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Chapter 1614: Japanese Counterattack (9)

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    After the main force on the front line of Rehe was surrounded by the national army, the Kwantung Army headquarters was suddenly stunned. Originally, Li Guoyao's attack on Jinzhou had brought a great shock to Yamada Otsuzo and others, but he did not expect that this was just the beginning.

    Judging from the situation reported back from the front line, the Chinese army not only deployed heavy troops on the Ningbei line, but also deployed a large number of troops in the east of Rehe to encircle and provide reinforcements. As a result, Li Guoyao's headquarters in the southern Manchuria area  The number of troops should be no less than 200,000.

    After being shocked, Yamada Otsuzo and others immediately adjusted their strategy and ordered the main force of the 148th Division in Chifeng to immediately abandon their plan to go to Chengde, and instead rushed to the front lines of Baimu Mountain and Jiguanzi Mountain to reinforce Suzuki Keihisa and others.

    At the same time, all the troops staying in Chengde also withdrew from the city and rushed to Baimu Mountain.

    In this way, the remaining Japanese troops hurriedly withdrew from Chengde. The remaining troops under Lu Dashan then occupied Chengde, Chifeng and other places. The territory that the Japanese army had gained some time ago was taken back by the Chinese army one by one.

    On April 9, while isolating and encircling Jinzhou, Lu Dashan's troops began to encircle and annihilate the Japanese infantry divisions in the encirclement.

    The first to be annihilated was the Japanese army on the front line of Yuanbaoshan. This unit had only one infantry regiment with less than 2,000 soldiers, and it was surrounded by three regiments of the National Army.

    ¡°In addition, the unit had been severely damaged by the national army before, and the reason why they were retained was to use them as bait to induce the Japanese army behind to come to the rescue.

    Now that the Japanese troops behind were surrounded, the bait naturally lost its effect, so Lu Dashan ordered the troops in front of him to eat the Japanese soldiers immediately.

    After the general offensive was launched, the troops on the front line opened up their firepower and fought bravely. After four hours of fierce fighting, they finally annihilated all the Japanese troops on the front line of Yuanbaoshan.

    At the same time, the encirclement and annihilation battles on the main battlefield of Jiguanzi Mountain and the Baimu Mountain battlefield also started. The main force of 50,000 to 60,000 Chinese troops madly attacked the more than 16,000 Japanese troops in the encirclement, and the battle quickly intensified.

    However, the Japanese army did not sit still and wait for death. Following the Beibu Detachment, Hongo Yoshio assembled Lieutenant General Nakayama Tun's 136th Division, Major General Kuwata Tezo's independent mixed 130th Brigade, and Major General Shunto Shunzou's independent mixed 134th Brigade.  The brigade and the First Independent Tank Brigade of Major General Ano Anri went south to reinforce Jinzhou.

    The Japanese troops on the front line of Shanhaiguan also completed their assembly, went all the way north, and strangled Zhou Dafu's troops together.

    At this time, the entire South Manchuria was in chaos, fighting was going on everywhere, and gunfire could be heard everywhere.

    Li Guoyao was worried that Jinzhou would be attacked by multiple enemy reinforcements before it was captured. By then, the troops would run out of ammunition, lack supplies, and the soldiers would be exhausted, and the troops would be in a critical situation.  Therefore, he ordered the attacking troops to continue to advance towards Jinzhou according to the original deployment, and must capture Jinzhou City within three days.

    In the early morning of April 10, Li Guoyao and the former enemy headquarters arrived at Gunniu Tun, located in the northwest of Jinzhou, more than 30 miles away from Jinzhou, and ordered a general attack on Jinzhou City.

    Linghai is a small county town on the Beining Line. It is located between Jinzhou and Fengtian, 30 kilometers away from Jinzhou. It is the only place where reinforcements from Fengtian to Jinzhou must pass.

    When Li Guoyao issued the combat order to storm Jinzhou, he emphasized: "The most important guarantee for attacking Jinzhou is to block the enemy forces in Fengtian. The 220 kilometers distance between Fengtian and Jinzhou must be the most fiercely contested place in this war. In case of any emergency,  If we cannot stop the enemy, the attacking troops will be greatly threatened."

    In view of this, Li Guoyao called Gao Hu's headquarters: "You must use all available terrain conditions from Yixian to Linghai to block the Japanese troops heading south from Fengtian, actively build fortifications, and use the fortifications to kill a large number of enemies in order to capture Jinzhou.  Create conditions."

    After Li Guoyao's attack on Jinzhou started on April 10, the Japanese army on the northern front had also arrived at the Linghai line. Under the command of the Japanese 44th Army Commander Yoshio Hongo, a field division plus two independent fighters  The brigade and an infantry detachment, totaling more than 30,000 people, under the cover of aircraft, artillery and tanks, used bullfighting tactics to take turns to launch a frontal attack on the national army positions near Linghai.

    Starting from the 10th to the afternoon of the 11th, the Japanese army launched 15 consecutive attacks on the national army on the Linghai front line, but they were all repelled. The Linghai position was still firmly controlled by the national army.

    At this time, the peripheral battle of Li Guoyao's main force attacking Jin had ended.

    Late at night on the 11th, Li Guoyao called the troops attacking Jinzhou: "The siege is ready, and we will attack Jinzhou tomorrow morning."

    Yamada Otsuzo felt that Jinzhou City was in danger, so he sent a telegram overnight to Hongo Yoshio: "Capture Linghai at dawn, occupy Shuangyang Town at 12 o'clock, and arrive at Jinzhou at dusk!"

    At 6 a.m. on April 12, Yoshio Hongo HeadquartersThe team launched a mad charge towards the Linghai National Army position, and the two sides launched the most brutal battle for position in the past few days.  The battle was extremely fierce and the troops suffered heavy casualties.

    At this time, the order to attack Jinzhou has not yet been issued, and the Linghai position has changed hands nine times.  If Linghai is lost during the breakthrough stage of the siege battle, the Japanese troops going south will surge in like a tide within an hour and can reach Jinzhou, and the siege troops will be attacked from both sides.  In this way, not only would the entire Jinzhou campaign be disrupted, but the main force of Li Guoyao's troops would also be under an extremely serious threat.

    Faced with such a severe situation, Xu Hu and others hesitated. This was a matter of life and death for the hundreds of thousands of troops on the South Manchurian Front!

    Li Guoyao looked down at the map on the table, his eyes fixed on the almost invisible small village of Linghai, and decisively waved his hand to Xu Hu, signaling the order to "start the general attack."

    Seeing Xu Hu¡¯s hesitant expression, Li Guoyao, who had been silent for a long time, said decisively: ¡°Old Xu, I only want Jinzhou, no matter how many casualties there are!¡±

    Xu Hu also guided the troops that there was no way out now, so he immediately issued a general attack order without hesitation.

    Outside Jinzhou City, the Chinese army concentrated 200 artillery pieces and violently bombarded the predetermined targets in Jinzhou City. The shells fell like raindrops on the city, making the little Japanese tremble.

    At 11:30, each commando team launched an attack.

    Since there were only more than 4,000 Japanese and puppet troops in the city, the Japanese army stationed in the city had to order all Japanese expatriates in Jinzhou City to be incorporated into the city defense force.

    Jinzhou, as one of the earliest northeastern cities invaded by the Japanese army, has long been one of the most important gathering places for the Japanese army. Therefore, the number of Japanese expatriates here is astonishing, no less than 30,000.

    Abandoning the old, weak, women and children, there are now more than 12,000 people who can go to the battlefield. Under the orders of the Japanese commander, all these more than 10,000 overseas residents picked up weapons and equipment and participated in the battle.

    Different from the common people in China, most of the expatriates in the Little Devils are local soldiers, which is equivalent to China's veterans. Although they are not regular troops, most of them have received formal training before, and many of them have received military training.  He has experience on the battlefield, so in terms of quality, he is by no means comparable to ordinary people.

    The joining of more than 10,000 expatriate troops has greatly alleviated the pressure of the Japanese army's lack of manpower.

    The Japanese army now places its hopes on several reinforcements on the periphery, especially the troops on the northern front. Once they can break through the obstruction of the national army and directly break into the periphery of Jinzhou, the situation in Jinzhou may be rewritten.

    On the contrary, once the Japanese army in Jinzhou is annihilated, the entire southern Manchuria will be completely turned into a mess.

    In view of this, General Yamada Yisan once again sent a report to Fengtian, ordering the frontline troops to break through the national army's blockade at all costs and rush to Jinzhou.

    However, before Hongo Yoshio's troops could make a breakthrough, bad news came from the direction of Yuanbaoshan. The 107th Division, the 117th Division, and the remnants of the independent mixed 136th Brigade that moved east to reinforce Jinzhou were annihilated.  An army lieutenant general and a major general were killed.

    When the news came, the Kwantung Army headquarters was greatly shocked.

    More importantly, after the Suzuki Division and other units are annihilated, tens of thousands of national troops in Jinxi will be able to reinforce Jinzhou. This is definitely not good news for the Japanese army.

    After being shocked, Yamada Otsuzo could only order the frontline troops to speed up again and make sure to enter Jinzhou City before the reinforcements of the national army arrived.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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