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Chapter 1070: Battle against Handan!

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    From Daming to Handan, the straight-line distance is more than 80 kilometers, but the distance from Wei County to Cheng'an is not easy to walk because the national army dug up this section of the road in the previous raid.

    Although the Japanese army carried out simple maintenance at the back, it was far from what it was before, which greatly affected the marching speed of the troops.

    Fortunately, Li Guoyao had already expected it before and didn't care about it!

    After a night of rapid marching, by three o'clock in the morning the next day, the troops had arrived in Daodongbao Township in the north of Cheng'an County, which was still more than 30 kilometers away from Handan.

    Taking advantage of the temporary rest of the troops, Li Guoyao sent a telegram to the Hebei-Cha War Zone Headquarters, requesting the Hebei-Cha War Zone Headquarters to immediately send a message to the troops that had detoured back to the counties near Handan, ordering them to take action.

    At the same time, the Hebei-Cha War Zone Headquarters, the 39th Group Army, the Hebei People's Army, the Second Guerrilla Column and other units can launch counterattacks against the Japanese troops in Feixiang and Guangping, and guard the main force of the Japanese 36th Division on the Guantao front line.  .

    Once the Japanese troops in the direction of Guantao return to support Handan, they can continue to block them as before, but there is no need to fight to the death.

    At this time, the Hebei-Cha War Zone Headquarters, with the cooperation of the Military Command Bureau, had figured out the basic situation of the Handan garrison. According to the investigation, the Japanese army in Handan City at this time only had half an infantry regiment, plus other miscellaneous Japanese troops.  Two thousand five hundred people.

    In addition, although there are still some puppet troops, in the eyes of Lu Zhonglin and others, the puppet troops are nothing like an army. If they fight face to face, a regiment of puppet troops has no chance of winning against a battalion of national troops, and Handan City  The two regiments of puppet troops did not have much impact on the battle situation.

    What¡¯s more important is that at this time, the national army outside Handan included not only Zhu Huaibing¡¯s 97th Army, but also Sun Dianying¡¯s New Fifth Army, with a total of 30,000 troops.

    In addition, the Hebei-Cha War Zone Headquarters has also transferred the few technical arms it has. With so many troops dealing with thousands of miscellaneous soldiers in Handan City, although it cannot be said to be 100% sure, the winning rate is probably 70% to 80%!

    Therefore, after receiving the telegram from Li Guoyao, Lu Zhonglin almost did not hesitate and immediately issued the order.

    At this time, the national army troops that had withdrawn to Cixian, Linzhang and other places quickly took action and launched a full-scale attack on the Japanese strongholds outside Handan.

    Since this is an established combat plan, all units are ready for battle and act very quickly.

    But what Zhu Huaibing, Sun Dianying and others did not expect was that the bitter battle imagined by their two troops did not happen. From the station to the outside of Handan City, they were not blocked by the Japanese army.

    However, when the troops arrived at the south gate of Handan, they found that the Japs had actually built a defensive trench here, and placed many temporary bunkers. There were also many troops, and they were obviously well prepared.

    Although Zhu Huaibing and others were a little worried, they thought that there were only more than 2,000 Japanese troops and two regiments of puppet troops in Handan City, which totaled less than 5,000 people, while they had more than 30,000 people, six times the number of Japanese troops.  The odds of winning are still very high.

    In addition, once Handan is recaptured, the military achievements will be very impressive. Not to mention the rewards from the summit, the harvest in Handan City alone will also make them rich.

    Therefore, after a brief discussion between the command levels of the 97th Army and the New Fifth Army, they decided to immediately launch an attack on Handan City. Zhu Huaibing's department was responsible for the south gate, and Sun Dianying's department was responsible for the east gate. They must capture it before the Japanese army returned to aid Handan.  This important town in southern Hebei.

    The siege started at 4:30 in the morning, when Li Guoyao and others had just set off from Cheng'an County!

    After Wu Chuannan received the report from the Handan garrison, he immediately ordered people to investigate which Chinese army was attacking Handan City. He was a little worried that Li Guoyao's troops had arrived in Handan without anyone noticing.

    But the response from the rear troops was two miscellaneous troops. Although they were both corps-level combat units, their combat effectiveness was not strong.

    Immediately afterwards, THT also sent an urgent telegram, saying that the troops attacking Handan City had nothing to do with Li Guoyao's troops, and THT also analyzed that with the combat power of Zhu Huaibing's and Sun Dianying's troops, it would take at least three days to capture Handan City.  , if the 36th Division headquarters is fast enough, it will be able to return to Handan City to aid Handan City after annihilating Li Guoyao's headquarters.

    Wu Chuannan secretly made some calculations. Judging from the current situation, if he wanted to go through all the towns in Guantao, it would take at least one day. This is still reserved if there is no resistance.  One day of fighting time and one day of traveling time, three days is not too much.

    Immediately he called the Handan garrison and asked them to hold on for three days no matter what!

      For the defenders of Handan, although the number of Chinese troops outside the city is large, their combat effectiveness is indeed a bit sluggish!

    Although the number of Japanese troops on the front line is not very large, with only 500 people at the south gate and almost 500 people at the east gate. There are also a small number of Japanese troops working together, but they are able to face three times the national army's attack with ease.  .

    The reason is that both Zhu Huaibing and Sun Dianying are no-names among the no-names. The quality of the soldiers is not that good, and the weapons and equipment are also far behind. They are not opponents at the same level as the Japanese army.

    Especially in terms of artillery and automatic firepower, the gap between the two sides is really terrible. Therefore, although the number of Japanese troops is small, their firepower is stronger than that of the Chinese army.

    From 4:30 to 7:30 in the morning, neither the 97th Army nor the New Fifth Army made any progress. After more than three hours of bloody fighting, they failed to conquer a single line of defense outside Handan City.

    Fortunately, the artillery regiment from the Jicha Theater Headquarters will arrive soon. As long as this artillery regiment is in place, at least the artillery can suppress the Japanese army, and the attack should go smoothly.

    At 8:30 sharp, the artillery regiment from the Jicha Theater Headquarters arrived at the front line!

    After receiving the news, Zhu Huaibing immediately stopped all the troops at the South Gate position, and then ordered the artillery regiment to violently bombard the Japanese troops at the South Gate position, and the infantry was ready to charge.

    With the cooperation of artillery, the attack effect was very good, but unfortunately, just when the troops of the 97th Army almost rushed into the Japanese trenches, two machine gun positions were suddenly exposed behind the Japanese position.

    These two machine gun positions are located directly behind the Japanese south gate defense line, less than 200 meters away from the main position. Each of these two machine gun positions has three heavy machine guns and five light machine guns.

    More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time, instantly stunning the oncoming Chinese troops. Not to mention the heavy casualties, the advantage they had gained so easily before was completely lost. The 97th Army's attack was defeated abruptly.  .

    Despite this, the offensive of the national army shocked the Japanese troops on the front line. Especially after realizing that the artillery was suppressed, the Japanese and puppet troops felt the pressure.

    As for Zhu Huaibing, although this attack failed to defeat the Japanese in front of him, he saw that the Japanese were not as strong as expected. With equal firepower, his troops were not able to fight with them.  , which gave him hope of conquering Handan.

    At the moment, Zhu Huaibing once again issued an order to the troops on the front line, to withdraw the regiment that had suffered heavy losses before and replace it with the regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness. Today, he, Zhu, is bound to win the city of Handan.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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