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As for the 178th Division, it had to stay in Peixian County to renovate and prepare the troops because of the huge attrition in the battle.
This time, only more than 800 people from the 4th Brigade and the 132nd Regiment were sent to support Teng County, totaling about 4,000 people.
The number of the 122nd Division left in Teng County is about 7,000, and with the reinforcements from Xia Yang and others, the number is more than 11,000.
As for the Japanese army that attacked them, the Japanese Tenth Division and other independent combat units assigned to them totaled more than 50,000 people.
Although the Japanese army lost a lot of troops in the battle in Jiaxiang County, their main force suffered no losses.
After attacking Jiaxiang County, the Japanese Tenth Division spent nearly a week repairing along Jinpu Road. In addition, they also waited for more than 10,000 artillery shells to be transported by train from the rear, and more than 30 artillery pieces to support the operation.
There are also more than 30 tanks and armored vehicles, as well as 200 vehicles used for troop projection and material transportation.
This time, the Japanese Tenth Division can be said to be well-equipped and powerful.
On March 14, 1938, they began their first attack on Teng County.
In this attack, the Japanese army assembled 70 or 80 artillery pieces, more than 50 tanks, and 20,000 infantrymen to attack Teng County frontally.
In addition, there are two aviation squadrons to provide them with sufficient air fire support.
By March 15th, the 122nd Division had lost more than 2,000 people. They set up several lines of defense outside Teng County. The Japanese army relied on their strong firepower advantage to eliminate them all in just one day.
After taking down the defense line outside Teng County, the Japanese army temporarily stopped their offensive. Begin to gather more troops, and prepare for battle in the north and east of Teng County.
Standing on the city wall, Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division, looked heavy. In the lens of the telescope, the Japanese camp has begun to bury pots and make rice.
Here, he could even hear the noise from the Japanese camp.
Commander Wang knew clearly that the Japanese army on the opposite side would launch the next attack in the early morning, or even tonight.
They have enough troops to carry out a wheel battle. The soldiers who fought during the day rested, and then let another group of soldiers participate in the night battle and conquer Teng County as quickly as possible.
"Commander-in-Chief Li said that people from the Fourth Brigade and the 132nd Regiment will be sent to support us." His staff officer ran behind Commander Wang and said.
Hearing this, Commander Wang sighed and said: "With only one brigade, is there still a regiment of troops?"
"What Commander-in-Chief Li means is that Teng County can be lost, but no matter what, we must delay the Japanese army's advance and leave sufficient time for them to deploy defenses in Taierzhuang." His staff officer said.
"How many days?" Master Wang asked.
"Five days! We won't be able to retreat until at least March 19 or 20," his staff officer said.
Hearing this, Commander Wang looked at the brightly lit Japanese camp and said solemnly: "In just one day's fighting today, we lost 2,000 soldiers on the outer defense line. There are still 5,000 soldiers capable of fighting in the city." People, even with the support of the 4th Brigade and the 132nd Regiment, we can sustain it for three days, which is pretty good."
The staff officer said: "I know, but this is the order from above! Now we can only hope that the 4th Brigade and the 132nd Regiment that came to support can have some combat effectiveness, instead of being a mob that collapses at the first touch."
Commander Wang said: "Fourth Brigade? I heard that some time ago, they killed and injured nearly 2,000 Japanese soldiers outside Jiaxiang City. I don't know whether it is true or not."
The staff officer thought for a while and said: "I think there are probably not that many. Many people are willing to do this kind of thing by falsely reporting the number of enemies killed."
Commander Wang listened, nodded and said: "I hope it is true. In this case, it at least shows that their troops still have some combat effectiveness, and are not a bunch of mud-legged people who don't even know basic military arrangements."
With that said, he looked at the staff officer behind him and said, "Tell the brothers in the city to be more vigilant. The Japs may attack the city at night tonight."
The staff officer nodded and said: "Okay, I understand, I will inform you right away."
Just as he said this, more than a dozen rounds of illumination bombs slowly rose in the distance.
The burning magnesium bars released a large amount of white light, illuminating the entire Tengxian city wall like daylight.
As the illumination bombs took off, Commander Wang could clearly see through the telescope that groups of Japanese soldiers were already on their side.The assembly was completed outside the ground and began to advance towards the city wall of Teng County.
Almost at the same time, the whistling sound of artillery shells flying in the air also sounded in my ears.
"Be careful! Japanese artillery fire!!" Commander Wang roared loudly.
¡°Boom!!!!¡±
Nearly a hundred Japanese artillery pieces began to violently bombard the city walls of Teng County.
Hundreds of artillery shells landed inside and outside the Tengxian city wall almost at the same time.
In an instant, the house collapsed, and the dug bunkers were blasted into large craters. There were also cracks on the city wall.
These city walls were all built a long time ago. Although the 122nd Division had briefly reinforced it before. But in the face of modern artillery, the defensive role these walls can provide is very limited.
With the huge impact of the artillery shells and the thick black smoke produced, the Japanese army began to attack the city wall of Teng County under the cover of such fierce artillery fire.
Because Commander Wang of the 122nd Division had previously issued an order for all soldiers in the city to be ready for battle. Therefore, the soldiers stationed on the city wall quickly entered a fighting state.
After the Japanese shelling ended, the defenders of the 122nd Division on the city wall poked their heads out and found that the Japanese army was less than 200 meters away from the city wall.
They had a lot of troops charging, and all kinds of heavy machine guns and mortars were deployed not far from the city wall of Teng County at this time. Provide fire support to the infantry charging forward at any time.
"Wait until the Japs get close before fighting! Be careful to save ammunition!" Commander Wang shouted loudly.
Although he was over fifty years old, he still went to the battlefield in person and commanded his soldiers on the city wall to fight the Japanese army.
Just when the Japanese forwards had reached a hundred meters from the Teng County city wall, the soldiers who had been waiting on the city wall for a long time poked their heads out from behind the battlements and fired at the Japanese infantry attacking below.
For a time, the entire city wall of Teng County was flashing with the firelight of shooting.
Seven or eight Maxim machine guns roared on the city wall, blasting bullets into the Japanese infantry group.
The Japanese infantry charging under the city wall of Teng County also used flares to fight back at the people on the wall. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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