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Chapter 1,224: Soldiers Arrive at Jincheng

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    Wangcun Airport suffered a devastating blow and the news that the entire garrison was wiped out was sent back to Changzhi. The garrison commander Ikeda Osaku was shocked.

    He knew that the fighter planes at the airport were all transferred from Peiping and prepared to cooperate with the main force of the imperial army to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, but now they were destroyed.

    What¡¯s more important is that as the garrison commander, he doesn¡¯t even know who the enemy is!

    In fact, not only Colonel Ikeda, but also the airport guard captain who had been killed did not know the identity of the person who killed them.

    However, given that the airport garrison said when calling for help that all the soldiers participating in the attack were in civilian clothes and did not wear formal military uniforms, Colonel Ikeda naturally mistook them for the Eighth Route Army.

    This is not a random guess by Colonel Ikeda. The main reason is that the Changzhi and Lucheng lines have always been the activity areas of the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Even the 129th Division Headquarters and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters have stayed here for a long time.

    At the moment, Colonel Ikeda did not dare to neglect, and immediately reported the situation to Taiyuan!

    After receiving Ikeda's report, Yoshio Shinozuka from Taiyuan was immediately furious. After scolding Ikeda, he immediately ordered them to find out within a time limit which unit of the Eighth Route Army was behind the attack on the airport, and asked the Ikeda unit to do whatever it takes.  The price was to annihilate them and avenge the hundreds of pilots of the Imperial Japanese Army.

    In fact, even without orders from Taiyuan, the furious Colonel Ikeda would not give up easily!

    After the destruction of Wangcun Airport, Colonel Ikeda ordered the nearby troops to take action immediately, and all the spies from the intelligence department were sent out with only one purpose, which was to find the daring army/that army and then resolutely annihilate it.  .

    However, what made them depressed was that the army just disappeared as if they had evaporated from the world!

    There are two flowers blooming, one on each side!

    Just when Zhang Shaolin¡¯s independent brigade destroyed the Japanese airport, Li Guoyao and others were rapidly advancing towards Jincheng with the main force of the Ninth Army!

    Tianbaozhai is more than 180 kilometers away from Jincheng, and in order to avoid the detection of Japanese aircraft during the day, the army cannot move, so they can only travel at night.

    By the time Li Guoyao and others arrived at the outskirts of Jincheng, it was already four o'clock in the morning on the 12th.

    Although it was three hours earlier than expected, everyone felt extremely tired!  After all, the distance is less than two hundred kilometers, and it is still going on foot. It is indeed not something that ordinary people can sustain.

    This is also the training that Jiujiu Army usually pays attention to in this aspect. It would really be impossible for anyone else!

    According to the wishes of Xu Hu and Ma Desheng, the troops should have a good rest in the Jincheng area for a day and wait until nightfall on the 12th before taking action!

    But he was rejected by Li Guoyao. It was not that Li Guoyao was not considerate of his subordinates, but that the battle in the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain did not allow them to waste time like this.

    May 12th and 13th were the two most critical days of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. In order to defend the Yellow River and Zhongtiao Mountain, China sacrificed a total of six generals, including one general, two lieutenant generals,  Most of the three major generals were killed in these two days.

    What is particularly important is that if history does not change, General Tang Huaiyuan, commander of the Third Army, will also die for his country in these two days.

    Although Jincheng is hundreds of kilometers away from General Tang Huaiyuan's position, and the water far away cannot quench the thirst of the nearby, if Jincheng starts the war early, it may not be able to frighten the Japanese army and support Tang Huaiyuan's troops from the side.

    Therefore, Li Guoyao decided to go into battle in the early morning to capture Jincheng.

    At the moment, Li Guoyao ordered Xu Hu and Xie Baojun to take the main force of the 194th Division to Gusong Ridge, Dadonggou Town, west of Jincheng. This was the ambush site determined by the reconnaissance force, while Li Guoyao himself commanded Zhang Tengjiao's 177th Division to prepare to capture Jincheng.

    Li Guoyao and others had investigated the situation in Jincheng clearly before. This was originally the headquarters of the Japanese 41st Division, but before the battle started, the First Army Headquarters transferred the main force of the 41st Division to the direction of Henglingguan, so the defenders of Jincheng  It became an independent mixed fourth brigade transferred from the Shotai Railway's spy line.

    However, since the fourth independent brigade originally had defensive tasks, not all the troops went south, but only three infantry brigades and a small number of technical troops, with a total strength of more than 3,800 people.

    At the same time, the Japanese army transferred part of the main force of Sakurai Shozo's 33rd Division to the Jincheng front line. The two forces totaled about 12,000 people and were responsible for the northeastern battle of the Nakatiao Mountain Battle.

    Due to the heavy combat mission, the commander-in-chief Lieutenant General Sakurai Shosan only left two infantry brigades in Jincheng City.The army, plus a puppet infantry regiment originally in the Jincheng area, totaled 3,000 people forming the garrison of Jincheng.

    In addition, since the main combat direction is in Yangcheng, the headquarters including Sakurai Shozo are also placed in Yangcheng, and Jincheng is actually just a logistics base for the Japanese army.

    According to the investigation, most of the 3,000 Japanese defenders were stationed in the urban area of ??Jincheng, while more than 800 people were stationed in Zezhou County, and the remaining 600 to 700 people were stationed in various strongholds around Jincheng.

    Regarding how to attack Jincheng, Li Guoyao had a very clear opinion, that is, ignore the surrounding Japanese and puppet army strongholds, and the main force directly attacked Huanglong with thunderous momentum, appearing strongly in Jincheng and the adjacent Zezhou County.

    Anyway, these two places are only about 20 kilometers apart. If you want to fight, let¡¯s fight together!

    There is no need to hide your traces at this time, and the stronger you are, the more you can get help from the little devils in Yangcheng direction.

    But they still have to wait for Xie Baojun and others to arrive at Gusong Ridge before they can take action!

    At six o'clock in the morning, the sky was already getting slightly brighter. Li Guoyao finally received a telegram from Xie Baojun and others. They had arrived at Gusong Ridge, and the troops were building an ambush position.

    At this moment, Li Guoyao no longer hesitated and ordered his troops to take action immediately to seize Jincheng!

    Following Li Guoyao's order, more than 11,000 men of the 177th Division immediately took action!

    Zhang Tengjiao personally led a main regiment plus some artillery and cavalry and rushed to Zezhou, while Li Guoyao personally directed the battle in the direction of Jincheng!

    Since the position of the large force was exactly between Jincheng and Zezhou, the two troops arrived at the attack position almost at the same time and launched the attack!

    The siege was very sudden, especially for the Japanese and puppet troops in Jincheng!

    At seven o'clock in the morning, a cavalry unit suddenly arrived at the Dongheqiao stronghold outside the city. The other party was wearing the standard uniform of the Imperial Army. They also wore tall horses unique to the Imperial Army of Japan. The leader turned out to be an Army Colonel.  .

    This frightened the Japanese soldiers at the Dongheqiao stronghold. They called the garrison headquarters in Jincheng City to report the situation. The garrison team leader at the stronghold brought people out to inquire about the situation.

    "However, what these little devils didn't expect was that after they came out, the cavalry suddenly broke out to hurt people and launched an attack on them.

    The battle only lasted less than three minutes, and all the more than 40 Japanese and puppet troops in the Dongheqiao stronghold were wiped out, and then the main force of the national army went straight to Jincheng City.

    Although the battle at the Donghe Bridge stronghold lasted only a few minutes, it was only two or three kilometers away from Jincheng, so it was inevitable that the defenders of Jincheng would be alarmed.

    Therefore, when Li Guoyao's troops arrived in Jincheng, they found that the Japs in the city were ready for battle, and even the main force was already lined up in the outer positions outside Jincheng, waiting for them.

    Li Guoyao didn¡¯t even think about a surprise attack. He immediately ordered the troops to set up their positions and quickly entered the battle!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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