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Chapter 454: The final decisive battle (3)

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    Although the order was issued, Terauchi Shouichi was still in a very depressed mood at this time, and at the same time, the anger in his heart also soared to an extremely frightening level in a short period of time.

    Unlike any of the Japanese generals present, Juichi Terauchi came from a distinguished background. He was the eldest son of Marshal Masaki Terauchi and had a high prestige in the military.

    For this war, Touichi Terauchi has always advocated a quick victory, so when he took office, he commanded the North Korean troops to launch a rampant attack on the entire North China region.  It is expected to face the main force of the Kuomintang Central Army heading north on the Xuzhou Great Plains, and rely on its firepower and mobility to surpass the Chinese army to make a rapid breakthrough.

    However, the result was that the Chinese army was fully prepared but retreated in the face of the battle. The 600,000-strong army fled without a fight, which made Juichi Terauchi's battle plan come to nothing.

    But at this moment, the Doihara division was surrounded by the Chinese army in eastern Henan and was subsequently wiped out. This made the temple feel aggrieved that his life span had doubled.

    Therefore, although he was angry with Nakajima and others for disobeying orders, he was even more angry that they had tens of thousands of troops but couldn't take down a small Guide City. It was really embarrassing.

    Terauchi Shouichi is an extremely conceited person, a madman who likes to have everything in his own hands.

    Because this person came from a well-known family, he had always been aloof from the two major systems of the Japanese military. Because of this, after the "226" Incident in 1936, Terauchi Juichi, a member of a well-known family, was aloof from the factional struggles.  A general with a complete service history, a cheerful and open-minded personality, and the courage to take responsibility for his subordinates. He is very popular in the military, political and financial circles, and has become the best candidate to be the Minister of Army responsible for the important task of "suppressing the army".

    After Shouichi Terauchi became Prime Minister of the Land, he immediately used his "iron fist" action to purge the Army.  In order to crush the "Imperial Road Sect" camp, Juichi Terauchi replaced a large number of key members of the "226" Incident, forming a new personnel arrangement for the Army Ministry and General Staff Headquarters.

    In addition, in order to strengthen control, Shouichi Terauchi tried every means to control personnel power.  He first served as the military counselor with the post of land minister to expand his power. Then he took advantage of the Japanese Army's practice of personnel transfers in August every year, broke the original procedures, and arbitrarily made the personnel transfers in August in the name of "suppressing the army."  Arrangement, the meeting of the three chief officers lost its effect.

    This move by Touchi Temple essentially abolished the form of meeting discussion, and one person was solely responsible for personnel power.  After clearing out the Kod¨­ faction, the backbones of the T¨­t¨­ faction, Sugiyama Gen, Nishio Hiszo and Umezu Yoshijiro, were transferred to control the Army Center.

    This feeling of being in control of everything fascinates him, so he is not very willing to be transferred to the North to serve as the commander of the North China Front, because compared to the power and status of the Prime Minister, the commander of the front is actually a  Scum.

    Originally, the most suitable position for the commander of the North China Front was General Nobuyuki Abe, who happened to cooperate with Yan Shunroku from Central China. However, due to the "226 Incident", General Masaki Jinzaburo was still imprisoned. In order to rescue Masaki from prison,  It was necessary to transfer the temple that approved the detention of Masaki. In this way, the temple was transferred to the North China battlefield.

    After being transferred to the North China battlefield, Terauchi Shouichi always wanted to fight a big battle and win the battle, and then let the base camp quickly transfer him back to his homeland.  The early results were good, and it really gave Juichi Terauchi hope to return to the center.

    However, the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Taierzhuang made the base camp slightly critical of the North China Front. This time, they watched the Doihara Division being surrounded and annihilated. The base camp was very dissatisfied with this.

    Although he has not received a reprimand telegram yet, General Touichi Terauchi knows that this will happen sooner or later.

    The only solution now is to fully support Nakajima and others in fighting in Guide. If they can completely annihilate Li Guoyao's troops, they can also explain it to the base camp.

    Guide battlefield. Forward position.

    The fierce battle continued. The Japanese army organized three attacks in the morning, and the strength of the troops was also increased from the brigade level at the beginning to the regiment level.

    In order to defeat the Chinese army in the city in one fell swoop and capture Guide City, the Japanese army assembled an infantry regiment in each of the three directions, east and west, and launched the most violent attacks against the city wall where the defenders were stationed.

    "Boom boom boom"

    The Japanese artillery shells were wreaking havoc on the defenders' positions as if they were free. Since there was no anti-cannon hole, the soldiers of the first battalion could only lie down behind the city wall and endure, using their flesh and blood to deal with the little Japanese's steel cannonballs.  .

    "Boom"

    A shell exploded near the command post of Li Guoyao and others. Although Li Guoyao and others were not injured, it shocked the accompanying Zhang Shaolin and others.

    Just when everyone was persuading Li Guoyao and others to evacuate immediately, suddenly the sunThe army's artillery showed off its power again, and then dozens of artillery shells were seen hitting the city again.

    "Lie down"

    However, the imagined explosion did not happen. The soldiers in the position beside the city wall were surprised to find that none of the artillery shells fired by the little devils exploded this time, and only wisps of blue smoke came out.

    Is it a dud?

    But at this time, Li Guoyao shouted loudly: "It's the poison gas bomb of the little devil. Order the brothers on the front line to put on the gas masks and prepare to fight!"

    Following Li Guoyao¡¯s order, the soldiers on the frontline quickly put on gas masks. Those who did not have gas masks covered their mouths and noses with wet towels.

    At the same time, the soldiers loaded the guns and bullets in their hands one after another. They knew very well that the Japs would launch an attack once the shelling was over, but they could not be careless.

    Sure enough, just more than ten minutes after the little devil fired the gas bombs, it felt like the defenders were almost hit, and the little devil's charge began again.

    "Da da da"

    After the Japanese soldiers wearing chemical protective suits and gas masks rushed forward, the defenders once again started counterattack mode.

    In order to defend Guide City, Li Guoyao not only added more than 300 light and heavy machine guns and dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns to the front-line troops, he also exchanged tens of millions of rounds of ammunition, so the soldiers on the front-line positions were very excited.  The child greeted the little devil fiercely.

    However, these Japanese soldiers are admirable enough. After a group falls, they will be quickly replaced by others. The front row always maintains a complete formation and rushes towards the edge of the city wall quickly.

    Knowing that the main attacker was the Japanese 16th Division, Li Guoyao was also rude and ordered all troops to use full firepower. No matter how serious the casualties were, they must keep the Japs out of the city.

    When the battle reached this point, both Li Guoyao and the Japanese generals outside the city were numb, and there was no way out. Unless one side fell, the battle would not end.

    Since arriving at the frontier in the morning, Li Guoyao and others did not go back and stayed until the afternoon.

    Looking at these drugged Japanese soldiers charging like crazy, tirelessly and fearlessly without fear of life or death, even a hard-blooded soldier like Li Guoyao felt a little horrified.

    The fact that the Japs can conquer almost the entire Asia-Pacific region with a small country is by no means just a boast. Although they tried their best to block the Japs outside Guide City, it is conceivable that after this battle, the 61st  I'm afraid the army is also doomed.

    In fact, the 61st Army has less than 4,000 combat troops at this time, which is a full 20,000 less than when it went north to reinforce Mengcheng.

    Although only 12,000 people were actually killed, and the remaining 8,000 were wounded, 90% of these 8,000 were seriously wounded, because all the lightly wounded have now gone to the battlefield, and only  Those seriously injured are still receiving treatment in temporary hospitals.

    Although I don¡¯t know if Wuhan will supplement them after the war, Li Guoyao can¡¯t care about that anymore. Now his only idea is to have a final decisive battle with the Japs, even if the entire army is annihilated.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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