bookrebus Chapter 771: The Arrival of the 4th Division
Chapter 771: The Arrival of the 4th Division
Chapter 771 The Fourth Division Arrives
771 Fourth Division Arrives
On the morning of May 86, the th Division of the th Army's vanguard led by Long Wendong finally arrived in northern Guangdong.
After Ye Qingshan received the news, he took people to greet them in person.
"Commander, here we come."
The young martial artist took a telescope and looked for a long time before shouting excitedly to Ye Qingshan.
Ye Qingshan took the telescope and saw the dirt road coming from the south.
A huge army is moving slowly.
This marching team was different from other marching teams in that it had a large number of mules and horses.
Ye Qingshan could even see that some soldiers were lying on mules and horses and hurrying on their way.
"Go, get down!"
Ye Qingshan took Xiao Wusheng and others, got on the military vehicle and headed straight for the main road.
When Long Wendong received the news and came to Ye Qingshan, Ye Qingshan was stunned.
"You...you are Long Wendong?"
Ye Qingshan looked at the dark-skinned man in front of him and asked in confusion.
"Commander, it's me.
I am Long Wendong."
Until the other party spoke and I heard that familiar voice.
Ye Qingshan was sure that the other person was Long Wendong.
Ye Qingshan looked around again and saw the soldiers of the 4th Division gradually stopping, all of them looking tired.
Many people got off their mules and horses and looked at Ye Qingshan.
Three weeks of high-intensity marching resulted in a loss of more than 3,000 men in the entire 4th Division.
The soldiers who were reduced in number were those who fell behind along the way.
Even those soldiers who managed to reach northern Guangdong were exhausted.
"You have worked hard."
Ye Qingshan supported Long Wendong, patted his shoulder, and said in a deep voice.
Over a three-week period, the march covered more than 1,500 kilometers of rugged mountain roads.
The difficulty is extremely high, and those who can persevere are great.
"You are all good."
Ye Qingshan turned around, looked at the other soldiers of the 86th Army, and shouted loudly.
The soldiers of the 86th Army also had tears in their eyes. Only they knew the hardships they had endured in the past three weeks.
Fortunately, looking at the idols in their hearts, they praised them like this.
They felt much better.
"Commander, what is the situation in northern Guangdong?
If necessary, our division can be put into battle immediately."
Although Commander Long was tired, he still took the initiative to seek a fight and said to Ye Qingshan.
Ye Qingshan patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the situation is not that bad.
Although the Japs' attack was very fierce.
But our deployment in Shaoguan is not made of paper.
It's okay to hold on for a few more days.
I just can't bear to have you thrown into battle right after your division has come back from a long journey.
Let your division rest in the front camp.
I have asked people to prepare food and hot water. After you eat, have a good sleep.
When you wake up, the supply regiment behind you will deliver the weapons and ammunition that I have prepared for you.
Then you can join the battle.”
"Yes."
Hearing Ye Qingshan say this, Long Wendong readily agreed.
The situation in northern Guangdong is not too bad.
It also gives them time to rest, so he is naturally happy to see it.
During this period, he and his soldiers were really exhausted and really needed a good sleep.
"Tell me, how did you get here?"
Ye Qingshan took Long Wendong and talked while walking.
"Commander, it has been a very hard journey for us.
But fortunately, the commander contacted the brothers in the Yunnan and Guangxi armies.
They provided us with a lot of food and fresh water along the way, and even sent people to guide them.
Finally, it helped us solve a lot of problems.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t have gotten here so quickly.”
Ye Qingshan listened quietly to Long Wendong telling him about the hardships they had experienced along the way.
"Why are all these soldiers of your division lying on the backs of mules and horses?"
On the way, Ye Qingshan looked at some soldiers lying on the backs of mules and horses, and asked Long Wendong curiously.
"get down!"
Long Wendong pointed at a soldier and asked him to get off the mule.
"Take off your pants."
"commander……"
"Why are you so shy, man?"
The soldier reluctantly pulled down his pants a little, and Ye Qingshan finally understood the reason.
The skin on the soldier's buttocks was all worn out if he continued to sit on the mule.
It must be painful.
At the same time, Ye Qingshan also saw that this soldier also had many big blisters on his feet.
These soldiers usually walked for several hours, then lay on the backs of mules and horses and march for several more hours.
Otherwise, just ride on mules and horses.
Even if each of their soldiers had two mules and horses, the mules and horses would not be able to bear the load.
"Commander, our soldiers ate, drank and slept almost all the time during the march.
By the time we entered Guangdong Province, our division had lost 3,000 men.
Fortunately, most of the soldiers survived. "
Ye Qingshan was somewhat moved.
In order to save time, the brothers of the 4th Division really suffered.
Fortunately, everything is over now.
With the arrival of Long Wendong's main force of the 4th Division in northern Guangdong, Ye Qingshan finally had an elite army at his disposal.
This is good news, but there is also bad news.
The bad news is that the main force of the Japanese 11th Army is almost about to arrive in northern Guangdong.
The small northern Guangdong will soon gather hundreds of thousands of people from Ye Qingshan's side and hundreds of thousands of people from the Japanese 11th Army.
With more than 300,000 enemy and friendly troops, the war situation in northern Guangdong will continue to expand.
And that’s not all.
Later, other divisions of the 86th Army arrived in northern Guangdong one after another.
In the end, the total number of troops participating in the war between the National Army and the Japanese in northern Guangdong will exceed 400,000.
The scale is almost catching up with the previous Xiangxi battlefield.
Later, Ye Qingshan found a way to attract the hundreds of thousands of national troops under Xue Yue to join the war.
Perhaps the scale of this war will become unprecedentedly large.
At night, Ye Qingshan was in the headquarters, staring at the battle map and constantly collecting military reports sent back from the front line.
"The Japanese Third Division went to southern Jiangxi?"
The latest news Ye Qingshan received was about the most elite Third Division of the Japanese Eleventh Army.
They did not take the route previously taken by the Japanese 40th and th Divisions.
Instead, they took a long detour and chose to enter southern Jiangxi.
"What is this old devil Anami Korechi going to do?"
Ye Qingshan looked at the map and fell into deep thought.
"Commander, the Japanese think they can't take over northern Guangdong, so they want to take other routes into Guangdong."
The little Wusheng said.
Ye Qingshan shook his head.
"Whether they are entering Guangdong from Hunan or Jiangxi, they cannot get around northern Guangdong.
Otherwise, you think the name "Gateway to Lingnan" is just a casual remark.
In fact, a small group of Japanese troops could bypass northern Guangdong and enter Guangdong Province by passing through other mountain roads.
This is possible.
However, a main division of the Japanese had more than 30,000 people, including so many horses and baggage carts.
Apart from taking the main road in northern Guangdong, they have no other route to choose.”
Ye Qingshan was firm in his judgment.
"Forget it, no matter how those old devils Anan Weiji try to be mysterious.
I'm waiting for him in northern Guangdong.
However, in order to prevent any unexpected situations.
Let Commander Long select several elite reconnaissance teams from their division.
After resting tomorrow, we will set off with the military radio.
Notify the aviation team again and continue to send out reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance during the day.
In the next few days, I need to keep abreast of the specific movements of the Japanese Third Division.
Xiao Wusheng, you must report to me the location of the Third Division every two hours."
Ye Qingshan paid enough attention to the elite Third Division of the Japanese.
This is a force that can influence the outcome of a battle.
A day later, Ye Qingshan received news that the Japanese Third Division had remained in southern Jiangxi and was no longer moving south.
At this time, Ye Qingshan finally understood the Japanese's intentions.
“Haha, so that’s how it is.
The Japs were afraid that the hundreds of thousands of troops under Xue Yue's command would go south and stab them at the critical moment.
Therefore, the Japanese Third Division did not dare to move further south.
They have to guard the southern part of Jiangxi to ensure the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers on the front line."
After Ye Qingshan saw through the devil's intentions, he felt relieved.
This time, he faced the nearly 200,000-strong enemy of the Japanese 11th Army alone in northern Guangdong.
This was before the main force of the 86th Army had fully returned.
The pressure is still very great.
Just in these two days, the Japanese Sixth Division arrived and launched a fierce attack.
Let their defense line in northern Guangdong become shaky.
Fortunately, Long Wendong's 4th Division finally arrived in northern Guangdong yesterday.
This will give him a fresh force at his disposal so that he can provide timely support if any problems arise on the front line.
It can be said that the defense line has been stabilized.
But in northern Guangdong, their strength is still weak compared to the Japanese.
Otherwise, according to Ye Qingshan's temper, he would have organized a counterattack long ago.
In the current situation, Ye Qingshan even felt it was too risky to organize troops and launch a counterattack.
I can only continue to hide.
This was when the main force of the Japanese 40th Division had not yet arrived at the battlefield due to the previous bombing.
The Japanese Third Division didn't even come.
If all these devils arrived.
Unless the main force of the 86th Army arrives in northern Guangdong, northern Guangdong will inevitably be lost.
Now, it seems that the Japanese Third Division is not planning to move south.
This suddenly reduced Ye Qingshan's pressure a lot.
"Although Xue Yue's army did not move south, the pressure it brought to the Japanese 11th Army still existed.
This can also be considered as General Xue indirectly helping us.
Xiao Wusheng, send a telegram to General Xue.
Since that old devil Anami Weiji is so afraid of them, he is afraid that they will be cut off from their retreat.
Then let General Xue help us more.
Let their army move, but don't ask them to actually go south.
As long as they move, they will definitely be able to scare that old devil Anami Korechika.
Let his Third Division never think of reaching northern Guangdong."
Ye Qingshan came up with this idea, which might really be able to contain the Japanese Third Division.
Don't let them come over.
“Also, contact Deputy Commander Wu and the others.
Their attack on Yangcheng has temporarily slowed down."
Ye Qingshan continued to speak to the young martial artist.
This made Xiao Wusheng wonder: "Commander, shouldn't we ask Deputy Commander Wu and his men to speed up their attack?
How can we slow it down? "
Ye Qingshan chuckled: "At this time, we can't over-stimulate the Japanese in Yangcheng.
At this time, Yangcheng was still considered by the Japanese as a place that could not be lost.
If at this time, we intensify our offensive in Yangcheng.
The Japanese in Yangcheng are in danger.
What if the Japanese General Headquarters comes under pressure and forces the Japanese Third Division to move south?
In that case, the pressure on us in northern Guangdong will be even greater.
At this time, our offensive forces slowed down their attack in Yangcheng.
Even showed signs of offensive weakness.
The Japanese 23rd Army defending Yangcheng had the illusion that they could hold out longer.
This will make the Japanese reinforcements heading south less aggressive in their attacks."
After hearing this, the young martial artist suddenly understood.
After Xiao Wusheng left, Ye Qingshan's eyes gradually shifted to the sea.
He whispered to himself, “Frank sent me a secret message yesterday.
They said that a few days ago, they discovered that the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet in the Western Pacific seemed to be missing one.
Moreover, the Japanese naval fleet retreated hundreds of nautical miles.
In the past few months, the Japanese and American naval fleets have been confronting each other in the Western Pacific.
I won't retreat easily.
This retreat is extremely rare.
Could it be that the Japanese really transferred back their aircraft carrier fleet from the Western Pacific?
Come to support Yangcheng?
If that were the case, it would be really interesting.”
Ye Qingshan has always maintained contact with Frank, one of the commanders of the American Pacific Fleet.
Therefore, Ye Qingshan was able to obtain it first, thousands of miles away in the Western Pacific Ocean.
This is top secret information about the changes in the main force of the Japanese naval fleet.
Of course, Frantou wouldn't send him this message.
In fact, Ye Qingshan could also learn some of the same information from Wang Chuying.
"Unfortunately, this counterattack was launched too early.
The main force of the Japanese naval fleet is in the western Pacific and is working with the Pacific Fleet that the Americans have restored.
The decisive battle has not yet taken place.
If they had engaged in a decisive battle, the Japanese naval fleet would have suffered heavy losses.
Most likely they will have no time to take care of us."
Ye Qingshan shook his head and abandoned the idea.
We cannot always pin our hopes on the Americans; we have to deal with the Japanese devils in our country ourselves.
On the 17th, Long Wendong's 4th Division was officially deployed to the battlefield in northern Guangdong.
Along with his more than 10,000 elite soldiers, they were supplemented with weapons and equipment transferred by Ye Qingshan.
It supported the situation on the battlefield in northern Guangdong.
The northern Guangdong defense line, which was on the verge of collapse, was stabilized again.
"Baga, Ye Qingshan's 86th Army's vanguard has arrived in northern Guangdong.
And went into battle?"
When the Japanese commander Anami Korechika, who was far away in southern Jiangxi, learned the news, he was also furious.
"Why, why can't we take over that little area in northern Guangdong?"
Anami Korechika shouted loudly, expressing his doubts.
At the same time, he also felt a stronger sense of crisis.
Up to now, the situation has become increasingly unfavorable for the 11th Army.
This made him want to back out.
Between the 23rd Army that came to rescue Yangcheng and the th Army that protected itself.
Anami Korechika naturally chose without hesitation to protect his 11th Army.
Even if Yangcheng was lost and the 23rd Army was wiped out, it would have nothing to do with the th Army.
But they cannot put their 23th Army in danger just to rescue the rd Army.