Chapter 673: A Difficult Battle Situation

"Well done!"

In the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan City, Yoshio Suzuka put down the phone heavily, and his eyes were full of excited expressions that could not be concealed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The fact that the Third Army was surrounded was absolutely good news for both the First Army and the Empire of Japan. Since the establishment of the Third Group Army, it has been like a mountain in the hearts of all Japanese soldiers, how many once prominent generals have either returned to China and transferred to the reserve or lost their souls in a foreign country because of him, although the nest of the Third Army is far away in Zhejiang, and the First Army, which has been fighting in Shanxi for a long time, is not a pole, but this does not mean that Yoshio Suzuka does not know the strength of the Third Army, and any Japanese generals who despise it have all tasted the bitter fruits of defeat without exception. But now, I finally have a chance to break the myth of the undefeated army of this army.

Yoshio Suzuka, who thought of the excitement, picked up the phone on the table and just said, "Please come to my office with Masaki Hanaya." ”

Soon, a small but stout major general wearing a general's uniform walked in, and this person was the chief of staff of the First Army, Hanaya Masa. I saw him bow to Yoshio Suzuka and say, "Your Excellency, Commander, what do you command?" ”

Yoshio Suzuka stood up, and said with unconcealed excitement in his tone: "Hua Gujun, Shigeta Tokumatsu just called, he has led the 35th Division to defeat the defenders of China in Shaanxi County, and the Third Garrison Division of the Third Army of China has been surrounded by us!" ”

When Hua Gu heard this, a gleam instantly burst out of his eyes, and he took two steps forward and said: "Great, since we have surrounded the Third Garrison Division, we should order the troops to attack them as soon as possible, and strive to annihilate all this force in Maojindu in the shortest possible time!" ”

Yoshio Suzuka said with satisfaction: "Yo Xi, Hua Gujun is right, this army was specially invited by Wei Lihuang from the Third Army in Zhejiang to deal with us, the Third Army has become a banner of the people of China in recent years, how many generals of the empire over the years can only sit on the ticket to return home because of this army, if we can eliminate this army in Maojindu, in the words of that person, it is equivalent to breaking the undefeated golden body of this army, that is our first army will be famous in the shortest possible time!" ”

Speaking of this, Yoshio Suzuka couldn't help but stand up, waving his right hand in the air to accentuate his tone, he was sure that if this army could be completely annihilated, then the entire people of Hikamoto would inevitably compete to praise his great name, and maybe he could also become a famous military god like Nogi Noshinori and Togo Heihachiro.

Thinking of this, Yoshio Suzuka's whole body trembled, and he stared at Hua Guzheng and said in a solemn tone: "Hua Gujun, you immediately send a report to the 35th and 25th Divisions, ordering them to attack the 3rd Garrison Division in China with the greatest ability in the shortest possible time. And give it right away, and you must not let them run away! ”

"Hay!"

Hanaya bowed heavily and was about to leave his office.

"Wait!"

Yoshio Suzuka called Hanaya back again.

I saw him muse for a while and then said: "I almost forgot that the Third Army in China is different from other troops, and the air power of this army is also very strong, and the Fourth Flying Brigade has been heavily damaged in the battle with them these days. In this case, you should immediately send a telegram to Commander Tada, asking him to send aviation units to help us, and in addition to blocking the air force of the Third Army in China, you should also bomb the Third Garrison Division of China to the greatest extent. ”

"Hai, I'll do it right away!"

Not to mention that Yoshio Suzuka was gritting his teeth to eliminate the Third Garrison Division of the National People's Police, after Wei Lihuang in Xi'an learned that Shaanxi County was surrounded by the Third Garrison Division after the Japanese army broke through, he was so angry that he broke several cups in a row, and in a fit of anger, he sent three telegrams to Gao Guizi of the 17th Army in a row, in addition to giving a severe reprimand, he also ordered Gao Guizi to recapture Shaanxi County within three days, otherwise he would have to be involved in military law.

After sending the telegram, he walked to the large map in the battle hall and looked at the map, his brows tightened, and at some point, Tian Zongmou walked behind him and said in a low voice: "Sir, with Gao Guizi's 17th Army alone, I am afraid that it will be a problem to protect itself against the 35th Division of the Japanese army, let alone take Shaanxi County, if you force it, I am afraid that the 17th Army will suffer heavy casualties!" ”

"yes!" Wei Lihuang sighed and said: "I don't know, it's just that this is the best way I can think of at the moment, now that the other troops have entered their respective attack positions, it will take at least three days to mobilize other troops to relieve the siege of the Third Garrison Division, but can the Third Garrison Division last for three days under the siege of two divisions of the Japanese army?" The only thing I can do now is to let Gao Guizi's 17th Army desperately attack the 35th Division in the past few days, so as to drag him down and prevent them from attacking the 3rd Garrison Division with all their might, otherwise once the 35th and 25th Divisions calmly launch an attack on the 3rd Garrison Division, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Tian Zongmou also sighed, and said to Wei Lihuang: "Sir, let's hurry up and inform Chief Su of this situation in Zhejiang." Although he may already know it now, we, as landlords, still have to inform him, otherwise it will be difficult to say if something happens in the future! ”

Wei Lihuang understood what Tian Zongmou meant, this kind of thing can't be hidden. It's better to say it early than later, otherwise it will be too offensive to say it afterwards, especially Su Jin is not a master to mess with, once he thinks that the third garrison division was annihilated because of his own reasons, the consequences will be serious.

"Okay!" Wei Lihuang nodded: "You immediately send a telegram to the Third Army, tell Su Jin the details of the situation here, and tell him our difficulties, it will be difficult for our reinforcements to arrive in Maojindu at least three days, please understand our difficulties." ”

10 a.m. on March 2

"Am I really a fool to be considerate of their difficulties?"

Thousands of miles away in the headquarters of the Third Group Army in Hangzhou, Su Jin looked at the telegram in his hand and gave Qi Le, he shook the telegram in his hand Zhou Yusheng on the side and said: "Our Wei commander is really worthy of being a master of Tai Chi, a sentence that the reinforcements are too far away to arrive in time, and he wants to shirk the responsibility quickly, how can there be such a good thing in this world." ”

Zhou Yusheng has been a staff officer for many years, and he is naturally clear about this kind of thing, he said with a wry smile: "The difficulties that Chief Wei said should be true, not perfunctory. And this time it was also a pure accident, and the siege of the 3rd Garrison Division this time should be an accident. ”

"Of course I do." Su Jin snorted coldly and said, "I forgive him for not having the guts, I'm angry that he was so careless in sending troops to deploy the formation." Mao Jindu is such an important place, how could Ri Ying himself only put a wing there, and what is even worse is that he deployed the 17th Army in Shaanxi County to cover the left flank for the 3rd Garrison Division, but he did not let the 17th Army do enough defense work, and it was captured by the Japanese army in just half a day, I can't forgive him for this alone! ”

"How long can the Third Division last?"

Zhou Yusheng said: "The commander of the Third Division is Zheng Zhimin, the former commander of the 577th Regiment of the 348th Brigade, and this person's character is still very tenacious, but the telegram he sent yesterday claimed that the existing ammunition reserves of the Third Division can last up to three days, and I am afraid that the losses of the Third Division will be very large after three days." ”

Seeing the chill in Su Jin's eyes, Zhou Yusheng sighed lightly and stopped talking. This time, Wei Lihuang was not wrong to let the Third Garrison Division attack Maojindu alone, but his biggest mistake was that he did not cover the flank of the Third Garrison Division, so that he was now surrounded by two divisions of the Japanese army, although it was not a problem to hold out for ten days and a half with the combat effectiveness of the Third Garrison Division, but now the biggest difficulty is that all the supply of ammunition and food has been interrupted after being besieged, which is the most fatal.

The troops of the Third Army have always adhered to Su Jin's rough and current style of play, and their purpose has always been to put firepower first, the advantage of this style of play is that the attack power is extremely fierce, and the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, once there is a shortage of ammunition, the attack power of the troops will drop several steps in an instant.

The atmosphere in the battle hall was very tense, and the staff officers around them even walked much lighter.

After a long time, Su Jincai asked: "Chi Yu, do you think the Third Division can hold out until the reinforcements from the First War Zone arrive?" ”

Zhou Yusheng shook his head solemnly and said: "I don't think we can pin our hopes on the people in the First War Zone, don't look at the commander Wei in the telegram that the reinforcements will be felt as soon as possible, but even if the reinforcements can arrive in time, can they break through the resistance of the 35th Division within three days?" Not to mention three days, I think it would be good to be able to rescue the Third Division in ten days, but can the Third Division hold out for ten days? ”

Su Jin also kept his face silent, he had been in this time and space for so long, and his combat effectiveness against the national army was no longer the original layman. Generally speaking, the national army often has different intentions when rescuing friendly divisions, and it is good to have ten points to be able to score five points, and it is good to expect them to be able to risk their lives to you, for many generals of the national army, the army is their lifeblood, and expecting them to consume their own strength to save others is originally a fate.

Su Jinchang took a breath, and his eyes showed a decisive expression: "It seems that we can't count on the First War Zone, if we really have to wait for them to rescue, I'm afraid the daylily will be cold." However, we are thousands of miles away from Shanxi, and it is too late to send ground troops to relieve the siege, you immediately send a report to Zheng Zhimin, ordering him to try to break through the siege, so that the heavy artillery regiment and the sixth flying regiment that is already on standby in Xi'an will cover them with all their might, the Japanese want to eat our third division, I am afraid that they do not have such good teeth! ”

Seeing the coldness on Su Jin's face, Zhou Yusheng, who was familiar with him, knew that his boss was angry.

"Kill to ......"

A Japanese second lieutenant in a khaki military uniform brandished a command knife, and next to him were dozens of Japanese soldiers who were covering each other and using the terrain to advance towards the Chinese army positions in front.

And five or six hundred meters ahead, a series of hot tongues of fire were spraying towards the Japanese army.

Xiang Yihang was personally wielding an MG42 machine gun and shooting at the Japanese army.

"Fuck off!"

Xiang Yihang roared and fired straight at the charging Hikamoto invaders.

With a rate of fire of more than 1,000 rounds per minute, the muzzle of the MG42 machine gun erupted into a barrage like a rainstorm in the blink of an eye.

The 7.92 mm bullet persistently and forcefully chased the invaders who were stained with the blood of innocent Chinese people down the hillside. Bullet after bullet pierced the dull bass with sharp notes like a series of passionate melodies, contemptuously pushing down and shattering the invaders.

One by one, the bullets tore through the bodies of the still roaring intruders, and the hard metal bullets pierced through the flesh and blood shields of any dare to stand in the way, and the huge kinetic energy of the bullets mercilessly lifted the ugly bodies of the Japanese soldiers away. The howls of the Japanese soldiers, who had been like wild beasts, turned into near-death screams, and their ugly bodies fell one after another, leaving only their bloodied bodies rolling on the ground.

The machine gun was still firing stubbornly, and more bayonet-wielding devils rushed in front of it, trying to devour the guy who was fighting alone.

And in response to them was an even more intensive rain of bullets! There is not a trace of bullet rain in the gap!

"Click......"

Another ammunition box was emptied, and the co-shooter, who had been lying next to Xiang Yihang, quickly replaced another bullet chain, and at the same time replaced the barrel that had been beaten red.

Only a "click" was heard, and the sub-shooter shouted: "Ready!" ”

As soon as his words fell, a tracer bullet flying at several times the speed of sound rushed flat against the hillside towards its destination with a whistling sound, and the body of the projectile that glowed from the violent friction in the air drew a brilliant trajectory, and the densely intertwined trajectory converged into a metal long whip. Xiang Yihang waved the long whip vigorously, and the long and sharp whip tip quickly and resolutely whipped and cut any object that dared to advance, and shouted in a low voice: "Grass, how did this kid replace the tracer bullet with it." ”

This day was March 5, the fourth day of the siege of the 3rd Garrison Division.

In these four days, the 3rd Garrison Division tried to break through, but as soon as they broke through, they were counterattacked by Japanese aircraft, artillery, and combat vehicles, and in order to prevent the reinforcement of the aircraft of the Third Army, Yoshio Suzuka specially applied to Tada Jun for the transfer of more than 100 planes of the 3rd Flying Division to come to support, and in these three days, the 6th Flying Regiment of the 2nd Air Division had already fought more than 10 air battles with the Japanese army. Although more than 60 fighters of the Third Flying Division were shot down, the Japanese army soon sent more reinforcements, and in order to prevent Su Jin from sending planes to reinforce Shanxi, the Sixth Flying Division stationed in Guangdong and the Fifth Flying Division stationed in Jiangsu also sent hundreds of fighters to invade Zhejiang and Fujian provinces at the same time. (To be continued.) )