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Chapter 152 Qi Dagui Persuades Surrender
He Guoguang didn't take the Matsui Unit seriously at all.
He was simply arrogant. You have to know that although the Matsui Brigade suffered a great loss at the hands of Gu Wenxuan, there was a reason for that.
If Gu Wenxuan didn't have the invisibility skill and one or two hundred soul soldiers, he would have sneaked into their camp without anyone noticing.
Many of their people were killed, especially those who were killed. They could not see who killed them, which caused them psychological fear.
Fear can also spread, which resulted in the Matsui Corps of more than 1 people being defeated by the hundreds of people of Twelve Wenxuan.
Many deaths and injuries were caused by them trampling on each other.
In addition, Gu Wenxuan smuggled their cannons out and bombarded them.
So this time the Matsui regiment was defeated inexplicably. If he knew that Gu Wenxuan had only an army of less than 1000 people and defeated his army of more than 1 people, he would probably be angry to death.
When He Guoguang heard that the Matsui Regiment was coming to attack their county town, he didn't care at all. He sent out more than 3000 troops to dig trenches about 10 kilometers outside the city, and waited quietly for the Matsui Regiment.
However, he didn't know that the Matsui Corps came here with hatred. If they didn't take down Yang County today, he would probably be dismissed as the corps commander.
Matsui commanded his army of more than 1 people, and they attacked Yang County like a tide covering the mountains and plains.
In addition, the Matsui Regiment had five or six hundred war horses, all of which were Japan's elite cavalry.
Matsui bombarded He Guoguang's front-line troops with the remaining 10-odd mountain cannons.
After the shells exploded, a lot of smoke was produced. Just when He Guoguang's troops were hiding from the shells in the trenches, the Japanese cavalry took advantage of the smoke and rushed over.
This cavalry was divided into three groups, and all the Japanese troops in one group were equipped with authentic American equipment.
They all had Tommy submachine guns in their hands and fired at the White Party troops in the smoke.
Among these 600 cavalrymen, 200 were armed with submachine guns, another 200 were armed with sabers, and the last group were all throwing bombs and grenades.
The three groups of people coordinated their actions.
Before He Guoguang's men could react, they were beaten to the ground by the Matsui team.
The troops behind Matsui's regiment rushed over in a swarm.
He Guoguang's 3000 men were killed or wounded in an instant, and many of the remaining men surrendered because the Japanese regiment was too powerful.
He Guoguang was furious when he heard the report in Yang County that his 3000 men were wiped out in an instant.
He went to the top of the city wall and looked through a telescope.
At this time, he was looking at the people of the Japanese regiment. In front of them were cavalrymen riding tall horses, and behind them were soldiers loaded on trucks.
Finally, it was the Imperial Army that followed the car.
These trucks were equipped with mountain cannons, and they bombarded the walls of Yang County fiercely.
When the Japanese soldiers were still two or three kilometers away from them, the city wall of Yang County had been bombed and had several large gaps.
He Guoguang immediately ordered the engineers to quickly plug the gaps in the city walls.
However, the Japanese army moved very quickly. After just over 10 minutes, they were already several hundred meters outside the city and stopped their offensive.
The Matsui regiment ordered the Imperial Army to rush to the front and had Qi Dagui shout:
"To all the officers and soldiers of the Zhongyuan White Army in the city, listen carefully. If you surrender to the Imperial Army now, we will not attack you any more. If you do not surrender within three minutes, we will raze Yang County to the ground!"
He Guoguang has a temper, and he is a top student who graduated from a high-level German military academy. How can you ask him to surrender as soon as you come here? Doesn't he have any face?
So He Guoguang ordered his men to fight back against the Japanese army on the city wall, but He Guoguang's men did not have mountain cannons, they only had mortars.
Of course, the mortar is far inferior to the mountain cannon. Its range is not that far, but it can still hit the Japanese and Imperial Army several hundred meters away without any problem.
After a burst of artillery fire, the Imperial Army in front of the Japanese army was in trouble.
There were quite a few people killed or injured in the explosion at the same time.
Qi Da Kui, who was shouting, retreated a long way backwards, rolling and crawling.
He stood up in shock and was about to curse.
However, He Guoguang picked up a long-range rifle and shot Qi Da Kui who was shouting.
You know what, He Guoguang's shooting skills are pretty good. He shot Qi Da Kui's wide-brimmed hat off with one shot, and almost scared Qi Da Kui to death.
Matsui asked Qi Dagui of the Imperial Army to contain He Guoguang's firepower from the front.
He had his car drive a dozen mountain cannons to another city gate. This gate was on the west side, where the defenders were weaker and the city wall was not as thick as the front wall.
After a round of bombardment, a large gap opened up in the western city wall, and Matsui ordered his cavalry to rush forward.
He used artillery shells to cover the cavalry and rushed in from the west gate.
After the five or six hundred cavalrymen of the Matsui Regiment rushed into the city, they massacred the soldiers defending the city.
Because the Tommy submachine guns they were holding were so powerful.
The White Army soldiers in Ximen City were all armed with ordinary guns and were no match for this kind of submachine gun.
This type of submachine gun is a relatively advanced weapon in the United States. Last time, Gu Wenxuan stole a batch of these submachine guns from them, and now they are equipped in the hands of Zhao Yulong and his people.
So when they launched a surprise attack on the Matsui Regiment last night, they also caused great damage to the Matsui Regiment.
Seeing that they could no longer resist, the soldiers on the west gate wall fled in panic.
It is often said that a defeated army is like a mountain collapsing. Indeed, Simon's army had been defeated.
The Japanese troops and the Imperial Army swarmed into the west gate.
This time He Guoguang was attacked from both sides and could not hold out for long, so he led his trusted men, about 1000 people, to attack from the East City.
Yang County was thus occupied by the Japanese army.
He Guoguang led more than 1000 people, not knowing where to retreat. He felt it would be embarrassing to go back like this.
One of his staff members introduced the proposal to him:
"Commander, why don't we retreat to Heping Town? It is said that Heping Town has been occupied by a regiment of Sichuan Army. That place is no worse than Yang County. And it is said that his army now has abundant food and grass. We should go and recruit them directly!"
To be honest, He Guoguang looked down on the independent regiment of the Sichuan Army.
No matter what, we are still the direct troops.
It would be really embarrassing to say that we were going to recruit an independent Sichuan Army regiment that was like beggars, because no one wanted this army.
Is it my turn to pick up scraps?
His staff officer guessed what He Guoguang was thinking and said in a low voice.
"The strength of the Sichuan Army cannot be underestimated. It is said that they now have 5,000 to 6,000 troops.
And as for the person who funded him halfway, I heard some people say that he had already funded him with several million dollars. They all called this person the God of Wealth!
Although the rumors are a bit exaggerated, I estimate that there must be quite a lot of them. Why don’t we go over and recruit him?
Then they fired all their veterans!
Then all the property of this army belongs to you, commander?
"Now that we have the money, you can apply to the higher authorities to transfer an army. Then we will have men, horses, and money, right? We have also made a contribution. What do you think, commander?"