I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 228 Move to Suzhong ([-])

Several 31st Army aides and staff officers present were also very shocked.

One of the colonel's staff officers couldn't help but said: "With the Huben Regiment alone, Chuzhou City was captured in less than one night?

Most importantly, they also wiped out the defenders in the city?
Didn't the intelligence say that there are more than 6000 Japanese and puppet troops in Chuzhou City? "

"Yeah, it's unbelievable. How many people does a regiment of Huben have?" Another officer present said.

"It is said that the Huben regiment has been reorganized and supplemented. It has 5000 people, and its strength is comparable to that of a miscellaneous division."

"Even if it is a main regiment of 5000 people, its strength is still less than that of the Chuzhou defenders.

In this case, as the attacking side, the Huben Regiment was able to capture Chuzhou City, which is very rare.

Who would have thought that they not only captured Chuzhou City, but also wiped out all the defenders in the city.

It's really amazing. The combat effectiveness displayed by a regiment is comparable to that of an army. "

Faced with the discussions among his subordinates, Li Pinxian was also very excited. He had learned that the only group that could mobilize and attack Chuzhou was the Huben Regiment.

He just hoped that the Huben regiment would be able to attack and destroy and consume some of the Japanese army's logistical supply capabilities.

It would be even better if part of the main force of the Japanese army could be mobilized to return reinforcements from the front.

As for capturing Chuzhou, I didn't even dare to think about it.

Who would have thought that the Huben Regiment not only captured Chuzhou, but also wiped out all the defenders in the city, directly cutting off the entire Jinpu Line.

At the same time, it also cut off the contact between the Japanese army on the front line in Bengbu and the main force of the Japanese army in Nanjing and other directions.

From a strategic point of view, the successful attack of the Huben Regiment was equivalent to dividing and encircling tens of thousands of Japanese troops going north, including the 13th Division.

It's a pity that the national army in the Huaihe area does not have enough troops at the moment, otherwise it can take advantage of the situation to counterattack and eat all the 13th Division and other departments to the north of the Yangtze River.

Li Pinxian knew this very well, so he didn't dare to think about annihilating the Japanese army.

In his vision, it would be considered a great achievement to be able to drive the Japanese army crossing the river back to the south bank of the Huaihe River and regain the Hebei position that his side had lost earlier.

Therefore, after fully digesting this exciting news.

After calming down, Li Pinxian immediately ordered: "Pass my order, and all divisions will immediately launch a full-line counterattack against the Japanese army on the north bank of the Huaihe River according to the original combat plan, and try our best to regain the previously lost positions!"

"Yes!" Everyone present took orders in unison.

……

Wuchang Xingyuan.

Since it was already past midnight when the good news from the Huben Regiment came out, Principal Chang had already fallen asleep at this time.

The person on duty in the attendant's room was caught in a dilemma after receiving the telegram.

I don't know whether I should wake up Principal Chang, and I can't make up my mind.

An attendant adjutant thought of Wang Shihe, so he quickly took the telegram to Wang Shihe's residence and woke him up.

As Principal Chang's chief guard, Wang Shihe naturally went to bed later than Principal Chang.

Therefore, when the attendant and adjutant came to the door, Wang Shihe had just finished washing his feet and was about to go to bed and fall asleep.

Facing the hurried adjutant, Wang Shihe thought that some bad news had arrived.

So without waiting for the other party to speak, he hurriedly asked: "How can it be, what happened?"

Seeing Wang Shihe's tense expression, the aide-de-camp knew that he had misunderstood, so he quickly stood at attention and saluted and explained: "Chief guard, it's good news."

"What's the good news? Tell me quickly." Wang Shihe waved his hand in doubt when he heard the words.

The aide-de-camp said: "Just received the good news from the Huben Regiment from Chuzhou. They have successfully conquered Chuzhou and wiped out the defenders in the city."

After speaking, he handed the telegram in his right hand to Wang Shihe with both hands.

"What?" Wang Shihe hurriedly took the telegram, glanced at it, and asked excitedly, "Good news, have you reported it to the committee?"

The aide-de-camp shook his head: "It's not too late, the committee member should be asleep by now, we can't make up our minds, whether to disturb or not."

Wang Shihe nodded approvingly. The committee member suffered from insomnia, and it was not easy to fall asleep successfully. They all knew that.

"Head of the guard, do you have an idea, should you report to the commissioner now?" the adjutant asked for instructions.

Wang Shihe pondered for a while: "Chuzhou's recovery is an extremely beneficial reversal for the entire Xuzhou battle, especially for the southern battlefield.

Such good news must be reported to the committee in time. "

As the confidant and bodyguard chief who is always by Principal Chang's side, Wang Shihe understands that Principal Chang is keen on micro-managing and commanding all major and minor battles.

If you don't report important information like Chuzhou Kefu that can affect the situation of the battle, if you don't report it in time.

When he wakes up tomorrow, he will definitely blame himself.

Therefore, he quickly put on his shoes and clothes, regardless of whether he was neatly dressed.

He took the telegram and hurried towards Principal Chang's residence.

As the head of the guard, Wang Shihe's residence is naturally impossible to be too far from Principal Chang.

Three minutes later, he knocked on Principal Chang's door.

Headmaster Chang, who was sleepy in his pajamas, opened the door with sleepiness and asked, "Shihe, what's the matter?"

Although it was very uncomfortable to be woken up by someone, Principal Chang also understood that, as his confidant, if there was no urgent matter, Wang Shihe would definitely not come to disturb him after he fell asleep.

So, not offended.

Wang Shihe looked at his words and saw that Principal Chang was not angry with him, so he quickly stood at attention and saluted: "Appointment, great victory, the Huben Regiment successfully recaptured Chuzhou, and wiped out the defenders in the city and the wounded Japanese logistics personnel, a total of more than [-] people!"

When Headmaster Chang heard this, he suddenly lost all sleepiness.

He couldn't believe it: "What did you say? The Huben Group succeeded?"

As for the Huben regiment, Principal Chang knew about the night attack launched tonight.

It's just that he didn't expect that the Huben Regiment would take down Chuzhou City so quickly, and wiped out all the defenders in the city.

He thought that even if Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo commanded it well and the soldiers of the Huben Regiment were brave and good at fighting, the result would not come until tomorrow.

Wang Shihe nodded again and again, couldn't help but smiled excitedly and said, "Yes, it's a success!"

With that said, Wang Shihe quickly handed over the telegram in his hand and said: "This is the telegram!"

Principal Chang took the telegram, read it hastily, couldn't help but be overjoyed, nodded and praised repeatedly: "Good, good, good, very good!"

Wang Shihe saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, because during this period of time, the Huaihe defense line fell, Hefei fell, Jining fell, and Xuzhou's north and south battlefields, almost all the bad news came.

He remembered that Principal Chang hadn't smiled for a long time, but today he not only smiled happily, but even praised Huben Group three times.

This means that the commissioning mood is quite good.

After he was happy, Principal Chang immediately ordered Wang Shihe: "Shihe, immediately inform Cixiu and Jingzhi to come to the meeting.

The recovery of Chuzhou is an extremely rare opportunity for our army. "

Wang Shihe's heart was awe-inspiring, he understood that the appointment of the seat was to command and deploy the frontline troops again, how to counterattack.

……

At three o'clock in the morning, after discussion, Principal Chang's latest order was finally issued.

The content is very simple. In addition to ordering Li Pinxian and other troops to retake the lost positions on the north bank of the Huaihe River, they are also required to take advantage of the situation to counterattack the fortresses on the south bank such as Bengbu.

In order to regain full control of the Huaihe River, the Japanese army will be completely blocked in the area south of the Huaihe River.

For this reason, Principal Chang ordered the attendants to send an emergency telegram directly to the Huben regiment in his name.

Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and others were ordered to lead the Huben regiment to hold on in Chuzhou for three days.

In order to completely cut off the contact between the Japanese Army Headquarters in Central China and the front-line areas such as Bengbu, and the main combat forces of the Japanese Army.

In order to support the main forces of Li Pinxian and other ministries, they counterattacked the area south of the Huaihe River.

……

Let’s not talk about the Huben regiment and Li Pinxian and other national army units. Let’s talk about the Japanese army first.

Almost at the same time that Principal Chang and the others received the news, the Japanese 13th Division Headquarters and Japanese Frontline General Headquarters established in the north of Bengbu City learned of the fall of Chuzhou.

Dizhou Libing, who was the head of the 13th Division at the time and the commander-in-chief of the northward front-line troops, was shocked.

Immediately convened a group of confidant and backbone officers for an emergency meeting.

In addition, he also ordered his communications soldiers to pass the news of Chuzhou's fall to the Central China Front Army Command in Nanjing.

In the war room of the headquarters of the 13th Division, wait for everyone to arrive.

Dizhou Libing said straight to the point: "Everyone, I just got a very bad news. Chuzhou was attacked by the Chinese army and has fallen."

"Nani?"

"Chuzhou has fallen? How is this possible?"

"There are more than 6000 defenders in Chuzhou. They are fine during the day. Why did they suddenly fall so quickly?"

As soon as Dizhou Libing's words fell, all the Japanese generals and adjutants present at the meeting exploded.

Faced with the surprised reactions of his subordinates, Oguri Bing seemed relatively calm. He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet and said, "Now is not the time to hold people accountable, nor is it the time to discuss and question why Chuzhou was lost.

What is before us is that Chuzhou, as our forward base, an important logistics supply and transshipment location, has already fallen.

The most unfavorable thing is that a large amount of military supplies we hoarded in Chuzhou city also fell into the hands of the Chinese army. "

"Our logistical supply line has been cut off by the fact at this moment.

Therefore, our top priority is to decide as soon as possible whether to return to Chuzhou and reopen the supply line, or what should we do? "

As soon as Dizhou Libing said this, a senior officer standing on his left asked, "General, does the front army headquarters know the news of Chuzhou's fall?"

Dizhou Libing nodded and said, "We should have gotten the news by now."

Dizhou Libing hadn't finished speaking, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside, and then a Japanese major ran in from outside in a panic.

Facing the questioning eyes of Dizhou Libing and others, he hastily stood at attention and saluted: "Report to the general, the Chinese army in the north has suddenly launched a full-line counterattack against the various departments of the imperial army.

At present, the Hebei army is relying on the occupied positions to start a fierce battle with the Chinese army.

However, the enemy has a large number of troops and a rapid offensive. The 59th Regiment on the front line suffered heavy casualties. Urgent tactical guidance is requested! "

The expressions of Ogi Ryū and others changed when they heard this. The Japanese colonel who had spoken just now hurriedly suggested to Ogi Ryō: "General, right now we should prioritize repelling the Chinese counterattack.

As for whether to counterattack Chuzhou and open up the logistics supply line, we can wait to repel the Chinese army and see the reaction of the front army headquarters. "

Dizhou Libing naturally understood the priorities, nodded immediately and said: "Immediately send troops to reinforce the Hebei troops, and also order the artillery troops to shell across the river to block the charge of the Chinese army's follow-up offensive troops, so as to support the Hebei troops."

"Hay!" The Japanese generals present all nodded in unison.

……

Jinling, Central China Japanese Command.

At that time, Commander Hata Toshi and the six generals had already fallen asleep.

Therefore, when the news of Chuzhou's fall came, the chief of staff, Hebian Zhengshan, hesitated again and again before waking up Junliu Hata.

Unlike Principal Chang, Hata Shunroku, who also just fell asleep, was very dissatisfied with Hebian Zhengshan and others who disturbed his sleep.

He asked with displeasure on his face, "Mr. Hebian, where do you work? What happened?"

Hebian Zhengshan quickly explained: "General, something is wrong. Jiangbei called. Chuzhou was attacked by the Chinese army and has fallen."

"Nani?" Hata Toshiroku turned pale with shock when he heard this, and his tired sleepiness and dissatisfaction disappeared instantly.

Looking at Zhengshan and others by the river in disbelief, he said, "When did it happen? Where is the Chuzhou garrison?"

Hebian Zhengshan hurriedly said: "Chuzhou fell about an hour or two ago, and the defenders may have been wiped out!"

"Baga!" As the supreme commander of the Central China Japanese Army, Hata Shunroku naturally understood how important Chuzhou was to the North China Japanese Army.

I also understand how much loss Chuzhou will bring to our side.

Therefore, the old devil became angry instantly.

"More than 6000 defenders, the entire army was wiped out overnight? Are they commanding like stupid pigs?"

"Have you figured out that it was the Chinese army that attacked Chuzhou?"

Hebian Zhengshan shook his head and said, "I don't know the number information of the enemy's troops yet, but I have ordered the Special High School to investigate."

"Bagaya Road!" Hata Junliu immediately ordered: "No matter which enemy army it is, we must mobilize troops to counterattack and regain Chuzhou as soon as possible, and we must wipe them all in the Chuzhou area!"

Hebian Zhengshan said: "The main force of the imperial army is currently on the north bank. If we transfer troops from Nanjing or Songhu, it may be too late."

"Therefore, the quickest way is to urgently dispatch Hefei's Yingsen Detachment and other units to counterattack Chuzhou!"

"The Chinese army was able to annihilate the [-] defenders in Chuzhou in less than one night, and captured Chuzhou, which proves that its military strength cannot be underestimated."

Hata Junliu added: "It's just a detachment in the direction of Hefei. I'm afraid the strength is not enough. Then send power to the 13th Division and order the Dizhou Libing to draw at least one brigade from the front line to return to assist the troops in the direction of Hefei to regain Chuzhou in one fell swoop!"

"Hay!" Hebian Zhengshan nodded heavily, and hurriedly took orders to leave.

……

In Chuzhou City, the main battalions of the Huben Regiment had finished cleaning the battlefield, and were withdrawing overnight according to Xu Qingfeng's orders.

Xu Qingfeng also led the Artillery Battalion, the Fifth Infantry Battalion, the Regiment Headquarters, the Supply Battalion and other directly subordinate troops to circle the city and move to the east of the Jinpu Line.

When passing through the north gate of Chuzhou, there were sudden bursts of violent explosions and clusters of dazzling red lights on the railway line to the north.

Lin Baoguo who was accompanying him couldn't help but said: "It seems that the first battalion and the second battalion have already started to attack!"

Before Xu Qingfeng had time to speak, Liu Bohui, the director of the communications department, ran over quickly, stood at attention and saluted them: "Regimental Commander, urgent call from Wuchang, the Committee Commander ordered our troops to stick to Chuzhou for at least three days to buy time for the main force of the national army to counterattack. !"

(End of this chapter)