The Third Army has only two divisions, the 7th and 12th. Among them, the 12th Division is the main force of the Third Army and has the strongest strength and combat effectiveness.
It would be easy for the Twelfth Division to withdraw, but if the Seventh Division goes up, he really can't guarantee how long it can last.
Tang Huaiyuan's troubled expression was also noticed by Brigadier Chen. As one of the Three Heroes of Huangpu, he was so observant that he understood Tang Huaiyuan's troubles in a flash of his mind.
He immediately smiled and said: "Guojialing is now surrounded by two divisions of the Japanese army. It is really difficult for one division to withstand the crazy Japanese attack. If you don't mind, I can transfer a regiment to Guojialing to assist you. I wonder what Commander Tang would like?"
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Tang Huaiyuan looked happy at first. If there were one more regiment, it would be of great benefit to Guojialing's defense, but then he slowly shook his head.
"Brother Chen, I appreciate your kindness, but you are not at ease now. Your Eighth Route Army only has four regiments, and it is already stretched thin to withstand the attack of the Thirty-sixth Division. If there is one less regiment, this battle will not be necessary.
beated."
Seeing what Tang Huaiyuan said, Brigadier Chen stopped talking. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but what Tang Huaiyuan said was true. Starting from yesterday morning, the Thirty-sixth Division had launched a fierce attack on Gaojiazhuang. Li Yunlong and another
The regiment was fighting fiercely with them. Just now he had ordered Ding Wei's new regiment to rush to Gaojiazhuang and prepare to join the battle at any time. Now he only has a regiment's reserve team in hand. Once it is used, he really will not have any.
Troops can be mobilized.
The surrounding staff officers did not dare to interrupt while listening to the discussion of the two officers. Everyone looked a little anxious. Unexpectedly, only the second day after the war began, the number of troops had already begun to be tight.
What...Liantai Vigilante Group?
Are you kidding me? Guojialing and Gaojiazhuang still occupy favorable terrain. Yangping Town is simply a flat plain. The difficulty of defense is much higher than that of Guojialing and Gaojiazhuang. Moreover, their troops are also the smallest. No matter how thick-skinned they are.
I don't dare to take any ideas from the Liantai Militia.
Just when everyone was in a dilemma, Gao Hongming suddenly dropped his cigarette butt and slapped his thigh: "I have a solution!"
"What?" Everyone looked at him.
Gao Hongming looked at the two of them: "Chief Tang, Chief Chen, our military strength is indeed relatively tight now, but where does Chief He have it? You must know that there are more than 100,000 troops stationed in Xi'an."
Tang Huaiyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Of course we know there are troops there in Xi'an, but after all, it can't be broken down by water... Hey... I understand..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately looked at each other with Brigadier Chen. Their eyes showed surprise and they said in unison: "Send a plane to airlift it over..."
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Xi'an First Theater Command
"What are you talking about? Three people from Tang Huaiyuan jointly sent a telegram requesting us to send reinforcements and transport them by air to Yangping Town, Qiuyang County?"
In the war room, He Yingqin looked at the telegram in his hand with a particularly shocked face.
"Yes, sir."
The Chief of Staff of the First Theater District Guo Jiqiao nodded. According to the telegram they sent, Gao Hongming has two transport squadrons under his command, equipped with twenty-four C-47 transport aircraft. Each aircraft can transport six companies of troops at a time.
Based on three to five batches per day, six to nine battalions can be transported in one day, which can greatly alleviate their dilemma of insufficient troops.
"Six to nine camps a day?"
Pang Bingxun on the side not only widened his eyes.
"My dear, isn't that the strength of two regiments?"
As an old-school soldier, Pang Bingxun has long been accustomed to regular troop formations, such as using a large number of transport aircraft to transport the troops of two regiments from hundreds of kilometers away over countless mountains to their destination in one day.
This is the first time I heard about it.
Although Sun Lianzhong, Li Tiejun, Sun Tongxuan and others were also extremely surprised, they couldn't help but ponder afterwards, calculating the feasibility of doing so.
Finally, He Yingqin asked the most critical question: "We have plenty of troops, but the biggest problem now is that the Japanese will not just watch us airlift troops to the front line. They will definitely send planes to intercept them.
How to ensure the safety of transport aircraft?"
"Gao Hongming said, we can rest assured about this." Guo Jiqiao replied: "He will send no less than two squadrons of fighter planes to escort, and they will do their best to ensure the safety of the transport aircraft."
"What if we don't agree?" Li Tiejun said suddenly.
Guo Jiqiao was silent for a moment, "Gao Hongming said that if we don't agree to send reinforcements, they can only find a way to break through and enter Shanxi, and then wait for an opportunity to return to Liantai County."
"Go back to Liantai County...how is this allowed?"
This is the thought that comes to everyone's mind.
Otherwise, humans are greedy animals who are never satisfied. Ten and a half months ago, their greatest wish was to safely withdraw the Zhongtiao Mountain garrison. Even if not all of them could be withdrawn, most or even
Half is also good.
But now, their minds have changed.
Now the tens of thousands of Japanese troops who entered Zhongtiao Mountain have been attracted by the Liantai Militia, the Third Army and the Eighth Route Army to the Qiuyang County area. They are already thinking about how to bite off a piece of flesh from the Japanese troops who entered Zhongtiao Mountain.
Especially after Gao Hongming and the others actually annihilated the Japanese 9th Brigade two days ago, more and more people in the First Theater Command have come up with the idea of "I can do it myself."
Precisely because the First War Zone needed Gao Hongming and others to hold back the Japanese army, they had no choice but to accept their threat.
In the end, it was He Yingqin who made the decision. The supporting troops would be drawn from the troops present in turn. No one could escape...
Xinyang Village Position, Yangping Town
This is an important support point for Yangping Town's defense line. Stationed here is the 5th Battalion and 3rd Company of the Liantai Militia Regiment.
Since yesterday, the Japanese 33rd Division has launched seven attacks here, but all were repelled by three consecutive attacks.
For this reason, Colonel Kawahara Youhei of the 213th Regiment in charge of the command called the captain of the first battalion in charge of the attack, scolded him, and ordered him to capture Shinyang Village before three days in the afternoon.
"Your Excellency, Captain, it's not that the warriors of our brigade don't try their best, but the firepower of the Chinese is too fierce, and they have several permanent positions. Without the cover of heavy artillery, our infantry alone cannot win!"
Captain Asada Bunta, the captain, pointed to the front and said angrily.
At this time, Bunta Asada was already injured. Although he was wrapped in layers of gauze, blood continued to seep out, dyeing the gauze dark red.
Following the direction he pointed, there was an open area. Several 89-type tanks emitting black smoke and corpses everywhere told the cruelty of the battle. One thousand meters ahead, several tanks made of concrete
In the shooting holes of the bunker built with steel bars, tongues of flame were pouring out.