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Foshan, Huaxian, and Dongguan are the three strongholds set up by Ando Toshiyoshi on the periphery of Guangzhou, and Ando Toshiyoshi also knows that if the Chinese troops want to recover Guangzhou, then they must clean up these three strongholds, and today both Huaxian and Foshan and the garrison of the Japanese troops in Dongguan are performing well.

Of course, Ando Toshiyoshi also knows that this has a lot to do with the support of the air force, if there is no air force, then the Japanese army will definitely have to pay huge casualties if they want to hold these three strongholds, and with this magic weapon for victory, Ando Toshiyoshi immediately thought of Sonobe and Ichiro in Wuhan.

"Sonobe-kun, congratulations on your promotion to the commander of the 11th Army, I believe that under your leadership, the troops of the 11th Army will definitely be able to continue to fight for the greater interests of the empire. I believe that the 11th Army will be able to capture Hunan and completely defeat and annihilate the Ninth Theater of Operations. ”

After picking up the microphone, a smile appeared on Ando's face, and he said politely.

"Ando-kun, if you call me at this time, there must be something, I also know the situation there you, but now our various divisions have certain casualties, if we go to Guangzhou to support you in the battle, I'm afraid it is unrealistic, but you can rest assured, I will arrange for the troops to launch a diversion attack on the Ninth Theater of Operations in China and cooperate with you in the battle."

When Sonobe and Ichiro heard Toshiyoshi Ando say this, he said with a little weakness.

After the 21st Army in Guangdong was attacked by Chinese troops, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, Nishio Shouzo, immediately contacted Sonobe and Ichiro, who hoped that Sonobe and Ichiro would be able to cooperate with the troops of the 21st Army and send troops to attack the troops of the Ninth Theater in front of him.

It's just that Sonobe and Ichiro directly refused according to the situation of their own troops, the 11th Army had just participated in the Battle of Changsha, and all the departments had certain casualties, and the 11th Army was temporarily incapable of launching an attack, and they needed time to rest, so Sonobe and Ichiro directly refused, and Nishio Shouzo took into account the situation of the 11th Army, so he directly agreed to Sonobe and Ichiro's suggestion.

Now that Toshiyoshi Ando has called him, Kazuichiro Sonobe can only reluctantly agree to arrange for the troops to cooperate in the battle.

But it is absolutely impossible for him to mobilize the main forces of the 11th Army to launch an attack on the Ninth Theater.

"Sonobe-kun, I hope you can transfer the aviation units under the jurisdiction of the 11th Army to cooperate with us in the battle, as long as your aviation units bomb the logistics supplies in China. At present, our troops are holding on to Guangzhou and nearby strongholds, and we hope that you can support and cooperate with us in the battle. ”

Toshikichi Ando said with a solemn expression, realizing that it didn't seem easy to get support from Sonobe and Ichiro.

"I see, Ando-kun, you can rest assured, I will immediately arrange for the aviation unit to cooperate with you in the battle and bomb the logistics supply of China."

Hearing that Toshikichi Ando just wanted his side to send an aviation unit, Kazuichiro Sonobe agreed without any hesitation.

He knew very well that the air force would not suffer any losses, after all, the air supremacy was now completely in the hands of the Japanese army.

"Sonobe-kun, I'm very grateful for your support, if I can repel the Shina troops this time, I will definitely thank you." Toshikichi Ando said gratefully.

Kazuichiro Sonobe chatted with Toshiyoshi Ando for a while, and then he ended the call and began to arrange for the air force to be dispatched to support the 21st Army in the operation.

After Toshikichi Ando hung up the phone with Kazuichiro Sonobe, a smile appeared on his face, in his opinion, with the 11th Army Aviation Unit cooperating in the operation, he was a little more sure of his victory.

After hanging up the phone, Toshiyoshi Ando sent another telegram to the 18th Division, the 106th Division, and the 104th Division, in which he encouraged the three divisions and hoped that they would continue to hold their ground.

At this time in Huaxian County, in the headquarters of the 18th Division, Lieutenant General Changna Cheng Kazumasa and the commander of the 23rd Brigade Major General Hara Shousande discussed together.

After the Chinese troops temporarily stopped attacking, Jiuna Chengyi immediately summoned the original Shousande to the division headquarters, and he wanted to know the current casualties of the 23rd Brigade.

"The first brigade of the 55th Wing stationed on the north side of Huaxian County, the second brigade suffered more than 300 casualties, and the position suffered a certain loss, and the 56th Wing stationed on the east side of Huaxian County lost more than 600 people, and some of the losses of the position were very eye-catching, but now they have begun to reinforce. Your Excellency, Division Commander, judging from the current situation, although the Chinese troops have temporarily stopped attacking, they will definitely attack at night, and now they are resting and hiding from the aviation units. ”

Hara Shousantoku glanced at Jiuna Castle, and said with a solemn expression on his face.

"We have already guessed this, and we are also prepared to deal with the night attack of the Chinese army. I have already contacted the 21st Independent Flying Group, and as soon as we send a telegram, they will immediately rush to reinforcements, and our artillery units will fire flares to guide the aviation units to bomb targets. ”

Gyuna nodded, and when the Chinese forces temporarily stopped attacking, Gyuna realized something, and he was ready for it.

"Your Excellency the division commander, according to the current situation, the Chinese army has assembled heavy troops on our side, and it is very likely that their main attack will be on our side, Your Excellency the division commander, can we ask the headquarters for help, if the headquarters can send us the heavy artillery wing, then we will definitely have no problem defending."

After Yuan Shousande hesitated for a moment, he looked at the division commander Changna Castle and said.

"Foshan was also attacked by the Chinese troops, although there were no tanks there, but there was also Sun Weiguo's elite, at present, the headquarters can not judge where is the main attack of the Chinese troops, even if I report to His Excellency the commander, he will not take the liberty of sending a heavy artillery wing, you can rest assured, with the current situation, as long as there is the cooperation of the aviation force, we will definitely be able to hold here."

Jiuna Joichi said confidently, Hara Shousantoku looked at the map, and he nodded immediately.

However, they didn't know that Sun Weiguo, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the Fourth War Zone, had now rushed from Sihui to the outskirts of Huaxian, and he summoned Yin Jinshan, commander of the Provisional Ninth Army, and Chen Lie, commander of the 54th Army, to start a meeting, and at the same time followed Sun Weiguo to come here, as well as Huang Yongsheng, the commander of the Dragon Army.

"Commander-in-chief, our troops have launched more than a dozen tentative attacks in a row, the little devils have very strong firepower, their fortifications are very strong, and there are connections with each other, if you rely on the infantry charge alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to take the position of the little devils, we must adopt the infantry, armor, artillery joint advance method."

When Sun Weiguo began to sit down, Yin Jinshan, commander of the Ninth Army, immediately expressed his opinion. (To be continued.) )