War of Resistance

Chapter 772
Xu Yuanquan's conjecture is not unfounded, because the Japanese army has the strength to take Hefei.

As for the exit of Anqing, it is not within the scope of Xu Yuanquan's consideration - because Hefei is the number one town, and it is the defense area where the Sichuan Army Yang Sen's troops are stationed, and it does not have much direct relationship with him.

The troops have to fight, and the Japanese army still has to resist, but the key is how to not only attack the Japanese army, but also keep their own defense area, which involves an art of command.

"Hefei... still has to be kept..." Xu Yuanquan muttered to himself.

The war came faster than many people imagined, especially the Japanese army's combat progress and speed were very fast.

Not long after the No.80 Seventh Army found the Japanese army crossing the river in the northeast of Zongyang County, a Japanese army appeared around Hefei.

This Japanese army was advancing very fast, and it didn't make sense.

Why do you say they are unreasonable?The reason is that after they approached Hefei, without routine artillery bombardment, they directly launched an extremely violent attack on the garrison troops near Hefei.

These garrison troops were almost stunned—they had never seen such an unreasonable Japanese army, and they launched an attack without even carrying out routine bombardment?
As the saying goes, soldiers are expensive and fast, and these Japanese troops are already extremely powerful.

In less than half a day, the national army lost two towns.

As soon as the news reached Hefei, Xu Yuanquan was out of ordinary anger, and directly patted the table: "What does Wang Jinguo eat? He can't even hold on for such a short time! Anyway, we have to hold on until our army is mobilized, right?!"

"Boss, now is not the time to be anxious. Commander Wang's troops are already in retreat. What we should do next is how to mobilize other troops to plug this gap?" Chief of Staff Shi Jie persuaded Xu Yuanquan After all, if Commander-in-Chief Shi is confused, he is among the unlucky ones.

"Yes, immediately order the Tenth Army to mobilize everything that can mobilize troops to plug this gap, and the Japanese army can't continue to come in!" After all, Xu Yuanquan is also an experienced veteran, and immediately let the troops fill the vacancy.

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On the front line, the land is desolate.

Among the green grass, a troop in iron-blue military uniforms was desperately rushing backwards.

This is a broken army!
To be more precise, it is the troops of King Jin Guo, a subordinate of the Tenth Army!
At this time, the division commander Wang Jinguo was also mixed in the middle of this team.

He knew exactly what he was doing—but there was nothing he could do. The army was defeated like a mountain and collapsed thousands of miles away. How could he organize such a defeated army to resist the advance of the Japanese army?
Therefore, Wang Jinguo thought about it or forget it, escape is the most important thing, as long as the troops are not exhausted, he is still the division commander.

"Master, now the commander-in-chief is calling, ordering our troops to go back and hold on." A correspondent ran to Wang Jinguo's side with a telegram.

"Don't worry about it, we have to go to Hefei and rely on Hefei's city walls to resist the Japanese attack! In this plain with no shelter, we are the live targets of the Japanese artillery fire!" Wang Jinguo pretended not to panic at all, After all, it was a shameless thing.

"Yes! Sir!" The correspondent responded and ran back.

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The news that Xu Yuanquan's No. 20 Sixth Army in the direction of Hefei had started the war soon reached the ears of Yang Sen, commander-in-chief of the No. 20 Seventh Army in Anqing.

Yang Sen is from Sichuan, and he is a very typical Sichuanese. He is shrewd and tough.

This time out of Sichuan to fight against Japan, like most of the Sichuan Army, No.20 Seventh Army was the same, with very poor equipment and weak combat effectiveness.

So when Xu Yuanquan started the battle, Yang Sen didn't send troops to support the battle - after all, for him, Anqing with his hands tied was already a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and he couldn't protect himself, let alone go to reinforce Hefei's battle .

Pretentiousness also requires strength.

Obviously, Yang Sen is not the kind of person who likes to show off, he is very aware of his predicament.

"Boss, ah, Xu Yuanquan is fighting so fiercely. Do you want to send some troops to reinforce it?" Xia Jiong, the deputy commander of the No.20 Army, suggested. He is from Wenjiang, Sichuan, so he can be called It's Yang Sen's confidant and old subordinate.

After all, the name No.20 Seventh Army seems to be quite bluffing, but when you look at the troops under their jurisdiction, there is only one No.20 Army, and you know that they don't have many soldiers.

When he first came out of Sichuan, the No.20 Army under Yang Sen still had three divisions, the 20rd Division, the [-]th Division, and the [-]th Division. However, after the Battle of Xuzhou, the No.[-] Army, which suffered heavy losses, It can only be downsized into two divisions-the [-]rd Division and the [-]th Division.

As for the [-]th Division, it can only be forced to abolish.

Now Yang Sen seems to have been promoted. After all, the position of commander-in-chief and army commander of the group army is very prestigious.

But in fact, nearly one-third of his troops have been abolished.

Therefore, Yang Sen did not intend to support Xu Yuanquan.

"Are you crazy chatter? I have only a few troops, and I still go to support them? If the fight continues like this, our Sichuan army will be wiped out." Yang Sen spoke in Sichuan dialect, full of Sichuan flavor.

"Yes, boss." Deputy Commander Xia Jiong replied.

Since the 20th Division was abolished, Xia Jiong, who was originally the commander of the [-]th Division and the commander of the No. The third and fourth divisions are now headed.

Facing the fact that the commander-in-chief didn't want to reinforce the friendly army, Xia Jiong also understood very well. After all, Xu Yuanquan's troops were strong and strong, and their troops only had two divisions, so it really wasn't their turn to reinforce them...

However, what Yang Sen did not expect was that a Japanese army of about 2000 troops, under the cover of more than 20 warships of the Japanese fleet, began to land in the lower reaches of Anqing, and sent to the No. [-] Seventh Army of the National Army. The guarded mark position marched.

A big battle is about to begin.

……

The Japanese attack can be said to be very orderly.

After all, attacking from both ends of the waterway and the land route is a very methodical attack method-one straight and one strange, both sides!
The Japanese army that landed from the waterway was like a sharp knife, about to stab the heart of the southern Anhui national army. Whether it was Hefei or Anqing, they were all combat targets they were determined to win!

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Daguan Town, this is the barrier to the southeast of Anqing.

As long as you win here, you can directly attack Anqing.

Therefore, Yang Sen also arranged for a regiment of troops to be stationed here.

After all, Anqing is not a small place. No matter how it is arranged, Yang Sen's troops, who are already short of troops, are in a state of stretching.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Yang Sen to be stupid enough to put a brigade or a division here, right?

Therefore, this place has become the primary attack target of the Japanese troops landing downstream!

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PS: The second update is finally delivered, and I'm going to bed too, good night everyone.

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