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Leave the north gate alone for the defenders in the city to escape.
The devil's bunker outside the city gate is made of some ordinary bricks and stones, not a reinforced concrete structure.
It can also withstand the bombing of machine guns and grenades, but it cannot resist the bombing of 75-caliber infantry guns and mortars at all.
"Boom boom boom boom!—"
Following the order of Xu Hailang and others, outside the south gate, the artillerymen who were waiting in full battle opened fire one after another.
These bunkers of the devils were quickly blown into ruins by the high-explosive howitzers that pierced through the air.
The devils inside were either killed by bombardment or buried alive inside.
Afterwards, the attacking troops aimed their cannons at the top of the city, bombed several times, and blasted the defenders to pieces. After a burst of dizziness, the siege army, under the cover of the firepower of light and heavy machine guns, unleashed all their strength. attack.
The demoralized ghosts and puppet soldiers, knowing that the North Gate had not been attacked, gave up resistance one after another, swarmed towards the north of the city, and finally fled out of the North Gate to abandon the city.
Under the joint leadership of Xu Hailang, Wang Gui, Chen Ming and others, the army of the Huben regiment that invaded the city followed and pursued them all the way.
In the end, together with Sun Cheng's troops who returned to the camp with the squadron, they attacked back and forth, and wiped out this part of the Japanese and puppet troops in a wilderness 10 meters away from the north of Guzhen City.
Afterwards, they sent their troops back to Guzhen and wreaked havoc on Guzhen Station and Jinpu Railway Line.
So far, Dingyuan, Lingbi, Guzhen and other places have been successively taken down by various ministries of the Huben Regiment.
It must be worth hearing that when the various ministries of the Huben Regiment completed the tasks assigned to them by the regiment leader Yang Chen, they also wreak havoc on the railways, roads and bridges in the Japanese war zone.
In this way, the process of transporting troops by chariots and horses was greatly delayed by the army of devils.
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Hefei, Japanese Army Command.
After receiving the news, a communications staff officer on duty was so frightened that he sweated profusely, and immediately ran to report the situation to Neiji Okamura.
Neiji Okamura was taken aback after listening sleepily. The tiredness and sleepiness on his face were swept away. He rolled his eyes and asked in disbelief, "Nani? You said that Guzhen has also fallen. ?”
"Haye!"
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Chapter 872 The initial strategic goal is achieved! (Third update!)
Seeing the communications staff officer on duty nodding, Neiji Okamura was furious: "Baga! There are 4000 defenders stationed in Guzhen, how could it fall?"
The reason Okamura Ningji was so angry and anxious was because he understood the importance of Guzhen. If this place is lost, it means that the Jinpu Railway may be cut off at any time.
And once the Jinpu Railway was cut off, the connection between the Japanese army in North China and the Japanese army in Central China would also be cut off.
The delivery of soldiers and supplies will become a big problem.
For the Japanese army, this is absolutely not allowed to happen!
Moreover, in addition to Guzhen, Lingbi, Dingyuan and other places were also successively captured by the Huben regiment.
The emergence of this situation has already made Ningji Okamura a little confused. He is not sure which of these enemy troops is led by Yang Chen himself.
And if Yang Chen cannot be killed, for the Japanese army, no matter how many Chinese troops they annihilate, they will not be able to achieve their strategic goal!
The devil's chief of staff who came hand in hand with the staff on duty pondered for a moment, then analyzed with a sad face: "Your Excellency, it seems that our previous judgment may have been wrong!
The Chinese Huben Regiment surrounded by us from Dingyuan to Mingguang is probably not the army led by Yang Chen.
Judging by my position, the one who captured Guzhen tonight was more like the army led by Yang Chen himself.
Only Yang Chen has the possibility to easily capture a heavily defended town so easily! "
Okamura Ningji didn't comment on the surface, but he agreed with his subordinate's judgment in his heart.
At least he no longer dared to devote all his energy to the encirclement and suppression campaign from Dingyuan to Mingguang.
Because he didn't dare to gamble, and he couldn't afford to lose!
If Yang Chen wasn't here, even if he wiped out all the enemy troops, he would still be defeated!
At the same time, as Dingyuan, Guzhen and other places were successively captured by the Huben regiment, the Japanese occupied areas in the Jianghuai area were greatly damaged and cut.
This is extremely detrimental to the control of the imperial army!
No matter from which point of view, it is impossible for Neiji Okamura to sit back and watch this situation continue to deteriorate.
The Central China Front Army Command and the Tokyo base camp will never allow such a thing to happen!
Therefore, Neiji Okamura had to mobilize troops to recapture Guzhen in order to restore the smooth flow of the Jinpu Railway.
After that, we can continue to encircle and suppress all the Huben regiments and other Chinese troops that have revealed their whereabouts.
After pondering for a while, Okamura Ningji immediately changed his previous combat deployment, and told the chief of staff: "Chief of staff! Immediately ordered the main force of the 28th Division to stop the encirclement and suppression of Mingguang and Chuzhou, and leave some troops behind. Siege instead, and ensure the safety of Chuzhou, Mingguang and other places!
Never allow the loss of Guzhen to happen again!
The rest of the main force will be transferred to the north, first recovering Dingyuan County, and then stationed in Bengbu!
The troops of the 28th Division, which had already gone north, quickly crossed the Huaihe River, and must recapture Guzhen as quickly as possible, restore and ensure the smooth flow of the Jinpu Railway! "
After a pause, Gangcun Ningci continued: "In addition, I will order the 3rd Division and the 6th Division to speed up. The 3rd Division will cross the Huaihe River to the north, and as the main force, prepare to encircle and suppress the Chinese army that appeared north of the Huaihe River. military.
The 6th Division stayed on the south bank of the Huaihe River and continued to advance eastward, preparing to encircle and suppress the Chinese army in the Mingguang and Chuzhou areas! "
"Haye!" The devil's chief of staff hastily lowered his head, and quickly led away with his saber in his arms.
Following Neiji Okamura's order, more than half of the 20000 Japanese troops already in place were withdrawn in an instant, leaving only seven or eight thousand devils, plus some puppet troops, and the attack on Yang Chen's troops was changed to a siege .
Try to besiege Yang Chen and the others in the area east of Dingyuan, north of Chuzhou, and west of Mingguang, and wait for the 6th Division and other follow-up reinforcements to arrive before encircling and suppressing them.
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Naturally, Yang Chen couldn't sit still and do what the little devil wanted.
When the news of Guzhen's recovery came, he already knew the good news that Chen Ming was not dead.
Coupled with the achievement of the goal of attracting the devils to divide the troops, he was in a good mood, and before dawn, he led the troops to break out in the direction of Mingguang.
I plan to go for a break in the waters around Hongze Lake!
At this time, the individual troops of the devils outside the encirclement circle did not have such a high advantage compared with Yang Chen's troops.
Yang Chen led Duan Peng, Guan Sanliu, Li Jiufu, Zhang Dali, Ouyang Yangming, and Xiang Wenbin, leading more than 1000 elite soldiers, and easily broke through the blockade of the devils and puppet troops.