Chapter 411 Tempting the Army

At around 4 pm on April 11, 1909, Katsuka Tsukamoto, the commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, Yoshida Hiratani, the commander of the 36th Regiment, Shunmasa Hashimoto, the commander of the 53rd Infantry Regiment of the 17th Division, the commander of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division, and the commander of the two cavalry regiments arrived one after another.

After all the corps commanders of the corps arrived, Katsuka Tsukamoto, who was temporarily commander-in-chief, immediately convened a military meeting to discuss how to eliminate the Indonesian xenophobic army in Shento Village.

After the meeting began, Major General Saburo Sakada, the chief of staff of the 9th Division, who had learned about the situation, was solemn and talked endlessly about the current severe situation to everyone.

The division commander Lieutenant General Katsuka Tsukamoto looked absent-minded and frowned and thought about his own thoughts.

Since the 9th Division launched an attack on the Indonesian xenophobic army in South Borneo, it has lost its troops and made no achievements, which has made Katsukaya Tsukamoto face a big loss and could not even raise his head in front of his colleagues.

The four infantry corps of the Ninth Division, in addition to the 36th Regiment next to Katsuka Tsukamoto, were surrounded and wiped out after one contacted the Indonesian xenophobic army; the other three infantry corps were surrounded and wiped out; the other attacked the village in front of them, completely crippled; the other was ambushed and fled to a small village to survive, in danger, waiting for rescue.

The repeated heavy blows made the arrogant Katsuka Tsukamoto finally understand that the enemy he faced was not the so-called mob, and his tenacious and good combat skills were no less than the battle army of the Great Japanese Empire.

Moreover, such a powerful army has a very wise and cunning commander hidden behind it.

With the favorable terrain and the negligence of the corps under the Ninth Division, the terrible commander kept seizing the fighter plane and attacking decisively, which actually put the Ninth Division of the Great Japanese Empire in a dangerous situation that was doomed.

No, if you continue to fight like this, not only will all the troops of the Ninth Division be compensated. Even the entire Borneo Expeditionary Force will be in danger.

Thinking of this, Katsuka Tsukamoto was like an ant on a hot pan, extremely anxious and worried.

Because Katsuka Tsukamoto suddenly remembered that in Borneo, there was a Lanfang Republic Army, which was less than the strength of the Indonesian xenophobic army, who was now stationed near Pontianak, "surveillance" the Borneo Expeditionary Force.

Under such circumstances, the plan of the Great Japanese Empire to expand its colonies in Indonesia is likely to suffer unprecedented failure under the joint attack of the powerful Indonesian xenophobic army and the Lanfang Republican army.

What should I do? Give up the rescue of the remnants of the 19th Regiment and stop the large-scale attack. Then, I made a statement to the superior department, asking for the temporary abandonment of the plan to continue to expand the colony and slow down the development near Pontianak?

Stop kidding

In this case, what would General Nogi Hinomi and General Kuroki Naizaki and others think? Will they think that I was afraid of being beaten by Indonesian xenophobic troops and give up the remnants of the 19th Regiment that was surrounded and propose to withdraw?

Moreover, the Lanfang Republic Army and the Indonesian Xenophobic Army were old enemies. How could the Lanfang Republic Army help the Indonesian Xenophobic Army deal with the expeditionary force of the Great Japanese Empire at a critical moment?

To be important, the Great Japanese Empire has long coveted Indonesia. With such a good opportunity and spending such a lot of money, how could it be that it could easily give up because of some setbacks?

You know, in the Russo-Japanese War, the interests pursued were not as good as this time, and millions of troops were invested.

Katsuka Tsukamoto's brain was running quickly, and after considering the gains and losses, he decided to draw the enemy's cunning and good combat skills and the 9th Division's loss of troops into a detailed telegram, and sent it to General Nogi on the march and General Kuroki who was in Pontianak, asking them to decide whether to continue to attack Shento Village.

At this time, Chief of Staff Saburo Sakada had almost finished his story. Katsuka Tsukamoto coughed and asked Hiroyoshi Watanabe, the captain of the 35th Regiment: "Watanabe, can you be sure that the enemy has a total of more than 20,000 troops on the front line of Shento Village?"

Hiroyoshi Watanabe kept lowering his head. When he heard Katsuka Tsuka's question, he stood up and replied: "Under the division commander, the scouts had already discovered that there were only about 10,000 enemy troops guarding the opposite side. However, this morning, the opponent's reinforcements arrived secretly and there was no chance for us to investigate. Therefore, at present, it is only a preliminary estimate and I am not sure."

"Baga" Katsuka Tsukamoto cursed in a low voice and said in a lewd manner: "You guys, the surrounded 19th Regiment has stabilized after repelling several attacks from the Indonesian xenophobic army. The enemy was unable to eat the 19th Regiment for a while, so the enemy commander left only a part of his troops to siege the 19th Regiment, and the rest of the large troops rushed here to reinforce. The 35th Regiment did not investigate for a while and suffered heavy casualties.

In addition, our army came from afar and was hit by rain along the way, which was extremely tired. Therefore, I decided to rest for a day tomorrow, and to launch an attack again depending on the situation the day after tomorrow."

"Hi" the captains of the regiments were by no means reckless. They knew that there was no danger to the remnants of the 19th regiment for the time being, and the enemy occupied favorable terrain and was so powerful that they all happily took the order.

After the meeting, Katsuka Tsukamoto and Chief of Staff Saburo Saburo secretly discussed for a long time and drafted a detailed telegram to send it to Nogi Hinomi and Kuroki Waizaki respectively.

After sending the telegram, Chief of Staff Saburo Sakada sent a telegram to the 19th Regiment's captain Jiro Kameda, in accordance with Katsuka Tsukamoto's wishes, asking him how long it would last if the 19th Regiment saved food to a large extent.

At around 7 pm, Kameda Jiro replied, saying that since the Indonesian xenophobic army stopped the attack, the 19th Regiment now only had two porridge meals a day. In addition, although the village occupied by the 19th Regiment had nothing, fortunately there was sufficient water.

If the Indonesian xenophobic army did not know the reality of the remnants of the 19th Regiment and only siegeed but did not attack, they should be able to last for about a week.

After receiving the telegram from Kameda Jiro, Katsuka Tsuka was relieved and quickly ordered Chief of Staff Saburo Sakada to send the good news to Nogi Shinomi and Kuroki Waizaki.

At around 9 o'clock in the evening, Katsuka Tsukamoto was lying on the straw mat on the ground, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, so he got up and walked out of the house.

As soon as he walked out of the room, he met Saburo Sakada.

Saburo Sakada took a telegram and said to Katsuka Tsukamoto: "Next, General Kuroki just called back and said he had communicated with General Nogi and asked us to rest for a day and launch a full-scale attack. It is necessary to drag the enemy troops near Kanto Village and kill and injure a large number of people. After General Nogi arrives with his follow-up troops, he will wipe out the enemy here."

Speaking of this, Saburo Sakada hesitated for a moment and continued: "In addition, Lieutenant General Ichiho Bingwei, the commander of the 17th Division, will arrive tomorrow evening. General Kuroki ordered all the troops on the front line of Shento Village to temporarily obey the orders of Yichi."

After hearing this, Katsuka Tsukamoto was not dissatisfied, but instead showed a look of relief.

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