I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 210: The Japs hit the muzzle
What Xu Qingfeng thought was that Xu Yuanquan received the strength of a reorganized division and a large amount of supplementary reinforcements of weapons and ammunition.

Coupled with the morale bonus brought by the great victory in Hefei, it can last for three to five days no matter what.

In this way, even though he and Zhou Weiguo could not form the tank battalion of the Huben Regiment.

We can also train a few quasi-tank soldiers who can drive tanks. In this way, if Hefei is in a pinch, all ten Sherman tanks can be driven away and evacuated to a safer place.

But what he didn't expect was that in just two days, Xu Yuanquan's defensive troops were severely damaged by the Japanese army.

The defense lines in various places in the south of Hefei City were all broken by the Japanese army.

Almost half of the more than 1 defensive troops placed outside the city were forced to retreat to the Dashu Mountain and the city defense line.

In the dark, the Japanese aircraft could not take off, and the artillery power was greatly reduced. In addition, the Japanese army had traveled long distances and was already exhausted, so they stopped the attack on their own initiative.

Only then did Xu Yuanquan's ministries manage to hold their ground and gained a valuable respite.

In Hefei City, the command room of the City Defense Headquarters.

It was already time for dinner, but the war was getting worse.

Xu Yuanquan and the generals under his command naturally had no intention of eating.

After a heated discussion, a senior counselor couldn't help but suggested to Xu Yuanquan: "Boss, the Japanese invaders have assembled more than 2 soldiers, as well as the coordination of the air force and heavy artillery.

Our No.20 Sixth Army alone is obviously powerless to resist.

According to the current development of the situation, we will be defeated by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

For the sake of the people of Hefei and the overall situation of the city defense, we must seek help from the Huben regiment as soon as possible! "

Xu Yuanquan felt aggrieved. He was a group army, although he was dissatisfied with it.

However, there are still 2 people, and they have been supplemented by so many weapons and ammunition.

In particular, after Xu Qingfeng's Huben regiment wiped out the Japanese army, they did not take a single shot.

Instead, all the loot was given to them for free.

Under such circumstances, his troops did not even hold the outer line of defense for a day.

All the peripheral key points were lost, and the situation in Hefei suddenly returned to the dangerous moment when the Huben regiment came to reinforce the siege.

At this time, asking him, the commander-in-chief of the group army, to ask for help from a regiment-level unit like Xu Qingfeng, is really embarrassing.

His lieutenants and staff didn't care about this. If Hefei City couldn't be defended, they would all be defeated and killed.

Even if he escaped by chance, he would be charged with ineffective defense of the city.

Therefore, I don't care about losing face.

Another major lieutenant persuaded Xu Yuanquan straightforwardly: "Chairman, the battle situation is critical. I think what Staff Officer Yang said makes sense. Please send the Huben Regiment to help as soon as possible."

Seeing someone taking the lead, the other adjutants present also said, "Boss, I also agree with Staff Officer Yang's suggestion."

"It's the same with humble jobs!"

"The Huben Regiment is under your unified command, Commander. As long as you give an order, Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and others dare not refuse."

Facing the forced persuasion from his subordinates, Xu Yuanquan said somewhat distractedly: "In that case, immediately send electricity to the Tiger and Ben regiments and order them to go south immediately for reinforcements!"

"The boss is wise!"

Seeing that Xu Yuanquan lost face and made a decision, all the staff adjutants of the national army gave rainbow farts without hesitation.

……

At the same time, in the south of Hefei City, the nameless mound where the original Sakamoto detachment was wiped out.

At this moment, it has become the temporary joint command post of the two Japanese task forces.

It is worth mentioning that the detachment leaders of the two Japanese task forces are Major General Tanabe Nobuichi from the 3rd Division and Major General Takamori Rei from the 22nd Brigade.

The two old devils and their troops were dispatched urgently.

Together with some supplementary troops, a temporary task force was formed.

It was originally to reinforce the Sakamoto detachment that was surrounded by Hefei City. After the Sakamoto detachment was completely wiped out.

Their mission was to represent the Central China Japanese army, make a comeback, capture Hefei, and then detour northward to attack the rear of the main force of the national army's southern line.

Cooperating with the 13th Division and other main forces of the Japanese army in central China, they broke through the Huaihe defense line of the national army north of the Huaihe River.

These two task forces are supported by strong firepower from aircraft, tanks and artillery, as well as their own strength advantages.

The whole journey was like a broken bamboo, and it took only one day to break through the multiple field defense lines arranged by Xu Yuanquan outside Hefei City.

In the evening, the soldiers approached the city directly. If it hadn't been dark and the troops were exhausted, they would not have received strong support from aviation and artillery.

Maybe, they have already attacked Hefei City in one go.

During this time, the two old devils and their chiefs of staff were not idle.

They gathered in front of the map, eating the canned beef prepared for them by the cooking squad, and drinking the sake brought with them by the army.

While discussing the next battle plan.

It has to be said that although the devil is cruel and arrogant.

But they are extremely good at summarizing, especially post-war summaries, which almost every Japanese army attaches great importance to.

During the discussion, Major General Tanabe, whose face was already red from drinking, listened to several staff officers quarreling over which direction to attack Hefei City from.

Pointing at the map in displeasure interrupted them, and said in a stern voice: "Stop arguing, this battle, not only the overall strength of the imperial army has an absolute advantage.

In terms of military strength, we have also firmly suppressed the Chinese defenders in the city, so we can completely divide our forces and outflank them.

Completely cut off the retreat and reinforcements of the Hefei defenders, close the door and beat the dogs, and wipe them all out! "

Major General Takamori heard this, looked sideways and said, "Tanabe-kun, what do you mean?"

Major General Tanabe put down the wine glass in his hand, pointed to the area north of Hefei on the map and said: "Use two regiments to bypass Hefei from the east and west of the city.

Detour to this area, and then leave a regiment to seize the road passes.

The other wing directly attacked the North Gate of Hefei from the north and south!
Other troops also launched a siege on Hefei from three directions: east, west, east, and west at the same time! "

Major General Takamori raised his eyebrows, and corrected him: "Tanabe-kun, there is something wrong with your plan!"

Major General Tanabe turned his head to look at him puzzled and said, "What's wrong?"

"There are too many troops to attack in a roundabout way to the north, and they should not attack from the north gate at the same time!"

Major General Yingsen said: "Because of this, the Chinese army in the city sees nowhere to escape, so they can only choose to defend the city and fight the imperial army to the end.

This will increase our unnecessary casualties! "

After all, the old devil Tanabe was a little drunk, so there were inevitably some loopholes in his battle plan.

After hearing Ling Yingsen's analysis, he couldn't help but nodded and said, "Hey, Yingsen-kun, what you said makes sense, please continue."

Ying Senling was not polite, but pointed to the battle map and added corrections: "There is a saying in the art of war in China, and the siege must be destroyed!"

"I suggest that the main force be used to attack the three directions of east, west and east.

Leave the north of the city alone without attacking, and secretly use a regiment of troops to detour back to the north of Hefei City at night.

Once the east gate, west gate, and south gate cannot resist, the Chinese defenders in the city will flee to the north of the city.

Once they leave the city, they will fall into the ambush and blockade of our detour troops, and they will be doomed! "

A group of ghost staff adjutants present all nodded their heads in praise.

Even the drunken Major General Tanabe Shengichi couldn't help nodding happily: "Yo Xi, Takamori-kun's plan is better than mine, so let's do it!"

Takamori Ling was also afraid of offending Tanabe, so he smoothed things out with a smile: "This battle plan was mainly proposed by Mr. Tanabe, and I just improved it on your basis."

"Yo Xi!" Major General Tanabe waved his hands contentedly and said, "That's it!"

……

On the west bank of Shushan Lake, the temporary regiment headquarters of the Huben regiment.

Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and others were also discussing tomorrow's training plan while eating.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps.

Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo turned their heads to look outside the military tent at the same time, only to see that the door curtain was thrown open, and Liu Bohui, the director of communications, came in hastily with a telegram in his hand.

As soon as he saw Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo, he hurriedly stood at attention and saluted: "Reporting regiment leader, deputy regiment leader Zhou, just received an emergency telegram from General Xu.

The Japanese army has broken through all the defense lines of our army on the outskirts of Hefei, and their troops are approaching the city.

Hefei is in dire straits, Commander Xu ordered the Huben Regiment to go south for reinforcements immediately! "

"What?" Zhou Weiguo was obviously taken aback: "It fell so soon?"

"Didn't the No.20 Sixth Army just receive a large number of supplements and reinforcements?

How was the battle fought? "

Liu Bohui didn't know the situation on the front line, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

At this moment, there was another rush of footsteps coming from outside.

Several people looked at it in unison, and saw Chen Qifeng, the company commander of the guard company, and a major officer of the national army, walking in quickly from outside.

Facing the confused looks of Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo, Chen Qifeng immediately saluted: "Regiment leader, Deputy Commander Zhou, this is Staff Officer Zhou of the No. 20 Sixth Army Headquarters.

He's here for help! "

After Chen Qifeng's introduction, the staff officer surnamed Zhou immediately stepped forward to salute Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo and said, "I'm humble Zhou Feng, I've met all the officers!"

"You're welcome." Xu Qingfeng waved his hand and said, "How's the battle going on in Hefei? Are you here for help?"

Major Zhou Feng nodded and said: "At present, the enemy's attack has stopped and they are probably resting. A more violent attack will definitely be launched tomorrow morning.

The commander-in-chief was worried that you would not receive the telegram, so he sent a lowly official to ask for help.

Now it seems that the officer should have received the telegram from Commander-in-Chief Xu, right? "

Hearing this, Xu Qingfeng couldn't help but exchanged glances with Zhou Weiguo. He was worried that the Huben regiment would pretend not to receive the telegram and leave alone.

However, neither of them made it clear.

Xu Qingfeng nodded slightly as a response.

Zhou Feng didn't care, but continued to say: "Sir, Hefei City is in danger, so I ask you, Mr. Xu, to send troops to the south for reinforcements!"

"Staff Zhou, don't worry." Xu Qingfeng said, "Let me ask you, how many enemies are there? How many are left in our army?"

"Sir, rescuing soldiers is like putting out fire!" Zhou Feng was anxious.

In Zhou Feng's view, all you need to do is take Huben Tuan to Hefei.

As for how to command and how to deploy, that is the matter of the superiors, why ask so many questions.

"Then you also want to let me know about the enemy's situation?" Xu Qingfeng said calmly.

But Xu Qingfeng doesn't think so. If you want me to lead the Tiger Regiment to reinforce, it's no problem.

Lao Tzu would not run away alone.

But you can't let me pull the troops over without knowing why, and use them as cannon fodder for you, right?

As the commander of the Huben Regiment, if you don't know why and put the troops in, wouldn't that be playing with the lives of the brothers?
Zhou Weiguo also joined in and said, "Commander Zhou, please briefly introduce the situation between us and the enemy. We will lead reinforcements later."

Seeing that he couldn't stand them, Zhou Feng had no choice but to go: "According to the information we have so far, the total strength of the Japanese army making a comeback this time is no less than [-].

And with the support of aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery, the firepower is very powerful.

Although the battle during the day was fierce, our army had been passively being beaten, and the Japanese casualties should not be large. "

Xu Qingfeng asked: "What about the national army? How many national troops are there in Hefei now?"

Zhou Feng bowed his head with shame on his face and said: "In the battle in the south of the city, the 48th Division and the 46th Division both suffered more than half of the casualties, and there are still about [-] troops retreating in the city.

But the morale has been beaten by the devils, and many units have been disabled.

Therefore, if you, Commander Xu, don't go to reinforce, then the fall of Hefei is definitely a certainty! "

Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo looked at each other, and they both saw disappointment in each other's eyes.

In less than two days, more than half of the two divisions were beaten, and the most important thing was that the entire city defense barrier was lost.

I have to say that although Xu Yuanquan's attitude towards them is not bad, his command ability is really worrying.

But when Xu Qingfeng thought about it, he couldn't blame him.

The generals of the national army during this period, even those who were born in Huangpu, were limited by their strategic vision and outdated strategic and tactical thinking.

When facing the Japanese army, the command level is generally not very high.

Not to mention the middle and lower-level officers, in a word, they are more than brave but not experienced.

Coupled with the overall backwardness of the quality of the soldiers, weapons and equipment, and logistical supplies, under such circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to defeat the Japanese army.

How poorly did some national army generals perform, even at the end of World War II.

In the battle of Henan, Guangxi and Hunan, millions of national troops were still beaten by the Japanese army, which was still at the end of their battles, from the Central Plains to the border, and the loss of troops was as high as 60 to [-].

You must know that the Allied forces, led by the US military, were already suppressing Japan and Germany in the Pacific battlefield and the European battlefield.

Almost all the Allied battlefields were victorious, only in the Eastern battlefield, the national army was still completely abused by the devils!

There are of course many problems in this, but the most important problem is that the command is not good.

Closer to home, although good tactical command can largely make up for the gap in equipment and the quality of soldiers.

But Xu Yuanquan and his ilk obviously do not meet this condition.

After figuring this out, Xu Qingfeng didn't say any more.

Directly said to Zhou Feng: "Commander Zhou, please go back first and tell Commander Xu that our department will assemble and set off overnight for reinforcements!"

Zhou Feng said with some reluctance: "Sir, the order given to me by the chief is to go back with your reinforcements."

"Okay, do whatever you want." Xu Qingfeng didn't bother to argue with him, and turned around to order Zhou Weiguo, Chen Qifeng and the others: "Weiguo, Ah Feng, immediately order the battalions to assemble quickly.

The reconnaissance company and the cavalry company set off at night to conduct roundabout reconnaissance on the east and west wings of Hefei to see if there was any movement from the devils. "

"Yes!" Zhou Weiguo, Chen Qifeng and others took orders in unison.

(End of this chapter)