Sadao Niujima sat blankly in the division command center made of logs, steel plates and sandbags, with an unusually desolate expression.

This should be the day when this Japanese lieutenant general felt the most failed in his 37 years of joining the army.

Yes, since he graduated from a non-commissioned officer school 37 years ago, he served as a second infantry lieutenant in the army. During this period, he participated in the glory of the war against Russia, and was transferred to the Army University as an instructor or even promoted to lieutenant general and was also defeated by the reservist. Even after entering China with ambitious ambition, he encountered the biggest dilemma. A heavy artillery brigade that followed the division was attacked by the Chinese at night and was completely broken.

But none of these were as bad as a seemingly extremely slight psychological fluctuation this evening.

More than an hour ago, the vanguards in charge of the reconnaissance position came to report that gunfire and explosions appeared on the flanks of the Chinese, and it seemed that soldiers were gathering.

This news is still the most important commander of the 20,000 army. Sadao Niujima, who is the highest commander of the 20,000 army, will not pay attention to it at all. That is what the captains on the frontline should pay attention to.

But the commanders of the Japanese brigades who heard this information were extremely nervous at that moment, and ordered the front-line infantry to enter the trenches and standby. As the supreme commander, Sadao Niujima himself ordered the front-line to send reconnaissance vanguards to approach the flanks of the Chinese defense line and closely monitor their flank military operations.

Until twenty minutes ago, the vanguards from the front line reported that the Chinese did not take any action. The sound of gunfire should be their internal test. As for whether it was the testers or equipment, the nearest reconnaissance vanguard was more than 1,500 meters away from their defense line. It can only be judged from the sound, and the real situation is unknown.

Sadao Ushima couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But then there is an indescribable melancholy, or even pain.

When can the Chinese easily conduct personnel and weapon performance tests on the battlefield, but the great Japanese Imperial Army is about to face a great enemy?

This subtle psychological change made Sadao Niushima look extremely ugly. He knew in his heart that this change was not because of something else, but because of the lack of self-confidence.

The attack for a week of unfavorable attacks, coupled with the broken jade of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, has cast a layer of haze in the heart of the Imperial Army, which once cheered for victory and fought forward bravely. After the two days of decline, the 10th Army Command strictly ordered the 18th Division to remain unmoved, which was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The military headquarters already believed that the 18th Division alone could not break the Chinese defense line. The confidence of the Imperial Army was gradually consumed in this distrust, so that when oneself and others, the entire army was on guard when he heard the gunshots of the Chinese.

It is extremely difficult to make humans admit that they are extremely weak, not to mention that for a Japanese lieutenant general who once had a lot of confidence and wanted to make achievements in a foreign country.

Dare to admit that your weakness is progress, but you will never be in a good mood.

For Sadao Niujima, who had been sitting in the division headquarters for a long time, the only way to solve this sadness was to attack, rely on the division's strength to break through the Chinese defense line and reshape the confidence of the 18th Division.

Ten minutes ago, he had already generated power to the 10th Army Commander Hei Assistant Yanagawa, hoping that the 18th Division would restart its offensive tomorrow morning, and in accordance with the original plan of the 10th Army, he would defeat Jiashan, Jiaxing, Yibin and Guangde and then go directly to Jinling, the Chinese capital, and meet with the 10th Army headquarters that marched into the front of Jinling along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway.

But unfortunately, he was rejected!

Yanagawa Heisuke quickly replied, strictly ordering him and the 18th Division not to act rashly, the reason was that the empire had lost the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the Chinese were hyping their military achievements at home and abroad. The army was dying and could not bear the consequences of a severe injury to an infantry division.

The 18th Division can launch a sporadic attack, and its function is naturally not to break through the opponent's defense line, but to restrain the more than 20,000 Chinese troops that caused heavy losses to the Imperial Army in Jiashan. After waiting to break through the Xicheng Line, one of the 10th Army bypassed Taihu Lake and attacked it from the front and back to wipe out it.

To put it bluntly, Yanagawa Heisuke's meaning is that you, Sadao Uoshima and the 18th Division, don't you think it's a bit wrong?

With a heavy artillery brigade, you can't handle nearly a hundred heavy artillery pieces and the opponent was almost cut by his backhand. Just now, what else do you want to attack the other person's capital? Just be honest and be responsible for restraining them and not being beaten up by others.

Are you frustrated or not?

As a conservative strategy for the 10th Army to consolidate the Beijing-Hangzhou defense line regardless of its base, Sadao Niujima, who chose to split his troops into two groups to attack the radical tactics of the Chinese capital, was of course frustrated.

The promised one person to defeat the Chinese capital, Yanagawa Heisuke, who was in a position to defeat the Chinese capital, would be able to get the best of both military achievements and progress smoothly, and now he wanted to completely suppress him and throw him over.

Of course, Sadao Niujima knew that although the idiot Niujima had resigned, the incident of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade's Jade Crush has not yet ended. It is wartime, and more than 200,000 imperial army is still on the battlefield. In order not to shake the morale of the army, no one moved the division commander who commanded the 200,000 to 30,000 troops, but once the war ends, it is necessary to settle the accounts after the autumn.

Whether it was because he issued a wrong military order and transferred from the escort infantry corps of the Heavy Artillery Brigade, or because he had just obtained the qualifications of Shang Qian, the commander of the 18th Division, which was directly reorganized by a reserve general, he had almost been determined that he was the most suitable person to take responsibility.

The only way to drag him out is after he led the 18th Division to successfully arrive in Jinling in this combat plan to attack the Chinese capital.

But if according to what Yanagawa Heisuke said, the 18th Division was only responsible for restraining and waiting for one of its members to go around Taihu Lake to block the retreat of the Chinese in front of him, would he still have enough ability to lead the battle along the way?

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The 6th Division has been dead in name only. The commander of the Kyosaki Detachment of the 5th Division is only a major general, but there is also the division commander of the 114th Division, Shimatsu, who is a lieutenant general. Sadao Niujima, can almost imagine that Yanagawa Heisuke must have sent Shimatsu and his command.

The 18th Division, which once had a famous "Double Walls of the Empire", was led by a special division. Even if he gained military achievements for the war, he would not have to bear too much responsibility, and this reputation would be ruined, and the reserves were waving to him again.

Don't say that Sadao Niujima may be a little mediocre in command on the battlefield, but one of the great advantages is that all the Japanese generals on the battlefield cannot reach it.

I have a clear understanding of myself.

You should know that even in the past time and space, the 18th Division, under his command, defeated Jiashan, Jiaxing and Guangde, who was defending the Sichuan Army, successfully seized the Jinling retreat. In order to show his determination to survive and die with the city, a top commander of Jinling in China, who was only bragging, burned most of the transport ships, resulting in more than 100,000 Chinese defenders having no way to retreat and were massacred and made great contributions.

But there are slutty operations everywhere in this world: "You worked hard, but the credit is someone else's." A senior working man who was happy to wait for promotion and salary increase actually became the commander of the Public Security Army of Hangzhou after this war. It would be fine if he was the leader of the "armed police" who maintained order in an occupied area. After a few months, he was simply discharged from the convening service because he was over 62 years old, and became a reserve force, and eventually became the vice president of the so-called "Imperial Veterans Association".

The fate of the unlucky child is not changed in different time and space. In this time and space where the storm and clouds are disrupted by the little butterfly traveling through time and space, the fate of the once unlucky child is even more tragic.

If one is not good, he won’t even be the vice president, he may not even be qualified to join that association.

If he wants to take his destiny into his own hands, he must do something, instead of watching the leash that has been tied to his neck tighter and tighter.

Sadao Niujima, with a gray face, sat for half an hour until the night outside the window was strong and a cold light burst out in his eyes.

"The command of Chief of Staff Kotokoto, Chief of Staff Ono Kameki, Major General Onoka, Major General Tezuka Three, Colonel Notofusato, Colonel Saburo Fujiyama, Colonel Katsuoka Kakuji, and Colonel Kojeakashi Kazumatsu came to the division headquarters!"

The 18th Division has two infantry brigades under its command. Ono Kameki is the brigade commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade, and Tezuka Shizumi is the brigade commander of the 35th Infantry Brigade.

The other four colonels are the 55th, 56th, 114th and 124th Infantry Regiment.

It also means that Sadao Ushima summoned members of the seven-member group belonging to the core of the 18th Division, and he is also his hardcore.

Obviously, if he wants to strive for his future, he must get the support of these people.
Chapter completed!