Chapter 308: Cutting off the Japanese's retreat?

"Commander, what should we do now?" the communications staff officer asked Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka.

"Wait a little longer..." Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka was still hesitating whether to send troops immediately.

Because there is only one regiment in Yangcheng now, and there was originally a division stationed there.

Later, most of the troops were withdrawn, and with the addition of troops stationed in various places, there are not many defenders in the city now.

If he wanted to recapture Wuzhou, he would need to dispatch at least one regiment.

But all in all, the troops available now can only support one battalion.

A brigade?
To deal with the American-equipped division?
It’s not impossible!
Although American equipment is powerful, it does not mean that its combat effectiveness is strong.

"What is the combat effectiveness of the 59th Division?" Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka was silent for a while and then asked.

Hearing this, the combat staff officer on the side quickly spoke.

"The combat effectiveness of the 59th Division of the Guangdong Army is not bad, but their veterans have been exhausted, and now they are replenished with new soldiers. Although they are equipped with American weapons, their combat effectiveness should not be very high."

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka knocked on the table and then fell into deep thought again.

"Your Excellency the Commander, the 105st Flying Regiment and the th Education Flying Regiment have not received any missions yet. I think it should be no problem to dispatch a squadron and cooperate with fighter jets to retake Wuzhou. We must not let the other side complete the assembly, otherwise it may be disadvantageous to Yangcheng over time." Seeing Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka fall into deep thought, the combat staff hurriedly explained.

"You mean, the Fourth War Zone is going to launch an attack on Guangzhou?" Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka was not surprised, because in the past few years, the Fourth War Zone has not been idle, and has always sent troops to attack Guangdong Province, but unfortunately they were all repelled.

"Yes, otherwise it is hard to explain why they sent American-equipped troops to attack Wuzhou. According to my understanding of them, such elite troops will definitely conserve their strength and will never send such elite troops to launch an attack."

This is true!

After all, the ragtag armies with some strength are all conserving their strength!

It is indeed rare to see elite troops being brought out to fight like this.

The only explanation is that the Fourth War Zone has become determined and wants to attack Guangzhou again.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka pondered for a while.

"Yoshi, you're right, but a battalion alone is not enough, not even the First Flying Regiment, because those Chinese will definitely engage in street fighting."

"Tell Dongye-kun to be careful and not to worry about the casualties of civilians. If necessary, you can use special bullets."

Upon hearing this, no one in the Japanese headquarters was shaken at all.

Or maybe they have already gotten used to it.

What's more, they are in a weak position now.

"Also, send a telegram to the Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, requesting reinforcements." To be on the safe side, Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka thought it would be better to send a telegram to the Expeditionary Army Headquarters, hoping that some reinforcements would be sent.

If this brigade is gone, Guangzhou may be in danger.

So, to be on the safe side, it is better to tell us in advance, otherwise it will be really troublesome later.

The reason for such concerns is that the other side has dispatched American-equipped troops.

Normally, a ragtag army would be reluctant to send out such elite troops.

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"Based on my understanding of the Japanese army, they will definitely retaliate. It won't be long before they send troops to retake Wuzhou. This is Yangcheng's outer defense line. If we lose this place, they can march straight in." In Wuzhou City, Wang Tianfang analyzed while looking at the map.

Even though he was just a guard battalion commander, he had always been taught by Zhang Fakui himself, so he still had some command skills.

Otherwise, Zhang Fakui would not have been so confident in letting him become the head of a regiment and command thousands of people.

"Commander, what should we do?" Since most of the soldiers in the regiment are new recruits and the quality of officers is uneven, it is impossible to fight in the field.

The only thing we can do is street fighting.

"Let the Japanese in to fight." Wang Tianfang thought for a while and then told his plan.

"Let them in to fight?" some officers in the regiment asked hesitantly.

"Yes, do you guys have any experience in field combat? Or in other words, do you know how to deploy troops in the field?" Wang Tianfang asked.

"I don't know." Several officers looked at each other and shook their heads.

This is not an exaggeration, as some of them have no combat experience.

Fighting the Japanese army in the wild?
Isn't that just giving heads to the Japanese army?

"Although we can fight trench warfare, we have to consider the Japanese fighter planes. Although we also have some anti-aircraft machine guns, their number is too small. It is still difficult to withstand the bombing of Japanese fighter planes." Wang Tianfang taught patiently.

These are not elite troops, but newly formed recruits. It is not easy for them to capture Wuzhou City on their first battlefield.

Fighting the Japanese army in the field means using your own weakness to attack the enemy's strength.

Unless you are a fool, you will definitely not do this.

"Nothing will happen, right? There are still many civilians in the city?" an officer asked hesitantly.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. There are still 2,000 brothers in the city. Besides, we are not going to let all the Japanese troops in. Only a small part will be enough." As he said that, Wang Tianfang explained his tactics of segmented blocking.

To put it simply, the whole city was treated as a battlefield and then divided into different areas. The Japanese army was eliminated as much as possible in the front area to prevent them from destroying more buildings in Wuzhou City.

While Wang Tianfang was arranging the battle plan, on the other side, a battalion led by Japanese Major Jiro Higashino was marching towards Wuzhou City at the fastest speed.

Along the way, the Japanese army was in high spirits because Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka promised him that there would be fighter planes to support him.

Not only that, he was even authorized to use special bullets when necessary.

With two powerful weapons in hand, Major Jiro Higashino felt that a mere regiment of Chinese troops was nothing.

Even a single charge could easily capture Wuzhou City.

It was based on this confidence that Major Jiro Higashino ordered his troops to speed up.

And the following battle was just as Major Jiro Higashino had expected.

There was no decent resistance outside Wuzhou City.

At most, it was just harassment from some small troops, the purpose of which was to slow down their marching speed.

Major Jiro Higashino did not care about this and ordered his troops to continue advancing.

When they arrived at Wuzhou City, they found that there were no defensive positions outside the city, which made Major Jiro Higashino feel uneasy.

Is there an ambush?
It shouldn’t be!

Normally, they would defend the city and set up positions on the periphery.

The results of it?
There are obviously no decent defenders in the outer positions?

Is it to lure the enemy deeper?
Thinking of this, Major Jiro Higashino immediately sent a telegram to Yangcheng, asking whether Yangcheng was safe.

The news we received showed that there were no enemies outside Yangcheng.

He was even scolded for being too timid.

Is he frightened by American weapons?
Even after being scolded, Major Jiro Higashino did not let down his guard. He sent out a search team to search an area of ​​50 kilometers, but they did not find any ambush.

Now Major Jiro Higashino really believed that there was no ambush.

"What? Am I really overthinking it?" Major Jiro Higashino pondered for a while and decided to send a team to test the enemy's firepower.

It turned out that the defensive positions outside the city were not as strong as imagined. After several rounds of mortar bombardment, the outer positions were abandoned.

"Captain, should we continue to send troops to pursue?"

After hearing his subordinates' words, Major Jiro Higashino thought for a while.

If I don't pursue, my subordinates will look down on me.

But if they were ambushed, wouldn’t that be the end? “Let the first squadron attack in full force and make sure to capture Wuzhou City as quickly as possible.” After careful consideration, Major Jiro Higashino decided to send out the first squadron in full force.

"Hay."

"Report to the company commander, a squadron of Japanese troops was spotted on the left, and they are suspected to be rushing towards us." Inside the city, Zheng Bei, with a nervous expression, immediately picked up a telescope to observe after receiving the report from his subordinates.

Through the telescope, they discovered that it was indeed a squadron of Japanese troops rushing towards them.

"Is there only one squadron?" Zheng Bei frowned slightly.

Although his company was not a standard US military company, it still had two hundred people.

Although most of them are new recruits, all of them are equipped with American weapons and their combat effectiveness is several times stronger than before.

This is also why Wang Tianfang deployed them out in companies and platoons, relying on buildings and resisting step by step.

After this bloody battle, we will definitely be able to train an iron-blooded army.

By the way, let me summarize the experience of street fighting.

After all, there is still the battle to attack Hong Kong.

Now is the time to gain experience.

"Captain, why don't we retreat first? We may not be able to defeat a squadron of Japanese soldiers." A newly joined soldier said with some fear.

"What the hell are you talking about? The weapon given to you by your superiors is a fire stick? If you dare to run away today, I will just shoot you." Zheng Bei was originally from the guard battalion, so he would definitely not do such a thing as retreating in the face of a battle. Naturally, he was furious when he heard that his subordinates wanted to retreat.

"Brothers, it is impossible to retreat. Our superiors have given us new guns and money. No matter what, it is natural to serve in the army and fight. Do you know what we have?"

"These are American weapons, which even our regular troops cannot equip. No matter what, we must be worthy of this kindness from our superiors."

"If you don't fight well in this battle, will you still have the face to live in this world?"

"And where is this place? This is Wuzhou, our hometown. If you retreat without a fight, are you worthy of the people of Wuzhou?"

Zheng Bei's words made many soldiers lower their heads in shame.

"No face." Someone said with a red face.

"Good, you have backbone, this is a real man. Everybody, cheer up, don't save bullets for me, beat these bastards hard." Seeing that the morale has been restored a lot, Zheng Bei shouted loudly.

There must be no hesitation at this time. While morale is still good, order your subordinates to open fire.

"Fire!"

"Fight!"

"Da da da!"

When the Japs entered the position, more than a hundred guns opened fire at the same time.

The terrifying firepower made the Japanese squadron leader's scalp tingle.

"Nani, there is such a powerful firepower?"

The dense rain of bullets like a rainstorm knocked down more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in an instant.

The moment he heard the gunshot, Captain Sasaki of the Japanese squadron immediately lay on the ground.

Even though I was mentally prepared, I was still a little frightened when I saw such a dense rain of bullets.

He finally understood why the captain was so careful.

Faced with such terrifying firepower, if you are not careful, you will be wiped out.

"Baga, fight back, fight back."

"Nani, grenade launcher, fire back immediately."

Before entering the city, he thought the captain was too cautious.

Only now do I realize how wise and capable the captain is.

Fortunately, the Japanese army had very good military qualities. After a brief panic, they immediately began to counterattack.

"Hurry up, provide cover fire from the heavy machine guns."

"Hay."

Soon, light and heavy machine guns began to return fire.

Da da da!
Da da da!
Unfortunately, the enemy's firepower was stronger than theirs, and the dense rain of bullets suppressed their own machine guns.

Especially those submachine guns combined with light and heavy machine guns, their firing rate is obviously far beyond theirs.

"So many automatic firearms? Is this still a ragtag army? How is it possible? How do they have so much ammunition?" Captain Sasaki's face turned extremely ugly.

"Baga, grenade launcher, suppress their fire."

"Hurry up, you idiots."

"Hai!"

Several Japanese grenade throwers were measuring the distance with their fingers, then they took out their grenade throwers, stepped on them, loaded the shells, pulled them gently, and then the shells were fired, but they hit the building.

Even so, the flying debris scared many recruits.

The recruits, who were still immersed in the thrill of shooting, immediately came to their senses.

"Don't panic, stay calm, stay calm." Zheng Bei knew that he must not let these new recruits feel fear, otherwise they would be defeated.

You have to know that behind them is a supervision team, and anyone who dares to step over will be shot dead on the spot.

"Sir, there are too many buildings here. It is difficult to suppress the enemy's firepower."

"idiot."

The Japanese army has always been most proud of its firepower, but what was the result?
The enemy's firepower is stronger than theirs, and it's still a street fight.

This directly weakened their individual quality advantage.

After all, we are human beings, we can’t pass through the barrage that is like a fishing net, right?
As long as you dare to stand up, dozens of bullets will hit them.

"Bakayarō..." This time Captain Sasaki was completely furious.

"Send out the mortars and destroy the enemy's machine gun positions immediately."

"Hay."

"Hahahaha, the Japs are no better than this. Beat them hard."

"You damned Japs, you deserve this day. Shoot, shoot! Don't be stingy with your ammunition."

But Wang Tianfang said that there was no need to worry about the ammunition, he could make it as he pleased.

It was because of these words that Zheng Bei dared to say them so proudly.

The unscrupulous suppression of the Japanese army made these recruits think that the Japanese army was no better than them.

Looking at the miserable appearance of the Japanese army, Zheng Bei felt very happy.

When will they be able to suppress the Japanese army like this?

Have you ever fought such a satisfying battle?

"Without the advantage of weapons and equipment, the Japs are nothing but this." Zheng Bei said even more heroically.

"Captain, how about we send a platoon to sneak over there and cut off the Japs' retreat?"

(End of this chapter)