Chapter 337: Encirclement and Anti-Encirclement (Ask for Subscription!) ）

From the beginning to the end of the entire battle, it can be said that the entire Quartet Camel Siege and Annihilation Battle went very smoothly without any accidents.

In the front enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, as soon as Commander Liu Hua's words fell, the five heavy artillery battalions arranged at the rear of the position, nearly 100 artillery pieces of various calibers, almost immediately carried out a fierce artillery attack covering the Japanese positions in the encirclement.

The 4th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, located in the encirclement of the 13th Division, had 3,000 xiǎo devils. After a day of bloody fighting, he was already exhausted and demoralized. Coupled with the night raid at night, which ended in final failure, the morale of the troops was even more depressed. And as dozens of large-caliber shells fell in the camp, the lives of more than a hundred soldiers were brought early in an instant. The demoralized soldiers, no longer ignoring the constraints of the commanders at all levels around them, fell into a húnluàn one after another.

And the entire barracks, with the sound of violent shell explosions, began to sound. It was under the personal witness of wing commander Yin Teng Dazuo that a collective bombing of the camp took place.

Since ancient times, no matter what kind of army it is, as long as there is a bombing of the camp, basically, there is no future to speak of.

Sure enough, it was the shelling of the Japanese Yin Teng Wing in less than five minutes. The warriors hidden behind the two mountains rushed out of the tunnels where they were hiding with lightning speed. Then, at the Japanese position on the hill that was close at hand, he threw grenades like raindrops.

More than a thousand grenades, gathered on a position of less than a few hundred square meters, exploded, the result of which can be imagined. A Japanese squadron holding on to the hilltop position, more than 100 devil soldiers, many of whom were still asleep, were blown up by flying grenades.

As for the dozens of xiǎo devils who survived by luck, in front of two thousand commanders and fighters. It's like a boat in the sea. Without causing any wind, it disappeared into the dense charge of the warriors.

By occupying the two hills, the connection between the Japanese Yin Teng wing and the main force of the division was immediately and completely severed. Each left a company to be responsible for blocking the possible reinforcements sent by the main Japanese forces. 38 and 39 The two main regiments, the rest of the troops, like two unsheathed swords, quickly rushed towards the encirclement, and the Japanese Yin Teng Wing, which had already fallen into a húnluàn, went directly over...

"Report to Your Excellency, Division Commander, that the troops were suddenly hit hard by enemy artillery fire and suffered heavy losses. In addition, the 4th Infantry Wing was suddenly surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. At the moment, the entire infantry wing is in the middle of a jī battle and is in danger. Wing Commander Yin Teng Dazuo sent a telegram requesting reinforcements..."In the headquarters of the Japanese division, at a time when Lieutenant General Fukuda was at a loss because of the sudden heavy artillery fire. A combat staff officer who rushed into the headquarters out of breath reported loudly.

"What, the Fourth Infantry Wing is divided and surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, how can this be..."As he spoke, Lieutenant General Fukuda walked quickly to the side of the map, and with a pair of sharp eyes, he began to quickly search for people on the map.

A few seconds later, a few days ago, the two heights that had been occupied by himself were found by Lieutenant General Fukuda, and then he asked: "Operational staff officer, the two heights occupied by our army are enough to overlook the entire Sifang Camel Battlefield. Ordered the defending troops holding the two heights to immediately attack and reinforce Yin Teng's unit. In a word, we must rescue thousands of imperial soldiers of Yin Teng's wing from the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army. ”

However, what made Lieutenant General Fukuda, who was furious, feel dissatisfied that the combat staff officer in front of him did not immediately start acting in the face of his orders. Instead, he stood in front of him, his mouth constantly grinding, as if he wanted to say something?

"Yaga, report anything immediately, and if there is nothing to do, immediately go and convey the order. Don't you know that if you don't delay for a second, the Yin Teng team in the encirclement will lose some of its strength? Glaring dissatisfiedly at the combat staff officer in front of him, Lieutenant General Fukuda asked loudly.

"Hai, Your Excellency the Division Commander..."

Wiping the cold sweat that kept breaking out on his forehead, the combat staff officer replied in a loud voice: "According to the report of the reconnaissance troops, these two heights have been reoccupied by the troops of the Eighth Route Army in less than five minutes after the start of the shelling. At present, these two highlands have been re-grasped in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. If we want to reinforce Yin Teng's team, we must retake these two highlands...... "Nani, the highlands are reoccupied by the Eighth Route Army?" Bageya Road, it was only a few minutes, and an infantry squadron that was sticking to the high ground was wiped out, what the hell is going on, who can tell me what the hell is going on..."Lieutenant General Fukuda was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief.

"Hay, as for the specifics, it's not clear yet....?" Combat Staff Officer Xiǎo replied in a loud voice.

"I don't know, I don't know, what's the use of the Japanese Empire raising you waste. hún egg, ordered the 2nd Infantry Wing, to attack immediately. No matter what the cost, I will retake these two heights and reinforce Ito United. Immediately, or you're dead, you're going to die..."After a brief moment of shock, Lieutenant General Fukuda ordered loudly.

"Hello..."

On the battlefield of the Sifang Camel, the battle to encircle and annihilate the Ito Wing of the Japanese Army was in full swing. Commander Liu Hua and Zhou Baozhong were standing on the high ground around the headquarters, holding binoculars, motionless and staring at the battlefield where bullets were raining down, ready to make the latest adjustments to the entire battle situation at any time.

Less than twenty minutes after the battle began, nearly 10,000 soldiers of the enemy and our armies, crisscrossing the jiāo and weaving the wrong jiāo, were engaged in a jīlie battle. A combat staff officer, panting, rushed out of the former enemy headquarters and ran towards his position.

"Chief, Commander Zhou, the forward position is urgent. The reinforcements of a wing of the Japanese army were launching a fierce counterattack on the first high ground that our troops had just recaptured. At present, an infantry company holding on to the high ground has suffered more than half of the casualties under the repeated attacks of the Japanese army, and the troops are asking for reinforcements..."The combat staff officer reported with an anxious face.

"It is worthy of being the most sharp Kwantung Army unit of the Japanese army, and after such a fierce artillery fire, not only did it not cause any húnluàn. It turned out that so quickly, reinforcements were sent. The artillery regiment was ordered, with two-thirds of the artillery, to reinforce the forward positions. Between the main force of the Japanese army and the Yin Teng Wing, a fire barrier was created for me to block the attack of the Xiǎo devil reinforcements. Liu Hua ordered with a decisive face.

"Yes, Commander...."

Dense shell explosions. Japanese reinforcements, an infantry wing that was dissatisfied with the establishment, two thousand xiǎo devils. As soon as he charged to a position a hundred meters from the top of the mountain, he was enveloped by the dense artillery fire of fifty mén artillery pieces.

In the face of almost airtight artillery fire, in the face of the continuous huge casualties of the troops. The wing commander had to order the already scattered troops, after dropping a few hundred corpses, to withdraw to their camp in disarray and report to the division headquarters.

"Bang bang...", two loud slaps in the Japanese division headquarters. Facing Lieutenant General Fukuda, who was angry in front of him, and the wing captain who had just returned from defeat, he could only endure the hot pain that kept coming out of his face, lowered his head, and let the division commander vent the anger in his heart to himself.

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the division commander, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce. In less than ten minutes of shelling, our 2nd Infantry Wing lost more than 400 valiant Imperial soldiers. However, the entire army advanced only a distance of less than a hundred meters. If the rate of loss is at this rate, our Second Infantry Wing, before it has rushed into the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army, will all be lost on the way to the charge. Wing Captain Xiǎo Sheng explained.

In the face of hard facts, Lieutenant General Fukuda has nothing more to say. Ignoring the aggrieved co-captain in front of him, he turned around and asked the chief of staff beside him.

"Hún eggs... Could it be that Amaterasu no longer blesses my 124th Division? The chief of staff, the current Yin Teng Wing, is in danger in the face of the frantic attack of the Eighth Route Army. And we can only watch as thousands of imperial soldiers die one after another, and there is no way to do it. What do you think we should do now? ”

However, just when Lieutenant General Fukuda's words fell, the chief of staff had not yet answered. A rush of footsteps shattered the silence of the headquarters. Immediately after, the panting divisional combat staff officer stood in front of him.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, the commander of the cavalry wing telegraphed. In the three directions of the southeast, west and southeast of the main force of our division, large-scale troops of the Eighth Route Army were found at the same time. According to reconnaissance, at present, our 124th Division has been surrounded by regiments and regiments by the Eighth Route Army. As for the specific strength of the encirclement of our army, the cavalry wing is being reconnoitred, and it is not yet known...", "What, we are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. Where did the Eighth Route Army come from with so many troops, and how could they have so many troops....how is it possible? The words of the combat staff officer, like a stone jī up a thousand layers, immediately made the officers in the command fall into shock.

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander, it is absolutely true, this is a telegram just sent by the cavalry company, please take a look at Your Excellency the Division Commander." As he spoke, the combat staff officer quickly handed a telegram in his hand to Lieutenant General Fukuda.

After a quick glance at the telegram in his hand, the frown on the forehead of the division commander, Lieutenant General Fukuda, deepened even more. After handing the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff beside him, he immediately fell into deep thought.

And just when the oppressive atmosphere in the command was about to make people breathless. The voice of the chief of staff reached everyone's ears: "Your Excellency the division commander, at present, our 124th Division is besieged by the Eighth Route Army, and this has become an unchangeable fact. As for the troops of the Eighth Route Army, if they want to win the victory in the entire anti-encirclement and suppression operation, their first breakthrough point is undoubtedly our 124th Division. Therefore, I believe that we should adopt the method of sticking to and waiting for help. ”

"Nani, stand by for help, Chief of Staff, tell me your reason?" Lieutenant General Fukuda asked with a puzzled expression.

"Hai, it is to hold on to the spot and wait for reinforcements. At present, the main force of our division, plus all the logistics personnel, and tens of thousands of troops. We are fully capable of holding out for a day with the strength of our forces, coupled with the strength of the terrain. When the time comes, with the steady arrival of reinforcements, a larger encirclement will be formed around us. Then, the troops of the Eighth Route Army that surrounded us will turn around and become the turtles in our urn...."The chief of staff said with a confident face.

"What do you mean is to let me have the 124th Division as a bait to attract the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Méng Mountain. Then, concentrate the troops, counter-encircle them, and then gather and annihilate them...."Lieutenant General Fukuda's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked rhetorically.

"Hai, Your Excellency, the commander of the division, is wise. When the time comes, if it can successfully encircle and annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Even if our 124th Division suffered all the losses in the course of the battle, the first contribution of the entire campaign was also the work of our 124th Division..."The chief of staff replied.

"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff, you really deserve to be the best staff officer of the Kwantung Army of my Great Japanese Empire. My order was immediately conveyed, and the troops organized a defense on the spot. Communications staff officer, immediately send a telegram to the former enemy command in Shenyang" Lieutenant General Fukuda nodded with satisfaction, and once again his face was excited. Then, facing a communications staff officer in front of him, he commanded loudly.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, after our 124th Division marched to the four directions, it was stubbornly resisted by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and the troops suffered heavy losses. However, after several days of fighting, our 124th Division also achieved very great results. At present, around our division, a large-scale armed force of the Eighth Route Army has suddenly appeared, and our 124th Division has been completely surrounded by the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the area of the Sifang Camel. According to his humble speculation, the Eighth Route Army's operational purpose was very simple: to completely annihilate our 124th Division, so as to break the plan of our Imperial Japanese Army to encircle and suppress its base areas. In the face of the Eighth Route Army's battle plan, I, Futian and all the officers and men of the 124th Division, were willing to act as bait for the entire campaign and attract the main force of the Eighth Route Army to the Sifang Camel area. After the arrival of reinforcements,. Attacking from inside and outside, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was completely annihilated in the area of the Sifang Camel, please ask Your Excellency Chief of Staff to know the 124th Division, Commander Futian...."

After the telegram was sent to the former enemy headquarters of the Japanese army in Shenyang, the entire headquarters was immediately plunged into a húnluàn. Even the commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Hyotaro Kimura, was called out from the bed by Major General Kuroda.

"How's the situation at the front..."

The disheveled Lieutenant General Hyotaro Kimura had just walked into the headquarters and asked Major General Kuroten, the busy chief of staff in front of the map.

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the situation is very unoptimistic. According to the report of the commander of the Futian Division: At present, our 124th Division has fallen into the heavy encirclement of the troops of the Eighth Route Army. The other armies, under the resistance and disturbance of a large number of Eighth Route Army, also suffered heavy casualties and were very tired. In a short period of time, Chōu could not mobilize enough troops to reinforce the 124th Division...."Major General Kuroda quickly replied.

Walking to the map, on the military map centered on the quadrangular camel, the situation of the enemy and the distribution of troops have been clearly displayed in the eyes of Kimura Hyotaro through the icons of different colors. Seeing on the map, the 124th Division, which has been heavily surrounded and in a desperate situation. Lieutenant General Hyotaro Kimura couldn't help but frown. Facing the chief of staff in front of him, Major General Kuroda, he asked again. "Kuroda-kun, for the current situation, the former enemy command, your staff office, have you formulated a good countermeasure or battle plan? ”

"Hello..."

As he spoke, Major General Kuroda picked up a command bāng, pointed to the huge military map on the wall, and began to explain to the chief of staff with a pensive face in front of him.

"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the opinion of the commander of the Futian Division, the General Staff of our former enemy headquarters has drawn up a battle plan, the core of which is: to hold a big battle with the Quartet Camel as the center. At this moment, the 124th Division, which was heavily surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, was a bait released by our Imperial Japanese Army in this battle. The main forces of the Eighth Route Army in the Méng Mountain area were all drawn to the Sifang Camel Battlefield. The remaining four divisions of our encirclement and suppression troops quickly encircled the Quartet Camel Battlefield with lightning speed. On the periphery of the Eighth Route Army, a larger encirclement was formed. In the end, we attacked inside and outside, and wiped out the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop..."

Listening to the introduction of Major General Kuroda in front of him, Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro's frowning brows slowly relaxed. As Major General Kuroda put down the command bāng in his hand, he looked at himself with an inquiring look. Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro's face immediately appeared with a smile of satisfaction and spoke.

"Yo Xi, very good, Kuroda-kun, I don't have any opinion on this battle plan you have formulated. Now I give the order to immediately implement the battle plan you have drawn up. I hope that all of us can make concerted efforts to complete the combat mission of the main force of the Eighth Route Army at an early date. ”

"Hayi, please rest assured, Your Excellency, that your humble duties will live up to your expectations," replied Major General Kuroda with a smile on his face.

"Yo Xi, go in the dark, you go. I am sure that you will be able to accomplish this task successfully. Lieutenant General Yotaro Kimura nodded in satisfaction and then ordered.

Looking at the departing Major General Kuroda. The chief of staff, who is confident in this battle plan. No more worries. Led by the orderly, he returned to his room and began to rest. What Lieutenant General Hyotaro Kimura didn't expect was their series of self-confidence, which was their so-called stubbornness and waiting for help. As a result, after dozens of xiǎo hours, they heard the bad news that the 124th Division had been completely annihilated...

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