Compared to Niujima Man who was embarrassed but with a few excitement about to get what he wanted, the Lieutenant General of the 18th Division, who could still drink tea more than 20 kilometers away, would be much easier.

The command center of the 18th Division is located six kilometers away from the front line and is built with logs. Although it is a bit simple and rough, a short table is placed in the fully wooden room, lit incense, and then a pot of tea is burned, and there is a bit of leisure and tranquility.

The Japanese Lieutenant General, dressed in a neatly lieutenant general's uniform, sat on the side of a short table and tasted tea, without any anxiety about the front line being in a stalemate.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, the 36th Infantry Brigade called back. They will continue to pursue the Chinese and express their gratitude for the help of the Division Commander and our division!" An army colonel respectfully reported to Sadao Niujima who was watching the map on the table while drinking tea.

"Oh? It's so low-position! It seems that this guy Niujima is also anxious!" The corner of his mouth, whose expression was originally calm and leisurely, raised his mouth slightly and said with a chuckling. "Come on, Xiao Tengjun, sit down and try the chrysanthemum tea I made from Kyushu. It is best to drink it in this late autumn."

"Secretary Commander..." The Japanese colonel sitting opposite the shorts obviously did not have the spirit of his division commander, and a little anxious appeared on his face.

After 6 consecutive attacks, he suffered huge casualties, but only advanced four kilometers forward. As the Chief of Staff of the 18th Division, can Kotomi maintain calmness?

If it weren't for the fact that Sadao Niujima had a much higher rank than him, he would have asked a soul question: "Do you have a brain? It's hard for us to fight the Chinese by ourselves, so we'll help those idiots in the Sixth Division to make trouble!"

"Haha, it seems that Kotoki-kun has a lot of complaints about me sending the Omura corps to help the 36th Infantry Brigade!" Sadao Niujima looked at the Colonel Chief of Staff who was reluctant to speak, and a smile appeared on his face again.

"Yes, the division commander, our division and the enemy on the Jiashan defense line fought for six days, and the infantry had lost more than 3,000 people, which was the most war. In the past two days, our division also used all its strength to attack the Chinese defense line. The Dacun United is the elite of our division and is indispensable.

I really don't understand why at this critical moment, the elite division forces were drawn to assist the 36th Infantry Brigade. The enemy they faced was only a few thousand." Kotoe didn't hide his doubts and said directly.

"Kotokun, let me ask you why my division must be a reserve team every time since the war started? In the Kwantung Army, our division is a reserve team, and in the 10th Army, our division is also a reserve team." Sadao Niujima did not answer the question of his chief of staff directly, but asked back.

"That might be because our division is for the newly built army!" Hearing the question from Sadao Niujima, Kotoe also showed anger on his face, but he could only answer honestly.

In war, I have always been a reserve team, and of course I will not be willing to give up.

If you know the history of the development of the Japanese Army, you may understand the unwillingness of the two senior officers of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army.

After the Meiji Restoration, the modern Japanese Army began to develop, and the first to establish four towns and Taiwan. Under Japan's policy of enriching the country and strengthening the army, it was quickly expanded to 6.

These six towns were reorganized into divisions in 1888, with a total of 7 guard divisions, which were the first batch of strategic units of the Japanese Army.

As a result, Japan's national policy on "rich the country and strengthen the army" fell one by one, becoming "strong army and enrich the country", and quickly embarked on the road of expansion. Especially after defeating China's corrupt feudal dynasty in 1895, it received huge compensation to continue to expand, and 6 divisions (7th to 12th divisions) were added and three other brigades were added.

In 1903, the Russo-Japanese War brought Japan a distress to the situation was that the troops were not enough, so they were forced to take out the only two reserve divisions.

After the war, Japan desperately expanded its army. By 1915, Japan had formed 21 divisions, including the Guards Division and several independent brigades, wings, with a total force far exceeding 300,000.

Such a huge army put great pressure on the not-wealthy Japan. In the 11th year of Taisho (1922), Yamanashi Lu Prime Minister reduced the brigade system under each division from 4 squadrons to 3 squadrons; in 1925, General Ugaki forced the referee to abolish 4 divisions, namely the 13, 15, 17, and 18 divisions.

After these two rounds of disarmament, there were 17 divisions left in the Japanese army, and these 17 divisions were called permanent divisions.

Unfortunately, the 18th Division, which has not been very old in history, belongs to the one that has been cut down and is not qualified to be called a permanent division.

However, the four divisions that were laid off had a large number of left-behind troops and reserve troops, as well as a large number of trained non-commissioned officers and reserve officers. Once Japan needs to expand the scale of the war, each division can quickly form a new division, which can double the number of divisions and several times the number of soldiers in a very short time.

Especially the 18th Division, after the "resurrection", was named a permanent division. In fact, it was just a special division or a special division of the 12th Division, and had little to do with the original 18th Division.

The so-called "Imperial Double 13" was also under the leadership of the 18th Division, and it has nothing to do with the 18th Division led by Sadao Niujima, and naturally it will be underestimated by the commanders of the various dispatched troops.

This is naturally unacceptable for Sadao Utsushima, who is ambitious and attempts to make achievements.

"Yes! Because my division is a newly established division, we did not go to Kunshan, where there are more Chinese troops. When we came here, Commander Heisuke Yanagawa ordered us to open up this road to the Chinese capital. In fact, we just hope that we could threaten the rear wing of the Chinese army to restrain our troops. All the main attacks are still in the direction of Kunshan, even if we are really always at the city of Jinling." Sadao Niujima's eyes showed chills for the first time.

"If we want to change this situation, our army can only use a broken force to eliminate all resistance along the way and reach the hinterland of the Chinese. And this is very difficult to do with the power of our first division. If we join the 36th Infantry Brigade, it may be different."

"What the commander of the division means is that Niujima Manta agreed to assist my division as an associate? He is a well-known stubborn guy." Kotoe was slightly surprised.

"He was unable to defeat the enemy for several days, and he also lost several important officers because of this. Without the assistance of our division, the Chinese he was chasing might be able to join and escape with his main force. How dare he disagree if he wanted to be the commander of the 6th Division?" Sadao Niujima looked confident and proud. "Speaking of this, I have to thank those Chinese people! He forced a dignified Imperial Army Major General to ask for help in such a humble manner."

"If we get the help of the 36th Infantry Brigade, our division will definitely be able to create brilliant achievements under the leadership of the division commander." Kotomi was so tempted by the big cake drawn by his Lieutenant General's division commander that he was very excited and had a little concern.

"But an infantry brigade of the Dacun Infantry Regiment has the responsibility to protect the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade. Now all of them are transferred away. The Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade is only protected by their own infantry. If there is an enemy attack, the main infantry forces of our division will be on the front line, which may be..."

"Xiao Tengjun, you're thinking too much. There are only three infantry divisions available in this area. How can there be any force posing a threat to the artillery positions that stay behind our division? Moreover, the Heavy Artillery Brigade itself has two infantry squadrons. Even if there are a little Chinese attacking them, would they be a group of pigs?

If they were really pigs, then pigs were used to be killed and there was no need to exist in this world anymore." The cold light flashed in Sadao Niushima's eyes.

"Hi, I understand what the division commander means." Seeing that Sadao Niushima had already made up his mind, Kotoki no longer had any worries.

"In this way, the imperial martial arts fortune will last for a long time!" Sadao Niujima raised his teacup.

"The empire, the martial arts fortune will last for a long time!" Kotoe also raised the teacup.
Chapter completed!