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The main reason why Liu Huaqiang and Zhao Han’s troops can only fight some scattered troops now is because of the involvement of the Air Force.

Two hundred aerial gunboats are really scary!
With so many fighter planes, the ground strikes alone would be enough to inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese. In order to avoid air raids, the Japanese troops could only disperse as much as possible.

Under such circumstances, the Japanese army could only leave Shandong area as quickly as possible.

After a week of forced march, the Japanese evacuating troops finally escaped from the Shandong area and entered the Anhui and Jiangsu regions.

However, even though the Japanese had escaped, they suffered heavy casualties.

The Yellow River defense line originally had more than one million troops, but now only less than 300,000 of them have escaped.

After multiple attacks by the Red Alert's infantry combined forces, armored clusters, air forces and gunboats, more than 700,000 Japanese troops were wiped out in the Shandong area.

This also announced that the Yellow River defense plan of Matsui Iwane and Shinozuka Yoshio had completely failed, and there was no place for the Japanese army to survive in the entire North China region.

"Has the radio been restored?" Yoshio Shinozuka, who had already entered the Jiangsu border, asked the staff officer beside him.

"Commander, the radio was restored as soon as we entered Jiangsu!"

"Send a telegram to all troops, asking them to report their losses and current strength. The General Staff will conduct a personnel and equipment count for these breakout troops, waiting for reorganization in the rear."

"Hai!"

The troops of the Ping'an County Security Corps had already penetrated and surrounded the Shandong border. At this time, all the Japanese troops in Shandong had been surrounded by the Ping'an County Security Corps.

If they had accelerated their march before, they might have had a chance of survival from the pursuit of the Ping'an County Security Corps. However, now that the infiltration troops of the Ping'an County Security Corps have arrived, the remaining Japanese devils have no chance of survival.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka was looking towards Shandong with a serious expression.

Because he didn't know how many troops would be left in his army after several rounds of attacks by the Ping'an County Security Corps.

It was not until that evening that the Japanese army roughly counted the number of troops that had successfully broken through.

"Reporting to His Excellency the Commander, we have already counted the number of breakout troops that can be contacted at present. It is expected that the remaining troops that have not yet been contacted will be counted within 5 days."

At this time, Shinozuka Yoshio was resting with his eyes closed in the chair of the command center. "Tell me how many troops we have contacted now."

"Commander, the total number of troops we have contacted now is around 22."

"Nani?!"

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard the number 22, he jumped up from his chair instantly.

"How many people did you say you contacted?!" Yoshio Shinozuka asked, grabbing the Japanese staff officer's collar with both hands.

"Commander, it's really only 22."

After confirming this, Yoshio Shinozuka, a Japanese general who thought he had experienced many storms and waves, collapsed to the ground instantly.

Before the war, he had four armies and a large number of independent forces totaling more than one million people under his command. Even when he was retreating, Yoshio Shinozuka still believed that he could withdraw at least 400,000 troops.

Even if there are still 100,000 troops that have not been contacted, there will only be 300,000 troops left.

But how could there still be 100,000 troops that couldn't be contacted? !
"Commander, please cheer up! We don't know if the Ping'an County Security Corps will attack us next. Without you, how can we resist the attack of the Ping'an County Security Corps?!"

In fact, Yoshio Shinozuka did not have a good reputation among the Japanese military command troops.

After all, he has always claimed to be the Japanese general who knows the Ping'an County Security Corps best. However, in recent battles, this "general who is most familiar with the enemy" did not lead his troops to achieve any results. Instead, he and his troops were beaten back when facing the Ping'an County Security Corps.

Compared with other Japanese generals, the staff officers around Yoshio Shinozuka were very clear that this was not a problem with Yoshio Shinozuka's ability.

It’s because the Ping’an County Security Corps is too strong!

Since the first contact with the Ping'an County Security Corps in 1938, the other side has used various advanced equipment and advanced tactical ideas to defeat the Japanese army with fewer troops and the weaker ones.

After the Ping'an County Security Corps developed on a large scale, their troops began to crush the Japanese army.

In fact, the Japanese still can’t figure out where this Ping’an County Security Corps came from.

After all, no country in the world has such equipment yet!
However, it is no longer important whether the Japanese can figure it out or not. The most important thing now is whether they can resist the next attack from the Ping'an County Security Corps.

According to Yoshio Shinozuka's order, the Japanese troops that had broken through Shandong began to gather in the Yancheng area. At the same time, they continued to attack Daogu Mountain in the southern part of Daogu Mountain. However, the Japanese troops that had not made any progress also began to retreat under the order of Iwane Matsui.

However, for the Red Alert forces, the battle in Shandong is not over yet.

Due to the attack from the air force, most of the retreating Japanese troops had been broken up into small units, which resulted in the Ping'an County Security Corps rarely being able to wipe out a large number of Japanese troops at one time in subsequent encirclement and annihilation operations.

So at this time on the Shandong battlefield, although the Red Alert troops had cut off the Japanese's retreat, the fighting in Shandong was still not over.

Shandong, Qufu, inside the Confucius Mansion.

At this time, the Japanese troops were still inside the Confucius Mansion, relying on buildings and hostages to confront the Red Alert troops outside.

However, the Japanese devils who were originally in the Confucius Temple have all been killed by the Red Alert Force, and now only the Japanese devils in the Confucius Mansion are left.

As a large-scale ancient building complex, the Confucius Mansion is quite large, and there are more than two thousand Japanese devils here at this time.

At the beginning, there were not so many Japanese troops here, but as the location of the Kong family, a large number of Japanese troops in the surrounding areas were gathering here.

These little devils didn't believe it, and the Ping'an County Security Corps didn't care about the Kong family at all.

But the facts proved that Zhang Shijie and the Red Alert did not really care.

Therefore, the Japanese soldiers who came to the Confucius Mansion area were so regretful!

Damn, is it too late for us to leave now?!

The Japanese's idea is beautiful, but the reality is very bleak.

After discovering that the Japanese troops were beginning to move towards Qufu, the Third Company of the First Battalion of the Army Aviation, which was being deployed by the Red Alert Force, immediately called for support.

And as the Japanese army continued to surge, the Red Alert troops deployed here also expanded from the third company of the first battalion to the entire first battalion of the Army Aviation.

As the troops of both sides gradually gathered, the Red Alert Force's Special Operations Battalion also sent out a tactical operations team for support.

At this time, the Japanese troops still in the Confucius Mansion had not received any orders from Matsui Iwane because they were surrounded by the Ping'an County Security Corps. While they were fighting stubbornly, they were still thinking about making trouble with the hostages in their hands.

The Red Alert troops outside did not attack rashly. After all, the Confucius Mansion was indeed a bit too big, and compared to the Confucius Temple, there were many more hostages here. Although there were not many good things in the Confucius Mansion, there were still people who were not guilty of the death penalty.

And most importantly, even if they are to be tried, they are still Chinese!

So the Red Alert Force began to consider how to eliminate this group of Japanese devils while keeping the hostages.

At this time, the Red Alert Force's Quick Reaction Battalion 1 also arrived near the Confucius Mansion while infiltrating.

"Comrade, which unit are you from? What's the situation?"

"We are from the First Battalion of the Army Aviation, comrade. Which unit are you from?"

"We are the first battalion of the Quick Reaction!"

With the arrival of the 1st Quick Reaction Battalion, the pressure on the 1st Aviation Battalion was instantly relieved a lot.

Although the 1st Aviation Battalion is also a battalion-level unit, it is a force that mainly relies on helicopters for rapid air assaults and is extremely short of heavy equipment, especially armored vehicles.

Although the First Rapid Reaction Battalion is a lightly armed force within the Red Alert Force, they still have ground armored forces.

This time, when they launched the assault, at least they had armored vehicles.

Afterwards, the two battalion commanders began to make combat plans for the assault on Confucius Mansion.

"This operation will be coordinated by our two battalions. In the early stages, we will use the conventional method to throw tear gas into the Confucius Mansion. The deep areas of the Confucius Mansion will be thrown by our Army Aviation Battalion 1, and the outer areas will be handed over to your Quick Reaction Battalion 1. Is that okay?"

"Okay, what about the rest of the plan?"

"After the tear gas spreads, the First Quick Reaction Battalion uses armored vehicles to break through the perimeter, and the First Aviation Battalion carries infantry to conduct rappelling and infiltrate the Confucius Mansion!"

"If we attack the hostages like this, there will probably be some casualties, right?"

"The troops have been delayed for such a long time. For the Kong family, there is no need to delay for such a long time. We can accept a certain loss of the Kong family hostages!"

After unifying their thoughts, the commanders of the two battalions immediately began to carry out operations according to the plan.

The 105-wheel armored vehicle of the First Quick Reaction Battalion immediately approached the direction of the Confucius Mansion, and the 212 jeep equipped with a mm recoilless gun of the Fire Support Company also aimed at the area where the Red Alert force was about to break through.

At the same time, the troops of the First Rapid Reaction Battalion and the First Aviation Battalion that were preparing to deploy tear gas had also completed their preparations, and dozens of helicopters flew over the Confucius Mansion.

"All units, be prepared to deploy tear gas. 3, 2, 1! Fire!"

As the order was given, tear gas was fired from the ground and the sky into the courtyard of the Confucius Mansion.

When the Japanese discovered these grenade-like objects emitting yellow and white smoke, they immediately panicked.

"What's going on?! Are the Ping'an County Security Team going to use poison gas bombs? Do they really not care about the lives of the Kong family?!"

"This is not a poison gas bomb, it's just an irritant gas, codenamed gas mask!"

At this time, the Japanese troops in the Confucius Mansion belonged to several Japanese military units. Some of them had seen tear gas, but some had not.

But even though they knew that this was just an irritating gas, their gas masks were still not enough!
Within the Japanese army, unlike Sandezi who used gas masks as individual portable equipment, the Japanese army's gas masks were usually stored in the Japanese army's baggage troops, and only command headquarters at the battalion level and above would carry them on a regular basis.

In this situation, if the Japanese want to maintain their combat effectiveness, they must find gas masks as soon as possible.

During this period of time, the Japanese army as a whole posed no threat to the Red Alert forces, and it was also the best time for them to take action.

At this time, the soldiers of the 1st Quick Reaction Battalion and the 1st Aviation Battalion also launched the assault operation.

The joint land and air operation officially began.

"Explode, release!"

"boom!"

As the 105mm recoilless guns of the First Quick Reaction Battalion opened fire, several large holes were blown out on both sides of the walls of the Confucius Mansion, and the wheeled armored vehicles of the Red Alert Force immediately began to break into the Confucius Mansion.

Armored vehicles located at the main gate and other places also began to fire at the city gates heavily guarded by the Japanese army with 30mm machine guns.

At the same time, the air assault troops of the 7.62st Battalion of the Army Aviation also broke into the Confucius Mansion and began airdrops and rope descents under the cover of 85mm Gatling machine guns and Type general-purpose machine guns.

"Action! Action!"

The tactical action team accompanying the helicopter operation also went to the core area of ​​the Confucius Mansion under the leadership of the helicopter and directly blew up the Japanese command post in the center.

"Baga! The Ping'an County Security Team is coming!"

The Japanese soldiers, who had just put on their issued gas masks, saw the Ping'an County Security Corps troops descending from the sky, and immediately rushed up, intending to use their numerical advantage to engage in close combat with the Red Alert troops.

After all, in terms of weapons and equipment, the Japanese army's firepower density in close combat is far inferior to that of the Red Alert Force.

However, when the Japanese just rushed over, in addition to the special forces who had already landed, the supporting firepower on the helicopter also began to open fire.

In order to cooperate with fire suppression, the pilot also used pendulum flight to increase the machine gunner's shooting range.

After being strafed by the helicopter, the special forces members immediately entered the Japanese command center and began to clean up. Although the surrounding Japanese soldiers wanted to go to support them, the air assault troops of the 1st Battalion of the Army Aviation had already arrived above them and began to carry out air and parachute landings.

Unlike the Japanese military headquarters, it was very difficult for the surrounding grassroots Japanese troops to obtain gas masks. Not only did they need to go to the warehouse to assemble, but they also had to compete with other people.

Many Japanese soldiers were in tears due to the fumes of gas before they could even get their hands on gas masks.

Faced with such a crowded area, the Red Alert soldiers directly used the 40mm firearms in their hands to shoot at the Japanese.

"Whoosh~"

"boom!"

Hearing the explosions outside the window, the Kong family members who were imprisoned together couldn't help but tremble.

The people from the Ping'an County Security Team really don't tolerate them!
This is the Confucius Mansion!

How can they blow it up just like that?!
Just when the Kong family was feeling terrified and angry, the soldiers from the 1st Aviation Battalion and the 1st Rapid Reaction Battalion had already entered the Kong Mansion.

The next game is a crushing victory. (End of this chapter)