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Chapter 1,430 Datong

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    After Liu Fudong learned about it, he immediately dispatched a motorized infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment to pursue and capture the retreating Japanese troops.

    When Liu Fudong's troops captured Fengzhen, the remnants of the Japanese 114th Division finally retreated to Datong.

    At this time, the field hospital here was already full of wounded Japanese soldiers.  In order to accommodate these wounded, Yoshio Shinozuka even ordered his soldiers to transform several breeding farms into temporary hospitals.

    The whole of Datong has turned into a wounded soldier camp.

    Whether they are the wounded from the Eighth Division of Fengzhen or the wounded who were evacuated from Hunyuan County, they will be placed here.

    Yoshio Shinozuka stood on the tower and looked at the long line of the 114th Division entering Datong City with tattered clothes and tired faces.

    His face was very ugly, because on the day the 114th Division retreated to Datong, Honda Masakai, the commander of the Japanese Eighth Division, had already sent him a telegram.

    Honda Masato said that the losses in holding on to Fengzhen City would be too great and it would be impossible to withstand the attack of the enemy's large-scale armored forces.

    So they have begun to set up defensive positions along the road from Fengzhen to Datong.  Layers of resistance, even if the enemy cannot be stopped in the end, can still delay them to the greatest extent.

    Yoshio Shinozuka originally thought that the 114th Division and the 8th Division would be enough to withstand the enemy's attack for about a month.

    In this way, the enemy lacks supplies and is likely to choose to retreat.  At the same time, their reinforcements were able to complete their assembly and move in from North China.

    In this way, the war situation in the entire northwestern Shanxi region will be different.

    But he completely underestimated the intensity of the joint attack between Xia Yang and the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time overestimated the combat effectiveness of his troops.

    It has been three days since the city of Hunyuan County was lost. Some of the members of the Extra-High School Class they left in the city have been sending information about the city to Yoshio Shinozuka from time to time.

    It is said that the enemy troops in the city have completed their rest and reorganization and have replenished their troops.  Several temporary material warehouses were even built in the city.

    It is obvious that the enemy wants to use Hunyuan as a springboard to specifically attack Datong.

    In addition, the enemies in Fengzhen City in the north are also coming with ferocity. They will definitely attack Datong from both sides.

    And Yoshio Shinozuka roughly calculated, plus the 114th Division that retreated, and the 8th Division that is holding on to the north of Datong.

    In the entire Datong, there are only more than 30,000 troops that he can dispatch.

    And among the 40,000 people, many are wounded and some logistics personnel.  After removing these personnel, there are probably only 20,000 people who can actually participate in the battle.

    But if all the enemies attacking them were added up, there would probably be nearly 100,000 people.

    In addition to the numerical advantage, the enemy also possesses a large amount of advanced equipment and ample ammunition.

    Even in terms of the quality of the soldiers, the enemy's troops are not inferior at all.

    After thinking about it, Yoshio Shinozuka found that he had almost no advantage at all.

    The only thing we can hope for is that the troops in North China can be mobilized as soon as possible and then come to support them.

    But in the previous continuous battles in northwest Shanxi, many troops had been dispatched from the Kwantung Army and the North China Expeditionary Army.  Even a large amount of materials were invested in the battle in northwestern Shanxi.

    Yoshio Shinozuka is very suspicious that the General Staff may even think that northwest Shanxi is not worth their efforts and will give up on it.

    Isn¡¯t this what Zhongtiao Mountain in the southwest of the mountain looks like?  Because they were all mountainous, it was difficult to attack them, and there was no great value in defeating them, so they were kept there.

    After the 114th Division entered the city, the division commander Suematsu Shigeshi immediately went to see Yoshio Shinozuka.

    Seemingly afraid that Yoshio Shinozuka would blame him, Shigeshi Suematsu looked very nervous.  He had already prepared for the worst, that is, Yoshio Shinozuka would be dismissed from his position as division commander.

    If this is really the case, then he will admit it and will not have any complaints.

    After all, in the entire defense battle of Hunyuan County, their 114th Division fought like a piece of shit.  As the supreme commander of the entire 114th Division, he is naturally to blame.

    But what he didn¡¯t expect was that when he entered the headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka didn¡¯t say anything reproachful.

    He just used a magnifying glass to study the combat area carefully.

    That map is already covered with red flags.

      Those flags represent the areas occupied by the enemy.

    Suematsu Shigeshi looked over and found that Fengzhen City had also turned red.

    "It has only been three or four days, but Fengzhen has been captured?" Suematsu Shigeshi was surprised.

    I thought to myself that if this was really the case, wouldn¡¯t Honda¡¯s political talent be better than his own?  They actually lost a city in three days.

    "Fengzhen was also lost, but it was Honda's political choice to retreat. Now his troops are setting up defenses along the way from Fengzhen to Datong." Shinozuka Yoshio said with a very solemn expression.

    "With the loss of Hunyuan County, the enemy can march straight in and attack Datong." After saying this, Yoshio Shinozuka turned around and looked at Shigeshi Suematsu.

    "The loss of Hunyuan County is my responsibility. I hope the Commander-in-Chief will punish me." Suematsu Shigeshi lowered his head and said.

    Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said: "I have listened to the chief of staff about the whole process. The enemy we face this time is more powerful than imagined. Especially the enemy's heavy artillery unit, which is even more powerful than our intelligence.  outside."

    Suematsu Shigeshi also slapped the table and said angrily: "Yes, this time the enemy used heavy artillery to directly destroy most of our bunkers on the outer defense line.

    Even the city wall of Hunyuan County was within the range of their heavy artillery bombardment.  Most of the city wall in Hunyuan County collapsed after just one round of shelling.  "

    Yoshio Shinozuka said: "How long do you think we can sustain this defense against Datong?"

    Suematsu Shigeshi pondered for a while, and then said: "If Taiyuan can allocate part of its troops to support us, it may be able to last for half a month." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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