HCB Chapter 618 Thank you very much for Brother Yunlong's help, otherwise our Jinsui Army would not
Chapter 618 Thank you very much for Brother Yunlong's help, otherwise our Jinsui Army would not
Junichi Aoki thought that the Japanese air force would come to support in the afternoon, but he waited until five o'clock in the afternoon and did not see a single Japanese fighter plane coming. This made him very angry, but he was helpless. After nearly a day of fighting, his soldiers suffered heavy losses, and now he only had two battalions left to mobilize.
The situation in Ping'an County was already precarious, and he had made up his mind to break out immediately when it got dark. It was not that he did not want to break out during the day, but if he broke out directly without the cover of the air force, the losses would be very heavy.
Suddenly he thought of something wrong. He had never seen Kojiro Hirata, who had been hanging around in front of him, since he had met him once in the morning. Could it be that Kojiro Hirata and his men had left early? But the outside was already tightly blocked by the enemy. Could it be that there was a secret passage in Ping'an County?
"Have someone find Kojiro Hirata for me right now. Once you find him, report to me immediately!"
Ichiro Matsubara did not dare to be negligent, he also felt something was wrong. Hirata Kojiro and others who had been running around all the time suddenly disappeared, which was really confusing.
In a landlord's compound more than 400 meters away from the Japanese headquarters, Kojiro Hirata was leading everyone into the tunnel. He had already dug a tunnel leading out of the city, which now came in handy.
"Hurry up! We must evacuate Ping'an County within half an hour. If we are late, we will have no chance!" Kojiro Hirata urged him anxiously.
Taro Mitsui and others did not dare to delay and hurriedly got into the tunnel. The reason why they did not go in before was mainly to allow the tunnel to be ventilated, otherwise the thin oxygen in the tunnel would kill them in the tunnel. They would never do such a stupid thing.
Yamamoto Ikki led the special forces team in the front, and Hirata Kojiro walked at the end. When the main force was about to leave the city, he ordered people to blow up the entrance of the tunnel. With a muffled bang, in the fiercely fought Ping'an County, it did not attract anyone's attention. Hirata Ichiro and others successfully withdrew more than 600 Japanese soldiers from Ping'an County and hid in the nearby woods, avoiding the reconnaissance of air fighters.
It was not until it was completely dark that Hirata Kojiro and his men left the woods and marched to the backup stronghold. This was all thanks to Yamamoto Ikki. After suffering many losses from Lin Zhenhua and Li Yunlong, he had completely put aside his pride and would plan the retreat in advance before each action, which enabled him to successfully escape every time.
Ichiro Matsubara led a squadron of troops and searched for a full hour, but could not find any trace of Kojiro Hirata and others. He had a bad feeling in his heart, and a voice deep in his heart told him that Kojiro Hirata had escaped from Ping'an County. Although he didn't know why he had this intuition, facts proved that his intuition was not wrong.
He quickly reported his speculation and search results to Junichi Aoki. Junichi Aoki's face looked very ugly when he heard the news. The moment he heard the news, he confirmed that Kojiro Hirata had escaped from Heian County, and Yamamoto Ikki and others had escaped with him. Although he was very angry in his heart, he did not dare to make this matter public, as that would be too much of a blow to morale.
"Order all the battalions to shrink their defenses. After dark, follow me to break out. Have the artillery unit gather all the artillery and shells in our hands and prepare in advance for the breakout tonight!"
In order to successfully break out of the encirclement in Ping'an County, Jun'ichi Aoki chose the South Gate as the direction of the breakout. He had the most troops deployed there, and half of the positions were still in his hands. He had a better chance of successfully breaking out from there. As for the other three directions, 70% of the places were already occupied by the enemy. If he broke out from those places, the risk was too great. This was also the defense plan that Jun'ichi Aoki made after a long consideration. He deliberately left himself a glimmer of hope.
At the north gate of Ping'an County, Lin Zhenhua was arranging the engineering battalion to fill the trenches. After nearly five hours of hard work, the road out of the city was finally filled. The tank troops rolled over the steel plates on the ground and entered Ping'an County, joining in the campaign against the Japanese.
"Lao Li, we are at a great disadvantage in street fighting with the Japanese. I think we can make way for them to withdraw from Ping'an County and destroy them in mobile warfare. This can greatly reduce our casualties!"
"It is difficult for our armored vehicles and tanks to play a leading role in street fighting. In today's street fighting alone, we almost lost an armored vehicle battalion. This battle reminded us that in street fighting, many weapons are not as powerful as we imagined. In the future, we must try our best to avoid street fighting with the Japanese!" Lin Zhenhua said in a serious tone.
Li Yunlong had not expected that fighting a street battle with the Japanese would result in such heavy casualties in the troops. He really didn't believe what Lin Zhenhua said before. Unfortunately, the cruel reality told him that the siege would be much more brutal than he had imagined, and the tenacity of the Japanese was beyond his imagination.
"College student, your reminder is absolutely correct. According to the reports from various troops, I judge that if the Japanese want to break out, they should choose the South Gate. Logically speaking, the Japanese shouldn't be so stupid as to expose their combat intentions so blatantly, but the fact is that the Japanese have set a trap for us."
"With our current offensive forces in the south city, if we really encounter the devils who break out at all costs, we will definitely not be able to stop them. Especially after nightfall, the devils can use the cover of darkness to catch us off guard. I have just given an urgent order to Shen Quan to immediately withdraw the forces and deploy the troops on both wings to form a fire blockade against the devils, so that we can intercept some of them."
"Zhang Dabiao led two armored vehicle battalions and took a detour to lurk near the nameless woods. As soon as the Japanese left the city, they immediately launched a pursuit and eliminated them through mobile warfare."
Lin Zhenhua had no objection to Li Yunlong's arrangement. He also believed that the remaining Japanese devils would definitely break out tonight. The street fighting during the day also made him realize that weapons and equipment could not play a decisive role in street fighting.
"Lao Li, we have fought more than 2000 soldiers in the street battles with the Japanese, which shows how fierce the Japanese resistance is. Next, we will attack Shuiquan County and Fu'an County. The Japanese resistance will also be very strong. They have to find a way to mobilize the Japanese. We can't continue to fight street battles with the Japanese. We have to find ways to fight the Japanese in the field and give full play to the advantages of our weapons and equipment. Otherwise, even if we can take down three counties in the end, I'm afraid the losses of the troops will reach tens of thousands."
"We only brought more than 28000 people with us when we came out. If half of them are killed or wounded, even if we can finally take over Shuiquan Oilfield, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold it. According to my estimate, we must have at least five battalions stationed in the three counties. In addition, we need to send people to guard Shuiquan Oilfield. The total number of troops stationed there alone will be . However, we only have troops at our disposal. The situation is much more serious than we imagined."
After listening to Lin Zhenhua's analysis, Li Yunlong also felt a headache. Kong Jie and Ding Wei have not waited for the Japanese reinforcements until now. From this point, it can be seen that the Japanese have completely abandoned Ping'an County, which is not good news for them.
Originally, they planned to use Ping'an County to encircle and attack the reinforcements, otherwise they would not have weakened the offensive in the city in the afternoon. However, they did not expect that the Japanese would not be fooled at all, which forced them to cancel their plan of encircling and attacking the reinforcements before it was implemented.
"College student, the Japanese in Fu'an and Shuiquan have not made any movement at all. As for the Japanese strongholds near Ping'an County, the Japanese and puppet troops inside are running faster than rabbits. More than 20 strongholds were abandoned today alone. The Japanese are not fooled at all."
"We must now quickly capture Ping'an County, then attack Fu'an County, and finally capture Shuiquan County. This order must not be changed, otherwise we will face a pincer attack from the devils."
"Old Zhao just sent me an urgent telegram. The base is busy receiving the last batch of disaster victims. In the past few days, we have received nearly 100,000 disaster victims. It is estimated that in another seven or eight days, we will be able to settle all the disaster victims who came to the base."
"A population of 300 million can provide us with or soldiers. We don't have to worry about not being able to expand our forces in the short term. What really worries me is that our weapons and equipment production capacity is still a bit behind. It is too difficult to equip an army of within three months."
Chu Yunfei hurried over with the telegram in his hand, and said with a happy smile, "Brother Yunlong, the old commander just sent me good news. The main force of our Jinsui Army has breached the east gate of Guxian County and is now fighting the devils in the city. It is expected that we will be able to capture Guxian County by tomorrow night."
"The old commander asked me to express my gratitude to you. If you hadn't sent out air force support today, the attack of our main force in Jinsui would not have been so smooth today."
Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua were also very happy after hearing the news. With the help of the main force of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army to share some of the pressure, their subsequent casualties could be greatly reduced. After all, the number of Japanese devils was limited, and if they wanted to fight on two fronts, with the current strength of the Japanese devils, they would be completely out of their power!