Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

Chapter 432 Tear off a piece of meat
The Central Army participated in the battle this time, and Yu Hua specifically proposed conditions to the Jinling Command.

That is, all four divisions of the Central Army must obey the command of the Sichuan Army. Otherwise, there will be mistakes in the Sichuan Army's campaign planning? !

Listen to this, isn't this a naked threat to the Jinling Command?

However, several senior members of the Jinling Headquarters thought that the Sichuan Army had achieved sufficient military exploits in many battles and enjoyed a high reputation.

Every time the Sichuan Army defeated the Japs, it was basically a great victory. The benefits obtained from it, and the Central Army's participation in it, were basically a sure-profit deal. As for the Sichuan Army's desire to command the Central Army?

These are all trivial matters. From the Battle of Songhu to the Battle of Taihu, to the Battle of Niangziguan, and the Battle of Xuzhou, the Sichuan Army did not harm any team members who fought against the Sichuan Army.

Therefore, if the Central Army participates in the battle with the Sichuan Army this time and hands over the command to the Sichuan Army, there is no problem at all. The Sichuan Army will handle the affairs, and the senior officials of the Jinling Headquarters are also very relieved!
As for the food and grass needed by the Sichuan Army, the Jinling Headquarters approved two more special trains based on the needs of the Sichuan Army.

中央军参加的四个师，分别是俞济时第74军里面的第51师和第58师，胡宗南的第一军里面的第1师和第78师！
The First Army and the 74th Army have now experienced many large-scale battles and have rich combat experience. This time they have received a large amount of equipment supplements, and their combat effectiveness has almost returned to the level during the July [-]th Incident.

The commander of the 51st Division is Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 58th Division is Feng Shengfa; the commander of the 1st Division is Li Zhengxian, and the commander of the 78th Division is Li Wen.

When the four division commanders received the order and uniformly obeyed the Sichuan Army's command for this operation, each division commander had a different expression.

Wang Yaowu and Feng Shengfa had no complaints about the Sichuan army's command of this battle and promised to complete their mission.

However, the two division commanders under Hu Zongnan's First Army, Li Wen and Li Zhengxian, both complained quite a bit.

They are the upright Central Army, but now they are reduced to asking the Sichuan Army to direct the battle. Isn't this embarrassing?

Even though he was complaining, Hu Zongnan still gave the two men an order to obey the Sichuan Army's command. The superiors attached great importance to the results of this battle.

Inside the cave!When Yu Hua saw the numbers of the Central Army who came to participate in the battle, he also laughed happily.

It seems that the Jinling Headquarters is very concerned about the results of this battle. Whether it is the 74th Army or the First Army, they are the trump cards of the Central Army.

中国国民革命军第74军，七七事变之后，于1937年9月1日在浙江组建，由第51师和第58师合编而成。

The 74th Army is both the Central Army and the Zhejiang Army, and can be regarded as the direct line among the direct line.

This army is the most dazzling star among the "aces" of the Nationalist Government, with a series of brilliance.

"Anti-Japanese Iron Army", "Hu Ben Division", "Yulin Army", these are what everyone calls them. In many battles, they even won the "Flying Tiger Flag", the highest award from the National Government.

During the all-out war of resistance, No. 70 Fourth Army was fully engaged, and it was present in every large-scale battle.

The last major battle of the Anti-Japanese War was the Battle of Xuefeng Mountain, and the 74th Army was inside.

Not to mention Hu Zongnan's First Army, which has a long history and was developed from the teaching regiment of Huangpu Military Academy.

These two armies are both direct descendants of the direct lineage, and their combat effectiveness is also very strong.

Now, after Yu Hua learned that these two armies were under his command, he was extremely happy.With these two armies participating in the battle, Yu Hua must arrange important tasks tonight and reward them well.

The current strength comparison between China and Japan is almost three to one, and night attacks are a characteristic of the Chinese army.

In the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army fought during the day and the Chinese fought at night. Now the Sichuan army attacked the Japanese army at night, even though the Jinling headquarters leaked intelligence.

However, relying on the Sichuan army's firepower advantage and its three-to-one troop strength, Yu Hua firmly believed that even if the little Japanese was prepared, he could tear a piece of flesh off him.

Three divisions and one brigade of the Sichuan Army moved in the direction of the airport according to the previous mission map.

As for the combat missions of the 74th Army, the 1st Army, and the four division commanders, Yu Hua did not call them or send them a message. Instead, he asked a few of them to rush to a place called Xiaowangzhuang [-] kilometers outside Anqing City. .

Yu Hua sent people here to take over, and handed the corresponding combat mission maps to the division commanders of the four divisions, asking them to proceed according to the map.

As for Xu Yuanquan's No. 20 Sixth Army, this army went directly to attack Anqing City.Yu Hua had no right to mobilize the 26th Army, so he could only contact Xu Yuanquan and ask him to cooperate with Yang Sen's 27th Army.

After Anqing City was lost, Yang Sen also mobilized a brigade of troops. Together with the previous regiment, there were now more than 1 troops supporting Anqing City.

Coupled with Xu Yuanquan's 26th Group Army, there are almost 4 to [-] people. Even if Anqing City cannot be defeated by this number of people, it is still possible to inflict heavy damage to the Botian Detachment in Anqing City.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the encirclement and annihilation plan, all units were able to ambush the Japanese army according to the plan formulated by Yu Hua.

Yu Hua specially transferred military police units from the Independent Brigade, Guo Xunqi Division, and Rao Guohua Division, formed a brigade of military police, and assigned them to various attacking units to ensure battlefield discipline and whether the troops carried out ambush according to the plan.

This time Yu Hua planned to fight all night. If he failed to annihilate the Japanese Sixth Division before dawn, he would withdraw.

Otherwise, when the Japs' plane arrives at dawn, the Sichuan army will suffer a big loss.

Japanese Central China Front Army Headquarters!

"Report!" Nobita Hirahara came to Shunroku Hata.

"Hirahara-kun, what's going on!?" Shunroku Hata was looking at the map without raising his head.

"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the information passed back by informants within the enemy army, the Sichuan Army troops are at the airport outside Anqing City, intending to encircle and annihilate Inaba Shiro's Sixth Division."

"Nani?" Shunroku Hata widened his eyes?The Sichuan army actually wanted to encircle and annihilate a brigade under his command.

"Baga!" roared angrily, and Shunroku Hata looked at Nobita Hirahara, "How many troops are there in the enemy, what are their troops, and what are their numbers?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, tonight the Sichuan Army will attack at night to encircle and annihilate the Sixth Division. This matter was originally a secret operation, and only a few people in the Sichuan Army knew about it;
However, there were people from the 26th Group Army in the Sichuan Army. After Xu Yuanquan found out about this, he brought it to the Ninth War Zone in Hankou, and then the Ninth War Zone continued to report it, and the Jinling Command knew about it. "

"Inside personnel also heard sporadic news from the internal discussions at the Jinling Command, that is, the Central Army will send troops to participate in the battle!"

"Bagaya Road!" Shunroku Hata roared. Judging from the news reported by Nobita Hirahara, the Republic of China army included the 26th Group Army, the Central Army, and the Sichuan Army.

Based on the comparison of military strength between China and Japan, Shunroku Hata can roughly calculate that the Chinese military strength this time should be 10. If the 10 were just the Central Army and the 26th Group Army, he would not be afraid at all.

After all, during the Battle of Lanfeng, Dohi Enkenji led a division and successfully defeated Xue Laohu's [-]-strong army.However, now that the Sichuan Army has participated in this encirclement and annihilation, with the Sichuan Army, the variables are too great, and the Sichuan Army cannot be viewed from a normal perspective.

"Where is the San Yuanda Shan Independent Mixed Brigade of the No. 11 Army now?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, this is roughly here!" Pingyuan Nobita pointed on the map.

"Yoshi!" Shunroku Hata nodded happily.

Since Shan Yuandashan's independent mixed brigade had arrived on time, this army was deployed secretly and rarely showed up along the way.This independent mixed brigade will definitely have the effect of a surprise attack.

Now that the Sichuan Army was about to ambush the Sixth Division, Shunroku Hata simply used a trick and asked Tatsuyama Sanmoto to form an independent mixed brigade to surround the Sichuan Army.

With two brigades and one division, Shunroku Hata believed that the Imperial Army would be able to hold on until dawn, and even destroy most of the enemy troops. Once daylight came, the Imperial Air Force would dominate the world.

By then, none of the Sichuan Army, the Central Army, and Xu Yuanquan's 26th Army will be able to escape!
"Yo West!" Shunroku Hata was in a good mood and immediately sent a telegram to Shiro Inaba, the commander of the Japanese Sixth Division, warning the Sixth Division to strengthen defense tonight and the Sichuan Army would send troops to attack.

At Anqing City Airport, after Shiro Inaba received a message from the commander of the front army, he also began to actively arrange the troops, requiring all imperial warriors to keep their guns at bay tonight, and the rest time of the entire division was also fine-tuned.

Shiro Inaba arranged very carefully which wing should rest, when to be on alert, and when to attack. He wanted to ensure that the Republic of China troops who came to attack the airport tonight would not come back.

In Mingjiazhai, the Japanese Army Shan Yuandashan Independent Mixed Brigade received a message from the Central China Front Army Commander Hata Shunroku, and every Japanese officer became excited.

Encircling and annihilating the Sichuan Army is the dream of all Japanese generals. Since the Sichuan Army was born, the Japanese base camp has issued the latest instructions. Once they arrive on the Chinese battlefield and encounter the Sichuan Army, they must be listed as the primary target of attack.

Among the armies of the Republic of China, only the Sichuan Army was the one that was particularly emphasized by the Japanese base camp. That is, its military exploits in wiping out a division of the Sichuan Army were much higher than those of the ordinary Republic of China army.

Now that Shan Yuandashan's brigade has learned about the Sichuan Army's plan, all they have to do now is wait obediently for the Sichuan Army to attack while he and others are encircling them. This is a real achievement for themselves.

Especially Shan Yuandashan, he was so happy that he was about to fly because this was the first time he was promoted to the brigade commander. According to the instructions from the base camp, once he eliminated a division of the Sichuan Army this time, he would be promoted to the division commander immediately. .

The military rank must also be promoted to lieutenant general. You must know that Sanmoto Tatsuyama is only 40 years old now. Once promoted to lieutenant general, it means that Sanmoto Tatsuyama will be the youngest lieutenant general in the Japanese army.

"Everyone!"

Shan Yuandashan's eyes were blazing as he looked at the people at the scene: "Tonight we will make great contributions, for the holy war of the empire, for the glory of the empire."

"You must do your best to annihilate the Sichuan army in the Chinese army in one fell swoop and restore the imperial military power!"

"Hi!" The eyes of the Japanese officers of the independent mixed brigade shone brightly.

Making achievements is their favorite thing to do.

Shan Yuandashan assigned combat missions to each regiment and secretly moved to the outskirts of the Sichuan Army.

The artillery regiment of the airport belonging to the Sixth Division also came to a low mountain outside the airport, where the Japanese artillery set up artillery positions in preparation for counterattacking the Sichuan army.

Judging from the last time the Sichuan Army attacked the airport, Inaba Shiro guessed that the Sichuan Army must still resort to artillery attacks!

The Sichuan Army has an artillery group. Once it launches a covering artillery bombardment at the airport, if the Sixth Division's artillery fire fails to counterattack, it will suffer a big loss.

Therefore, Shunroku Hata only left a small number of Type 105 infantry guns and mortars at the airport. The remaining Type [-] mountain cannons and Type [-] mountain cannons, plus field guns, and [-]mm howitzers were all transferred out of the airport. .

All artillery groups were established based on a low mountain outside the airport. At the same time, the Japanese troops inside the airport are now actively building fortifications, digging trenches, building bunkers, etc.

The entire airport was brightly lit, and the Japanese soldiers were working quickly. They all knew that tonight, the Chinese army was coming to attack the airport.

Inside a bunker at the airport!
Inaba Shiro is listening to the report of his subordinates.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, my regiment has secretly moved here according to your instructions."

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the deployment of the artillery wing has been completed. As long as the Sichuan Army dares to come, I will destroy the Sichuan Army's artillery as soon as possible."

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, will we scare away the Sichuan Army if we are so alert?"

Inaba Shiro snorted: "No!"

His eyes narrowed: "I'm sure that the Sichuan Army will definitely come tonight. The Sichuan Army is the most unique army in the Republic of China army."

"They attacked the Imperial Army at night, relying on artillery strikes and mine ambush every time. Moreover, they still hit and run. When the Imperial Army wanted to fight with them, they fled."

"I have carefully studied the Sichuan Army's methods, and I am specifically here to try my plan tonight to see if I can crack the Sichuan Army's tactics."

Tonight, Inaba Shiro believed that the Sichuan Army would definitely not give up such an opportunity.

The little devil has made various preparations, and Yu Hua is not idle either.

All units of the Sichuan Army also spoke to Yu Hua in code words, indicating that they had arrived at the scheduled location.

Three divisions and one independent brigade, plus Zhang Yungang's regiment, are mostly in place. Among them, Guo Xunqi's Department and Rao Guohua's Department are newly formed teams of the Sichuan Army. Many soldiers have come into contact with the Japanese army for the first time. The two division commanders also gave instructions to the officers. ideological mobilization.

Let them follow their usual training methods and treat this battle as training!

In Xiaowangzhuang!

Wang Yaowu and Feng Shengfa also met the two division commanders of the First Army, Li Wen and Li Zhengxian!
The four of them also graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. Although they were not very familiar with each other, due to the name of the Whampoa Military Academy, everyone used the Whampoa Military Academy as a breakthrough point to tell each other some things about their school days.

After chatting for a while, Li Zhengxian was the first to attack: "This Sichuan Army has such a big air. We rushed here non-stop, but this Sichuan Army doesn't even have it."

"It seems that Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua are a bit arrogant, and they actually indulge their subordinates like this."

"After this battle is over, I have to tell the principal!"

(End of this chapter)