New regiment headquarters. Zhong
Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported: "Commander, the other two attacking troops reported that the Japanese resistance of the 10th Division has weakened."
Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of Wang Xikui and Wang Yousheng's reports, and seemed to have thought of something in his expression.
His eyes narrowed slightly: "No, the 10th Division is going to escape!"
Zhao Gang stared at the map and analyzed: "In my opinion, the Japanese are going to give up on this raid."
"With the withdrawal of the 10th Division, the gap to the east will be opened. Our new regiment and the people in the area can completely escape from the enemy's encirclement."
"For the Japanese, there is no point in fighting this battle any longer."
Not only Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, but also Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo also thought of this level. Zhong
There was a relieved smile on his expression.
The Japs from five divisions plus more than 20,000 puppet troops put a lot of pressure on the three regiments in northwestern Shanxi.
If the situation goes wrong, the three regiments in northwestern Shanxi will be surrounded by the Japanese from the five divisions.
Fortunately, the New Regiment withstood the pressure of the 10th Division and almost counterattacked to the Heyuan County seat of the Japanese frontline headquarters.
However, the new regiment and the people in the area still wanted to retreat.
Because the New Regiment also suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment also suffered a lot of casualties. Once the Japs from the other four divisions encircled them and the 10th Division killed one of them, it would be bad.
"Chief of Staff Wang, your staff department should immediately estimate how many Japs are left in the 10th Division?" Zhong
Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and asked.
"It has been estimated." Wang Dehou said, "The 10th Division has four infantry regiments, the 8th and 33rd Brigade, and one regiment each of cavalry, engineering, baggage, and artillery, plus the 40th Division The 237th Regiment has a total of 9 regiments with nearly 30,000 people. Currently, each regiment has suffered losses. According to the number of enemy annihilations reported by each attacking force to the regiment headquarters of more than 16,000 people, it can be roughly inferred that the total number of enemies of the 10th Division is There are still about 13,000 troops left.”
Li Yunlong asked: "How many troops do we have left?"
Wang Dehou then added: "Including the sixth and seventh battalions in the outer divisions, we still have about 20,000 people in total."
Li Yunlong carefully calculated that the casualties of the new regiment in this battle were estimated to be 4,000.
The Japanese casualties were 4 times the casualties of the New Regiment!
In fact, in the defensive battle, the casualties of the New Regiment were not very large, while the 10th Division suffered heavy casualties in the offensive. Zhong
"Old Li, do you want to annihilate the 10th Division?" Zhao Gang asked with a sudden look on his face.
As Li Yunlong's partner, Zhao Gang knew what he wanted to do as soon as Li Yunlong raised his butt.
As soon as Li Yunlong said that the 10th Division was going to escape, Zhao Gang knew that Li Yunlong wanted to completely annihilate the 10th Division.
"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded, "Our division's Sixth and Seventh Battalions are already at Baozi Mountain, cutting off the 10th Division's retreat to the south. The 2nd Independent Brigade has cut off the 10th Division's northward retreat at Maying Mountain. A way out."
"As long as we move fast enough and catch up all the way, we have a chance to wipe out the 10th Division!"
Chen Feng, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou all came over, listening to Li Yunlong's words and staring at the map.
"But the problem now is." Zhao Gang frowned, "Our military strength is still relatively small. Excluding the sixth and seventh battalions of the division, our current strength is more than 16,000 people." Zhong
"The 10th Division must be retreating towards Taiyuan, and troops from Taiyuan will definitely be sent to respond."
"Moreover, once we catch up with the 10th Division and start a fierce battle with the 10th Division, the other four divisions will quickly surround us."
"At that time, our new regiment may be surrounded by Japanese troops on all sides."
Li Yunlong listened to Zhao Gang's analysis and nodded.
He actually didn't want to let the 10th Division go, but it was indeed difficult for the new regiment to completely annihilate the 10th Division.
because new
After more than half a month of fighting in one regiment, the soldiers were quite tired, and even the reserve teams of the two battalions in the division went to the battlefield.
By that time, the Japs of the 10th Division will gather together to fight the new group, instead of being divided into three parts as they are now. It will be even more difficult to completely annihilate the 10th Division. Zhong
Moreover, Zhao Gang did not say anything yet. If the 10th Division and the main force of the New Regiment join forces, rescue troops will definitely be sent in the directions of Yangquan and Taiyuan.
"Consultant Chen." Li Yunlong looked at Chen Feng and asked, "Has our new group completed the business this time?"
If the business was not completed, then Li Yunlong would definitely catch up and kill him even if he tried his best.
In a word, Captain Li will not do a loss-making business.
After spending so much effort, sacrificing and injuring so many soldiers, but not completing the business, Li Yunlong was not willing to accept it.
Chen Feng withdrew his eyes from the system and said: "Logically speaking, the business was not completed this time, and it did not reach the level of severely damaging or defeating the 10th Division. However, this time the counter-mopping operation, due to the counterattack of your new regiment, was very difficult. It may force the enemy to retreat, which can be regarded as winning this anti-mopping operation. In this battle, your new regiment can obtain 2,000 tons of weapons and ammunition."
This time, the New Regiment did defeat the Japanese 10th Division and made the Japanese army's mopping up attack in northwestern Shanxi go bankrupt. Zhong
However, a little more than half of the Japs in the 10th Division were annihilated. The 10th Division took the initiative to retreat and did not reach the point of serious damage or defeat.
If it was the Japanese second-line division, a little more than one-half of the Japanese troops were killed, and they only had more than 500 tons of weapons and ammunition at most.
But this is the 10th Division, a Japanese Class A division, so the prices are naturally different.
Of course, if it is a heavy damage or defeat, there will be a price of 3,000 tons of weapons and ammunition.
Li Yunlong looked slightly happy and asked casually. He didn't expect that there were actually weapons and ammunition, and there were 2,000 tons of weapons and ammunition.
Even if 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition are handed over to the headquarters, the new regiment can still keep 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition.
And 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition can equip 15,000 troops. Zhong
This business earned the Eighth Route Army weapons and ammunition for 30,000 people, which was very profitable.
At that moment, Li Yunlong laughed and said, "When doing business with Consultant Chen, you must be open-minded. If the 10th Division comes again next time, you won't be so lucky!"
After this battle, the new regiment can expand to a main force of more than 10,000 people on the basis of the original.
By then, the new regiment will have more than 35,000 men, its combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced, and it will also have a 203mm heavy howitzer.
At that time, Li Yunlong will have to think about attacking Taiyuan.
After all, Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan with only one division. When the force exceeds one army, he would not dare to attack Peiping?
Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou also expressed their gratitude to Li Yunlong. Zhong
"You're welcome," Chen Feng said with a slight smile on his face, "You Xinyi Tuan deserve this."
Chen Feng also didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of this new group was stronger than he imagined, and it was still a bit ridiculously strong.
This battle was important to the bloody fighting and reasonable tactics of the soldiers, as well as the tactical command capabilities of Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, but it was also inseparable from the weapons and ammunition provided by Chen Feng.
According to Chen Feng's estimation, the current combat effectiveness of the new regiment should be stronger than the elite troops of the Volunteer Army.
Then, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and said, "Chief of Staff, immediately order all attacking units to speed up the attack. We cannot allow the Japanese from the 10th Division to escape happily."
"Yes!" Wang Dehou straightened up.
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Two hours later.
Heyuan County.
Looking at Major General Saburo Miura, Lieutenant Colonel Ohno Binio and Colonel Eisuke Suzuki lying on the stretcher, no longer breathing.
Ishikawa Jiro's right hand tightly grasped the handle of the Lieutenant General's sword, with an angry expression. At this moment, he wanted to kill someone.
A major general, colonel and lieutenant general were actually broken into pieces!
Lieutenant General Tanabe Moritake on the side also had a gloomy expression.
Not long ago, Major General Miura Saburo and Major General Okada Motoharu came to the division headquarters for a meeting. They didn't expect to see Miura Saburo again. He was already loyal to His Majesty Tianhao. Zhong
"What's going on?" Ishikawa Jiro asked in a deep voice.
"Reporting to the division commander!" A captain of the 8th Brigade replied in a cautious tone, "The brigade headquarters encountered a sniper on the way into the county town!"
"Where's the sniper?" Jiro Ishikawa's eyes seemed to be spitting out fire. "Did the sniper catch or kill him? The position where the 8th-route sniper fired should not be far away, right?"
"After the Eighth Route snipers finished firing, the new Eighth Route Army regiment's artillery shells came towards us." The captain said, "By the time the Eighth Route bombardment was over, the Eighth Route snipers had already escaped!"
Hearing that the Eighth Route Army sniper who killed Miura Saburo escaped, Ishikawa Jiro became even more furious.
He whipped out the lieutenant general's sword and wanted to kill the captain with one strike. Tanabe Moritake and Asada Ryoichi were shocked and quickly grabbed his hand and took the command sword away from him.
"Baga!" Zhong
Although the sword was taken away, Ishikawa Jiro was still exposed.
He slapped the captain on the face. Unsatisfied with the slap, he kicked him with his backhand and kicked the captain away.
But after all, the captain was battle-hardened and had a tough physique. With a slap and a kick, he quickly got up from the ground like a normal person, walked to Ishikawa Jiro, and said "Hi" loudly.
Ishikawa Erlang was about to continue fighting, but the communications staff hurried over and reported to Ishikawa Erlang:
"Reporting to the division commander, the 8th Brigade left a radio signal to block the 8th Route New Regiment's troops, and has lost contact with the division headquarters!"
"Nani?" Ishikawa Jiro's expression changed.
The two squadrons fought tooth and nail to hold off the Eighth Route New Regiment for two hours at the cost of their entire team? Zhong
In more than two hours at most, the attacking troops of the New Eighth Route Regiment may be approaching the gates of Heyuan County.
In that case, the situation would be very bad.
Taking a deep breath, Ishikawa Erlang loudly ordered: "Immediately give an order to Asada-kun and Okada-kun, order them to move to Taiyuan immediately, and do not come to Heyuan County to join the division and regiment headquarters. Order the division and regiment headquarters and field hospital in Heyuan County to immediately Transfer to Taiyuan!"
"Hi!" The communications captain lowered his head suddenly.
