LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 24
When Lieutenant General Kuniaki Koiso, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, saw the telegram for help, he was also shocked and his eyes were filled with disbelief.
"How is this possible? This is the 8th Division."
General Hishikari Takashi said with a dark face:"But this Chinese force not only has hundreds of heavy artillery, but also more than a hundred tanks, and even very advanced fighter planes.
Ten minutes ago, the 2nd Fighter Squadron that went to Hiraizumi for reinforcement was wiped out.
The 8th Division not only lost its heavy artillery, but also the air force could hardly support them."
Hearing this, Koiso Kuniaki was even more shocked.
"What? This Chinese force has their support behind it, and it is growing too fast.
We must eliminate them at all costs.
Otherwise, they will seriously threaten the interests of the empire in the Northeast."
General Hishikari Takashi also agreed with this.
Now the other side actually has the ability to defeat one of their permanent divisions.
If they are allowed to continue to grow, the Kwantung Army may find it difficult to contain them.
But now they have no troops to deploy.
Now the Northeast is full of anti-Japanese armed activities.
There are more than 200,000 Chinese troops in the Rehe area.
However, they do not have enough troops to dispatch.
The only way is probably to ask for help from the country and send more divisions to join the Kwantung Army.
But distant water cannot quench immediate thirst
"Let the Sixth Division abandon the northern part of Rehe and mobilize the main force to attack Chengde.
There is an allusion in China called"Besiege Wei to Save Zhao", which may be able to resolve the crisis of the Eighth Division."
In Chifeng, after receiving the order from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the Sixth Division decisively withdrew its troops and sent a brigade to Chengde as soon as possible.
At the same time, the 33rd Brigade operating in Suizhong also rushed to reinforce Pingquan.
All Japanese troops began to gather in Pingquan and Chengde.
Zhang Hanqing, the commander-in-chief of the First Front Army, and Zhang Zuoxiang, the commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army, also discovered the abnormality of the Japanese army.
"What? That Jiang Fan mobilized a large army to attack Pingquan? Are they crazy?" It was only at this time that Zhang Hanqing and his men received this shocking news.
It was not because they were late in getting the news.
It was because all the spies they had planted in Chengde had been eliminated by Eva.
Not only them, but none of the spies in Japan, Nanjing and other places escaped.
The intelligence department formed by Eva has begun to play a role.
Zhang Zuoxiang also exclaimed:"Who exactly is this Jiang Fan? He has more than 20,000 troops in the Eighth Division."
You must know that at the beginning of the September 18th Incident, the total strength of the Japanese army was only the size of a permanent division.
And the Fengtian Army at that time had hundreds of thousands of people.
Zhang Hanqing's eyes flickered, and he thought:"No matter what, we can't let the Japanese succeed easily.
Let all the troops launch a counterattack against the Japanese invaders and hold them back.
We can't let them easily support Pingquan"
"What? You want to win him over? I heard that even the special envoy over there has been left out and hasn't seen him yet."
Zhang Hanqing shook his head and said,"No, if it weren't for him, the Great Wall defense line would be in danger.
If he were in Pingquan to attract the Japanese firepower, we would be able to relax a lot and preserve some of our strength."
Hearing this, Zhang Zuoxiang fell silent and said no more.
In the direction of Pingquan, although the Japanese army was determined, they were not iron men after all.
Facing the swarming tanks, the 17th Regiment of the Japanese Army also began to collapse.
Looking at the approaching tanks, the Japanese army also began to drop their weapons and run back frantically.
However, what greeted them were bullets from behind.
The battle did not last too long.
It was not until after five o'clock in the afternoon that this outer defense line was taken down.
Pingquan had completely opened the door to them.
But the 17th Regiment was indeed tenacious.
The 1st Division also lost 12 Type 4 tanks and suffered more than 500 casualties.
Some of the casualties came from the Japanese 75mm field artillery.
Hiding in the dark and firing cold artillery, it is hard to defend.
But in the end, this line of defense was taken.
Next is Pingquan.
At nightfall, neither side had any plans to continue fighting.
Xie Ning needed to rest and replenish, while the 8th Division also had to build and improve fortifications.
There was no plan to launch a night attack.
They suffered a great loss last time.
At around ten o'clock, the supplies from Chengde finally arrived.
""Division Commander, come out and take a look, this time there are big guys."
Xie Ning's eyes were full of curiosity when he heard this, and he ran out quickly.
When he saw those big guys, he couldn't help but show admiration and surprise on his face.
This time, Chengde has added a lot of heavy weapons to them. Among them, 12 B-4 super-heavy howitzers are in sight.
203mm caliber cannons, even Xie Ning can't resist liking it.
With these 12 cannons, it is enough to give the little devils a hard time.
The 155mm cannon is much less powerful than it, especially in dealing with strong fortifications.
In addition to the B-4, there are 17 big guys.
These are real big guys, he doesn't know how the logistics department got them here.
Huge body, heavy armor, turret with tilted armor, long gun barrel.
Its identity is already obvious-tank.
But the reinforcements this time are not ordinary tanks.
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