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Chapter 1225: Yoshio Shinozuka¡¯s decision

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    Li Guoyao knew that the Japs didn¡¯t have much time left for them. The Japs¡¯ plane would arrive at the battlefield after daybreak, so they had to seize the outer positions of Jincheng and invade the city within two hours.

    Once the troops enter the city, even if the two sides fall into street fighting, the Japs' planes will be useless.

    Because of this consideration, Li Guoyao divided his three main regiments and some directly-affiliated troops into three equal parts. The second regiment attacked the north gate, the third regiment attacked the south gate, and the fourth regiment attacked the west gate. He abandoned the east gate and did not attack.  Typical surrounding three ques and one.

    And when Li Guoyao issued the order, he told the three main regiment commanders that there was no distinction between main attack and auxiliary attack in this battle. The three troops were all main attack, and whoever entered the city first would get the first victory.

    After the battle started, it quickly entered a fierce stage, and the three armies pressed against the Japanese outer positions with thunderous momentum.

    Although the Little Devils have stationed many troops outside the city and built many fortifications, Jincheng is not small and the surrounding fortifications are very large, but the Little Devils do not have many defenders.

    "It seems that there are quite a lot of puppet troops for more than 1,500 days. Compared with the little devils who only garrisoned more than 100 people in one county, the strength of the garrison in Jincheng is already very good.

    But compared to the current Jincheng, it is still far from enough. What's more, these 1,500 defenders not only have to garrison various important units in the city, but also control the city walls. There are only more than 700 people outside the city.

    Seven hundred people were guarding four directions, so on average there were only one or two hundred people in one direction!

    In comparison, Li Guoyao's city gate had 2,500 or 600 people, dozens of times more than the Japanese army.

    The result can be imagined. In less than half an hour, the Japanese positions outside the city were crumbling, and many people asked the Japanese garrison commander in the city for help.

    Jincheng. Garrison Headquarters.

    The Japanese garrison commander, Colonel Saito Yuki, was a little uneasy. Just half an hour ago, a large number of Tuba Road suddenly appeared outside the city, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people.

    Originally, when Colonel Saito learned that it was Tubalu who came to attack, he actually didn't take it to heart. After all, they all knew the combat effectiveness of Tubalu. It was okay to fight guerrillas, but forget it about offensive and defensive warfare.

    ¡°If nothing else, with their little artillery strength, do they have the ability to attack difficult situations?

    In addition, there are now more than 1,500 troops in Jincheng city, and the defenders in Yangcheng and other places are not far from here, and can come back for reinforcements at any time, so when the battle just started, he just routinely reported the situation to Sakurai in the direction of Yangcheng.  Will report it and request assistance.

    However, what he didn't expect was that just half an hour later, the troops outside the city began to call for assistance, and they became more and more frequent.

    The troops on the position outside the city reported that the situation on the Tubal Road was not quite right. The opponent not only had a large number of troops, but also had very strong firepower.

    Moreover, the opponent's fighting will was very tenacious. Even though they were frantically blocked by the imperial army and the troops suffered heavy casualties, they still did not give up. They launched two attacks in less than half an hour. Their intention to capture Jincheng was very strong.  obvious.

    In addition, Colonel Saito also knew that while Tuba Road was attacking Jincheng, it also launched an attack on Zezhou City.

    ¡°Obviously, this time Tubalu is not just going back for a walk, but is really going to take action!

    After being shocked, Saito Osawara planned to immediately send more troops outside the city, but he soon realized that something was wrong.

    The ultimate mission of their unit is not to defend the small city of Jincheng, but to defend the logistics base of the Imperial Japanese Army.

    You must know that the ammunition supplies of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade and the 33rd Division are all in Jincheng. If they are lost here, the consequences will be disastrous.

    At present, the number of troops in the city is limited. If we continue to mobilize troops outside, we will not be able to deal with anything if something happens in the city.

    After thinking about it again and again, Colonel Saito decided to immediately abandon the outer positions, withdraw all troops into the city, and rely on the city wall to wait for reinforcements.

    Naturally, there were reinforcements waiting for help. To be on the safe side, Colonel Saito once again sent a report to the 33rd Division Headquarters in Yangcheng, requesting assistance.

    After receiving the telegram from Saito Colonel, Sakurai Shozo was a little confused. His 33rd Division itself was not a combat unit of the North China Front, so he didn't know much about the situation in North China, and he didn't know what the Eighth Route Army actually was.  What kind of existence is it.

    When he learned that the Ten Thousand Tubal Road was besieging Jincheng, he did not dare to neglect it. He immediately reported the situation to the First Army Headquarters and asked the commander, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, to make a decision.

    ?The Eighth Route Army suddenly sent troops to Jincheng. This was definitely something that Yoshio Shinozuka had not expected in advance!

    Originally, it was not a big deal for the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to cooperate in fighting, but since the autumn of the year before last, the contradiction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has become extremely sharp, almost to the point of being irreconcilable.

    Especially not long ago, the two sides fought a fierce battle in southern Anhui and almost canceled the designation of the New Fourth Army. Therefore, when formulating this battle plan, almost all Japanese commanders believed that it was impossible for the Eighth Route Army to participate in this battle.

    This is not only based on the actual relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but more importantly, after the Hundred Regiments War, the Eighth Route Army suffered a long period of raids and encirclement and suppression, resulting in extremely heavy losses and in urgent need of time to rest and restore its strength.

    Because of this, the sudden dispatch of troops by the Eighth Route Army was so shocking!

    Apart from being shocked, Yoshio Shinozuka was even more uneasy!

    Originally, they did not take the Eighth Route Army seriously, and often referred to this unit with the derogatory name "Tubal Road". However, a hundred-regiment battle allowed the Japanese and puppet troops to truly see the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

    Unknowingly, this beggar-like force has developed into a behemoth, and can dispatch more than a hundred regiments at the same time.

    In February 1941, after the Hundred Regiment War, the North China Front Army Headquarters held a meeting and specifically pointed out that they should be wary of a second comprehensive attack on Tubal Road. Could it have started now?

    If this is the case, then the battle in the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain must be fought quickly!

    Thinking of the battle in the direction of Jincheng, Shinozuka Yoshio did not dare to neglect. After all, there were more than 10,000 troops, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars. This was obviously the main force of the 129th Division.

    No matter whether the other party is to support the national army in the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain, they cannot be allowed to occupy Jincheng!

    But Yoshio Shinozuka did not send the troops from Yangcheng direction back to Jincheng, but immediately sent troops from Changzhi and Gaoping areas south to reinforce Jincheng.

    However, when the order from the First Army Headquarters was sent to Changzhi, it was found that there was no response!

    This frightened Yoshio Shinozuka, and at the same time gave him a sense of ominous premonition!

    At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately called the secret service of the First Army and asked them to immediately find out what happened in the direction of Changji!

    Soon, the secret service got the news. According to the information they obtained through secret channels, at this time, there were firefights everywhere in Changzhi City, and the fighting was very fierce.

    Furthermore, Shangdang, Pingshun, Huguan, Changzi and other places were also attacked at the same time. Gaoping was also within the scope of the attack, and the defenders seemed to have been defeated and had withdrawn from Gaoping city.

    When the news came, the entire First Army Headquarters was shaken up and down!

    "There is no doubt that Tubal Road is really involved. They obviously want to help support the government troops, and there are signs of launching the second Hundred Regiment War.

    This is no small matter. A hundred-regiment battle has already caused the North China Front to be questioned. If Tada Shun had not had a deeper foundation and won the trust of His Majesty the Emperor, he would have been allowed to return to China for trial.

    If you do it again, it will really kill you!

    And this time, in order to completely eliminate the Chinese army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, the Imperial Japanese Army used almost all its mobile forces. Once the entire Tubal Army was mobilized, the Imperial Japanese Army basically did not have any spare forces to deal with them.

    Immediately, Shinozuka Yoshio immediately ordered people to report the situation to the North China Front Army Headquarters. At the same time, he called the 33rd Division Regiment Headquarters and ordered them to immediately withdraw troops from the front line of Dongfeng Town and return to Jincheng.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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