Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

The Japanese Chief of Staff hated General Terauchi Hisaichi.

For the sake of his so-called glory, he dragged his feet when retreating and was not decisive at all. If he had proposed to retreat, could he have been more decisive and not ended up in the current passive situation for all parties?

You, a seriously injured vegetative patient, can just leave quietly. Baka, what should I do?

How can I bear such a huge blame? Damn it!!!

However, no matter how angry he was, the Japanese Chief of Staff also knew that things had already happened and now they could only take things one step at a time.

"Send a telegram to the commander of the 27th Division!"

After much thought, the Japanese chief of staff, still feeling a little unsafe, shouted, "Let them also send a troop to Ninghe County."

"Tangshan County has 15,000 defenders, so overall, there's not much of a problem. The only concern is Ninghai County, which only has one infantry battalion and two Imperial Army battalions."

"There are only 2,000 people. With the offensive power of Chu Feng's army, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on!"

Soon, the telegram reached the hands of the commander of the 27th Division through radio waves. He frowned as he looked at the battle map.

He naturally noticed the Chief of Staff's reminder. After a moment's reflection, he said, "Dispatch an infantry battalion to garrison Ninghe County."

Although he had nearly 100,000 troops at his command, the commander of the 27th Division knew very well the value of his "100,000 troops."

The regular army has only 40,000 men, the rest are the Imperial Army, plus the garrisons in various counties, which are also pretty good, totaling more than 30,000 men.

The remaining 10,000 to 20,000 people were all ronin or imperial citizens temporarily recruited from the surrounding counties and Jinshi.

"By the way, don't use our main force. Draw from several improvised regiments and pair them with a squadron of artillery."

Reluctant to send out his limited and combat-capable troops, but having no choice, the commander of the 27th Division chose to dispatch a group of stragglers.

In any case, this is more than a thousand people, and there is an artillery squadron, combined with the two thousand people from Ninghe County, more than three thousand people relying on the defense of the county town, so there shouldn't be any big problems.

Even if something happens, he can still withdraw troops at any time. At this time, the front-line position of Ninghe County is only about 60 to 70 kilometers away.

however!

The Japanese had good intentions, but they didn't know that a troop had already quietly reached the outskirts of Ninghe County.

Just a simple reconnaissance and time to set up the artillery positions.

Once the artillery positions were set up, the battle began.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In an instant, 12 120mm heavy mortar shells drew a graceful arc in the sky and accurately landed on the northwest gate of Ninghe County and the city walls around the gate.

The artillery battalion began to show its power, and the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade immediately launched an attack. The 1st Battalion was responsible for attacking the northwest gate, the 2nd Battalion was responsible for feinting an attack on the other two gates, and the 3rd Battalion served as the reserve.

"Da da da!!!"

"Chu tu tu tu tu!!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

“Swish~~~Boom!!! Swish~~~Boom!!!”

"..."

Although the heavy artillery regiment of the artillery brigade did not follow, the firepower of the Independent 1st Division at the brigade level was not weak.

Not to mention, the attacking forces were also equipped with a large number of rocket launchers.

The offensive firepower is simply too strong.

"idiot!!!"

"Enemy attack!! Enemy attack!!!"

"The Chinese are attacking!!"

"Hurry up, fight back, fight back!!!"

"..."

The sudden fire attack caused chaos in the Japanese and puppet troops in Ninghe County. For a time, Ninghe County was filled with the sound of gunfire.

At the same time, the news was reported immediately.

"idiot!!!"

Upon receiving the news that the main force of Chu Feng's troops appeared outside Ninghe County and had launched an attack, the Japanese chief of staff's worries were confirmed.

He didn't care about anything else, just cursed and said, "Send the troops from Tangshan to support immediately."

At this point, he thought for a moment and said, "To prevent the small-scale support troops from being ambushed by Chu Feng's troops, we will mobilize 7,000 people to act together."

The Japanese chief of staff was already very cautious and directly withdrew nearly half of the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Tangshan County.

But he didn't know that Wang Tiezhu had arranged two main regiments, an artillery battalion and other main forces of the 1st Brigade waiting for him on the way from Tangshan to Ninghe.

"brigadier!!!"

Just as the 7,000 Japanese and puppet troops in Tangshan County had just left the city, news reached the ears of Liu Yiyun, the commander of the 1st Brigade, via walkie-talkie: "Seven or eight thousand Japanese and puppet troops are all advancing lightly, without any heavy weapons."

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

“Well done!!”

Upon hearing this, Liu Yiyun, commander of the 1st Brigade, suddenly brightened up. He slapped his thigh and laughed, "Great, great, great!!!"

"Order!"

Liu Yiyun didn't waste any words and immediately said, "The Second Regiment will set up defenses in Tangfang Town, the Third Regiment will go around to the rear and wait, and the 3rd Artillery Battalion will build artillery positions."

"Once the Japanese and puppet troops enter the encirclement, launch an attack immediately. Seven or eight thousand Japanese and puppet troops are a big piece of fat meat. We should try to wipe them out within an hour!!!"

Following Liu Yiyun's order, the troops began to move. At the same time, every move of the Japanese and puppet troops that set out to support from Tangshan County would appear in Liu Yiyun's ears in real time.

What they didn't know was that more than ten kilometers ahead, Liu Yiyun led the main force of the 1st Brigade to set up a pocket formation for them, waiting for them to rush in.

The Japanese chief of staff received the news, and so did the commander of the 27th Division.

A hint of anxiety appeared on his face. He knew that no matter what, Ninghe County could not be lost. It was their only route of retreat. Once it was cut off, they would have no way to escape.

"Immediately order the 5th Battalion to command the Provisional 1st Regiment to quickly support Ninghe County. At the same time, order the support troops that set out earlier to speed up their march."

All of a sudden!

As the battle in Ninghe County began, the Japanese and puppet troops began to get anxious.

Time passed by little by little. Around the fifteenth minute after the battle started in Ninghe County, the northwest city gate and surrounding walls could not withstand the heavy firepower and were blown down!

Although the county town is not big and is built with brick and stone structures, it does not have reinforced concrete, but is just an ordinary brick and stone structure. Not to mention the 120mm heavy mortar, even the power of a 75mm mountain gun is enough to destroy and collapse them.

The 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment took advantage of the situation and rushed into the county town from the breakthrough point. The 3rd Battalion, which served as the reserve, also followed the 1st Battalion and rushed into the county town.

A fierce, or more accurately, a one-sided massacre, street battle began with the Japanese and puppet troops in Ninghe County.

A regiment equipped with a large amount of automatic firepower, rocket launchers and other weapons is least afraid of street fighting.

And Tangfang Town!

Ten minutes later, more than 7,000 Japanese and puppet troops from Tangshan County plunged into the ambush circle, and the battle to encircle and attack the reinforcements began.