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Text Chapter 429: What¡¯s the next step?

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    Wang Guangyu was not in a good mood and was gradually eroding the strength of the 43rd Regiment.  [.Com text] After achieving the first stage goal of compressing the 43rd Regiment into a single group with superior strength and firepower, Wang Guangyu stopped.  The 122 rocket launchers were used to concentrate all the special artillery shells to cover the entire encircled area of ??the 43rd Regiment with firepower.

    Hundreds of rounds of fuel-air artillery shells plowed through the last position of the 43rd Regiment like a plow.  The huge high temperature it generated, as well as the large-scale oxygen-deprived space created after the explosion, directly sent the 43rd Regiment into hell.  After the earth-shattering explosion of hundreds of rounds of artillery shells ended, the 43rd Regiment, as a regiment of the Japanese army, had completely disappeared from the face of the earth.

    After these nearly a thousand rounds of artillery shells were fired, in addition to the charred corpses of Japanese soldiers on the 43rd Regiment's position, the only ones left were Japanese soldiers who died of asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen.  And Colonel Aoyama Kiyoshi, who thought he could hold out until the reinforcements arrived, did not escape the disaster, and was cremated directly by the Dabaishi River along with his regiment.

    After the defeat at Jinshagang and the two-day attack on Baoqing County, the one with the largest number of troops and the most complete combat effectiveness among the three regiments of the 11th Division was completely destroyed.  It was just the first step to encircle and annihilate the 11th Division. Of course, the remaining 44th Regiment was not considered a major event due to its strength and firepower.

    "Compared with the 43rd Regiment that failed to break out of the encirclement after a hard night's battle, the remnant of the 44th Regiment that was trying its best to break out of the encirclement to the east and try to cross the Naoli River did not end well.  The Naoli River, which was originally thought to be a natural barrier for itself, became a river of life and death for the remaining troops of the 44th Regiment when it broke through.

    Under the command of Lieutenant General Ushijima Mitsuru, who personally went into battle, the remnants of the 44th Regiment concentrated a large number of troops in an attempt to forcefully cross the Naoli River and open a channel for the follow-up troops. All operations suffered heavy losses.  The 44th Regiment, which broke through before the 43rd Regiment, also gained little benefit in the night battle.

    No matter whether Ushijima was stowaway or attacked by force, they were all repulsed by the opponent with intensive machine gun and mortar firepower.  Ushijima Mitsuru tried all kinds of tricks and fought fiercely all night, but he could not take a step across the Naoli River.  After a night of fierce fighting, Japanese corpses were floating everywhere in the Naoli River.

    Ushijima Mitsuru, who had participated in the so-called mainland war and was considered a battle-hardened veteran, had never seen an opponent with so many light and heavy machine guns and mortars.  According to his estimate, the opponent's machine guns deployed in front of the Naoli River totaled more than four to five hundred.  There are estimated to be hundreds of light and heavy mortars plus rapid-fire guns and infantry guns.  These machine guns and mortars formed a tight fire network, devouring all Japanese officers and soldiers trying to cross the river.

    Although his opponent¡¯s firepower was meticulous, Mitsuru Ushijima, who was eager to make a breakthrough, could no longer take this into consideration.  With the enemy in the north having already reached Beiguan and Dongguan within easy reach, the most important thing for Ushijima Mitsuru now was not the number of casualties, but crossing the Naoli River and opening an escape route.

    Knowing that the Naoli River was the only escape route for the 11th Division, even if Ushijima was reluctant, he could only fill it in one squadron after another in order to open up a way out.  Although the battle was almost dawn, looking at the corpses of dead Japanese officers and soldiers and the wounded covering both sides of the river and in the river, even Mitsuru Ushijima, who had always regarded soldiers as expendables, felt a little overwhelmed, but for the sake of  He could only bite the bullet and continue to fill the gap.

    After a night of fierce fighting, Ushijima Mitsuru was still unable to break through the blocking line set by his opponent at the Naoli River.  But behind him, the opponent's reinforcements that had reached the front line of Beiguan, and the opponent's strength of at least one regiment on the southern line, were not idle.  Just when Ushijima took full advantage of the opportunity of the 44th Regiment in front of the Naoli River, the reinforcements advancing from the north and the south, as well as the Peng Shilu Third Army who returned to the sun after receiving reinforcements, had completed the attack on the 44th Regiment.  The remnants of the regiment were encircled.

    At dawn, more than 3,000 people from the 44th Regiment, the main search force of the 11th Division, and the Artillery Regiment were surrounded on the west bank of the Naoli River south of Dongguan, less than two kilometers long from north to south and only five kilometers wide from east to west.  A place as big as a palm, a hundred meters.  It's so small that even a bullet can penetrate it.

    Faced with this situation, Wang Guangyu, who was ordered to command Baoqing's operations with full authority, naturally did not hesitate at all.  He now has a sufficient number of artillery and ammunition.  Facing these Japanese troops who had neither terrain to rely on nor a solid offensive to support, he would not sacrifice the flesh and blood of the soldiers in exchange for victory.

    After completing the encirclement of the 44th Regiment, Wang Guangyu directly spoke with the cannon.  He divided the last Japanese positions on the map into several pieces, and his artillerymen, who were temporarily organized into several artillery groups, divided each piece into one piece.  From south to north, bombard them directly with rows of artillery shells.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??The rocket launchers and all new artillery shells were used up, leaving only the one-two-two rocket launchers and heavy artillery with ordinary explosive anti-personnel bombs and incendiary bombs to cover the Japanese positions.  Light mountain artillery fired at all exposed firepower points of the Japanese army at close range, while 100mm howitzers and mortars of various calibers cooperated with each other to create a blockade between various Japanese positions and cut off the 44th Regiment.  connections between ministries.  The infantrymen followed the barrage fired by artillery fire and fought steadily.

    The Japanese army is tenacious, but it is not invincible. Is it naturally immune to opponents ranging from 150mm heavy howitzers, 100mm howitzers, 75mm field guns to mortar shells of various calibers?  After an hour of shelling, the entire defense line of the 44th Regiment completely collapsed.

    By the time the attacking troops following the artillery rushed forward under the cover of thousands of light and heavy machine guns, as well as a large number of flat-firing anti-aircraft machine guns, there was actually not much real fighting left.  Even if there were Japanese soldiers who survived the artillery fire and still resisted, there were only a few Japanese soldiers left after a barrage of rocket launchers, grenades and machine gun fire.

    By the afternoon of that day, the entire position of the 44th Regiment had collapsed.  Most of them died in the battle, and a small number were defeated.  The 11th Division, which had always relied on firepower to bully poor and weak opponents in the pass, was really kicked on the iron plate this time, and also tasted a feast of firepower.

    Looking at the battle report sent by Wang Guangyu, Yang Zhen shook his head.  Regarding his request for instructions on the next battle plan, Yang Zhen kept thinking about it on the way back to Baoqing.  Currently, among the various Japanese military units in the Northeast Manchuria region, except for the 12th Division which is still intact in Suiyang, the remaining 14th and 29th Divisions are all incomplete.

    The remaining Japanese 6th, 10th, and 11th divisions that participated in the war have been completely destroyed. Anyone with a discerning eye can see how long the remaining 8th division, which has been depleted, can hold on.  Just as Du Kaishan was storming the front line of Honey Mountain, the main force of the armored brigade commanded by Sun San had already cut the remaining half of the 15th Regiment with combat effectiveness into three parts and was encircling and annihilating them.

    On the front line of Hongling Ridge in Mishan, a regiment from Du Kaishan, with the cooperation of an armored brigade and a cavalry brigade, was also besieging the few troops of the Eighth Division there.  Judging from the comparison of troops and firepower between the enemy and ourselves, the Eighth Division's days in this world are numbered.

    How should we fight next? Should we attack the city or focus on the 12th, 14th, and 29th divisions?  Yang Zhen carefully calculated the comparison of military forces on various battlefields.  After the 11th Division was resolved, several brigades of Wang Guangyu and Liu Changshun were concentrated throughout Mishan and Baoqing, which was indeed a bit wasteful.  But where to direct Wang Guangyu's next battle is a question that requires serious consideration.

    The war situation in Manchuria has become so rotten that neither the Japanese base camp in Tokyo nor the Kwantung Army commander General Umezu Yoshijiro will continue to turn a blind eye.  Its reinforcements may have already set off, but it is still unclear which troops will be deployed.

    Yang Zhen calculated in his mind that in addition to the various Japanese divisions that had already appeared on the battlefield, the Kwantung Army had the bargaining chip to reinforce Northeast China.  Is it the 24th and 25th Divisions currently resting in southern Manchuria, or the 7th Division deployed in Qiqihar?  Or the 51st Division that has just been formed?  Or the First Division in Heihe?

    The 7th Division is probably unlikely. As the 23rd Division deployed on the front line from Manchuria to Hailar, it protects the rear of the 23rd Division. It can reinforce the second-line division on the Manchuria-Mongolia border at any time when necessary. The 7th Division stationed in Qiqihar  The division will not move easily.

    One of the 24th and 25th Divisions is currently in Rehe, and the other has been undertaking the garrison task from Xinjing to Harbin after the Fourth Division was transferred.  The 25th Division was transferred away, leaving the entire Japanese army empty except for a few independent garrison units.  So will it be the First Division?

    The First Division stationed in the Heihe Province of Puppet Manchuria is now the closest Japanese unit to the battlefield besides the Twelfth Division.  It is also the unit that poses the greatest threat to its own rear.  The actual distance between the two armies is only the Lesser Khingan Range, which is no more than a hundred kilometers wide from east to west and only two to three hundred kilometers wide at its widest point.  If the First Division wanted, they could always march eastward.

    His own arsenal, the agencies behind the Northeast Bureau, and Luobei, Tangyuan, and Suibin where the school is located are all within its attack range.  During the previous bloody battle, this first division had not been dispatched.  Now for the Kwantung Army, whose war situation has become extremely corrupt, they will not fail to use this so-called flower of the imperial army.

    After Yang Zhen thought about it for a while, he said to a combat staff officer beside him: "Turn around and go to Boli County to meet up with the chief of staff. You will send electricity to Wang Guangyu and Liu Changshun in a moment. Order Wang Guangyu's column to immediately gather its troops and retreat north to Tangyuan.  Stand by and order Liu Changshun's entire army to go south.??Cooperate with Du Kaishan's troops remaining in Mishan and Sun San's armored brigade to complete the final solution to the Eighth Division.  "

    "Order the two columns of Xiaoming and Chen Hanzhang, the kings of the Western Front, to closely observe the movements of the 14th Division and prepare for a full-line counterattack. Telegraph the Second Department of the Military Region to closely monitor the next movements of the remaining divisions of the Japanese army in the Northeast. Especially those stationed in New Zealand.  The 29th Division from Beijing to Harbin and the First Division stationed in Heihe."

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