Huaxian can be said to be the gateway to the north of Guangzhou, if Huaxian is lost here, ?an ?e?n ?en'org

It was precisely because of this in mind that the commander of the 21st Army, Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, stationed the 18th Division, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, here in Huaxian.

You must know that the combat units of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Foshan are only the 145th Wing of the 136th Brigade and the 11th Defense Brigade of the Navy, and more than 6,000 people of the 19th Defense Brigade, while the 104th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Dongguan is only garrisoned by the 132nd Brigade.

The 18th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed here in Huaxian County, which was garrisoned by two brigades, the 23rd Brigade and the 35th Brigade, which suffered few losses and had strong combat effectiveness.

Ando Toshikichi considered that there would be an accident in Foshan and Dongguan, but after the accident here, Ando Toshikichi could use the assistance of the navy to directly recapture it.

There would be an accident here in Huaxian, Ando Rikichi never thought that it would be, and now after hearing the news of the loss of Huaxian, he had a cold expression on his face.

Looking at the chief of staff of the major general, Toshikichi Ando didn't know what judgment to make for a while.

There was a wrong judgment before, after Ando Toshikichi lost in Sihui, he immediately transferred the 229th Wing of the 38th Division, and the 123rd Wing of the 126th Brigade of the 106th Division quickly reinforced the past.

The two infantry wings did reach Sihui, but these two infantry wings were all surrounded and annihilated in Sihui.

It is precisely because of this that now after hearing that Huaxian has the possibility of loss, Ando Toshikichi did not make a judgment for the time being, he was worried that once he made a judgment, it would lead to the loss of his troops again, and now the 21st Army troops could not bear any losses, after all, there were not many remaining troops in the 21st Army troops, and they still needed to hold their positions everywhere.

"Your Excellency, Commander, if we send troops to reinforce the past now, and then assemble aviation units, will we be sure of victory? As long as we can thoroughly grasp the air supremacy, then the armored forces of China will naturally not pose much threat, although the 18th Division has lost a wing, but their main force still exists, as long as we have enough troops here, we will certainly be able to pose a certain degree of threat to the Chinese troops. ”

After the chief of staff of the 21st Army Major General hesitated slightly, he looked at Commander Toshiyoshi Ando, and then said his suggestion.

The chief of staff knew very well how important Huaxian was to Guangzhou, and if Huaxian was lost, the Chinese troops could directly attack Guangzhou, and at that time the defensive significance of Foshan and Dongguan would be of no value, and if the Japanese puppet troops from Foshan and Dongguan were sent to reinforce Guangzhou, they would definitely be ambushed by the Chinese troops.

Sun Weiguo was good at ambush warfare, and they knew this very well, so they would not allow Huaxian to be lost, let alone allow the Chinese troops to attack Guangzhou directly through Huaxian.

"The 229th Wing and the 123rd Wing are a lesson from the past, if we continue to send troops to Huaxian now, if we are devastated again, we will not even have the strength to defend Guangzhou, if this is the case, Guangzhou will not become an empty city, this will definitely not work."

Regarding the idea that the chief of staff wanted to send troops directly to attack, Ando Toshikichi directly denied it.

Because of the bitter lesson that the 123rd Wing and the 229th Wing were completely annihilated, Ando Toshiyoshi will definitely not send any reinforcements to leave Guangzhou now.

What's more, the Japanese troops he stationed in Guangzhou were not very large, and all these troops were deployed by him in Guangzhou, forming a solid defensive circle.

"Immediately contact Ai Ishikawa of the 21st Independent Flying Team and ask him to immediately dispatch air forces so that they must regain air supremacy."

Toshiyoshi Ando looked at Major General Chief of Staff Yuki Tsuchihashi and said with an unusually serious expression.

"But Your Excellency Commander, even if we have air supremacy, but now that the Chinese troops have reached the city of Huaxian, the aviation unit can no longer carry out an effective attack on them, and if we blindly bomb them, I am afraid that the troops of the 18th Division in the city will be accidentally injured."

Although Ando Toshikichi gave the order, Yuki Tsuchihashi still tried to say that he thought the best way now was to send reinforcements.

As long as reinforcements are sent to fight and there are aviation forces to assist in the battle, Tsuchihashi Yuji believes that he can still win.

However, if only the aviation units were sent to reinforce the past, then even if the aviation units had air supremacy, it would not have much effect, after all, now that the Chinese troops had already reached the city of Huaxian, the aviation units could not even bomb the Japanese troops.

"Bagayalu, obey my orders, immediately contact the 21st Independent Flying Team, let them ensure air supremacy, fully cooperate with the 18th Division, and immediately contact the First Air Force, let them also immediately dispatch fighters, and cooperate with the 21st Independent Flying Team to completely control air supremacy."

Toshiyoshi Ando's eyes looked at the chief of staff, Yuki Tsuchihashi, and he gave the order with an unusually serious expression.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." The chief of staff of the 21st Army, Major General Yuki Tsuchihashi, immediately agreed.

He knew that since Toshikichi Ando had already made his decision, no matter what he was saying, Toshikichi Ando would not change his decision.

At this time, under the city of Huaxian, the tank troops had begun to arrive here, and the tank guns began to concentrate their fire on the city gate.

Armor-piercing bullets began to hit the city gate, but the city gate had already been blocked by the devil soldiers, and although the armor-piercing bullets broke the city gate, they couldn't make a gap.

Japanese artillery and light and heavy machine gun bullets were striking at the follow-up troops, and the distance between the armored units and the follow-up troops was once again visible.

The howitzers of the artillery brigade can only suppress the Japanese artillery in the city, but cannot hit the towers, which will accidentally damage the tank troops.

Fang Chaoqun, the commander of the 201st Division, looked ahead, and he immediately contacted the commander of the Dragon Force, hoping that Huang Yongsheng could quickly make a gap in the armored troops.

"Bring the explosives bag right away and blow it out a road." Huang Yongsheng immediately gave an order and said.

More than a dozen officers and soldiers immediately packed explosives at the city gate, and then they quickly dispersed and hidden.

As the fuse was lit, a huge explosion sounded, and the city gate was blown up in an instant, along with the sandbags blocking the city gate.

Bricks and tiles on the walls of the city began to fall, and even some bricks and tiles began to fall on top of the tanks.

"Immediately contact the armored infantry regiment, the mechanized infantry regiment, and let them follow immediately." Fang Chaoqun saw that there was a gap, and he immediately shouted.

At this time, on the city wall, the 1st Brigade of the 114th Wing of the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army had already paid hundreds of casualties, and as a gap was made here in the city gate, the 1st Brigade quickly began to evacuate.

"Evacuate quickly." Captain Shaozo commanded the troops and quickly abandoned the city walls. (To be continued.) )