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The 173rd Restoration of Hangzhou (5)

The brightly lit Jiebian Town Station is almost ten o'clock in the evening, but the entire station is still noisy. A large number of Japanese figures searched back and forth. At this time, the two trains parked on the rails had basically all arrived, but a large amount of equipment and supplies had not yet come down.

The Japanese came here to fight, so they naturally brought enough weapons and ammunition. Many Japanese were carrying boxes of ammunition from the van, and even some heavy weapons, such as mortars, infantry cannons and hill cannons.

A Japanese colonel stood on the platform, and there were several Japanese officers beside him. These Japanese officers were all carrying command knives, white gloves, long shiny military boots, and straight military uniforms. They were all very stylish.

At about 10:30 in the evening, the noisy Japanese suddenly became much more orderly, and the only remaining railway track at the station was also cleared out, and there was no one on the track.

On the platform, a long row of Japanese soldiers stood straight, carrying live ammunition, and the Japanese colonel stood straight, with a look of respect on his face. Among the low-level officers standing next to the Japanese colonel stood straight.

The Japanese seem to be waiting for some big shot.

More than ten minutes later, a long whistle sounded from afar, and another train drove into the station. Seeing this train, all the Japanese stood straight and stopped everything they had written.

This is a heavily guarded train. Japanese soldiers stood on the front of the train, and machine guns were set up. The plaster flag on the train was extremely dazzling. The train slowly stopped and was close to the platform.

Seeing that the train door was about to open, the highest rank of Japanese colonel shouted loudly: "Standing at attention, salute!!!"

The Japanese men stood at attention and saluted with respect on their faces. There must be a senior Japanese officer who arrived. Sure enough, the door of one of the trains opened, and a few Japanese officers got off. After these Japanese men came down, they stood up straight on the platform.

A Japanese lieutenant general was very stylish. He shook his lieutenant general's uniform, carried a command knife, and walked slowly down. Behind the Japanese lieutenant general, there were two Japanese major generals, three Japanese colonels, and a group of senior Japanese officers.

The highest-ranking Japanese colonel on the platform. Seeing his division commander arrive, he immediately stood at attention and saluted again.

However, the lieutenant general's face was not good-looking and a little gloomy. He did not look at the Japanese colonel standing attentively, but instead walked directly through the platform with his head raised and walked outside the station.

This is Jiro Nishikawa, the commander of the 26th Division of the Japanese. He was just promoted to lieutenant general. A few months ago, Nishikawa was also the brigade commander of a Class A division. He participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, and killed many Chinese people. Due to his good achievements, he was promoted from major general to lieutenant general two or three months ago, and served as the commander of the newly formed 26th Division.

From the brigade commander to the division commander, Jiro Nishikawa was full of energy and proud. As soon as he received the task of reinforcement of Hangzhou, Nishikawa was even overjoyed and thought that this was his opportunity to make contributions. Unexpectedly, he was hit by a blow before he reached Hangzhou.

Just on the train, before reaching the border station, Jiro Nishikawa received a telegram, and the vanguard troops departing along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, a cavalry corps and an infantry corps, were all destroyed during the joint charge.

Xichuan had fought with many Chinese teams and asked himself that he knew very well about Chinese teams. At that time, he could defeat at least three Chinese team divisions with one brigade. After becoming the commander of the division, his troops reached more than 16,000. Xichuan was confident that he could defeat at least five Chinese team divisions.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he fought against the Zhong** team attacking Hangzhou, more than 2,000 people were killed. So Xichuan's face looked very ugly, and he was thinking about how to teach this Zhong** team a lesson.

The temporary command center of the 26th Division was set up in Jiebian Town, not far from the station. After a small station, Jiro Nishikawa soon came to his temporary command center. This command center had just been arranged by the vanguard troops and could be put into use.

As soon as he entered his command center, Jiro Nishikawa, who had been gloomy and had not spoken, finally shouted sternly: "Haga! Damn Zhong** Team, I must teach them a hard lesson."

Next to Jiro Nishikawa is the Japanese Major General Chief of Staff Ichigo Watanabe. The Japanese Chief of Staff also attached: "Secretary Commander, the battle just now almost ruined our faces. All our two thousand warriors were broken. We must teach this Chinese team a lesson. We must tell this Chinese team that our Japanese Imperial Army is invincible."

He fought with the China National Team many times, and Jiro Nishikawa has never taken the China National Team seriously, and the same is true for the Japanese Chief of Staff Ichigo Watanabe. Even though he lost two thousand soldiers at once, these two old Japanese still did not take Ye Feng's troops seriously.

However, a Japanese colonel next to Jiro Nishikawa was a little cautious and reminded carefully: "Your Excellency the division commander and the Chief of Staff, I heard that the Chinese team we fought with is an independent division in China's third war zone. The division is well-equipped and has all American equipment and a large number of personnel, which may reach a scale of 20,000 people. Should we be careful?"

Upon hearing this, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese looked at the Japanese colonel contemptuously and said disdainfully: "Noda, you are too careful. Are there many Chinese teams fighting with us in the Songhu battlefield and in the Nanjing battlefield? Don't you know them yet? So what about American equipment? We defeated the German equipment division of the Chinese team back then. What's the point of being afraid of just an American equipment division?"

Jiro Nishikawa next to him nodded in agreement, looked at the Japanese colonel in dissatisfaction, then walked to the large map not far away, and slowly said: "Order our mountain artillery corps and the first infantry corps to cooperate with each other, quickly defeat the Chinese team that blocked us, and quickly break into Hangzhou city."

The Japanese had already obtained information to block the independent division troops on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, which was about the size of a regiment. This time, Jiro Nishikawa ordered an infantry corps, plus a mountain artillery corps. He felt very sure.

It was still the same Japanese colonel, so he reminded carefully: "Secretary Commander, there is an armored cluster of the independent division in the north of Hangzhou City. Do we need to be wary of their sneak attack?"

"Haga!" Nishikawa Jiro was very dissatisfied and slapped the Japanese colonel hard, taught the Japanese colonel a lesson, and then roared.

"Have you heard my order clearly, asking the Mountain Artillery Corps and the First Infantry Corps to cooperate with each other. Quickly defeat the Chinese team that blocked us, quickly defeated and understood. When the damn independent division armored unit rushed over, our troops had already begun to enter the city, do you understand?"

"Hi!"

Seeing that Nishikawa almost roared, the Japanese colonel's head was drooping in fear, and he looked very scared.

Jiro Nishikawa received information. There was an independent division's armored unit outside Hangzhou. Many of his own planes were shot down this afternoon, but Jiro Nishikawa had his own plans.

The Cavalry Regiment sent a telegram before the death of all, and no armored cluster of the Chinese team was found in this area. Now, the main force of the subsequent First Infantry Regiment also arrived in that area, and no trace of the armored forces was found.

In this case, Xichuan prepared to concentrate the first infantry rebel and the mountain artillery corps. The two rebels cooperated with each other. They defeated the Chinese blocking force in a short time, and then broke through this convenient way before the Chinese armored force arrived and quickly broke into Hangzhou city.

As long as you enter Hangzhou City and meet with the troops of the 6th Division, so what if there are armored troops, it is impossible for a large number of armored troops to be deployed in Hangzhou City.

Nishikawa Jiro's order was immediately transmitted to the First Infantry Regiment and the Yamayao Regiment through this temporary command.

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On the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, the Second Regiment of the Third Infantry Brigade.

It was almost eleven o'clock in the evening, and almost two hours had passed since the last war. Many soldiers began to discover that in the distance ahead, it seemed that the Japanese were increasing in number.

In the darkness ahead, the Japanese were indeed more numerous. In front of the warriors' positions, within a range of two or three kilometers wide, there were Japanese.

The First Order of the Japanese Infantry was already here, and the Mountain Artillery Regiment was also here. The first brigade of the First Order of the Japanese Infantry Regiment was wiped out in the battle two hours ago. However, the main force of the First Order was still there, and there were more than 2,000 people.

In addition, there is firepower support from the mountain artillery corps. The colonel captain of the first infantry corps of the infantry corps was also very confident. The two major regiment captains were standing together at this time, and there were many middle-level and low-level Japanese officers at all levels and a group of Japanese officers, looking at the positions of the Second Infantry Regiment vaguely in the darkness in the distance.

Behind these Japanese devils, there is a huge artillery position, and a group of Japanese artillery soldiers are building their own artillery positions, which are the artillery and artillery of the Japanese Mountain Artillery Regiment and the First Infantry Regiment.

The First Japanese Infantry Regiment has three infantry brigades under its jurisdiction, and now there are two brigades. Each of these two brigades has 3 infantry squadrons + 1 machine gun squadron + 1 brigade gun (4 Type 41 mountain cannons) squad. Together with the former Battalion of the Infantry Brigade's brigade's artillery squadron, the First Infantry Regiment has 12 Type 41 mountain cannons.

The Japanese mountain artillery corps were equipped with 24 Type 41 75mm mountain artillery and 12 Type 99 105mm field artillery. With so many cannons, plus the strength of two entire infantry brigades, no wonder Jiro Nishikawa was confident that he would quickly defeat the blocking position of the Second Infantry Regiment.

There are 36 75mm mountain cannons, plus 12 105mm caliber field cannons. The old Japanese have confident capital. Such capital can be quickly defeated whenever Chinese regiment encounters them.

The two Japanese corps captains seemed to be full of confidence, and all the cannons were used in a concentrated manner. A huge artillery position was deployed about three or four kilometers away from the Second Regiment's blocking position, with a total of 36 75mm mountain cannons and 12 105mm field cannons.

Due to the dark light, the soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment did not know that the Japanese were deploying so many cannons. If these cannons attacked the soldiers' positions, the situation would be bad.

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