[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 733: Counterattack Yong'an (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Although the order to retreat has been given, Kimura Hyotaro is extremely unwilling in his heart. In just a few days www.biquge.info he had lost the strength of two infantry brigades, and they were still independent mixed brigades.

But he also knew that the matter had come to an end, and no matter how angry he was and blamed himself, he couldn't go back. On the one hand, southern Hebei has always been the center of gravity of the Japanese army, and heavy troops are stationed all year round, and it is difficult for the local Eighth Route Army guerrillas to develop to a large scale, so the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei is likely to be transferred to southern Hebei through other channels.

The Suicha Military Region is not close to southern Hebei, and the small force is fine, but once more than 10,000 people march, it is impossible not to attract the attention of the special high-tech department, so Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro judged that there will not be too many troops of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei.

As the saying goes, kill 10,000 enemies and injure 8,000. Although Major General Sasaki Toichi fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army, based on his own understanding of Sasaki Toichi, Kimura Hyotaro believed that Sasaki Toichi would not surrender to the Shina army, but would lead his troops to launch the most tragic counterattack against the Shina troops.

Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro has reason to believe that the Eighth Route Army that besieged Sasaki to Ichibu must be extremely weak now, and will even be crippled by Sasaki's counterattack to Ichibu. Even if his judgment is wrong, this Luchinaa army has been fighting with Sasaki's troops in Magnetic Mountain for three days, and now it must be exhausted, even if it wants to go north after the battle, it will take a rest, and there is still a lot to be done during this period.

After thinking about it again, Hyotaro Kimura set his sights on the Takaki Shobe Department who was jumping. He believed that even if Gao Shuxun pulled out all the troops that could be mobilized, it would only be two infantry divisions, and Handan City would definitely have to leave some defenders, so Kimura Hyotaro estimated Gao Shuxun at 10,000 to attack Yong'an County.

Kimura Hyotaro wants to fight a time difference, he believes that even if the strength of Gao Shuxun's department exceeds 10,000 people, as long as the plan is good, he can annihilate Gao Shuxun's department before the Eighth Route Army comes to his senses, after all, in terms of combat effectiveness, Gao Shuxun's 10,000 people are only slightly stronger than an infantry brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army, and now he alone has two infantry wings and a cavalry wing of more than 10,000 people.

And there is an infantry squadron in Yong'an County, and there is an infantry brigade of the 35th Infantry Division stationed in Shahe, which is only two hours away from Yong'an County, although now his more than 10,000 people are in the semi-encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, and Gao Shuxun's department is not in the middle of the 32nd Division.

Kimura Hyotaro ordered the troops to abandon all unnecessary things on the spot, including some of the baggage was also burned, and he asked the troops to rush to Yongan County day and night. At the same time, Kimura Hyotaro also ordered Yongan's defenders to hold Yong'an at all costs, and authorized the leader of the infantry squadron of Yong'an's defenders to use all weapons and equipment, including special artillery shells, stored in Yong'an's warehouses if necessary.

At the same time, the 35th Infantry Brigade of the 35th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Shahe also received an order from Kimura Hyotaro, ordering the 35th Infantry Brigade to immediately move south to Yong'an.

At this time, Gao Shuxun didn't realize that the Japanese army didn't forget to clean him up in such an unfavorable situation, and he didn't know that Kimura Hyotaro was completely paying attention to the new Eighth Army this time.

This time, Gao Shuxun's move to go north to Yong'an was not instructed by Xie Wensheng or Ma Zheng, it was completely because Gao Shuxun saw that the main force of the Japanese army was transferred to Wu'an by the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese defense in Yong'an County was extremely empty. According to the news from the spies of Gao Shuxun's department lurking in Yong'an County, the Japanese defenders in Yong'an County now have less than an infantry brigade, and it is even likely to be only an infantry squadron.

Although it is said that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is strong, and the New Eighth Army has just suffered a big loss, but an infantry squadron Gao Shuxun really didn't pay attention to it, even if the infantry squadron of the little devil is iron, Gao Shuxun also believes that his New Eighth Army will be able to eliminate him soon.

Moreover, all the fortifications in Yong'an County have already been destroyed by the Japanese army, so Gao Shuxun decided to take Yong'an County back for the time being, after all, the troops and territory are the foundation of their foothold, and the large number of military supplies hoarded in Yong'an County is also another factor that prompted Gao Shuxun to make up his mind to take Yong'an.

However, Gao Shuxun went north to greet Xie Wensheng, and Gao Shuxun also invited Xie Wensheng to send troops to participate in this "robbery" operation, but Xie Wensheng refused considering the safety of Handan City.

Gao Shuxun knew that this time he and the entire New Eighth Army and the 69th Army had been completely tied to the chariot of the Eighth Route Army, so some unimportant things Gao Shuxun did not taboo the existence of the Eighth Route Army, and when he decided to fight Yong'an, Gao Shuxun handed over the defense of Handan City to the Eighth Route Army. And all the power in his hands was gathered by him and pulled to Yong'an, which also made Xie Wensheng even more uneasy about the defense of Handan City.

But Gao Shuxun never thought that Yong'an City, which only had a reinforced squadron to defend the army, would be so difficult to bite, and the two sides fought for an afternoon, and the New Eighth Army did not even tear the first line of defense of the Japanese army.

However, Gao Shuxun had already seen from the binoculars that it was not that the soldiers of the New Eighth Army were not working hard enough, but that the Japanese firepower in Yong'an City was too fierce. Not to mention rifles, there are not even crooked light machine guns with slightly inferior firepower, the Japanese defenders all have Type 92 heavy machine guns and Type 96 light machine guns, and they occupy the advantage of terrain, and the firepower is far beyond Gao Shuxun's expectations.

Gao Shuxun sent people to reconnoiter and found that the Japanese army had placed twelve heavy machine guns and ten light machine guns in just two sections of the city wall. What is this concept, an infantry wing of the Japanese army will often equip a heavy machine gun squadron, and a heavy machine gun squadron will only have eight to twelve heavy machine guns, and the average unit will only have eight, and only a first-class division will equip a heavy machine gun squadron with twelve heavy machine guns.

That is to say, the Japanese army has now placed a reinforced heavy machine gun squadron and a reinforced light machine gun squadron on a small section of the city wall, not to mention Gao Shuxun's subordinate unit with such dense firepower, even Ma Zheng's subordinate unit, which has always been famous for its good equipment, strong combat effectiveness, and extravagance in fighting, is far from comparable.

Often a charge of the New Eighth Army has been broken up before it has rushed under the city wall, and in just two hours of fighting, the New Eighth Army has lost more than 1,500 people, which is equivalent to the strength of an infantry regiment, and such a rate of attrition is simply not something that Gao Shuxun can afford now.

However, Gao Shuxun did not order the troops to retreat, but commanded the troops to continue the attack. It's not that Gao Shuxun is unqualified as a commander, but that Gao Shuxun found that although the Japanese army's firepower was intensive, there were only dozens of light and heavy machine guns and only a small number of rifles.

It's obviously not that the Japanese can't afford to be armed with rifles, it's just that they don't have that many people in the city. What's more, an infantry squadron has so many light and heavy machine guns, and it is obviously not that the Japanese army has the money to equip an infantry squadron with dozens of machine guns, but that there must be a large arsenal in the city.

Now what the New Eighth Army lacks most is weapons and equipment, a huge arsenal guarded by an infantry squadron, which is like a fragrant dumpling luring Gao Shuxun. Even if he lost a lot of troops, Gao Shuxun decided to take Yong'an City.

Fortunately, the Japanese army is not a heavenly general, and the two-hour attack also caused huge casualties to the Japanese defenders, although the casualties of the Japanese army were much less, but more than 100 people lost their combat effectiveness in two hours, and now there are less than 120 Japanese troops in the city, although a reinforced squadron of the Japanese army is only about 230 people, plus a 19-person squadron headquarters is only 250 people.

Seeing that the firepower of the Japanese army was significantly weakened, Gao Shuxun knew that the Japanese army was already at the end of its strong crossbow, and as long as he increased his strength, the Japanese army would completely collapse. According to the number of light and heavy machine guns on the city wall, Gao Shuxun judged that the defenders of the Japanese army in the city were less than 100 people, so he decisively gave the order for the whole army to assault. (To be continued.) )