Rise from eight hundred.

Under the pressure of insufficient logistical support, Japan's 10,000+ troops began to quietly withdraw from the front-line battlefield of Nakatiao Mountain on the 19th.

China is not ignorant of this, but the commander of the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater is still in the mountain city at the moment. Just like before the war, he is unable to make judgments and command the entire army based on the actual situation.

In fact, China's five major armies could not form a joint force at this time. Even as the Japanese army gradually retreated, Shang Yu's 16-strong Chinese army had gradually gained the upper hand. No group army dared to say that it would send infantry division-level troops to break out of the defense line. Go and test the strength of the Japanese army at this time.

Of course, it cannot be said that the commanders of the five major armies are all timid and fearful of death. After all, they are all veterans who have been in the army for 30 years. Even if their command skills are poor, they still have some courage.

The main reason why the Japanese army withdrew for several days in a row without an organized army coming out of the Zhongtiao Mountains to wait for an opportunity to regain some lost territory was actually the pressure from the Ministry of Military Affairs.

After finally holding on to Zhongtiao Mountain on the northern battlefield, the Military and Administrative Department, which had just experienced the defeat in the Central China Battle, regarded it as the only successful result in the past six months. So was it willing to take the slightest risk?
What if the Japanese army was trying to "show weakness to the enemy" but actually had hidden murderous intentions to lure the Chinese main force out of the mountain? What if the main force here comes back and kills them?
If you say that from the perspective of the entire northern war situation, it is actually true. Most of North China has been lost, and most of Shanxi Province has also been lost. If the Taihang Mountains and Zhongtiao Mountains, the two last strongholds north of the Yellow River, are lost, Japan's North China Front only had hundreds of thousands of troops stationed along the Yellow River.

The 10,000+ people in Shaanxi Province today are unable to withstand the 30-strong Japanese North China Front Army. If Shaanxi Province is lost again, Sichuan Province, a key area in the southwest, will be in danger.

Don’t seek victory, but seek stability! The big shots stand at a high enough position, so their vision is naturally larger.

But what about the little people?

What about those little people who are willing to sacrifice their lives and blood for the country and the nation but still fight alone? For example, thousands of Chinese soldiers on the two highlands of Jiulong Mountain were heavily surrounded by Japanese troops!

During the Battle of Jiulong Mountain, secret telegrams were transmitted frequently between China and Japan. Whether it was in the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater, the Chinese Military and Political Department, or the Japanese North China Front Command, it was no longer a secret.

It can be said that since the Japanese offensive on the Zhongtiao Mountain Hundred Mile Defense Line had to be slowed down, the Battle of Jiulong Mountain has become the area of ​​greatest concern to the theater-level headquarters of the two countries.

The first thing the stingy old man said when he opened his eyes every morning was: "Bring over the battle report and all the messages from Jiulong Mountain."

Starting from the 20th, tracking the fierce battle between thousands of officers and soldiers in Jiulong Mountain and the Japanese army has become a daily routine for the stingy old man.

Fortunately, the 46th Independent Brigade is under the command of the white-haired general and belongs to the northwest military faction. For the stingy old man, it is not his own faction. Even if it becomes cannon fodder and is consumed, he doesn't necessarily feel bad about it.

But there is still one part of the Four Elements Group that is not dead. Based on the stingy old man's understanding of Tang Dao, if this part is destroyed, then Mr. Tang will definitely go crazy.

Especially when the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs issued the message, 'All ministries in Zhongtiao Mountain will continue to guard the defense line strictly and do not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of it! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed! 'In the context of the telegraph order.

Thousands of people on Jiulong Mountain were abandoned!
Abandoned by the ‘far-sighted’ big shots with big plans!

But he, the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone, could not say this, otherwise Mr. Tang would definitely blame him for this.

"Our unit wants to support Jiulong Mountain! We still hope the theater headquarters will approve it!" Telegrams from the 4th Group Army have been non-stop every day since the 21st.

The stingy old man was also in a dilemma. He could only keep in touch with the mountain city and explain the interests and risks. He hoped that the Ministry of Military Affairs would allow even the 4th Group Army to send some troops to support Jiulong Mountain. Otherwise, he would have to watch the Japanese attack several people on Jiulong Mountain. Thousands of Chinese soldiers were swallowed up.

It's just that the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs' call back still stood on the commanding heights of the national war situation and refused to let go. This stingy old man was like a rat trying to get into the bellows - getting angry from both sides.

To put it bluntly, during the week when Jiulong Mountain was fighting alone, the Chinese military never stopped playing the game from the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater to the Second Theater to the High Command, whether to support or not to support.

Needless to say, Tang Dao and the white-haired general were the staunchest supporters. They were surrounded by their brothers and subordinates. How could they just watch the Japanese attack one after another while they could only fight alone?
The intensity and determination of the Japanese army's attack on Jiulong Mountain exceeded Tang Dao's estimate. He never expected that the Japanese army would cripple a mixed brigade in just two days, and then mobilize a division to besiege. Even a tough guy like Leng Feng, They couldn't help but ask Tang Dao in the telegram to take good care of the three little babies.

This shows that Leng Feng has also lost confidence in continuing to fight the Japanese army. This can be regarded as an explanation of the funeral in advance.

Tang Dao can accept the sacrifice of his comrades, but just like the Battle of Sihang Warehouse, he cannot accept these strong Chinese troops becoming pawns in the hands of the big shots, just because they think that being able to hold the defense line is already the greatest achievement. , and would rather give up those pieces that may pose a threat to the defense line.

Of course Tang Dao knew that Itagaki Shiro might also resort to the strategy of siege and rescue. The more urgent the siege, the more fierce it would be. There might be a main force ambushing around waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Therefore, he has been waiting for a suitable time. At the same time, he has sent all the reconnaissance forces on hand to the direction of Yuncheng.

Sure enough, Shiro Itagaki, a cunning guy, deployed two divisions in the direction of Yuncheng and one division in the area from Jiulong Mountain to Zhongtiao Mountain. If any Chinese army dared to go to Jiulong Mountain, no matter whether they took the main road or detoured through the mountainous area, they would be defeated. There is a high possibility of being dragged down and surrounded and strangled by the main force of the Japanese army.

If the main Chinese force in the direction of Mount Nakatō sends more troops to save this army, Shiro Itagaki has an 80.00% chance that the main force will return immediately and fight again!

According to the current strength of both sides, once they leave the defense line in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, the Japanese army's victory rate will exceed 80.00%.

This move is indeed sinister.

But Shiro Itagaki did not expect two things. First, the Battle of Jiulong Mountain would be so brutal, so tragic that a mixed brigade and a division were crippled within a week; second, the composition of the Chinese army he surrounded No, the Chinese man was very wary of both the Northwest Army and the Four Lines Regiment, and was taking the opportunity to weaken their strength. The Japanese army's approach just became a knife in his hand, and he issued a strict order not to support them.

Of course, Itagaki Shiro underestimated Tang Dao's wisdom and patience.

Tang Dao could disrespect that person's military order at Sihang Warehouse. How could he take that person's military order seriously now?

Therefore, the 4th Army sent a telegram to the theater headquarters every day, but he did not participate at all.

It was not until the evening of the sixth day of the Battle of Jiulong Mountain that Shiro Itagaki finally realized that the Chinese would not come again. If the food supplies of the three divisions continued to run out, if the Chinese really rushed out of Nakatiao Mountain in a swarm, he would Maybe it would be a waste of money, so he ordered the division stationed more than 20 miles away in Jiulong Mountain to withdraw to Yuncheng.

"I will rescue my soldiers. If the military order does not allow it, then Tang Dao will lead the Jin Province Farmers' National Salvation Army. This is the last time I send a message to you, Commander. Commander, take care!" Tang Dao sent to the stingy old man. The telegram was simple and clear.

"Brother, is Tang Dao crazy? Does he want to rebel?" Wu Meizi held Tang Dao's encrypted telegram with a look of disbelief on her face.

The stingy old man shook his head and sighed: "I had expected that Tang Dao would go crazy, but he finally made me wait.

But Fifth Sister, you were right when you said that Tang Dao was rebelling. Believe it or not, he went to the one who blatantly weakened the Northwest Army and the Four Elements Regiment. He had already put that person on the blacklist in his heart.

The man who has changed everything in the political arena for the past ten years, defeating many strong opponents, including me, has been forced to stand up to him. But this time, he made a huge mistake. He thought that everyone They were all forced to obey him due to his power, but after all, there were people in the world who were more bloody than rational, and he finally pushed the rising star completely away from his camp.

No, to be more precise, I put Tang Dao on his opposite side. I have an intuition that sooner or later they will confront each other on the battlefield. At that time, I want to see how ugly that person's face will be. Really, Wu Sister, do you know how much I am looking forward to that day? "

"Brother." The fifth sister looked at the stingy old man who was not angry but smiling, and was speechless for a while.

She knew how sinister her eldest brother was, but she never imagined that he would be so sinister. She was so happy when she thought that the big shot who defeated him would be unlucky. Even Tang Dao was so unconcerned about superiority and inferiority that he even had Not even angry at threatening messages.

"Haha! Well, since this guy has earned a lot of face for me in the Second War Zone this year, I will help him." The stingy old man who suddenly became happy laughed.

"Call back to Tang Dao. In the name of the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone, I order him to lead his troops to support Jiulong Mountain. As for the number of troops, it depends on his own ability. Anyway, the 4th Group Army stationed at Zhongtiao Mountain cannot be moved.

By the way, at the end of the message, give him a private message for me. If he really doesn’t want to join the Sichuan Army, the door of our Jinsui Army is open to him. Don’t try to punish me for the Peasants’ National Salvation Army. That’s not impressive at all. ! "

"Brother, you are clearly poaching that person. If he finds out, he will hate you again." The fifth girl pursed her lips and smiled. "That person has long wanted to kick me out so that he can be replaced by his direct descendant. I'm going against his wishes, so why not add another one?" The stingy old man rubbed the top of his head with sparse hair, looking indifferent.

"Haha, the new regiment of the Sichuan Army is not in the military order of Zhongtiao Mountain. Brother, in the name of the commander of the second theater area, you ordered Tang Dao to lead the new regiment of the Sichuan Army to support. This does not count as violating his military order. That person has read through the regulations. No wonder you are so dissatisfied. Depending on how many troops you bring, depending on your ability, you may make that person dissatisfied." The fifth girl chuckled.

"Haha, the one who knows me is my fifth sister!" The stingy old man laughed loudly.

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"This old fox! He is so slippery. How can you support a new regiment of the Sichuan Army that is half disabled? Isn't that just a meat bun beating a dog?" The white-haired general held the message he had just received with a frown.

The white-haired general is the second-largest figure in the Northwest Army and represents the interests of tens of thousands of soldiers. No matter how much he wants to rescue the 46th Independent Brigade, he cannot be like Tang Dao who hastily issued seals to the theater headquarters without receiving military orders. The telegram said, "I quit Te Liang and go up to the mountains to fight guerrillas." He could only wait here at Tang Dao, waiting for the stingy old man's attitude.

Unexpectedly, the stingy old man, this old cunning man, agreed, but he only agreed to go with Tang Dao, which was no different from not agreeing.

"Hey! The 4th Group Army is the 4th Group Army when it puts on its military uniform. If it puts on the uniform of our new Sichuan Army Corps, wouldn't it be a soldier of my new Corps?" Tang Dao could see through the old fox's mind at a glance.

"Hey, that's right!" The white-haired general slapped his forehead hard. "Hurry up and prepare military uniforms for two regiments for me!"

Tang Dao
If he hadn't known that the white-haired general had already deployed two infantry regiments and were waiting for this moment, he would have suspected that this man wanted to raise some new clothes for his 38th Army.

Fortunately, when leaving Sichuan, Tang Jili sent another 4500 sets of winter and summer military uniforms to boost morale. Master Zhuang brought them all when he dispersed to Hanzhong.

So, that night, the last 1800 people of the Sichuan Army's new regiment, Li Jijin's three infantry companies, and the two infantry regiments of the 17th Division, totaling more than 7000 people, abandoned all heavy equipment and carried only two days of dry food. Under the leadership of the guide, they rushed from the mountainous area to Jiulong Mountain.

Because they were marching lightly, they marched 60 miles in just one night and were less than 15 miles away from Jiulong Mountain.

In the early morning, the Japanese reconnaissance planes routinely flew over the Jiulong Mountain area. They saw dark blue all over the mountains and plains, rushing towards the war zone from three directions. Even the reconnaissance plane overhead flew over at an altitude of less than 800 meters. , the Chinese did not hesitate and continued to rush forward.

By the time Suematsushige received the reconnaissance information from the Army Aviation Command, almost an hour had passed.

That means that China's large-scale reinforcements are less than 6 miles away from the two main peaks of the highlands within easy reach of him.

A few days ago, this Japanese army lieutenant general commanded nearly 2 troops, and he would have no fear of the Chinese army of only [-] people. But now he has only remnants of soldiers. Let alone fight against the Chinese on the battlefield, he He was afraid that someone would swallow him up in one gulp!

"The entire army retreats and sends an order to the headquarters to request land and air support!" Suematsu Shigeru issued the military order without hesitation.

Facts have proved that the Japanese Army Lieutenant General was very wise.

The 7000-strong army that arrived at the rear of the two highlands on Jiulong Mountain did not enter the highlands at all. Instead, they made a detour on both sides of the highlands and went directly towards the 114th Division, which was in a hurry to retreat.

If Suematsu Shiger hadn't sent his division headquarters escort squadron and 600 heavy troops to form a temporary defense line, 7000 Chinese troops rushing in and full of anger could easily divide and surround this B division that had lost most of its infantry. .

Suematsu Shigeru, who arrived at the forefront of the battlefield, could not help but have his head inserted as a sacrifice on Highland 981, where the Chinese suffered the most casualties.

Even so, the 800 Japanese soldiers in charge of the rear were also attacked by angry Chinese soldiers from three directions, and the defense line was completely opened after 2 hours.

At least a thousand Chinese rushed into the Japanese positions to engage in the bloodiest and final hand-to-hand combat!
Four fighter planes of Japan's North China Army Airlines saw this extremely tragic scene in the air!
However, they had no chance to drop the bombs at all. The Chinese anti-aircraft firepower was fully activated, forcing them to circle around the battlefield and act as spectators. They had no choice but to drop the bombs and speed away.

After this battle, the 114th Division was completely crippled. Together with the two mixed brigades, they waited in Pingbeicheng for half a year before replenishing their troops, and they finally regained some combat effectiveness.

However, the combat effectiveness of the three Japanese armies in the Jiulong Mountain battle could no longer be compared with before. The main reason was that the supplementary soldiers were no longer soldiers who had been trained for one year in China, but high school students who had been trained for three months and were brought to China. The average age is no more than 19 years old.

It can be said that they have become younger. This is the last psychological comfort for the three Japanese troops that eventually became the troops maintaining law and order in North China.

But these three Japanese troops did not expect that they would not avoid dealing with the devil of the Si Xing Tuan when they became the garrison.

In the future, the Four Lines Group will not only be active in southeastern Shanxi. With the appointment of Tang Dao, deputy director of the Jinan Office, the Four Lines Group will extend its tentacles to Handan and Xingtai.

However, it is still beneficial to be beaten early. Since the Japanese troops stationed in that area knew where the Four Troops were moving, they simply beat them to death without leaving the city. Your Four Troops were just wandering around in the countryside. We did not interfere with the river.

Not to mention, the losses of the Japanese troops stationed in this area were much smaller than those of the Japanese troops in the area where the Eightyth Army had frequent activities.

Smart people have to learn from failures!

The Battle of Jiulong Mountain was actually over after the arrival of Chinese reinforcements on the 24th, but this did not mean the end of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

The two armies that met did not even mention staying in the mountainous area. Instead, they marched towards Yuncheng on the afternoon of the 24th, as if they wanted to attack Yuncheng again.

This frightened Daxiong Yunsuke, who was also responsible for the defense of Yuncheng. Those thousands of people scared him into a dog, how could he get more than 1 people now?

Itagaki Shiro had to mobilize the troops around Yuncheng that had not yet had time to evacuate to the original city by train. Nearly 3 people were gathered to calm Major General Daxiong's heart.

The Japanese army was ready, but as a result, the Chinese army, which was less than 10 miles away from Yuncheng, turned around and rushed into the mountains again.

If Chinese people don’t come during the day, what should they do if they come at night? The Japanese army did not dare to take it lightly.

All night without a fight.

When reconnaissance planes were sent for reconnaissance during the day, the Chinese in the mountains had long disappeared.

Itagaki Shiro then shouted that he had been fooled.

China's battle at Jiulong Mountain must have resulted in numerous casualties. China used its troops to march into Yuncheng to drag the Japanese troops away so that they could transport the wounded more easily.

Otherwise, whenever a Japanese army enters the mountains and drags them away, if they don't fight, they will be wasted, and they will also be wasted to death for those wounded soldiers who lack medical treatment and medicine.

Itagaki Shiro is really a smart man, but he woke up a little late.

The battle of Zhongtiao Mountain is over!

(End of this chapter)