Started as a security team, developed into a heavy armored synthesis division

Lieutenant Colonel Kyuzo Koga was the commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment of the Sakai Detachment. This time, when they came from Hefei to reinforce Chaocheng, it was their cavalry regiment that arrived first.

Logically speaking, to become a wing commander one usually needs the rank of colonel, but Koga Kyuzo, who was only a lieutenant colonel, became the wing commander, which shows that his identity was not ordinary.

That's why he could spank Okazaki Notake's big pussy so happily.

Moreover, he had another reason, that is, he was drawing on behalf of Major General Tokutaro Sakai. The infantry of the Okazaki Battalion and the cavalry of Koga Kyuzo both belonged to the Sakai Detachment.

I asked you to guard Chao City, but you lost it. You brought shame upon me so much, who else should I punish if not you?

So, when Notake Okazaki showed up again on the 16th, his face had swollen like a pig's head.

"Lieutenant Colonel Koga, look..."

"Baga, call me Captain Koga."

"Hey!"

On the north side of Niutou Mountain, Koga Jiuzhang and Okazaki Notake rode their war horses to look at the place that was bombed yesterday.

"Captain Koga, look, this is the proof that we were bombarded yesterday.

Judging from the size of the crater, this is a heavy artillery of more than 100 mm. Obviously, it is not the remnants of the 133rd Division that are blocking our Imperial Army in front, but an unknown main force.

The enemy has 100mm caliber heavy artillery, from which it can be concluded that the enemy's organization is at least a brigade or even a division.

Captain Koga, although we let the 133rd Division escape, we caught another big fish."

Although he was beaten into a pig's head, Okazaki Notake still did his best to flatter.

There was no way. Most of his Okazaki Battalion had been wiped out by the 133rd Division, and after being bombarded yesterday, his battalion now had only 250 people left.

It is nominally a battalion, but it only has the strength of a squadron.

If you want to replenish your troops, you must make meritorious contributions and rely on Koga Kyuzo's cavalry regiment to make meritorious contributions.

Otherwise, his battalion would most likely be disbanded, and at that time, Okazaki Notake would definitely be... forced to commit seppuku.

After hearing Okazaki Notake's analysis, Koga Jiuzhang also became excited:

"Yoshi, Major Okazaki, you are right, this is indeed a gun over 100mm, and it should be a 105mm field gun.

As for the number of Chinese soldiers, there should be only one brigade, because the Sanbing Town ahead is surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side, so it is not enough to accommodate a division of troops. "

As he spoke, Koga Jiuzhang raised his telescope and looked out, and saw that trenches had been dug at the forest farm.

"Yoshi, it seems that the Chinese soldiers are not going to leave. They want to stop us, which is exactly what I want.

I will now go and ask Major General Nakajima to send two battalions of troops to assist us in the attack."

"Hey!"

Okazaki Notake was excited. He wanted to fight. He must fight and not just sit there.

That way I can accomplish merit, and that way I won’t be forced to commit seppuku.

So, on May 5, the Japanese began to formulate a battle plan but did not launch an attack because the large force from Hefei had not yet arrived, and they would need to rest after arriving.

Throughout the entire day, Monkey and his Sichuan Army brothers were digging trenches and setting up blocking positions. Xiao Dingfang even personally demonstrated and taught the soldiers how to dig bomb craters.

This thing is a must. Without it, many soldiers will die under the Japanese artillery shells.

The location of the forest farm was the first line of defense arranged by Xiao Dingfang, and the Qingshui Pond at the entrance of the town was the second line of defense, which was the position where Xiao Dingfang was bombed.

They also began to build positions on the nearby Zhaojia Mountain. Not only was it high up, but it could also prevent the Japanese from launching sneak attacks via the mountain road between Zhaojia Mountain and Niujiao Mountain.

At the same time, Xiao Dingfang also sent out reconnaissance posts towards Yinping Mountain in the east. Although the mountain road here is difficult to walk on, it is inevitable that the Japanese will come from this side.

However, no matter where the Japanese come from, the four cannons on the back mountain can carry out long-range artillery strikes.

Unfortunately, Xiao Dingfang had missed one thing despite all his calculations, and that was Chaohu Lake.

It was dawn on the 17th, and daybreak broke in the east.

Six motorboats were sent directly towards Chaocheng. Each motorboat had two grenade launchers on it and a Type 92 heavy machine gun on the top of the motorboat.

On land, the Japanese soldiers from the direction of Chaocheng also appeared one after another and began to approach the forest farm.

The leader was Okazaki Notake and his remnants, a total of 250 people.

However, because they were afraid of being bombarded, they drove out hundreds of puppet soldiers in the nest city and put them in the front. The total number of people on both sides was nearly 700.

Behind them were two cavalry battalions of Koga Kyuzo's Cavalry Regiment, as well as an infantry battalion and an artillery battalion loaned from Major General Nakajima Mitsuru.

This artillery battalion was equipped with 12 Type 75 5mm field guns, which had a caliber mm larger than the Type infantry gun.

More importantly, this type of artillery can fire ten kilometers away and can hit the forest farm near the Yuxi River.

Why did the Japanese only use such a small number of troops? First, the venue was not large enough and could only accommodate so many people.

The second is confidence. Their regiment can fight against two divisions of the Central Army. They now have two cavalry battalions, plus an infantry battalion and an artillery battalion, which is the combat power of a regiment.

Besides, if you can’t win, you can just call on Chaocheng for tactical guidance.

Xiao Dingfang naturally saw the Japanese's actions in the back mountain, saw the puppet army, and also saw the Japanese's infantry battalion and cavalry battalion, but he did not see the Japanese artillery, which made him very annoyed.

Obviously, because of yesterday's shelling, the Japanese artillery also hid in the blind spot. They did not actually fire at the Yuxi River, but came to the foot of Niujiao Mountain.

This position is very safe and will not be hit by artillery shells in any way unless there is field artillery on the forest farm position.

But obviously, no.

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

Boom boom boom boom!

Suddenly, Kyuzo Koga ordered the artillery battalion to fire. Twelve 12mm field guns roared in unison, and one shell after another flew over a distance of 75 kilometers towards the forest farm position.

"Get down, everyone who wants to live, get down. No one is allowed to leave the bomb shelter!"

The monkey shouted loudly, and the soldiers quickly hid in the bomb shelter.

They were two or three people huddled together in panic, bearing the bombardment of the field artillery above their heads. However, as long as there was no unlucky artillery shell that directly exploded the crater entrance, they were basically safe.

After several rounds of artillery fire, the cavalry regiment commander Koga Kyuzo drew out his command sword and waved it, directly ordering the infantry to begin the attack.

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

After hearing the order, hundreds of puppet soldiers in the front began to move. They crouched forward with guns in hand, loaded the gun and fired, not caring whether they hit anyone or not, they just shot.

More than 200 Japanese soldiers led by Okazaki Notake behind also began to open fire, and light and heavy machine gun fire began to spew out flames, suppressing Monkey and his men.

After hearing that no shells fell, Monkey knew that the Japanese were coming. He came out to take a look and saw that it was the puppet army traitors who were in the front. He was so angry.

"Hit me!"

Monkey shouted, then raised his Zhongzheng rifle and fired a shot, knocking down a puppet soldier.

The rest of the people on the position had also come out of the bomb shelter at this time. They were equipped with the Monkey Infantry Company's 7 large-scale rifles, the captured Type light machine guns and grenade launchers, as well as the Czech light machine guns of the Sichuan Army brothers.

At once, more than ten light machine guns opened fire, and terrifying firepower poured out, and dozens of puppet soldiers fell down directly.

"Grenade launcher, blow up that son of a bitch for me."

Bang bang bang bang!

The shells from the four grenade launchers were fired mercilessly at the puppet army camp.

You know what, this little thing is really useful.

The sudden firepower stunned the puppet army. They had never seen such terrifying firepower before, so they turned around and ran away without caring about anything.

"Baka! You are not allowed to retreat. If you retreat, you will die!"