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Chapter 1,429: Battle of Saibei (8)

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    The battle on the front line is still going on. It started on May 18 and has been fought for two days and two nights in a row. When the sun rises, the third day of fighting begins.

    In the past two days, Lu Ding'an's headquarters has withdrawn more than 1,800 corpses from the forward position, and there are more than 1,500 wounded.

    From the main regiment to the regimental commander and down to the soldiers, a field infantry regiment of more than 2,500 people now has only 800 people left, and the second regiment has also suffered more than half of its casualties. At this time, only three regiments still have combat effectiveness.

    Therefore, today¡¯s attack is mainly based on the three regiments!

    The casualties were heavy, but the results were also very good. After two days of bloody battles, the troops had reached Wanquan County.

    Today there are only the last few lines of defense left. As long as these lines of defense are taken, the troops can reach Wanquan County.

    The battle started at seven o'clock in the morning and lasted until five o'clock in the afternoon. After suffering huge casualties of nearly two thousand people, Lu Ding'an's troops finally captured Anjingbao Town to the west of Wanquan City. The next target was the town outside Wanquan City.  Perimeter line of defense.

    At five o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Ding'an arrived outside Wanquan City with more than 4,000 main troops and launched an offensive stance.

    In the city, the Japanese garrison headquarters.

    "Your Excellency, the division commander, the army has arrived outside the city and is preparing to attack!"

    After hearing the report from the combat staff, Lieutenant General Harada Kumakichi showed a smile and asked Minetaro Yoshida on the side: "Yoshida-kun, how many casualties do you think the troops/those have suffered in the past few days?"

    "A conservative estimate is between 8,000 and 10,000 people!" Yoshida Minetaro said.

    Harada Xiongji nodded and said: "Hey, the news from outside the city is that the army that has arrived at Wanquan has more than 4,000 people. It seems that the 177th Division under Li Guoyao is nothing more than that!"

    Then Harada Kumayoshi said loudly: "Order: The tank regiment, the 220 regiment, the 221 regiment, the division artillery regiment, and the cavalry regiment are ready for an assault. After the three rounds of attacks by the army outside the city, immediately attack  Fight back!¡±

    "Hai!"

    ?¡­

    "Boom boom boom"

    The battle started again. Unlike the 35th Division who was recuperating behind them, the soldiers of the 8th Brigade who were fighting alone in the front didn't look good.

    In the past few days, it was their mixed brigade plus two regiments of puppet troops that had fought against Lu Ding'an's troops. Lu Ding'an's troops had suffered heavy losses, and they were also having a hard time.

    The puppet troops of those two regiments had already been completely lost. At this time, only two remnant brigades of the eighth brigade were left to carry out the attack of the ninth army.

    In the outer positions outside Wanquan City, more than 1,500 Japanese troops strictly guarded the defense line, while not far opposite them, thousands of Chinese soldiers were gathering.

    The westward sun cast a golden coat over the entire battlefield, but no one was admiring such a beautiful scenery, and the expressions on everyone's faces were tense.

    Lu Ding'an and others did not know that the Japanese troops in Wanquan City had received reinforcements. In his opinion, after these few days of crazy attacks, there were not many Japs left at this time, and there were more than a thousand people left.

    ????????????????? But they still had more than 4,300 people after discarding the wounded, and their strength was at least three times that of the Japs. Therefore, the entire first brigade, from the brigade commander Lu Ding'an to the ordinary soldiers, were determined to capture Wanquan County.

    However, what Lu Dingan and others did not expect was that the first and second attacks were quickly repelled by the Japs, and they had no choice but to prepare for the third attack.

    "Boom boom boom"

    "Da da da"

    The third offensive of the Ninth Army began, with artillery bombardment as usual, followed by an infantry charge.

    Facing the main force of up to two battalions, the Japanese army was under tremendous pressure.

    At this time, there were less than a thousand defenders left in the Japanese position. After three days and two nights of fighting, the Japanese army caused huge damage to Lu Ding'an's troops, almost crippling two of Lu Ding'an's main regiments.  , and also consumed nearly 30 tons of ammunition from Lu Ding'an's headquarters.

    However, killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000, the 8th Independent Brigade suffered considerable losses. Only two of the five independent infantry brigades were left intact at this time, and the 8th Independent Brigade was originally  As the backbone of the expanded three-unit division, most of the troops are veterans.

    At present, more than 4,000 people were lost at once, which made the brigade leader Yoshida Minetaro and others feel a sense of pain.

    But there is no other way, the official level is crushing people to death. Faced with Harada Kumakichi¡¯s order, Yoshida Minetaro and others can only execute it.

    The remaining more than a thousand people have been fighting the national army for three days and two nights., everyone was exhausted. Facing this crazy attack by the national army, they seemed a little unable to withstand it, and the entire position was crumbling.

    Major Yamada, the captain in charge of commanding operations on the front line, had to call the brigade headquarters to ask for support!

    "Ring ring ring"

    In Wanquan City, the phone on the desk of the headquarters rang.

    The chief of staff of the Eighth Independent Brigade hurriedly picked up the phone: "Moxi Moxi, headquarters, please speak!"

    "Sir, this is the forward headquarters. Yamada, a humble officer, is requesting reinforcements, requesting reinforcements!" Major Yamada's urgent voice came from the phone.

    At this time, the head of the 8th Independent Brigade, Yoshida Minetaro, looked a little ugly. He grabbed the phone and said directly: "Baga, there are more than 1,500 people in your unit, and you can't even survive three attacks by that person. I  Shame on you."

    "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the firepower of that group is too fierce. They have well-organized artillery and their infantry are not afraid of death. We really can't hold on any longer!"

    "idiot"

    Yoshida Minetaro¡¯s heart was bleeding at this time. The more than a thousand people outside the city were the only remaining troops of his brigade. If they were all lost outside the city, I¡¯m afraid he would only be a mere commander.

    So, having said this, Yoshida Minetaro turned his attention to Harada Kumakichi.

    Feeling the pleading of Major General Yoshida, Harada Kumayoshi nodded and said: "Let the troops on the front line hold on for another five minutes, and order the troops hidden in the city to attack immediately, defeat the troops in front of them in one fell swoop, and then kill them at their headquarters!"  "

    "Hai!"

    ?¡­

    At this time, in the front-line positions outside the city, the Chinese soldiers saw the Japanese troops being beaten and retreating steadily. The troops in front had already rushed into the enemy's trenches, and they all cheered warmly.

    In siege warfare, the most difficult thing is not to break into the city, but to break through the enemy's first line of defense.

    As long as you take down the opponent's first line of defense, it will be like a flood that bursts the embankment. The small hole will soon turn into a big hole, and then leak out thousands of miles.

    But just when they were about to work harder and rush directly into Wanquan County, they suddenly found that the gate of Wanquan County suddenly opened, and then hundreds of tanks rushed out, followed by a large number of infantry, towards the frontline National Army troops.  Rushed up.

    Caught off guard, the charging troops were caught off guard. The soldiers of the two battalions were quickly defeated in the face of this steel torrent.

    What¡¯s even more frightening is that these Japanese soldiers seemed to have been prepared. Thousands of troops did not stop after repelling the attack of the national army at the front. Instead, they took the initiative to rush towards the national army¡¯s defense line.

    After being shocked, Lu Dingan immediately reported the situation to the division headquarters and asked for support.

    However, when the division headquarters received the telegram from Lu Ding'an, they ordered the entire brigade to retreat immediately, regardless of baggage and ammunition, and even the artillery equipment, and the entire army was immediately withdrawn to the Gaomiaozi area.

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