Chapter 268: Recovering Su County (6,000-character chapter)(1/2)
Piao Tianwen "Hayi!" The Japanese communication soldier suddenly lowered his head and responded, then turned around and quickly took the order.
Watching the communications soldiers leave, Tokugawa Hototo, when he was teaching without realizing his heart, threw the manuscript in his hand to the ground, and then left with great storms, leaving a group of Japanese pilots looking at each other.
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Guanqiao Town, the headquarters of the 5th Japanese Division.
After the day's offense was forced to stop, the commander of the 5th Division, Banhenghengzheng Shiro returned to the headquarters of Guanqiao Town.
"General, what should we do? General Soichi Desouchi ordered us to break through the Tiger Army defense line on the south bank of the Xinbian River before sunset and rush to the 20th Division that rushed to the rescue of Niujima Shichang!" In the headquarters, the chief of staff of the Fifth Division Takeshiro said to Hiroshiro with a hesitation.
"Hmph, this idiot, Aoshima Mitsuhara, is not greedy and wants to monopolize the merits of this battle alone. As expected, he still falls into the trap designed by Qiao Anbang." Sengoshiro said coldly with great disdain.
"General, now is not the time to hold the responsibility accountable. Let's think about how to rescue the 20th Division." Takeshi Sakurada hurriedly said.
"From the current situation, it is more difficult for our army to break through the defense line of the Hu Ben Army before sunset and capture Xiangcheng than climbing to the sky!" Banhengheng Zheng Shiro said thoughtfully.
"Ah..." Takeshi Sakurada said with a very ugly face: "Can the 20th Division really be wiped out this time?"
"This depends on the 108th Division of the Yuan Kumaya." Onotoshi Shiro said as he turned around and walked towards the battle map hanging on the wall. Take Sakurada hurriedly followed.
When he arrived at the map, Banheng Cheng Shiro pointed to the map and said, "Now, the 108th Division of Xiayuanjun should be about to reach Suxian, right? As long as they arrive at Suxian and attack with all their might. Before the 20th Division was eaten by the Hu Ben Army, we can join us in this battle, and our army will be able to turn defeat into victory!"
"108th Division?" Takeshi Sakurada was shocked when he heard this, looked at the map, and he couldn't help but nodded silently.
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Beiping. Japanese North China Headquarters.
"Okabe, what are you talking about?" After listening to the report of Chief of Staff Naosabu Okabe, Soichi Teruchi asked in surprise.
"General Tokugawa Yotoshi called back and refused to execute the order to dispatch fighter planes to reinforce the 20th Division." Naosaburo Okabe replied with a heavy expression.
"Bagayalu, Toshitoshi Toshi to Toshikawa. What do he want to do? Do you want to rebel?" Shou Nai was so angry that he smoked his seven orifices and couldn't help but roar.
"General, please calm down. Huyi believes that what General Tokugawa Yotoshi said is not without reason. Judging from the two battles between the 3rd Flying Corps directly under the Central China Front Army and the Chinese Huben Air Force and the Xiangcheng Air Force today, the Imperial Air Force is indeed not suitable to fight head-on with the Huben Air Force. First of all, their fighter jets are more advanced than ours, which has been confirmed. Moreover, the Huben Army seems to have some advanced instruments or detection equipment.
No matter when the Imperial Army's aviation troops take off and from which direction they approach northern Anhui, they always seem to know in advance, and then send a group of fighter jets to intercept the Imperial Army's fighter jets." Naosaburo Okabe said this. Looking at the above two points, Huyi also felt that it was meaningless to send the air force to fight at this time. It could neither provide effective air support for the 20th Division, nor cause unnecessary losses to the Imperial Army. If the fighter jets are lost, the empire can be rebuilt. However, those experienced excellent pilots cannot be cultivated in a short time. Once it is lost, it will not be supplemented in a short time. In the long run, even if the empire develops advanced fighter jets, it will be unmanned! Therefore, what General Tokugawa Yotoshi is considering is relatively correct and long-term!"
"Baga, without the support of the Air Force, can the 20th Division last until the reinforcements arrive?" Teraunuchi said indignantly.
At this moment, a communications officer ran in quickly and quickly turned his feet to Teraunuchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo suddenly held his feet and saluted: "Your Excellency Commander, Your Chief of Staff, and the Commander of the Fifth Division, the Commander of the Orion Head of the Fifth Division."
"Remember!" Shouichi Tezuka was angry and waved his hand in anger.
"Hay!" The communications officer suddenly lowered his head, then respectfully opened the telegram in his hand, and said loudly: "The Fifth Division reported that Banhengzhengjun had already asked Xia Yuan Xiongmi to lead the 108th Division to advance to Suxian as early as the morning to facilitate the meeting with the 20th Division. He thought that he should have arrived at the destination at this time and would be able to meet with the 20th Division soon."
"Hmm? The 108th Division?" Teraunuchi and Naosaburo Okabe looked at each other in surprise when they heard this. They did not feel surprised about the mobilization of Shiro Onoshiro's 108th Division. After all, the commander-in-chief of the front enemy was Shiro Onoshiro. What surprised them was that Shiro Onoshiro Onoshiro's 108th Division was deployed in advance to advance eastward? Could it be that Shiro Onoshiro Onoshiro had known that the 20th Division might be surrounded?
After pondering for a moment, Naosaburo Okabe took the lead in breaking the silence and said, "General, now is not the time to pursue these problems. Huye suggests that you should send an urgent telegram to the leader of Shimoto Xiongya Division immediately and urge him to meet with the 20th Division as soon as possible."
"Yes!" Teraunuchi Shouichi did not lose his mind and calmness at this time. He immediately nodded in agreement and ordered the communications officer: "Give power to the 108th Division immediately and strictly order them to join the 20th Division before the Chinese army!"
"Hayi!" The communications officer quickly lowered his head and responded, then turned around and strode away.
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On the Tu Road in the north of Suxian County.
Lieutenant General Shimoto Xiongya, the commander of the 108th Division, led all the main forces of the division to march towards Su County. Shimoto Xiongya was sitting in an armored command vehicle, closing her eyes to rest. Suddenly, the armored command vehicle suddenly braked and stopped. Chief of staff, Colonel Suzuki Toshiki, who was sitting next to Shimoto Xiongya, immediately opened the door.
A communication lieutenant outside the car door quickly closed his feet and saluted and reported: "His division commander, the commander of the North China Front Army Temple is urgently sent."
"Huh?" Shimoto Kumaya and Suzuki Toshiki were shocked when they heard this. After looking at each other, they waved their hands to signal the communication officer Nian.
The communication lieutenant stood up again and immediately recited quickly: "The 20th Division was surrounded by the Huben Legion in Wugou Town. The commander in the temple ordered our troops to advance to Wugou Town immediately and rush to assist the 20th Division."
"Is the 20th Division surrounded?" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was shocked when he heard this. After a little thought, he immediately ordered the communication lieutenant: "Order all regiments to advance at full speed! Hurry up!"
"Hayi!" The Japanese communication lieutenant quickly lowered his head and responded. He immediately took the order and left.
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Defensive position of the Hu Ben Army in Nanping Town.
After receiving Qiao Anbang's call, Zhang Xudong, Chi Fengcheng and others decided to adopt Qiao Anbang's suggestion, leaving Liang Haoyao to lead the surviving officers and soldiers of the first regiment to defend the existing positions in Nanping Town. Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng led the Third Armored Regiment and the 31st Division to detour Suxian, preparing to take Suxian first, and then go back to kill the two Japanese brigades that were out of the city to reinforce.
On the defensive position, Liang Haoyao was holding a gun and was patrolling a guard in the trenches, urging his subordinates to fight with all their might.
Perhaps because of the order of death, the two Japanese infantry brigades that came out of Su County had just contacted Liang Haoyao's regiment and launched a fierce attack like crazy. Under a super firepower net, the Japanese soldiers did not retreat at all, but were fearless of death and continued to attack with all their strength.
"Swoosh swish swish swish..." Liang Haoyao was walking, and a bullet flew over his head for a while. Within ten minutes of fierce fighting, the battle entered a white-hot heat.
A Japanese soldier was shot several times in succession by the mg34 general machine gun, but he still tried hard to throw the sweet melon grenade that had been pulled in his hand towards the Hu Ben Army's position.
"Boom!" Although the grenade was unable to be thrown into the position of the Hu Ben Army, it indirectly confirmed the strength and determination of the Japanese army's attack.
"Brothers, hold on, hold on to me, victory is right in front of us. As long as we guard Nanping and win time for the main force to encircle and annihilate the 20th Division, victory will definitely belong to us!" Liang Haoyao hugged and encouraged loudly while hugging his waist.
At the same time, in the country road leading to Su County, the detoured troops led by Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng were advancing at full speed along the country road. Because the road was too narrow, the armored chariots of the Hu Ben Army had to press over the fields of the people, and a large area of green wheat fields were crushed.
In a hurry, Qiao Anbang did not issue strict orders to the army to prevent harming crops. As long as Suxian can be recovered, it would be fine if some crops were destroyed. The soldiers bleed and sacrificed, and the people lost some food. I believe they would not have any complaints.
"Team Commander Chi, you are about to arrive in Su County. We will use our third regiment's tanks and armored vehicles as the front drive to first blow the Japanese's city defense, and then you will lead the infantry to rush!" Zhang Xudong faced Chifeng City Road on an armored vehicle.
"Well, no problem." Chi Fengcheng of course knew Zhang Xudong's kindness and was happy to accept it. With the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, he naturally would not rely on his blood and courage to let his troops die in vain.
"However, the Japanese will say less about leaving a large brigade of troops in the city this time, so we should not be careless." Chi Fengcheng reminded vigilantly.
"Well, what Commander Chi said makes sense. If the attack is blocked, I will immediately ask the military captain for air support!" Zhang Xudong nodded deeply and said.
In fact, Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng both overestimated the Japanese army's strength in Suxian City this time. The ones who stayed in Suxian were the 78th Infantry Regiment of the 39th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army. The two main corpses of the 39th Brigade suffered great losses in the previous battle with Liang Haoyao and Chi Fengcheng City, especially the 78th Infantry Regiment. The three infantry brigades that were originally fully organized are now less than two and a half left, except for the two infantry brigades taken away by the regiment Kobayashi Hengyi.
At this time, there were less than one and a half infantry squadrons left in Suxian City, including many wounded soldiers. The 31st Division in Chifeng City had nearly 1,400 people at this time. In addition to Zhang Xudong's Third Armored Regiment, he occupied an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, equipment and firepower.
After about ten minutes, Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng led their troops to the west gate of Su County. As they expected, the Japanese did not even set up defense positions outside the city, and even had necessary warning positions.
In fact, it’s not that the Japanese didn’t want to set up a warning position outside the city, but the main reason was that they lacked troops, with more than 200 people. Apart from some wounded soldiers, they seemed to be in a difficult position to defend the county town. There were still plenty of troops to deploy outside the city?
Without any hesitation, Zhang Xudong immediately commanded the Third Armored Regiment to launch an attack on the Ximen of Su County. There were about thirty or forty Japanese soldiers stationed in the Ximen City Defense. When dozens of armored tanks of the Third Armored Regiment of the Tiger Ben Army appeared, the Japanese soldiers on the top of the city were completely shocked.
Before they could react, bullets like heavy rain had already poured out from the armored vehicles toward the city. The armored vehicles' anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns were responsible for suppressing the Japanese army at the city. The remaining No. 4 tanks aimed the muzzle at the closed Ximen gate and began to launch violent artillery.
"Boom boom boom boom..." In the first round of artillery attacks, the thick wooden city gate was destroyed by the flames and explosions. The next moment, the tankers pointed their muzzles at the top of the city.
For a moment, the west gate of Suxian County was rumbling, and the fire suddenly appeared. The smoke of gunpowder filled. From time to time, the Japanese were shaken down from the top of the city by the explosion and fell heavily under the city.
"Brothers, rush, it's time to recover Suxian. I'll rush in. When I see the Japanese, I'll kill them without leaving any one!" Seeing that the Third Armored Regiment had cleared the obstacles for them, Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, pulled out his gun and shouted sternly.
"Crash! Kill!" Thousands of officers and soldiers of the 31st Division responded in unison and flocked into the city from the city gate.
When the remaining Japanese in the city rushed from several other directions, the soldiers of the 31st Division had already rushed into the city, and the subsequent battle was no surprise. All the officers and soldiers of the 31st Division equipped with semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns easily wiped out all the surviving Japanese troops in the city, and captured the field hospital of the 20th Division in the city, capturing a group of good-looking Japanese female nurses.
However, Chi Fengcheng was obviously not a merciful person. When his subordinate asked him for instructions on how to deal with Japanese female prisoners, he waved his hand without blinking: "The Japanese invaders are our mortal enemy of China. They will kill them all, regardless of gender, age or young. No one will be left!"
In the end, his order was carefully implemented by his loyal subordinates. All the Japanese female prisoners were killed by the 31st Division.
After capturing the entire city, Chifeng City immediately ordered the troops to clean the battlefield.
In the city, in the former Japanese division headquarters, Zhang Xudong said to Chi Fengcheng: "Teacher Chi, I will leave it to you here. I will take the Third Armored Regiment back immediately and cooperate with Chief Liang to eat the two Japanese brigades outside the city."
"Well, don't worry. Let me leave this here to my 31st Division!" Chi Fengcheng patted his chest without hesitation.
At this moment, a major officer suddenly ran in quickly and reported to Chi Fengcheng before he could stand at attention: "The Japanese army was found in the north of the city. My third company had already had a fire with them."
"What? How many Japanese troops are there?" Chi Fengcheng and Zhang Xudong were shocked when they heard this and asked immediately.
"The specific force is not clear. This is just the vanguard of the Japanese army, with a force of about one corps." The major officer replied hurriedly.
"It's broken, maybe the Japanese reinforcements have arrived." Chi Fengcheng thought about it and came over, and said calmly.
"Well, the Japanese 20th Division was surrounded, and the Japanese would definitely send reinforcements to reinforce. But I didn't expect that they would come back so quickly." Zhang Xudong nodded and echoed.
Suddenly, gunfire sounded faintly outside. The major officer turned his head outside and looked outside when he heard this, and said to Chi Fengcheng with a anxious look: "Second, it's not good. Maybe the Japanese have invaded. What should we do?"
"I didn't say anything, Suxian must not be thrown away. I will send an order to fight back immediately and drive the Japanese out of the city at all costs!" Chi Fengcheng shouted coldly without thinking.
"Yes!" The major officer stood up attentively, then turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait a minute, I'll go with you!" Zhang Xudong reached out and called him.
"Teacher Chi, I'll leave it to you here. I'll take the armored regiment to drive the Japanese out." Zhang Xudong turned to Chi Feng City.
"Yes!" Chi Fengcheng nodded solemnly.
Immediately, Zhang Xudong and the major officer left in great strides.
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In the north of Suxian, about 100 Japanese devils had already broken through the defense of the 31st Division and broke into the city. Because the Japanese arrived very suddenly, the 31st Division had not had much force at the North Gate at that time, so the Japanese took advantage of the loopholes.
However, the Japanese rushed into the city. After a captain arrived with more than a hundred ** soldiers, they immediately blocked the Japanese offensive. Both sides were fighting desperately with the buildings, but ** clearly had the upper hand.
The 38th Dagai and Garland shot against each other, and the rate of fire and sustainability of firepower were not enough. In close combat, the mp38 submachine guns equipped by the soldiers of the 31st Division caused great damage to the Japanese. However, because the Japanese outside the city were still pouring in, the ** failed to drive them out of the city completely, and the two sides were in a stalemate in the north gate of the city.
Outside the city, the division headquarters had just arrived at the 108th Division Commander Shimoto Kumaya, accompanied by Chief of Staff Toshisuki, got off the armored command vehicle. He came to a dirt slope and raised his telescope to observe the situation in the city.
While holding up the telescope, Xiong Mi said in a heavy tone: "I didn't expect that even Suxian was captured by the Chinese army."
"General, you're not too worried. The 117th Infantry Regiment of the vanguard of our division has already broken into the north gate of Suxian County and is currently fighting fiercely. I believe that it will take long to capture the entire Suxian County."
"Yeah!" Xia Yuan Xiong nodded with deep consent, but still ordered in a deep voice: "Order the 108th Field Artillery Regiment to build an artillery position immediately in case of emergency."
"Hayi!" Suzuki Toshiki suddenly lowered his head and responded, then turned his head and whispered to a accompanying adjutant behind him. The adjutant nodded repeatedly, then turned around and took the order and left.
To be continued...