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Chapter 1002: The 10th Division goes north

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    It is said that after the Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Yanggu merged with Guanyuan Six and others, they did not go north to reinforce the troops outside Shenxian City, but returned directly to Yanggu.

    Although Sekihara Roku is arrogant and arrogant, he still has a lot of skills. This guy once served as the leader of the field brigade in the Class A Division. Although he only briefly observed the battle situation outside Shenxian City,  But he already understood that the troops under his command had fallen into the trap of the enemy, and defeat was inevitable.

    Moreover, when he joined the Yanggu defenders, the sound of gunfire from the direction of Shenxian County was already very weak. It was obvious that the troops had achieved a decisive victory. In addition, the Yanggu defenders only had less than 600 people.  Support/That person is just adding more people, there is no need for that.

    Because of this, Guanyuan Liu directly ordered the troops to return to Yanggu, and then asked for help in the direction of Jinan.

    Knowing that Guan Yuanliu had fled back to Yanggu, Li Guoyao did not hesitate and left a brigade of troops to guard Shenxian County. The main force of more than 2,000 people galloped all the way north to Liaocheng.

    Although the Japanese troops in the direction of Liaocheng had received the warning sent by Sekihara Roku from Liaocheng, they did not expect that Li Guoyao's troops would come back so quickly.

    More importantly, there were only seven or eight hundred defenders in Liaocheng at this time. Counting the puppet troops, there were only about five hundred real Japanese soldiers.

    It was obviously impossible for five hundred people to garrison the huge Liaocheng. In addition, Li Guoyao had already sent Zhang Shaolin's special forces to Liaocheng in advance. When the main force's siege began, the special forces also began to take action.

    When Zhang Shaolin and others easily took down the Liaocheng garrison headquarters, the Liaocheng garrison was completely in chaos. Then the main force, with the cooperation of the special forces, easily defeated the south gate garrison. Liaocheng was defeated!

    Since the garrison headquarters was taken away, the Japanese and puppet troops in the city did not receive instructions from above and did not dare to evacuate casually, so they started street fighting with Li Guoyao's troops.

    The battle lasted from two o'clock to six o'clock in the afternoon, and finally ended with the Japanese army being wiped out!

    After conquering Liaocheng, Li Guoyao ordered his troops to seize the assets of the Japanese puppet army and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, while also having people set up recruitment points in the city to recruit new soldiers.

    At the same time, the main force was sent to attack Dong'a and Yiping. By late night on the 9th, these two counties were also captured by Li Guoyao's troops.

    So far, Li Guoyao's troops had conquered four counties in western Shandong, including Liaocheng. In successive battles, they had annihilated more than 5,500 Japanese and puppet troops, including 3,800 Japanese troops and 1,700 puppet troops.  The remaining people.

    Of course, the casualties of Li Guoyao's troops were not small. Statistics conducted after the battle ended late at night on the 9th showed that so far, more than 1,200 people had been killed and more than 600 people had been injured. The total casualties were more than 1,800 people, almost  Accounting for one-half of Li Guoyao's total military strength.

    Fortunately, the army also incorporated many anti-Japanese armed forces and puppet troops during the battle. In addition to the 200 people from the Ninth Route Army, Li Guoyao also incorporated more than 900 captured puppet troops into the army. Therefore, at this time, Li Guoyao also had  There are more than 3,300 soldiers capable of fighting.

    At the same time, the army also recruited more than 600 new soldiers in Shen County. Although these new recruits can't even fire a basic weapon, they can still do some logistical work.

    In view of the heavy casualties of the troops and the fact that Liaocheng was close to Jinan, Li Guoyao did not order the troops to continue the attack after conquering Yiping, but asked Lu Zhanwu and others to immediately start retreating.

    Li Guoyao knew very well that Luxi was the core area ruled by the Japanese and puppet troops. The Japanese army would obviously not let them capture it easily and would definitely fight back.

    And the Japanese army also has this ability. After all, the main force of its 10th Division has arrived in Shandong. It was originally planning to attack southwestern Shandong. Now it is very likely that it will be sent to attack western Shandong first. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the troops to defend Liaocheng and retreat.  It became inevitable.

    However, before we withdraw, we still have to do what we need to do before leaving, such as suppressing the traitors, confiscating the property of the Japanese and puppets, and showing the flag. We must let the people of Luxi know who destroyed Liaocheng and other places.  Little devil, right?

    And although places like Liaocheng are not very wealthy, they are county towns after all. The Japanese and puppet troops also have a lot of money, food, weapons and equipment hoarded, which can be used to develop new troops.

    While Li Guoyao and others were busy searching for the property of the Japanese and puppet troops and suppressing traitors, the city of Jinan was in chaos!

    Originally, Major General Sekihara Roku did not report the capture of Shenxian County by Li Guoyao's troops to Jinan. The reasons were very simple. First, Sekihara Roku felt embarrassed that a garrison brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army was actually attacked by a mud-legged soldier.  He was annihilated and then allowed the other party to take away his lair. What the hell is this??How embarrassing.

    Secondly, Sekihara Roku felt that with the troops under his command, he could easily recapture Shenxian County and wipe out all the enemy troops, avenging his previous humiliation.

    It is precisely because of this consideration that Sekihara Roku did not report the situation to the 12th Corps Headquarters!

    However, Major General Guanyuan Six did not expect that he would be completely defeated outside Shenxian City, nor did he expect that after Li Guoyao captured Shenxian County, he would launch attacks on Liaocheng, Dong'a and Epingping in succession regardless of the fatigue of the troops.

    In less than two days, more than half of the important towns in western Shandong fell into the hands of the Chinese army. In desperation, Guanyuan Liu could only continue to ask for help from Jinan.

    After receiving eight telegrams asking for help, the Japanese commander in Jinan, Sadagu Iida, finally made a decision to immediately suspend the counterattack in southwest Shandong. The main force of the 10th Division immediately moved north from Jining to counterattack in western Shandong.  .

    At the same time, he ordered the Sixth Major General Sekiyuan to take Yanggu as the center to gather the Japanese and puppet troops in Yanggu, Fanxian, Taiqian and other places. They must defend Yanggu to buy time for the 10th Division to move north.

    Iida Sadagu did not go into details about Sekihara Roku's major tactical command mistake. Firstly, it was because Sekihara Roku had an old relationship with him and had a pretty good personal relationship. It was even possible for Sekihara Roku to serve as the commander of the major general's brigade.  It is also related to his recommendation.

    If you deal with Sekihara Roku at this time, wouldn't it be a slap in your face? Iida Sadugu would not do such a thing.

    Secondly, he also sympathizes with Sekihara Roku. Although the 5th independent infantry brigade is a mixed brigade in terms of organization, it is actually a second-line garrison. In terms of combat effectiveness and personnel configuration, it is in the order of battle of the entire Japanese army.  Generally speaking, they are all below third-rate.

    What¡¯s more important is that this unit has been severely damaged twice in the past. The core veterans when it was formed were almost completely lost. If it weren¡¯t for the protection of people above, its designation would have been revoked long ago.

    Although they have barely retained their designation, they are still far behind the front-line infantry brigade.

    Think about the infantry brigade of the Fifth Division. There are two infantry regiments plus technical arms, which total 10,000 people. The soldiers are all carefully selected elites. The weapons and equipment are even more armed to the teeth. There are several tanks alone.  Ten vehicles, and hundreds of artillery pieces. Even mortars are not considered artillery in the structure of the Fifth Division.

    Look at the Sixth Division of Sekigahara. There are thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled. In addition to Type 38 rifles and dozens of light and heavy machine guns, there are only a few mountain cannons left that can be used. As for tanks and large tanks,  There are no caliber artillery pieces.

    Furthermore, the morale of the troops was not satisfactory, and it was understandable that they would lose the battle.

    The current situation in Luxi is in chaos. Even if Sekihara Roku is dealt with, it may not be able to stabilize. It is better to keep him to stabilize the situation. If that doesn't work, he can be pushed out to the front army headquarters and base camp to top the tank.

    It was precisely because of this consideration that Iida Sadagu did not punish Sekihara Roku, but asked him to perform meritorious service on the front line.

    "However, Sekihara Roku is also a good man. He knew he was going to suffer after receiving the order from the 12th Army Headquarters. If the Army Commander punished him heavily, this article would be over.

    "But the Legion Headquarters didn't say anything. This shows that the Legion Commander has other considerations and even plans to settle accounts in the future. This is not a good sign.

    Fortunately, he still has a chance. If he can perform well in the next battle, he may be able to regain the trust of the legion commander!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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