Chapter 72: Turning Against Lishui (Two Chapters in One)
In Gaochun County, night fell quietly. After receiving Qiao Anbang's order, a large number of officers and soldiers of the Tiger Ben regiment took out from the west gate of the city in military trucks, and with the protection of the night, they quickly ran towards Xuancheng.
At the other gates, a large number of people also left the city. They were all people in Gaochun City. In fact, since the Huben Cong conquered Gaochun last night, Qiao Anbang has ordered people to evacuate the people in the city.
Most of the people have already understood the reputation of the Japanese, so they are all assigned to evacuate. So after receiving the food distributed by the national army, they dragged their children out of the city to hide in the countryside.
Of course, there are also some people who are reluctant to leave. Many of them have a mentality of not having to do anything about their own affairs, believing that the Japanese are just fighting with the national army and will not make things difficult for them and other civilians.
For these people who lack national identity and are willing to leave behind to the Japanese to be obedient, Qiao Anbang did not force them. Everyone has the right to choose their own way of survival. Qiao Anbang did not want to forcefully ask these people what to do, but would just tell them what to do. As for whether they listen or not, it is their own business.
Perhaps these people will only wake up and want to be a Chinese, a Chinese with blood, dignity and humanity, only when their relatives and friends are persecuted by the Japanese, and their lives, property and personal dignity will always be threatened and trampled by the Japanese.
In the south of the city, with several explosions sounded, several large and small warehouses used to store Japanese combat supplies suddenly ignited.
Looking back at the fire that soared into the sky, Qiao Anbang turned his head and asked Zhao Gengyuan, who had just been ordered to light the warehouse, and said, "Old Zhao, has the warehouse been cleaned up?" He didn't want to cause a fire in the whole city and destroy the entire Gaochun County.
"Please rest assured, sir. In order to protect these warehouses, some houses around the warehouse were demolished or requisitioned from time to time, so the warehouses have become uninhabited uninhabited areas. I and the brothers of the first battalion have cleared all the obstacles and potential threats that may ignite fires around you as you told me." Zhao Gengyuan also looked back at his masterpiece and replied carelessly.
"Well, then I'll be relieved. Let's go." Qiao Anbang nodded and waved his hand. After speaking, he turned around and the armored command vehicle.
"Yes." Zhao Gengyuan responded happily, then waved his hand and ordered: "Brothers, get in the car and set off!"
Under Zhao Gengyuan's order, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion began to board the train one after another. After everyone got on board, the guards in charge of the guard were ordered to get on the train. With Qiao Anbang's order, more than 100 military trucks and armored vehicles formed a huge steel dragon and left the south gate of Gaochun. They walked around the highway outside the West Gate and then followed the main force of the regiment toward Xuancheng.
Although the First Battalion lost a lot of military trucks in the Battle of Stone Bridge, fortunately, the Huben Regiment seized a batch of Japanese military trucks in Gaochun City, and Qiao Anbang extracted some trucks from the aircraft. Therefore, the First Battalion is still fully mechanized, and the officers and soldiers do not have to suffer from long-distance running fatigue and can better preserve their energy for the subsequent battle.
At this time, the Tiger Ben Regiment had nearly 7,000 troops after Kong Xiangjie and Zhao Gengyuan joined. Although the troops were still at a disadvantage compared with the Japanese field division, they were far stronger than the Japanese in terms of weapons and equipment and mechanization.
The heavy weapon Tiger Regiment has an artillery regiment size 105mm howitzer battalion, which has an absolute advantage over the mountain artillery gang directly under the Japanese division. The armored power, the current armored chariots of the Tiger Regiment are enough to form an armored battalion. At this time, the degree of mechanization of the Japanese was still half-human and semi-mechanized.
Not to mention light weapons and individual weapons, the Japanese 38 rifle and the Garland semi-automatic rifle are not of the same level as the Japanese 3000 rifle. A Thomson submachine gun is completely in line with the Japanese 3 crooked light machine guns, not to mention the Browning light machine guns that the Tiger Boning regiment is also equipped.
Although the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun has high accuracy, its firing rate and power are still slightly inferior to Browning.
Moreover, the biggest advantage of the Hu Ben First Group is that it has no risk of insufficient logistics supply. The Hu Ben First Group's ammunition and other supplies can be obtained from the aircraft, but in comparison, the Japanese are not that easy.
From Shanghai to Nanjing for hundreds of kilometers, after the Battle of Songhu, the various Japanese divisions of the Japanese did not stop and rest, but chased the Chinese army all the way. After several months of continuous combat, their logistics had long been overwhelmed.
Therefore, Qiao Anbang's decision to cut off the Japanese logistics supply line is undoubtedly the most correct way at this moment, and it is also the only way to reverse the crisis in Nanjing.
However, once the Hu Ben Regiment reaches the predetermined combat plan, it will inevitably be encircled by nearly 100,000 Japanese field divisions, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
However, in order to change the most tragic tragic event in modern history of the Chinese nation, and for the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians inside and outside Nanjing, Qiao Anbang must take risks. Even if he saves the lives of seven thousand athletes in the entire Tiger Group, it is worth it.
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Just as the Hu Ben Group left Gaochun at night and headed straight for Xuancheng, Guozakideng led the Guozaki Detachment to the periphery of Gaochun.
Because during the Ma'anshan battle a few days ago, the Guoqi Detachment was severely damaged by the Huben Regiment and lost the 11th Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment, the current Guoqi Detachment can only be considered an infantry regiment at best.
Originally, Kōzaki Ton did not intend or could not continue to participate in the battle before he was supplemented. However, since Gaochun was captured by the Huben Regiment, the angry and angry Yanagi Heisuke was determined to encircle and annihilate the Huben Regiment in the Gaochun area. Therefore, Kōzaki Ton could only lead his troops to advance towards Gaochun and prepare to cooperate with the 18th Division to siege the Huben Regiment.
After arriving at the periphery of Gaochun and having learned the last painful lesson, Kwanzaki Tok was much calmer than a few days ago. This time, he did not launch an attack rashly, but sent a reconnaissance team to reconnaissance.
Kokusaki jumped out of the armored command vehicle with a serious expression, looked up at the dark night sky for a long time, and the chief of staff, Colonel Yasudaya, who was next to him, did not dare to disturb him, and waited quietly.
After a long time, the quiet atmosphere was broken by a burst of rapid footsteps. Tonkoshi and Yasuda Yasumi turned around one after another, and saw the captain of the second lieutenant of the reconnaissance team sent out, walking towards them in a hurry.
"God of General!" When he arrived, the second lieutenant of the Japanese quickly closed his feet and said, "According to the reconnaissance of the Beizhi, no trace of the Chinese army was found in Gaochun."
"What? Didn't the Chinese army be found?" Yasuda San, who was standing next to Kyozaki, asked in surprise: "Second Lieutenant, are you sure your information is correct?"
"Yes, Chief of Staff." The Japanese lieutenant nodded respectfully and replied: "Not only does there be no trace of the Chinese army's Tiger Ben Group, but even an ordinary civilian has not been found. It is no exaggeration to say that the current Gaochun County is an empty city." Although there are still a small number of people in the city, because it is night and it is scary, every household is closed and closed and the lights are turned off. The Japanese scouts only initially reconnaissed the area near the city gate, and naturally thought that the entire Gaochun City was empty.
"What? The empty city?" Yasuda Tani Mi was surprised and turned his gaze to Kunizaki Dora with surprise.
Guozaki den frowned and pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "It seems that the Chinese Tiger Group has voluntarily given up Gaochun. I think most of the Chinese civilians in the city should have escaped to the countryside."
"But, General, the Chinese Tiger Group gave up Gaochun, but where will they go? Could it be..." Yasuda Tani San's words were not finished.
Kokuzaki's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and suddenly woke up and ordered: "Yasada Jun, immediately send a power to Nakajima Jun of the 18th Division to inform him of the situation that the Chinese army had abandoned Gaochun County. In addition, he was asked to strictly order the remaining imperial army troops in Xuancheng and strengthen their garrisons. The second Gaochun incident must not happen again!"
"Hay!" Yasuda Mitsu quickly lowered his head, then turned around and took the saber with his stairs and took the order and left.
After Yasuda Tani Mi left, the second lieutenant of the Japanese asked respectfully: "General, what should we do next?"
"Order the troops to enter Gaochun!" Guozaki Ton ordered coldly.
"Hayi!" The second lieutenant of the Japanese also lowered his head and responded, and turned around and left quickly.
I have to say that the old Japanese devil, Guozaki, has a pretty strategic vision. From the Tiger Regiment's initiative to abandon Gaochun, he thought of the possible dangers. After all, he knew that the main forces of the 18th Division are now gathered in Wuhu area, and the garrison forces behind are very empty.
It can be seen from this that Kwanzaki's strategic vision and tactical literacy are still very good.
Although he suffered a big loss in Ma'anshan a few days ago, it was mainly due to unknown circumstances, and underestimating the enemy. After all, Qiao Anbang's Tiger Boy Group emerged like a dark horse, and there was no information related to this dark horse on the list of the Japanese intelligence departments.
However, what Kiyosaki-do couldn't understand was that this Chinese army dared to go deep into the rear of the Imperial Army alone, completely ignoring many practical problems such as logistics supplies.
In Kwanzaki's opinion, such an isolated army is only temporary, even if it is strong, and when their supply ammunition is consumed, it will be the time for them to be destroyed.
Thinking of this, Guoqin Teng couldn't help but sneered a proud sneer on the corner of his mouth, wiped out the Chinese army, and the idea of avenging his previous shame filled his mind.
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On the road from Wuhu to Gaochun, Sadao Nakajima led the main force of the 18th Division to drive towards Gaochun overnight. At this time, Sadao Nakajima was thinking about rushing to Gaochun as soon as possible and destroying all the Hu Ben group that had made him lose face to vent his hatred.
Suddenly, the driving armored command vehicle suddenly stopped. Chief of staff, Otoyo, who was sitting next to Sadao Nakajima, quickly asked in surprise: "What's wrong? There's no fuel?" After Gao Chun was captured, the logistics supply of the 18th Division had been temporarily interrupted, so the fuel might be exhausted at any time.
"Report to the Chief of Staff, there is still fuel and there is someone outside the car." The Japanese driving answered respectfully.
Upon hearing this, Kotoe quickly stood up and opened the car door. A communications officer was already standing outside the car door in a hurry. When the car door was opened, the communications officer quickly closed his feet and said, "Gongzaki Detachment called."
"Remember." Sadao Nakajima immediately ordered.
"Hay." The communications consultant quickly opened the folder in his hand and quickly recited: "The Guoqi Detachment called and said that the Chinese army had abandoned Gaochun and its whereabouts were unknown. General Guoqideng suggested that the general strictly order the remaining troops of the Imperial Army in Xuancheng to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the Chinese army from attacking, resulting in another incident similar to Gaochun."
"Baga, where did the Chinese army go?" Sadao Nakajima was furious when he heard this.
"Report to the general, I don't know this humble position." The communications consultant said in a hurry.
"The general calms down. Bei Zhi believes that Kyozaki's suggestion is correct. We should immediately notify Xuancheng and other left-behind troops to strengthen their garrison to prevent the Chinese army's sneak attack. After dawn, our Imperial Army's reconnaissance planes can be dispatched, and the traces of the Chinese army will be found at that time." Kotoe hurriedly advised.
"Yes." Sadao Nakajima nodded after hearing this, and then said to the communications consultant in a cold voice: "Give power to the Xuancheng garrison troops immediately and order them to take strict precautions!"
"Hayi!" The communications officer suddenly lowered his head and responded again, then took the order and left quickly.
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On the highway from Gaochun to Xuancheng, Qiao Anbang led the guard company and the first battalion to catch up with the main force that set out first and were marching towards Xuancheng.
Qiao Anbang was sitting in the passenger seat of the armored vehicle, closing his eyes to rest, suddenly the walkie-talkie in front of him beeped, followed by Yali's unique gentle voice: "There is something happening in the group seat."
"Huh?" Qiao Anbang immediately ordered to the walkie-talkie: "Every unit will stop advancing immediately, and each battalion sent a warning force to guard the surroundings, and the rest were on standby."
"yes!"
"yes!"
"Yes!" The military chiefs of various battalions and companies in the walkie-talkie responded loudly, and then the rapid convoy stopped one after another. Groups of fully armed officers and soldiers jumped out of the car and rushed to guard the surroundings.
Qiao Anbang also got out of the car and walked forward strode forward. Wang Gensheng, the company commander of the guard company, quickly jumped out of the car and protected him tightly.
After walking forward for a while, a burst of rapid and slightly slight footsteps sounded in front of him.
Wang Gensheng vigilantly shouted coldly in front of Qiao Anbang: "Who?"
"It's me, it's me." Yali replied with some breathing and panting.
When he heard it was Yali, Wang Gensheng quickly became tactful and gave in. Qiao Anbang strode forward and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with Yali?" Yali didn't tell herself on the intercom just now, and it was obvious that something was going on.
"Tongshan..." Yali's breathing was a little rapid as she ran all the way, and her towering breasts also rose and fell with her breathing. Because the distance was very close, although the night was dark, Qiao Anbang was still vaguely visible.
Holding back the unhealthy thoughts that came out of my mind unconsciously, Qiao Anbang said: "Don't worry, just say it slowly."
Yali gasped for a while, took a few deep breaths before whispering: "Master, I just heard a message from the Japanese military Guozaki Detachment leader to the 18th Division."
"Oh? What is the content of the telegram?" Qiao Anbang asked in surprise.
"The Guozaki Detachment has now arrived at Gaochun County. After discovering that we voluntarily abandoned Gaochun, Guozaki Tom may have guessed that we would attack Xuancheng and other places, so the telegram he sent to Sadao Nakajima was to ask Sadao Nakajima to pay attention to strengthening the garrison forces in Xuancheng and other places to prevent us from sneak attacking." Yali said this and continued: "Also, Sadao Nakajima has also issued a secret order to strictly defend the Japanese troops who stayed in Xuancheng and Wuhu County and other places."
"Yeah." Qiao Anbang frowned when he heard this. It seemed that the Japanese at this time were not as stupid as those mentioned in later online novels. It was right. If the Japanese were so stupid, how could they capture most of China? Although their weapons and equipment are advanced and their national strength is strong, the absolute factor that determines the victory or defeat of a war does not entirely depend on weapons and equipment.
Of course, it is natural to be reasonable to win with excellent command. On the contrary, even if a stupid commander commands the most elite force in the world, if he encounters an ordinary force but has a very outstanding commander, then this most elite force will be defeated.
"Group, what should we do next? Will we still attack Xuancheng?" Yali asked in confusion when she saw Qiao Anbang pondering.
After frowning, Qiao Anbang shook his head gently and said, "No, the Japanese have already been wary of it. It will not be so easy to attack Xuancheng again. If we cannot conquer Xuancheng in a short period of time, not only will the 18th Division and Guoqi Detachment catch up from behind, but the Japanese planes will also cause us great trouble, and we will be passive at that time."
"What should I do?" Although Yali is very smart, she really can't do anything about marching and fighting.
"Gensheng, come and get the map." Qiao Anbang turned around and ordered.
"Yes!" Wang Gensheng responded quickly, then took out a small combat map from a soldier and handed it to Qiao Anbang.
Qiao Anbang took the map and opened the map on the front cover of a truck next to him. Wang Gensheng quickly turned on the flashlight to help light the light.
Then the flashlight light, Qiao Anbang's eyes swept back and forth on the map and stared for a long time. When he saw Liyang, Qiao Anbang suddenly got inspiration and slapped the map with one hand, stretched his eyebrows and said, "Well, we won't attack Xuancheng, we will attack Lishui!"
"Liyang?" Yali and Wang Gensheng asked in surprise at the same time.
"Yes, it's Liyang, look..." Qiao Anbang pointed to the place located southeast of Gaochun on the map and said, "This is Lishui. Since the Guoqi Detachment was defeated by us a few days ago, it retreated to Lishui for rest. Now the Guoqi Detachment is obviously ordered to come and besiege us. Then the current defense force in Lishui will inevitably be empty. If we suddenly bypass Gaochun County and attack Lishui, then we will most likely succeed. After capturing Lishui, we will immediately lead our troops south to attack Huzhou. After taking Huzhou, we have two roads to choose, first, enter Suzhou in the east and second, attack Shanghai in the south. No matter which of these two roads we choose, it will cause huge trouble to the Japanese!"
Wang Gensheng was confused when he heard it. Although he didn't understand, he still nodded repeatedly.
Although Yali knows a little, she has not been able to fully adapt to Qiao Anbang's series of jumpy thinking even though she has time.
"Okay, that's the decision. Yali, you go back first. I'll issue an order. Time is urgent, let's set off immediately!" Qiao Anbang waved his hand and signaled.
"Yes!" Yali raised her breasts and saluted quickly, then turned around and stepped on her legs, and trotted all the way.
ps: Thank you Brother Crazy and Brother Thirteen for the reward of coins, and thank you for the urge to update the tickets for Tian 80. Although the update today was late, Qiu Feng had more than 5,000 words. I originally wanted to save one chapter and post one chapter, but after thinking about it, I would send it together. This will not affect everyone's sense of reading. Moreover, Qiu Feng was very moved by everyone's support. As long as I have time and can write, I will definitely write more.
Chapter completed!