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Chapter 509: Command of Teng County

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    "What was the loss situation of your army in yesterday's battle?" Xia Yang asked.

    Commander Wang sighed and said: "The number of casualties in the perimeter during the day alone reached nearly two thousand, which was a heavy loss. In addition to the battle at night, there were more than three hundred casualties. The Japanese artillery fire was too much."  It was so violent that many of our brothers were directly killed by the shells before they even saw the shadow of the Japs."

    Xia Yang was unexpected when he heard that the 122nd Division's losses in one day were so heavy.

    "In four days, if the superiors dispatch another division of troops, we might still be able to survive. I think it will be difficult for us alone." Huang Chengcheng, the commander of the 132nd Regiment next to him, said worriedly.

    The 122nd Division is not an elite unit of the Central Army, and its equipment is not even as good as Lin Shaowei's 178th Division.  When the 178th Division faced a brigade of little Japanese soldiers, it was so difficult.  Not to mention, the 122nd Division at this time was facing a reorganized division of the Japanese army.

    "Mr. Wang, I don't know, what do you think?" Xia Yang said.

    Teacher Wang spread his hands and said: "What do you think? When the little devils come, just fight with them! I only have this life, and I can exchange it for one! Are you afraid of him?"

    Hearing this, Xia Yang felt confident.

    He is not afraid of the poor equipment of the 122nd Division, nor is he afraid of the uneven quality of their soldiers.  What he fears most is that this unit is greedy for life and afraid of death, and escapes from the battle.  If that is really the case, then they have really deceived their brothers in the Fourth Brigade and the 132nd Regiment.

    In the Huangsha Hundred Battles System, Xia Yang also investigated the unit guarding Teng County.

    According to his understanding, the 122nd Division fought fiercely with the Japanese army for three days.

    The entire 122nd Division, until the last day of holding Teng County, lost more than 5,000 people.  Division commander Wang Mingzhang died here directly in battle, sacrificing his life for the country.

    Now that I look at it, it¡¯s really good.  Although this unit is not well equipped, both the commander and the soldiers in the division are full of ruthlessness.  Facing the fierce Japanese attack, their choice was to use their blood and lives to withstand the fierce bombardment of Japanese artillery fire.

    "Commander Wang, if you trust me, you can do as I say. We will definitely be able to withstand the Japanese attack by then." Xia Yang said.

    The reason why he said this was not without reason.  Looking back on his offense and defense in Mancheng, Xia Yang was full of confidence this time.

    Commander Wang still has some doubts. After all, he is a division commander, while Xia Yang is just a brigade commander.

    Not only that, he was originally responsible for the city defense of Teng County.  There was no order from above at this time, but just because of Xia Yang's words, he was asked to give up the command of Teng County. He was indeed a little unwilling.

    But at this moment, his staff officer came to him and whispered in his ear: "Master, this is the man who fought bloody battles with the Japanese army in Mancheng for more than half a month with two thousand men."

    Hearing what the staff officer said, Commander Wang suddenly remembered.

    Although they had met on the battlefield just now, they exchanged a few words.  But Commander Wang didn't know who this Fourth Brigade and Xia Yang were.

    He just felt that the name Xia Yang was familiar, but this name was too common in China.  Maybe when he was attending a private school in his hometown, he had a classmate whose name was Xia Yang.

    It was only then, when he heard his staff mentioned the Manchu City Defense War, that he remembered that the person in front of him was Xia Yang, who had been widely reported by the Kuomintang.

    Commander Wang then thought about what he heard a few days ago about the news that Xia Yang's Fourth Brigade had outstanding performance in the battle outside Jiaxiang County and was specially praised by the Fifth Theater Command.

    ??It seems that this Xia Yang really has two brushes.  At least, Commander Wang believed that this Xia Yang was better than him, because if he replaced the defenders of the city, he would never be able to hold on for half a month.

    Even three days, he may not be able to do it.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know what Brigadier Xia has to say about Teng County¡¯s defense this time.¡± Commander Wang asked.

    Xia Yang looked at the city defense map of Teng County and said: "First of all, make good use of the existing city walls to resist the Japanese attack. Under the Japanese artillery fire, the city walls of Teng County may collapse on a large scale the day after tomorrow. And there  Before, this was the best barrier against Japanese infantry.¡±

    Commander Wang said: "That's right, but I'm worried that we may not be able to withstand the attack during the day tomorrow."

    Xia Yang said: "I understand what Commander Wang means. The Japanese army has a cleartanks, the firepower is fierce, and we have no solution to these tanks.

    But as you saw tonight¡¯s battle, Commander Wang, the Japanese tanks were just like paper in front of the anti-tank weapons equipped by our fourth brigade.  "

    At this time, Commander Wang remembered the scene where the Japanese tank drivers jumped out of the tank cab.

    "Speaking of which, Brigadier Xia, I'm a little surprised. How did you make the little devil's tank cab catch fire?" Commander Wang asked.

    Xia Yang smiled and said, "Don't ask any more about this. In short, the coordinated operations of infantry and tanks that the Japanese army relies on are completely unfeasible in front of our fourth brigade. On the contrary, they will only lose their troops in vain."  Tank Corps.¡±

    "Is it an anti-tank gun? I've seen the Central Army's troops equipped with those guns on the Songhu battlefield before, but there are too many problems with that thing, and it can't penetrate a tank at a long distance. More  We won't let the Japanese tank cabs burn after penetrating the tanks." Commander Wang began to speculate there.

    Xia Yang had no way to explain this to him.

    In fact, the national army in history was indeed equipped with some anti-tank guns imported from Europe.

    But this kind of anti-tank gun has too many flaws, and when shooting at Japanese tanks, it must be within a certain range to be effective.  Not only that, whether the bullets fired can penetrate the frontal armor of the Japanese tank depends on your luck.

    The armor of Japanese tanks is completely different from the side and front.

    The armor of their tanks is often very thin on the front, such as the Type 94 tank, which is only about ten millimeters.  But their side armor is even thinner, sometimes only six or seven millimeters, or even four or five millimeters.

    Even medium-sized tanks, such as Type 89 and Type 97, have armor thickness that is not too thick.  But that was enough to deal with the anti-tank guns equipped by the national army at that time.

    As for heavy tanks, sorry, the little devils at that time were not equipped with any heavy tanks.  The medium tanks they equip are not even light tanks in Europe.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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