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Chapter 474: Fire the Flak Cannon!

On the road from Anhua County to Heyuan County.

About 3000 troops are marching along the highway towards Heyuan County.

The [-] reconnaissance plane of the Japanese army that had just shot at the cornfield flew over the middle and low altitude with its engine roaring.

Looking in the direction where the reconnaissance plane was leaving, Atsuji Sato, who was wearing a puppet military uniform, put down his binoculars.

Soon.

Behind the team, a puppet soldier put down the headset of the radio station, ran over and reported to Atsuji Sato:

"Report to the captain, the reconnaissance plane has just sent a message, and there is no trace of the eight-way ambush."

Both the Division Headquarters and the First Army Headquarters sent telegrams to Atsuji Sato, ordering him to lead his troops to reinforce Heyuan County after dawn, but be careful of the ambush.

Sato Atsuji is also cautious enough, or chicken thief.

This time he led his troops to reinforce Heyuan County, and left a Japanese squadron and a puppet barracks in Anhua County.

Then lead the main force to reinforce Heyuan County with about 3000 people, half of them are puppet soldiers and half of them are Japanese soldiers.

Therefore, Sato Atsuji ordered that the uniforms and equipment of the puppet army and the Japanese soldiers be exchanged, and even the shoes were replaced.

The Japanese soldiers walked in front wearing the uniforms of the puppet army, and the puppet soldiers walked behind wearing the uniforms of the Japanese army, with half a mile between the two sides.

However, because the average height of the puppet army is higher than that of the Japanese army, the puppet army's military uniform is a bit tight, while the devil's military uniform is a bit fluffy.

Sato Atsuji did this out of fear of being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.

If the Eighth Route Army had an ambush, it would definitely let go of the puppet troops in front and attack the Japanese troops behind.

In this way, the puppet army will be subject to the firepower of the Eighth Route Army first, and the Japanese army will benefit.

Sato Atsuji shook his head, and his tone was affirmative: "Li Yunlong will definitely send troops to stop us if he makes such a big commotion in Heyuan County."

"Then why didn't the reconnaissance plane find anything?"

A staff officer next to him asked suspiciously, if there was an ambush on the Eighth Route, it would definitely show his feet.

"Aviation pilots are a bunch of trash." Atsuji Sato snorted coldly, "There must be eight roads waiting for us ahead, order the scouts to be careful."

"Then shall we take a detour and go to Heyuan County by a small path?" the Japanese army staff officer asked again.

"It's easier to be ambushed if you take the path." Sato Atsuji said, "What's more, it takes four hours to walk the path. Your Excellency, Division Chief, is still waiting for our reinforcements."

"Order the troops to speed up!"

Sato Atsuji glanced at the puppet troops wearing Japanese military uniforms behind him, and said harshly, "Anyone who dares to fall behind will have his legs broken!"

"Hi!" The ghost staff officer nodded.

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Heyuan County, the Japanese command post.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the breakout force has been prepared." Ishikawa Zhishui reported to Jingguan Renhui.

In the shelling and the attrition battle of the city wall last night, the cannon fodder of the puppet army has basically been reimbursed.

In addition to the street fighting during the day today, the casualties of the Japanese army have exceeded 1500, and most of the machine gunners and light and heavy machine guns have been lost.

At present, there are still more than 5000 Japanese troops in the city, but half of them are engineers and artillery, and other troops with weak combat effectiveness.

A combat staff officer of the division calculated that according to the current speed of street fighting, these more than 5000 people would be eaten up by the Eighth Route Army Xinyi Regiment in two days at most.

"How did you deploy it?"

Jing Guanren leaned on the saber and was resting his eyes with his eyes closed. He slowly opened his eyes, looked at Ishikawa Zhishui and asked.

Ishikawa Zhishui said: "The captain of the engineering regiment, Hoshiya Ritsuji, led the engineering regiment and the 2000th infantry brigade with nearly 2000 people to break through the east gate, and more than 1000 people from the division headquarters, division headquarters, artillery regiment, and tank team. Breaking through the west city gate, more than [-] other combat soldiers are fighting street battles with the Eighth Route Army, and they are entangled with the Eighth Route Army, and they cannot withdraw."

Jing Guanren nodded, and had no objection to this deployment: "Ishikawa-kun, start the breakout operation immediately!"

Long before dawn, Jing Guanren ordered the logistics team to distribute the spare weapons of the division to the soldiers of the engineering wing and the artillery unit.

Compared with the soldiers of the Engineer Wing, the artillery of the Mountain Artillery Wing is more valuable, and it is obviously appropriate to break out with the 36th Division headquarters.

"Your Excellency, Head of Division." Ishikawa Zhishui persuaded, "I feel that the success rate of breaking through the west city gate is not very high. It is better to wait for the 222nd and 223rd regiments to arrive together, and the two regiments will respond to ensure nothing goes wrong. .”

Jing Guanren didn't want to wait any longer, and said: "The 222nd and 223rd regiments will definitely be blocked by the Eighth Route Army. Whether they can come here is still a matter of debate. If it is delayed, things will change. The longer the delay, the soldiers of the imperial army The more people die in battle, we have to act quickly!"

Ishikawa Zhishui secretly slandered, now that he is so afraid of death, why did he go so early?

He had no choice but to say: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I have already applied to Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu for aviation reinforcements. General Okamura, the commander of the North China Front Army, has dispatched fighter jets and bombers, and they will arrive in about one hour. The Division Headquarters breaks through!"

Jing Guanren thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "Well, we will break through the encirclement when the Air Force of the Front Army arrives."

The 36th Division also has a tank team with a total of 12 tanks, including 7 Type 5 light tanks and [-] Type [-] medium tanks.

However, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with sophisticated anti-tank weapons, and it may not be effective when 12 tanks break through the encirclement.

If there is air support, the chances of a successful breakout will be much greater.

Jing Guanren said again: "Mr. Shi Chuan, you must arrange soldiers before breaking out of the siege, and blow up the grain depots, ammunition depots, and cannons after the breakout. Not a single bullet or grain of grain can be left for the Eighth Route Army."

"Hi!" Ishikawa Jisui bowed his head, turned and left.

Looking at the back of Ishikawa Zhisui, Jing Guanren narrowed his eyes.

There is an old saying in China that a tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs, and a phoenix with shed hair is not as good as a chicken.

Jing Guanren is quite useless when he thinks about it. The second-line division of the Great Japanese Empire was actually defeated by a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and was defeated by a group of beggars in tattered clothes.

However, there is an old saying in China called Wei Junjie, the man of Western things, if he can break through successfully this time.

The shame of today's defeat will be returned to Li Yunlong and Xinyituan double in the future!
After about 50 minutes.

The battle in the city became more and more intense, and the sounds of various gunshots and explosions continued to crackle like firecrackers.

Ishikawa Zhisui walked in again, and with both feet together, he immediately said to Jingguan Ren: "Your Excellency, division commander, the aviation unit will arrive in 5 minutes."

Jing Guanren suddenly opened his eyes, and ordered coldly: "Breakout begins!"

"Hi!" Ishikawa Harasui turned and left.

With the order of the 36th Division headquarters, the battle started first in the direction of Dongcheng.

The gate of the east city was wide open, and a swarm of devils poured out from the gate, and under the cover of the mountain cannons in the emplacement of the city wall, they crazily attacked the position of the second division of the new regiment.

The battalion commander of the second division is Wei Dayong.

He was complaining in the command post because the first division and the four main infantry battalions had all entered the city to fight in the streets.

Only the troops from the second division were digging trenches outside the east city, and no artillery troops came to bombard the city wall, opening a gap in the city wall for the second division.

However, Wei Dayong only dared to say a few words in private, but he didn't dare to complain in front of Li Yunlong.

Seeing the devils rushing out from the east gate, there are at least a thousand people, and there are still a large army of devils pouring out from behind, the corner of the mouth suddenly grinned:
"Little devils, you, Uncle Wei, are here!"

"Pass me the order, prepare to fight!"

The soldiers of the second division jumped into the half-dug trench one after another and set up the guys in their hands.

Then, Wei Dayong picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and reported the situation at the Dongcheng Gate to the regiment headquarters.

After getting permission from the regiment headquarters to call artillery firepower, he was originally a special soldier, and quickly calculated the shooting parameters of the artillery on the precise drawings, and asked the guards to convey them to the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Artillery.

Although the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion are concealed, Heyuan County is still within range. They only need to call in a walkie-talkie, and the artillerymen can set up artillery and start shelling the devils at any time.

At the command post of the Xinyi Regiment, Wang Dehou reported the situation at the East Gate to Li Yunlong.

Hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately said in a disdainful tone: "Jing Guanren is such a boring old man, he can't be regarded as a man, so he just handed it over to him. He hasn't had enough of it yet, so he's ready to run away with oil on his feet."

Zhao Gang teased with a smile: "Lao Li, how did I find out that you are not the devil among the devils? It's normal for the devils to escape if they can't beat them. According to what you say, no one in the Japanese army can fall into your eyes."

"Kazuki Yamamoto is barely number one." Li Yunlong said, "A few dozen people dare to go deep into the hinterland of our base to carry out sneak attacks."

Xing Zhiguo said worriedly: "Head of the regiment and political commissar, there can be a second division at the east gate. If Jing Guanren gathers the main force to break through from the east gate, the second division will not be able to stop it. Do you want to send reinforcements from the third division?" In the second division, push the devils back to the county?"

"Don't worry." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said calmly, "Even if Jing Guanren gathers all his troops, the second division can block the devils from breaking through for a few hours, there is no problem at all."

Li Yunlong has great confidence in Wei Dayong.

Among the seven divisions, the combat power of the second division is second only to Lu Yingjun's first division.

And the equipment is all American equipment, including machine guns, M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns, bazooka and mortars, plus fire support from 2 artillery battalions.

If the little devil breaks through the east gate, it will be enough for the little devil to drink a pot.

After about 5 minutes, a series of violent explosions came from the direction behind the west city wall, and gunpowder smoke filled the air.

Amidst the sound of continuous explosions like landslides and ground cracks, more than a dozen Devil tanks came out from the west gate, followed by a large army of Devils.

After these dozens of tanks left the city gate, they immediately lined up and came towards the headquarters of the Xinyi Regiment, followed by ghost soldiers as dense as locusts.

"Are the devils playing tricks?" Xing Zhiguo said in fear. If he could not hold back and sent troops from the third division to reinforce the Dongcheng Gate, the headquarters of the new regiment would be in danger now.

"Come to our command post!" Li Yunlong put down his binoculars, and ordered calmly with his eyes: "Send me an order to prepare for battle, level all anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, aim at the devils and beat me hard, order the first battalion to continue street fighting, The Second Battalion returned to occupy the western city wall, since the devils came out to seek death, then don’t even think about going back alive!”

Looking at the Japanese tanks and infantry rushing towards the command post, Captain Li did not panic at all, and even looked forward to it, worrying that he would not have the opportunity to shoot the Japanese infantry with a 37mm anti-aircraft gun to try the power of the anti-aircraft gun.

The devils took the initiative to come to the door now, so don't blame labor and management for being rude!
(End of this chapter)