Seeing that Xu Rui was so happy, Wang Husheng couldn't help but joked: "Didn't I just annihilate two Japanese infantry brigades? You will be so happy that you will grin from ear to ear, as if you picked up a gold ingot. Before I didn't see you so happy when we wiped out three Japanese regiments in Jiangwan, you really are."
"That's different." Xu Rui said, "Lao Wu directed this battle alone."
"That's true." Wang Husheng said, "No matter how powerful you are, Old Xu, you are only one person. You are not three-headed and six-armed. You can't stop the Japanese from attacking from several directions at the same time. Now that Old Wu and the others can be put to great use, the pressure on you will be reduced." Much more, but Lao Wu fought really well in this battle, no worse than the nerds and the others."
Xu Rui's face fell again, and he said in a deep voice: "However, Old Wang, the little devil will not give up after suffering a loss this time. Next, he will definitely attack Baoshan City even more crazily. Old Wu's second battalion has been reduced by a quarter after two days of fierce fighting. I'm worried that it won't be able to sustain it for too long, so the construction of Wusong Fort must be stepped up."
"Old Xu, I was just about to tell you this." Wang Husheng nodded and said, "Yesterday I found an architecture teacher from Baptist University. He put forward some valuable suggestions for the entire defense project. As long as the weather does not change later, It will get worse, and if the weather continues to be fine and fine like this, it will be completed in three days!”
"Three days?" Xu Rui said, "Great!"
Wang Husheng hurriedly explained: "But this has to be a prerequisite. The weather cannot turn bad later."
"That's your business." Xu Rui said domineeringly, "I know anyway, you just said it yourself, the defenses of Wusong Fort will be completed within three days!"
"What did you say?" Wang Husheng was stunned and asked, "Can I decide God's affairs?"
"Anyway, I don't care. I know you just said five days. I will send a telegram to Lao Wu and tell them that the Second Battalion must guard Baoshan City for another five days no matter what!" Xu Rui said and turned around and left.
Wang Husheng could only smile bitterly, "I shouldn't tell you this."
(Dividing line)
The two infantry brigades of the 25th Infantry Regiment were completely wiped out, and the news that the commander of the regiment, Adachi Kantoshi, was killed, soon reached the ears of the commander of the 12th Army, Itagaki Seishiro. After receiving the report, Itagaki Seishiro lost all sleep. , immediately called the division commanders of the Guards Division Iida Sadagu and Kunisaki Noboru to his headquarters.
Iida Sadagu's division headquarters was relatively close to Itagaki Seishiro's headquarters and he arrived quickly.
Before Kunisaki Nobori arrived, Iida Sadagu immediately repeated his old talk: "Your Excellency, Commander, I'm sorry to be blunt, but the 7th Division is far inferior to our Guards in terms of quality of officers and soldiers, equipment level, and training level. Division, I said before that the 7th Division might not be able to shoulder the main offensive task, but now I am indeed right."
Itagaki Seishiro just stared at the map and said nothing.
Iida Sadagu also said that Itagaki Seishiro has been tempted, and then continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, while the strength of the 7th Division is not damaged now, it is still too late to transfer it to the front line in western Shanghai to serve as a diversionary task. Otherwise, we will wait until the 7th Division If the regiment loses troops and generals, they will lose even the ability to contain the flanks, and then they will have to mobilize troops from the mainland again."
After a pause, Iida Sadagu continued: "As for the important task of attacking from the direction of Baoshan and Wusong Forts, just leave it to our Guards Division. I promise to live up to the expectations of the Commander."
However, Itagaki Seishiro ignored Iida Sadugu until Kunizaki Noboru arrived.
"Your Excellency, Commander!" Kunisaki Noboru strode up to Itagaki Seishiro, suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention, then paused.
"Kunizaki-kun, are you here?" Iida Sadagu had been talking for a long time, and Itagaki Seishiro ignored him, but now as soon as Kunisaki Noboru came in, Itagaki Seishiro immediately raised his head and greeted him. Such differential treatment made Iida Tian Zhengu felt very unhappy. He felt that he was despised by Itagaki.
In fact, Itagaki Seishiro did this on purpose.
Because Iida Sadagu's background is not small. Iida Sadagu's family is nothing, purely a farmer's family. However, when he was an adjutant in the Army Headquarters in his early years, he was influenced by Nagata Tetsuya, who is known as one of the "Showa Sanyu Karasu". He was appreciated by the mountain and joined the Futaba Club of Tieshan Nagata, and quickly became the backbone of the Futaba Club.
This Futabahui may seem unfamiliar to everyone, but if we talk about another common name of Futabahui, it is almost universally known. This name is Showa Warlords! The Futaba Society is the tool used by Okamura Neji, Nagata Tetsuzan, and Obata Toshishiro to recruit young officers for Hirohito's little devil!
Iida Sadagu gained the appreciation of Hirohito through the Futaba Society and has been on a meteoric rise ever since.
Now, Iida Sadagu has become the commander of the Guards Division and the backbone of the Showa warlords!
In other words, Iida Sadagu, with Hirohito as his backing, may not necessarily take Itagaki Seishiro as his commander seriously.
It would be okay if Seishiro Itagaki was a person with a weak personality, but it happened that Seishiro Itagaki was also a person with a very strong personality. Conflicts would inevitably arise when the two parties worked together. At this time, it became very important to establish a clear hierarchy of superiors and subordinates. Yes, Itagaki Seishiro is now working hard to clarify this affiliation.
In this way, Itagaki Seishiro wanted to remind Iida Sadagu that he was the commander of the Twelfth Army. As a subordinate unit of the Twelfth Army, the Guards Division must obey the orders of the headquarters! No matter how good your background is, Iida Sadagu, no matter how much you are appreciated by the emperor, you must obey me unconditionally!
Therefore, Itagaki Seishiro deliberately ignored Iida Sadagu but treated Kunisaki Noboru enthusiastically. He wanted to use this simple and direct method to tell Iida Sadagu and Kunizaki Noboru that if you are obedient, I will give you a good look. , if you disobey me and contradict me, then don’t blame me for making you look bad.
Itagaki Seishiro came over and patted Kunizaki Noboru's shoulder affectionately, and said, "Kunizaki-kun, you should believe it now, right? I certainly didn't exaggerate before. Xu Rui is indeed difficult to deal with, right?"
"Hai! I have already believed that Xu Rui is really difficult to deal with." Noboru Kunisaki said after a heavy pause.
"Yoshi." Itagaki Seishiro nodded happily, "It seems Kunizaki-kun has indeed learned his lesson."
"Hai!" Noboru Kunisaki paused again, and then said with an apologetic look, "It's just that the price in exchange for this lesson was a bit high. I lost two infantry brigades in exchange for such a lesson. This is He was derelict in his humble duty. If he hadn’t been stubborn, this matter shouldn’t have happened.”
Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said: "The price this time is indeed heavy, but then again, as long as Kunizaki-kun you can learn enough lessons from it, innovate tactics in future battles, and minimize losses, then The losses of these two infantry brigades are worth it.”
"Hai!" Kunizaki Noboru paused again and said, "After I return home, I will seriously summarize and innovate tactics. I will never make the same mistake again in future combat operations."
Hearing this, Iida Sadagu couldn't help but said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "If you don't make the same mistake, you will inevitably make new mistakes. Kunizaki-kun, why don't you join our Guards Division instead?" As for the glorious mission of staying in western Shanghai to contain the main force of the Songhu Independent Regiment, I leave it to your Seventh Division."
"Haga!" Kunizaki Noboru said angrily, "Iida-kun, are you insulting our Seventh Division?"
Seeing Kunizaki Noboru getting anxious, Iida Sadagu quickly laughed and said, "Kunizaki-kun, don't be angry, don't be angry, I'm just joking, just a joke."
Kunisaki Noboru snorted and said, "You should avoid making such jokes."
"Kunizaki-kun is right, it's better to make fewer jokes like this." Itagaki Seishiro paused before saying, "But Iida-kun is right, the combat effectiveness of your 7th Division is relatively close." There is indeed a gap in the Guards Division, so I decided to transfer the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment to the Baoshan battlefield."
"Your Majesty Commander, what are you doing?" Kunizaki Noboru was stunned when he heard this.
What does this say? One second you were affirming our Seventh Division, and the next second you were giving me this
Iida Sadagu was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that Seishiro Itagaki's stubbornness had finally come to his senses!
However, Iida Sadagu was only happy for less than two seconds. Itagaki Seishiro's second sentence immediately pulled him from the cloud of happiness and fell directly into the abyss of anger.
Itagaki Seishiro then said: "After the First Guards Infantry Regiment is transferred to Baoshan, it will temporarily belong to the battle order of the Seventh Division and will be directly commanded by you, Kunisaki-kun."
Itagaki Seishiro's sudden mention caught Iida Sadagu off guard.
After a long while, Iida Sadagu finally reacted and shouted: "Your Excellency, Commander, does this seem inappropriate?"
"There is no right or wrong." Itagaki Seishiro said forcefully, "This is all necessary for the war situation."
After a pause, Itagaki Seishiro gave a rare explanation: "The combat effectiveness of the Guards Regiment is stronger than that of the Infantry Regiment of the Seventh Division. This is recognized by everyone, and I doubt you, Iida-kun, will deny it either. As for why the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment should be temporarily attached to the 7th Division and put under the command of Kunisaki-kun, it is because Kunizaki-kun is more familiar with the situation on the Hoyama battlefield. If it is replaced by you, Iida-kun, it will inevitably happen again. It takes a few days to get used to it.”
The reasons stated by Itagaki Seishiro are indeed valid, but Iida Sadagu is obviously not willing to give in.
At that moment, Iida Sadagu shouted again: "The problem is that since the Meiji Restoration, the Imperial Army has never broken up the division-level organization and transferred the infantry regiment originally belonging to one division to another division. precedent."
Itagaki Seishiro said suddenly: "Then let it start from me."
"Nani?" Iida Sadagu was stunned there, unable to say another word.
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