Crossing the spy war, my code name is God of Wealth

Chapter 183: Wanjialing Victory

"Error? How could it go wrong?" Ren Tongsheng didn't quite understand what Xue Boling meant.

Xue Boling frowned and said, "Killing more than 3,000 enemies, your battle report is too fake."

"If I submit this to the higher-ups, they will definitely accuse me of lying about my performance."

Indeed, not only Xue Boling didn't believe it, but everyone in the command post didn't believe it either.

After fighting the Japanese for more than a year, from Shanghai to Xuzhou and now to Wuhan,

The Nationalist Army fought many large-scale battles with the Japanese Army, but never wiped out so many enemies in one battle...

Although the Pingxingguan Victory was a great victory, only more than a thousand Japanese soldiers were killed.

The victory that Li Delin won in Taierzhuang under the command of the entire Fifth War Zone was exaggerated to be miraculous.

But the insiders knew that the total number of Japanese soldiers killed in that battle was only over 2,000, less than 3,000.

Even including the wounded and disabled, there were only more than 10,000 people, but that was already an inspiring victory.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, the National Army suffered far more casualties than the enemy. Three divisions were crippled, and the Hunan Army almost lost its unit number. Tens of thousands of brothers fought with their lives to achieve such a result.

This time, the 4th Army alone killed nearly Japanese soldiers in one battle.

No wonder Xue Bailin didn't believe it. He knew very well the character of the National Army. Now was not the time to brag about military exploits. You must know that claiming credit for honors and accepting rewards was a big taboo during an expedition and such behavior would result in death by execution.

Ren Tongsheng swore, "General, don't worry. Master Gaozong Qi Gao has ordered people to verify twice, and a total of 2997 enemies were killed."

"The figures in the battle report are absolutely accurate."

"What's going on?" Xue Boling's body trembled, as if he suddenly thought of something, and he said in a lost voice: "Could it be that the pile of oil drums is really useful?"

Ren Tongsheng nodded and said, "The Fourth Army and the 101st Division were originally inseparable. Later, their regiment began to retreat, and Gao Zongqi immediately ordered the artillery regiment to open fire."

"Those sixty oil drums killed more than half of the enemy's regiment."

"The 116th Regiment came up to reinforce, but was blown up by the oil barrel cannon."

"Even Gao Zongqi was very surprised. This kind of artillery has a short range, but its power should not be underestimated."

"Also, it is different from traditional artillery. Ordinary soldiers crawl on the ground to avoid artillery."

"When this kind of artillery explodes, you should hide on the ground, or your internal organs will be blown to pieces."

"The only way to escape is to stay away from the artillery explosion range."

"Good, good, good." Xue Boling was overjoyed and said, "I never thought there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in China."

"Just an oil barrel can exert such tremendous combat power."

"Order the Engineer Corps to work day and night to make this flying thunder cannon."

"This time, I will definitely teach the little devils a good lesson."

It's mid-September.

In the Shanghai Stock Exchange, after waiting for more than half a month, Chen Yang finally saw exciting news in the newspaper.

The Wanjialing Campaign was a complete victory.

The Battle of Wanjialing lasted 12 days and ended with the National Army completely annihilating the Japanese 106th Division.

In this battle, Xue Boling, commander of the 1st Corps of the Kuomintang, led his troops to annihilate the 106rd, 123th, and 145th Regiments of the 147th Division of the Japanese Army, and the four regiments under the 101th Regiment of the 114st Division and their attached troops, killing more than people in total.

The Japanese 106th Division completely lost its combat effectiveness after this battle. As the damage was too severe and it was difficult to replenish, the remaining troops could only retain their numbers and be transferred back to Japan for repairs.

Of course, the number of Japanese troops killed by the National Army reported in the newspapers is completely inconsistent with the casualties figures announced by the Japanese army.

In fact, the Japanese army completely denied the failure of this battle.

They claimed in the newspaper that the Japanese 106th Division suffered only 3300 casualties and more than 4000 injuries in this battle, but at the end they wrote a sentence in an inconspicuous corner.

Due to untimely supply replenishment, the 106th Division's operation to penetrate Wanjialing failed, resulting in 9900 soldiers being hospitalized due to injuries and illnesses.

There are 9900 people hospitalized due to illness, and I don’t know which hospitals they are in.

Or are these people lying in the hospital morgue?

The defeat at Wanjialing had a great impact on the morale of the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China.

In order to restore the dignity of defeat as soon as possible, the Japanese 18th Army planned to land forcefully from Penghu Island in mid-September and launch a war against Guangzhou.

The 12th Army Group where Yu Hanmou was located had already received intelligence from the Minister of Military and Political Affairs He Qin and was ready to assemble the troops.

However, the quality of the soldiers, combat skills and various equipment were far behind those of the Japanese army.

In late September, the Japanese 18th Division, 5th Division, and 104th Division set out from Dalian and Qingdao respectively, assembled in Penghu Bay, and prepared to launch a strong attack on Guangzhou.

The naval aviation fleet also set out to the vicinity of Daya Bay, preparing to bomb Guangzhou City, and the war was about to break out.

Shanghai Stock Exchange, Special High Section.

"Waste, good-for-nothing." After the last incident with Chen Yang, the Special High Police had lost all its face.

Even the section chief Genichirō's temper became much more irritable.

"Koizumi-kun, you have been investigating for almost a month, and you still haven't found out what went wrong with the material leak."

"How do you want me to explain this to the Army Department?"

"After investigating for so long, you still can't find any clues?"

Looking at the furious Otani Genichiro, Koizumi lowered his head subconsciously and said, "I'm sorry, Section Chief Otani."

"I don't want to hear this," Otani Genichirō said coldly, "Tell me honestly, what have you been doing these past few days? What have so many people found out?"

Koizumi Kenichi said timidly: "Section Chief Otani, we have checked the entire logistics department step by step, and have not found any valuable clues yet."

"If the screening operation expands further, we will most likely have to investigate the personnel of the Expeditionary Force Information Division."

"What's the reason?"

"Reporting to Section Chief Otani, the initial decision to transport the supplies was made because the Information Department received a report on the Sharp Knife Plan from the 106th Division."

"It was mentioned above that the 106th Division had consumed too much supplies and was short of supplies due to the hard fighting in recent days, and asked the Army Department to increase supplies."

"If they knew from the beginning that the 106th Division was running low on spare supplies, they would have probably made mobilization preparations long beforehand to prevent supplies from being delivered."

"That would explain why the supplies were loaded onto trucks in Shanghai, where they were already prepared to rob the supplies."

Otani Genichirō frowned and said, "This reason is acceptable."

"You arrange for people to check the information class."

"If we can't find the problem, Koizumi-kun, you should know the consequences."

Koizumi Kenichi swallowed his saliva and said seriously: "I understand, we will do our best..."

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