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Chapter 1,393 Changes in the Battle Situation

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    The models of these howitzers are the same as the howitzers equipped by the Kagel Combat Division. They are all AH4 ultra-light howitzers. Most of them are made of aluminum alloy and are very light.  The use of trucks enables rapid maneuvering and deployment on roads and plain areas.

    These howitzers cost Xia Yang a lot of merit.  However, the large number of merit points earned by defeating the Japanese Fifth Division and annihilating a large number of Japanese soldiers and officers were enough to purchase these howitzers and a large number of shells for their consumption.

    The leader of the howitzer regiment is the experienced Cai Heyuan. He has rich artillery combat experience in continuous operations.

    After the howitzer regiment was formed, Xia Yang's next attack target was directly at Hunyuan County.

    However, he was not in a hurry. Instead, he asked the soldiers of the howitzer regiment to conduct training and drills for a week. After they mastered the use of these howitzers, they began to be towed by trucks and entered Wangzhuangbao Town.

    At this time, more than 30,000 troops have been assembled in Wangzhuangbao Town.

    It mainly includes Chen Shiliang¡¯s Fourth Division, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the New First Regiment, a large number of guerrillas, and two other combat groups.  In addition to the Second Division, there are also the garrison regiment, the cavalry regiment, and the artillery regiment.

    Xia Yang¡¯s goal will be very clear to you soon, which is Hunyuan County in the south of Datong.

    As early as after the Japanese 114th Division retreated to Hunyuan County, Xia Yang had already issued a combat order, asking Chen Shiliang's troops to attack along the Shili River and Tang River and occupy Beiyue Hengshan in the south of Hunyuan County.

    Subsequently, they ended their pursuit of the commander of the Japanese Fifth Division, the two garrison regiments, the main force of the Second Division, the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the surrounding Eighth Route Army guerrillas, and several other regiments of the Eighth Route Army that participated in the Hundred Regiment Battle.  Everyone also participated.

    The Japanese army is not good at fighting in these mountainous areas, so in just five days, they have lost all the large mountainous areas in the southern part of Hunyuan County.

    Caochang Chenji was stationed in Hunyuan County. He roughly calculated the distance from Hengshan to Hunyuan County and felt that even if the enemy occupied that area, they would not be able to pose a direct threat to the Japanese positions outside Hunyuan County.

    His 114th Division built a large number of defenses outside Hunyuan County.

    Long before they set out to attack Wangzhuangbao, the Japanese troops remaining in Hunyuan County recruited a large number of ordinary people and strong men, forcing them to build a large number of defensive positions outside Hunyuan County.

    After the Japanese 114th Division withdrew into Hunyuan County again, they consolidated these defensive positions.

    Coupled with the nearly 20,000 Japanese garrison troops in the city, Tatsuki Kusaba believed that the enemy's strong combat capability was mainly due to their fighting in the mountains.  But now in the plain area, they are still on the defensive side, and it is absolutely impossible for the enemy to attack Hunyuan County.

    His confidence is not groundless.

    Because there is a large section of plains from Hunyuan County to Hengshan Mountain.  The few highlands had been occupied by his troops.

    If the enemy wants to attack in this plain area, they will definitely pay a heavy price.

    In addition, although the enemy's artillery is relatively sufficient, based on Kusaba Tatsumi's battle with them, we know that the caliber of these artillery is not large, and they are basically mountain artillery and field artillery that are convenient for maneuvering and transportation.

    Small-caliber mountain cannons cannot pose any threat to the large number of concrete defenses they have built outside Hunyuan County.

    Those rocket launchers that the enemy got from who knows where, although the density of firepower is amazing when firing, they also cannot pose a direct threat to their concrete defenses.

    Hundreds of concrete fortresses built outside Hunyuan County have become Caochang Tatsumi¡¯s last trump card.

    At this time, the number of troops that can be mobilized in the entire northwestern Shanxi region is already very limited.  At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka must play out the only trump cards in his hand in the best way, otherwise the entire northwestern Shanxi will fall into the hands of the enemy.

    Beiyue Hengshan Mountain stands among the high mountains in northwest Shanxi.  Two days ago, this place was successfully attacked by three mountain regiments led by Chen Shiliang.

    The Japanese army only has one squadron stationed in Hengshan. They are not that good at mountain warfare. Sticking to Hengshan and fighting the enemy in places where they are not good at is not what Tatsuki Kusaba wants to see.

    He placed the center of defense outside Hunyuan County.

      But what Caochang Chenji didn't know was that Xia Yang's people had also been mixed into Hunyuan County at this time.

    Sun Qi has been operating in northwest Shanxi for several years and has his own underground forces in several counties.  With these forces, he collected a large amount of intelligence for Xia Yang, and also provided Xia Yang with a large number of commodities and various resources.

    The same is true in Hunyuan County.

    Since Lingqiu County was breached, Sun Qi came to Hunyuan County as a refugee.

    Because when she was in Lingqiu County, Sun Qi was relatively close to many Japanese soldiers.  Some Japanese officers originally stationed in Hunyuan County also accepted bribes from Sun Qi.

    So the Japanese officers stationed in Hunyuan County were not so surprised by Sun Qi's arrival.  In their view, if a "traitor" like Sun Qi continued to stay in Lingqiu County, which was captured by the enemy, he would simply be waiting to be shot.

    But what these Japanese officers didn¡¯t know was that Sun Qi¡¯s visit to Hunyuan County this time was not to seek refuge, but to act as an internal agent.

    Most of the guys who followed him into Hunyuan County were from the security battalion and ANBU.  Coupled with some of the subordinates who were deployed here before, the number of troops they can mobilize in Hunyuan County has exceeded 300 people.

    This number is not very large, but if they suddenly jump out and cooperate with Xia Yang's siege troops at a certain key node, they can play an unexpected role.

    On October 20, the Japanese Fifth Division in Guangling County obtained authority to repair troops in North China directly through the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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