“Comrades, run in, whether it’s hard or not, think about the Red Army’s twenty-five thousand;

There are still more than twenty miles left to rush to the shopping mall and block the Japanese in southern Henan!"

The commander of the Mountain Division, Xu Xiaogang (formerly the commander of the 805th Regiment of the 78th Division), participated in the Long March and was once a company commander of the famous 4th Red Regiment. When the 78th Division was reorganized, he was transferred from the headquarters to support Zhongtiao Mountain and served as the commander of the 805th Regiment;

Flying to seize the Luding Bridge and marching 120 kilometers in a day and night was much more difficult than it is now. A veteran is a flag. Under the leadership of Commander Xu, the Mountain Division became one of the units with the strongest mobile warfare capabilities of the 78th Division.

Starting from Luoshan, the Mountain Division marched more than 110 kilometers in two nights. This level of difficulty is also a difficult task for ordinary troops to complete. Since there was a day's rest in between, the soldiers were still very active even though they were tired from running.

, morale is high.

Commander Xu ran at the front with the vanguard regiment, and the political commissar followed the rearguard regiment and held the formation, throwing their arms away and running;

We have already marched nearly 50 kilometers in a hurry, and there is still about an hour before dawn. It will be no problem to get to the mall before dawn.

The enemy situation in Shangcheng is not very clear, but according to Japanese tradition, a squadron or a brigade is generally left in the county;

Since the mall was the retreat of the 106th Division and stored a lot of their supplies, Xu Xiaogang judged that the enemy's remaining troops would not be less than one brigade, so he led a vanguard group to set off first, planning to raid the mall at dawn and capture it in one fell swoop.

Mall.

Mall, 106th Division Headquarters, brightly lit

It was almost dawn, and the division commander, Lieutenant General Inaba Jiro, was still not sleepy. The battle ahead made him unable to sleep or eat well.

As a special division, the 106th Division was organized into Kumamoto and was composed of reservists from the 6th Division;

After the full-scale war, the Japanese's 17 permanent divisions were no longer enough. Ten special divisions were formed based on the reserve personnel of each division. The numbers were all added with 1 in front of the original division, such as the 101st Division.

, which was formed based on the reserves of the First Division.

Since the Japanese had sufficient manpower and financial resources at that time, and the reservists had just retired for less than two years, their individual combat effectiveness was no worse than those on active duty;

The ad hoc divisions are all four-unit units, and their equipment is not inferior to that of the permanent divisions. The first time the 106th Division participated in the battle was the Battle of Jiangcheng. It was basically completed in early June, and landed in Wuhu on June 20th.

Assembled nearby, the 106th Division at that time had 795 officers, 28,645 non-commissioned officers and soldiers, a total of 29,440 people, more than the permanent division;

The four infantry regiments are the 113th Regiment (Kumamoto), the 145th Regiment (Kujima), the 123rd Regiment (Miyazaki), and the 147th Regiment (Oita), plus the division headquarters and artillery, engineers, and baggage troops.

, Cavalry Regiment, 8 regiments in total.

The main force of the 106th Division was once completely wiped out/(severely damaged) in Wanjialing. Later generations called them the useless division. However, no matter what, this unit still stood out despite the encirclement and killing of hundreds of thousands of Central Army troops.

The 4,000 people left behind are not too useless.

The combat effectiveness of the troops that have suffered heavy losses will be greatly reduced, and their strength and strength will be partially weakened. However, in this battle to attack the Dabie Mountains, the 106th Division fought very well, fighting all the way to Xinyang and defeating hundreds of thousands of troops in the Fifth Theater.

The army did not capture a single prisoner.

The 106th Division inherited the tradition of the 6th Division, never taking prisoners, burning, killing and looting all the way, making it a true beast division.

Inaba Jiro did not expect that the 78th Army would suddenly appear and catch them off guard when they were in sight of victory. In the early stage, more than half of the nearly 10,000 Japanese who were wiped out by the 78th Army were from the 106th Division;

Before, they lost less than a thousand people in total, and the 78th Group Army killed five or six thousand of them in one move. Now his troops are scattered over a vast area in southern Henan, unable to form a joint force, and there is a possibility of being annihilated by the Chinese at any time. As

How could the division commander not be anxious.ＷＷ.ＧóΠъ.oяＧ

Looking at the sky outside, it was going to be dawn soon. He once again asked the chief of staff, Colonel Okuda Akigo:

"Okuda-kun, where has the Chinese 78th Army advanced?"

Colonel Okuda replied:

"They are advancing very fast. They are still in the Luo area. The enemy's attack power is very sharp, with a large number of artillery, and the troops have suffered heavy casualties."

"Yoshi, Okuda-kun, order them to hold on for three days. Reinforcements will arrive within three days."

Inaba said with concern that the reinforcements would arrive in three days, and he had no idea whether the frontline troops could hold on for three days. He could only keep trying to make a big deal for them, hoping that they could hold on.

The 11th Army still has three divisions in reserve, but they don't dare to throw them all into the battlefield easily. There are hundreds of thousands of Central Army troops around them!

Once they feel it is profitable, the hundreds of thousands of Central Army troops come forward, and the 11th Army can basically withstand it with its existing strength. That will be the end of the 11th Army.

To put it in more vivid terms, the Japanese treated a guest, prepared a table of food, and came to two tables of guests. The 78th Army’s table of uninvited guests was not something that the 11th Army could afford.

Just as the two were discussing countermeasures at the headquarters, there was a faint sound of gunfire outside the city. This made Lieutenant General Inaba's face change and he asked in a trembling voice:

"Okuda-kun, listen to the sound of gunfire outside the city.

What kind of work?"

Okuda also heard gunfire, and the sound became clearer and clearer, which meant that the gunfire was getting closer.

Colonel Okuda's expression also changed and he said nervously:

"It's the enemy! There are quite a few of them, not less than a few thousand. They should have made contact with the surrounding security forces. Now the city is empty of troops. There is only one brigade of field troops with combat effectiveness, and the others are all divisions with weak combat effectiveness.

department;

Whether to withdraw or to defend, we must come up with a plan as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late!”

Of course Inaba knew this truth, but he had limited troops, and it was hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. He immediately said to Okuda:

"Okuda-kun, quickly activate the emergency plan and prepare for a decisive battle with the Chinese. You must defend the mall. All agency personnel must go to the city wall to participate in the battle;

At the same time, order other troops to speed up their retreat, send a message to the Commander, and request tactical guidance."

Outside the city, several Japanese outposts have been eliminated, and the Mountain Division Pioneer Regiment has arrived at the city.

With great speed, Commander Xu immediately ordered an attack on the mall;

More than a dozen mortars fired fiercely at the city wall. The 107mm Mulan cannon only consumed 4 shells to blow up the city gate of the mall.

The Sharp Sword Company took the opportunity to attack the city, and then the entire battalion entered the city. The Japanese who rushed to fight could not stop the wolf-like tiger-like officers and soldiers of the battalion.

Many Japanese soldiers were still gathering in the barracks, and more than 3,200 soldiers from the vanguard group attacked the city one after another. The battle lost its levity from the beginning.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's bad, the Chinese have already invaded!"
Chapter completed!