Three hours later, a scout from the Laohuo Special Agent Battalion came to report: "Reporting to the regiment, no trace of the Japanese was found in the direction of Bengbu."
"The little devil didn't come?"
Danwu muttered to himself, thinking: Kitashirakawa is really calm. The 10th Regiment was surrounded by him, but he didn't come to save him.
It turns out that the reason for not fighting the Dragon Boat Festival siege was to give Kitashirakawa a chance to bring in reinforcements.
In Bengbu City, the Dragon Boat Festival could be said to be locked in a bitter battle with the Japs. Lu Jian's Sichuan Army and Wang Tong's Northeastern Army alone lost more than a thousand people.
And this does not include his machine gun company and cavalry battalion. These two units also suffered nearly 400 casualties.
Therefore, the price of this street fight in the city was not small. Although the Japanese also suffered a lot of losses, in general, the fight between the two sides was a draw.
Duanwu really didn't want to continue this kind of battle, because he was competing with the Japanese for strength.
Before, he had hoped that the Independent Regiment would reach Bengbu first, so that the independent regiment's firepower would be enough to crush the Japanese.
Although street fighting is cruel, if one party has enough troops and strong enough firepower, it can reduce many unnecessary casualties.
But it is a pity that the independent regiment encountered the Japanese 10th Regiment and was unable to reach Bengbu at all.
Dragon Boat Festival quickly adjusted his tactics, abandoned the Japanese in Bengbu, and gave the 10th Regiment a big mouth when he counterattacked.
This slap directly wiped out half of the opponent's troops.
Originally, Duanwu believed that he had caused such heavy losses to the Japanese 10th Regiment and besieged it on Highland No. 3, so why didn't Bengbu's Kitashirakawa Wash take action?
But no, apart from Zhou Weiguo's report to Duanwu that the Japanese 26th Brigade had made a move to break through the defense line, Duanwu did not receive any other reports. Including the 51st Army, there was no intention of the Japanese to break through the defense line.
Therefore, the plan of encircling the spot and calling for reinforcements was obviously not feasible at this time. And for some reason, Dragon Boat Festival always had a bad feeling.
Kitashirakawa Aoi didn't come after him, and he had no intention of saving the 10th Regiment. In other words, the kid was going to abandon the 10th Regiment.
The meaning of discarding is cannon fodder. Although the 10th Regiment probably only has less than two infantry squadrons left, it is unreasonable to discard them like this.
And at this time, another unit of the Japanese army should have arrived in Bengbu.
At this time, Duanwu was referring to the Japanese 63rd Regiment, but he only guessed that the Japanese would outflank him from both sides. The 10th Regiment was outflanking from the east, so there should be another Japanese army on the west side. And Duanwu suddenly left Bengbu.
, it is precisely for this reason. Because his reinforcements have not arrived, but the Japanese reinforcements have arrived, then he will definitely suffer a loss if he stays in Bengbu.
Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival launched a night attack and captured the Japanese 10th Regiment.
It's a pity that Kitashirakawa Ai didn't come after him, otherwise he could definitely make a big profit this time during the Dragon Boat Festival.
But even so, the 10th Regiment can be severely damaged, or even surrounded and annihilated. Such results are something that other combat forces dare not contradict. Because you can just imagine how many battles were possible at that time that could encircle and annihilate a Japanese regiment.
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Even in history, the 10th Regiment was surrounded by three armies and was still run away by him.
So at this time, Dragon Boat Festival should be content.
It's just that he felt it was abnormal. Kitashirakawa was so honest when he stayed in Bengbu. This was not his character at all.
Duanwu fell into deep thought for a while, because he was thinking about whether there were any important strategic targets near Bengbu.
For a moment, Duanwu suddenly opened his eyes because he thought of one thing. Most of his baggage troops, wounded soldiers, etc., as well as the folks who escaped from Bengbu were in Liutaizi Village. And last night
The little devil sent someone to follow Lao Abacus again.
Although the Sichuan army that rushed in later killed the Japs and sent a telegram saying that not a single Japs ran back. However, the straight-line distance between Liutaizi Village and Bengbu was only about 25 kilometers. If the Japs sent out scouts to search,
And with so many people gathered in Liutaizi Village, they will definitely be exposed.
Thinking of this, Duanwu ordered: "Immediately send electricity to Lao Abacus and tell him to take his people to withdraw from Liutaizi Village. The sooner the better."
"yes!"
The communications corps took the order and immediately went to generate electricity. At this time, Shangguan Zhibiao asked: "Regiment leader, is there something going on over there at Lao Abacus?"
Duan Wu said with a solemn expression: "I hope I'm overthinking."
Having said this, Duanwu picked up his telescope and surveyed the little Japanese's position.
He wanted to finish the battle quickly, and then go back and clean up the Kitashirakawa wash.
At this time, he had figured out Kitashirakawa's tactics clearly, and this little devil came after him.
And in this case, he cut off Kitashirakawa's arm first, and Kitashirakawa was left with only reinforcements from the west outflanking him.
Judging from the deployment of reinforcements on the west side of the Dragon Boat Festival, it is very likely that the west side is also an infantry regiment.
But with the Japanese's small strength, and even with the remnants of Ito's regiment in the city, Duanwu didn't take it to heart.
And it would be interesting if all these Japs crowded into Bengbu City. After cleaning up the 10th Regiment, the Dragon Boat Festival surrounded Bengbu with a backhand, and all the Japs could not even think of coming out, and even if they were hungry, they could starve to death.
Therefore, the speed on Dragon Boat Festival is also faster. He hopes to end this battle within two hours.
But when Duanwu picked up the telescope and looked at the Japanese camp, he was laughed out of anger.
As expected, this little devil had two brushes. During the three or four hours of the Dragon Boat Festival break, he not only dug trenches, but also connected the three main positions on Highland No. 3.
Duanwu handed the binoculars to Shangguan Zhibiao and said, "Sir, look at what the little devil has done in these three or four hours."
Shangguan Zhibiao took the telescope and looked at it. He frowned and said: "Team leader, this little devil has dug so many trenches. Our artillery may not be of much use. If I had known better, we should have rushed up the mountain in one go."
go."
Duanwu shook his head and smiled: "We can't charge forward. Our soldiers didn't have the physical strength at all at that time. And the Japs were condescending, and they were superior to us in terms of shooting range and physical strength, so even if our people did charge forward, they would only be at the end of their efforts.
.And when the time comes, the soldiers rush to the top of the mountain risking their lives, but they are exhausted and panting. What can we do to fight the little Japanese with bayonets?"
Shangguan Zhibiao nodded and said: "What the leader said is true, but at this time, the Japs have dug so many trenches. How should we fight this battle? Look at the two positions of his things, they are like a pocket.
It seems like they are going to eat us in one bite. If our soldiers rush up from here, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"