New citizens!
The reinforcements of the Kwantung Army arrived much faster than expected. The two mixed regiments were surrounded and in danger of being annihilated.
In addition, there was no news of the 10th division.
How could the higher-ups of the Guandong Army not be anxious?
Hence, he sent out the 40th Brigade of the 20th Regiment in a hurry.
As they were traveling light, they did not carry any heavy weapons.
The 40th Infantry Brigade that was rushing to the new citizens bumped into the 3rd Regiment and 7th Battalion that were guarding the bridge outside the city.
"Baka, attack and open up a path to rescue our allies as soon as possible.”
The regiment commander, Hiroshi Hashimoto, was very clear.
The situation of the two mixed regiments was extremely critical.
They had to rescue them as quickly as possible. Otherwise, when this troop turned around, they would be the ones in trouble.
The 40th Brigade immediately sent out their assault troops and stepped onto the railway bridge.
The first thing that greeted them was the mortars. The battalion commander immediately gathered all the mortars in the battalion.
The 7th Battalion had a firearms company, equipped with six 81mm mortars.
Each infantry company also had a weapon platoon equipped with six smaller 60mm mortars.
In other words, the entire battalion was equipped with a total of 24 mortars.
"Rapid Fire!"
After adjusting the elements, shells were fired one after another, smashing into the minds of the Japanese soldiers.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The attacking troops were immediately welcomed warmly by the 7th Battalion, and more than 20 mortar shells were fired.
It directly blew up a blank space in the crowded Japanese attack force.
The reason why the 7th Battalion chose the railway bridge was that the Japanese army couldn't use it even if they had support.
They only needed to put a company of troops here to stop a large number of Japanese troops.
The remaining two companies were distributed to the left and right wings of the railway bridge.
This would prevent the Japanese army from crossing the Liao River and outflanking them.
The new commander of the 1st Infantry Division, Liao Yuanliang, frowned when he received the message from the 7th Battalion.
The Japanese reinforcements came too quickly, and the Liaohe River was frozen, losing its natural moat.
"Send another battalion to defend the new citizens, and also send a 105th artillery battalion.”
The encirclement had been formed, and the Japanese army had become turtles in a jar.
Therefore, he still had a surplus of troops in his hands.
Not only were the new citizens the bridgehead for their attack on Fengtian, but they were also the key to their successful encirclement of the two mixed regiments.
Once the Japanese army reoccupied the new citizens, they only needed to send reinforcements everywhere to deal with the 1st Division.
With two battalions and an artillery battalion, it was more than enough to defend against the new citizens.
The main responsibility of the 1st division was still placed on this siege.
After nearly three hours of fierce fighting, the two mixed regiments of the Japanese army had suffered more than half of their casualties.
If it was the Western army, they would probably surrender as long as they lost more than 30% of their forces.
However, how could these animals, who had been baptized by the spirit of the Bushido, be judged by ordinary people?
Therefore, even if there were many casualties, their resistance was still very intense.
Even if he was missing an arm or a leg, he still wanted to drag the border guards down with him.
"Report, the command center has called. They want us to end the battle within two hours and move towards Fengtian.”
It had been more than three hours, and the siege had entered the second half of the battle.
Two hours was enough.
"Call me back. My division will finish the battle within an hour.”
At this moment, the Japanese army was already in a situation where they were short of guns and ammunition, and their resistance was gradually decreasing.
In addition to the shrinking of the encirclement, the effect of the artillery bombardment was also getting bigger and bigger.
Therefore, he was very confident that he could finish the battle within an hour.
The battle against the new citizens had also entered a white-hot situation.
If it wasn't for the reinforcements from the 2nd Regiment and 5th Battalion arriving in time, the Japanese army would have charged into Xinmin City.
As for the blockade at the bridgehead of the railway bridge, they had already fallen, but the troops had successfully retreated to the city.
After the artillery battalion set up the artillery positions, they directly joined the battle, giving the Japanese a great shock.
"Baka, the Chinese actually have so many heavy cannons.”
12 105mm caliber howitzers were considered heavy artillery by the Japanese army.
The regiment commander, Hiroshi Hashimoto, understood very well that the reinforcements this time were going to fail.
The other party had actually sent more troops to stop them, which meant that the other party still had more troops in their hands.
Although his exploration team had more than 8,000 people, it would still take time to take down Xinmin City.
The two mixed regiments obviously couldn't wait that long.
At this moment, the 40th Infantry Brigade received an urgent message from the Kwantung Army headquarters.
"Retreat to Fengtian as soon as possible!”
Hiroshi Hashimoto was shocked when he saw the telegram.
"What happened in Fengtian?"
The Kwantung Army headquarters naturally discovered the First Route Army that was taking the train north.
With the cover of the Shooting Sun armored train and the escort of the Mustang fleet in the sky.
The train was traveling northward along the South Manchurian railway at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour.
With his current speed, a journey of more than 100 kilometers would only take about two hours.
Since the border guards had already started moving north, it meant that the 10th division was doomed.
The higher-ups of the Guandong Army let go of their shock and began to think about how to defend Fengtian.
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