Okamura Yasuji was appointed as the commander of the 11th Army this time, and was appointed by Emperor Hirohito. Among the military commanders, he had the least qualifications. Many people in the Japanese army expressed great dissatisfaction with him as the commander of the 11th Army. However, due to the Emperor and others, they could not say anything on the surface, but they kept talking behind their backs, believing that Okamura Yasuji was not qualified to serve as the commander of the 11th Army.

Therefore, after Okamura Yasuji served as the commander of the 11th Army, he was determined to obtain major results to prove his abilities and to live up to Hirohito's high hopes. However, the 11th Army he commanded seemed to have not made great progress. This time, the 106th Division was even more surrounded by the Chinese troops, and he was under great pressure.

The 27th Division and the 102nd Brigade were dispatched to rush to help, and Okamura Yanji was very dissatisfied with the intelligence department's series of performances.

He felt that as long as the intelligence agencies could assist the 11th Army in combat as much as possible, the front line would not have such a bad situation.

The Independent Regiment suffered more than a thousand losses to the 147th Regiment of the 111th Brigade of the 106th Division overnight, which greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese troops and severely damaged the morale of the Japanese army. This would cause a series of reactions, even the beginning of the annihilation of the 106th Division.

This time I met with Ekin Kubo, Okamura was not polite at all. He, who had always had a good temper, scolded Ekin Kubo in a contemptuous manner.

"Hisser Commander, our intelligence class has taken action. We have launched more than 100 bandits to raid the field hospital of the Independent Regiment. Although these bandits did not obtain major results, our spy group of wolves lurking in the Independent Regiment took the opportunity to blow up their temporary warehouse. Through this incident, we can confirm that the Independent Regiment also has a strong intelligence network, and we are now investigating this matter in detail."

Kubo Hideken looked at Okamura Yasuji and explained directly.

This matter is the highest secret. If it were not for permission from the Central China Expeditionary Force Command, Hidekin Kubo would not have said it.

Okamura Nishi frowned. He sat on the chair and didn't say anything. In fact, he knew that the cooperation of the intelligence agencies was very limited.

"Yi Benjun, continue to generate electricity to the 27th Division and the 102nd Brigade, and ask them to accelerate their operations and make sure to open up contact with the 106th Division in the shortest time. At the same time, contact the Navy and Army Aviation Corps, and request that they fully cooperate with the 106th Division in combat during the day!"

After taking a deep breath, Okamura Nishi looked at Major General Chief of Staff Sadaji Yoshimoto and immediately issued an order.

"Hi, Commander." Sadaji Yoshimoto agreed immediately.

"Hisser Commander, our intelligence class will organize an assassination operation against Sun Weihua, the leader of the Independent Regiment, today. If successful, it will have a great morale impact on the Chinese troops, which may indirectly support the 106th Division's operations." Kubo Hideken hesitated for a moment and spoke directly.

"It's so good, Kubo, you must cooperate fully in this battle. Otherwise, the 106th Division will be completely annihilated, which will cause a great loss to the Imperial Army, which will directly cause a huge impact on the international market." Okamura Yasuji said.

"Hi, Commander." Kubo Eigen replied saluted, then quickly walked out.

On October 8, the Japanese army successively dispatched air troops to bomb, and China and Japan carried out repeated battles in the Wanjialing area.

The 66th Army, the Fourth Army, the 74th Army, the Independent Regiment and other troops repeatedly attacked the Japanese positions, and the two sides entered a fierce battle.

At this time, more than 1,000 remnants of the Japanese 147th Regiment were besieged in Zhang Gushan. The Independent Regiment and the 51st Division successively attacked Zhang Gushan, trying to annihilate him. However, under the command of the Colonel Ryoto Sonoda, the 147th Regiment relied on the strong firepower point and with the cooperation of the aviation and artillery, they relied on the attacks of the Chinese troops again and again and again and defended the position.

However, by around 10 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese 147th Regiment also suffered hundreds of casualties, and they were able to fight only about one thousand troops.

The Japanese firepower shot very fiercely, but as their rear path was cut off, they lacked ammunition and became more and more passive in combat.

Ryoo Sonoda hurriedly contacted the 111th Brigade through the radio, hoping to obtain reinforcements.

However, the Major General of the 111th Brigade, Shan Diheng, had not responded for a long time, because there were not many troops he could send.

"The troops temporarily gave up the group charge. We concentrated excellent shooters to attack the Japanese army, and at the same time used heavy weapons to attack the Japanese exposed firepower points. The Special Operations Company and the Combat Engineer Company continued to dig trenches and advance, shortening the attack range as much as possible."

"The First Battalion and the Second Battalion took turns to fight, with the divisions widening distances to shoot, and the rest of the troops were scattered and hidden. They should never be exposed easily to avoid being attacked by Japanese aviation and artillery. In addition, a platoon of cavalry was drawn from the cavalry battalion to investigate the location of Japanese artillery."

In the front-line command post of the Independent Regiment, Sun Weihua issued an order to the cadres.

The independent regiment began to change their tactics. Instead of conducting group charges, they adopted the method of shooting against the Japanese army.

An outstanding shooter was arranged in front of the position. The shooters were aiming with Mauser's semi-automatic rifle and shot the exposed Japanese.

"Smack it."

After a while, gunfire kept sounding on the position, and an exposed Japanese man was shot and killed.

When the firepower points of the Japanese light and heavy machine guns were exposed, the independent regiment's light and heavy machine guns, mortar war anti-cannons and other weapons were fired one after another to destroy the firepower points.

The battle was eleven o'clock, and the Japanese killed more than one hundred people, and more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns were destroyed.

After receiving the report, Colonel Ryoo Sonoda received the report, he ordered the troops to hide and give up shooting with the independent regiment.

The combat engineer company and the special operations company quickly dug trenches and continued to advance towards the Japanese positions.

The 51st Division troops launched several group charges in the area west of Zhanggushan, and the officers and soldiers braved the Japanese bombing to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army.

However, under the attack of Japanese firepower points, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses and did not gain much.

Commander Wang quickly contacted Sun Weihua. After he learned about the tactics of the Independent Regiment, he immediately followed suit.

The guns and cannons at Zhang Gushan's position were not very fierce, but the number of casualties in the Japanese army was even greater than before.

It was almost noon, but the Japanese didn't even have a bite of food. In desperation, Yoshio Sonoda continued to generate electricity for the 111th Brigade.

Here at the 111th Japanese Brigade Regiment Head of the Major General Shan Diheng stood anxiously in front of the map, frowning tightly.

Until now, several positions he controlled have been lost one after another, and the only one he can mobilize is only more than 2,000 troops from the 113th Regiment.
Chapter completed!