War of Resistance

Chapter 624 The Battle of Yangzhuang ([-])

No one would believe that from Tuan Zuo's mouth, he could say that his subordinates should go to fight a losing battle.

After all, according to Zhang Tianhai's personality, he is quite strong, and he can hardly tolerate a wisp of dust on his record.

You know, since Zhang Tianhai took office as the head of the Zhiyi Regiment, except for those inevitable big scenes, he has almost never failed.

What's more, Zhang Tianhai's temperament is inherently a bit arrogant. Can this kind of person allow his subordinates to go to defeat the battle?

"Yes, it is to fight a losing battle. Not only do you want to lose, but you have to lose to a standard. You have to bring the enemy to Yangzhuang. In Yangzhuang, I will deploy a company of troops to defend. You guys Bring the troops to this place, as soon as the shelling starts. You can hide in the prepared artillery fortifications!" Zhang Tianhai said in a deep voice.

"Anti-cannon fortifications? Does that mean that Yangzhuang and us are both bait?" Liu Houming asked.

"Yes, they are all bait. The enemy will not come unless you are thrown in." Zhang Tianhai admitted noncommittally.

"Yes, I understand." Liu Houming replied.

"Remember, your task is to lure the enemy to Yangzhuang!" Zhang Tianhai said in a deep voice, but reminded Liu Houming again, as if he was afraid that he would forget.

"No problem." Liu Houming grinned.

Looking at the smile on Liu Houming's face, Zhang Tianhai didn't feel much relief in his heart - the Yangzhuang annihilation battle was just an established goal, and it belonged to the kind that might not be completed.

A mountain of pressure accumulated in his heart, but no one could tell.

Some things are destined to be borne by only one person.

Thinking about it, Zhang Tianhai clenched his fist lightly.

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There are some things that the national army is preparing, but it does not mean that the Japanese army will give up the set goal of going south.

Major General Takashi Sakai, the head of the No. 20 Eighth Brigade of the Japanese Infantry, was standing on the edge of the Yellow River, watching the rolling Yellow River, which ran to the sea and never returned, kept churning, splashing a lot of waves.

The damp water vapor was blowing gently on Major General Takashi Sakai's big bearded face under the wind. The command knife in his hand was leaning on the ground, and his eyes were staring at the engineering troops.

For him, the mood of making contributions is quite urgent-Major General Guan Yu, the head of the No.20 Seventh Brigade, has already led the Second Infantry Regiment and the Ninth Regiment under his command to cross the Yellow River to fight up.

Seeing the Kanyu Brigade playing there, Sakai Takashi's heart is not in a hurry. Others are working hard to get promoted, but he can't fall behind. If he falls, it will be very difficult. catch up.

The engineering troops worked as hard as worker ants in an ant's nest, in order to let the main force of the infantry No. 20 Eighth Brigade cross the river to fight.

After all, compared to the No.20 Seventh Brigade, it is obvious that the No.20 Eighth Brigade is the main event. In addition to allocating four artillery pieces to the No.20 Seventh Brigade for firepower reinforcement, it is like two heavy artillery regiments And the absolute main force of the Artillery Wing is still on the No. 20 Eighth Brigade.

As the saying goes, when the waist is stiff, you can speak boldly and confidently.

Takashi Sakai is in this state now. He wants to see if his troops, after the main force of the three artillery regiments and the firepower of a tank squadron are strengthened, can go where the front of the troops goes. All are invincible!
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, when we cross the Yellow River, the victory will belong to our Empire of the Rising Sun!" The Chief of Staff Matsushita Lizan who was next to him said in a puffed up voice.

"Matsushita-kun, wait until this battle is over. Let us celebrate your promotion to the rank of Colonel!" Sakai Takashi seemed to be very confident. This "promotion to Colonel" is definitely a congratulatory message, because at present, Matsushita Lisan His rank is still the rank of Zhongzuo, and he can only be promoted to the rank of Dazuo when he is the chief of staff of the division or regiment, or as the captain of the regiment.

It's not that Takashi Sakai is so confident that he is about to explode, but that the Japanese army in the No.14 Division is so arrogant.

Originally, they had never been defeated after entering China. They went directly to Jinan from Tianjin Port, not to mention this time, they have strengthened so many artillery and equipped with tank squadrons. explode!

This is derived from a kind of arrogance to one's own strength!
To be honest, if Zhang Tianhai had the strength of a division in his hands, so many artillery units to fight together, and a tank battalion to help him—he would be even crazier than Takashi Sakai!
The engineering unit of No.14 Division is not a unit with extremely poor professional ability, but a unit with extremely strong quality and strong hands-on ability!

It didn't take long for this pontoon bridge to be erected.

Of course, the "not long before" here refers to the engineering unit, in fact, is it true?

In fact, it took a full hour.

Due to the turbulent flow of the Yellow River, and most of the bridge crossing tools have been tilted towards the No.20 Seventh Brigade of Infantry, the pontoon bridge here is naturally not as big as usual.

Of course, this kind of "not big" is only a relative term. Normally, more than half of the alliance can be passed in an hour, but now it can only pass about one large group.

After seeing that the pontoon bridge was erected, under the order of Takashi Sakai, the troops of the No. 20 Eighth Brigade of the Japanese Infantry began to cross the Yellow River.

It is customary and necessary for the infantry to pass first. Let me ask, if the logistics troops pass first, if they are attacked by the enemy, they will be helpless. It is not as simple as ordinary helplessness.

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When the Japanese army crossed the Yellow River one by one, Liu Houming from a distance arrived with the troops to see.

At this time, Liu Houming naturally brought his special agent platoon, plus the troops from the [-]st Battalion of the Heze Security Regiment.

Looking at the groups of Japanese soldiers passing by on the pontoon bridge, Liu Houming was angry and impatient, but he also had a kind of sincere admiration for Zhang Tianhai and the head of the regiment—he really is a regiment seat, it is not good to be able to be in this position So simple, you know, this is a pretty accurate guess.

May I ask how many people in the national army can have the strength of a regiment seat?If you can predict the enemy first, you have prepared an ambush here in advance.Liu Houming thought secretly.

However, what Liu Houming never imagined was that they could go so smoothly only because their regiment was lucky. If the division commander was not planning how to send troops eastward to attack Luxi's troops, otherwise the infantry No. 20 The Eighth Brigade has already crossed the Yellow River south!

Kenji Doihara originally thought that both sides would go forward at the same time, but after thinking about it, it was impossible, because if the two sides started at the same time, it was very likely that a fatal flaw would be exposed.

The No.14 division is certainly capable of fighting, and its strength is also very strong. It depends on the situation. After all, the 23 troops in the first theater of the national army are not just for nothing.

Even if you want to make meritorious service, you have to wait until the situation is clearer before making a decision, right?

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PS: The second update is here.

Today is a record-breaking overtime work, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, with an hour break at noon.

I am too difficult, everyone good night!We owe more, let’s talk about it on Sunday!
(End of this chapter)