Chapter 723: The Sixth Cavalry Regiment Returns
Outside the town of Guanshan, the headquarters of the 21st Infantry Regiment of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army.
It was already 11:45 p.m., but the commander of the 21st Infantry Regiment, Major General Kenichi Kamiki, was full of energy at this time, standing in front of the map with a smile on his face.
In Shenmu Kenichi's view, there was no problem in completely annihilating the troops of the new second brigade in Guanshan Town, and he even began to imagine that after the new second brigade troops in Guanshan Town were completely annihilated, he could lead three infantry wings to quickly go to the county seat of Pingding County, and after the county seat of Pingding County and our first brigade and the independent third brigade were in a melee, they could completely annihilate all the troops of the new second brigade in Pingding County.
Kenichi Shenmu thought that he could make the first contribution this time, and he believed that after completely annihilating China's most elite New Second Brigade troops, he could be promoted to lieutenant general of the army.
"Order the 62nd Wing and the 83rd Wing to send alert troops around, at this time we have to be more careful, Sun Weiguo still has a strong command ability, he will definitely not watch the defenders of Guanshan Town be wiped out by us, I guess he will definitely send reinforcements to come, but the number of reinforcements will not be too much, at most there are only more than 1,000 people."
Shenmu Kenichi glanced at the location of Pingding County on the map, and he commanded in a serious tone.
Although Kenichi Shenmu doesn't know as much about Sun Weiguo as Momoyo Kunomura, he still knows Sun Weiguo's ability to some extent.
In Shenmu Kenichi's opinion, he is about to completely annihilate the troops of the new Second Brigade in Guanshan Town, and Sun Weiguo will definitely not sit idly by.
"Your Excellency Regiment Commander, at present, we have not found any Chinese troops near Guanshan Town, and according to the report of the 62nd Wing, the morale of the Chinese troops in the town is very low, it seems that they have encountered some psychological blow, I guess they must think that they are not the opponent of our Imperial Army. Your Excellency, Regiment Commander, if we can persuade these troops to surrender, maybe it will bring an even greater morale blow to the troops of the new Second Brigade of China! ”
A Japanese officer with the rank of Junior Commander came to Kenichi Kamiki, who first answered Kenichi Kamiki's words and then gave his own advice.
As soon as Kenichi Kamiki came to the door of the headquarters, he glanced towards Guanshan Town, and a disdainful smile appeared on his face.
"At present, the Chinese troops are completely at the point of being surrounded and annihilated by us, there is no need to persuade them to surrender at this time, you immediately get in touch with the 82nd Wing, let them attack on time at 12 o'clock at midnight, and tell them that they must settle the battle before 1 o'clock in the morning." Kenichi Kamiki said confidently.
As soon as his words fell, before Officer Shaozo could reply, fierce gunfire began to be heard in the distance.
Seeing that it was a voice from the east, Kenichi Kamiki had a solemn expression on his face.
"Boom, boom." Immediately afterwards, shells began to hit the exposed artillery of the three infantry wings of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army.
"It's the 94-style mountain artillery, Your Excellency the regiment commander, this should be the main force of the Zhina army coming." When Officer Shaozo heard the sound of cannons, he said in a panicked tone.
The sound of artillery continued to sound, and one shell after another began to hit the Japanese 62nd Wing, 82nd Wing, and 83rd Wing's exposed 41-type mountain artillery, 92-type infantry guns, and 94-type mountain artillery, and the Japanese shelling of the position of the new 2nd Brigade in Guanshan Town was instantly agreed.
The sound of gunfire gradually became weaker, but the roar of tanks began to sound, and flares began to be shot into the air.
In an instant, the dark night seemed to be daylight, and the traces of the Japanese troops were completely exposed, and at the same time, tanks began to appear in the sight of the Japanese troops.
"Tanks, it's the tank unit of China."
"Bagaya Road, how could the tank troops of China appear here, aren't they in Zanhuang County?"
"The 6th Cavalry Regiment of the New 2nd Brigade has returned to help, and immediately ordered all units to enter the position, and they must be prevented from entering Guanshan Town."
There was a period of confusion in the Japanese troops, and then under the orders of the Japanese ministers, the devil soldiers quickly entered a defensive state.
The 62nd Wing, which started from inside the town to the outskirts, hurriedly began to come to the position of the 82nd Wing outside the town, and they began to enter the position fortifications.
It was Yin Jinshan's Sixth Cavalry Regiment that came to Guanshan Town, and the Sixth Cavalry Regiment received a secret telegram from Sun Weiguo, and they immediately began to march to Pingding County after dark.
The county towns of Jingcheng County and Xiyang County were currently empty, and the troops of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment quickly returned to Pingding County through these two counties.
After rushing to Pingding County, Zheng Jingjing's troops of the 2nd Artillery Battalion and the 3rd Company of the 1st Artillery Battalion quickly returned to their formation, and the artillery unit set up an artillery position on the high ground near Donghui Town.
Through the observation of the artillery mirror, the artillery commander Liang Zerui began to order the 2nd Artillery Battalion to carry out artillery bombardment on the artillery exposed by the Japanese army in Guanshan Town to suppress the Japanese artillery fire.
The artillery units began to shoot, while the armored battalion was led by deputy battalion commander Xiao Zhiwei to rapidly advance forward, the cavalry battalion troops followed, the infantry battalion troops began to get out of their vehicles and attack with the tank troops, and the mounted artillery battalion set up artillery positions on the nearby high ground.
Thirty tanks were advancing in a wedge-shaped formation, more than a dozen armored vehicles appeared nearby to cover reconnaissance, the officers and men of the infantry battalion followed behind the tanks, and the troops of the 6th Cavalry Regiment ran over the position of the 83rd Wing of the Japanese Army.
The 83rd Wing had only set up a simple position on the outskirts of Guanshan Town, and they had not expected the tank troops to appear here at all.
Seeing the tank rushing over quickly, the devil soldiers inevitably became panicked.
The 21st Division of the Japanese Army is a division and regiment composed of three police reserve squadrons, and each of their wings only has an infantry artillery squadron under its jurisdiction, and there is no mountain artillery squadron at all.
When the commander of the 83rd Wing saw the tanks rushing over, he immediately gathered ten Type 92 infantry guns of his own wing and two 75MM mountain guns reinforced by the two divisional artillery wings, and twelve guns began to fire at the tanks.
An anti-personnel grenade fired directly at the T-26 tank at the front, but due to the distance, the anti-personnel grenade fired by the infantry gun was bounced off by the tank's armor.
The infantry gun, which exposed its position, was immediately met with tank artillery fire, and the infantry gun was destroyed on the spot.
The twenty-four guns of the cavalry battalion began to suppress the 83 Wing, and one shell after another continued to hit the 83 Wing's position.
The 83rd Wing began to fall into the shelling, and the devil soldiers were under a lot of pressure, especially as the tanks got closer and closer, and the expressions on their faces changed.
"Your Excellency Regiment Commander, it is the main force of the Sixth Regiment of the Zhina Cavalry, they are all here, what should we do now." The headquarters of the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army was set up not far from the position of the 83rd Wing.
"Quickly contact the 62nd Wing and ask them to send troops to attack from the flanks and contain the troops of the 6th Cavalry Regiment." Kenichi Kamiki immediately gave the order.