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Chapter 344 Heading to Yancheng!

"Why hasn't the bomber unit come yet?! If things go on like this, even if we take down Xuanhua, we won't be able to resist the follow-up attack of the No.20 First Division." In the command post outside the city, Tamura Iguchi was extremely anxious like ants on the fire. The light and calm appearance has disappeared, and he keeps looking at the gradually dimming sky in the distance.

Nowadays, the most important casualty exchange ratio is close to 1:1 under the background balance of street fighting.

If you want to eliminate a Chinese soldier, you have to pay the price of an imperial soldier, which is unacceptable to Tamura Iguchi!

If the bomber unit does not come before dark, it means that this battle can only be done by oneself.

"Report to the captain of the regiment, Chengde sent an urgent message. Due to the weather, the bomber unit was unable to carry out the bombing and had already returned." At this moment, the communications staff rushed over to report the situation.

"Nani?! This group of damn bird people! I knew they were unreliable, I knew it! Baga!" Tamura Iguchi showed a look of astonishment, and after a second, he almost jumped up violently.

After waiting for such a long time, the bomber unit actually told him that he had returned, so he was not coming?
Tamura Iguchi had never encountered such a thing, or he never imagined that such a thing would happen to him, and it happened to the current Xuanhua battle.

Without the support of the bomber force, how should the Xuanhua war be fought?
In addition to this problem, Tamura Iguchi is now facing another thorny problem, that is, logistical supplies.

Since this operation is a lonely army, the food and ammunition carried by the Tamura United Team is not much, three days of rations + one base ammunition. The original plan was to rely on the Army Air Force for logistics supplies after the capture of Xuanhua. Take down Xuanhua.

No, it is accurate to say that the city of Xuanhua has been invaded, but the battle has not ended.

The army's bullet base has dropped to half, and the shell base has reached an emergency level of one third.

"Report, urgent telegram from the third brigade." At this moment, a communications soldier rushed over with a telegram in his hand, stood in front of Tamura Wellhead, and reported loudly.

Iguchi Tamura took the telegram and read it, and his face immediately turned ugly. The content of the telegram of the third brigade was very simple—the No. 20 Division of Li Xianzhou, which attacked from the direction of Huailai, sent another regiment to attack Xiahuayuan, and the third brigade was stationed in Xiahuayuan The position is precarious, urgently needing reinforcements, and requesting tactical guidance.

Who is Li Xianzhou?
A student in the first phase of Huangpu, a direct descendant of the Central Army, under the jurisdiction of the 21st Division, which is a second-rate ace division of the Central Army.

No matter how arrogant Tamura Iguchi was, he would never think that the 1000-member Third Battalion could resist the three regiments of Li Xianzhou's division without aircraft bombing and artillery support.

This is impossible.

But the question is, where does he have extra troops to reinforce the garden?
The command post suddenly fell into silence.

"After the news of the return of the bomber unit, our mission to attack Xuanhua is doomed to fail. If Xuanhua City is captured with a casualty ratio of 1:1, we will not be able to withstand the subsequent attack of the Chinese army. The elite of our Great Japanese Empire Soldiers cannot be spent here in vain. To be honest, this 126 regiment stationed in Xuanhua really opened my eyes, and its commander is very smart."

Tamura Iguchi held the message in his hand, his face was silent, and after a few breaths, he let out a soft breath: "Xiaoyuan-kun, order the first and second battalions to retreat, call back the third battalion, and evacuate the garden as quickly as possible. , advancing towards Lihuwan.”

retreat.

Tamura Iguchi chose to retreat without hesitation, instead of losing his mind and smashing Xuanhua.

It is important to win Xuanhua, but the safety of the Tamura United is equally important. After winning Xuanhua with a casualty exchange ratio of 1:1, how should the Tamura United with the remaining troops defend the attacks of Li Xianzhou, Fu Zuoyi, and Liu Ruming?
Can't stand it.

"Hi!" The Japanese combat staff officer was full of grief and indignation, staring at the regiment leader Tamura Iguchi who seemed to be several years old, turned and left.

Issuing the retreat order meant that the mission had failed, and Tamura Iguchi, as the commander of the regiment, had to bear the primary responsibility. In addition, it was bound to make him feel ashamed in front of his colleagues in the army.

"Xuanhua... I will come back again." Tamura Iguchi didn't care about the eyes of the combat staff, his eyes were fixed on Xuanhua County, which was gradually shrouded in night, and his mind once again recalled the image of the shells that were dense like raindrops before, with a stern and resolute face.

At 380 o'clock on the night of August 126, the Tiancun regiment withdrew from Xuanhua under the threat of Li Xianzhou's three regiments, with more than [-] casualties, more than [-] were killed, and the [-]th regiment stationed in Xuanhua suffered more than [-] casualties. Injured, the battalion and company system was basically empty, and the Xuanhua defense battle was defeated.

The tragic and tragic battle of Nankou attracted the attention of everyone in the northern region, while in the south, a long-planned battle attracted the attention of almost the whole of China. [-] elite German armorers secretly stationed in Shanghai and surrounded the city in Shanghai. Japanese Marine Corps.

The strength of both sides - fifty thousand: five thousand.

On the day of dawn, it was already August [-]th, at [-]:[-] in the morning, with a gunshot from the defense line of the Security Corps between Shanghai Tiantong Temple and Hengbang Road, the Battle of Songhu came as scheduled.

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The roar of aircraft engines resounded in the sky. This is the roar of Chinese Air Force fighter planes, the roar of swearing the sovereignty of the airspace. On the ground, loud and intensive gunshots spread almost all over Shanghai. The No.80 Eighth Division of the National Revolutionary Army The Japanese army storming the Hongkou area aimed directly at the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps.

In the peripheral area of ​​the battlefield, a small hardware factory that has not received the government's evacuation notice is located here.

"Factory manager, the national army is fighting with the little devils. What should we do? These shells have no eyes, and a single shell may fly over." At the gate of the factory, Old Li, the fitter, looked at the distant battlefield with a full face. With a worried look, he asked Shen Hong, the factory director beside him.

"Old Li, what do you think?" Shen Hong, who was in his prime, nodded, gritted his teeth and watched the Japanese invaders on the battlefield, clenched his hands tightly, the blood in his chest was hot, almost boiling, he suppressed his emotions, and asked the old man Li asked.

There is only one thought in Shen Hong's mind, and that is - fight well, kill this group of damned bastards.

"We all listen to you. You are our backbone. Without you as the factory manager, we would not be where we are today." Lao Li, a fitter, expressed his opinion on behalf of all the workers.

As the worker with the highest qualifications and the best craftsmanship in the factory, Lao Li has an amiable personality and has considerable status and authority among the workers.

"Then let me tell the truth, Lao Li, I want to give up all the current business, and take all the machinery and equipment and workers in the factory, and head to Yancheng." Shen Hong understood the situation already after hearing the words, with a firm expression on his face and determination in his eyes, Solemnly said: "You know the situation in the national government. Even if we pass by, there will be no future. I know some technology and knowledge, and you and the big guys have experience and craftsmanship. I have bought some foreign equipment over the years. We put these Take the machinery and equipment over there, make guns and cannons for Yancheng, and contribute your own strength."

Running to Yancheng was a long-planned idea in Shen Hong's mind.

"You go to Yancheng, and we will go too!" Old Li the fitter was stunned when he heard Shen Hong's decision, and immediately made a decision, with anticipation involuntarily appearing in his heart.

There is no worker who does not yearn for Yancheng in the north, even Li, who is nearly half a century old.

"Okay, there's no need to be late, while the train can still go, let's act immediately." Shen Hong is not a person who is indecisive either.

PS: Boss Shen Hong is online. This is the chief engineer of the Eighth Route Army Chafang Arsenal. His talent and technology belonged to the top of that era, with a primary school education.

I wrote more than 7000 today, and I will continue to rush tomorrow.

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