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"That's right, military seat, if you want to stay, we must stay with the Sichuan army!"
All the generals of the Sichuan Army in the headquarters spoke firmly.
Li Hong walked up to Peng Debiao and said bluntly, "Mr. Peng, if you let the Sichuan Army stay and defend, with the fighting power of the Japanese army, I am afraid that you will not be able to hold on for a day, and the Japanese army will be able to drive straight into the Xuzhou area."
Li Hong's words are not to belittle the 53rd Army, but to speak the truth.
The 53rd Army has less than 7000 officers and soldiers left. The weapons and equipment are far inferior to the security regiment, and there is no armored force and air support. How can it withstand the onslaught of the three divisions of the Japanese army for a day?
The generals of the Sichuan army sighed softly, they really had no choice but to resist so many little devils.
Li Hong glanced at the helpless officers, and then said, "Sirs, if our security regiment is used to defend, even if the Japanese army surrounds us, I, Li Hong, have the confidence to complete the task of holding on, and our security regiment has armored troops and With air support, there was no problem breaking through the Japanese encirclement."
After listening to Li Hong's words, Peng Debiao thought carefully for a moment, and finally agreed to Li Hong's request.
"Commander Li, fighting against the three elite divisions of the Japanese army with his own strength, he is truly the backbone of the nation, and he is worthy of being a contemporary warrior!"
"Okay, I'll leave it to your security team. Mr. Peng, it's really embarrassing to compare with Brother Hong..."
Peng Debiao also knew in his heart that the stay of the Sichuan army would only cause a burden to the security team, so it was better to follow the advice and evacuate Nanguan County. .
"Everyone, don't worry about our security team. I, Li Hong, will definitely evacuate from Nanguan County alive. I haven't married a wife yet, so why would I die..."
Li Hong joked with the generals of the Sichuan army in Sichuan dialect, completely ignoring the arduous task of defending the city, which was a narrow escape.
Chapter 378 Li Hong's Courage! (Ask for a reward, ask for a monthly pass!)
"Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face remained unchanged. Even in the face of a powerful enemy army, Captain Li can still talk and laugh. This calmness and courage, looking at the entire fifth theater, I am afraid that you are the only one, Li Hong!"
The generals of the Sichuan Army admired Li Hong's courage and responsibility.
"Mr. Peng, no matter how powerful the enemy is, as a soldier, you will never fear any opponent! All enemies are like ants in front of me, Li Hong!" Li Hong patted his chest and said proudly.
"Okay, well said, I like the courage and backbone of Captain Li!" Peng Debiao patted Li Hong's shoulder heavily, and asked, "Brother Hong, if your security team needs help, just ask."
Li Hong thought for a while, and said, "Mr. Peng, you keep some of your health team and stretcher team. Also, the wounded in our security team also need you to move out of the city."
"Okay, no problem." Peng Debiao readily agreed to Li Hong.
"Sirs, Li Hong bid farewell."
Li Hong saluted Peng Debiao and the others, and then quickly returned to the security team.
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Li Hong took on the task of defending Nanguan County on his own, and he was not a hero in a flash.
He chose to let the security team stay, and he decided after some careful consideration. Li Hong would not just joke about the lives of the security team brothers.
Using thousands of people to resist the onslaught of the three divisions of the Japanese army for a whole day, and still be able to retreat unscathed, this sounds like a fantasy, and it is an impossible task.
However, the security regiment has a complete system of personnel, advanced and powerful firepower, and sufficient ammunition.
The terrain of Nanguan County is not suitable for a large army of devils to charge and attack. Thousands of enemies attack in turn, and the combat power of the security team can completely resist it.
The most important reason why Li Hong insisted on sticking to Nanguan County was that the security team had to absorb and contain more enemies, create opportunities and buy time for the deployment of the next Taierzhuang campaign, so as to achieve a large number of effective annihilation of the enemy.
Back at the headquarters of the security regiment, Li Hong discussed with the officers of each battalion and company.
At present, the 5th Division and the 10th Division are still on the way of reinforcements. Li Hong thought of raiding the 3rd Division tonight to kill the enemy's heavy artillery positions and the airport.
Before the war started, Li Hong could predict the enemy's offensive tactics in advance.
According to the enemy's combat style, a large number of fighter planes will be sent for air support, and heavy artillery will be carpet bombed.
The devil's planes are the most threatening to the security regiment. Bombers can strike long distances anytime, anywhere.
With sufficient air power, there is absolute initiative on the battlefield, and the side with more aircraft can suppress the other side and bombard wildly.
"The ministries will immediately go back to prepare for the battle according to the combat order, and set off in an hour!" Li Hong said loudly.
"Yes, group seat!"
The officers stood up one after another, and then they quickly left the headquarters.
When the officers of the security regiment walked out of the headquarters, Li Hong ordered the communications soldiers to send a telegram to the flight squadron to attack the Devils Airport.
Considering the lack of aircraft in the squadron of the security regiment, he personally sent power to the theater command and borrowed two bombers.
The theater command agreed to Li Hong's request and borrowed two imported bombers with fairly good performance.
The various departments of the security regiment added some supplies and distributed ammunition needed for night warfare.
A cavalry reconnaissance squad set off first to conduct reconnaissance on the road ahead.
After half an hour, all combat officers and soldiers of the security regiment battalions completed their assembly.
For this raid, Li Hong only mobilized two battalions, one infantry battalion, four armored battalions, and one rocket launcher platoon.
These troops add up to a total of about 2500 people.
It is impossible to defeat the 3rd Division with this force, but it is possible to destroy the enemy's heavy artillery positions and logistics bases.
"The armored battalion departs!"
"The first battalion of infantry departs!"
With an order, Li Hong led the two battalions and set off...
Fifteen kilometers south of Xuzhou, Xishan Airport.
After receiving the air strike mission, the flight squadron of the security regiment set off from the airport near Xuzhou loaded with various aerial bombs.
The pilots of the security regiment have rich experience in flying aircraft at night, so it is completely problematic to carry out air raids on Devils Airport at night.
"Buzzing—"
The tail of the leading aircraft ahead flashed its tail lights, and the following aircraft took off from the runway one by one.
Soon, the flying fleet disappeared into the night sky.
The bomber left Xuzhou City and sailed towards the Devils Flying Base in Fengyang Town.
Guizi Airport is located in Fengyang Town, 80 kilometers west of Teng County. Fengyang Town Airport was originally an airport established in the 5th theater. However, the airport was bombed by Japanese bombers before.
The Japanese army rebuilt the airport as an air force base, and the airport is not far from Teng County and Nanguan County.
It is very convenient for the Japanese air force to bomb Fuji County and Nanguan County, which is the main reason why the Japanese army chose this old airport as the air force base.
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