Chapter 215 The supplementary regiment evacuates the battlefield like a sheep
After knowing that Li Yunlong's new regiment was advancing towards Yuanping City, Mitake Tsuda immediately commanded the troops to set off towards the county seat.
Four brigades of the puppet army were equipped with twenty-three artillery pieces, and they marched southeast along the railway in a mighty manner.
Even though there was no combat order from the First Army Headquarters that time, Mitake Tsuda could not attack the county seat.
In his opinion, it is a rare opportunity, and if he just asks himself to launch an attack, he can fully obtain the results.
At three o'clock in the morning in September and March, the puppet troops arrived one after another in the area south of Xinxian County.
Mitake Tsuda began to personally deploy, and a large number of puppet troops built starting positions in different areas.
One artillery piece after another, artillery positions also began to be set up, and preparations for cover operations were made.
In March, the puppet cavalry dispersed and advanced in all directions. They launched fire reconnaissance in an attempt to expose the defenders' firepower in advance.
Scattered gunshots soon rang out, the sound of Fuyue's puppet cavalry being struck by rifle fire.
The Yue puppet cavalry were very cunning. They dispersed and used their superb riding skills to repeatedly swim in front of the position.
Mitake Tsuda, who personally came to the front line to command, led his staff to conduct a detailed inspection of the county's peripheral deployment situation.
At present, in the area north of the county seat, are there any supplementary regiment's 8th and 9th battalions assigned to the east for defense?
Qian Bojun and Zhang Fuyan were responsible for commanding, and of course they commanded in the name of regimental commander and regimental attaché.
In fact, those two battalions have already established contact with the brigade headquarters.
Major decisions such as their evacuation can only be carried out after obtaining orders from the brigade headquarters.
On the east and west sides of the county, there are the fifth and sixth battalions of the 11th Regiment in charge of defense.
The first battalion of the 11th Reserve Regiment is responsible for liaison between various departments and is also the general reserve team of peripheral combat forces.
The artillery companies directly under the two regiments and the eight Jin orogenic guns built artillery positions outside the city and were ready for support.
The 10th Battalion of the Supplementary Regiment was deployed for defense outside the city. They were also not the initial reserve.
Wu Ziqiang, the acting leader of the 11th Reserve Regiment, and Qian Bojun, the leader of the supplementary regiment, were both conducting operations from the outside.
There was no headquarters of the 48th Independent Brigade outside the city. Chu Yunfei took Fang Ligong and others outside the city to provide unified command.
The total strength of these troops is quite large, totally less than half of the strength of the 48th Independent Brigade.
Of course, Bu Xin can prepare 11 regiments or replenish the regiment. At present, their overall combat effectiveness is not very strong.
Whether the supplementary regiment draws soldiers from various ministries to organize the troops, they cannot form effective cooperation.
The 11th Reserve Regiment fought one after another and suffered casualties. Subsequently, soldiers were transferred to the 358th Regiment.
Did they receive a security team of several hundred people and then return to full strength?
The security teams dispatched from the first theater of war almost do not have any combat effectiveness.
It takes time for them to integrate into the army and form combat effectiveness.
So when they are attacked by the enemy troops, they will feel a certain amount of pressure.
Is that because Chu Yunfei personally set up the brigade headquarters outside the city as a core? Without the direct command of the brigade headquarters, they may be completely defeated.
After Major General Tsuda Mitake, commander of the Little Japanese Brigade, learned about the county's defense deployment through the cavalry troops, he decisively issued the combat order.
To the south of the county seat, he dispatched puppet Mongolian troops to conduct diversionary attacks.
To the east of the county seat, the First Independent Infantry Brigade was dispatched to conduct a feint attack.
He chose the main attack direction to the west of the county, and the third and fourth field infantry brigades were responsible for the attack.
At the same time, three Type 94 mountain guns were directly assigned to the two brigades to assist in combat operations.
Eight Liao-made field guns, eight Liao-made field guns, and four Liao-made howitzers will be deployed in unified positions for support operations.
At four o'clock in the morning, the Yue puppet army arrived at the designated area, and they directly launched an attack.
Sixteen 75MM field guns and four 100MM howitzers began a fierce bombardment.
Grenades were fired one after another towards the position.
To the west of the county, the position of the 6th Battalion of the 11th Regiment, Shi Yuji, was prepared and was hit hard by the Moon Army's artillery.
The shells from the four howitzers almost completely missed it.
With the sound of explosions, positions began to be destroyed everywhere, and shrapnel quickly spread in all directions.
After some shelling, the puppet army troops accelerated their advance, and troops from both sides began to engage in fierce battles outside the county town.
"Launch the attack with all our strength. We must break through their outer positions before dark and hit directly outside the city."
"They have a complete advantage in terms of military strength and weapons and equipment. The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will definitely defeat them."
"Warriors of the empire, let them know how powerful we are. Use our sharp bayonets to pierce their hearts."
Mitake Tsuda stood at the rear, waving his saber constantly and loudly boosting morale.
The artillery pieces continued to coordinate the artillery fire. When the troops advanced to a certain distance from the position, they began to carry out extended artillery fire towards the outside of the city.
Since receiving the replenishment of the transport troops, their artillery shells have been replenished. During the bombardment, the Moon Army was full of confidence!
Ten minutes later, fierce gunfire began.
Jin-made heavy machine guns, Type 24 heavy machine guns; Czech-style light machine guns, Jin-made light machine guns, crooked light machine guns and other sounds sounded one after another.
The 48th Independent Brigade has currently expanded to three regiments and has a large number of directly affiliated troops.
Therefore, their weapons and equipment are also very complicated. There are moon-type ones, some made by Jin, and some issued locally.
Suddenly, outside the county seat of Xinxian, the sound of shooting from various weapons could be heard.
The officers and soldiers of the Supplementary Regiment and the 11th Preparatory Regiment relied on their positions to calmly respond to the battle. They successively built a firepower network to intercept the attacks of the puppet troops in front of them.
However, the puppet troops also launched a continuous fierce attack and fully demonstrated their powerful individual combat capabilities.
Up to now, those puppet troops have not survived through continuous fighting, and they all have rich combat experience.
If only they had no strength at all, they would have been shot dead long ago.
Even though they don't have many troops, they still have veterans with strong combat capability.
Especially the two field brigades that stormed on the west side of the county, they showed strong combat capabilities.
Eight infantry squadrons launched a wave-like tactical attack, and each little Japanese soldier advanced rapidly.
The Moon Army's grenade legs were hidden in different areas and launched grenades one after another.
If the machine gun firepower of the Sixth Battalion of Shi Yujia is exposed, then it will definitely be hit by a grenade immediately.
The four heavy machine guns of the machine gun battery were suppressed and had no chance to fire.
Fortunately, their two 82MM mortars kept moving and bombarding, and they were able to stop some little Japs.
The fierce fighting continued, with casualties appearing on both sides, and more and more bodies began to appear on the ground.
The bright red blood dyed the ground red, and the smell of blood could be smelled from a distance.
Mitake Tsuda stood at the rear to supervise the battle and constantly dispatched messengers to convey various combat orders.
Each artillery piece will also provide artillery support in an attempt to assist the troops in making a quick breakthrough.
Major General Harada Kenzo of the Moon Army in the hilly area quickly received the report. When he learned that Tsuda Mitake was commanding troops to directly attack the county town, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Harada Kenzo immediately sent a message to the army headquarters to find out whether the attack order had been received from the First Army.
When he learned that the First Army did not have Dongda's attack order, he couldn't help but feel angry, clenched his legs into fists, and beat the table hard.
"Bagayalu, that bastard Mitake Tsuda!"
"The main force of the 48th Independent Brigade of the Jinsui Army is gathered in the county, so let that bastard die."
"He will not achieve any results in the county and will definitely lead to a devastating blow to the troops."
"Maybe that bastard will be shot to death directly."
Kenzo Harada gritted his teeth and said that he wished he could see Mitake Tsuda defeated now.
Originally, both of them were capable of defeating the army, but now that Mitake Tsuda continues to gain results, he is about to completely turn over.
How could Harada Kenzo be indifferent? After all, it was directly related to his life.
He would not hope that Mitake Tsuda would achieve victory, he would even hope that Mitake Tsuda would lose the battle.
That would put all the responsibility on Mitake Tsuda, and Kenzo Harada might be able to save his life.
Kenzo Harada paid close attention to the battlefield situation, and at the same time, he decisively gathered troops in the hilly area.
An infantry brigade, an artillery squadron, and more than a thousand troops were added to the heavy equipment.
As soon as they found out that the situation was good, Harada Kenzo would immediately command the troops to move towards Haradaira Castle.
However, the battle in the county seat did not go as he expected.
At seven o'clock in the morning, the major staff officer came to give a report.
Mitake Tsuda commanded the 3rd and 4th Field Infantry Battalions to cut off the connection between the defense forces on the west side of the county and other peripheral forces.
In addition, the Fourth Field Infantry Brigade mobilized more than 400 Lunar troops and quickly penetrated to the side and rear, preparing to cut off the connection between the defense forces on the west side and the outside of the city.
By nine o'clock in the morning, the latest news from the county was delivered.
The outer position on the west side of the county town was occupied by Hohori, and its defense troops evacuated outside the city in embarrassment.
The peripheral troops fighting in the county seat began to attack other peripheral Shanxi-Sui Army troops in an all-out manner, and gradually moved into the county seat to complete the encirclement.
When Kenzo Harada got the news, he began to feel a little restless.
After thinking for a long time, Harada Kenzo began to dictate in person and directly contacted the First Army Headquarters via electricity.
Does he hope that the First Army Headquarters will punish Mitake Tsuda for his disobedience and revoke his authority to command operations?
Kenzo Harada also volunteered and wanted to replace Mitake Tsuda in commanding the troops to attack the county town.
Seeing that Mitake Tsuda was really seeking to take back the county seat of Xin County, Harada Kenzo was ready to pick peaches.
Even if his message was sent, the First Army Headquarters ignored it at all.
In the Little Japanese Army, is Donke still a traditional person?
The First Army has a classic example, during the Battle of Xucheng in 1938.
The North China Front Army Headquarters requested the First Army to cross the river and join the battle to the southeast of the 14th Division to participate in the encirclement operation.
But the First Army Headquarters ignored it completely and directly asked the 14th Division to march west from Lu Province and seize the capital of Henan Province through eastern Henan.
In the past, when the Battle of Lanfeng broke out, more than a dozen divisions of the First Corps and the 14th Division launched an encirclement operation.
Although that battle was called the laughing stock of the ages by the principal of the capital, the 14th Little Devils Division also suffered heavy casualties.
Subsequently, the commander of the First Army, Kozuki Kiyoshi, was dismissed from his post.
This is a typical Tonk, even during combat, he will directly disobey his orders.
Of course, the 14th Division did not achieve its expected goals and was hit, so it certainly did not want to be punished.
However, if the 14th Division can inflict a heavy blow to the First Corps and capture the capital of Henan Province, then there will definitely be changes.
If the Moon Army cannot accept Dongke's presence, then they cannot accept defeat.
Mitake Tsuda disobeyed orders and attacked the county town. Now that there has been progress, the First Army Headquarters will naturally not care.
On the contrary, Mitake Tsuda was really able to retake the county seat and severely damage the 48th Independent Brigade. Yoshio Shinozuka would highly commend him.
Kenzo Harada wanted to sue Mitake Tsuda and replace him in command, but looking at it now, it was completely delusional.
Time passed, and at two o'clock in the morning, the two sides started fighting fiercely on the outside.
Mitake Tsuda commanded four brigades, equipped with 23 artillery pieces, to continuously attack.
Chu Yunfei unified command of the 5th Battalion, 1st Battalion, 8th Battalion, 9th Battalion, and mortar company to conduct operations.
They tried their best to hold on to their positions north of the county seat, but those troops were fiercely attacked by the puppet troops.
The fierce fighting continued until as early as eight o'clock, the supplementary regiment was defeated and gradually withdrew from the battlefield.
While evacuating the battlefield, the supplementary regiment instantly entered a state of herding sheep.
As soon as the troops dispersed, the officers and soldiers in the east hated themselves for not having two extra legs and fled the battlefield one by one.
Troops such as the Jinsui Army often defend their positions and can fight tenaciously.
Can once we evacuate, we will have time to stop the chaos in an instant?
The two battalions of the supplementary regiment were completely out of control and fled toward the east of the county seat in chaos.
Prepare the troops of the 11th Regiment, otherwise they will quickly withdraw to the outside of the city. Their formation may not have time to break the chaos.
"What an embarrassment!" Chu Yunfei said with a gloomy face after observing the situation of the replenishment group through the telescope.
Immediately afterwards, he immediately sent Chief of Staff Fang Ligong to quickly leave the city and quickly assist in gathering the troops.
The puppet troops outside the city took the opportunity to surround the county seat.
At nine o'clock, the Yue puppet army completed the encirclement operation of the county town.
Mitake Tsuda showed a confident expression on his face. He thought he was completely sure of victory.
The artillery unit began to carry out harassing bombardments outside the city, firing shells outside the city from time to time.
The four brigades will build starting positions and prepare for attack operations.
"The troops quickly constructed their positions and then rested to replenish their bodies."
"At eleven o'clock, they beg for a full-scale battle!"
"Before noon tomorrow, we must completely annihilate the Shanxi-Sui army troops outside the city."
"At the same time, contact Harada Kenzo and ask him to immediately dispatch four Liaozo field guns."
"They asked for concentrated artillery fire to reduce troop casualties."
"After all, after the fighting there, they wanted to clear up and annihilate the remaining Shanxi-Sui army."
"And the Eighth Route New Regiment that transferred to Yuan Ping City to fight, they also want to completely annihilate them!"
Tsuda Mitake raised the telescope to observe, and said with a proud expression on his face.
The supplementary regiment left the battlefield in a sheep-herding state, which made Mitake Tsuda realize that the Jinsui Army had already lost its combat effectiveness.
He felt that it would be very easy to fight in the east.
What he wants to do now is to achieve maximum results with minimum casualties.
(End of chapter)
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