The troops of the 55th Division of the Japanese Army were deployed in a pocket shape.

The troops of a regiment in front and the troops of a regiment on both sides.

In the middle is their division command.

Therefore, the troops are relatively average, and the number of Japanese troops in each place is about the same.

The force of a regiment is about 3,500.

But the troops of the temporary regiment have five thousand people per battalion...

The first battalion of Li Da was capable of the largest number of troops, with 7,000 people.

The number of troops is more than a Japanese army corps and the equipment is more complete.

So his first battalion has the most sharp attack.

The Second Battalion is on one side of the First Battalion, and the attack is obviously a bit slow compared to the First Battalion.

But it is relatively speaking.

Zhou Weiguo was also very fierce in the war. Under his command, the second battalion's offense went very smoothly.

And it's more organized.

Li Da was a big battalion and liked to break through directly in the central government when fighting, because his troops had the largest number of tanks and the strongest firepower, so there was no need to consider anything else.

Zhou Weiguo's second battalion liked to cover artillery first and then attack infantry when fighting.

Two battalions, more than 10,000 people, were no problem fighting a Japanese corps.

In addition, Wang Han's plane was bombing again in the sky, so in just one hour, the Japanese army's corps could not resist and began to retreat.

Either retreat in an orderly manner or retreat directly.

The Japanese wing captain was beaten without any temper.

He was surprised to find that no matter how he organized the troops to defend, he could not stop the opponent's attack.

The weapons of the Japanese wing have no artillery, only mortars and grenade launchers, which are not enough to see in front of tanks and artillery.

The situation of the Japanese corps on the other side is the same. Although it has not yet retreated across the board, it is also fast, and there is a possibility of collapse from time to time.

The equipment of the Third Battalion and the Fourth Battalion is relatively not as strong as that of the First Battalion and the Second Battalion, but compared with the Japanese army, it has a great advantage.

There are twenty tanks combined between these two battalions.

Attacking a Japanese wing is enough.

Watanabe Mio immediately sent a telegram to Okamura Yasuji and reported the situation of his troops.

It’s not that you don’t retreat, it’s really impossible to retreat.

Looking at the telegram from the 56th Division of the Japanese Army, Okamura Yanji's pale face became even pale.

He probably already understood the situation of the 56th Division.

Based on the current situation, it is basically impossible to save the 56th Division.

Japanese Chief of Staff Aoki said to Okamura Yiji: "Commander, if the 56th Division does not retreat in time, it is very likely that it will be completely wiped out."

According to Watanabe Maifu's report, the opponent's attack on the 56th Division was at least a strengthening division's troops.

And there are tank troops, and just tank troops, there may be a brigade.

Besides, above their heads, there were a hundred planes from each other carrying out uninterrupted bombing.

The 56th Division now has only three infantry regiments in Tangji, with no heavy weapons at all, and even fewer mortars.

If you don't retreat, and you won't wait until dark, the 56th Division will be destroyed.

This is for sure.

Of course, Okamura Yasuji knew that the opponent's attack was so fierce that he obviously wanted to destroy the 56th Division within one day.

Then you can free up your hands to wave your troops south to prevent the 18th Division from reinforcing Ren'anqiang.

As long as it can block for two days, the probability of the 55th Division being wiped out will be very high.

If the 55th Division is destroyed again, the 15th Army will basically be done.

This will not work at all.

If there is no other way, the 15th Army will be in danger.

Okamura Yasuji looked at the huge map and thought about how to solve this military order.

"How many planes are there in our country?" Okamura Yasuji asked Aoki.

"There are seventy aircrafts left. Since the last time the opponent shot down thirty aircraft, our aircraft has not moved."

Baga!!

Okamura Yasuji felt incredible about this order from Iida Yoshijiro.

Seventy planes were just put away without using them.

It's a waste of resources.

"Order our plane to support Ren'anqiang immediately, with seventy aircraft, and the combat effectiveness is very considerable."

Chief of Staff Aoki of the Japanese army frowned and said, "Commander, if Irving Anqiang has an opponent's plane, then our plane may suffer significant losses."

Aoki analyzed that the reason why Iida Xiangjiro did not ask their planes to support Ren'anqiang was largely because he was worried that there would be a large number of planes from Ren'anqiang.

If that is the case, not only their infantry, but also their planes will be lost.

Okamura Yasuji shook his head: "It's impossible, the opponent's troops cannot have so many planes.

The head of Watanabe Division said in the telegram that his 56th Division had more than 100 combat power and twenty bombers on the opponent. Such a large number must have been all the air force of the opponent."

The Japanese Chief of Staff nodded and thought for a while, feeling that Okamura Yanji's analysis was very reasonable.

After Okamura Yanji's order was issued, seventy Japanese planes took off immediately and rushed to Ren'anqiang.

At this time, Ren'anqiang was already fighting to the sky and the earth.

The Fifth Army, the Sixth Army, the Sixty-Sixth Army, and the three armies have completely surrounded the 55th Division of the Japanese Army.

After the shelling, a full-scale attack was launched.

The total number of troops of the Japanese 55th Division was about 15,000.

The three expeditionary forces had a total of 80,000 troops.

In terms of number of people, far exceeds that of the Japanese army.

Coupled with the advantages of weapons, this division that could have been able to destroy the Japanese army within two days.

However, the resistance of the 55th Division of the Japanese army was very fierce.

Under the command of the division commander Takeuchi Kura, the Japanese army built about five lines of defense on the periphery of Ren'anqiang in a short period of time.

Very firm.

Although the three military artillery carried out several rounds of artillery bombardment, the Japanese defense line was still not torn.

The 200th Division and the newly formed 36th Division are the vanguard forces of the entire army.

These two divisions attacked a high ground outside Ren'anqiang.

There was probably a Japanese army guard there.

It is the most important highland outside Ren'anqiang.

Easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The 200th Division and the newly formed 36th Division attacked for five hours in a row without any progress.

Very casualties.

This high ground cannot be fought, and the next battle will be more difficult to fight.

In order to capture this high ground, the two troops concentrated all artillery to carry out artillery bombardment, but the effect was not good.

For a moment, the battle was a bit tricky.

The headquarters' telegram said that their troops must conquer the high ground within one day.

A passage was opened to completely wipe out the 55th Division of the Japanese Army.

Time is very tight.

Now the 18th Division of the Japanese army is rapidly reinforcing here.

If the Japanese 55th Division cannot be resigned as soon as possible, then when the Japanese 18th Division comes, their troops will have to retreat.

Three armies faced two Japanese divisions, and there was basically no hope of upgrading.

The 18th Division of the Japanese Army was a Class B Division, and its combat effectiveness was still very strong.

While they were discussing how to attack again, the sound of the plane came from above their heads.

Yang Liren, the commander of the newly compiled 36th Division, felt a sudden slap in his heart, the Japanese plane!
To be continued...