Chapter 18: Sakata United
"Hay, Captain."
Kentaro Kusada also deeply felt that Heyuan County was also threatened to be taken by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and he Kentaro Kusada had also seen Li Yunlong's superb command tactics in the Battle of Cangyunling.
Now, the opponent has killed in the city, and even the second infantry squadron under the brigade has been defeated by the opponent, so it can be imagined that Li Yunlong's independent regiment is very strong in combat.
"Doot-to-toe, toot!!"
With the sound of a radio announcement, radio waves spread across the night sky.
Less than two minutes, Ping'an County.
Inside the city, in the headquarters of the Sakata Wing of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army.
That's right, it's the command of the Sakata United.
In the Battle of Cangyunling, Li Yunlong only commanded the new regiment at that time to break through the encirclement of the Bantian Wing from the front, and let Wang Chengzhu kill the devil's wing headquarters with two shells.
However, Sakata United did not suffer much damage.
Therefore, the Sakata United team is currently stationed in the county town of Ping'an.
"Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, wake up !!"
In the Sakata Wing Headquarters, after receiving the radio signal from the Kato Brigade from Heyuan County asking for reinforcements, the Devil Signal Corps on duty immediately took the translated telegram and patted the Wing Chief of Staff Kazuo Yahashi, who was resting on the table in the command room of the Wing Headquarters, with his hand, and said urgently.
"What's the matter?"
Kazuo Hachihashi, chief of staff of the Sakata Wing, who was woken up, rubbed his eyes, and then asked after yawning loudly.
"Chief of Staff, Kato's brigade is in an emergency, Heyuan County was broken by a night attack by the Independent Regiment, and it is currently in a fierce battle!!"
The devil messenger replied anxiously.
"Nani ???"
Kazuo Hachihashi, who came back to his senses all of a sudden, immediately lost his sleepiness, stood up at once, and snatched the telegram from the signal soldier to look at it.
"Bang !!"
After reading Taro Kato's urgent call for help, Kazuo Hachiyo immediately slapped the telegram in his hand on the table in front of him, and said angrily: "Taro Kato, this waste, what are you doing?" ”。
"An impregnable county town of Heyuan will be attacked by the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army at night, is his city defense slack? Eight grid tooth road! Eight grid tooth road! Waste, a waste! ”
After scolding, several of the devil staff officers on duty were awakened and turned their heads to look over.
Kazuo Hachihashi didn't pay attention to the strange sunshine of several staff officers on duty in the wing headquarters, but immediately beckoned a staff officer to come and said, "Immediately invite the wing commander to the wing headquarters, quickly." ”。
"Yes, Chief of Staff."
The devil staff officer who was called immediately walked out of the command room of the wing headquarters and rushed to the wing commander's lounge behind the wing headquarters to wake up Sakata Wing Captain Sakata Shinjiro.
In less than a minute, not too far away, in the Wing Captain's lounge, the sound of hurried footsteps was heard quickly.
"What's the situation? Hachihashi-kun!! ”
Before anyone entered the command room of the wing headquarters, the voice came in.
When Sakata Shinjiro came in, Kazuo Yatsuhashi immediately handed the emergency telegram in his hand to Sakata Shinjiro, and said in a condensed voice: "Heyuan County was attacked by Li Yunlong's headquarters of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. ”。
"According to the emergency call of the Kato brigade, the four gates of Heyuan County have been lost. Previously, Taro Kato sent the 1st Infantry Squadron of the brigade to Zhaojiayu to search, but it is estimated that something has happened to this squadron. ”
After a pause, Kazuo Hachihashi continued to condense, "It is estimated that after the Independent Regiment ate the First Infantry Squadron belonging to the Kato Brigade, it disguised itself as the Imperial Army and broke through the city through the south gate. ”
Sakata Shinjiro's face was gloomy when he heard this, and he listened and looked at the content of the emergency call for help in his hand.
The urgent telegram sent by Taro Kato above asking for help has already made most of the beginning and end clear.
"What the hell does this guy Taro Kato eat? Since the Yamamoto special forces have been ambushed, why send troops to Zhaojiayu to search, this is a fluke. ”
Sakata Shinjiro scolded: "How could a person as cunning as Li Yunlong not send someone to monitor the movements of the imperial army in the county town of Heyuan? ”。
"As long as Taro Kato sends people out of the city, Li Yunlong will immediately know that the imperial army has sent troops from Heyuan County."
Kazuo Hachihashi said at this time: "Captain, now that Taro Kato is asking for reinforcements, I am afraid that the troops of Li Yunlong's troops who attacked Heyuan County at night are far more than the troops of Kato's brigade stationed in Heyuan County." ”。
"Otherwise, Taro Kato would not have sent an urgent telegram requesting the wing to send reinforcements."
Shinjiro Sakata did not speak immediately, but hurried to the table where the map was placed in the command room of the wing headquarters.
At this time, the map of the northwest of Jin had been unfolded by the devil staff on duty, and the sphere of influence of the enemy and us around Heyuan County was clear at a glance.
"Judging from the content of Taro Kato's urgent telegram, Taro Kato has lost a squadron in his hands, and the second squadron to which his brigade belongs was also routed by the enemy on the main street of the south city, and retreated to the south of the brigade headquarters in the city for defense."
Shinjiro Sakata frowned and said, "The situation is not optimistic, Taro Kato is forced to be urgent, otherwise he would not ask for help." ”
The chief of staff of the wing, Kazuo Hachihashi, nodded, and Taro Kato thought very highly of himself.
However, being able to make Taro Kato be forced to urgently call for reinforcements, it is conceivable that Li Yunlong suddenly counterattacked this time, which definitely caught Taro Kato off guard.
"At present, the imperial army in Heyuan County, excluding the first infantry squadron of the Kato Brigade, which is very likely to be gnawed by the independent regiment in Zhaojiayu, and part of the lost strength of the second infantry squadron, there are only more than 700 troops left in the hands of Kato Taro."
Sakata Shinjiro had a solemn look in his eyes and analyzed: "In this way, Heyuan County can still hold for an hour, and it shouldn't be a problem." ”。
"But the Li Yunlong Division of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which attacked Heyuan County at night, has at least two elite battalion-level troops, more than a thousand people. And these 1,000 people, the combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the Imperial Army, and the other side also used the more than 40 M3 submachine guns captured from Yamamoto's special team as an assault, rampage all the way, and the firepower was extremely fierce in the street fighting. ”
"Taro Kato's situation is not optimistic!"
The chief of staff of the wing, Kazuo Hachihashi, immediately suggested, "Captain of the wing, we must immediately send troops to reinforce Heyuan County, otherwise, the Kato brigade may be destroyed." ”
"Hmm!!"
Sakata Shinjiro nodded with a solemn face, pointed to the map of the northwest of Jin, and said in a condensed voice: "The imperial army closest to Heyuan County is only the Second Infantry Brigade of the wing stationed in Emperor Wu City. ”。
"Immediately telegraphed the Second Infantry Brigade to set off from Emperor Wu City and rush to Heyuan County for reinforcements."
"Call back Taro Kato, and the reinforcements will set off immediately, so that he must shrink his position, hold on and wait for reinforcements, and wait for the Second Infantry Brigade to arrive, and cooperate with the reinforcements to counter-encircle the independent regiment troops attacking at night."