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At this time, in Laiyuan County, a force of 500 people has completed its assembly.
This force included two Japanese squadrons. On the other side, the defenders of Lingqiu County also received orders from the Taiyuan headquarters to send a large force to attack the Fuping County seat that was under attack. support.
The troops stationed in Lingqiu County can be regarded as Xia Yang's old opponents. Sakurai Ichiro's Third Independent Regiment is stationed here.
The combat brigade they dispatched will work with the Japanese army in Laiyuan County to support the Japanese army in Fuping County.
In the other direction, Pingcheng County, which is unavoidable in Fuping County, also sent support troops. Including one squadron of the Japanese army and two squadrons of the puppet army, there were about 700 people in total.
At this moment, in the Japanese staff in Taiyuan, the Japanese commander in charge of operations in the Shanxi area, Okamura Neiji, was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looking at the huge map hanging on the wall.
His face was solemn, because according to the latest intelligence, there seemed to be some unexpected situations in this large-scale encirclement and suppression they had deployed throughout Shanxi.
Fuping County in eastern Shanxi was attacked by a large-scale regular force. This unit is dressed in national army uniforms and is equipped with very fine weapons and sufficient ammunition reserves.
Not only that, they also have a large cavalry force, numbering in the thousands. The total number of people in this force is about two thousand.
"This is still a conservative estimate. The actual number of people may be more." The staff member said to Okamura Neiji.
Okamura Neji glanced at him, then smiled lightly and said, "If that's the case, are the reinforcements sent there too few?"
The staff officer said: "That's true, but we have no choice. If we deploy more troops, we can only deploy them from the troops encircling and suppressing Wutai Mountain. Other surrounding troops also have their own encirclement and suppression missions. We can't be like this. A force of two thousand men will disrupt your own rhythm."
Okamura Neiji said: "Issotchi Hirata was so reckless that he lost Fuping County. If he could hold on in the city, the enemy would never have caught the opportunity. It only took one day to destroy the entire Fuping County. After the county attack, he should commit suicide by committing seppuku."
The staff officer said: "But now Fuping County has fallen into the hands of the enemy. What we need most is to deploy troops to surround them and then recover Fuping County. Otherwise, if they are allowed to do whatever they want there, we are afraid that our encirclement and suppression operations will also A lot of trouble happened."
Okamura Neiji thought for a while, and then said: "It was Hirata Kazichi who made a huge mistake this time. If his command had not been so reckless, these problems would not have occurred. Even the army of our Empire of Japan, Facing the most elite German weapon divisions of the Kuomintang army, they would not be left behind.
I do not believe that these remnants of the Jinsui Army hidden in the mountains can defeat the same number of elite troops of our army. "
But even though he said this, Okamura Neji also realized that someone who could easily defeat Hirata Kazichi was not an easy person. After all, although Hirata Kazichi only has one squadron in his hands, the entire Fuping County, plus the troops in nearby strongholds, totals six to seven hundred people.
This number of people should not all be wiped out in one day. This can only be said that the commander on the opposite side is still somewhat capable, otherwise Hirata Kazichi would not have been defeated so quickly, even taking his own life.
So Okamura Neiji continued: "However, inform the troops who have supported the past. After arriving in Fuping County, don't rush to attack. First, find out the enemy's strength. If the enemy really only has these people, the headquarters will provide support troops accordingly. "
By doing this, he was actually making an appropriate concession. Otherwise, according to the arrogant style of the enemy forces in Shanxi, the Japanese army would certainly not carry out these things that in their view were a waste of time.
The person responsible for commanding the First Battalion of the Third Independent Regiment is none other than Ichiro Sakurai.
It has been half a year since he personally commanded a battle, so this support operation in Fuping County made him feel excited. Ten miles in front of them were a Japanese squadron and a puppet squadron led by Major Montenegro who were supporting them first.
It’s not that there are no puppet troops in Lingqiu County. On the contrary, there are quite a few puppet troops in Lingqiu County. However, Sakurai Ichiro felt that the combat effectiveness of these troops was low, that is, if they were to take care of the unarmed civilians and really let them fight a tough battle, they would never be able to count on it.
The fact is indeed like himAs expected, those puppet troops really have nothing to fight a tough battle with.
Therefore, the brigade led by Ichiro Sakurai is the most elite force of the Third Independent Regiment. Its number is not too large, only more than 1,200, but its equipment is very sophisticated.
They are not only equipped with weapons such as field artillery and mortars, but also a certain number of cavalry units and car transport teams for transporting supplies. Compared with many Japanese troops who still use mules and horses to transport various supplies and equipment, they are definitely considered well-equipped.
"Your Excellency, Captain of the Wing, there was intelligence from Major Heishan earlier, saying that there is a ravine fifty miles ahead. He is asking you whether you want to pass through immediately, or send someone to briefly clean up the ravine before passing through?" The person who reported it to him was not The other person is none other than Sakurai Ichiro's younger brother, Sakurai Jiro.
This time Sakurai was transferred out of Lingqiu County by Ichiro Sakurai in the name of "experience", and he followed Ichiro Sakurai to carry out support operations in Fuping County.
Of course Sakurai knew who was occupying Fuping County at this time. Xia Yang and the others had ventilated him before taking action, and hoped that he could provide information on the surrounding defense situation.
However, what Sakurai did not expect was that Taiyuan would dispatch the Third Independent Regiment from Lingqiu County as reinforcements. After all, Lingqiu County is far farther from Fuping County than Mount Wutai.
If we really want to mobilize troops, we should also mobilize the Wutai Mountain encirclement and suppression troops closest to Fuping County. But after Sakurai thought about it, Okamura Neiji and his staff still focused on the suppression of the guerrillas in the Wutai Mountains area.
“After all, Mount Wutai is considered the hinterland of Shanxi. With these large-scale guerrillas there, it’s like having a fish bone stuck in Neji Okamura’s throat. You won't die if you don't spit it out, but you will feel very uncomfortable. Now Okamura Neiji has mobilized a huge force of nearly a division to completely pull out this thorn. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com