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The battle to attack the artillery position went very smoothly. The Japanese artillery position was located in the Shanghe Village area three kilometers away from the east gate of Mengcheng. More than 20 artillery pieces were lined up in a row, with a large amount of ammunition piled around. In addition, there were A large number of infantry guards were deployed.
" However, Li Guoyao's troops had already figured out the situation on the artillery position of the little Japanese, so the infantry of a regiment directly covered and killed them. When the little Japanese discovered Li Guoyao's troops, the army had already reached the opponent's artillery position.
Although the 61st Army is currently short of manpower in all its units, with an infantry regiment adding up to more than 1,500 people, it is still not a big problem to deal with an artillery regiment protected by only one infantry squadron.
Although the power of artillery is terrifying, in fact, its own protection ability is not strong, especially the artillery, except for a small number of self-defense pistols, there are almost no decent weapons.
When Lu Dashan led his men to destroy the little Japanese infantry squadron, the remaining Japanese gunners were like sheep, being slaughtered by Lu Dashan's troops.
At the same time as the battle for the artillery position began, Lu Zhanwu's battle to besiege the Japanese ninth division headquarters also began.
The headquarters of the Japanese Ninth Division was suddenly attacked. Everyone, including Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro, was shocked. They really did not expect that the defenders would have reinforcements at this time, and they would be given a blow as soon as they came up.
Faced with the sudden attack by Li Guoyao's troops, the entire Ninth Division was in complete confusion. Fortunately, there were still two to three thousand elite troops surrounding the headquarters of the Ninth Division. Otherwise, it would have been very likely that Li Guoyao's troops would have taken over the division directly. Regiment Headquarters.
Despite this, the Ninth Division still suffered heavy losses!
The most important reason is that in order to defeat the Japanese army in front of him in one fell swoop, Li Guoyao transferred all the artillery and air defense forces to the command of Lu Zhanwu. Therefore, as soon as the battle started, the national army opened fire, and the little Japanese were beaten up and down crying for their fathers and mothers. .
"Da da da"
The fighting was going on outside the tent, but Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro and others inside the marching tent were in panic all day long. The firepower of the Chinese army was too fierce, far beyond the expectations of Higuchi Kiichiro and others!
"Report: Your Excellency, Division Commander, the main force is coming for reinforcements. The artillery regiment is besieged by the opponent and is in danger. Please request for reinforcements!"
"Report: Your Excellency, the Division Commander, the firepower of that person was too fierce. The Imperial Army suffered heavy losses. Colonel Haraguchi requested Your Excellency, the Division Commander, to evacuate to a safe area immediately!"
"Report: Your Excellency, Division Commander, the troops in the city were attacked from both inside and outside by this/that army, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties"
Before the operator could finish speaking, the angry Higuchi Kiichiro roared angrily: "Baga!"
After a classic Japanese curse, Higuchi Kiichiro immediately calmed down, and then asked Chief of Staff Sato Osaka on the side: "Sato, have you found out where the reinforcements came from?"
"Your Excellency, based on my humble judgment, the Mengcheng reinforcements should be the 61st Army from Huainan. This is the only enemy force nearby that can reach Mengcheng in such a short time!" Sato Osaki reported.
"Huainan, the 61st Army?"
"Hai, it must be this/that army. Ordinary troops don't have such strong combat effectiveness!"
"The 61st Army is the enemy army that defeated the Ninth Division many times, right? Their commander is Li Guoyao?" Higuchi Kiichiro asked in a deep voice.
"Hai!"
"Yo Xi, pass my order to order the troops in the city to withdraw from the city immediately, and at the same time ask the Haraguchi Division to respond to the troops withdrawing from the city!"
"Hai!"
?¡Dividing line¡Dividing line¡
Following the order of Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro, the Japanese troops who broke into Mengcheng covered each other and withdrew from the city.
At the same time, the Japanese troops outside the city also launched a crazy counterattack to meet the Japanese troops in the city.
After more than an hour of bloody fighting, all the Japanese troops in the city finally withdrew and joined forces with the Japanese troops outside the city.
However, Higuchi Kiichiro and others were not happy. Although the troops withdrew, their losses were extremely heavy. Of the more than 3,000 troops that broke into the city, less than 1,500 troops were finally withdrawn, and more than 20 tanks were withdrawn. Not one of them was evacuated, and they were all paralyzed by Li Guoyao's troops on the way.
In addition, the troops outside the city also suffered heavy losses. The protection division headquarters lost more than 3,000 people, and the artillery regiment that was not full of personnel failed to survive the rescue by Higuchi Kiichiro and others. The entire army was wiped out. More than 500 gunners and escorts were killed, and no one was spared.
The battle lasted less than two hoursNearly 3,000 people of the Ninth Division were annihilated. At this time, more than 4,000 people were left in the 7,000-strong army. The losses were not unbearable.
More importantly, the Ninth Division's original strength was severely insufficient. Before this battle, it had barely recovered to more than 9,000 and less than 10,000 troops. However, it lost more than 2,000 people in the two and a half days of siege battle. At this time, it lost more than 2,000 troops. There were more than 3,000 people. The Japanese army lost more than 5,000 people in total in this battle, but they still failed to capture Mengcheng.
It can be imagined that with the arrival of Chinese army reinforcements, Mengcheng must be impregnable, and it will be even more difficult for them to capture it.
Higuchi Kiichiro felt as if he were mourning for his heir. This was his first battle after being promoted to the commander of the 9th Division. It was his first show!
Originally, he attached great importance to the battle and was determined to win it, but he didn't expect it to be like this. He was taught two lessons by the Chinese army in succession, and his face was swollen!
However, at this point, he had no choice. It was impossible to continue the attack. First, the artillery and tank troops were almost completely lost. All the heavy firepower of the entire division was reduced to a few small-caliber cannons and grenades. If it is blocked, it is impossible to carry out offensive operations.
Secondly, after receiving reinforcements, the Mengcheng garrison's strength has far exceeded that of their Ninth Division. If they continue to fight to the death, the result may be that the entire Ninth Division will be annihilated. Such a result is definitely not what Kiichiro Higuchi expected. What you can afford.
After thinking over and over again, Higuchi Kiichiro finally had no choice but to report the situation to the former enemy headquarters and ask Lieutenant General Fujita for guidance.
It is said that Lieutenant General Fujita Susumu in Chu County was shocked when he received the telegram from Higuchi Kiichiro from the front line. Although the Ninth Division was mainly composed of supplementary troops and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, it would not be able to defeat even one soldier. Even the small city of Mengcheng cannot be taken down.
However, the situation is like this now. Higuchi Kiichiro will never joke about this kind of thing!
More than 5,000 troops were lost, more than half of the troops were killed, and all heavy weapons were lost. However, they still failed to capture the small city of Meng. Instead, they were in danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy. This made Fujita, the former enemy commander-in-chief, My face was burning and hurting.
What a shame, the Imperial Army of Japan has never encountered such a thing since Emperor Meiji¡¯s reform. The performance of the Ninth Division was too substandard!
Fujita Susumu really wanted to directly order Higuchi Kiichiro and others to launch another attack at all costs to capture the small Chinese county and rectify the name of the Ninth Division.
" However, Susumu Fujita did not do this. He knew Higuchi Kiichiro's command level very well. Although Higuchi was a bit arrogant, he was by no means the kind of idiot with no ideas.
After all, he is a top student who graduated from the Imperial Army University, and has served as a chief officer in the front-line army. He has climbed up from the grassroots step by step. Higuchi Kiichiro has rich combat experience.
The fact that the war ended like this cannot be explained by just a word of "shame", there is obviously something behind it!
What¡¯s more important is that the reinforcements to Mengcheng this time turned out to be Li Guoyao¡¯s 61st Army. Susumu Fujita attached great importance to this army, and he was full of fear of Li Guoyao.
He couldn't forget that a few months ago, this guy led a small force to sneak into the Shanghai Expeditionary Army Headquarters under his nose, and killed Chief of Staff Akira Muto and Deputy Chief of Staff. He gave His Highness a hand and sent His Highness directly to see Amaterasu.
After this battle, the name Li Guoyao took root in Fujita Susumu's heart. Whenever he mentioned this person, Fujita Susumu would feel a wave of heart palpitations.
After much hesitation, Susumu Fujita finally endured it and did not order the Ninth Division to continue the attack. Instead, he ordered someone to immediately call Higuchi Kiichiro and ask him to immediately lead the troops to protect the wounded and retreat.
At the same time, Susumu Fujita ordered an infantry regiment under his command, with the cooperation of artillery, engineers and tank troops, to rush to the front line of Mengcheng to reinforce the 9th Division. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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