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Chapter 1,394 Attack on Hunyuan

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    Itagaki Seishiro did not hesitate to take the Fifth Division, which had almost lost its combat capability, to Baoding, Hebei.

    If possible, he would not come to the northwest Shanxi region again.  That damn Xia Yang was too insidious and cunning, and the Yoshio Shinozuka who commanded him was a commander as stupid as a pig.

    After the news came that the Fifth Division in Guangling County had withdrawn from Guangling County, Xia Yang did not hesitate to issue the order to attack Hunyuan County.

    He originally had some concerns, that is, if the disabled Fifth Division really had to participate in the defense of Hunyuan County at all costs.

    Then when he attacks Hunyuan County, his flanks may be threatened by the Fifth Division.

    But the consecutive defeats at Taibai Mountain and Yimaling clearly made Itagaki Seishiro and his fifth division a little scared.

    At this time, the only strength of the Japanese army in the Datong area was the two mixed brigades stationed in Datong, the Japanese Eighth Division in Fengzhen City, and the 114th Division in Hunyuan County.

    Their total strength is not small, more than 50,000 people.

    But the combined strength of the Fourth Army troops and the Eighth Route Army troops that attacked them already exceeded 100,000.

    Saburo Isoda stood on the top of the city wall of Hunyuan County, looking at the mountains in the distance with a telescope.  He knew that all those mountains were occupied by enemy troops.

    Behind him, Suematsu Shigeshi, the division commander of the Japanese 114th Division, was looking at the defense map of Hunyuan County, imagining how Xia Yang would attack Hunyuan County, and how he should defend it.

    "The latest intelligence is that the enemy's troops of more than 40,000 people have completed their assembly in the mountains to our south." Isoda Saburo said to Suematsu Shigeshi.

    Suematsu Shigeshi yawned and said: "The enemy's total number of troops in the northwestern Shanxi region has exceeded ours. Now Itagaki Seishiro's fifth division has withdrawn, and we don't know when the supporting troops will come. This  It¡¯s such a battle, I really don¡¯t know what it will be like in the end.¡±

    Saburo Isoda said: "The commander-in-chief said that the North China region has begun to gather troops and plans to support us."

    But Suematsu Shigeshi waved his hand and said: "Now in North China, it is difficult to protect itself. Those damn guerrillas are attacking everywhere. I have never seen them before. Why do so many of them appear all at once?"

    The Japanese army is now on defense everywhere, and the situation is very passive.  There are no large units in North China that can be dispatched. Is it possible to mobilize troops from South China to support them?

    Even several divisions in the southern Shanxi region cannot be randomly transferred.  Because the more than 100,000 Nationalist troops in Zhongtiao Mountain were a little ready to take action when they saw the lively fighting in the northwestern Shanxi region.

    In addition, intelligence showed that traces of large enemy troops were found in the southern Shanxi area.

    "Your Excellency, division commander, how long do you think we can hold on in Hunyuan County?" Saburo Isoda asked.

    Suematsu Shigeshi thought for a while, and then said: "It won't be a problem for a month or two. The enemy lacks heavy artillery, and their long-term combat capabilities are not enough, and they lack strong enough logistics supplies. We will stick to Hunyuan County and will not enter easily.  If you fight in mountainous areas, there will be no problem."

    He said this, but he didn¡¯t know that at this time in the northern area of ??Hengshan, Xia Yang¡¯s howitzer regiment, which had just been established not long ago, had moved from Wangzhuangbao Town to the Hengshan area after a series of training.

    From here, their artillery range is enough to cover the entire Hunyuan County.

    As for the large number of bunker groups set up by the Japanese army outside Hunyuan County, they were within their range.

    After completing the preparation of the troops for more than a week, the main force led by Xia Yang appeared outside the Japanese Hunyuan County late that night.

    On the outskirts of Hunyuan County, the Japanese army actually left a part of its scout troops to observe the enemy's movements on the opposite side.

    But what these Japanese scouts didn¡¯t know was that their positions had already been locked by the sniper squadron and the guard battalion.

    On the night when Xia Yang issued the order to march to Hunyuan County, the combat personnel of the guard battalion and sniper squadron were the first to dispatch.

    They attacked everywhere and assassinated the Japanese scout troops.  These scout troops include dozens of people in larger ones and more than ten people in smaller ones.

    But throughout the night, these Japanese scout troops did not even fire a shot.  Then in the dark night,The soldiers of the sniper squadron and the guard battalion used sniper rifles equipped with silencers, as well as bows and crossbows and other weapons with low noise, to eliminate them all.

    After getting rid of these Japanese scout troops on the periphery, Xia Yang and the Eighth Route Army troops began to emerge from the mountains around Hengshan and surrounded Hunyuan County.

    Their troops set up camps in the south and east of Hunyuan County overnight, forming a semi-siege situation around Hunyuan County.

    And the Japanese army didn¡¯t discover this situation until early the next morning.

    This surprised Suematsu Shigeshi secretly, because it showed that when the enemy appeared around Hunyuan County last night, they almost minimized the movement.  Some of their scouts on the periphery were all eliminated before they had time to sound the alarm.

    The autumn wind has brought a bit of desolation. When the Japanese troops stationed outside Hunyuan County found that the enemy had appeared in front of them, their nerves became tense.

    They no longer have any contempt for them, because the enemy in front of them easily defeated the Fifth Division.

    If we go back further, this enemy has also annihilated the 16th Division, the 9th Division, and several brigades.  Such a record is second to none in the entire Chinese battlefield.

    All the Japanese soldiers had a concept in their hearts at this time.

    That is, the enemy on the opposite side does not lag behind our own side in all aspects, and even completely surpasses them in some aspects.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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