battle failed?”
“And they reported that Chinese Beiping City surprisingly hid a large number of heavy firepower Chinese Army troops, ambushing their first offensive operation? What is this situation again? Are our intelligence all false? The Chinese 29th Route Army did not evacuate and flee from Beiping at all? They did not act according to our threats?”
“Moreover, they ambushed and sneak attacked our first offensive operation troops there in Beiping City? But even so, why did the always poorly equipped Chinese 29th Route Army suddenly have so much heavy firepower equipment to sneak attack and ambush our first operation troops? Who among you can give me a satisfactory answer?”
“Now, explain it to me immediately?”
“You, as the superior of this 77th Infantry Regiment, explain it to me first!”
“Takagi Major General!”
After Division Commander Kawagishi Fumisaburo Lieutenant General received such ominous bad news,
His originally good mood instantly completely dissipated without a trace,
Replaced by a gloomy and frightening, furious expression as he scolded and pressed all the high-level generals.
“Hai!”
“The battle has just erupted, things were too sudden, completely beyond all our expectations, I am still investigating!”
“For now, we only know that a large number of mortar groups and heavy machine gun troops appeared in Chinese Beiping City!”
“All German weaponry equipped, and it can also be confirmed that the defending troops are no longer Chinese 29th Route Army troops!”
“Because our informants personally saw the Chinese 29th Route Army secretly fleeing out of Chinese Beiping City in the middle of the night!”
“Moreover, they have now arrived in the Baoding area, and are also under the surveillance of our informants and intelligence officers!”
“So it can be very certain that the Chinese Army now in Chinese Beiping City is definitely not the Chinese 29th Route Army!”
“Perhaps Central Army has come, because they are using German-equipped troops, and their heavy machine gun groups are extremely fierce and combat-strong, with strong killing power, temporarily unknown what model of heavy machine guns!”
“As for the mortar troops, it is confirmed to be German mortars, not the 82 mm mortars developed by China itself!”
Seeing Division Commander Kawagishi Fumisaburo Lieutenant General’s gaze becoming increasingly ferocious, staring at his 39th Brigade Brigade Commander Takagi Yoshito Major General, he shuddered and hurriedly reported.
Who made 77th Infantry Regiment Regiment Commander Rito Koichi Colonel under his command.
“Baka! Then report this situation of yours to Katsuki Kiyoshi Lieutenant General!”
“Now we also go to the front line to inspect the actual combat situation, and let 77th Infantry Regiment Regiment Commander Rito Koichi Colonel know that if he cannot take Chinese Beiping City for me within three hours, then he does not need to continue as regiment commander, I will have Katsuki Kiyoshi Lieutenant General remove him from his position!”
“Chinese Beiping City must be taken today, otherwise the glory and face of our Imperial Army will all be lost!”
“Finally, have our intelligence agency investigate whether the Chinese German-equipped troops currently fighting us in Chinese Beiping City are one of the four German-equipped troops of the Chinese Central Army!”
“Also how many troops they brought, where they came from, and whether there are follow-up reinforcements?”
“Within twenty minutes, I must have the latest intelligence news!”
“Finally, have the Imperial Air Force come immediately for air strike bombing on Chinese Beiping City, I want to bomb all these damned Chinese German-equipped troops to death, especially their heavy firepower weaponry equipment, must all be completely destroyed!”
After hearing this,
Division Commander Kawagishi Fumisaburo Lieutenant General issued another series of operation instructions.
“Hai!”
“Hai!”
“Hai!”
39th Brigade Brigade Commander Takagi Yoshito Major General
And Division Chief of Staff Kishimura Kyuzo Colonel, and 40th Brigade Brigade Commander Kobayashi Koichi Colonel and other high-level generals hurriedly agreed loudly in unison.
Immediately, they hurriedly acted on orders and left in a hurry.
And Division Commander Kawagishi Fumisaburo Lieutenant General also, full of killing intent, under the protection of a team of Japanese guard members, went to the front line to observe the battle.
Soon,
Yuanping City’s Japanese Army headquarters,
Katsuki Kiyoshi Lieutenant General also received the report content from 39th Brigade Brigade Commander Takagi Yoshito Major General,
His face was also gloomily frightening.
“Baka Yarou! Has Chinese Central Army come?”
“Otherwise why did German-equipped troops appear in Chinese Beiping City?”
“But why such a big movement, yet I received not the slightest wind of it?”
“Dohihara Kenji wouldn’t fail to receive such important intelligence!”
“If his intelligence agency, especially the Special Higher Police under him knew, shouldn’t they immediately report to me?”
“No! I must call him immediately for a personal inquiry!”
After learning of such a terrible bad news of the first battle failure,
Katsuki Kiyoshi Lieutenant General also prepared to immediately personally call Spy Chief Dohihara Kenji to inquire about the reason.
But what he did not know was that at this time,
The clone special forces soldiers arranged by Zhou Wenhua had also disguised themselves as his guard members, and were preparing to carry out the decapitation operation right now to kill him.
