Chapter 683: The Devil's Counterattack (3)
The Japanese puppet reinforcements originally numbered about 2,500 people, but after the attack of the security regiment, the enemy suffered more than half of the casualties, and there were less than 1,200 soldiers left who could fight.
Kameda Noro still has a little bit of a brain in commanding operations, although Kameda Brigade and Regiment suffered defeats and lost troops, but Kameda Old Devil was unlucky and encountered a security regiment.
Kameda Noro knew that the security group had strong firepower, so he divided these miscellaneous troops into three offensive echelons.
These miscellaneous units of the Japanese puppet army were all temporarily reorganized and put together, and if too many people fought at the same time, the command would definitely be chaotic.
The devils are divided into multiple offensive echelons, which can avoid the intensive bombardment of the security group, which is also more convenient to command the battle.
Kameda Noro has blind confidence in his command ability, and he believes that the main reason for the continuous defeat is the strong firepower of the security regiment.
So, he came up with a attrition tactic, and Kameda Noro withdrew the elite troops of his brigade first to preserve his strength.
Of course, the above is just Kameda Noro's own wrong judgment and estimate.
In order to attract a large number of reinforcements from the devils to reinforce and complete the siege of the city, Li Hong did not order the troops to attack with all their might, otherwise, the defenders of the county town would not be able to hold on for a few days......
After the reinforcements of the devils were sent to Gucheng County, the Chinese army launched a military operation to uproot the strongholds occupied by the devils.
The villages and towns within a radius of 100 kilometers around Gucheng County are full of devils' strongholds, and there are more than 20 large and small strongholds combined.
Now the Japanese puppet army in these strongholds is basically empty, and the enemy's stronghold can be said to be very empty, and it cannot withstand the attack of regular troops at all.
In the past, it was very difficult to uproot the devil's stronghold and recapture the occupied territory.
Because the devil's strongholds are not far from each other, as long as the enemy's strongholds are attacked, the devils from other strongholds can immediately move over to reinforce them.
It is almost impossible to uproot more than 20 strongholds in one go, and no commander dares to have such courage.
Li Hong adopted the tactics of besieging and sending reinforcements, forcing the devils to spare troops to support Gucheng County, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Chinese army to uproot the stronghold.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, a number of armed forces attacked the enemy's stronghold at the same time, and for a time, all the strongholds of the Japanese puppet army became a pot of porridge.
The combat units involved in the uprooting of the devil's stronghold include troops of the Eighth Route Army, troops of the National Army, and militia guerrillas.
Under the joint action of these armed forces, the nails of the enemy's strongholds were pulled out one by one, and the Chinese army recovered part of the occupied territory from the devils.
Although the Japanese puppet army in the strongholds is insufficient, and some strongholds have been uprooted, the combat effectiveness and firepower of the devil soldiers in some strongholds are not weak.
The Chinese army attacking the occupied points was relatively backward in weaponry and lacked heavy firepower weapons.
The Japanese puppet army retreated to the stronghold of the watchtower fortifications for defense, and the Chinese army had no way to take the enemy, and paid a lot of casualties.
Before preparing to uproot the enemy's strongholds, Li Hong thought in advance that there would be some strongholds that would be difficult to gnaw, and also took into account the firepower of friendly forces.
In order to cooperate with friendly forces to capture the stronghold, Li Hong sent a flying squadron to participate in the battle.
With the support of fighter jets and bombers, friendly forces were able to eliminate positions with less effort and reduce casualties among soldiers.
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Soon, Kameda Noro received intelligence information that various bases had been attacked.
The uprooting of the strongholds around Gujo County will pose a certain threat to the Kameda Brigade and will cause the enemy forces in Gucheng County to fall into the predicament of being surrounded on all sides.
In this regard, Kameda Noro didn't care too much about the loss of the stronghold, because the reinforcements of the devil's various forces were already on their way, and the nearest reinforcement was less than one hundred and fifty kilometers away from Gucheng County.
As soon as the devil's army arrives, tens of thousands of enemies can encircle the Chinese army and restore the decline on the battlefield.
At this time, Kameda Noro put all his thoughts on defending the city, which was his important task.
"Immediately give an order, order the commanders of the first echelon, immediately launch an attack on the security regiment on Center Street and recapture the lost position!"
The chief of staff of the devil stood up and reminded: "General, our flying unit has not yet arrived, and the combat effectiveness of the first echelon is not as good as that of the security regiment, if we launch an attack now, we will not have any advantage at all......
Kameda Noro raised his hand and stopped the chief of staff from going down.
"There is no need to wait any longer, while the security regiment occupying the position has not yet fully established the fortifications, it is necessary to launch a counterattack as soon as possible!"
"Hayi, understand !!"
The devil officers of the command nodded one after another, agreeing with the brigade commander's combat order.
Kameda was anxious to launch a counteroffensive and exchanged fire with the security regiment troops in the castle with miscellaneous troops, the main purpose of which was to consume the security regiment's strength and ammunition.
Anyway, he didn't expect this gang of waste miscellaneous soldiers to be able to recapture the center street position, waste utilization, that's what it means.
A few minutes later, the on-call devil officers received the order to attack.
Kameda Noro understands the urine nature of the puppet army grinders, and knows that their combat effectiveness is vulnerable, so he handed over the main attack task to the devil troops, and the puppet soldiers were all arranged to the stretcher team, as well as to transport ammunition.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of the puppet army is not so vulnerable, as long as the reason is that the puppet army deliberately pretends to be bear soldiers.
Most of the puppet soldiers are just trying to make ends meet, and they don't want to die on the front line for the little devils.
The devil commanders organized their troops, deployed the attack, and immediately ordered the troops to attack.
"The infantry attacked, and the press gave !!"
"The infantry rushed, occupied the streets ahead, and the press gave !!"
The Devil soldiers attacked in two directions, attacking simultaneously from the middle of the central street and from the right flank.
The devil officer raised the command knife in his hand, and hundreds of devil soldiers took up their weapons and cautiously moved towards the position of the sixth battalion of the security regiment through the shelter of the street.
The officers and men of the Sixth Battalion, who were guarding the position, saw the devil soldiers approaching, quickly pulled the bolt, and the grenades were placed aside, and they quickly prepared for battle.
"Brothers, the little devils will come up soon, and the squads and platoons are ready to fight!!"
The officers of each company and platoon of the sixth battalion stood on their positions, directing the soldiers to fight.
The little devils in the middle attacked faster, and they were only three or four hundred meters away from the position in front of the sixth battalion.
The front commanders of the 6th battalion saw the little devil enter the firing range and did not give the order to open fire.
"Everyone listen to the order, wait for the little devil to get closer before fighting!"
The military commander of the sixth battalion stared at the approaching enemy, calmed his breath one by one, and waited until the enemy approached 100 meters before they gave the order to open fire.
"Brothers, fire !!"
"Grenadier canisters, mortar suppression, machine gun fire blockade, so that the devils have no !! to return"