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Chapter 1,739 Large-scale support from the Japanese army

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    At this time, Nomura Nobunaga, who was in Xinxiang City, heard the roar in the distance and knew that the enemy's advancing troops were getting closer.

    ¡°Order the peripheral defense forces to abandon some unnecessary strongholds and enter the core defense circle.

    At the same time, except for the two squadrons maintaining public security, the city's defense forces also entered the outer fortifications.

    We have built powerful fortifications in the Xinxiang area. With these fortifications, we can definitely support the arrival of reinforcements from the Kaifeng area.  "Nomura Nobunaga said.

    "Yes!" his staff officer said, and began to issue orders.

    Nobunaga Nomura knew that their reinforcements would not arrive until at least tomorrow.

    And based on the enemy's advancing speed at this time, he even suspected that the enemy was going to capture Xinxiang before dawn tomorrow.

    No matter what, he will support him until reinforcements arrive.

    By then, the two reorganized brigades will be able to defend Xinxiang and will definitely be able to support the North China Expedition Army Headquarters to mobilize more troops from Shandong and other regions.

    But now the defense pressure on the periphery of Xinxiang is very high because the enemy is advancing too fast.  Behind them, the enemy's troops were even more powerful, continuously breaking through more than ten of their defensive strongholds.

    "Compared to the enemies rushing from Shanxi, the vanguard troops of the enemies to the east of them have even advanced to a position less than five kilometers away from Xinxiang.

    A reorganized brigade mobilized by the Japanese army from Zhengzhou, after simply preparing and carrying some necessary supplies, weapons and equipment, began to cross the Yellow River and provide support to the Xinxiang area.

    If nothing unexpected happens, they will take the train and arrive in Xinxiang in the evening to support the garrison there.

    At this time, in Shizhai Town in the south of Xinxiang, a regiment of Xia Yang's cavalry division and an infantry regiment had arrived here in advance to set up defenses.

    They destroyed this section of the railway, making it impossible for Japanese trains to pass.  Then their troops ambushed one kilometer away from the damaged railway.

    Once the Japanese troop transport train arrived here, the Japanese soldiers on the train had to get off the train and walk.

    " Then they would fall into an ambush by the cavalry division.

    There are more than 4,000 troops responsible for ambushing and blocking Japanese reinforcements, but they will receive sufficient air fire support and long-range artillery support.

    So in fact, in terms of fire support, they are far stronger than the upcoming Japanese brigade.

    It is not just this place that blocks Japanese reinforcements, it is between Xingtai and Anyang.  The two main regiments of the Eighth Route Army, with more than 7,000 people, have already entered an ambush position.

    They received orders from the Eighth Route Army headquarters to hold off the Japanese troops here for forty-eight hours.  After forty-eight hours, they can choose to retreat regardless of whether Anyang is attacked or not.

    On the contrary, if it is less than forty-eight hours, no matter how many people there are in the two regiments, they will fight to the last soldier.

    To the east of Hebi, Liu Hong's two regiments of the Airborne Division were also ready to block the attack.

    They had no rear artillery support. Only in the early morning, transport planes airdropped some supplementary ammunition and supplies to them, as well as more than a dozen small-caliber artillery pieces.

    These are their firepower.

    And their mission is also very simple. The two brigades dispatched by the Japanese army from the Dezhou area in Shandong will pass through Hebi to support the Xinxiang and Anyang areas.

    What they have to do is to resist the attack of these two Japanese brigades here.

    In Kaifeng, a reorganized division of the Japanese army has been prepared and began to march towards the Zhengzhou area.  In Kaifeng, only one regiment of garrison troops was left.

    In the Shandong area, several Japanese divisions stationed here also began to mobilize their troops to support the Henan area by trains, trucks, and even mules and horses.

    Xia Yang mobilized more than 100,000 troops for this battle.  The total number of troops mobilized by the Japanese army from various regions even totaled 200,000.

    The goal of the Japanese army is very clear, which is to ensure that control of Xinxiang, Anyang, Zhengzhou and other areas will not be captured by the Fourth Army.

    The news in northern Henan quickly spread to the Chongqing government.

    Chairman Jiang was sitting in the courtyard, looking at the battle plan that Xia Yang submitted to him last night, and nodded in agreement.

    "The appointment is in Hebei, Shandong,?The Japanese troops in the Henan area began large-scale mobilization early this morning.

    It may be difficult for Xia Yang to regain the northern Henan and Zhengzhou areas on his own. I think the first theater should be allowed to assist them in the battle. This can help him relieve a lot of pressure.  "

    Chief He leaned into the Chairman¡¯s ear and whispered.

    The Chairman put down the battle plan, then walked to the headquarters on crutches.

    He took a magnifying glass and studied the northern Henan area for a long time, and then asked: "Approximately how many troops did the Japanese army mobilize?"

    Commander He replied: "It's hard to say, but from early this morning to now, the number of troops mobilized has already exceeded 100,000.

    In the future, the Japanese army will inevitably mobilize more troops to strangle Xia Yang in northern Henan.  Our intelligence shows that the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchukuo is even ready to go south to support operations at any time.  "

    "Based on this, the Japanese army may have to mobilize more than 200,000 people to participate in this battle." The chairman said, and couldn't help but sigh, "To be able to launch such a large-scale attack on this land,  Xia Yang's four armies should be the only ones responsible for counterattacking the Japanese army."

    Commander He responded and said: "That's true, but he can't stand it alone. If he wants to deal with the entire Japanese North China Expeditionary Force, I'm afraid he still won't be able to cope with it just by relying on his four armies."

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