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Chapter 532: Three-way advance turns into a solitary advance

In addition, the 33rd Division was about to be dispatched to the North China battlefield. This offensive operation was originally proposed by the commander of the 34th Division, Lieutenant General Ohgamo. The division commander, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, was also unwilling to use excessive casualties of his own troops to make way for the 34th Division.

So after seeing the 70th Army of the Chinese government retreating to the northwest, the commander of the 33rd Division, Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, symbolically sent a part of his troops to pursue the 70th Army of the Chinese government, and he took the main force back to Hongcheng to rest, waiting to set off to the North China battlefield when the time came.

As a result, the 33rd Division's pursuit troops were surrounded and attacked by the 70th and 72nd Armies of the 9th War Zone, which had been prepared for this battle, in the mountainous area between Shangfu, Ganfang and Kuzhuao.

After two days of fierce fighting, the pursuit troops of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, after suffering heavy casualties, broke out from the encirclement of the Chinese army with the support and cover of aircraft, and quickly retreated to Hongcheng.

The attacking force of the Japanese Army's 20th Independent Mixed Brigade on the southern front was blocked by the 51st Division of the 74th Army of the 9th War Zone in the Hongshiling area and was unable to advance according to the combat plan.

As a result, the original plan for the Japanese attack force to advance in three directions simultaneously turned into an isolated advance by the 34th Division.

After receiving a telegram from Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone, Commander Huang of the New 210nd Army also ordered his troops to advance at full speed and reach the designated attack position as soon as possible. According to the plan, the new 211th Division and the new 100th Division were responsible for launching an attack from the north side of the rd Division, and the new th Division was responsible for cutting off the retreat route of the Japanese rd Division and blocking the retreating Japanese rd Division to prevent the Japanese army from retreating smoothly.

The various units of the New 100nd Army had already prepared for action. After receiving the order from Commander Huang, they quickly began to move to their respective combat positions. The fastest among them was Zhang Wenwu's new th Division. They needed to go around behind the rd Division, so they had to move a greater distance than the other two divisions.

The officers and soldiers of all units of the New 22nd Army are now in very good condition. Since the end of the last Battle of Southern Guangxi, the New 22nd Army has not participated in a large-scale battle. All units are now in a fully staffed state, and the physical strength and morale of the officers and soldiers are at their strongest.

While the commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Ogamo, was commanding his troops in a fierce battle with the blocking troops of the 74th Army, the various troops of the New 22nd Army reached the designated attack positions in just one and a half days. With just a single order from the Ninth War Zone Command, they could launch a full-scale attack on the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army.

At this time, Lieutenant General Ohgamo, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, was a little anxious. His 34th Division had been attacking the defensive positions of the 74th Army of the Chinese government for almost two days, but the defensive positions of the 74th Army of the Chinese government were still as solid as a rock.

Lieutenant General Ogamo of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army was looking at the battle map on the table in the tent of the headquarters. Now Lieutenant General Ogamo was considering how to break through the defensive positions of the 74th Army of the Chinese government and then capture Shanggao.

Although the situation of the 34th Division is not very good now, the commander of the 34th Division, Lieutenant General Ogamo, still regards the annihilation of the main force of the 19th Army of the Chinese government and the occupation of Shanggao as the ultimate goal of this battle. It can be said that Lieutenant General Ogamo did not expect that the combat goal of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government was not to stop the advance of the 34th Division, but to set the goal to encircle and destroy the 34th Division.

After studying the map for half a day, Lieutenant General Ogamo of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army decided to adopt the tactic of cone penetration on the second day. He concentrated most of the artillery and requested the Air Force to send more than 30 planes to bombard the Tanghegang Xiluo area on the west bank of Surabaya, completely destroying the Chinese army's defensive positions. Then the attack force of the 34th Division could take the opportunity to break through this section of the Chinese army's defensive positions.

The next morning, the attacking forces of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army changed their combat methods in accordance with the order of the division commander Lieutenant General Ohgamo. With the support of a large number of artillery and aircraft, the Japanese army finally broke through the defensive positions of the 74th Army in the Xiluo area of ​​Tanghegang on the west bank of Surabaya.

However, before Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, could feel happy for a while, he discovered that the Chinese army had a second line of defense in the back, and what's more, the second line of defense was an oblique position, which was even more difficult to deal with than the first line of defense of the Chinese army.

But now, Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, only has Shanggao City and the 19th Army of the Chinese Government in his mind. Facing the second line of defense of the 74th Army of the Chinese Government, Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, also ordered his troops to launch an attack and must occupy Shanggao City to complete this combat mission.

However, the attacking force of the 34th Division attacked fiercely for another day but was unable to break through the second line of defense of the 74th Army of China. It was not until it was completely dark that Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, ordered the troops to stop the attack, rest, and then continue the attack on the defense position of the Chinese army the next day.

However, what Lieutenant General Ogamo, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, did not know was that his 34th Division no longer had the opportunity to attack the defensive positions of the 74th Army of the Chinese government again.

At nine o'clock that evening, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone saw that the 34th Division of the Japanese Army had completely entered the preset battlefield, and that the Chinese troops that were encircling and annihilating the 34th Division of the Japanese Army had entered the designated combat positions. He then issued an order to launch a full-scale attack on the 34th Division of the Japanese Army at twelve o'clock that night and completely surround the 34th Division.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Lieutenant General Ohgamo of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, who was dreaming in his tent, was awakened by a fierce burst of artillery explosions and gunfire. Before Lieutenant General Ohgamo could put on his uniform, a staff officer from the division headquarters rushed into the tent and said, "Your Excellency the division commander, the Chinese army is attacking our division from all directions."

"What? In all directions?" Lieutenant General Ohgamo, commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, was also shocked by the report from the staff officer. If he went by the report from the staff officer, his 34th Division had been surrounded by the Chinese army without his knowledge.

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