Direct Line 217 Regiment
"Regiment leader, there are more than 2,000 Japs and traitors in Anhua County who are urgently mobilized." A staff officer of the 217th Regiment came quickly to report to the head of the direct 217th Regiment.
"There are more than 2,000 Japs and traitors in Anhua County who are urgently mobilized?" The leader of the 217 regiment paused, "What's wrong? Could it be that the enemies in Anhua County are going to launch a new round of attack on us?"
"No, they drove in the direction of Heyuan County. It seems that they are reinforcing Heyuan County." the staff member replied.
"Reinforce Heyuan County?" The leader of the 217th regiment thought thoughtfully, "There seems to be an encirclement and suppression campaign in Heyuan County recently, right?"
"Yes, a regiment of the 18th Army provoked Ichiro Hirata. Ichiro Hirata mobilized more than 3,000 Japanese traitors to encircle and suppress him. Now it seems that Ichiro Hirata's encirclement and suppression campaign failed, so Ichiro Hirata asked for help again." Staff Officer answer.
"That shouldn't be the case. There don't seem to be many people in the Eighth Route Army. Ichiro Hirata, who has more than 3,000 people, can't win, so he's still asking for reinforcements?" the leader of the 217th regiment questioned.
"It may be that there are other troops on the Tubal Road to reinforce the war, such as the 386th Brigade." The staff judge judged, "Ichiro Hirata probably wants to destroy the 386th Brigade. Otherwise, how could the Japanese army mobilize troops so frantically? Heyuan County jurisdiction."
The 217th Regiment is a bit far away from Heyuan County, and is blocked by enemy-occupied areas. The transmission of this information is not as fast as that of the 358th Regiment.
The situation of the enemy can only be judged from subjective intentions.
"Well, that makes sense." The leader of the 217 regiment agreed and said, "Can we intercept the Japanese traitors in Anhua County immediately?
"Regiment leader, the theater commander's department has issued repeated orders to cooperate with the 18th Group Army in combat, and it must have written permission from the commander's department..." the staff officer said.
"I am not cooperating with the Eighteenth Group Army in fighting, but the Japs and traitors in Anhua County usually hide in their strongholds and do not come out, so it is difficult for us to deal with them. Now that they have come out, it is a good opportunity to deal with them." 217 The group leader said.
Although the 217th Regiment belongs to the direct line of battle, the supply of weapons and materials is not sufficient.
The war situation across the country is now unfavorable, and everything is tight.
Even for their direct army, the logistics supply is often unable to meet the needs.
Weapons are not in supply and there are not enough artillery shells, so it is impossible to storm the strongholds of the Japanese and traitors.
"Team, it's still too late. They set out secretly at night. They moved too fast and couldn't catch up." The staff officer replied.
"Since we can't intercept them, let's make preparations." The leader of the 217 regiment slammed his fist on the table. "You should immediately find out the deployment of troops to various strongholds in Anhua County. While their defenses are empty, we will seize the time to attack. I will immediately follow Contact me at the top to ask for a fight.”
"yes."
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321st Regiment of Jinsui Army
"Regiment seat, regiment seat, urgent military situation." The deputy commander of the 321st regiment rushed over to report to the 321st regiment leader, "The Japanese army in Quan County has mobilized two squadrons, and there are also half a brigade of puppet troops."
"What, did the Japanese army in Quan County dispatch two squadrons?" The leader of the 321st regiment was very surprised.
He didn't pay any attention to the half brigade of puppet troops.
What he really regarded as a powerful enemy was the Japanese squadron.
A Japanese squadron is as capable as a National Army regiment.
Two Japanese squadrons can defeat half a brigade of the Chinese army.
But now, the Japanese army in Quan County actually dispatched two squadrons at once.
If they come for the 321st Regiment, this will be a big problem.
Seeing the surprised look of the 321 regiment leader, the deputy commander explained: "But the Japanese traitors who were dispatched did not come towards us, but went in the direction of Heyuan County."
"You went to Heyuan County?" The leader of the 321 regiment was stunned when he heard this, "Are you sure you went to Heyuan County?"
"Guanzu, I have also received some news. Not only the Japanese traitors in Quan County have been mobilized, but also the Japanese traitors in Ping'an County and Anhua County have mobilized a large number of Japanese traitors. They are all heading toward Heyuan County. Come on over." The deputy leader replied, "Looking like this, it should be the Tubal Road in Heyuan County that is doing something big."
There is no Nationalist Army team in Heyuan County, only the 18th Group Army team.
"Will Tubal Road make a big move?" The leader of the 321 regiment asked, "Aren't they just wandering around without attacking? Do they dare to make a big move?!"
The national army looked down upon Tubal Road's guerrilla tactics at all, and always slandered Tubal Road for wandering without attacking.
"That's not clear." The deputy commander shook his head, "We are not familiar with the Heyuan County side. There is no national army there, so it is probably only Tubal Road."
"We don't care what happens over there in Heyuan County, just focus on the present." The leader of the 321st regiment said decisively, "Before, we were oppressed a lot by the Japs in Quan County, but now they have transferred two squadrons, then There are not many Japanese troops left behind, and as for the Japanese soldiers, they are even less worth mentioning."
"Captain, what do you mean, do we want to take advantage of the lack of defense in Quan County to attack?" The deputy commander was stunned. "After we fight, when the two Japanese squadrons supporting Heyuan County come back, they will definitely attack." …”
Before the deputy leader finished speaking, the leader of the 321st group interrupted: "What will happen? Will they definitely retaliate against us? Why don't we take advantage of their weak defenses and steal his home now, and wait for them to do what happened in Heyuan County?" It’s over, and they come back, will they be polite to us?”
The deputy leader remained silent.
"Moreover, I dare to say that the 358th Regiment and the 217th Regiment will definitely take advantage of the enemy's lack of defense on the opposite side to quickly seize the opportunity. If we don't move, we will be despised by them. Without credit, we will be embarrassed to follow. Commander Yan is applying for strategic supplies." The 321st regiment leader added, "You should immediately summon all the officers at the battalion level and above. I will convene an emergency military meeting immediately."
"Yes!" The deputy leader ran away quickly.
"What happened over there in Heyuan County?" The deputy commander ran to deliver the order. The 321 regiment leader's eyes fell on Heyuan County on the map. He muttered to himself, picked up the phone, and prepared to ask for instructions to go up to the peak first. .
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Wu Ze's prediction was not wrong at all.
More than 3,000 people including Ichiro Hirata were killed by Li Yunlong. Ichiro Hirata explained the situation to his superiors.
After Ichiro Hirata was scolded first, his superiors urgently mobilized troops from various places.
A total of 20,000 troops were mobilized from seven counties including Pingan County, Quan County, and Anhua County.
Among them, the total strength of the Japanese army almost reached a regiment.
A Japanese regiment could defeat one or two of Chiang Kai-shek's divisions on the frontal battlefield, and it was more than enough to deal with the 386th Brigade.
As for the more than 10,000 puppet soldiers, they are just an addition.
As soon as the Japs and traitors in these seven counties were mobilized, the defenses of many counties were lowered. The corresponding anti-Japanese teams immediately seized the rare fighter opportunities and decisively prepared to launch an attack.
