[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 561: Fierce Battle in Yuanping Town (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

Harahira Front. The regimental headquarters of the 101st Regiment of the 1st Division and the 1st Brigade were reorganized. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Boom Boom"

The roar of artillery fire was incessant, and almost identical artillery on both sides poured steel shells on each other, blasting each other's positions into a sea of fire.

Outside, artillery fire was rumbling, but inside the headquarters of the 101st Regiment was a different scene.

"Report to the regiment commander, the attack of the second battalion was beaten down again by the little devils, the commander of the Huang battalion was seriously wounded, and the deputy battalion commander Li asked the regiment headquarters to give support."

"Give the yellow head to Lao Tzu to remove the class, and tell Li Erzi to make him a **** temporary acting commander of the second battalion. Tell him that there is no military support, artillery support can give him support for 15 minutes, let him charge Lao Tzu again, if you don't smash this turtle shell today, no one will fucking want to go back alive. Wang Guotao roared angrily.

"Yes!"

At the same time, the commander of the 80th Wing of the 20th 4th Division of the Japanese Army, Hideosa Iwakiri, also complained bitterly. The 39th Brigade of the 20th Division was completely annihilated by Ma Zheng's headquarters on the north bank of the Hunhe River a few months ago, and tens of thousands of people, including the brigade commander, Major General Guan Yuan, were annihilated, and suffered heavy casualties.

After the war, in order to restore the combat effectiveness of the 20th Division, the backbone division of the First Army, as soon as possible, the division headquarters ordered half of the strength of the 40th Brigade to be transferred to rebuild the 39th Brigade, and to transfer troops from other units to supplement the 39th/40th Brigade.

As a result, more than half of the veterans of the 40th Brigade were transferred to form the 39th Brigade, and the 40th Brigade was supplemented by some recruits who had not been trained for a long time, and even a large part of the soldiers were from Osaka.

Originally, this part of the troops was going to be transported to eastern Hebei to replenish the Fourth Division, but in view of the repeated defeats of the North China Front some time ago and the heavy losses of the division, the base camp temporarily decided to replenish these Osaka troops to the North China Front.

However, what is funny is that when the rest of the troops of the North China Front heard that these supplementary troops were Osaka people, they would rather be formed empty than accept these Osaka people, which shows how famous these troops composed of merchants are.

Others don't want it, Ushijima Minoru is not qualified to pick and choose, not long ago his troops were eaten up by Ma Zheng's division in a battle, and Ushijima Minoru had no choice but to collect these Osaka soldiers, otherwise God knows when he will be able to resume the establishment.

Although he knew that these Osaka soldiers had always been critical to saving their lives when they fought, Ushijima Minoru always kept these thousands of Osaka soldiers in the rear for training, and only then did they divide them into various wings some time ago, which can be said to be the first battle of those Osaka soldiers in China.

Knowing that they were not good at fighting tough battles, this time the 20th Division Division Headquarters issued a death order to the troops on the front line, and the 80th Wing stationed in Yuanping must hold Yuanping for at least three days, otherwise all of them will be handed over to the military court for disposal.

Lieutenant General Minoru Ushijima also knew that blindly forcing orders would definitely not work. In addition to pretending to be sick to escape the battle, these Osaka traders also have a common trick is to rub off, from Xinkou to Harahira more than 100 miles away, they may give you two days and two nights, passive slacking off they have a way.

Therefore, under the big stick, Ushijima Minoru had to give these guys sweet dates, so after consulting the commander of the First Army, General Umezu Mijiro, Ushijima Minoru ordered in the name of the commander of the 20th Division that as long as the 80th Wing held on to the original Heijin Pass for three days, all soldiers who came back alive would be rewarded with 20 silver dollars, and there would be additional pensions for the wounded and killed in battle.

Of course, Ushijima did not forget to tell the soldiers that there would be at least one division of reserves in Xinkou Castle, 100 miles behind Yuanping Town, ready to reinforce them. A full squadron of Imperial Air Forces at the nearby airfield would also assist them throughout the battle, under the coercion and lure of sticks and sweet dates and aircraft artillery. The 80th Wing, which had just completed the replenishment of troops, finally regained a trace of combat effectiveness, and it was a rare display of the momentum of the Japanese army's permanent division.

But that's all, the courage accumulated with money and oppression cannot last, and it is the elite troops of the Suicha Military Region who are fighting against them. In the four hours of fierce fighting, the 80th Wing had already suffered more than 900 casualties, and although they had inflicted huge casualties on the 1st Division with the assistance of their aircraft, the Osaka vendors, who had always cherished life as their motto, could not bear such heavy casualties.

In their opinion, 900 people in 4 hours, and more than 3,600 people in the 80th Wing will be reimbursed here in 16 hours. At this time, the Japanese soldiers who had just been added to the 80th Wing stopped doing it, and they asked the wing commander Iwakiri Hideosa to ask His Excellency the division commander for combat guidance.

Xinkou. 20th Divisional Headquarters.

Ushijima Minoru is happy that the morale of the troops has improved slightly, you must know that this blood Osaka soldier is a famous stinky **** in the army, and he can't support the mud on the wall. Even seniors like His Excellency General Terauchi Shouichi and His Royal Highness King Minoru Higashikurenomiya can't make it improve in the slightest, but he can make this muddy army compete with the most elite army in China, and I have to say that this is his Ushijima's real merit.

"Report, the 80th Eighth Wing of the Yuanping Front is in an emergency!"

"Hurry up!" Lieutenant General Minoru Ushijima said loudly.

"Hay!"

After reading the telegram sent by Iwakiri Hideosa asking for help, Ushijima was usually not angry, he still knew a little about the situation on the front line, and the reinforced regiment of the Shina people was indeed very tenacious. Two days ago, it was that reinforced regiment that had crushed the 79th Wing in front of it, captured the town of Chunyang, and also captured the Yangmingbao airfield a few hours later, causing the empire to lose fifty or sixty planes at once.

The 80th Wing was facing this reinforced regiment, and although the 900 casualties in 4 hours were beyond his expectations, Ushijima Minoru did not think that the 80th Wing could hold out for three days.

Ushijima Minoru is not the same as Iwakiri Hide's idiot, the casualties of 900 people can't frighten him, and the experienced Lieutenant General Ushijima Minoru knows very well that the sharp spirit of the Shina people has been almost consumed, and even the most elite Hiroshima Fifth Division and Sendai 2nd Division of the Imperial Japanese Army will not last long after four consecutive hours of attack, and even if there are no reinforcements, the attack of the Shina people will end in half an hour.

What's more, the three-day time was set by His Excellency Commander Umezu himself, and if the 80th Wing could not hold out for three days, he would have to send reinforcements in advance, and then the Xinkou side might not be able to hold on to the good news in the direction of Taiyuan.

"Send a report to the headquarters of the 8th Wing, ordering them to continue to hold on, there are no reinforcements, and the planes can fly once. Tell them that the attack of the Chinese will soon stop, and let them repair the fortifications and replenish the ammunition as soon as the Chinese stop the attack, so that they can be ready for the next attack against the Chinese people! Lieutenant General Minoru Ushijima ordered loudly.

"Hay!"

......

On the front line of Yanmen Pass, Iwakiri Xiudazuo's mood was very anxious, and the people of the branch were still so sharp, which reminded everyone of the 80th Wing, including him, of the Battle of Northern Jin a few months ago, that is, the people of the branch who annihilated all the 39th Brigade of Guan Yuanliu like ducks on the north bank of the Hunhe River, and not long ago drove them from Daixian to Yuanping, and pursued them all the way here.

He seems to have seen this scene again in this battle, and the most important thing is that Iwakiri Hideosa, as a middle-ranking and senior officer of the Japanese army, has been able to touch some secrets in the army, and he knows very well how many imperial troops there are on the Shanxi front, and how many Chinese troops are coming to attack. I am outnumbered and incapacitated, let alone outnumbered now.

"Boom" a large-caliber mortar shell exploded outside the command center, and a car parked outside the command center was destroyed. A soldier was seriously injured by the flying parts of the car, and the soldier's terrible screams made everyone in the command tremble.

"Pull him down, quickly!" Iwakiri said angrily.

"Hay!"

"Report, the division headquarters is in an emergency!" A newspaper operator stood up and reported.

"Hurry up and bring it, Your Excellency the division commander promised to reinforce our army?" Iwakiri Hideosa asked impatiently.

The telegraph operator did not answer Iwakiri's question, but lowered his head and handed the telegram to Iwakiri.

Seeing the newspaper soldier behaving like this, Iwakiri Hideosa was shocked, and suddenly a bad premonition swelled up, and he hurriedly took the telegram and read it. (To be continued.) )