Chapter 652: Gathering in Jiedu Township
The Japanese army hygienist carefully bandaged the wound of Captain Shaozuo, and the expression on his face became extremely nervous, because he was worried that he would be reprimanded for making a mistake.
Even if the hygienist didn't know anything about the military, he knew very well that the Japanese army was now at a critical moment of life and death.
"Captain, there are more than 700 infantry in the 16th and 17th brigades in the village, more than 200 artillery officers, and dozens of baggage soldiers, and there are 1,100 troops in the village, some of which broke through from Lijiazhuang Town, according to our judgment, the troops in Lijiazhuang Town will not exceed 600 people."
A captain came to the front of the Shaozo Captain, he looked at the Shaozo Captain, and made a report in a solemn tone.
Obviously, these 1,100 people are the main force of the three infantry brigades of the Japanese army, and it is precisely because there are so many Japanese troops stationed in Yangjiayu Village that Yangjiayu Village has become the focus of the Chinese troops' strikes, and the first battalion of the 1st Pre-1st Regiment, the machine gun battalion, the artillery company, and the cavalry battalion of the 6th Cavalry Regiment are deployed here, and their task is to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops in Yangjiayu Village.
The troops of the first battalion of the 1st Advance Regiment were still stationed in Lijiazhuang Town, and at the same time, the troops of the 17th Battalion, the 16th Brigade and the 18th Brigade were previously reinforced, totaling more than 800 people, outside the town.
After the previous battle, there were only more than 500 Japanese troops in Lijiazhuang Town, and they were still pinned down outside the town by the first battalion, as long as they dared to break through, the cavalry artillery battalion of the 6th Cavalry Regiment and the 1st battalion would immediately launch a fierce attack on them.
After the 18th and 17th Brigades of the Japanese Army in Huanglong Village were attacked by the armored battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion, they had only more than 400 people, and the Japanese army's three infantry brigades and one mortar brigade of more than 3,800 troops, at this time, only more than 2,000 people remained, and most of the 2,000 Japanese troops were wounded.
After the onslaught of the 1st Regiment and the 6th Cavalry Regiment, the Shaozuo Captain of the 17th Brigade had already been killed, and if the Japanese bombers had not appeared in time, these Japanese troops would definitely have been completely annihilated.
With the death of the 17th Brigade's Shaozuo Captain, the 16th Brigade's Shaozuo Captain no longer intends to take over the Japanese troops in Lijiazhuang Town, and he plans to break through directly with this 1,000-strong force.
"Immediately order the troops, except for the necessary weapons, ammunition, and protective equipment, all other items are destroyed, and the troops are ready to break through, it is now 1:15 o'clock, we will break through at 1:30, and the bombing of the air force can continue until 1:40 o'clock, and we will break out under the cover of the air force."
The hygienist bandaged the wound of the 16th Brigade Captain Shaozuo, and with a firm expression on his face, he directly gave the order.
The captain nodded, he saluted Captain Shaozuo, and then ran out quickly.
After the captain left, the captain of the 16th Brigade showed a solemn expression on his face, even though there were aviation units to help in the battle, but the captain of the Shaozo Brigade was still worried that the troops would be blocked, he knew that if a part of the troops were not left to contain them, the Japanese troops would definitely not be able to break through.
"Gather all the officers of the 16th Brigade together, and don't notify the officers of the 17th Brigade." Captain Shaozo said softly.
The Shaozuo Captain of the 16th Brigade began to deploy the matter of breaking through, and the Japanese troops in Lijiazhuang Town and Huanglong Village were quickly resting at this time.
Because of the bombing by the air force, the morale of the devil soldiers was very high, and they would even be optimistic that their troops could resist the attack of the Chinese troops.
"The Chinese troops have no air supremacy at all, even if they are equipped with a hundred tanks, they will still be destroyed by our planes, you have just seen the appearance of the Chinese troops fleeing in the desert, how can they be our opponents, and when the air force finishes bombing, we will launch a counter-charge against them."
"The Chinese troops are not afraid at all, what can they do if they have tanks, they are not going to leave the battlefield to avoid the bombing of our planes, they are really a group of cowards, His Excellency the brigade commander will definitely deploy reinforcements, it is said that the first brigade and the 21st division of the melee have already set off, and the Chinese troops may be completely annihilated by us."
"The troops of the new second brigade are nothing more than that, we have suffered relatively large casualties, but their casualties are also not small, and when the bombing is over, as long as we launch a counteroffensive, they will definitely not be able to resist our attack, and I will completely defeat them."
"Captain, has the brigade headquarters issued an order for reinforcements, will our reinforcements come here soon, we will definitely wipe out all the troops of the new second brigade, isn't it, how can these troops be our opponents."
The devil soldiers swore and discussed, but they didn't know that their brigade headquarters had long lost contact with the brigade headquarters.
It's just that only the captains of the various departments and the communication soldiers know about this matter, and few of the rest of the devil soldiers will know about it.
And even the captain of the Japanese army would not have expected that at this time, their brigade headquarters had been terminated, and their brigade commander Qin Yashang had been killed.
At 1:20 p.m., Huang Guohua, the major battalion commander of the guard battalion of the New Second Brigade, arrived in Xiyang County with a company of troops.
Huang Guohua carried out the order of political commissar Shen Wei, and Huang Guohua first asked Sun Weiguo to return to the brigade headquarters for command, but Sun Weiguo naturally did not agree.
But then, several guards forcibly escorted Sun Weiguo to the truck, and the truck drove away.
These guards planned to forcibly bring Sun Weiguo to the brigade headquarters, but under Sun Weiguo's order, they still went to Lijiazhuang Town, Sun Weiguo wanted to come here to have a look, but although Huang Guohua agreed, Huang Guohua did not plan to let Sun Weiguo go to the front line.
As the 16th and 18th Brigades of the Japanese Army began to reinforce Lijiazhuang Town, and when the 19th Brigade and the 20th Brigade of the Japanese Army were completely annihilated, the left and right sides of Lijiazhuang Town became extremely empty, and Jiedu Township became a completely ownerless city.
Huang Guohua knew that the Sixth Cavalry Regiment and the First Pre-Regimental Regiment were encircling and annihilating the remnants of the Fifth Brigade of the Japanese Army, and he also knew that if there was no command from Sun Weiguo, the troops would definitely be chaotic, after all, the Sixth Cavalry Regiment was a mechanized armored unit, and in addition to the regiment commander Yin Jinshan, only Sun Weiguo knew the tactics of armored troops.
And to let the armored forces fight in conjunction with the infantry and artillery, and only Sun Weiguo can command the whole brigade.
The signal soldiers of the guard battalion immediately went to the battlefield, and after a while, Sun Ziyuan, the commander of the first regiment, Yin Jinshan, the commander of the sixth cavalry regiment, and Qin Xianliang, the chief of the staff who rushed to the front line to command, the three of them came to Jiedu Township.