Chapter 327: Is my armored regiment just there to eat and do nothing?
No one in the entire 104th Division Headquarters expected that Colonel Fujiwara would say such a thing.

He actually used Guangzhou as a bargaining chip.

This is really scary.

Even Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadajū was so shocked that he was speechless.

He didn't expect that Fujiwara would say such a shocking thing.

It was really beyond his expectations.

"Baga, Fujiwara-kun, you know what you are saying and what you are going to do, don't forget it..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Fujiwara.

"Don't talk to me about that bullshit Bushido. We said the war could be ended in a few months, but what happened?"

"It's been five years, and it's not over yet."

"Your Excellency, division commander, shouldn't you give an explanation?"

"Damn it, this is all because of the Americans. If it weren't for them, we would have already achieved the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere." Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadatsugu wanted to say something, but what he got in return was a sneer from Colonel Fujiwara.

"Your Excellency, division commander, do you believe this?"

Ok!

Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadajū was also silent.

We are not fools!
This kind of talk is good enough to fool those who have been brainwashed by Bushido.

To say this kind of thing to these middle and senior military officers is to really treat them as fools.

Moreover, the Japanese military has a tradition of defeating the superior with the inferior.

So Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadatsugu couldn't continue speaking.

If the conflict really escalates, you will be the one who suffers.

He remembered that the commander of the 4th Division, Lieutenant General Kenzo Kitano, announced that he died in the chaos.

Now it seems that it must be the work of Sato Jiro and others.

"Are you going to use Yangcheng as a bargaining chip?" Sato Jiro frowned and said.

He also didn't expect that things would take such a shocking turn.

And this was clearly beyond his authority.

"Yes, our bottom line is 100 million yen." Colonel Fujiwara said loudly.

What a joke!
The stakes he wants cannot be lower than Sato's.

If this gets out, it would be really embarrassing that my business is not as good as the other party.

When he heard the 100 million, Sato Jiro was stunned. Isn't this guy's appetite really too big?
There is absolutely no way Cun Yunsheng would agree to this.

He knew the other party. Since he said it was 30 million, it must be 30 million, not a penny more.

“The price is too high, and it’s just Yangcheng, the chips are too low.”

"Since you want to rush to support Yangcheng, I won't hide it from you. The Sichuan Army is far more powerful than you can imagine. This time, in addition to the reinforcing artillery regiment, there is also a powerful armored regiment, all composed of new American tanks. With our existing anti-tank means, we can't destroy the enemy at all." Sato Jiro explained.

"What? There's another armored regiment?" Lieutenant General Sadatsugu Suzuki did not expect that there was such information.

If this is the case, then Guangzhou is indeed in danger.

No wonder the 104th Division was transferred to Guangzhou.

It looks like those bastards in Guangzhou didn’t make it clear.

"How many tanks are there?" Lieutenant General Sadatsugu Suzuki asked again.

Sato Jiro glanced at the other person. He knew that his senior was determined to go all the way, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him and just looked at Fujiwara.

He knew that the other party should be able to face the reality.

"Fujiwara-kun, there is an old Chinese saying that goes, 'He who knows the current situation is a hero...'"

"I believe that you are a smart person and should be able to make the right decision." Sato Jiro said.

"I don't know exactly how many tanks the Sichuan Army's armored regiment has, but it will be no less than a hundred."

hiss!
Now it was the Japanese army's turn to gasp.

No less than one hundred American tanks.

How is this played?
第104师团本身就是丙级师团，下辖步兵第108联队、步兵第137联队、步兵第161联队及野炮兵第104联队等部队。

The original mission was to be responsible for security and public security.

If they are transferred to Yangcheng now, they will not have any decent anti-tank means and will be no match for the American tanks. They will only be killed.

As a native of Osaka, it is naturally impossible for me to agree to such a suicidal mission.

So the division headquarters was in an uproar.

"No, this is suicide. We absolutely cannot participate."

"Yes, those bastards in the headquarters, they weakened our supply and sent us to our deaths."

"Ahem, I have a slight cold."

Except for Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadajou who was a little confused, the other officers looked calm, as if they had already gotten used to it.

But Sato Jiro was not surprised, this was all basic operation.

"Mr. Fujiwara, I will convey your conditions to the commander of the Sichuan Army. I am not sure whether they can agree to them, but I have a suggestion. Yangcheng alone is far from enough. It would be better to add other chips." Sato Jiro looked meaningfully at Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadajū.

This made Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadajou break out in a cold sweat, as he was too familiar with these bastards.

It is an old tradition for the weak to defeat the strong.

He had just taken up his post in the 104th Division and had no foundation at all.

Moreover, he is from Kanto and has always been at odds with people from Kansai.

So at this moment, Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadatsugu was indeed a little scared.

Colonel Fujiwara no fool either. He looked at Lieutenant General Suzuki Sadajou stroking his chin, thinking about something.

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"One hundred million yen?" Cun Yunsheng sneered twice when he heard the offer.

A third-rate division dares to ask me for such a high price?
It really is true that people die for money and birds die for food.

He paid 100 million yen before so that the Siamese navy could fall into his hands intact.

"What qualifications does he have to negotiate with me?" Cun Yunsheng said with a sneer.

"For a third-rate division, 30 million is already a premium, and they dare to ask for 100 million?"

This time, Meng Fanle did not refute.

Because he also felt that the price was too expensive.

"How about? Just refuse it directly?" Meng Fanle suggested.

"Don't rush to refuse. Let Sato Jiro tell the other party why they want such a high price." Cun Yunsheng thought about it and decided to ask the other party what he could offer first.

If they dare to offer such a high price for just a division of more than 10,000 people, then there is no need to negotiate.

He even had the idea of ​​mobilizing the 12th Division.

"Yes."

"Also send a telegram to Zhao He and tell him, is the armored regiment I raise just for fun?" Cun Yunsheng said a little annoyed.

If we don't show the Japanese some strength, they might not know who they are.
What qualifications does the other party have to negotiate with him?

If it is the Japanese Army's Type A division, it can still be considered.

This kind of third-rate division doesn't even need to be considered.

"Yes." Meng Fanle saw that Cun Yunsheng was a little angry, so he immediately turned around and asked someone to convey the order.

…………

At the front line, inside the armored command vehicle, Zhao He was studying a map.

He wanted to find a flat road that could lead him directly to Yangcheng.

There are no rivers to the west of Xijiang River, which is suitable for the armored troops to march. But after crossing Xijiang River, there are rivers blocking almost every section of the road.

This will seriously affect the advance speed of the armored forces.

"Where is the engineering battalion?" Zhao He asked.

"We're on standby and can build a pontoon bridge at any time to ensure that tanks can pass through." The combat staff immediately replied.

"Commander, here's a telegram from the Commander-in-Chief." Just as Zhao He was about to ask other questions, the communications officer turned around and said to him.

Zhao He was stunned when he heard this. Normally, Cun Yunsheng seldom directly interfered in the fighting on the front battlefield. He only arranged the general direction, and the specific way of fighting was entirely decided by the front-line commander.

It was indeed somewhat unusual to receive a telegram now.

With doubts, Zhao He took the telegram. After reading it, Zhao He turned on the radio equipment with murderous intent and said a short sentence.

"Go, target the Japanese positions and crush them."

"Yes."

The battalion and company tank commanders who had been waiting for a long time responded immediately.

"Send a telegram to the 59th Division and tell them to have their infantry follow closely behind us." Zhao He added again.

"Yes."

When fifty American tanks started at the same time, the huge roar resounded throughout the battlefield.

The officers and soldiers of the 59th Division, who were originally looking at the tanks, were frightened when they saw the roar of the steel behemoths.

After all, it’s hard not to hear such a loud noise.

"Is this an American tank? It's much more powerful than the Japanese tanks." An experienced veteran looked at the American tank in front of him and couldn't help but say enviously.

"The Japanese tanks look like tiny dinosaurs compared to this."

The officers and soldiers of the 59th Division here were full of envy, while the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side were panicking.

On the open battlefield, such a big noise could not be hidden from the Japanese troops on the front line. But what could they do if they heard it? The speed of the tanks was far beyond that of the infantry charge.

Especially with the M3 light tank leading the charge, their speed was extremely fast.

It won't take more than a few minutes to reach them.

Seeing that the other side was about to deploy tanks, officers at all levels at the Japanese front line suddenly panicked.

Originally their position was very solid, but facing the bombardment of the heavy artillery regiment, it had already been turned into a mess, and there was no time to organize soldiers to rebuild the fortifications.

Now seeing the appearance of the tanks, the Japanese knew that if they did not stop the enemy's attack.

Then the position will be lost.

Therefore, the Japanese officers could only shout loudly.

The soldiers who crawled out of the bunkers were ordered to enter the trenches immediately. However, when the Japanese army just arrived and loaded their bullets, they found that the armored vehicles on the opposite side had already arrived in front of them.

The dark, huge monsters appeared in front of them, which frightened the already stimulated Japanese army even more.

As mentioned before, these are only the third-line Japanese troops.

When dealing with a ragtag army, such inferior troops can still barely win.

Facing the huge steel behemoth before them, there was no chance of winning.

Some Japanese soldiers who had come to their senses held up their machine guns and fired wildly at the tanks, sparks flying everywhere, but unfortunately there was no reaction. Only a few bullet marks were left on the dark green tanks, and no other gaps.

"Baga, you idiot, don't waste bullets." The sergeant next to him immediately slapped him when he saw this.

This kind of meaningless shooting is completely useless.

"Prepare the suicide squad." The Japanese captain on the front line was also a ruthless man. He immediately organized a suicide squad to blow up these tanks.

As soon as we rushed out of the trench, we saw the machine guns on the tanks starting to show their power.

"Da da da!"

"Da da da!"

"Da da da!"

In the past, Japanese tanks would fire at the Chinese army, but now the offense and defense have changed.

The Browning machine guns on the tanks crazily fired at the Japanese troops who were trying to pounce on them.

Dense bullets covered the area in front, and the Japanese troops who had just rushed out were shot into sieves.

The Japanese soldiers in the trenches in the rear were beaten so badly that they could not even raise their heads. They could only watch the tanks rushing towards their positions without any ability to fight back.

"Baga, come on, come on." The Japanese captain roared madly as he looked at the tank that was about to rush over.

Some fearless Japanese soldiers wanted to jump out, but they saw artillery shells coming towards them.

boom!
boom!
boom!
The stopped M3 tank immediately launched a new round of shooting at the Japanese positions.

Although the density was not as high as the previous heavy artillery bombardment, it was enough to give the Japanese troops a hard time.

The already dilapidated position was in complete disarray.

"Charge." Zhao He's voice appeared in the ears of these tank commanders at the right time.

"Yes."

A trench less than one meter wide could not stop a five-meter-long tracked tank.

The remaining Japanese soldiers could only watch the tanks cross the trenches and advance deeper into the territory.

The officers and soldiers of the 59th Division following behind them had to strangle the surviving Japanese soldiers.

"Forward, forward, forward, until all the fuel is used up." Zhao He remembered what Cun Yunsheng said.

Is the Armored Regiment just there to do nothing?
In order to prove that the armored regiment was not there to do nothing, Zhao He had to wash away this shame with the blood of the Japanese army.

The tank commanders who received the order also let go completely. Now they just needed to charge forward regardless of the consequences.

As for the escaped Japanese troops, they didn't have to worry about them at all, as the 59th Division behind them would take care of them.

Some frightened Japanese soldiers turned around and ran backwards, but no matter how fast they ran, they could not be faster than the machine gun bullets. Under the crazy machine gun shooting, most of them were knocked to the ground.

Seeing our tanks so ferocious.

The officers and soldiers of the 59th Division, whose morale was originally low, were completely ignited and charged forward madly.

Their mission was to clear the Japanese troops on both wings for the tanks, and then break through in depth and directly penetrate the Japanese fortifications.

"Kill, kill, kill." Tang Lian personally led the regiment's guard platoon to launch the charge.

"Don't take a rest, just kill the devils for me."

"Don't you want revenge?"

This kind of opportunity to slaughter the Japanese is rare.

When had their 59th Division ever fought such a magnificent battle?

The heavy artillery regiment provided artillery support.

The armored regiment cleared the way for them.

If he continued to be timid, he would feel like he would just hit himself to death with a brick.

"Kill, kill, kill!" Morale reached its peak in an instant.

The morale here was high, but Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka, who received the news, was completely dumbfounded.

And an armored regiment?

Dozens of tanks are advancing at a very fast speed.

The defense line west of Xijiang River is in crisis.

If there is no reinforcement, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on.

"Baka..." Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka kicked over the desk in front of him and roared angrily.

"Send a telegram to headquarters. I need reinforcements."

　I owed a chapter yesterday. I caught a cold yesterday and took some medicine at night. I felt like I was in a shaman's state the whole night! I felt like I was in a shaman's state!
　　Get up in the morning and make up for yesterday’s work!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)