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Chapter 1518 Battle Xinkou (2)

Hideki Tojo's headquarters was not located in Haradaira County, but in Lai County. When he heard www.biquge.info the unfavorable news of the front-line battle situation in the telegram, he could hardly believe his eyes, he immediately ordered all departments in Xinkou to wait for reinforcements, and then commanded the follow-up troops who were rushing to Xinkou by railway and highway to speed up their southward march to give the squadron that dared to take the initiative to dismount.

The town guarding the original county seat is the ninth division of the Japanese army, the division is also known as the Kanazawa division, is one of the six new divisions after the First Sino-Japanese War, since the establishment of the unit, from the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War to the present, this unit has a great reputation, is one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army, very well-equipped.

The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke Ryosuke, graduated from the 17th class of Lu Shi, and later entered the Army University for further study, graduating from the 28th class. He successively served as squadron leader, group leader, wing commander, chief of staff of the division and regiment, and chief of the general affairs section of the education director's department. If history had not changed, he would have led his troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu in September, followed by the Battle of Nanjing in December, and his Ninth Division would have participated in the Nanjing Massacre, with the blood of the Chinese on his hands. And now, he can only lead the troops, fight with the squadron in Shanxi, don't want to see Jiangnan Fengyue again.

With an illustrious track record, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi believed that with the ability of his division, he would be able to cope with any difficulties.

Lu Yixuan did not give the Japanese army any respite, he must complete the annihilation of the original enemy as soon as possible, so as to free up more troops to deal with the attack of the devils from the north and south, and also to solve all the Japanese troops in the encirclement north of Xinkou.

The heavy artillery, towed in place by military trucks, was covered by artillery fire on the intended target in accordance with the firing elements calibrated by the S3 reconnaissance aircraft in the sky after reconnaissance.

"Boom—"

Two shells hit Yoshisuke's headquarters directly, and then more shells smashed into the divisional headquarters that was previously the primary school building of Yuanping County.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke pushed away the staff officer who was pressing on him, and when the shell fell just now, this staff officer pounced on him and saved the life of his division commander.

Frightened, Yoshizumi Ryosuke bowed deeply to the staff officer who had been blown up beyond recognition, and rushed out of the headquarters with red eyes.

At this time, the entire primary school building was already in shambles, with gunsmoke, fire, broken corpses, wounded, and the radio station of the division and regiment headquarters devastatingly attacked, and the personnel suffered huge losses, and almost all the people who were alive were wounded.

"Your Excellency Yoshizumi, the artillery fire of the Shina people is too fierce, we must strengthen our defense, otherwise the future is worrying!" The chief of staff, Nakagawa Kosa, came to Yoshizumi Ryosuke in embarrassment and stumbling.

"Yes, we must strengthen the defensive line and prepare more death squads!" Yoshizumi Ryosuke looked at the sky a little distractedly, and his original confidence was gone.

"Judging by the density of artillery fire, the enemy has at least five divisions or more troops besieging us, and at least one or two independent artillery brigades or regiments."

Nakagawa's analysis is reasonable.

You must know that in addition to the Anjia Army, at this time, even the most well-equipped so-called German armor division in China is mainly based on 75mm Krupp mountain guns or 75mm Forbes mountain guns, and only independent heavy artillery brigades or regiments are equipped with heavy artillery such as 120mm and 150mm howitzers. But at this moment, the number of heavy artillery of the opponent has far exceeded imagination, not only 150mm howitzers, but also a large number of 120mm howitzers, which is really frustrating.

"I guess the Xinkou battle is a trap set by the Zhina people, otherwise how could it cut off the connection between our front and rear all at once? Judging from the current situation, our opponent not only has a large number of cannons, but also the shelling is extremely accurate, and your Excellency should have made a decision long ago! ”

Chief of Staff Nakagawa continued his analysis.

"Yo Si! It seems that this time we are underestimating! ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke turned to roar angrily, "That guy Tojo, didn't you say that the Shina people were poorly equipped and vulnerable? So what are we experiencing now? I guess that generals such as Sekikame and Murakami, who are encircled in the south, have fully felt how ridiculous Tojo's statement is......"

After venting the anger in his heart, Yoshizumi Ryosuke returned to normal: "That's it, even if it's difficult, but since the front army headquarters has already given instructions, we still have to follow the order." Nakagawa, order the troops: Hold on and wait for help! ”

"Yes!"

Chief of Staff Nakagawa took the order and left.

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However, it was unbelievable that the squadron suddenly seemed to become like an upstart, and began to squander and waste wantonly, and the shells fell like hail on various points in the city as if they didn't need money. The walls of the southern, western and northern cities of the original Ping have long been riddled with holes.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the mechanized troops of the Anjia Army and the assault troops dispatched by the New Fifth and Sixth Divisions, under the leadership of officers at all levels, were ready to go.

At a quarter past three, a loud charge horn sounded, and the armored battle group, under the cover of 150mm caliber artillery fire, formed a wedge-shaped formation and launched an attack on the original Pingnan City.

The infantry officers and men who followed the tank attack took out mortars of various calibers, as well as the secret weapon of the Anjia Army, the bazooka, and immediately began to accompany the tanks to carry out accurate artillery bombardment after the long-range heavy artillery outside the city carried out extended fire.

The gap in the collapsed city wall of the south gate of Yuanping is getting bigger and bigger, and many of the Japanese death squads who are hiding near the gap and trying to attack the tanks have flown into the sky with the dirt before they see the tanks, and they are shattered.

The devil soldiers, who were accustomed to the way of fighting after the bombardment of the squadron, finally appreciated the power of the tank cluster attack and experienced the power of the steel torrent.

Under the cover of various types of mortars, the tank guns of the Wolf and Leopard tanks continued to exert their might, constantly stopped, eliminated all the exposed firepower points of the Japanese army, and approached the devil positions full of holes step by step.

The tanks were getting closer and closer to the gap in the wide city wall, and suddenly, out of nowhere, a group of bare-chested devil daredevils with white cloth on their heads rushed towards the tank cluster.

Almost at the same time, the coaxial parallel machine guns immediately spewed out furious tongues of fire, but because the distance was too close and the whereabouts of the Japanese troops were well hidden, the incident happened very suddenly, and three wolf tanks were still blown up by the devils who were not afraid of death.

But at this time, the loss of three tanks could no longer stop the advance of the An Jia army.

Under the guidance, cover, and support of the tank, the air defense combat vehicle quickly killed from the rear of the tank, and the ninety-six Gaoping dual-purpose machine guns were built into an indestructible firepower line, like a waterfall extinguishing the fire of life of a large number of devils, and those devil daredevils with their heads wrapped in white cloth and bare shoulders as if attending their own funerals were spewed out by the air defense sports cars, and shrapnel were spewed out one after another, fulfilling their long-cherished wish of "killing themselves and becoming benevolent".

The devil's defense line was completely loosened, and the devils who survived chose to retreat back to the private houses in the city, taking advantage of the obstacles of the buildings to confront the An Jia army.

Devils and puppet troops from other directions rushed to the south gate one after another to participate in the defense. Yoshizumi Ryosuke organized the devils to rely on all the building construction and prepare for brutal street battles.

What happened next confirmed Yoshizumi Ryosuke's judgment that the street fighting was indeed cruel, but he didn't expect that this cruelty was only for the stubborn devils.

In the sky, the air force of An Jiajun still did not rest, and the bombers that were responsible for bombing missions became ab26 models.

AB26 has powerful ground firepower, when passing at a low altitude of 100 meters, the nose and wings of the fuselage sprayed furious bullets, the front and flanks of the tank troops, all the things that dare to block the car one by one, if they encounter trouble that cannot be solved by artillery fire, one by one 200 kilograms or even 500 kilograms of bombs will be dropped, and one building after another by the turtle shells that the devils rely on, quickly turned into a grave to bury them.

The puppet soldiers who have just picked up their guns for a few days, where have they seen such a hot scene, they don't want to be cannon fodder for the devils, if they are not greedy for life and afraid of death, who the wants to be a notorious dog traitor! The way of bushido, which is admired by the Japanese, is unlikely to change the belief in the hearts of these traitors that "it is better to die than to live" in just a few months.

As a result, the traitors defected one after another, or surrendered with white chess high, and then under the instructions of the officers of the Anjia Army, they led the troops entering the city to exterminate the devils, or simply revolted on the battlefield and fired directly at the devil soldiers around them.

The devil soldiers are indeed very, very tenacious, and the devils, who have long lost coordination with each other, have resolutely launched suicide attacks on the tank units of the An family army under the leadership of their commanders. They shouted slogans or shouted at all the explosives they could find at the tanks, and some of them were blown to pieces before they could get up, while others fell on the way to suicide attacks.

Lu Yixuan, who had already moved the headquarters to the city, saw this scene from the telescope and frowned slightly: "The Japanese are indeed very tenacious!" I have read the battle report sent by Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian, compared to the Japanese, the French *** team is like a group of children who can't fight! ”

At this time, Qu Muchen sat on the middle line of the entire battlefield, and together with Yang Jiuxiao, the commander of the 17th Army, he commanded the troops to meet the breakthrough and counterattack of the Japanese army.

Zhao Bohan, who entered the special brigade of the Southern Yunnan Military Region as An Yi's confidential secretary, successively served as a detachment captain and squadron leader, and was transferred back to Lu Yixuan's side in September last year, his temperament was much calmer, he nodded: "The spirit of bushido preached by the Japanese is very terrible, I heard that before they set out on the expedition, they all said '***' when they encouraged each other, which shows that spiritual strength still has a great impact on combat effectiveness!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Bohan looked around and lowered his voice: "If it is really weapon-only, how can the Red Army resist Chiang Kai-shek's encirclement and suppression on a larger scale than one time, and how can it successfully complete the 25,000-mile Long March?" After arriving in northern Shaanxi, how did they hold on to the siege of the warlords and the central army? Therefore, the spiritual construction of the army is very important, which is also what An Jiajun has always advocated, but what they preach is nationalism, and more ......"

Lu Yixuan's face changed greatly, and he scolded: "Shut up! What are they yours, aren't you one of them? Don't mention this kind of thing again in the future! ”

Guo Peirong next to him smiled faintly and didn't say anything. In the binoculars in his hand, the battle situation was already doomed, although the Japanese army was not afraid of death, but in the face of the soldiers of the Anjia Army, whose spiritual strength was not weaker than theirs, and in the face of the tactics of the Anjia Army's integration of air and ground, a large number of Japanese troops began to turn around, and ran in the direction of the north gate.