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Chapter 1038: Recovering a single county

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    The atmosphere in the Japanese temporary command headquarters was very tense!

    "Report to the commander, an army was found on the west side of the town, with a size of about 3,000 people!"

    "Reporting to the commander, the army from the south of the town has also arrived. The number of enemy troops is no less than 3,000, and our army's retreat has been cut off!"

    "Reporting to the commander, a large number of troops were also found in the east of the town. Because it is too dark, it is not clear how many people there are on the other side!"

    "Reporting to the commander, a large number of troops were found in the north of the position. The opponent has a large number of cars, the number is unknown"

    "Baga, what kind of army did that bastard Fukuda provoke?" Colonel Yamada said angrily.

    "Sir, our army is in danger now. Our only hope is that reinforcements can arrive in time, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"

    Colonel Yamada nodded and said: "Hey, there are not many troops left in Shan County. The division and regiment headquarters want to rescue us. The only hope is to mobilize troops from Xuzhou and other places, but that will take time, so next we have to  Stay alert and defend!"

    "Hai!"

    "Gentlemen, this battle is a matter of life and death for us. I leave it to you!"

    "Please rest assured, sir, I will do my best for those in humble positions!"

    Although everyone tried their best to appear more confident, Colonel Yamada still heard a hint of worry and a hint of helplessness from everyone's voices!

    But he didn't care. He couldn't blame anyone at this point. After all, he was the supreme commander of this army, and everyone was obeying his orders!

    ¡°The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. If the battle is won, he will definitely have the greatest credit, so if something goes wrong now, he will also have the greatest responsibility.

    Since there is no scapegoat, he can only bear the blame for you!

    Fortunately, it is not far from the county seat, and the Chinese army has not encircled it just now. The soldiers sent out should be able to return to the county seat soon.

    In this way, reinforcements should not be available for long. After all, when he left, the division commander had already asked the corps headquarters for reinforcements.

    But what Colonel Yamada didn¡¯t know was that due to the continuous good news they received during this period, when the 12th Army Headquarters received their request for help, they did not make a decision immediately.

    Everyone, including Iida Sadagu, believed that the 17th Division only encountered a slight resistance from the Chinese army and was far from exhausted. They did not know that their situation was really dangerous.

    It is said that the attack speed of Li Guoyao's troops was much faster than Yamada and others imagined. As soon as they were ready, the Chinese army's attack began.

    In order to preserve the strength of the Japanese army, Colonel Yamada placed new recruits and non-combat troops at the forefront of the battlefield. The intention was obvious, that is, to make these non-combat troops serve as cannon fodder and living targets to attract the vitality of the Chinese army, and those with the strongest combat effectiveness  The two infantry brigades were all huddled in the center of the town.

    The first wave of attacks by Li Guoyao's troops was the same as the Japanese army's usual tactics, artillery attack and infantry assault.

    Because they were in a hurry and the heavy artillery was too heavy, they did not carry field heavy artillery this time, but ordinary mountain artillery and field artillery were all in place.

    Then, following Li Guoyao¡¯s order, dozens of cannons opened fire with all their strength!

    The first wave of shelling lasted for fifteen minutes. If Li Guoyao was not worried that it would drag on too long, Li Guoyao would have shelled for a while longer. After all, the opportunity was rare, and it was rare to encounter the Japanese army at a disadvantage.

    But even so, a full fifteen minutes of shelling had already made the Japanese troops on the periphery dizzy, and their fighting will was greatly reduced.

    After the bombardment, Li Guoyao immediately ordered the infantry to advance. Especially since Li Guoyao did not think that the Japanese army would carry anti-tank equipment, he would put all Japanese tanks into battle during the attack.

    Soon, the Japanese outer positions outside the town were breached. More than 1,500 Japanese troops withdrew to less than 500 people in the town.

    Although Yamada knew that these non-combatants alone could not withstand the attack of the Chinese army, he did not expect that they would be defeated so quickly. After all, it was still more than 1,500 imperial troops, not the Imperial Association Army.

    As a result, they were defeated in less than forty minutes. This result was far beyond his expectation.

    At the national army headquarters outside the town, when the troops occupied the outer positions, Li Guoyao was overjoyed and knew that the actual general offensive was mature. Then Li Guoyao immediately issued the order for the general offensive to the Japanese troops in the town.

    10 pmAfter more than an hour and a half of frenzied attack, Li Guoyao's troops finally captured Xieji Town. The remaining more than 200 Japanese troops in the town surrendered collectively, and the rest were all annihilated. At this point, the three main forces of the 17th Division were united.  The Futian Regiment, Yamada Regiment, and part of the artillery, engineers, and heavy supply troops in the team were all annihilated, with the loss of more than 8,000 soldiers.

    This is only the troops lost in Shan County, and does not include the losses of the Okazaki Regiment on the Heze front line!

    At this time, in addition to the infantry regiment on the Heze front line, the 17th Division only had the division headquarters in Shan County and the garrisons in several nearby counties still intact, and the rest were all finished.

    After wiping out the Yamada Regiment, Li Guoyao ordered the troops to continue advancing and be sure to encircle Shanxian County before twelve o'clock.

    But when they arrived at Shan County, they found that the entire county was being engulfed in raging fire, and not even a Japanese soldier could be seen in the city.

    Realizing that the 17th Division Headquarters had escaped, and before escaping, these Japanese soldiers also set a fire.

    While Li Guoyao ordered his troops to put out the fire, he detached three infantry brigades and immediately went north from Shan County to Heze, where they surrounded and annihilated the Okazaki regiment with Heze's defenders.

    The remaining troops were under his command, preparing to regain Fengxian, Peixian and other places previously occupied by the Japanese army.

    Li Guoyao also believed that at this time, the 12th Army Corps Headquarters had received the news that the 17th Division had been severely damaged by him, and would definitely react.

    Judging from the current situation, the 12th Army cannot rush over immediately even if it wants to rescue the 17th Division. It is likely that it just orders troops from Jining or Xuzhou to come for reinforcements, but it is obviously too late.

    By the time they arrive, Okazaki United will probably be finished, so the little devil has completely lost this battle.

    But after all, the battle was not over yet, and Li Guoyao did not dare to be too careless. After entering Shanxian County, he ordered the troops to put out the fire, and at the same time asked the troops to take time to rest. There would be new combat tasks next.

    Speaking of the Japanese army, after receiving the report from Yamada Regiment, Hirabayashi Morito did not think about how to rescue Yamada and others, but ordered the troops to retreat immediately.

    There is no way. The soldier who reported the news has made it very clear that the Chinese army outside Xieji Town has tens of thousands of people, and they are also equipped with artillery and tanks. This is obviously the main force of Li Guoyao's army.

    With the combat effectiveness of Li Guoyao's troops, the possibility of the Yamada Regiment breaking through is very slim. The most important thing is that the total number of troops in Shanxian County is less than 1,000, and they can only fight with 300 or 400 people. There is no strength to reinforce them.  .

    ¡°Besides, Xieji Town is only a dozen kilometers away from Shanxian County, and it will be there in a short time, so Ping Linshengren does not dare to joke with the division headquarters and his own life.

    How many imperial generals have learned from their mistakes, so Hirabayashi Morito¡¯s first reaction was to run away!

    But when he fled, the evil spirit in his heart was blocked, so before leaving, he ordered the troops to set a fire in the county town. He wanted Li Guoyao to know that he would destroy things that Lin Shengren could not get.  Got it!

    Before leaving, Ping Linsheng sent another telegram to the troops on the Heze front, ordering them to retreat immediately and to Shangqiu via Dingtao and Caoxian. Li Guoyao's troops must not be given the chance to annihilate them all.

    Hirabayashi Morito knew that he was defeated, and that he was defeated miserably. In an army of more than 15,000 people, more than 11,000 people were directly killed and more than 1,000 were injured. Less than 3,000 people actually survived.  .

    Not counting the troops on the Heze front line, if the Okazaki Regiment cannot break out of the encirclement, they may be left with only an empty shell of the division headquarters!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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