In the huge headquarters, there were dozens of devil officers standing, and none of them refuted Ikeda's words.

The little devil has always been arrogant, but these officers all believe that the 37th Brigade and the 53rd Wing alone will never be able to take Nanguan County.

After a while, Matsui Takepei, the chief of staff of the devil, spoke: "Your Excellency Commander, what Ikeda Daisa said is right, the combat effectiveness of the security regiment is really too strong, and if our Imperial Japanese Army wants to conquer Nanguan County, we must send additional troops, and then besiege Nanguan County with heavy forces. ”

After listening to the words of Chief of Staff Matsui Takepei, Shunroku Hata nodded and asked, "Matsui-kun, you are the chief of staff, how many additional troops do you think you need to send to besiege Nanguan County?" ”

Matsui Takehei replied without hesitation: "Your Excellency Commander, Li Hong has become a big problem for our Great Japanese Empire, if you want to completely eliminate the security regiment, at least one additional division will be dispatched!" ”

"General, in order to prevent future troubles, we must go all out to deal with Li Hong, annihilate the security regiment, and the task of occupying Nanguan County can be handed over to the elite 3rd Division." Matsui Takehei added.

The 3rd Division of the Japanese Army is an elite A division, and the combat effectiveness of this division is not inferior to that of the 5th Itagaki Division of the Japanese Army.

"Yo Xi, Matsui-kun is right, this time Li Hong's security group must be completely destroyed."

Shunroku Hata agreed to the 3rd Division to reinforce Nanguan County, and he quickly asked the Signal Corps to send the 3rd Division to Nanguan County to assemble immediately.

This time, the Japanese army can be described as a heavy attack, and in order to deal with Li Hong's security regiment, they actually invested an elite A division regiment.

The 3rd Division of the Japanese Army received the combat mission, and all units were drawn one after another, and they rushed to Nanguan County to assemble under the stars.

……

Li Hong, Peng Debiao, and more than a dozen officers and generals of the Sichuan Army, studied for several hours in the headquarters about the deployment of the defense line in Nanguan County.

After discussing the defense of the position, the officers went out of their headquarters.

Considering the ferocity and strength of the little devils, there are bombers in the air to support it, and the ground is covered by artillery of various calibers.

Ordinary field fortifications simply could not withstand the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army.

Therefore, Li Hong decided to let the soldiers build two more strong defensive positions outside the city to resist the bombardment of the devil's aircraft and artillery.

It is good to build an extra line of defense, but it will take a lot of manpower and material resources and a certain amount of time.

How to quickly build field fortifications is naturally difficult for Li Hong.

Because the security regiment has excavators, if several excavators start work at the same time, a 100-meter-long trench is only a matter of one or two hours.

The security regiment and the Sichuan army troops, in accordance with Li Hong's requirements for field fortifications, picked up various tools and stepped up the time to build fortifications overnight.

The Japanese army was eyeing the outside of the city, and a major battle broke out at any time, Li Hong did not have time to sleep and rest, he patrolled the defensive line of the position......

It was the next morning.

After a night's march, Fujita Taro, commander of the 3rd Division of the Devils, led the 5th Brigade as the vanguard and rushed to the road 25 kilometers east of Nanguan County.

The station of the 3rd Division of the Devils is more than 150 kilometers away from the county seat of Nanguan, and most of the roads and even railway transportation lines are controlled by the Japanese army.

The Japanese reinforcements could be sent by train or car, so the enemy was marching very fast.

The 3rd Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army was united with the 37th Independent Brigade, and the devil established a division headquarters nearby.

Due to the defeat of the 37th Brigade of the Devil, Taro Fujita took over the command of Kitada Sukegawa and served as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army attacking Nanguan County.

After the Japanese army established its headquarters, it immediately convened a military conference to attack Nanguan County.

The devil officers and generals stood upright and sat silently on both sides of the conference table.

Sitting at the conference table, Taro Fujita glanced at Kitada Sukegawa, whose face was wrapped in gauze, and sneered disdainfully.

"Beitian-kun, before you confidently assured His Excellency the Commander that you would be able to conquer Nanguan County in a few days, but as a result, your troops suffered heavy casualties, and also destroyed a large number of chariots and artillery, and the prestige of our Central China Dispatch Army has been lost to you!"

Facing Taro Fujita's questioning, Kitada Sukegawa stood up and lowered his head in shame.

"A small Nanguan County, fighting so badly, sacrificing so many elite imperial soldiers in vain, I really don't know how you commanded, it's just a bunch of idiots!"

"Ha Yi, what Your Excellency General has taught you is that you are incompetent!"

Kitada Sukegawa was scolded by Fujita Taro, his face was red, he was embarrassed, and he had nothing to refute.

Of course, Kitada Sukegawa, who suffered a defeat, will not be willing to defeat easily, and he wants to regroup and fight to the death with the security group.

Fujita Taro knew how powerful the security team was, but he didn't seem to take Nanguan County and Li Hong seriously at all.

No matter how powerful the security regiment is, it is just those troops, and the Japanese army has a completed division, as well as 37 brigades and 53 infantry wings.

The total strength of these combat units of the devil has reached more than 35,000 people, and so many troops fighting a small Nanguan County are like picking up something in Fujita Taro's eyes.

Kitada Jiechuan raised his head and pleaded loudly: "Your Excellency the division commander, although my 37th Brigade has lost some of its troops, the elite is still there, and I, Kitada Jiechuan, on behalf of the brigade, ask the general to give us a chance to take revenge." ”

"If the battle is lost, I, Kitada Susukegawa, am willing to apologize, Your Excellency the division commander, please!"

Fujita Taro looked at Kitada Sukegawa, who had repeatedly asked to fight, and fell into thought.

The 37th Brigade lost a lot of troops, and there were nearly 4,500 combat troops left, after all, the 37th Brigade was a Class A brigade, and its combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of ordinary troops.

Moreover, all the officers and men of the 37 Brigade Regiment were ashamed and courageous, and they all wanted to fight another battle with the Security Regiment and win back the honor of the brigade.

Fujita Taro thought about it for a few minutes, calmly faced, and said solemnly: "Kitada-kun, since all the officers and soldiers of your brigade and regiment are wholeheartedly asking me to fight, I will give you the 37th Brigade a chance to redeem your merits, I hope you can cherish it." ”

"Hayi!"

"Thank you, Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, this time, our 37th Brigade will definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past and disappoint His Excellency the Commander, and will definitely not disgrace the Central China Dispatch Army again!"

Kitada Sukegawa solemnly made a promise, looking full of confidence.

Kitada Sukegawa, a bear who suffered defeat, suddenly burst with confidence, mainly because of the strong support of the 3rd Division.

Otherwise, even if you borrow a few guts from Kitada Sukegawa, you don't have the courage to dare to fight in the security group.

After receiving the combat mission, the units of the 37th Brigade began to move outside the city of Nanguan County......

(End of chapter)