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Chapter 868 Even if you can’t bear it, you have to bear it!
The fact is just as Akita Qiaoyi said. After receiving the report from Major General Murata Takasei, the acting commander of the 33rd Division, the Japanese First Army Headquarters in Jinyang City.

Commander Lieutenant General Kazuo Iwamatsu, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Shinichi Yoshimoto, and advisor General Prince Asaka Sakuhiko immediately began to discuss how to support Qubei County.

Now, the military forces they have are stretched to the limit, so the three of them are in a bad mood.

——Since when did the Locust Army actually allow the Eighth Route Army to bully them?

This is simply unreasonable!
Especially Prince Sakhiko Asaka.

Back then in Nanjing, he easily defeated Lao Chang's army of hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers!

After a heated exchange of words, Prince Sakuhiko Asaka, regardless of the fact that he was only an advisor, decided to take over the responsibility and send the 33rd Division and 3000 locust troops led by Chai Xiongfei of the Shanxi Provincial Government Security Department to leave the city and eliminate the enemy who was besieging Qubei County.

——At the beginning, after learning that Kazuo Shinozuka was dead, Kazuo Iwamatsu had a premonition: Jinyang City might be attacked!

So from that time on, he began to recruit ronin, trading company employees, and military and police officers from the city to strengthen their training.

After the 33rd and 36th divisions fled back, he used the remaining garrison forces of Jinyang City and these newly transferred personnel to supplement the two divisions, and barely filled up the two divisions' establishment.

Of course, we can't expect too much from its combat effectiveness.

Nominally it is a Type B division with about 20,000 men, but if a real fight breaks out, I'm afraid it's not as good as a Type C division.

But now, they have no other choice. With only two divisions, at least one must be left to guard the Jinyang City base.

There is only one mobile force that can be mobilized, and it doesn't really matter which one we mobilize.

As for Chai Xiongfei's 3000 locust troops, they were reorganized after Takei Ying's Xingya locust army was destroyed by the Special Forces Regiment.

Some time ago, Prince Sakuhiko Asaka despised the army for its poor combat effectiveness and cancelled the designation of "Xingya Locust Army" and changed it to "Shanxi Provincial Government Security Department".

It is equivalent to switching from the military to the police, and the military pay and material supply benefits have dropped significantly.

In addition, considering that the defenders of Qubei County reported that the enemy still had chariot troops, Prince Sakuhiko Asaka also selected a chariot squadron from the 8th Tank Regiment in Jinyang City and went out with them.

……

In addition to mobilizing a large number of troops out of the city, Iwamatsu Kazuo also did not forget to send a telegram to Okamura Ji'nan of the Hebei-North Front Army to report the matter.

How sharp is Okamura Jining?

I immediately treated the radio as a phone and had a serious conversation with him:
"Mr. Yansong, this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers must be the ones from northwest Shanxi!

Their target is definitely not the small Qubei County, but your Jinyang City!"

"What? The Tubalu are so rampant?
Just one or two divisions want to take over Jinyang City?"

In fact, Iwamatsu Kazuo had some understanding in his heart, but in front of Okamura Ji-ning, he still deliberately acted stupid.

"Humph, their crazy actions must be to support the Jizhong Eighth Route Army that is being swept by the First and Eighth Divisions of our Liaodong Army.

Little did they know that this would expose the weakness of their troops in Central Hebei and show that our locust army's attack was very effective.

Therefore, I must not change direction easily.

As a result, all efforts were in vain. "

Okamura Jining was somewhat complacent.

Recently, these two divisions have achieved remarkable results in central Hebei, effectively alleviating the enormous pressure he was carrying.

"Hi! I understand."

Iwamatsu Kazuo felt very bitter.

He knew that the other party's intention was very clear. Now that the front army was unable to support the First Army, he had to bear the situation in the entire Jin area alone!

Even if you can't bear it, you have to bear it!

Okamura Ji Ning also sensed that the other party was in a low mood, and quickly comforted him:
"Yan Songjun, a few days ago, I applied to the headquarters to transfer the newly formed 20th Flight Squadron to the Beijing Airport.

Later, I will order them all to move to Jinyang Airport and provide you with certain air support.

But you also know that the empire's resources are tight now, and you must not place your only hope of victory on them.

Do you understand? "

Iwamatsu Kazuo was overjoyed when he heard this and nodded repeatedly:
"Hey! I understand!"

Jinyang Airport was burned down by Wei Dayong. After several months of reconstruction, it is now usable.

……

Qubei County battlefield.

The rumbling sound of artillery fire made the Japanese soldiers unable to raise their heads at all.

Yang Yuanshan, Han Yang and Zhan Haishan stood at the entrance of the temporary command department, observing the situation on the battlefield through binoculars.

Zhan Haishan looked at the black shells hitting the small county town and couldn't help but said with a pained look:

"Captain, can we stop the shelling?

The Japanese's main firepower points were all blown up.

If we continue to bomb them, it will be a waste of ammunition and unnecessary!"

Yang Yuanshan waved his hand:
“It’s okay, Haishan, just think of it as the artillerymen doing live-fire training!
There aren't many chances to attack the Japanese so fiercely without encountering a counterattack!
In the past, we were the ones who passively took the bombing from the Japanese, but now it’s the other way around, don’t you feel happy?” It’s just a shell, as long as it hits the Japanese artillery, it will explode, he doesn’t care at all.

When Zhan Haishan heard what he said, he immediately felt that it made sense and nodded repeatedly:

“That’s right!

When I was in the 772nd Regiment, every time we fought a battle, we would be bombed to pieces by the Japanese artillery and suffer heavy losses.

At that time, what the soldiers hoped most was that our own artillery would have shells so that they could bombard the Japanese devils hard! "

……

While they were chatting and laughing, a scout came rushing back on a bicycle and reported to Yang Yuanshan:
"Captain, deputy commander, chief of staff, the Japanese in Jinyang City are moving out.

There were so many people that there was no end in sight. I estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of them.

There are tanks and sidecars leading the way ahead!"

"My goodness, the Japanese are frightened by our attacks.

No longer dare to show off as a battalion or a regiment! "

Yang Yuanshan was filled with emotion.

Han Yang couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, and complained:
"Captain, several of the Japanese divisions have been defeated. Can they still continue to be stupid and send us food with battalions and regiments?"

"Hahaha, that's true."

Yang Yuanshan laughed.

"Captain, the Japanese have so many reinforcements coming, should we quickly adjust our deployment?
Although the Third Battalion's combat power is not weak, it is probably impossible for them to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Japanese reinforcements, right?"

Zhan Haishan reminded.

"Well. Since the Japanese are leaving the city to die, let's help them.

Let's not rush to attack Qubei County, let's have some fun with this group of reinforcements first!"

Yang Yuanshan nodded viciously.

Then he shouted:

"Order Kong Dacheng to lead the tank company northwards and launch a long-range attack on the Japanese reinforcements. Use the kite-flying tactic to severely punish these bastards.

It would be a pity if their tanks didn't wreak havoc on such flat terrain outside Qubei County.

Be sure to remind him to retreat at any time if he finds any risk.

I'd rather not achieve any results than get myself involved!"

"Yes!"

“Order Gao Yuanzhi to keep a few artillery pieces to continue shelling valuable targets on the city wall.

Other artillery pieces adjusted their directions and prepared to bombard the Japanese reinforcements.

Such a large-scale Japanese reinforcement will have at least a mountain artillery battalion or even a regiment, so he must be on high alert!"

"Yes!"

"Order Xu Wei to lead the first battalion to Xigang Mountain in the southeast to prepare to block the Japanese reinforcements!"

"Yes!"

"Order He Yunfu, Li Dahe, and Zhao Tietou to leave one company of troops to guard the city gates and prevent the Japanese from leaving the city to counterattack. The rest of the troops will all move south and prepare to attack this group of reinforcements first!"

"Yes!"

"Order Wang Quanfa to increase the distance between us and the city wall of Qubei County and leave a small number of troops to guard the south gate of Qubei County.

The others turned around and prepared to block the Japanese reinforcements.

Tell him that if he can't hold on, he should not fight to the death with the Japanese reinforcements. After a fight, he should evacuate to the east at any time and let the Japanese enter the city!
Attack their flanks and rears."

Yang Yuanshan issued one last order.

Upon hearing this, Zhan Haishan frowned and reminded:
"Captain, the Japanese originally only had one battalion in Qubei County, and it was easy for us to capture them.

If we let the Japanese army into the city now, it will be very difficult to capture it!"

Yang Yuanshan smiled slightly and explained:
"If we don't have enough artillery, the more Japanese defenders there are in the city, the harder it will be to fight.

But now we have so many artillery pieces. When the Japanese enter the city, the city is densely populated and they are more likely to suffer losses due to artillery fire.

Moreover, once the Japanese enter the city, the initiative of this battle will be in our hands.

We fight when we want to and retreat when we want to!
At the same time, the connection between this group of reinforcements and Jinyang City will be cut off by us, and they will be even more passive! "

After hearing his explanation, Zhan Haishan and Han Yang's eyes lit up and they nodded repeatedly.

They all felt that Yang Yuanshan's tactical command ability had improved a lot after he returned to his hometown.

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(End of this chapter)