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Chapter 679: The city is destroyed in the Battle of Zaozhuang!

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    Outside Zaozhuang City, Mengzhuang Town.

    The battle for the Mengzhuang Town stronghold has been going on for nearly half an hour, but Li Guoyao and others have never seen Zaozhuang City sending troops to reinforce here. They suddenly knew that this medium-sized stronghold in Mengzhuang Town had been abandoned by the Japanese in Zaozhuang City.

    Since the fish didn¡¯t take the bait, there was no point in keeping the bait, so Li Guoyao immediately ordered the troops to destroy the Japanese stronghold in Mengzhuang Town!

    At the same time, the main force began to advance towards Zaozhuang City. Since the Japs in Zaozhuang City were not fooled, there was no need to act.

    With the help of the heartless cannon, a small Japanese stronghold was not easy to capture. Several explosive packets weighing more than ten kilograms fell from the sky. The newly built gun tower of the little Japanese instantly turned into a tomb for their burial.

    As soon as Li Guoyao removed the Japanese stronghold, three red flares rang out over Zaozhuang City.

    Seeing the three flares exploding over Zaozhuang, Li Guoyao felt happy and knew that the special forces team had finished their work.

    Without any hesitation, Li Guoyao said immediately: "The special forces have succeeded. They have taken away the headquarters in Zaozhuang City. Now give me the order to attack with the whole army and capture Zaozhuang City."

    "yes!"

    "Brothers, there are not many Japanese soldiers in Zaozhuang, only a few hundred, so you don't have to worry about the sides and rear after entering the city, just keep fighting forward. Remember, our mission is to capture Zaozhuang.  Destroy all the defenders and take action!"

    Following Li Guoyao's order, more than 6,000 elite troops outside Zaozhuang City launched attacks in three directions from the southeast, north and south of Zaozhuang at the same time!

    For a time, the entire Zaozhuang was filled with the sound of gunfire and fighting!

    Although the walls of Zaozhuang City are dilapidated and some places have even collapsed, due to its prominent strategic position, the Japanese not only stationed heavy troops in the city, but also built defensive bunkers on the main transportation routes in and out of the city and at all commanding heights.  The power is still very strong.

    As soon as Li Guoyao's troops reached the city wall, they encountered a tenacious resistance from the Japanese army. Especially the Third Battalion was pinned down a hillside by a fire net of more than 30 light and heavy machine guns from six consecutive bunker groups.  No advance.

    Several other troops were also stubbornly blocked by the Japanese and puppet troops. However, because there were too many troops attacking the city, and many of the walls of Zaozhuang City themselves were very dilapidated, with gaps everywhere, it was easy for the troops to escape without paying attention.  Where to climb over the wall and enter the city.

    Coupled with the cooperation of the special forces in the city, the second brigade attacking the east gate was the first to make a breakthrough. The Japanese soldiers stationed at the defense line at the east gate of Zaozhuang were not strong themselves. They were panicked when they were suddenly attacked, and their combat effectiveness dropped by more than 30%.  .

    Immediately afterwards, it was attacked from behind by the special forces and soon collapsed.

    As soon as the east gate was broken, the Japanese defense line at the south gate was also declared lost, and then the main force of the national army began to enter the city on a large scale.

    "While the fight on Li Guoyao's side was in full swing, the 12th Army Headquarters in Jinan City exploded.

    Overnight, Zaozhuang and five or six nearby county towns were attacked, more than a dozen strongholds were destroyed, several important railways were severely damaged, multiple military trains were derailed, and a military train transporting supplies was bombed. This is comparable to Yinan.  The county seat was captured even more seriously.

    The situation in Xuecheng, Weishan, Yixian and other places is not yet clear. Another emergency military situation has been reported in the military town of Zaozhuang. The main force of the Chinese army, more than 10,000 people, has besieged Zaozhuang. Now it has entered the city. The life and death of Zhongtani, the top commander left behind in Zaozhuang, is unknown.  .

    Lieutenant General Wei Gaoguizang is really anxious now. If Zaozhuang falls, he, the commander, will be in trouble.

    On the one hand, since the full-scale outbreak of the Japan-China War, no large or medium-sized city has been captured by the Z/N army. If a military town like Zaozhuang is recaptured by the Z/N army, Japan will be in trouble both militarily and politically.  passive.

    On the other hand, it is Otaka Kamezo's own affairs. He was previously the division commander of the 19th Division stationed in North Korea, and was appointed commander of the 12th Army Corps not long ago. However, due to his improper handling of the Zhang Kufeng incident  , which made many people have opinions on him.

    Thinking of the Zhang Gufeng incident a few months ago, Odaka Kamezo felt furious. It was the most useless period in his decades of service in the army.

    When he received a report that more than 10 Soviet soldiers were building fortifications at Zhanggufeng, south of Hunchun County, Odaka Kamezo believed that this was an intrusion by the Soviet army across the border, so he used force to expel them.

    The Soviet army believed that the Sino-Soviet border line was at Highland 149 on the top of Zhanggufeng Mountain, while the Japanese army believed that this was the territory of "Manchukuo" and its border line should be on the east side of Zhanggufeng Mountain.A fierce conflict ensued.

    After the incident broke out, Japan decided to adopt a non-expansion policy considering that it was engaged in a war with the Chinese government in Wuhan, hoping to resolve it through diplomatic channels.

    Subsequently, Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Shun and Chief of Staff Zain sent telegrams three times in a row requesting the "North Korean Army" not to expand the incident. Only provocation by the Soviet Army can counterattack. The front-line troops maintained the status quo and prepared for counterattack.

    However, Wei Gao knew that the incident would not be easily resolved from the Soviet army's continuous fierce counterattacks from the beginning, so he decided to send reinforcements to the front line of Zhang Gufeng with 5 brigades, and deployed the 73rd Regiment and the Mountain Artillery Brigade in front of Zhang Gufeng.

    Subsequently, the two sides engaged in a local war that lasted for one and a half months. Although the Japanese army had an advantage in troops on the Zhanggufeng front line, it was slightly inferior to the Soviet army in terms of firepower, so the battle was very difficult.

    The Soviet army's fierce bombing and artillery shelling, as well as tanks covering the infantry's day and night charge, quickly "weakened" the Japanese 19th Division.

    Due to the continuous deployment of brigades and squadrons to the four bottomless garrison points of Highland 52, the southern slope of Zhanggufeng, the top of Zhanggufeng, and Shacaofeng, the number of Japanese troops in every brigade that went through two battles was reduced by half, and some by half.  More.  For example, the 1st Battalion of the 75th Wing had only 30 people left after participating in three battles, and some squadrons had only 9 people left.

    Faced with this serious casualty situation, the division commander Otaka Kamezo was also extremely frightened.

    With the heavy casualties of the infantry, the combat effectiveness has declined rapidly, and the 19th Division has become an empty shell.  Since the beginning of the war, his 19th Division has averaged about 200 casualties per day.

    But even so, the Japanese army still failed to defend Zhang Gufeng.

    After the Soviet army occupied part of the Zhanggufeng position, the war situation in the Northeast region changed. At this time, the Soviet army not only arrived here through two land routes from the north and the south, but also used a large number of boats to cross Hassan Lake and face Zhanggufeng from the east.  Gufeng transported troops, equipment and supplies, and used the area east of this commanding height to gather a large number of infantry, tanks, and use this commanding height to direct its artillery groups to concentrate on attacking its designated targets.

    Faced with this "tragic" and severe reality, Odaka Kamezo no longer dares to act arrogantly, but is eager to resolve this border dispute through diplomatic channels.

    After that, the Soviet Union and Japan signed the Zhanggufeng Armistice Agreement. According to the agreement, the Japanese army retreated 1,000 meters from the current occupation line, while the Soviet army occupied its current position.

    Many people originally wanted to hold Odaka Kamezo responsible for causing the Japanese defeat. However, because there were always people supporting him in his base camp, he was not held accountable. A few months later, he left the remote Ronan coast and arrived in North China to serve as  The first commander of the newly established 12th Army stationed in Jinan.

    Otaka Kamezo knew very well that the people behind him worked hard to keep him, and now many people are waiting to see his jokes. Once he does not perform well in North China, the consequences will be very serious.

    Not only might he be dismissed from his post, but his backers might also be implicated, so he would never allow such uncontrollable things to happen.

    In view of this, Odaka Kamezo immediately ordered Major General Tsuchiya's troops who were fighting in the Yinan area to immediately stop advancing towards Yinan County, and the main force immediately returned to support Zaozhuang.

    At the same time, Wei Gaoguizang also ordered the 21st Division stationed in Xuzhou and Linyi to immediately reinforce Zaozhuang to ensure the safety of Zaozhuang and Chengde.

    If Zaozhuang City has been captured, the above-mentioned troops must immediately launch an attack to recapture Zaozhuang City from the Chinese army!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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