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Chapter 1,158: Kimura＊s opportunity

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    August 17th, the Battle of Zaozhuang has entered its fifth day, and it has been a week since the Japanese army launched this battle!

    In the past week, the Japanese army's offensive was relatively smooth. They not only defeated the National Army troops south of Teng County, but also successively captured Shanting, Weishan, Xuecheng and other places. They are still controlled by the National Army.  Only Zaozhuang and Yixian.

    Let＊s not talk about Zaozhuang, let＊s talk about Yixian County. Although this place is in the hands of the national army, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is just because the Japanese are unwilling to fight.

    As long as the Japanese army is willing, they can send troops to capture this small county with less than 500 troops at any time.

    It can be said that the focus of the battle between the two sides at this time is Zaozhuang City. Once Zaozhuang is captured, the war will be over.

    However, what made everyone on the Japanese North China Front feel incredible was that the small city of Zaozhuang was forced to fight for a week with more than 20,000 elite troops from two divisions and one brigade, but it was not defeated.

    ※I think that when we attacked Nanjing City, we only fought for a few days. There were hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in Nanjing City at that time, but what did Zaozhuang City have?

    It＊s just a miscellaneous army, with a full force of only ten or twenty thousand people!

    There is no harm without comparison. A comparison is enough to make Tada Shun and others＊ blood pressure soar!

    When the situation on the Zaozhuang front line was reported back to Peiping, Tada Shun was not angry, but fell into deep thought!

    It was already the summer of Showa 15, and a full three years had passed since the Zhi/Na Incident. To be precise, it should have been 37 months.

    After 37 consecutive months of war, the Imperial Japanese Army occupied China's major industrial cities and relatively economically developed areas, with outstanding results. It can be called the greatest military victory achieved by the Japanese Empire in the past thousand years, far more than the conquest of Korea.  More brilliant.

    But the strategic offensive of the Japanese Empire did not destroy China＊s resistance force, nor did it shake the determination of the Chinese people to resist to the end.

    On the contrary, as the imperial army expanded its occupation area in China, its fundamental weakness of insufficient military, financial and material resources was increasingly exposed, and it was no longer able to launch a comprehensive strategic offensive. The Sino-Japanese War gradually entered an embarrassing situation.

    As a rare strategist in Japan, Tada Shun knew very well how to fight this war in the interests of the Japanese Empire. A quick victory was the best and was in the interest of the empire.

    ※However, as China and Japan have begun to enter a war of attrition, this is completely contrary to their pre-war assumptions, and the longer it goes, the more detrimental it will be to Japan.

    So far, the empire has formed a total of more than 1.6 million main troops. Excluding the 700,000 Japanese Kwantung Army, there are nearly 850,000 people trapped in the quagmire of the war of aggression against China and unable to extricate themselves.

    Even so, these hundreds of thousands of troops need to be stationed from north to south in Xisunite Bailingmiao, Anbei, the middle section of the Yellow River, Huangfan District, Luzhou, Wuhu and Hangzhou; in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River from Yueyang and Wuhan Xinyang to Nanjing and Shanghai  The troops on the front line and the vast areas along the coasts of Guangzhou and Shantou, the coasts of southern Guangxi and the northern part of Hainan Island are stretched thin, and have shown a situation of divided forces and long-term attrition.

    Although the pro-Japanese faction Wang Zhaoming and others reached an agreement with the imperial authorities in Tokyo to establish a puppet regime in Nanjing in May last year, and established the pseudo-Nanjing National Government in March this year, the top leaders of the empire originally hoped that this would completely split China.  Destroy Chiang's regime in Chongqing.

    But this move did not lead to the disintegration within the Kuomintang and the Chongqing government. On the contrary, due to the departure of these Japan-loving factions, the entire anti-Japanese camp became more united.

    Seeing that the hope of planning a "Jiang-Wang merger" is getting slimmer, military strikes seem to be the only way to solve China's problems.

    However, now it seems that military strikes are not as smooth as before. Think about how majestic the Imperial Army of Japan was three years ago. They were almost invincible at the point of their swords!

    Not to mention small places like Zaozhuang, even big cities like Shanghai, Nanjing, Xuzhou, and Taiyuan were captured within a few days. In many places, the Imperial Japanese Army has not yet come to support/  The man had already fled.

    But now, it took two divisions half a month to defeat Heze City.

    In Zaozhuang City, two divisions and a mixed brigade have been surrounded for a week and still remain unmoved. The Imperial Japanese Army even used aircraft, artillery and tanks. Except for the special cigarettes, they almost didn't use the milk.  Used it.

    The only good news is that there is only one stronghold left in Zaozhuang in southern Shandong. Even Yi County was captured yesterday. The railway department is currently sending capable forces to repair the transportation lines. It is expected that north-south transportation will be restored in another two weeks.

    Once north-south traffic is restored,??The Japanese Imperial Army will continuously transport troops to the Zaozhuang front line, and by then they will be able to completely eliminate the remaining enemies in southern Shandong.

    In view of this, Tada Shun immediately ordered the frontline troops to strengthen the attack and capture Zaozhuang City at all costs. As for the defenders in the city, it is good if they can be annihilated, but if they cannot, forget it.

    After receiving the latest order from Tada Shun, Kimura Hy身taro and Kuwaki Takaaki on the front line breathed a sigh of relief!

    The previous order from the front army headquarters was to completely wipe out the Zaozhuang defenders and not let anyone escape. For this reason, they had to divide their forces to attack each gate of Zaozhuang, and even had to completely surround the city of Zaozhuang.

    As a result, 20,000 people were evenly distributed outside the city with a circumference of about 50 or 60 kilometers. Although there were more than 20,000 troops, there were actually not many people in each defense zone on average. This seriously affected the troops' offensive  .

    If they do not require the complete annihilation of the enemy, they can completely encircle three buildings. This will not only allow more troops to participate in the attack, but also break down the fighting spirit of the defenders in the city.

    So, starting from August 18, the Japanese army changed their tactics and withdrew all the troops from the south gate while concentrating their forces to attack the north gate.

    Kimura Hy身taro even concentrated all the heavy artillery and tanks in his hands on the North Gate. In his words, even if he used cannons and tanks, he still had to carry the North Gate open!

    With the adjustment of the Japanese army's tactics, the pressure on the national army in the city instantly increased several times!

    Especially after the Japanese army concentrated their firepower to attack the North Gate, two of the three defense lines around the North Gate were captured by the Japanese army within one day. Counting the one they had conquered before, the only thing blocking the Japanese army at this time was Zaozhuang City, which was not very strong.  The city wall.

    On the morning of the 19th, the Japanese army began to attack the city. They first concentrated all their heavy artillery to blast the city wall. It took most of a day to finally blast out four hundred-meter-long gaps in the north gate. Then the infantry charged under the cover of tanks.  .

    After the defenders in the city reported the situation to the Sulu Theater Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief Yu, who realized that Zaozhuang City could no longer be defended, immediately ordered the troops to break out from the east gate and then withdraw to Xiong'er Mountain.

    Li Guoyao＊s troops also sent more than 10,000 troops directly to the east gate of Zaozhuang to attack the Japanese defensive positions outside the east gate!

    Under the attack from the front and rear by the national army, the Japanese troops at the east gate could no longer hold on any longer and retreated to the north gate!

    The main force of the 51st Army took this opportunity to withdraw from Zaozhuang and with the assistance of Li Guoyao's troops, they withdrew to Xiong'er Mountain.

    After the national army withdrew, the Japanese army immediately occupied Zaozhuang City!

    After the Japanese army entered the city, they took a short rest and then, under the order of Kimura Hy身taro, pursued the Japanese army in the direction of retreat!

    In Kimura Hy身taro＊s view, they now have strong soldiers and horses, and are powerful. This is the best opportunity to solve the Xiong＊er Mountain National Army.

    Kimura Hy身taro not only remembers the previous disastrous defeats deeply, but also felt deeply ashamed and always wanted to take revenge!

    But Naihe has always been unable to do so because of his strength, so he could only endure it!

    It is now easy to have such a powerful force in hand, especially with so many tanks fighting together, what a God-given opportunity!

    Coupled with the fact that so many defeated troops retreated into Xiong'er Mountain, it will definitely have a blow to the morale of the troops. The Imperial Japanese Army pursued with a great victory. At this time, the combat effectiveness can be used at 120% of the usual level. If they give up, they will not  I wonder if there will be another good opportunity like this in the future.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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