Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 491: Iida Shojiro Dies

"Hurry up and tell me. If you don't, I'll return the Fenjiu and make you carry all the guns in the class!"

"No! Captain, it's a deal, a bottle of Fenjiu!"

Without waiting for Monk Wei to refuse, the soldier immediately blurted out:

"They're calling out Shojiro Iida!"

"Iida Shojiro? Iida Shojiro!"

Wei Dayong immediately shook the soldier's shoulders and stared into his eyes with a terrifying expression.

"Is it really Iida Shojiro?"

"Really? I heard it clearly. He was running and shouting at the same time!"

Wei Dayong laughed wildly. Although the names of these Japanese soldiers were all similar, some were Murakami, some were Jingxia, and some were Dalang Jilang, but he remembered the name Iida Shojiro very clearly.

After the war broke out, the Japanese army's numbers were learned, and these division-level lists and photos were sent to each armored division and each directly affiliated unit.

The 201st Airborne Regiment and the 202nd Airborne Regiment were sent to the company level.

The Mandrill Special Forces and Liangshan Special Forces were distributed to every soldier.

Commander of the 30th Army of the Japanese Kwantung Army: Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida!

"No, I have to go back and confirm whether this little devil is dead or not!"

After Monk Wei finished speaking, he took the soldier who knew Japanese and a sniper team and walked back.

The remaining soldiers followed Wang Xikui to continue evacuating to prevent retaliation from the Japanese.

Monk Wei and his three companions ran quickly along the ridge line, and in less than ten minutes they returned to the top of the Dragon Claw of Wolong Mountain.

Monk Wei, who was lying on the ground, quietly exposed half of his head, stared at the mountain three or four hundred meters below with a telescope, and saw a pile of corpses covered with white cloth on the ground.

Looking more closely, I saw that many high-ranking Japanese officials took off their hats and bowed to the corpses with their heads down.

After the high-ranking Japanese official bowed, he began to roar and yell as if he had gone crazy.

Monk Wei rubbed his ears, feeling disgusted.

"Did you hear anything?"

"That's right, it's Shojiro Iida! This little devil said he wanted to wipe out the independent column and avenge Shojiro Iida!"

Monk Wei turned over and looked at the setting sun, feeling that the world was so beautiful.

"Hey, Duan Peng destroyed the Japanese's biological weapons, and I destroyed the commander of the Japanese's 30th Army. Now we have something to talk about!"

Monk Wei lay on the ground again, looking at the Japanese officials dancing and gesticulating at the foot of the mountain, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"How about it, can the sniper rifle reach it?"

"Captain, we can hit him, but we can't guarantee that we can kill him with one shot!"

"Then fight, and run away after the fight!"

"okay!"

The sniper held his breath, aimed the crosshairs in the scope at the head of the Japanese officer, and then pulled the trigger.

Who knew that the Japanese soldier, perhaps because he was too excited or had some kind of sense, lunged forward, and the bullet just missed him and killed a lieutenant who was lowering his head to be reprimanded.

"Damn it! I missed!"

"withdraw!"

The four men put away their weapons and chased westward towards the setting sun.

Li Yunlong and Wang Meng were in Datong. They received the telegram from Monk Wei and were so excited that they were circling.

"Haha, Monk Wei is awesome! The Japanese must be furious now!"

"Hehe, I really hope they will be leaderless and surrender obediently!"

"We can't let our guard down. Maybe they'll get even crazier! What's going on the front line now?"

Wang Meng drew a circle around Datong and pointed to the east.

"Zhou Shizhuang and Beijiazao in the east of Datong are Wang Huaibao's First Armored Division and Shenquan's Third Armored Division respectively. They are fighting very hard. This is the main attack direction of the Japanese! According to their reports, the death rate has reached one-fifth, but the two divisions of the Japanese are not much better, and it is estimated that the losses are more than half!"

Li Yunlong sighed. There was still some gap in military strength. Moreover, in the early stage, the tank regiment was withdrawn to fight the Japanese tank division, which put them at a disadvantage.

Wang Meng then drew a circle around Fengzhuang and Xiaopu Village in the south.

"Kong Jie's Fifth Armored Division split into two groups to stop the enemy in these two places. Originally, they were evenly matched. But after the Japanese 148th Division joined, the battle became very fierce. I transferred Wang Huaibao's artillery division over there and prepared to use up all the shells!"

"We must fight when we have to! If all else fails, the reserve forces will take over. Isn't the 4th Armored Division at Guanyin Hall in the west? Move them over there and stabilize the defense line!"

"Okay, I'll ask about the situation later! Lao Li, what I'm most worried about now is Zhang Dabiao's Second Armored Division. I've already asked their tank regiment to withdraw. After all, they don't have much fuel left!"

In fact, Li Yunlong was most worried about the north, because the enemy still had an entire 5th Tank Division!

The four armored division tank regiments that withdrew to Datong have already appeared in front of the Japanese infantry. Koji Okita will soon find that there is only one tank regiment fighting with them on the prairie.

By then, the Japanese Fifth Tank Division will launch a crazy attack. If Zhang Dabiao's tank regiment has no fuel and no artillery shells, it will be over!

Moreover, to the west, there is a Baotou!

There is a Baotou Garrison Command in Baotou, with Xiyuan Yice as the commander. It is under the command of the 3rd Independent Infantry Regiment and the 4th Independent Infantry Regiment, as well as a large number of cavalry units.

If Xiyuan Issaku and Okita Koji joined forces in the north and attacked Fengzhen, the northern gate of Datong, it would be a one-sided massacre.

House seemingly endless rain.

At the North China Front Army Headquarters in Beijing, Okamura Yasuji had already received authorization from the damn emperor:

Before the end of the Battle of Shanxi, the 30th Army of the Kwantung Army will be directly under the command of Ningji Okamura, and he will be asked to capture Datong as soon as possible!

"Where is Xiyuan Yice now!"

"General, General Xiyuan Yice has joined forces with the Fifth Tank Division and is preparing to launch an attack on Fengzhen!"

"Yoshi! Order all the North China Front Army and Kwantung Army troops surrounding Datong to immediately launch an indiscriminate attack on Datong! All Army Air Forces controlled by the North China Front Army will take off immediately and provide air support!"

Okamura Neiji now has a sense of fulfillment. The power to directly control the front-line troops makes him more confident in winning the Battle of Shanxi!

"In addition, the garrison troops in Anyang, Xinxiang, and Jiaozuo will immediately attack Pingshun and Jincheng to share the pressure from Datong!"

The Battle of Shanxi, which lasted for several days, finally got the entire North China moving.

Even Mr. Song in his official residence in Chongqing sent a telegram to the independent column, inquiring about the battle situation.

Zhao Gang naturally reported a lot of unimportant situations, which were nothing more than asking for people and money.

Mr. Song was helpless. Who told him to be so nosy and ask such a question?

So, the Ministry of Finance had to allocate 100,000 oceans to "motivate" the soldiers on the front line to fight bravely!