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Chapter 343: The siege begins

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    On the morning of April 11, after more than ten days of frenzied attacks, the three Japanese armies finally arrived at Bengbu City and completed the encirclement of the entire Bengbu city.

    Originally, Yoshizumi Ryosuke and others thought that the Chinese army defending the city would inevitably withdraw from Bengbu early in the face of their heavy troops. However, they did not expect that the defenders in the city not only did not escape, but also put up a fighting posture.  .

    Although they felt that their authority had been challenged, Yoshizumi Ryosuke and others felt excited because they had lost too many troops in this battle, and the results were not very great. If the defenders had just withdrawn like this  If so, they really couldn't explain it to the front army headquarters. After all, the casualties and results were completely out of proportion!

    But now the defenders in the city have not escaped, and they also know that the city is defended by the very powerful Juqi Division in the Chinese army. If this Chinese infantry division can be wiped out in Bengbu, then no matter how heavy the casualties are, they will be able to accept it.  .

    After all, everyone from the base camp to the front army headquarters hates this Chinese infantry division, and even more so for their division commander Li Guoyao, who is even listed second only to Chiang Kai-shek, Mao, Li, Chen and others.  dangerous person.

    However, after inspecting the defensive fortifications outside Bengbu City, Yoshizumi Ryosuke and others took a breath of cold air. They saw that there were defensive positions of the defenders everywhere outside Bengbu City, and there were wide and deep infantry trenches.  There are several floors.

    That's all. There were densely packed bunkers everywhere outside the city. They had seen those bunkers before in Daishan Town and Chihe Town. Their protective power was very high. Afterwards, they learned that those bunkers were made of whole pieces by the defenders.  Made of bluestone and reinforced concrete, with a thick layer of sleepers and sand spread on top, ordinary artillery bunkers are almost useless unless there are heavy artillery.

    "But there is only one heavy artillery brigade on the Nanjing front line, but it has been transferred to the Sixth Division. They do not have such artillery.  If you attack rashly, the casualties may be beyond imagination.

    But at this point, Yoshizumi Ryosuke has no other good solution but to organize his troops to attack!

    Fortunately, they eliminated a large number of defenders during this period. The corpses of the defenders gathered at the front line alone exceeded 8,000. This did not include those who were killed to pieces by artillery, nor did they count those who were withdrawn by the defenders to the rear.  Go to the wounded.

    According to the estimates of the staff, the casualties of the defenders so far should have exceeded 20,000, and the 7th Division is only a Category A division with a full strength of just over 10,000. Although there is evidence that before the war,  The Chinese government placed all the troops of about seven or eight nearby regiments under the command of the 7th Temporary Division, and also mobilized some supplementary troops from other places to Bengbu.

    But the total number of these troops probably does not exceed 25,000. In other words, there are only 5,000 defenders in Bengbu City at most, but they have to defend such a long line of defense. As long as the imperial army concentrates all its strength to attack one of the points.  , should be able to make a breakthrough.

    And once a point is broken through, the entire line of defense is over!

    At around one o¡¯clock in the afternoon, after observing the overall defense situation of Bengbu City, Yoshizumi Ryosuke and others returned to the headquarters and held a temporary meeting to formulate an siege plan.

    According to the combat plan formulated by the Japanese army, in this battle they will concentrate the powerful forces of three infantry regiments, one artillery regiment and three tank squadrons, and launch an all-out attack on Bengbu City from three directions, leaving only one exit in the north of the city.

    A typical siege of three towers. As long as the defenders cannot bear the huge casualties and break out from the north of the city, the troops hidden in the north of the city will pounce directly on them and wipe out the defenders in one fell swoop.

    At three o'clock in the afternoon, after completing the siege of Bengbu City, the Japanese army set up artillery and began to bombard the defenders' positions outside the city.

    The bombardment lasted for more than half an hour. Feeling that the energy of the defenders was almost exhausted, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke immediately ordered the frontline troops to launch an attack.

    With the issuance of Yoshizumi Ryosuke¡¯s order, a large number of Japanese troops in the east, west, and south directions began to take action!

    The Japanese army attacked in three directions. The strength of the troops in the three directions was almost the same. It can be said that the three directions were not prioritized. This also reflected the determination of the Japanese army to win.

    At 3:30, the siege battle started. The Japanese commanders in the three directions of southeast and west all unanimously sent out an infantry squadron to conduct a tentative attack.

    As a result, the first round of attack only lasted less than 10 minutes before being repelled by the defenders. The three squadrons suffered heavy casualties. Among them, the 8th Infantry Squadron on the main position of the South Gate was beaten and only two of its troops were withdrawn.  There were more than ten people, and the rest were all left on the position by the defenders.

    But all this was within the expectations of Yoshizumi Ryosuke and others. If onlyIt was just a tentative attack to defeat the opponent. I'm afraid they won't believe it. This is normal!

    Immediately, the Japanese army launched a second round of attack. Compared with the first round, this round of attack was more formal. Not only did the offensive force increase to two and a half squadrons, but there were also tank troops to coordinate operations.

    However, these small tanks of the Japanese army were useless in front of the huge anti-tank trenches of the defenders. Even Li Guoyao's troops directly resolved the second attack of the Japanese without using the air defense regiment.

    However, this time, since the bombardment by the Japs continued uninterrupted, the defenders, except for the machine gun troops in the bunkers, the infantry in the frontline trenches basically did not fight back, so the Japanese casualties were not large.

    After seeing the power of anti-tank trenches and anti-tank cones, the Japanese army withdrew the tank troops. Anyway, this was only the first line of defense, and there was no need to use precious tank troops.

    So the Japanese army adjusted their tactics again and gathered forces for a third attack. This time the Japanese army dispatched an infantry brigade in each of the three directions. At the same time, the artillery fire was fully activated to cover the infantry attack!

    Under the cover of artillery, the Japanese infantry quickly entered the effective range of the defenders. The defenders never showed mercy to the little devils who came to their door, and immediately launched a counterattack.

    As the defenders counterattacked, the casualties of the Japanese army increased rapidly. You must know that the positions of the bunkers on the defenders' positions were carefully calculated. As long as the firepower is uninterrupted, the bullets fired will form a huge cross-fire network.  Such a firepower network was terrifying for the Japanese troops on the front line.

    According to Li Guoyao's calculations, its terrifying firepower will cause 80% casualties to the charging Japs. That is to say, as long as the firepower on the defender's position is not interrupted, if the Japs rush up to a hundred people, at least 80 of them will be killed.  Killed and wounded.

    Of course, in actual operations, it is impossible for the defenders to fire continuously. After all, the continuous firing of machine guns consumes terrible ammunition. Even the familiar crooked gun can fire 20,000 rounds in one hour.  bullet.

    This is just one machine gun. The Seventh Division has deployed more than 600 light and heavy machine guns on the front line. If they are consumed at this rate, it will be 12 million rounds of ammunition per hour. In one day, the inventory of the Seventh Division may be exhausted.  The ammunition is exhausted.

    But even so, the protective capabilities of such a defensive position were terrifying. For a while, the little devils were shot and killed continuously, causing heavy casualties.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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