Predator Reborn

Chapter 369: Conquering Three Cities in a Row

"By the way, Chief of Staff, destroying an enemy Kwantung Army unit should result in a lot of seizures. I know very well that these Kwantung Army are very wealthy compared to ordinary little devils..."

Seeing the thoughtful chief of staff, Liu Hua continued to ask.

"Ah, Commander, I really made you guess right. These Kwantung Army troops are indeed much richer than ordinary little devils. However, in this battle, because we used a large number of heavy howitzers, many weapons have certain

However, there are many weapons that can be used directly. These include 6 75mm mountain guns, 4 infantry guns, 29 mortars, 34 grenade launchers, 18 heavy machine guns, and 49 light machine guns, each

There are 4,356 rifles. As for ammunition, a lot of it was seized on the battlefield. As for the specific data, we have not yet compiled statistics. However, we have completely received a small Japanese arsenal in the county, which contained a total of 1 field weapon for the Japanese army.

The regiment has a one-year ammunition reserve. It can be said that in this battle, we will definitely make a profit. However, the 240 rounds of heavy howitzer shells that were fired cannot be replenished, and one round is missed." The chief of staff laughed.

introduced.

"Well, we did a good job in weapons. How about other aspects? Especially in terms of food and clothing. You know, the weather is getting colder now, and our *** division has added tens of thousands of new soldiers.

, we must prepare in advance." Liu Hua nodded and continued to ask.

"Haha, division commander, I think we did the right thing this time in attacking Yangquan County. Because I learned from a captured puppet army commander that the reason why the Japanese army sent this field regiment was to let

Yangquan County is like a nail nailed to the periphery of our base area. Therefore, in the county, there are all kinds of grain and grass needed by 10,000 people for a year. This includes 3 million kilograms of various grains and 100 kilograms of various bedding.

Thousands of sets. In addition, a large amount of cloth and cotton was found in the warehouse, which can be mobilized by the local people to make military uniforms at any time. In addition, 20 tons of various cans that we rarely seize usually were also seized. However, I heard that the prisoners were

The commander of the army reported that only elite troops like the Kwantung Army are eligible to enjoy this kind of canned meat. However, it is now more advantageous for our army." The chief of staff introduced it with a smile.

"Okay, that's a great call..." After hearing the chief of staff's answer, the division commander Liu Hua couldn't help but applaud. At this moment, the communications staff officer also ran to the division commander Liu Hua with a telegram in hand with a smile on his face.

And in front of Chief of Staff Li Qing, he reported loudly.

"Reporting to the division commander, chief of staff, and Brigadier Luo of the Second Brigade, we have received good news. The Second Brigade of our direct column has completely occupied Shouyang County, wiped out all the Japanese and puppet troops in the city, totaling more than 3,600 people, and seized various weapons and ammunition, as well as countless military supplies." Communication.

The staff officer reported with excitement.

"Quick, show me the telegram..." Zhang Hua took the telegram handed over by the communications staff with a smile on his face.

It turned out that just when Liu Hua led the first brigade to the outskirts of Yangquan County, more than 6,000 people led by the second brigade commander Luo Zhihui and a heavy artillery battalion of 12 105mm heavy howitzers also rushed to the outskirts of Shouyang County and surrounded them.

The three regiments of the First Division of the county town collided with each other. The two parties joined forces and were under the command of Luo Zhihui, preparing to concentrate all their forces to attack the county town.

After understanding the enemy's situation, when the brigade commander Luo Zhihui learned that the more than 3,000 defenders in the city relied entirely on the county's city defense fortifications, he did not hesitate. That night, under the cover of the heavy artillery battalion's bombardment, he attacked

The main gate of the county town launched an attack in an attempt to use the heavy weapons in their hands to open a breakthrough point in the Japanese army's entire city defense system. However, since the little Japanese had long planned to fight to the death, the initial battle was not very smooth.

.The troops lost almost two companies of troops and still failed to attack the city.

However, Luo Zhihui, who discovered the problem, quickly ordered the troops to stop the attack. At the same time, he called all the regiment leaders to discuss countermeasures. Finally, a piece of information gave him a good idea. That is, the Japanese defenders in the county only had

There are two brigades with 2,000 men. In addition to the losses suffered by the Japs during the initial attack, the Japanese army has only less than 1,600 troops left at this time. If the average strength of these 1,600 men is given to them,

Assigned to four city gates, each city gate had less than two squadrons of defenders.

"Now I will reassign everyone their respective combat tasks. The heavy artillery battalion has 12 howitzers. By then, each city gate will have an average of three artillery pieces, plus the mortars assigned to each regiment, which will be enough to provide artillery support. My task is very

Simple, from now on we will have a total of four regiments to attack from the four city gates. There is no main attack or feint attack for each regiment. Whoever rushes into the county town first will be the main attacking force. In a word, each regiment must

We must break through the county's city defense system in the shortest possible time." Luo Zhihui, the brigade commander who thought of the tactics, immediately gave a loud order to the four regiment commanders around him.

As a result, at the four city gates of Shouyang County, fierce gunfire sounded at almost the same time. Only a few minutes later, except for the east gate where the main attack direction had just been, at the other three directions

The defending troops all wanted to send telegrams to the Japanese Supreme Command in the county for help. In the end, the Japanese supreme commander was helpless and had to mobilize a large number of troops from the east gate to rescue the other three gates in danger. However, the situation

It didn't last long.

Under the fierce attack of the four regiments, the defending troops at the four city gates only held on for half an hour. Under the intensive artillery fire, more than half of them were lost. So, once again, they sent a message to the county headquarters.

A telegram asking for help. However, at this time, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army also had no troops to send.

In the end, the top commander of the Japanese army, facing the four city gates that had surrounded Dan, could only pray continuously in his headquarters. Once again, half an hour passed, and facing the defenders who had already suffered most of their casualties,

Mortar shells continued to fall overhead, and howitzer shells exploded in large areas. The first thing that couldn't hold on was the puppet troops on the city wall.

As the puppet soldiers began to retreat one by one, there were more and more gaps in the Japanese defense on the city wall. At this time, looking at the victory that was about to be won, the soldiers certainly would not let go of such a good opportunity, and launched more attacks one after another.

A fierce attack. So, amid the enemy's porous defense, the soldiers quickly attacked the city wall.

One warrior, two warriors... As more and more warriors attacked the city wall, there were only more than a hundred Japanese soldiers left in the entire city gate, and they were quickly completely wiped out by the warriors. The city wall defenders were eliminated.

The army and the city gate were immediately opened. The Second Brigade and the Sixth Regiment responsible for attacking the south gate, led by the regiment leader Zhu Liguo, all rushed into the county town.

After entering the county town, according to Zhang Hua's usual tactics, the entire army without any hesitation went straight into the enemy's headquarters. After ten minutes of fierce fighting, all the officers and soldiers of the enemy's headquarters were killed on the 6th.

Under the artillery fire and bayonets of the regiment soldiers.

Without the command of the headquarters, coupled with the flanking attacks from the soldiers of the Second Brigade and the Sixth Regiment, the remaining few hundred little Japs at the three city gates, after less than ten minutes of trapped beasts fighting, were not

He died under the bayonets of the soldiers and committed suicide by caesarean section.

In the entire battle to attack Shouyang County, after the second brigade of the direct column and a main regiment of the first division paid more than 600 casualties, two squadrons of Japanese troops and a regiment of puppet troops in the city were completely wiped out. A large number of troops were also captured.

Weapons, ammunition and various logistics supplies.

"Okay, good fight. Chief of Staff, this is really a double blessing. Although the casualties of the troops are a little higher, they have achieved such a great victory after all. Now only the third brigade led by Wang Benqing is left...

I don’t know what the current situation is like..." After reading the telegram sent by Luo Zhihui, Zhang Hua couldn't help but feel excited. However, when he thought about the Third Brigade, which still had no news at this time, Zhang Hua began to worry.

In fact, it was not that the third brigade commander Wang Benqing did not want to send a telegram to the division headquarters, but that he did not have time to send a telegram at all. Because at this time, he was leading his troops to advance lightly, chasing the Japanese and puppet troops that had been completely defeated. As for the brigade headquarters radio station

As well as all the heavy equipment of the army, he left it in Xiyang County, which was already occupied by him more than ten miles away.

It turned out that when Wang Benqing led the third brigade of more than 6,000 people to the outskirts of Xiyang County, through investigation, it was found that the defenders in the county were not two Japanese brigades and a puppet army. They were one brigade of Japanese troops and a puppet military division.

, a total of 4,500 troops.

However, just when the brigade commander Wang Benqing concentrated all his artillery in preparation for the attack that night, the top commander of the Japanese army guarding the county town was immediately frightened when he saw more than a dozen field guns outside the city.

Cold sweat. Because he knew that in this city defense force where the proportion of puppet troops was much higher than that of the imperial army, if it encountered a large-scale artillery bombardment by the Eighth Route Army, not to mention how long the troops could hold out, how long could the troops survive under the bombardment of the Eighth Route Army?

If a retreat occurs, it is already a big deal.

The top commander of the city defense reported the entire situation to the Taiyuan headquarters before the third brigade launched the attack. Finally, with the approval of the headquarters, it was agreed that the top commander of the Japanese army in Xiyang County would lead the troops to withdraw from the county. So, in Wang Benqing,

When they were ready to attack the city, they received news that the Japanese army was retreating.

"Report to the brigade commander, the reconnaissance force reported that just ten minutes ago, the Japanese army opened the west gate, with about 4,000 troops, without any heavy weapons, hastily withdrew from the county town, and is now retreating towards Taiyuan..."

A soldier from the reconnaissance battalion came to the brigade commander Wang Benqing because of a long run, and reported with a pale face.

"What are you talking about? The little devil ran away... Damn it, then I have a busy schedule. Order the first and second regiments to follow me, drop all the heavy weapons, and prepare to chase the enemy. The remaining three regiments,

Heavy artillery battalion, immediately occupy the county town and take over all the warehouses in the city to prevent malicious damage..." After hearing the scout's report, brigade commander Wang Benqing looked at the 12 75mm field guns behind him that were about to fire, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Scolding. However, after scolding, Wang Benqing reacted in the shortest possible time. At the same time, he loudly issued combat orders to the three regiment commanders around him.

Immediately, the various troops who had just prepared to attack the city, under the leadership of brigade commander Wang Benqing, only carried various light and heavy machine guns and joined the pursuit. However, fortunately, there were reconnaissance troops along the way of the little devil's retreat.

Continuous harassment. Two regiments of more than 4,000 troops, under the personal leadership of brigade commander Wang Benqing, finally caught up with the equally exhausted Japanese and puppet troops after almost a night of pursuit.

"Order: Commander Xu will lead the 1st and 2nd battalions to outflank the Japanese and puppet troops from the left wing, and Commander Zhou will lead the 4th and 5th battalions to outflank the Japanese and puppet troops from the right wing. After returning to position, launch an attack immediately without waiting for my order.

I will personally command the remaining two battalions and attack from behind the Japs." Brigadier Wang Benqing, who was riding on a war horse, looked at the Japanese and puppet troops getting closer and closer, and shouted orders to the two regiment commanders beside him.

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"Yes, brigade commander..." The two men took the order and left. Soon, two-thirds of the more than 4,000 troops behind Wang Benqing were taken away by the two men, leaving only about a thousand people.

Under the leadership, he simply followed behind the little devil.

Of course, the changes in the formation of the Third Brigade's pursuit troops were not concealed from the top Japanese commander in front. Seeing two Eighth Route Army troops quickly detouring towards his two wings, Commander Zhongzuo couldn't help being surprised: "Baga, the Eighth Route Army wants to

We must outflank and annihilate us all here."

"Ah...Taijun, what should we do now..." Hearing that the Eighth Route Army wanted to annihilate all his troops, the puppet army commander who was following the Japanese commander couldn't help being frightened.

His face turned pale and he asked quickly.

"Order, the first regiment of the puppet army launches an attack on the Eighth Route Army on the left, the second regiment launches an attack on the Eighth Route Army on the right, and the third regiment blocks the Eighth Route Army behind me. The remaining troops will retreat immediately." Commander Zhongzuo looked at the people in front of him.

The puppet army commander looked at the more than a thousand imperial soldiers behind him and immediately decided who should be abandoned and who should be taken away...

"Ah, Taijun, it's not like you don't know the combat effectiveness of my soldiers. They can't stop the Eighth Route Army from attacking... Imperial Army, please, take us with you..." I heard the words of the Japanese commander.

, the puppet army commander immediately understood that the little devil in front of him had regarded himself and his troops as abandoned sons and ruthlessly abandoned them. However, when he thought about how he usually relied on the Japanese to do evil among the people,

What would be the consequences if it fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army? I felt a sense of fear in my heart, and quickly begged the lieutenant commander in front of me.

"Baga, what's wrong with your soldiers..." As he spoke, Commander Lieutenant Colonel had already drawn out his command sword, and a flash of sword light flashed by. The division commander in front of him, who had already been frightened and turned pale, fell to the ground with his head.

In a pool of blood, when he saw the puppet division commander in front of him with his head missing, the Japanese commander did not hesitate at all. He pointed at the puppet deputy division commander in front of him and gave a loud order:

"I now appoint you as the division commander of the Imperial Association Army. You and your subordinates must block the Eighth Route Army's attack and cover the retreat of the Imperial Army soldiers. As long as you can complete the task, when you return to Taiyuan, I will definitely report to the Supreme Commander of Taiyuan.

I think you will be greatly rewarded for your achievements..." His Majesty Lieutenant Colonel flashed the command knife with a trace of blood in his hand, and spoke with a hint of intimidation to the deputy commander of the puppet army in front of him.

, said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Imperial Army, I will definitely block the Eighth Route Army's attack..." Looking at the command knife dripping with blood in front of him, the deputy commander was excited and quickly replied. Seeing the Lieutenant Colonel leaving with more than a thousand Japanese and Japanese soldiers,

The deputy division commander of the puppet army breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, what should we do now? The imperial army obviously regards us as abandoned sons..." Looking at the imperial soldiers leaving in front of them, a regiment commander next to the newly appointed puppet army division commander smiled.

asked loudly.

"Bastard, what can I do? I tell you, immediately order the brothers to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army, and hold them back for as long as they can. As for us, it is important to save our lives, injuring our own confidants, and retreat closely behind the imperial army.

.." The deputy division commander blurted out with a cunning look in his eyes.

"Yes, Master... It's just, Master, without the troops, we will also... after we return to Taiyuan..." a regiment leader said worriedly.

"You fucking idiot... If there is no one, let's arrest them. I don't believe it. In such a big Taiyuan, we can't catch one or two thousand strong men. When the time comes, we will report directly to Taijun.

In the process of blocking the Eighth Route Army's attack, the troops suffered heavy losses and urgently need to be replenished..." the division commander cursed bitterly.

With the division commander's order, the despair on the faces of the three regiment commanders could no longer be seen. They immediately turned around and issued orders to their troops. They watched the troops, led by battalion and company commanders at all levels, move towards the approaching approaching enemy.

After the Eighth Route Army launched a counterattack, the three regiment commanders and division commanders, together with their confidants, quickly disappeared behind these puppet troops and pursued them in the direction in which the Japanese troops were fleeing.

"Brigade commander, they are puppet troops. The little devils sent puppet troops to stop us. What should we do?" Seeing thousands of puppet troops rushing towards his troops, he followed brigade commander Wang Benqing.

A combat staff officer next to him couldn't help but asked anxiously as he looked at the little Japanese who was getting further and further away.

"Damn, these little devils are so easy to take advantage of. Order the reconnaissance battalion to kill and injure these little devils as much as possible. The troops will do their best to eliminate the puppet troops in front of them." Looking at the Japanese troops getting further and further away, and the ones blocking them.

The puppet soldier in front of him, brigade commander Wang Benqing, ordered bitterly.

"Yes, Brigadier..."