Anti-Japanese War: I am the warlord of Ping'an County! The whole army is German!

Chapter 187 The Japs’ false persuasion to surrender!

Captain Matsuda stood on the roadside with a little panic, welcoming the arrival of the division commander, Takeshi Araiida.

Although Captain Matsuda fabricated some information out of thin air, failure is failure.

In fact, it stands to reason that as the division commander, Takeshi Araiida does not need to go to the front line to command the battle in person.

Just stay in the back and take command.

But Takeshi Shinida promised Yoshio Shinozuka that he would definitely eliminate Zhou Weimin and bring Zhou Weimin's body back.

The failure of the Matsuda Battalion's exploratory attack made Arata Takeshi very dissatisfied.

Araida Takeshi was a high-ranking Japanese general with the rank of major general, so he usually did not show his emotions in front of his subordinates.

But at this moment, Takeshi Araiida's eyebrows were raised from time to time. People who were familiar with Takeshi Araiida knew that this was a sign that Takeshi Araiida was about to lose control of his anger.

"Matsuda-kun, tell me how you lost over four hundred Imperial soldiers in a single exploratory attack."

"How many Chinese did you kill? Or how many Chinese prisoners did you capture?"

Arata Takeshi rode his warhorse and stopped in front of Captain Matsuda, looked at Captain Matsuda and said lightly.

"this......"

"I am incompetent. I didn't kill many soldiers, nor did I capture any Chinese soldiers."

"Instead, we lost over four hundred Imperial soldiers. Please punish me, Your Excellency, the Division Commander."

After hearing this, Captain Matsuda quickly lowered his head and said.

Because Captain Matsuda knew that now was not the time to make excuses.

The best option at this time is to actively request punishment.

"Snapped!"

Arata Takeshi jumped off his horse and slapped Captain Matsuda in the face.

This slap was extremely hard.

Captain Matsuda's face immediately swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, but Captain Matsuda still stood extremely straight.

"You're an idiot."

"What was the telegram I sent? What did it say?"

"I want you to scout the Tiger Guard Division's position and wait for the division's arrival."

"What about you?"

"You took it upon yourself to attack the Tiger Guards without authorization, and the Empire lost over four hundred warriors."

Arai Tianwu looked at Captain Matsuda and spoke coldly, word by word.

In fact, what really made Takeshi Araiida angry was not that the Matsuda Battalion lost more than 400 Japanese soldiers.

Instead, Captain Matsuda took the initiative to guess what Shin Iida Takeshi meant.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, I was wrong." Captain Matsuda could only apologize repeatedly.

At this moment, Captain Matsuda had no idea why Araitake was really angry.

I thought it was because of the heavy losses suffered by the Matsuda Battalion.

"Tell me about the intelligence you gathered." Araitake Shinida said coldly after hearing Captain Matsuda's words.

"Hi!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to my humble investigation, there is an artillery battalion outside each of the four gates of Chidong County."

"These artillery battalions all have varying numbers of heavy artillery."

"Especially the north gate of Chidong County, which has dozens of heavy artillery."

"Also, the north gate of Chidong County is where the Chinese have the largest number of troops, approximately 4,000."

"There are over 2,000 Chinese soldiers at each of the three gates of Chidong County: the East Gate, the West Gate, and the South Gate."

......

When Captain Matsuda heard what Araitake Shin'ida said, he knew his chance had come, so he quickly took out the picture he had drawn and said.

This picture is a defensive map of the Huben Division outside the four city gates of Chidong County.

Captain Matsuda did a lot of things in this hour or so.

The most important of these is the defense map of the four gates of Chidong County.

"Very good." After listening to Captain Matsuda's words, Arai Takeshi looked at the simple defense line map and said lightly.

Although this defense map is simple, it clearly shows the defenses of the four gates of Chidong County.

The Tiger Guards' defense was denser than Shin Iida Takeshi had imagined.

There are three lines of defense outside each city gate, and each line of defense has more than a dozen machine gun bunkers.

There is also an artillery battalion behind the three lines of defense.

There are also some heavy weapons on the city wall, which should be heavy machine guns.

"Establish a position today and begin the attack on Chidong County tomorrow morning."

"Mainly attack the north gate of Chidong County and place the field artillery regiment at the north gate of Chidong County."

"I want all the forces in Jin to know the bravery of my 37th Division."

Arai Tianwu was silent for a while, then said to the next officer.

Originally, Shinjida Takeshi planned to attack Chidong County as soon as he arrived there.

But now the defense of Chidong County is too dense, and the weapons and equipment of the Tiger Guard Division are not bad either.

In addition, the Tiger Guards Division had too many artillery pieces, all of which were heavy artillery.

So Xin Tianwu could only let the soldiers rest for one night before attacking Chidong County.

Although Arida Takeshi still felt that his 37th Division could crush the Tiger Guard Division.

But Araitake also didn't want to lose too many soldiers.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think we can try to persuade Zhou Weimin to surrender."

"According to my understanding, Zhou Weimin surrendered to our imperial army before. At that time, Zhou Weimin surrendered after being surrounded by the imperial army."

“It’s the same situation today as it was then.”

"Furthermore, Zhou Weimin has been touted as a hero by the Central Army. These people's surrender to the Empire is also a blow to the Central Army."

After hearing what Araida Takeshi said, Chief of Staff Ike Kyukazu also thought for a moment and then spoke slowly.

"Ikekyu Kazuya, I promised Commander Shinozuka Yoshio that I would eliminate Zhou Weimin and bring back his body."

"So I won't persuade Zhou Weimin to surrender."

After hearing what Chief of Staff Ikegami Kazuya said, Arata Takeshi frowned slightly, then said lightly.

He, Shin Iida Takeshi, does not need any persuasion to surrender.

He, Xin Jingtian Wu, wanted to use Zhou Weimin's head to demonstrate the bravery of the 37th Division.

This is also the reason why Xin Tianwu, knowing that there were more troops and weapons at the north gate of Chidong County, still focused on attacking the north gate.

Because all forces in Jin are paying attention to this battle.

This is his chance to prove his bravery.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you misunderstood. I am not really planning to persuade Zhou Weimin to surrender."

"I just want to use this opportunity to persuade you to surrender to show the etiquette of our 37th Division."

"They also want to use this opportunity to persuade the Chinese soldiers to surrender."

"Whether Zhou Weimin is willing to surrender or not, and no matter how Zhou Weimin reacts, it will not affect his death."

"Of course, if Zhou Weimin surrenders, it will be much easier for us, but I don't think Zhou Weimin will surrender."

Chief of Staff Ike Kyukazu also spoke slowly after hearing what Araida Takeshi said.

"Yoshi... Ikegaku Kazuya, you are truly brilliant. I am here to prove the bravery of our 37th Division."

"You, Ikejiuhe, are here to prove the battlefield etiquette of our 37th Division."

After hearing what Chief of Staff Kazuya Ikegami said, Takeshi Araida smiled grimly, then patted Kazuya Ikegami on the shoulder and said.