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Just as Su Yuan guessed, a large-scale military operation prepared by the Japanese army to open up the mainland communication line is about to start, but what surprised the Japanese army headquarters was that at this time, the Chinese army actually launched an offensive ahead of time. war.

The loss of Ancheng made the Japanese army feel pressure. This is the only way for large troops to go south to fight, and a large amount of supplies prepared in Ancheng also fell into the hands of the Chinese army, but this is not the most important thing.

What the Japanese army was afraid of was that the Chinese army in Henan was prepared to take precautions. A carefully and secretly prepared large-scale battle would inevitably become a difficult fortification, and the advantage gained by launching a sudden attack would certainly disappear.

However, according to various intercepted intelligence, the defenders in Henan have not yet believed that the Japanese army will launch an attack, which makes the Japanese army headquarters have a little luck, and must retake Ancheng without disturbing the Chinese theater.

The Japanese Army Headquarters studied over and over again, and decided to send a regiment of troops to capture Ancheng. There could be no more troops. They hoped that through this, they could occupy Ancheng without disturbing the Chinese theater. For this reason, they sent a second-tier regiment but failed A large number of heavy weapons have been added.

The Yoshino Regiment, which was not the vanguard, was ordered to drive towards Ancheng. The captain of the Guizi Regiment knew the great responsibility he shouldered in this operation, and Shang Feng ordered him to occupy Ancheng by his own ability, otherwise he would cut open his stomach and thank the emperor.

Although Yoshino was somewhat prepared for the battle, he didn't expect that he would be sent first. He was not familiar with Ancheng's situation, so he had to study everything as soon as possible on the way forward.When he first accepted the order, he still had some confidence, isn't it just a local regiment.

But as the distance from Anjo got closer, Yoshino felt more and more pressure.The opponent he will face is not an ordinary person, but he still has a sliver of confidence in his heart, that is, Su Yuan has not occupied Ancheng for a long time, and their defense must not be perfect. In addition, his troops have added a lot of important forces. Weapons, if the main task is to only occupy Ancheng instead of destroying the opponent, this can still be done.

The distance from Anjo is getting closer and closer, and Yoshino has also formulated a battle plan. In the past, the siege focused on encircling three and one, and launching an attack on three sides to leave a way for the opponent to survive, so that the opponent would not have the confidence to resist and wiped out in the wild when the opponent retreated. .

But this time was different, he was not familiar with the deployment of Anjo's troops, so Yoshino decided to launch the most ferocious attack on one side, forcing the other side to abandon Anjo with a powerful military attack.

Yoshino still underestimated the combat effectiveness of Su Yuan's troops. From the telescope, he saw the defensive positions established outside the city, and one of his squadrons immediately launched a tentative attack.

More than 100 devils approached the position on guard. Yoshino watched from behind. Seeing that his men advanced to about [-] meters away from the position, there was still no movement on the opposite side. It is impossible that there is no Chinese army there. Yoshino suddenly felt that There was an inexplicable worry.

He has fought against the Chinese army many times, but he has never encountered such a calm army. In the past, the Chinese army would have started to block fire.

As the troops continued to advance, Yoshino felt even more uneasy. Finally, the attacking troops were getting closer and closer, and the devils began to disperse in twos and threes until they were only seven or eighty meters away from the position. The sound of an explosion made Yoshino shudder.

A devil stepped on a landmine planted in front of the position, an explosion flashed an orange-red flame, and in the flash of the fire was a cloud of thick black smoke. In the black smoke, a devil's body was blown to pieces.

Immediately afterwards, there were explosions one after another, and the devil entered the minefield buried in front of the position, but there was still no movement on the opposite position, and the devil began to advance cautiously in fear, four or fifty meters away from the position,

Countless guns and figures suddenly appeared on the ground, and the sudden burst of fire shocked Yoshino even more.

The performance of a unit's firepower is the salvo of firepower it gathers within a certain period of time, which reveals the firepower capability of the unit, and such a sudden attack is more lethal. From this point of view, the opposite side It has a more unified command than any unit I have encountered before, and the firepower is almost equivalent to the firepower configuration of a regiment in the past.

It was too late to give the order to retreat, and Yoshino saw that his soldiers fell down one after another like cut stalks under the countless shooting flames from the opposite side.

In just a few minutes, forty or fifty devils died, and the rest lay on the ground in panic, unable to organize firepower to fight back. The devils who lost their command began to roll and crawl back.

The first attack was repelled so easily, the angry Yoshino immediately ordered to prepare for the next round of attack.

From the minefields laid out by the opponent and the firepower displayed, Yoshino knew that he had met his opponent, and he had a new understanding of his opponent, which included both emphasis and contempt.

The opponent has set up a minefield in front of the position, and the firepower is quite fierce. From this, he can also see that this should be a regiment, and its firepower is not weaker than his own, but the opponent actually exposed all the firepower in one battle. It can be seen The opponent's commander is average.

The firepower configuration of the opponent's light and heavy weapons was already clear, which made Yoshino build up his confidence. He immediately ordered the artillery unit assigned to him and his own artillery to bombard the position violently.

The devil's firepower is still quite fierce and accurate. The positions of the firepower points that appeared on the position just now were bombed, and the entire position was covered by artillery fire. Yoshino even saw the crooked heavy machine gun, and his face finally showed A smile.

As the artillery fire gradually thinned out, Yoshino immediately ordered one of his brigades to attack again. This time, the firepower of the counterattack on the position was significantly weakened.Yoshino saw through the binoculars that the Chinese army on the ground seemed a little flustered. As their soldiers gradually approached, they began to retreat, no, it was simply a rout.

Soon, his subordinates came to report that the troops had occupied the position and the Chinese army had scattered and fled.

"Go ahead." Yoshino ordered.

At this time, his chief of staff reminded: "Your Excellency, we should be more cautious about this opponent."

"What?" Yoshino asked.

"I studied Su Yuan, the commander of this army." The chief of staff replied: "If nothing else, he said that he used a company of troops to block our two brigades for three days under Daming Castle. It's not like his style."

"So what?" Yoshino replied: "I also know about this person. He is indeed quite fierce in combat, but I also know about his troops. His troops are very complicated. There are local armed forces and some It can be said that his subordinates have their own ideas in the regular army. Judging from the intercepted intelligence, their headquarters does not believe that we will have a large-scale military operation, and they already know that there will be no reinforcements. The war zone even wants to get rid of him, and under such circumstances, they are using such resistance to avoid the responsibility of the upper hand, and also to avoid our encirclement of them."

"But I always think it's not that simple." The chief of staff still said.

"Don't forget." Yoshino said impatiently: "If I can't conquer Ancheng on time and delay the action of the large army, I will apologize by cutting open my stomach!"

Yoshino's words made the chief of staff dare not say any more. When Yoshino followed the troops to the position just now, everything in front of him convinced his judgment. There were discarded weapons everywhere on the position, including many light and heavy machine guns. It is these family properties.

According to the reconnaissance report, the fleeing army did not return to the city, and probably several hundred people had already fled westward in embarrassment. This even increased Yoshino's confidence, as there were not many troops and weapons in the city.

"Should we send a force to chase the fleeing Chinese?" The chief of staff also couldn't figure out the opponent's intentions at this time, so he suggested: "This will also prevent them from having any tricks."

"Well, send a squadron to pursue, and the large force marches towards the city." Yoshino ordered.And just like this, Yoshino and his alliance gradually fell into a new round of attack that Su Yuan prepared for him.