Chapter 559 The blood of the Sichuan Army, the end
With the addition of new troops from the four regiments, the situation on the battlefield changed. The number of people on the Eighth Route Army's side in the eastern part of the battlefield grew like a snowball, and the Japanese army's living space was compressed to the west.
On the north side of the battlefield, as the new 1st Division of the outer line troops, the 110th Division of the inner line troops also felt the strong support of the 1st Regiment, and each department subconsciously reduced its troops and moved closer to the friendly forces.
At this time, Ichiro Kawamoto, who was at the core of the battlefield, had lost contact with Zhang Lanfeng.
A Japanese officer ran from a high ground into a dark ditch. He saw Ichiro Kawamoto and the headquarters in it, and the radio was still beeping.
"Sir, it seems that reinforcements from the other side have joined the battle, and the troops sent to penetrate were repulsed!" Officer Xiaojiazi said a little conservatively. In fact, what he saw was that at least three troops were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army or the National Army.
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Ichiro Kawamoto kept a calm face and said nothing. Not long after, several Japs officers from various units came to the headquarters to join together.
When the Japanese army of the 220th Regiment set out from Xinxiang, it lacked an infantry brigade in terms of organization, with a strength of about 2,700.
Zhang Lanfeng, the puppet army who fought in coordination with the Japanese army, dispatched two regiments and several directly affiliated teams, with a strength of more than 3,600 people.
When they broke out from Lingchuan County, the number of Japanese and puppet troops was only a little over 5,000. The attrition was mainly due to the casualties of the puppet troops while defending the city. The puppet troops acted as cannon fodder in front, and the Japanese troops did not suffer too many casualties.
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However, in the subsequent battles, when the infantry was trapped in the battle with the 89th Division and could not escape, facing the two regiments of the 94th Division attacking from the rear, the Japanese mountain artillery squadron and six 92nd Division were placed behind the offensive formation.
Infantry artillery pieces were lost one after another.
"Sir, the enemy's attacks from the east and north have intensified. Our troops can only retreat first. More than half of the soldiers were injured and killed, and the coordinated Imperial Army collapsed!
"A Japanese officer said.
The other little Japanese officers present nodded their heads after hearing this, and their encounters were generally similar.
A total of ten teams were sent out by Ichiro Kawamoto to intersect, but only four have returned now, and the lives and deaths of the remaining six teams are uncertain.
"How many troops do you still have on hand?" Kawamoto Ichiro asked, and then the adjutant counted them one by one.
The last four interspersed teams plus the garrison personnel of the headquarters left less than 1,500 people, basically all Japanese troops.
At this moment, the roar of airplanes came again over the battlefield, and the bright sun flag on the fuselage was extremely conspicuous.
However, there was no trace of joy on the faces of the many little Japs present. The battlefield stretched too wide, and the enemy and we were fighting together. In addition, there was fear of anti-aircraft machine guns hidden in the dark, so air support could not play a decisive role.
Sure enough, the Japanese flying team did not even lower their altitude, they just dropped all the aerial bombs along the battlefield and then turned around and left.
"Sir, do we still have reinforcements coming to support us?"
It took a long time for Ichiro Kawamoto to reply: "The division commander called back. The Eighth Route Army in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas has been moving frequently. There are Eighth Route Army activities in Huaxian, Junxian, and southwestern Shandong. The division is unable to reinforce!"
"The Independent First Mixed Brigade in Anyang is restrained by the Eighth Route Army in the Zhinan area. The Eighth Route Army is also active in the hinterland of southern Hebei. The 104th Brigade in Handan cannot divide its troops!"
"I bear the main responsibility for the defeat of the war. I am going to send a broken telegram to the division headquarters. Gentlemen, please fight for the empire and serve His Majesty the Emperor!" Kawamoto Ichiro shouted ghostly.
"Serve His Majesty the Emperor!" a group of little Japanese officers shouted.
Inside the headquarters, the phone rang.
Xing Zhiguo picked up the microphone: "Okay, okay, you did a good job!"
Then Xing Zhiguo covered the microphone and said to Zhou Weihan: "Old Zhou, the troops in front have compressed the Japanese army in the Wujiazhuang area. The troops have completed the encirclement. Do you want to issue a general attack order?"
"Concentrate the artillery advantage and launch a general attack immediately!" Zhou Weihan immediately ordered.
"Launch a general attack immediately!"
On the battlefield ahead, the Japanese troops were still stubbornly resisting.
At this point, the battlefield was divided into two. The main forces of the Eighth Route Army that participated in the battle were the 1st Regiment, 3rd Regiment, 5th Regiment, 29th Regiment, the 110th Division of the National Army and the 1st New Division in the north, tightly surrounding the 220th Regiment.
, constantly compressing the living space of the Japanese army.
The Ninety-fourth Division was responsible for clearing out the stragglers of the Japanese and puppet troops on the periphery of the battlefield.
The Kwantung Army, which had been reinforced from Changzhi, was tightly entangled by the First Division of the 47th Military Division of the Sichuan Army.
On the position of the artillery battalion, the twelve mountain cannons that were originally scattered were gathered together again, and more than twenty mountain cannons were also deployed on the national army position on the north side.
Both sides opened fire on Wujiazhuang where the Japanese army was located, and dense artillery shells fell like raindrops on Wujiazhuang.
The roar of explosions continued, and the temporary defensive positions built by the Japanese army disappeared in the flames.
The shelling lasted for twenty minutes, and smoke enveloped the entire Wujiazhuang. Before the smoke dissipated, the Eighth Route Army blew the charge horn.
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The words are divided into two parts.
In the western battlefield, the battle between the 187th Division of the Sichuan Army and the Japanese army was equally fierce. After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, the 47th Army of the Sichuan Army went north. It was originally assigned to the Changzhi area for garrison and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army at Dongyang Pass.
Now that he has crossed the river and headed north again, returning to his old place, he has been assigned to the reserve team by Fan Hanjie, and he has long been holding his breath in his heart.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Shinmura Yoji organized his troops to break out to the west. He wanted to pick a soft persimmon, but the Sichuan army soldiers were stunned and used large blades to repel the Japanese vanguard of more than 500 troops.
This led to the scene where the division attacked and surrounded the Japanese army.
"Brother Ge, you can't embarrass our Sichuan Army. Children, take out your swords!" Commander Li of the 187th Division saw a group of Japanese troops breaking through the encirclement and rushing toward him. He immediately shouted at the reserve team beside him.
shouted.
Since the Forty-seventh Army came out of Sichuan to fight against Japan, it has been difficult to replenish material supplies. Every soldier has been missing. When it was originally under the World War II zone, Yan Laoxi rarely replenished the supply of troops.
In desperation, they separately replenished a group of reserve troops from central Sichuan. There were more than 6,000 troops before departure. Some of them were removed when passing through various war zones. After arriving at the Forty-seventh Army's station on the south bank of the Yellow River, only 3,000 troops were left.
people.
Among them, 1,500 people were assigned to the 187th Division. Commander Li saw at that time that there were actually many boys aged fifteen or sixteen who were joining the army. Later, he selected younger boys from them to form the 187th Division reserve team.
"Kill!" Master Li took the big knife with a tired blade and killed a kid who rushed over, and then rushed towards the next kid.
This Japanese army only has about fifty people. Although these kids in the reserve team have been in the army for more than a year, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, they are no match for these strong little devils.
They could only rely on their numerical superiority to continuously block the Japanese army. Fortunately, the soldiers fighting in the front came back in time to help, and the situation was saved in time.
The enemy and we fought fiercely until noon. The battle, which involved more than 50,000 people, officially came to an end when the Japanese and puppet troops were completely annihilated.
