At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Shunping County, Harada Shaozuo was reporting to the brigade commander on the bad situation he was facing, and asked for support to break the situation as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty General, I'm sorry to say that the losses that can be determined at present include two strongholds and a reinforced squadron!"
"If the garrison at Nanzhuang stronghold does not have time to withdraw, there will be only more than 300 imperial troops left in Shunping. Even the county seat cannot be defended, and there is no force to take care of the outside of the city!"
"I have just received intelligence: all three main battalions of the Duer Regiment have launched an attack!"
"They probably want to take advantage of the lack of troops in the Shunping Imperial Army to attack our town offices and police stations in various places and disrupt our occupied areas!"
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"Please ask the brigade commander to immediately send troops to reinforce our unit... It is best to support our unit with an aircraft, find the main force of the Duer Regiment, attack them from the air, and reduce the losses of our army!"
Before Harada could finish speaking, the brigade commander's curse rang out in the receiver: "Bagaya Road... What do you do for food... A reinforced brigade was defeated by the Duer Regiment that had just lost the battle, and they didn't even have the strength to fight back. None, it is simply a shame for our Hebei garrison!"
"Aviation is impossible, don't even think about it..."
"There is only one aviation group in Hebei, and there are only two aviation squadrons that can participate in the battle... Aviation support is needed everywhere on the battlefield. Your opponent only has one regiment, and it has not yet reached the point where aviation support is necessary!"
"I will order the brigade's rapid response brigade to march quickly to reinforce you, and then transfer a cavalry squadron from the cavalry brigade to help you stabilize the situation and drive the Duer Regiment into the mountains again!"
"The front army has just replenished our 5,000 recruits who are still undergoing adaptive training and will not be ready for combat in ten days!"
"Our new round of sweeps against the Duer Regiment is initially scheduled to start in fifteen days!"
"Shunping County must prepare in advance to sweep away all food supplies for the troops!"
Harada Shaozuo's mood suddenly improved.
In his eyes, the rapid reaction brigade is much more useful than the aviation force.
Although the aviation force can quickly rush to the battlefield and launch attacks from the air, the Duer Regiment has no power to fight back, but after all, the aviation force is numerous and the attack power is limited.
Once the Eighth Route Army is dispersed, the damage caused by aviation to them will drop to zero.
Although the rapid reaction brigade reached Junpei a little slower than the aviation force, they had cars to travel, so they were only an hour or two slower than the aviation force.
There are more than a thousand troops, including not only a full infantry brigade, but also a mountain artillery squadron. Together with the cavalry squadron that came with them, as long as the Duer Regiment had the courage not to retreat, he would be sure to annihilate them all in Shunping.
Immediately pledged into the microphone: "Please rest assured, brigade commander, I promise to complete the mission..."
Putting down the phone, he gave a joyful order: "Your Excellency, the brigade commander, has decided to send a rapid brigade and a cavalry squadron to reinforce us... If the speed is fast enough, we can kill them in more than two hours!"
"We must provide enough intelligence support to allow them to accurately find the Duer Regiment and eliminate them!"
"Immediately mobilize all our intelligence personnel to determine the specific locations of the units of the Duer Regiment!"
"Send out all the remaining scouts in the county...the more the better...if the imperial army is not enough, use the imperial alliance army to gather together and scout the locations of the companies of the Duer Regiment together!"
At the Nanzhuang stronghold, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed here never received the order to retreat.
Just when they were also troubled by the fact that the phone line was cut off, the main force of the first battalion appeared...
"The enemy is attacking...there is the Eighth Route Army outside the stronghold...preparing to fight..." The squadron leader stood guard on the top of the gun tower, holding up a telescope with trembling hands to observe the opponent. Cold sweat came out of his forehead like rain, and he pulled it while watching. Roaring filial piety.
"Sir...the enemy has infantry artillery..." a second lieutenant reminded with fear on his face.
Today's little devils are no longer comparable to the old devils three or four years ago. Not only are their combat effectiveness much worse, their will to fight is not as firm as before.
Fighting against the wind under the cover of aircraft and artillery, each one is more powerful than the other.
When you really encounter a strong enemy, when faced with a big battle that is doomed to fail, you rarely see the fearless state of fear before, and instead you see a face full of fear...
Just like the second lieutenant at this moment.
"BaGeYaLu, why are you panicking..." The squadron leader immediately cursed with a look of disdain.
"You are the squad leader and an officer. The warriors below are all staring at you... No matter how scared you are, you can't show it!"
"Calm down and let me see how brave you were before..."
"The troops will evacuate the stronghold immediately. If it is blown down, everyone will be buried in the rubble..."
"We use our surface positions to defend our stronghold!"
"Although the news that we were attacked could not spread, judging from the county seat's reminder to us to step up our guard, they have already guessed that we will be attacked!"
"Now that the phone line is cut off and the two sides have lost contact, they will definitely judge that we have been attacked and send troops to reinforce us!"
"As long as we hold on to our stronghold and persist until the reinforcements arrive, victory will belong to us..."
The squadron leader ran out of the stronghold just as he finished his last words. Dozens of his subordinates rushed out of the stronghold, carrying four light and heavy machine guns, accounting for 30% of all the light and heavy machine guns in the stronghold.
If all these subordinates and equipment were buried in the turret by infantry artillery, the defensive strength of the stronghold would be weakened by more than 30% in an instant.
Just when he breathed a sigh of relief and was about to lead his troops into the fried noodles position, seven mortar shells hit them directly. The squadron leader bore the brunt, and a shell hit right next to him.
The whole person flew directly from the ground, and the shell fragments penetrated into his body like rain. The heartbreaking pain quickly spread throughout his body, and then the whole person lost consciousness.
When he landed, a living person had turned into a corpse.
"Start attacking..." Huang Yu ordered with excitement on his face outside the stronghold!
Since the troops launched their attack, all four battles have been carried out as planned.
After fighting the current battle, the first battalion's combat mission was completed.
In Baoding City, the rapid response brigade dispatched by the brigade commander is gathering.
Compared with Shunping County's rapid response squadron, they have more troops and several times more heavy equipment. They need to mobilize more than 80 various personnel carriers.
Because they had not prepared in advance, they had to prepare for more than half an hour after receiving the order to dispatch troops.
At the brigade headquarters, Major General Miyamoto was studying the map with a sullen face, his eyes never leaving Junpei...
"General... the rapid response brigade is ready to attack... the cavalry squadron is also ready to go!" A telephone soldier ran to Miyamoto to report.
Major General Miyamoto couldn't wait any longer and blurted out the order: "Let them set off immediately and march quickly to reinforce Junpei... Go to the county first, find out the enemy's situation, and then attack the Duer Regiment..."
"During the march, the rapid brigade and the cavalry squadron must march as a group and are not allowed to separate their troops for any reason..."
"The new leader of the Duer Regiment gave us a wake-up call when he took office. This should not be underestimated. We must not suffer losses by underestimating the enemy!"
