Although Ito United stabilized its position after being raided, it actually suffered huge casualties. Almost all the Japanese who Ito originally deployed in the south of the city were killed in battle, while the south wall, including the east and west walls, as well as the front defense line, had great casualties on both the left and right wings.

The Ito United had more than 6,000 people before the war started, but after several battles between Bengbu and Dragon Boat Festival, the total number of casualties reached more than 1,800. Among them, this included the reconnaissance team sent by Ito.

There are four reconnaissance teams, each with nearly one squadron. The reason why the Japanese arranged this way was that they were afraid that the reconnaissance troops would suffer losses in the wilderness.

With the Japanese's combat capabilities, at that time, a squadron dared to challenge a Chinese regiment.

That's why Ito arranged this way.

But I didn't expect that all four of his squadrons died miserably.

The Japanese reconnaissance squadron heading to Fengyang was destroyed by Dragon Boat Festival and Wang Tong. The Japanese reconnaissance squadron on the north was completely wiped out by Chen Shusheng and Lu Jianjun.

When the Dragon Boat Festival got a squadron of Japanese reconnaissance troops on the east and north sides of Bengbu, it boldly inferred that there should be such a Japanese reconnaissance troops on the south and west sides of Bengbu.

So the Dragon Boat Festival appeared outside Bengbu City to attract the attention of Kitashirakawa Xi, and instead asked two regiments of Lu Jianchuan's army to ambush the two Japanese reconnaissance teams.

At that time, the Japanese's investigation was ordered to capture Chinese people outside the city and return to Bengbu. As a result, they were all ambushed and suffered heavy losses. Only a small number of Japanese escaped.

Later, Kitashirakawa Sei ordered that they would not return to the city and monitor the Dragon Boat Festival and other combat troops outside the city.

As a result, when the Dragon Boat Festival divided the troops and lured the Japanese out of Bengbu City, they were completely wiped out.

At this point, none of the Japanese outside the city survived and were all wiped out. In addition, the total number of Japanese soldiers who were wiped out in the city tonight was about 1,800. The total strength of the Japanese was reduced to about 4,400.

So, war is a huge meat grinder. Once it is run, astronomical life will be squeezed into it.

But as the ruling class, Kitashirakawa Sei was not interested in this death number. What he was interested in was that Dragon Boat Festival had been entangled by him.

While ordering two infantry squadrons of the 10th Regiment of the 10th Division to quickly reinforce Bengbu and launch an attack from behind the Dragon Boat Festival, he ordered the 10th Regiment of the 10th Division and the 63rd Regiment to quickly narrow the encirclement. He wanted to join the siege in Bengbu and annihilate all of the Dragon Boat Festival and his subordinates.

Of course, in the city, Kitashirakawa Sei also made arrangements to draw the Japanese from the north line to defend the city walls on the east and west sides. It is best to defeat the Chinese army and firmly control the commanding heights of the city walls in the hands of the Imperial Army.

As for the Japanese in the middle, Kitashirakawa Sei only ordered to hold on to the Dragon Boat Festival troops and prevent him from making progress.

Kitashirakawa Xi sighed: This Bengbu is a tomb dug for Dragon Boat Festival.

Taro Aso flattered him, but the officers beside the two were speechless. Because the entire Ito brigade would probably be burned in this Bengbu City.

So at this time, they only hope that their reinforcements can arrive as soon as possible and defeat the Chinese army, otherwise the only thing waiting for them will be death.

But this is just a beautiful fantasy. Even the two infantry squadrons near them are fifteen kilometers away from Bengbu.

In order to quickly reach Bengbu, they threw down their baggage and only brought light weapons to Bengbu for support.

But even so, they would have to walk for nearly an hour on the 15-kilometer road. Because they were not familiar with the terrain, even if they had a map in their hands, it would be of no use at night.

However, even if the Japanese reinforcements walked slowly, there would not be much time left for Dragon Boat Festival, and he would soon face the passive situation of fighting on both sides.

Of course, the Dragon Boat Festival will not sit still and wait for death. He already knew that the Japanese had reinforcements coming, so why wouldn't they make arrangements?

He removed the most difficult machine gun company he had fought with the Japanese and let one of Wang Tong's battalions rise.

Of course, this battalion would never rush up all at once, because it wouldn't be able to put it on the city wall.

The troops of this battalion are to avoid giving the Japanese a chance to breathe. The offensive on the city wall cannot stop for a minute or a second. Once they stop, the enemy will counterattack. At that time, the Japanese occupy the terrain, and then they occupy half of the city will have no effect. They will be beaten by the Japanese in the city like rabbits.

Therefore, the commanding height of the city wall must not be lost.

As for the retreating machine gun company and cavalry battalion, the Dragon Boat Festival ordered them to maneuver to Yidaoling south of Bengbu City.

Because if the Japanese wanted to reinforce Bengbu from south of Bengbu, Yidaoling was the only way to go.

And as for the east and west sides, the Japanese would not come so quickly.

When I arrived in Bengbu on the Dragon Boat Festival and used Bengbu as my base, I studied the terrain near Bengbu.

The near Bengbu is mainly hilly, high in the west and low in the east. The main roads entering and leaving Bengbu are north and south.

Although there are roads leading outside from east to west, they are not main roads. They are mountainous along the way and the mountain roads are rugged. The Dragon Boat Festival comes from the direction of Fengyang County and the marching speed is also very slow.

So if the Japanese had already penetrated from behind the 114th Division to the 113th Division defense zone on the east side, then they would have to go to Fengyang County when they returned.

In this way, the path they took would be the same as Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival speculated that even if the Japanese reinforcements could come, it would be tomorrow morning. What's more, he had ordered all the independent regiments to rush to Bengbu, and there was a great probability that they would encounter the Japanese on the way.

Dragon Boat Festival also made arrangements for this. Once they encounter the Japanese, the main battalion, that is, Zhu Shengzhong's battalion, including the deputy commander Shangguan Zhibiao, will entangle the Japanese, and the remaining three battalions of troops will rush to Bengbu as quickly as possible.

As for the west side of Bengbu, although the Dragon Boat Festival has no available troops to intercept the Japanese, it has been said before that the terrain of Bengbu and its surrounding areas are high in the west and low in the east, and there are many hills. Therefore, the road on the west side will be more difficult to walk than on the east side.

The Dragon Boat Festival was sure that the Japanese could not go so fast, so he placed his first goal in Yidaoling.

This battle is crucial. The Dragon Boat Festival issued an order to Chen Shusheng and Zhao Weidong that no Japanese could be sent across a mountain before dawn.

In other words, Dragon Boat Festival plans to spend one night to solve the battle in Bengbu City.

Although even Dragon Boat Festival feels this is a bit forced, if there are some things that don’t let go, who can know what the result will be?

Dragon Boat Festival is such a person. He is not only smart but also has a character that never gives up.
Chapter completed!