Thinking that he needed to fight again, Matsui Ishone pondered for a long time before giving this order.

After giving the order to dispatch planes to strike at the independent division, Matsui Shigen still felt faintly uneasy, so he said: "Inuyo-kun, we have no other way." ”

Although the chief of staff of the Japanese Central China Front, Major General Takeo Inukai took office at the beginning of this year, he still knows a lot about the entire small Japanese Central China Front, and Inukai Takeo thought about it for a while, and then said: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, according to the telegram sent by Ushijima of the Sixth Division, I think the reason why the independent division is attacking so sharply is because they have the support of tank troops and heavy artillery units, if we can dispatch some tank troops, the heavy artillery units will suppress them, plus our aviation units, As well as the 26th Division, which is being reinforced to Hangzhou, I think we have a good chance of winning. ”

Hearing this, Matsui Shigen's face did not soothe much, and at this time, Matsui Shigen still had any chariot troops and heavy artillery troops in his hands.

Seeing that Matsui Shigen frowned, Inukai Takeo hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, have you forgotten that in Shanghai, Nanjing and other areas of the Yangtze River Delta, we still have a lot of sporadic chariot troops, sporadic artillery units, if we immediately concentrate all the chariot and heavy artillery units in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places and temporarily regroup, and quickly drive to Hangzhou to reinforce the Sixth Division, with these chariots, plus the 6th Division, the 26th Division, and our aviation forces, we will definitely be able to defeat the Independent Division." ”

Hearing this, Matsui Ishone's eyes lit up. Said happily: "Yo Xi! Inu-kun is really my brainchild. ”

As the commander-in-chief of the Central China Front, Matsui Shigen naturally knew the way of the Yangtze River Delta. There were also many small units to maintain local law and order, and every county town, and even some of the larger towns, had small Japanese garrisons.

Although these small Japanese units are relatively scattered, and most of them are stationed in various places in the form of squads, squadrons, or brigades, the total size is not small. All the troops together add up to at least a few tens of thousands.

In large cities, such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, etc., the size of the troops is even larger. Some of these units are equipped with tank squads, artillery squads or squadrons, if they can be carried. Artillery squads or squadrons are used intensively. It's also a lot of force.

In addition, these troops are only for the purpose of maintaining local law and order, maintaining the rule of little Japan in the local area, and by the way, suppressing the resistance of the local armed forces.

Thinking about this, Matsui Ishine was also happy in his heart. His face was much soothed, and he immediately ordered the little Japanese chief of staff, Inukai Takeo, to handle these things.

Right now. Matsui Ishine gradually believed in the fact that the independent division was equipped with a large number of chariots and heavy artillery, and when he saw that the Sixth Division had died thousands of people in just a few hours, he was so angry that he was more suspicious of Ushijima Mitsuya, thinking that Ushijima Mitsuru had exaggerated the facts.

Now, gradually calming down, and the little devil's chief of staff, Inukai Takeo, also analyzed it, thinking that Ushijima Man may have a little bit of exaggeration in it, but the difference with the whole fact should not be very big, and the independent division must be equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, combat vehicles and other heavy equipment.

With the orders of the Central China Front Army of Little Japan, almost all tanks, armor, and heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm in the entire Yangtze River Delta region immediately went to several areas to assemble, and in these designated areas, temporary formations will be carried out to be used in a centralized manner to reinforce the Sixth Division in Hangzhou

West of Hangzhou.

The mechanized infantry brigade and the first infantry brigade, the two units are still cleaning the battlefield, the second line of defense of small Japan, more than 3,000 little devils were killed by soldiers, and the corpses of these little Japanese were collected and piled up in several huge pits.

At this time, in each big pit, a large number of devil corpses were piled up, some of these corpses were relatively complete, some were relatively broken, and even some were just parts of the corpse, such as thighs, arms and other stumps and broken arms.

It takes a lot of time to clean up such a battlefield, but fortunately, there are also more soldiers, and there are a lot of people, and after one or two hours, this battlefield has been cleaned up.

However, even after spending a lot of time, the soldiers did not forget to carefully search the corpses, and the weapons and equipment on the ground were also collected, although most of these weapons and equipment were damaged, but there were still a lot of them.

Seeing that the entire battlefield was basically cleaned up, the finishing work was handed over to the First Infantry Brigade, and the mechanized infantry brigade would continue to advance, and the target was naturally the third line of defense of small Japan several kilometers away, which was also the last line of defense in the west of Hangzhou

North of Hangzhou.

With the arrival of thousands of soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, the soldiers began to build fortifications relying on favorable terrain, and several roads north of Hangzhou were under the control of the soldiers.

In the north of the city, the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, which is a major highway and the only way to connect the Japanese reinforcements in Shanghai, at this time, on both sides of the road, many soldiers of the infantry brigade are building fortifications.

On the highway, you can see the soldiers from time to time, and further away, there is a huge plain, the terrain in the north of Hangzhou is very flat, and the small hills are rare to see.

However, there are several small hills here, and the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway also passes through here, and the height of the hill is not high, but only a few tens of meters high, and a large number of soldiers of the Third Infantry Brigade are building blocking fortifications.

In the distance, on the huge plain, farmland, wasteland, a large area is connected to a large area, and a large area of crops in the farmland has been harvested, and the combat vehicles of the armored brigade are waiting on this large plain.

With the arrival of thousands of soldiers of the Third Infantry Brigade, the task of blocking the north of the city was handed over to the Third Infantry Brigade, and the thousands of soldiers of the Third Brigade will be divided into several blocking positions according to the terrain and near various highways to snipe and reinforce the Japanese troops in Hangzhou.

The armored brigade will be used as a force for mobility, and where the 3rd Infantry Brigade needs reinforcements, a large number of armored brigade vehicles will drive over to provide strong reinforcements to the soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Brigade.

The flat terrain in the north of Hangzhou is fully capable of adopting such tactics.

The soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Brigade blocked the Japanese reinforcements in Hangzhou on a fixed blocking position, and the armored brigade could reinforce the 3rd Infantry Brigade at any time, and even maneuver around to eliminate the reinforcements of the Japanese army.

These small hills next to the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway are one of the important sniper positions of the Third Infantry Brigade, and the strength of a regiment is arranged, and more than 1,000 soldiers are digging trenches, building sandbags, building machine gun points, and even mortar positions.

Liu Funan, commander of the Second Regiment of the Third Infantry Brigade, was on the highest point of a hill, holding a telescope, and watched with satisfaction as his soldiers built a position.

Liu Funan was one of the first people to follow Ye Feng, and a few of the brothers in Shizhuzhai were already regiment commanders, and the rest of the people, as well as deputy regiment commanders, battalion commanders, company commanders, etc., were already platoon commanders who were the worst.

For those who followed him first, Ye Feng was never stingy, and they were all promoted and reused, and entrusted with the positions of battalion and company commanders, and only those important positions, such as the main posts of each brigade and most of the main posts of each regiment, Ye Feng used professionals from the "Nuwa" system to fill them, or promoted some from the 500 veterans of that year.

On the one hand, the independent division has been formed for a short period of time, and there is indeed a lack of a large number of officers at all levels, and on the other hand, the professionals of the "Nuwa" system are really outstanding.

However, even if they are promoted to important responsibilities, after serving as a company commander, battalion commander, or even a regiment commander, everyone often has to train and study in addition to work and training, naturally, this is Ye Feng's request.

Liu Funan is really good, after professional study, he has improved rapidly in more than a year, and he has almost undergone a transformation, and there is almost no trace of the small leader of the bandits back then, and he is completely the head of a colonel.

Seeing his well-equipped more than 1,000 soldiers, Liu Funan was in a trance, as if he had returned to the days of Shizhu Village.

Two years ago, he was a small bandit leader, and now, he is already a colonel and a colonel commander of an elite army, Liu Funan secretly said in his heart, he will follow the division in this life, even if he goes up the knife mountain and goes down to the sea of fire, he will never frown.

This is the truth that a soldier dies for his confidant.

If there is no Ye Feng, how can there be Liu Funan now, Liu Funan understands this very well in his heart, and even, many brothers in Shizhuzhai back then knew this, everyone has only gratitude and loyalty to Ye Feng.

Just when Liu Funan was full of emotion, a major battalion commander walked over quickly, pointed to the armored brigade in the distance, and said: "Tuanzao, you see, the brothers of the armored brigade seem to have received some order, and they are changing their formation and preparing for battle. ”

Hearing this, Liu Funan hurriedly took the telescope and looked into the distance, only to see the armored brigade in the distance was changing its formation, and if it was a professional, it would be seen that the armored brigade at this time was forming an air defense formation.

Seeing the tanks and armored vehicles of the armored brigade maneuvering around and changing formations, and the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns and twin-mounted anti-aircraft guns of the air defense regiment were slowly facing the sky, Liu Funan seemed to understand something.

Not only the air defense regiment is preparing, but also the three major tank regiments and the machine infantry regiment are also moving, and on the armored vehicles of these regiments, anti-aircraft machine guns are facing the sky.

The time was not very long, in less than half an hour, the armored brigade was basically ready, the anti-aircraft machine guns on each armored vehicle were loaded with long chains, and the fighters were in place.

The air defense regiment, which is the main force of air defense, is even more prepared, and all the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, all the anti-aircraft machine guns, and a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns equipped with the air defense regiment are also ready for air defense.

Holding the binoculars and looking at them for a long time, Liu Funan thought in his heart, could it be that there is a group of little devils coming.

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First update. (To be continued......)