Although Ito's unit stabilized its position after being raided, it actually suffered heavy casualties. Almost all of Ito's Japanese soldiers originally deployed in the south of the city died in the battle, and the southern city wall, including the east and west walls, as well as the frontal defense line, had poles on the left and right wings.
Heavy casualties.
There were more than 6,000 people in Ito's unit before the war started, but after several battles between Bengbu and Dragon Boat Festival, the total number of casualties reached more than 1,800. This included the reconnaissance team sent by Ito.
There are four reconnaissance teams in total, each of which is about a squadron. The reason why the Japanese arranged this is actually because they are afraid that the reconnaissance troops will suffer losses when encountering Chinese troops in the wild.
With the little devil's combat capabilities, at that time, a squadron dared to challenge a Chinese regiment.
That's why Ito arranged it this way.
I just didn't expect that all four of his squadrons would die miserably.
The Japanese reconnaissance squadron heading to Fengyang was wiped out by Duan Wu and Wang Tong. The Japanese reconnaissance squadron on the north side was completely wiped out by Chen Shusheng and Lu Jianbu.
After Duanwu learned that there was a squadron of Japanese reconnaissance troops on the east and north sides of Bengbu, he boldly concluded that there should also be such a Japanese reconnaissance force on the south and west sides of Bengbu.
So the Dragon Boat Festival appeared outside Bengbu City to attract Bei Baichuanxi's attention, but instead sent two regiments of Lu Jianchuan's army to ambush the two Japanese reconnaissance teams.
At that time, the Japs' investigation team was ordered to arrest Chinese people outside the city and return to Bengbu. As a result, they were all ambushed and suffered heavy losses, and only a small number of Japs escaped.
After that, Kitashirakawa ordered them not to return to the city again, and to monitor Danwu and other combat troops outside the city.
As a result, when they divided their troops to lure the Japanese out of Bengbu City during the Dragon Boat Festival, they were completely wiped out.
So far, none of the Japanese outside the city have survived and they have all been wiped out. Including the Japanese who were eliminated in the city tonight, the total is about 1,800 people. The total strength of the Japanese has also been reduced to about 4,400.
Therefore, war is like a huge meat grinder. Once it starts running, an astronomical number of human lives will be grinded in it.
But as the ruling class, Kitashirakawa is not interested in this number of deaths. What is interesting to him is that Danwu has been entangled with him.
While he ordered the two infantry squadrons of the 10th Regiment of the 10th Division to quickly reinforce Bengbu and launch an attack from behind the Dragon Boat Festival, he also ordered the 10th Regiment and the 63rd Regiment of the 10th Division to quickly reduce this area.
Encirclement. He wanted to encircle Bengbu and annihilate Duanwu and his men.
Of course, in the city, Kitashirakawa Ai also made arrangements, deploying Japanese soldiers from the northern line to defend the city walls on the east and west sides. It would be best if they could defeat the Chinese army and firmly control the commanding heights of the city wall in the hands of the imperial army.
As for the Japs in the middle, Kitashirakawa Xi only ordered to hold on and hold off the Dragon Boat Festival troops, preventing them from advancing even an inch.
Kitashirakawa sighed and said: This Bengbu is the grave dug for the Dragon Boat Festival.
Taro Aso was flattering from the side, but the officers beside them were all silent. Because the entire Ito brigade would probably be burned to the ground in Bengbu City.
So at this time, they only hope that their reinforcements can arrive as soon as possible and defeat the Chinese army, otherwise, there will only be death waiting for them.
But this is just a beautiful fantasy. Even the two nearest infantry squadrons are fifteen kilometers away from Bengbu.
In order to reach Bengbu quickly, they did not hesitate to leave their baggage behind and went to Bengbu with only light weapons for support.
But even so, it would take them nearly an hour to walk the fifteen kilometers. Because they were not familiar with the terrain, even if they had a map in their hands, it would be of no use at night.
However, no matter how slow the little devil's reinforcements move, there will not be much time left for the Dragon Boat Festival. He will soon face the passive situation of a two-front battle.
Of course, Duanwu would not sit still and wait for death. He already knew that the Japanese reinforcements were coming, so why didn't he make arrangements?
He withdrew the machine gun company that had fought the hardest against the Japanese and let one of Wang Tong's battalions go up.
Of course, this battalion will never rush up at once, because then there will be no space on the city wall.
The strength of this battalion is to not give the Japanese a chance to breathe. The offensive on the city wall cannot be stopped for a minute or a second. Once it stops, the enemy will counterattack. By then, the Japanese have occupied the ground, and then they have occupied the ground.
Half of the city will be of no use at all, and they will be beaten like rabbits by the Japanese in the city.
Therefore, the commanding heights of the city wall must not be lost.
As for the retreating machine gun company and cavalry battalion, Duanwu ordered them to maneuver toward a ridge south of Bengbu City.
Because if the Japanese want to reinforce Bengbu from the south of Bengbu, they must pass through a ridge.
As for the east and west sides, the little devils will not come so quickly.
When I arrived in Bengbu during the Dragon Boat Festival and made Bengbu my base, I studied the terrain near Bengbu.
The area around Bengbu is dominated by hilly areas, which are higher in the west and lower in the east. The main roads in and out of Bengbu run north-south.
Although there are highways leading from east to west, they are not main roads. Moreover, there are many mountains and rugged mountain roads along the way. The Dragon Boat Festival comes from the direction of Fengyang County, and the marching speed is also very slow.
Therefore, if the Japs had penetrated from behind the 114th Division to the east side of the 113th Division's defense area, they would have to go through Fengyang County when they turned back.
In this way, they will take the same path as Duanwu. Duanwu speculated that even if the reinforcements of the Japs could arrive, it would be in the early morning of tomorrow. What's more, he had ordered all members of the independent regiment to rush to Bengbu, and there were
There is a high probability that you will encounter Japanese soldiers on the way.
Dragon Boat Festival has also made arrangements for this. Once there is an encounter with the Japanese, the main battalion, Zhu Shengzhong's battalion, including Shangguan Zhibiao, the deputy commander, will entangle the Japanese, while the remaining three battalions will fight as quickly as possible.
Rush to help Bengbu.
As for the west side of Bengbu, although Duanwu no longer has the available troops to intercept the Japanese, as mentioned before, the terrain of Bengbu and its surroundings is higher in the west and lower in the east, with more hills. Therefore, the road on the west side will be more difficult than on the east side.
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Duanwu was sure that the Japanese could not move so fast, so he set his first target on Yiling.
This battle was crucial. The order given by Dragon Boat Festival to Chen Shusheng and Zhao Weidong was not to let any Japanese cross the ridge before dawn.
In other words, Dragon Boat Festival plans to spend one night to resolve the battle in Bengbu City.
Although even Duanwu himself feels that this is a bit reluctant, if you don't give it a try, who can know what the result will be if you don't give it a try?
Duan Wu is just such a person. He is not only smart but also has a character that never admits defeat or gives up.
Bei Baichuanxi wanted to surround and kill him during the Dragon Boat Festival in Bengbu City, but he was not the same? He wanted to bury this Japs Prince in Bengbu City forever!