The arrival of so many Sherman tanks in Teng County made the residents in the city curious and came out to watch. However, because of the situation in the city, Commander Wang of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army followed He Feiyang's suggestion and sent everyone there.
The investigation has made it clear that anyone who is a traitor or a Japanese spy will be dealt with. And with the entry of He Feiyang's clone army, He Feiyang also mixed a group of clone agents inside to deal with the traitors and spies here in Teng County.
, and as a way to collect intelligence in the nearby area.
Therefore, as soon as they entered the city, these clone agents immediately evacuated and lurked inside the city, where they had already been arranged by Commander Wang.
Regarding the arrival of so many tanks in Teng County, Commander Wang of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army also issued an order to block the news and let the whole city block the news.
Because the Japanese troops had not yet arrived here at this time, they had to blockade Teng County because there were so many tanks, otherwise the Japanese troops would be wary.
However, in order to prevent Japanese air raids and bombings, these tanks will be hidden in irregular locations, even hidden in the mountains and forests outside the city.
As for the soldiers of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army who were selected for training in driving tanks, they were all concentrated outside the city for training.
All of this was a combat deployment to avoid being dispatched by the Japanese army to carry out air raids and bombings and causing a large number of tanks to be blown up.
Of course, regarding the news that so many tanks suddenly appeared and entered the city of Teng County,
Tang Enbo and his 20th Army Corps, as well as President Chang and Commander Li, the commander of the fifth theater, also knew nothing.
And at this time, the Japanese 13th Division captured Bengbu, Fengyang, and Linhuai on the other side.
At this time, the 114th Division of the Northeast Army also retreated to the north bank of the Huaihe River to join up with the main force of the 51st Army that had arrived earlier.
However, Yu Xuezhong's 51st Group Army of the Northeastern Army, which retreated to the direction of Shuhe River and Huihe River, also suffered heavy casualties, abandoned its armor, and was constantly asking for help from the Li Command in the Fifth Theater.
"What a tragedy! The reinforcements haven't been found yet?"
After hearing Commander Li say that he was thinking of ways to dispatch troops to them to support operations,
Commander Yu also sighed in despair.
"Report! Commander!"
"Our frontline troops once again suffered casualties from the main force of a regiment. Now at least two brothers from the reinforcement battalion have all died on the frontline, but the Japanese artillery troops are still wreaking havoc!"
"Every unit on the front line wants to receive support operations, especially support operations from the artillery unit!"
At this time,
Adjutant Chen Bing, with a anxious look on his face, ran in, saluted with a military salute, and then hurriedly reported.
"Okay! I understand! I'll see what's going on in person now!"
After hearing this, Commander Yu responded without hesitation.
Adjutant Chen Bing did not say any more, but saluted another military salute, and then accompanied the escort commander Yu to the front line quickly to observe the battle situation. Of course, there was a team of escorts following them.
soon,
Commander Yu saw the corpses of Northeastern Army troops everywhere on the front line. The corpses were scattered all over the field, mixed with thick smoke and black bomb craters one after another.
The artillery fire covering bombardment by the main artillery force of the Japanese 13th Division is still continuing.
The rumbling sound of artillery bombardment kept ringing in my ears.
"Damn the Japanese 13th Division!"
Looking at the battle situation in front of me with heavy casualties,
Commander Yu's heart was bleeding, which made him curse angrily.
It is a pity that at this moment, he does not have artillery troops to carry out counterattacks.
Facing the Japanese field artillery units and the heavy artillery units behind them, the Northeastern Army's meager mortars were completely inadequate.
Today's 51st Group Army of the Northeastern Army is no longer the wealthy Northeastern Army before the fall of Northeastern China.
After so many years of transition, including fighting on the battlefield against the Japanese invaders,
Not only are their weapons, equipment and ammunition depleted very quickly, but their military resources are also depleted very quickly.
"Let all the troops retreat, hide, and wait until the Japanese invaders' artillery fire coverage and bombardment are completed before launching a counterattack!"
Therefore, even Commander Yu, who was full of resentment and irritable mood, had to make his troops retreat quickly and hide.
Otherwise, the casualties would have been even greater, especially in the face of the fierce artillery bombardment of the Japanese army, and a whole squad of soldiers would have been wiped out in one fell swoop.
After his combat order was issued, all remaining Northeast Army troops continued to retreat quickly, trying to avoid more casualties among soldiers.
The 51st Army unit was the 18th Mixed Brigade of the Northeast Army that was recruited by Commander Wu. It was later reorganized into the 25th Division of the Northeast Army, with Yu Xuezhong as the division commander. Later, on the basis of the 25th Division, the 26th Division was expanded to form the Northeast Army's 25th Division.
The 20th Army was later renamed the First Army of the Northeast Army. Later, the entire Northeast Army was reorganized into six armies by Chairman Chang, and the First Army was reorganized into the 51st Army.
At that time, the 51st Army was completely the elite among the elites. Yu Xuezhong continued to serve as the commander, but later, it changed from having four divisions under its jurisdiction to three divisions at the beginning.
At this moment, the 51st Army of the Northeastern Army had not participated in the April operation to block the first section of the Japanese 10th Division in Lanling Town, northeast of Taierzhuang, and assisted the main force of the national army in concentrating its forces to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army attacking Taierzhuang.
As for the Battle of Huaihe, the 51st Army has now suffered almost 4,000 casualties, but has not yet waited for the arrival of reinforcements.
After seeing that the 113th Division of the Northeastern Army on the west side of the road and the 114th Division of the Northeastern Army on the east side of the road were hidden in the simple fortifications built, and the Japanese heavy artillery units had suffered many casualties,
Commander Yu is also anxious and wants to preserve the combat effectiveness of his troops.
Otherwise, he would not be able to complete the next combat mission of blocking the Japanese army.
Now I have resisted the Japanese army for a day and a night,
There is still one day left to complete the interception mission.
It was not easy to continue to hold on for a whole day in the face of such fierce Japanese artillery fire and bombing support operations.
soon,
Commander Li of the Fifth Theater also received orders from the 51st Army of the Northeastern Army again. After fighting fiercely for a day and night with the Japanese 13th Division, the battle situation was rapidly falling into crisis.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements!"
"Everyone wants reinforcements. I have so many reinforcements there?"
"Forget it! We can only see if there is a way for 59 to go over and support their operations. Otherwise, once the Northeastern Army is completely defeated, it will have a great impact on the subsequent combat deployment!"
Facing the incoming Japanese army,
Commander Li also had a headache.
But he was still in his mind, quickly calculating where he could dispatch troops to support the 51st Army of the Northeastern Army in combat.