Chapter 846: Blocked Yuzhuang Town
After Houguan Chun heard the report of Chief of Staff Bai Yin, the expression on his face immediately changed.
He had been reported by the Second Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade that he knew that the main force of the Honorary Second Division of the Eighth Route Army had probably entered Ningwu County, but he did not expect the situation to develop to this point.
Looking at the map, Houguan Chun's brows furrowed tightly, and he realized that the situation was far more complicated than he had imagined.
"Where the 11th Wing arrives, immediately contact the 11th Wing and ask them to immediately go to Dongzhai Town, Ningwu County, to reinforce the Second Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade."
Houguan Chun looked back at the chief of staff, Bai Yin, and he gave an order with an anxious face.
When the commander of the Second Independent Mixed Brigade Major General Brigade Changoka Kanji sent a telegram asking for help, Houguanchun immediately dispatched the 11th Wing in the north of Ningwu County to quickly reinforce it.
According to Hou Guanchun's idea, an infantry wing plus an independent mixed brigade, even if the main force of the Honorary Second Division is in Ningwu County, there is no problem for these troops to protect themselves.
"Report, Your Excellency Division Commander, the 13th Wing of the vanguard encountered resistance from the Zhina troops, and the 13th Wing encountered the main force of the Zhina Army in Dai County, according to the documents issued by the intelligence department, what appeared in Dai County should be the main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army."
As soon as Houguan Chun's words fell, a Shaozuo staff officer hurriedly came to Houguan Chun to report.
"Boom, boom." As soon as Staff Officer Shao Zuo finished reporting the information, the sound of artillery began to be heard all around.
The sound of artillery shells exploding sounded, and Houguan Chun's face showed a solemn expression, and an infantry brigade responsible for protecting the security of the division headquarters immediately entered the combat state.
The chief of staff of Osa, Shiyin Shigeji, immediately began to get in touch with the 11th Wing through the radio, and after handing over this task to the signal corps, Shiyin Shigeji quickly returned to Houguan Chun's side.
"It seems that it is a harassment war carried out by the local troops of the Eighth Route Army, Your Excellency the division commander, the main force of our division must quickly enter Dai County, so as not to encounter the 13th Wing from being besieged by the troops of the 120th Division of China."
Shiyin Shigeji pricked up his ears and listened for a while, but there was no gunfire outside, and he said in a worried tone.
There is no need for Bai Yin Juji to say these words, and at this time, Houguan Chun also realized that the situation had become delicate for him.
Unlike other Chinese troops, the Eighth Route Army has a tenacious fighting capacity despite its poor weaponry and equipment.
An infantry wing of the Japanese army has a certain chance of winning against a division of the Chinese troops, but it depends on what kind of unit the infantry division of the Chinese army belongs to.
If it is a local unit, the Japanese infantry wing is sure of victory, if it is a central army unit, the Japanese wing will be in trouble, and if it is a unit of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese wing is in danger, and if it is a unit of the Eighth Route Army's honorary second division, then this infantry wing will be completely annihilated.
The 120th Division is a regular unit of the Eighth Route Army, and now the 13th Wing that has entered Daixian is fighting with the troops of the 120th Division.
"Order the 12th Wing to quickly enter Dai County, and the 12th Independent Artillery Wing immediately set up artillery positions to support the 13th Wing in the operation." Houguan Chun immediately gave the order.
"Your Excellency the division commander, chief of staff, the 11th Wing called back, the 11th Wing was attacked by the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army in Yuzhuang Town, the 11th Wing has currently lost two infantry squadrons, this Wing is equipped with a large number of machine guns and artillery, in addition they also have tanks to help the battle, at present, the 11th Wing is temporarily retreating to Yuzhuang Town, and they cannot support the independent mixed second brigade."
A communications soldier hurriedly ran over with the message he had just received, and after he saluted Houguan Chun and Bai Yin, the signal soldier immediately reported.
After receiving the order from the regimental headquarters of the 26th Division, the 11th Wing quickly began to advance towards the area around Dongzhai Town.
The first battalion of the main cavalry battalion of the fifth regiment of honor carried out a surprise attack on the third brigade of the 11th wing under the command of Chen Zhongju, the commander of the battalion of the major, and the first battalion of the cavalry easily annihilated the two infantry squadrons of the Japanese army with the assistance of the armored team, and the main force of the 11th wing of the Japanese army began to retreat to Yuzhuang Town, and they did not dare to come out in Yuzhuang Town.
The 5th Regiment of Honor was a cavalry unit, and although they reinforced their artillery, machine guns and tanks, it was still difficult for them to storm heavily fortified towns.
However, the mission of the 11th Wing of the Japanese Army was to reinforce the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, while the mission of the 5th Regiment of Honor was to block the Japanese reinforcements.
Judging from the tasks of both sides, the 11th Wing of the Japanese Army was unable to reinforce the independent mixed second brigade, and it was obviously the Honorable Fifth Regiment that completed the task.
After Houguan Chun and Bai Yinshiji heard the report of the communication soldier, the faces of the two of them became extremely shocked, and they couldn't help but look at the map blankly.
It was unacceptable for an infantry wing of the 11th Wing to be blocked by cavalry units in Yuzhuang Town.
They knew that judging from the telegram sent by Toneoka Kanji to the headquarters of the 26th Division, the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade was currently in a precarious situation, and even if the 11th Wing rushed over desperately, it might not be able to relieve the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, but now that the 11th Wing was actually cowering in Yuzhuang Town, it was obvious that the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade would not be able to get any reinforcements.
"Bagaya Road, send a telegram to Yamazaki Yewu, the captain of the 11th Wing, and ask him to attack and advance to Dongzhai Town immediately, just told Yamazaki Yewu that no matter how much the 11th Wing pays, they must rescue the independent mixed second brigade!" Houguan Chun roared angrily.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." The signal corps immediately saluted and immediately began to send electricity to the 11th Wing.
At this time, in Dongzhai Town, Ningwu County, where the Japanese army was independently mixed into the headquarters of the Second Brigade, more than 100 engineers, more than 100 heavy soldiers, and auxiliary troops such as brigade and regiment headquarters service soldiers were all assigned guns, and many devil soldiers began to tie explosives bags to their bodies, and they were making the last resistance.
The first battalion of the Anonymous Regiment began to enter Dongzhai Town under the leadership of the regiment commander Fang Chaoqun, and at the same time, the second battalion of Ye Zimin Armored of the Fourth Regiment of the Honor Regiment also sent an armored company to fight with the first battalion of the supplement, and eleven Vickers tanks began to lead the infantry to fight, and it was only a matter of time before the Japanese troops in Dongzhai Town were completely annihilated.
The more the last time, the more there will be a reversal, seeing that Dongzhai Town is about to be conquered, the head of the nameless regiment Fang Chaoqun is afraid that there will be any mistakes, he will supplement the second battalion, the supplementary third battalion troops will be deployed on both sides of Dongzhai Town, the 65MM field artillery company, the 75MM mountain artillery company is the bayonet on the cannon, these two artillery companies are assigned to supplement the first battalion, he personally commanded the reinforcement of the two artillery companies to supplement the first battalion troops into Dongzhai Town to fight.
With a "boom", a shell was fired from a distant house, and the shell landed next to four fighters, who were killed on the spot.
Fang Chaoqun, who was following behind, was even more shockwave overturned on the ground, a stone slashed directly across his forehead, a long and deep wound appeared on Fang Chaoqun's forehead, bright red blood instantly began to flow out, and in the blink of an eye, Fang Chaoqun's face was full of blood.