[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 821: Unexpected War (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

At the same time, Okamura Ninji urgently sent a telegram to the country, requesting that the base camp immediately load the newly formed troops and transfer them to North China, so as to prevent the emergence of the kind of strategic crisis that had occurred before, and for this reason the North China Front Army would also put the operational plan of seizing southeastern Shanxi and other places on hold. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the night of 7 April, a reconnaissance company of the Second Integrated Division of the Suicha Military Region went to Gujiaying Town, Xiahuayuan, to rescue more than 40 women who had been captured by the Japanese army.

The reconnaissance company of the reorganized second division is the elite trained in accordance with the training method of the special combat team, and the weapons and equipment are also extremely sophisticated, far from being comparable to the current Japanese army, therefore, although the Japanese army has 2.5 times the strength of theirs, in order to protect the rescued women, this reconnaissance company will not retreat, and it will fight to the death with the Japanese army several times its own.

Seeing that the attack could not be carried out for a long time, the Japanese army sent an infantry squadron and an artillery squad to reinforce it, so far the Japanese army's strength in Gujiaying Town has reached more than 700 people in three infantry squadrons and one artillery squadron. At this time, the reconnaissance company of the reorganized Second Division had already suffered one-third of the casualties, and in order to complete the rescue mission, the reconnaissance company still gritted its teeth and persevered.

At ten o'clock in the evening, an infantry battalion of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division finally arrived at the battlefield, but the situation on the battlefield made Shi Bin, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Brigade, extremely angry, and there were less than 50 people left in a fully equipped reconnaissance company, most of whom were wounded, but to Shi Bin's relief, the more than 40 women who were rescued were intact.

The furious Shi Bin ordered the troops to immediately enter the battle, and together with the reconnaissance company, they stormed the three infantry squadrons of the Japanese army, and fought until half past eleven, most of the three infantry brigades of the Japanese army were killed and wounded, and they were almost completely annihilated, but after all, the town of Gujiaying was close to the lower garden, so the Japanese reinforcements soon arrived again, and the reinforcements of the Japanese army were full of an infantry wing and a chariot squadron.

The Japanese army originally planned to annihilate the China in Gujiaying Town in one fell swoop. At the same time as the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the 3rd Brigade and the first regiment of the special task force also arrived, and then the reinforcements from both sides immediately entered the battle, so far the total number of Chinese and Japanese troops on the front line of Gujiaying Town has reached more than 8,000 people.

With the escalation of the war, both Yang Chengwu and the commander of the 10th Division of the Japanese army Gujiaying, Lieutenant General Ueda Zhiichi understood that the powder keg had been ignited, and no one could prevent the outbreak of the war.

On the morning of 8 April, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army assembled in Gujiaying Town had reached about 12,000 men in one brigade and two other regiments, and the Japanese side did not show weakness in the slightest.

The battle on the front line also entered a white heat, the reconnaissance company that was the first to enter the battle and the 3rd brigade, a regiment and 2 battalions were all killed and wounded, and they were withdrawn by Shi Wenhu, the former enemy commander of Gujiaying Town.

Lower Garden. The headquarters of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army.

"Nani, have reinforcements from the opposite branch arrived?" Lieutenant General Ueda, commander of the 10th Division, asked in surprise.

"Hay, it's true."

"Matsumoto Shaosa, have you checked the number of the army on the other side?" Ueda asked again.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, it has been found out that it is the second division of the old army of the Suicha Military Region in China, and its combat effectiveness is very strong." Matsumoto replied respectfully.

"Has your intelligence department checked the deployment of the troops and firepower of the Chinese people?" Ueda asked again.

"I am incompetent, and now I only know that this infantry division has two infantry brigades and some directly subordinate troops, and I also know that the commander of this infantry brigade is a Chinese officer named Yang Chengwu, but the specific strength and firepower are not clear. But what is certain is that this Chinese army has artillery, and the number will not be less than one artillery brigade, according to the situation on the battlefield today, it is equipped with 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery of the same caliber, and there is no heavy artillery. ”

"Yaga!"

"Hay!" Matsumoto Shaosa bowed his head in response.

"Baga, what is your intelligence department doing, you don't even know such important information, hum!" Lieutenant General Ueda said angrily.

"Hay! Incompetent! ”

"Pass my order: the artillery wing will go to Gujiaying Town immediately, and order the 10th Infantry Wing to bypass Gujiaying Town to attack the flank of the Chinese army, and the 39th Wing and the 40th Infantry Wing will all press on me, I want to see what these Zhina people use to block my 10th Division." Lieutenant General Ueda said loudly.

"Hay!"

Gujiaying Town North. The headquarters of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division was reorganized.

Shi Wenhu, the commander of the 3rd Brigade, asked with a heavy heart: "Lao Chen, have the casualties of the troops been counted?" ”

Chen Zhiheng, political commissar of the 3rd Brigade, frowned and said: "It has been counted, our unit lost 827 people in half a day and one night, of which 411 were killed in battle, and the casualties were very large!" ”

"The casualties are indeed a bit large, we have lost nearly two battalions of troops on the first day of the war, and there will be many more big battles in the future, no, we must change our tactics!" Shi Wenhu said.

As the new brigade commander of the 3rd Brigade, Shi Wenhu was honestly a little speechless about this battle, because the battle broke out too suddenly, whether it was the headquarters of the 3rd Brigade or the reorganized 2nd Division, they were not prepared at all.

In addition, Shi Wenhu had been serving as a commander at the grassroots level before, and before being promoted to the commander of the 3rd Brigade, he was the commander of the 1st Division, 2nd Brigade and 1st Regiment, and was only transferred to the 2nd Division and 3rd Brigade as the brigade commander a month ago, so he was not very familiar with the troops, and he did not expect to be put into battle so quickly, which made Shi Wenhu feel pressure.

Fortunately, Chen Zhiheng, the new political commissar of the Third Brigade, had been serving in the Third Brigade before, and he also had very rich combat experience, and he had been helping Shi Wenhu on the side.

Hearing that Shi Wenhu was going to adjust his tactics, he immediately asked, "Lao Shi, how do you plan to adjust?" ”

"Lure the enemy deep and block it step by step!" Shi Wenhu said.

"Do you mean that we are fighting while retreating, taking advantage of the terrain and powerful firepower to kill and injure a large number of little devils?" Chen Zhiheng said.

"That's right, the number of automatic fire equipment of our army is stronger than that of the Japanese army, as long as you choose a good blocking position, it is enough for the little devil to drink a pot!" Shi Wenhu said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, then do it!"

"Staff Officer Li, pass on my order: the first regiment immediately withdraws from the battle, and then goes to the rear of our army to build a blocking position, and an hour later the brigade headquarters, the second regiment, and the artillery battalion alternately cover the retreat, and guard the rear of the battalion."

"Yes!"

Soon, the news of the retreat of the Eighth Route Army reached the Japanese front enemy headquarters. Ueda to the first lieutenant general was known to the Chinese for his tactics of roundabout left and right. Therefore, he immediately ordered all the troops in Gujiaying Town to press up, and no matter what, they had to drag the Zhina army in front of them to buy time for the troops on the left and right flanks.

After receiving the order, Major General Maji Hojo, the supreme commander of Gujiaying Town, did not dare to slack off. Immediately command the troops and horses of the post to launch a counter-charge against the Eighth Route Army in Gujiaying Town. Attempt to drag the retreat of the 3rd Brigade.

However, Shi Wenhu's troops retreated very simply, without giving the Japanese army a chance to drag, and when the Japanese troops rushed to the position of the 3rd Brigade in Gujiaying Town, there were only empty and simple positions left, and nothing else was left.

"Yaga! Chase it, and hurry up! Major General Maji Hojo roared angrily.

"Hay!"

As Shi Wenhu expected, the Japanese army really caught up. Li Heshan, commander of the 3rd Brigade and 1st Regiment, has just received a report that they have built four blocking positions along the way, leaving an infantry company and a makeshift machine gun company in each position, and it is conservatively estimated that each blocking position can hold back the Japanese army for more than an hour.

After receiving Li Heshan's telegram, Shi Wenhu was overjoyed and ordered the guard battalion behind the palace to slow down the speed of retreat, stimulate the little devil behind him, and don't let that dog thing in Hojo lose his patience. (To be continued.) )