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Chapter 1,232: Attack and Defense of Yangcheng

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    At noon on May 13, Li Guoyao personally sent a report to Xu Hu's headquarters in Yangcheng, ordering them to immediately launch an attack on the Japanese troops in Yangcheng and capture Yangcheng.

    Following Li Guoyao's order, the main force of the 194th Division of the Ninth Army, plus artillery, cavalry, engineers, air defense troops and many other units directly under the army, launched an attack on Yangcheng, where the Japanese army was heavily stationed.

    At this time, the Japanese army in Yangcheng consisted of the main part of the 33rd Division, with a strength of about 4,600 people. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Sakurai Shosan, the commander of the 33rd Division.

    At the same time, reinforcements from Qinshui and Jiaozuo were also rushing to Yangcheng.

    The Japanese army was also helpless. Yangcheng was the only important place to defend the encirclement on the Northeast Line. Once it was captured by the Chinese army, the entire Zhongtiao Mountain area might have its national troops escaping through this opening, so it must be defended here at all costs.  .

    One side wants to hold on, while the other wants to take over this place. The point of needle is against the wheat. The result can be imagined!

    When the two armies faced off against Yangcheng, the First Theater Command received a telegram from Li Guoyao, asking the main force of the 14th Group Army to withdraw to the city via the direction of Yangcheng, or to enter the front line of southern Hebei and northern Hebei where the Hebei-Cha war zone is located.  Or you can evacuate to the defense zone in the World War II zone via the Taiyue Mountains.

    In this regard, the commander of the First Theater Command was naturally obedient and immediately instructed Liu Enmao's troops to break out of the encirclement in accordance with the instructions of Li Guoyao's troops.

    In fact, before the telegram from the First Theater Command Headquarters arrived, the 14th Group Army had already begun taking action, with a large number of troops marching northward.

    In order to rush on the road, they even threw away most of their baggage. Even the equipment of their only artillery regiment was buried in the mountainous area. There was no way to move with those cannons.

    Yangcheng. Haihui Temple.

    As the main battlefield of the Yangcheng Battle, the fighting on the Eastern Front was the most intense!

    Yangcheng is not big and the city wall is not very strong, so Sakurai Shozo did not place the battlefield on the city wall, but outside the city.

    In order to block Li Guoyao's troops, Sakurai Shozo set up three lines of defense outside the east gate of Yangcheng, all of which were composed of trenches and bunkers.

    Li Guoyao knows about Sakurai Shozo. This guy has average qualifications and average command level. He was promoted to Army Lieutenant General not long ago and succeeded Jutaro Nippa as the commander of the 33rd Division.

    However, the first battle this guy took office almost caused a group of senior officers from the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters to self-destruct in anger. That battle was the Battle of Shanggao that took place two months ago.

    At that time, in order to restore public security in North China, the Japanese Army Headquarters of the China Dispatch Army prepared to transfer the 33rd Army Corps from Central China to the North China Front Army. The 33rd Division was originally stationed in northern Jiangxi. Once this division was transferred, there would be only one Army Corps in Nanchang.  The 34th Division defended.

    ??Ogamo of the 34th Division suggested to the commander of the 11th Army, Sonobe Kazuichiro, to launch an attack on Luo Zhuoying and other troops around Nanchang before the 33rd Division was transferred north, so as to reduce the pressure on him to defend the city in the future.

    It happened that the Japanese dispatched troops in China transferred the independent mixed 20th Brigade led by Major General Naozo Ikeda from Shanghai to Nanchang to make up for the shortage of troops in this area after the departure of the 33rd Division.

    Considering that the Japanese army had about two and a half divisions in the Nanchang area, Madokabe approved Ohgamo's action plan and planned the 33rd Division of the North Road to attack the 70th Army of the Chinese garrison in the Fengxin area from Anyi Wuning.  The Ikeda Brigade of the South Road set out from Yidu Street to cross the Jinjiang River and attack the Chinese troops in Shanggao and other places from behind. The 34th Division of the Middle Road sent troops to Xishan and Dacheng, intending to go west to capture the Chinese camps in Gao'an and Shanggao in one fell swoop, ensuring  "Public security" in western Jiangxi.

    The battle was fought very well at the beginning, and soon the Japanese army trapped the Chinese army in a heavy siege. The Japanese army originally thought that with the combat power of two divisions and one brigade, it would be very easy to capture Shanggao, but unexpectedly  happened.

    In the view of the Japanese military headquarters at all levels, both the 33rd and 34th divisions and the 20th brigade are elite troops. This battle is completely overkill.

    However, shortly after the battle started, the 33rd Division did not see any movement from other brother armies during the fierce battle. It felt very unhappy. In addition, the 33rd Division suffered heavy casualties, so the 33rd Division  The regiment withdrew from the battle in advance, but when the 34th Division took action, it was dumbfounded. Where were the other troops cooperating in the battle?

    The Japanese army attacked in three ways, but the 33rd Division on the northern front suddenly escaped, and the other two groups were not aware of it. This has never happened in Japan's combat history.

    The person who directed all of this was Shozo Sakurai. It was precisely because of his escape before the battle that he gave the national army a rare opportunity, which directly led to the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army in the Battle of Kamigaoka, with more than 15,000 casualties.

    It¡¯s just surprisingWhat's strange about him is that Sakurai didn't seem to be punished by his superiors. After the Battle of Kamigao, he led his troops to North China in such a swagger.

    Knowing that the Japanese troops stationed in Yangcheng were the 33rd Division, Li Guoyao immediately instructed Xu Hu on the front line to ignore the Japanese troops in the city and invest all their troops and firepower in one word - do it!

    Li Guoyao believed that the 70th Army was able to scare Sakurai Shozo away with less than 20,000 troops. Their current strength is three times that of the Yangcheng defenders, and their firepower is also very powerful. They can also scare away the Japanese general.  .

    Of course, it doesn¡¯t matter if this guy doesn¡¯t run away. If he doesn¡¯t run away, Li Guoyao will let the frontline troops destroy him.

    ¡°Anyway, he hasn¡¯t killed the little Japanese lieutenant general for a long time, so he can use this Sakurai to make a fool of himself!

    "Boom boom boom"

    The battle on the frontal battlefield was very fierce. Although Xu Hu's unit did not carry large-caliber artillery, the main artillery fire of the division was mainly small-caliber mortars.

    Although they have a large number of heartless cannons, to be honest, in this kind of offensive and defensive battles, the role of heartless cannons is really too small.

    The main reason is that the range of the heartless cannon is too short. The range of 150 meters is not as far as the effective range of a 38-meter gun. In other words, before they get close to other people's positions,  The other side's soldiers can destroy the national army's artillery.

    So after the battle started, Xu Hu did not let the heartless artillery troops go into battle!

    However, it was difficult to overcome the Japanese defense line by relying solely on small-caliber mortars and infantry charges.

    Throughout the afternoon, Xu Hu's troops organized a total of 8 attacks, but they were all repelled by the Japanese army and even the Japanese army's first line of defense was not captured.

    As the sun sets over the western mountains, the atmosphere in the 194th Division headquarters located in Haihui Temple is solemn!

    Xu Hu stared at the map and asked in a deep voice: "How is the situation on the front line?"

    Deputy division commander Li Dingguo immediately said: "Military seat, the attack of the 9th Battalion failed again. One-third of the troops were casualties. The battalion commander was seriously injured and the deputy battalion commander died!"

    "How many casualties were there in the army today?"

    ¡°1575 people were killed and 1176 were injured!¡±

    Xu Hu couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. In just one afternoon, the casualties totaled 2,700.

    They only came with a total of more than 13,000 people this time. Unexpectedly, they lost one-fifth in less than half a day. If this continues, even if Yangcheng is captured, the loss of the troops will be unbearable.

    At this moment, Xie Baojun said in a deep voice: "Military seat, although the commander-in-chief asked us to storm Yangcheng and destroy the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side with thunderous force, such heavy casualties are still unbearable. How about we reset the total?"  one time!"

    "how do you want to do it?"

    "Let's do this. We'll still attack from the front, but at the same time we can mobilize some troops to bypass the west side of the city and attack the Japs from both front and back!" Xie Baojun said.

    "You kid must be on guard against this, I don't think it will be effective!"

    "Not necessarily. We can completely use the night and bunkers to transport the heartless artillery to the forward position, and then launch an attack. The little devil will not be able to figure out our tactics in one or two times, and we will definitely be able to defeat Yangcheng in one fight." Xie Baojun said.

    Xu Hu thought for a while and said: "This is indeed a way. During the day, the shortcomings of the heartless cannon are too obvious, even if there is a bunker, but it is different at night. With the cover of night, the effect will definitely be very good.  .¡±

    "Military seat, give the order!"

    Xu Hu nodded and said: "Give me an order: the first regiment and the troops directly under the army will continue to attack the eastern defense line. The second and third regiments and the heartless artillery troops will be transferred to the west gate. Commander Xie will command the siege operations! In addition, the whole division will rest for two days.  hour, eight o'clock in the evening!"

    "yes!"

    "Lao Li, prepare meals for the brothers on the front line immediately. Not only do you want to be full, but you also want to let the brothers eat well. Can you do it?"

    "Yes, the horse meat has been stewed and will be delivered to the brothers in a moment!"

    "Well, let's get ready. Let's go to Yangcheng City to rest tonight!"

    "Okay, just take a look!"

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