The little devils on the northern front finally understood that the man who caused heavy losses to the imperial army in successive raids was none other than the Chinese lunatic.
But didn’t you go back to Bengbu? If you don't stay on the southern front to fight, what are you going to do on the northern front?
Did you hear the clamor of the Japanese Imperial Army on the northern front?
Before, the Japanese on the northern front did say that if Duanwu had fought on the northern front, he would have been wiped out by his second group army long ago. It was just Duanwu and could be wiped out with a wave of his hand.
So at this time, the Japanese on the northern front thought that perhaps they were getting retribution for bragging.
But there are also Japanese who think this is an opportunity. After all, if they can kill that Dragon Boat Festival, the reward will be huge.
Of course, no matter what, the little devil took it seriously this time. In order to encircle and suppress the Dragon Boat Festival supervision team, they need more troops.
So Juichi Terauchi, the soul figure of the Japanese Second Army, ordered to move the Chaoxian Division to the frontal battlefield on the northern front, and dispatched the Japanese Fourth Division to reinforce the Chaoxian Division.
The two brigades of the Japanese Fifth Division, together with the Imperial Japanese Army, used their full strength to deal with the Dragon Boat Festival Supervision Corps.
Itataheng Seishiro immediately started to operate after receiving the order. He ordered all planned reinforcements to stop and rest. Because he has realized that the combat effectiveness of the Supervisory Corps in Dragon Boat Festival is very strong, and a few reinforcements are just killing people.
Moreover, the Dragon Boat Festival Supervisory Corps has anti-aircraft weapons, and the bombing of aircraft will be greatly restricted. What's more, it was getting late at this time, which was not suitable for bombing.
Therefore, Seishiro Itada decided to conduct a high-altitude bombing of Feicheng on the next day.
Although the hit rate of this kind of bombing is very low, it is still much better than the Empire's planes being shot down one after another.
And this time they didn't get nothing from the Feicheng bombing. At least the Japanese arsenal left in Feicheng was bombed.
The little devils had been worried that the Dragon Boat Festival troops would become more difficult to deal with after getting this weapon, so this was a worry for them.
But they also didn't want to think about it. If the supervision team discovered this arsenal, wouldn't they transfer the weapons and equipment inside?
But the little devil was so simple-minded that he thought that since the arsenal had been bombed, everything would be fine.
Of course, in addition to blowing up the arsenal in Feicheng, the little Japanese did not lie down, but did two things in a very short period of time.
The first thing is to order Xiongchuan outside Feicheng City, that is, the 11th Japanese Regiment, as the fifth division, to keep an eye on the supervision team in the city.
The second thing was to send spies to investigate the scattered departments of the Dragon Boat Festival Supervision Corps.
In other words, the successive huge losses had made the little devil realize that the Dragon Boat Festival supervision team did not act together, but divided the troops into several groups. One way to attack the city, and another way or several ways to provide reinforcements.
And they also realized that the Dragon Boat Festival supervision team was quite large in number. Because if the number of people is small, it is simply impossible to attack the city and send reinforcements at the same time.
Therefore, the little devils sent a large number of spies to investigate the Dragon Boat Festival Supervision Corps.
Therefore, the battle between the Dragon Boat Festival and the Japanese Fifth Division has not yet begun. In the dark, a secret battle has already been staged.
The comrades of the underground party intercepted the news that a large number of spies were dispatched, and conveyed it to the higher-level organization, and the higher-level organization immediately decided to destroy the plan of the Japanese spies and protect the Dragon Boat Festival Supervision Corps from the side.
This is a combat force with extremely strong combat effectiveness. It goes deep alone and dares to confront the Japanese invaders in the enemy's hinterland. It can be said that if this is an underground party force, it will definitely protect it. Because it is so powerful, it can attack cities and plunder territory without any disadvantages, and the speed of annihilating the Japanese army is even more staggering. Even many underground party officers couldn't believe that the rumors were true.
Because if they were to ambush the Japanese army, they would not dare to try it easily unless the enemy had three times the strength.
The little devil is famous for his good marksmanship and rich combat experience. Often, a battalion of the underground party may not be able to capture an infantry squad of the other party.
Moreover, even if this Japanese squad is completely annihilated, the underground party troops will suffer extremely serious losses.
Of course, there is no way around this, because the military strength between the two is too different.
Therefore, it is precisely because of this that the underground party wants to keep the supervision team in Dragon Boat Festival, and even dispatches local troops to rescue them if necessary.
Therefore, under the orders of the superior organization, the underground party's latent personnel launched a plan to eliminate these spies.
Because eliminating hidden spies will be of great benefit to the underground party without any harm.
It's just that the little devils are not really all a bunch of losers. While the underground party was taking action, they also discovered that the underground party was stumbling upon them, so the little devils also launched operations against the underground party.
So during this night, gunshots were heard everywhere from Tai'an to Ningyang County, to Feicheng, Pingyin and other vast areas.
Of course, Dragon Boat Festival was not idle that night. He successfully trapped the 11th Japanese Regiment and quickly withdrew from Feicheng.
The old Japs in Xiongchuan suffered heavy losses again. After being ambushed by the Dragon Boat Festival, there were only less than two squadrons of Japs left out of the original three squadrons. If he had not fought against the Supervisory Corps before, he knew how powerful the Supervisory Corps was. I am afraid that at this time It's already cold.
But although he escaped alive, he lost track of the supervision team.
Kumagawa reported the incident to Itahashi Seishiro, but was scolded again. And he was ordered to find the missing supervision team, otherwise he would wait to commit seppuku!
So Xiong Chuan took his remaining defeated soldiers, divided them into multiple teams, and continued to search for traces of the Dragon Boat Festival near Feicheng.
At the same time, the main force of the Dragon Boat Festival was advancing westward. His goal is Ping Yin.
The location of Pingyin is very good. It is on the edge of the Japanese Fifth Division, and more than 150 kilometers to the west is the defense area of the Second Theater.
Although the second theater was not easy at this time, overall, it was better than Duanwu Duzi facing the entire fifth division of the Japanese army.
Duan Wu really wanted to get rid of the Fifth Division, but if he faced it hard, he would definitely be looking for death. The fifth division of the Japanese army has nearly 30,000 people, even excluding those puppet soldiers and Japanese soldiers.
And with so many Japanese and puppet troops, the Dragon Boat Festival is really a bit difficult to deal with.
But it couldn't be done from the front. Dragon Boat Festival could do it from the side. After a series of operations, the four infantry brigades and nearly an infantry regiment of the Little Devils' fifth division were inexplicably eaten up by the Dragon Boat Festival, and This does not include those puppet army traitors.
Therefore, the enemy's strength does not mean it is invincible. The method used by Dragon Boat Festival at this time is cannibalization.
The enemy is too powerful. If you confront them head-on, you are definitely looking for death. But it's impossible for all your troops to be together, right? If you all gather together in such a large defense area, then you don't have to defend it. Outside the defense area, your enemy can occupy it at any time.
Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival used a frontal attack to find soft persimmons, and then ambushed troops to reinforce them, and achieved quite good results.
Moreover, after losing the strength of an infantry brigade, the Japanese in Pingyin also became what Duanwu said was a soft persimmon.
In addition, the intelligence sent back by Ma Pingan said that the Japs in Pingyin probably only had less than two infantry brigades left. This made Duanwu even more determined to attack Pingyin County and then give the Japanese Fifth Division A heavy blow!
(End of chapter)
