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    Speaking of this, Asakawa Teji swallowed his saliva and carefully looked at the face of Ushijima Mitsuru, who had not heard any good news except bad news after arriving at his wing headquarters. After hesitating for a moment, he still  Said: "In addition, the 44th Regiment has been fighting fiercely with Baoqing's defenders for two days and one night since yesterday's attack on the outskirts of Baoqing. The troops are already extremely tired. [.Com text]"

    "And because of the stubborn resistance of the enemy, the 44th Regiment suffered a lot of casualties. In just two days and one night, in order to complete the tasks assigned by the division commander as soon as possible, the 44th Regiment had done its best and suffered casualties.  Nearly one-third. Although the 44th Regiment has not yet been able to capture Baoqing County, your Excellency, I have to say that these warriors of the empire have tried their best."

    "With the 12th Regiment having lost its combat effectiveness, the 44th Regiment has to divide its forces to guard against enemy counterattacks on the front lines of Qixinghe and Jinshagang, and also adopt siege tactics against Baoqing County.  It is difficult to make ends meet. If the 43rd Regiment does not participate in the war, it will be difficult for the 44th Regiment to complete the mission of attacking Baoqing County alone. "

    "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I implore you that if you do not want the 43rd Regiment to enter the battlefield prematurely, you should at least mobilize part of the 43rd Regiment to take over our defense to the north. This will allow the 44th Regiment to deploy all  The troops are devoted to the siege of Baoqing County, so that the 44th Regiment can capture Baoqing in the shortest possible time. "

    Hearing that the division's regiments suffered heavy losses in this air raid, and even the division's chief of staff was killed, Ushijima Mitsuru frowned in dissatisfaction.  However, he did not immediately agree to Asakawa Tiji's request for the 43rd Regiment to enter the battlefield as soon as possible.  Reason told him that now was not the best time for the 43rd Regiment to attack.

    ¡°But Asakawa Taiji¡¯s analysis is not unreasonable in Ushijima Mitsuru¡¯s opinion.  The Forty-Fourth Regiment had to divide its troops to go north to guard, so its strength was indeed somewhat insufficient.  The most critical thing now is to capture Baoqing County as soon as possible in order to gain a solid support point in the current chaotic war situation and open the road from Baoqing to Jiamusi as soon as possible.  Under the situation where the defenders resisted tenaciously and the 44th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, it would be difficult for them alone to accomplish this goal within the prescribed requirements.

    After hesitating for a moment, Ushijima looked at Asakawa Teiji, who looked at him expectantly, and said: "Asakawa-kun, please immediately dispatch a capable man to organize the remaining members of the 12th Regiment in the shortest possible time.  Take over your enemy's defense on the Qixinghe front line in the north.

    "And you will vacate the Jiaxinzi front line and hand it over to the 43rd Regiment to take over your attack and carry out the task of opening up the road in Baoqing. Your 44th Regiment will all be transferred to the Dongguan front line to attack Baoqing County with all its strength.  And Dongguan. I'm giving you one day. If you can't win Baoqing County, you can do it yourself. Remember, this time tomorrow is your deadline."

    Lieutenant General Ushijima Mitsuru finally nodded and agreed that the 43rd Regiment, which had been waiting in hiding, would go south to join the battle and take over the 44th Regiment's attack on Nobuko's front line. Asakawa Tieji finally breathed a sigh of relief.  Although the casualties of the 44th Regiment were not as heavy as those of the current 12th Regiment, they were still to the point of breaking their muscles and bones.  The 43rd Regiment taking over Jia Xinzi's front-line offensive would at least greatly reduce the pressure on the 44th Regiment.

    While he was relieved, he felt even more pressured by the division commander's order to seize Baoqing County within twenty-four hours.  Even if the 43rd Regiment had taken away half of the pressure, looking at the current battle situation, Colonel Asakawa was not sure whether they could seize Baoqing County within 24 hours.

    Ushijima has no control over whether Asakawa Tiji is sure.  Mitsuru Ushijima, who looked calm on the surface but was actually disturbed by the current war situation, had no intention of talking nonsense with him.  After waving his hand to signal Colonel Asakawa to go out, Ushijima Mitsuru couldn't calm down.

    The defeat of the 12th Regiment in the direction of Jinsha Gang cast a thick shadow in Ushijima's heart.  The loss of the division headquarters greatly deepened the ominous premonition in his heart.  Compared with the ominous premonition in my heart, the pain in my butt was secondary.  For the first time, Ushijima had the idea of ??withdrawing.

    After much hesitation, Ushijima Mitsuru decided that even if he had to retreat, he would at least capture Baoqing County.  Although he is not the kind of person who forces himself to obey his boss's wishes, in his opinion, he should still give it a try.  At least you should find out your opponent's true intentions.  And Baoqing County, which is currently under siege, happens to be a pretty good inducement.

    However, Ushijima Mitsuru gave Colonel Asakawa the time to occupy Hoqiyo before tomorrow evening.  But Ushijima Mitsuru had made up his mind, no matter whether this tactical intention could be realized or not.  He has made up his mind that tomorrow the entire army will shrink back to Mishan overnight.  Ushijima Mitsuru set the final retreat time at 18:00 the next day., no matter how successful the battle is, even if they occupy Baoqing County and the Jiaxinzi line, they will have to withdraw to Mishan no matter what.

    Within twenty-four hours, it is still unclear whether Colonel Asakawa can capture Baoqing County and whether the 43rd Regiment can capture the Jiaxinzi line.  But after the 43rd Regiment finally showed its head and joined the battlefield, whether it was Peng Shilu in Dongguan, Yang Zhen in the city, or Xinzi and the backers, they all felt the real pressure increase.

    The Jiaxinzi front line, which has relatively strong troops, can still support it, but Peng Shilu, who is already struggling to support himself, is in an even more difficult situation.  The entire Dongguan was razed to the ground by Japanese artillery fire, and the defenders could only rely on the ruins of Dongguan to support themselves.  By dawn of the second day of the battle, the straight-line connection between the defenders and the county seat was cut off, and only a corner of the southeast corner of Dongguan remained in the entire defensive position.

    Although the city defense of Baoqing County is also extremely tight, after the northeastern city wall was captured by the 44th Regiment who launched a desperate attack at midnight, the county has reached the stage of street fighting.  But Yang Zhen has been thinking of ways to support Dongguan. In addition to concentrating the limited mortar firepower in the city in the direction of Dongguan, Yang Zhen even sent out his own guard company.  .

    However, compared to the battle until noon on the second day, because the Japanese army had already reached Yang Zhen's headquarters at Baoqing Catholic Church, and was almost within easy reach of the little tiger who was furious, Yang Zhen seemed not to be very concerned about the battle situation in front of him.  Worry.  Judging from the sound of gunfire that had gradually weakened in the afternoon from the direction of Dongguan, he was keenly aware that the attack power of the 44th Regiment on the Dongguan front line should have been close to the bottom line.

    Yang Zhen judged from the sound of gunfire around Baoqing County that except for the Japanese troops on the front line of Jiaxinzi who were relatively strong because they had only entered the battle the evening before, the Japanese offensive in the direction of Dongguan was already clearly lacking in strength.  In other words, the Japanese troops in the Dongguan direction were somewhat unable to attack.

    In Yang Zhen's view, as long as Dongguan is in hand and the 43rd Regiment is fully engaged against Jia Xinzi's front line, even if all the Japanese 44th Regiment with limited strength break into the city, they may not be able to stand.  Stop.

    Peng Shilu resisted tenaciously without giving up an inch of ground. Although the city was not fierce, supporting artillery fire always appeared at the most critical moment.  The 44th Regiment, which was trapped in a bitter battle, was helpless.  Although considerable progress was made during the daytime battles relying on the superiority of troops and firepower, the number of casualties changed almost every hour.

    Although the opponent was almost completely defeated several times, it was just almost.  It seems that he is already dying, and it seems that if he works harder, he can completely defeat the opponent in the battle, but he always perseveres with his extremely tough tenacity.  The first appearance of the opponent's aviation force on the battlefield in Baoqing County posed a great threat to the 44th Regiment.

    After receiving Yang Zhen¡¯s order, Yuan Bin went out in full force because he was worried about Yang Zhen¡¯s safety in Baoqing County.  Not to mention the family fortune, even the bottom of the pot was taken out.  It's just that for this kind of close-to-ground support, the medium bombers that occupy the main force are of little use and can only bomb the Japanese rear positions.  However, the insufficient number of bombs in stock limited the effectiveness of bombing.

    On the contrary, those light ground attack aircraft modified from fighter jets have played a considerable role.  In order to destroy the Japanese army as much as possible, Yuan Bin even sent out the training planes on hand. Each plane was equipped with two temporarily modified mortar shells, which were thrown by the pilot in the back seat for ground attack.

    According to Yang Zhen's order, the aviation force provided full support to the Dongguan front line, bringing all suspicious targets on the ground into the attack sight, and all marching brigades, artillery positions, baggage material storage areas, and even wounded soldiers' hospitals in the entire Dongguan direction.  One is not within the attack range of aviation.

    Those pilots almost went crazy. After the small bomb inventory was exhausted, they used airborne machine guns to shoot at the Japanese troops on the ground.  Some even took out grenades and threw them down when they ran out of ammunition.  These aircraft will never return unless the ammunition carried on the aircraft is exhausted and the fuel tanks are bottomed out.

    If it weren¡¯t for Yang Zhen¡¯s insistence, Yuan Bin and Xia Boxun would even have the intention to bring back all the sixty P-39 fighter jets from a brigade that had been refitted in Jiangbei to participate in the war to make up for the serious shortage of ground attack aircraft.  Thinking about the 37mm cannon on this fighter jet, Yuan Bin felt itchy.

    He had seen the power of this kind of machine gun when he went to Jiangbei to inspect the work.  A thick tree would be blown up instantly if hit by a single shot.  Used for ground attack and ground support combat, it is much more powerful than the ordinary seven-millimeter machine guns equipped on most attack aircraft today.  It was only because of Yang Zhen's persistence that the two gave up.

    Xia Boxun, who was in Baoqing County, personally provided guidance in order to ensure that the bomb delivery was as accurate as possible and avoid accidental damage.  Because the distance between the two armies on the Dongguan battlefield is too large.Well, the closest distance between the two armies was less than thirty meters in a straight line.  If you fart from the other side, you can hear it clearly here.  At this distance, it is almost effortless for a 12.7mm bullet to penetrate through.

    Although the positions of the two armies are intertwined, it greatly limits the ground attack capabilities of these aircraft.  But these aviation forces still played a great role.  The few remaining napalm bombs also caused considerable damage to the 44th Regiment, and even directly destroyed several Japanese offensives.

    It was precisely with the full support of the aviation force that although the situation in Dongguan could be said to be precarious, it still persisted.  It can even be said that if it were not for the full support of the aviation force, Peng Shilu would not be able to hold on to Wang Guangyu's troops under the fierce attack of the 44th Regiment, which had exhausted its vigor but still had offensive strength.  arrival.

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