Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 1406 Banheng Seishiro Realized

"Bagaya Road!"

The headquarters of the Banheng Division, the old devil Banhengzheng Shiro, was furious because he was secretly adding troops to the front line, preparing to surprise the 55th Army and cut off the connection between the fifth theater and the second theater.

But before he could implement this plan, Dongping County was captured by the 56th Army, and the Sakata Regiment, which he was most proud of, also suffered heavy losses, and the troops were directly reduced by one-third.

This is a great shame and humiliation, how can he let him swallow this breath?
It's just that at this time, neither his Fifth Division, nor the Second Army of the Japanese Army, nor the reinforcements from a certain dynasty, are not ready yet. Otherwise, the little devil has already started, so how could he wait until now?
So this sudden action at the Dragon Boat Festival really caught the little devil by surprise.

And the little devil never thought that the Chinese would take the initiative to provoke them.

But what makes Ban Hengzheng Shiro wonder the most is what is the purpose of the Chinese army to capture Dongping County?
Dongping County is not a strategically important place, and there are not many troops stationed there. Except for the conventional defense force of less than one squadron, the rest of the defense is done by the Imperial Association Army.

In other words, the opponent's occupation of Dongping County is not a big loss to the imperial army.If it were him, he would surprise the Sakata Alliance, as long as he defeated the Sakata Alliance, it would be like tearing a hole in his Fifth Division.

Therefore, the fall of Dongping County made Ban Hengzheng Shiro puzzled.

And if it is necessary to find out a reason, Ban Hengzheng Shiro believes that it should be related to the reinforcement of the infantry brigade that the Sakata United lost.The Chinese attacked Dongping County in order to send reinforcements from the Bantian Regiment out of the city to ambush.

Thinking of this, Banheng Seishiro wanted to understand something.The goal of the Chinese is still Ningyang County, and the purpose of attacking Dongping County first is to weaken the strength of the Bantian United Army in Ningyang County, and then surprise Ningyang County.

"Young Karma!"

Ban Hengzheng Shiro realized it by himself, but fell into the pit dug by Duanwu again.

The purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival is not the Sakata United team at all, but his entire version of the Hengshi Regiment.

So I am afraid that Ban Hengzheng Shiro never dreamed that the small goal he set for the Dragon Boat Festival was indeed small.A Sakata United team is not enough for the Dragon Boat Festival.What he wants to cut is the big cake of Banheng Shituan.

However, Ban Hengzheng Shiro misjudged the purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival, and even ordered the Japanese and puppet troops who reinforced Dongping Town from Feicheng and Pingyin to continue to march towards Dongping Town and recapture Dongping Town.

Because at this time, he was sure that the enemy was going to fight the Sakata Alliance, so after the surprise attack on Dongping Town, they would turn their guns and attack Ningyang County.

In other words, his enemy's attack on Dongping Town was just a cover. After the attack, they would turn back and attack Ningyang Town. Even if there were defenders in Dongping Town, there would not be many of them.

The reinforcements from Feicheng and Pingyin can definitely be easily dealt with.And it can also be used to test the strength of the 56th Army.

That is to say, up to now, both the captain of the Sakata United and Seishiro Itami believe that the 56th Army is fighting this battle.Otherwise, they couldn't think of any unit that could have such strength and completely wiped out an infantry brigade of the Sakata Regiment in a very short period of time.

Of course, the little devil once suspected that it was Duan Wu's independent regiment. After all, Duan Wu had appeared in the defense area of ​​the 56th Army.

But the information from the special high school was that the independent group of the Dragon Boat Festival had left long ago, and returned to Bengbu via LY.

So the little devil deduced from this that it was none other than the 56th Army who attacked Dongping County.

Therefore, Ban Hengzheng Shiro immediately ordered that all defense areas related to the Fifth Division and the 56th Army enter the first-level combat readiness to guard against sudden attacks by the 56th Army.

And ordered the frontline departments to quickly dispatch scouts, increase the number of lookout posts and patrols, and shorten the interval between them, so as to guard against other Chinese troops' sneak attacks.

Of course, Ban Hengzheng Shiro's focus is still in Dongping County and Ningyang County. He can only make a new judgment on the specific movements of the Chinese army after the news from the Japanese army in Dongping County comes back.

Although he was [-]% sure that the target of the Chinese army was the Sakata Regiment in Ningyang County, but he still had [-]% uncertainty.

This Banheng Zhengshiro is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He is a high-achieving student in the 16th period of the Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, also known as the [-]th period of glory.

The senior Japanese generals of the same period included the notorious Kenji Doihara, Ningji Okamura, Rikichi Ando and so on.

So this old devil is not simple at all, and he is good at resourcefulness and winning steadily.

It's just that from Duan Wu's point of view, this old devil is also very ordinary.After learning that Dongping County had been occupied, they dared to send reinforcements over.

At this time, under the city of Dongping County, part of the No. 11 Regiment of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army had arrived two kilometers outside Dongping County to rest.

The devil's force is about one infantry brigade, which is composed of two infantry squadrons drawn from Feicheng and Pingyin respectively, a total of four infantry squadrons and one artillery squadron.

In addition, from Pingyin and Feicheng, the little devil mobilized two security regiments, about 1000 people, and temporarily mixed them into an infantry regiment.

The total strength reached 300 people, and they stopped to rest about two kilometers away from Dongping County, and sent scouts to Dongping County.

The scouts were headed by the puppet army, and a small detachment of about 13 Japanese soldiers followed the puppet army all the time.

Obviously, the little devils already knew that Dongping County had been occupied by the Chinese army, so they went to investigate and might encounter danger at any time.

Naturally, the little devil would not make fun of his own life, so all the work of dying was left to the puppet army.

And the puppet army who walked in front also knew this, they were born as cannon fodder, everyone only hoped that the people of the 56th army had left, and left an empty city for them, otherwise they would still fight if they really fought for a while. The life of cannon fodder.

Some people even regret it now.Originally, they simply did not want to die when they turned to the devils, but in the end, they could not escape death, and they also had to bear eternal infamy.

But it is too late to regret it at this time, because no one knows whether they will have a chance to see the sun tomorrow.

Because it is obvious that more than 700 imperial association troops and more than 100 imperial troops in Dongping County have been wiped out by the opponent. With only a few people like them going up, I am afraid it is not enough for the 56th army to stop their teeth!

Thinking of this, it is inevitable that no one will curse the little devils who are following in their hearts, hoping that they will step on a landmine soon, and it will be the kind that does not ring in the front and rings in the back.

They have seen this kind of landmine before, and it was specially used by the Eighth Route Army to deal with little devils.

These little devils were afraid that they would step on landmines when they charged, so they arrested a group of ordinary people to go to mines for them.

But I don't want the Eighth Route Army to be so superior that they have developed the kind of landmine that does not sound in the front and rings in the rear. The little devils who exploded caused heavy casualties.

"Wait, I feel it!"

A puppet soldier walking in front suddenly stopped, his body was stiff, and he didn't dare to move a bit!
(End of this chapter)