Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 964 Game!

The battle of Xiangtangpu in time and space was not well-known in the Anti-Japanese War.

But this battle was the most profitable one since the 921st Division crossed the Yellow River eastward!
Because this battle is not fought against infantry, but a transport team, a huge transport team.

If a convoy of 181 trucks traveling end to end for more than 5000 meters during the march is not considered huge, then there is really no convoy that can be called huge.

At least in the current Chinese military, such a large number of car transport teams rarely appear.

Yes, this is the supply unit of the 14th Division Dohien who appeared in the last battle of Jindong. After half a month, they came again.

In the past time and space, because of the deterrence of the Shentouling ambush, the Japanese army strengthened the defense of this strategic communication line connecting the three provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, and Henan.

The garrison in Licheng that had been attacked reached 1800, the garrison in Shecheng increased by 500, and the garrison in Dongyangguan reached an infantry squadron. It's a posture, no, it's a posture!
结果
The 921st Division dispatched three infantry regiments, stabbing Tu Feiyuan into the sky at once. The 14th Division's supply of supplies in April all belonged to the No.4 Army.

It is said that because of this seizure, the entire army of the 921 Division, which had handed over half of the captured troops to the headquarters, had no worries about food and drink for three months.

But obviously, because of the arrival of the Tang Dao in this era, the scale of the Battle of Shentouling is far greater than before, and the 108th Division suffered heavy losses. The Japanese North China Front Army Command is naturally far more vigilant against the Chinese army in the Taihang Mountains in eastern Shanxi than ever before.

As early as five days ago, Tang Dao had obtained information from the headquarters of the 921 Division that the Japanese troops along the Hanchang Highway had mobilized in large numbers.

Not only the reoccupied Licheng County was stationed with an infantry regiment, but even the Japanese garrison at Dongyangguan reached an infantry brigade. In Shecheng, the brigade headquarters of the 109st Infantry Brigade of the 31th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed.

The counties along the Hanchang Highway were originally under the responsibility of the 108th Division, but this time the 109th Division appeared, which shows that the Japanese North China Front Army Command can no longer trust the 108th Division under Xiongyuan.

A brigade headquarters was stationed in Shecheng not far from Dongyangguan. Obviously, the Japanese army in Shecheng would never be less than one infantry regiment.

That means that the ambush that is bound to happen is much more difficult than it used to be in time and space.

The location of Xiangtangpu is between Dongyang Pass and Licheng.

It turned out that only two infantry regiments were needed to stop the attack, and it was enough to repel the enemy who came to aid from the direction of Shecheng and Licheng, but now, it seems impossible to rely on two infantry regiments alone.

If the Japanese troops in Licheng and Shecheng attacked with all their might, with as many as two infantry regiments, if one was not careful, they might be surrounded by the Japanese troops.

Even Brigadier Cheng, who has always been bold, was a little hesitant to fight this battle.

After all, although luggage is good, human life is more precious. It is not his way of fighting to exchange supplies at the price of such a huge sacrifice.

Tang Dao didn't make any decisions for them. He knew that someone would make up his mind eventually.

"We are afraid of sacrifice, but we are never stingy with sacrifice! As long as we can deal the most painful blow to the invaders, even if sacrifice is inevitable, we must persist to the end." The division head of the 921 Division made a powerful statement three days ago The answer set the tone for the fight.

No matter how difficult it is, this battle must be fought.

Not only is the massive amount of supplies exciting, but the seizure in Lucheng is enough for the 921 Division to not have to worry about food, clothing and ammunition for half a year.

The 769 regiment, which suffered heavy losses, received nearly a thousand supplementary soldiers, and equipped an all-day infantry battalion and three infantry companies with captured equipment.

The 683 and 772 regiments under the 771 brigade have upgraded five full-time weapon companies each, and their light and heavy machine guns have doubled compared to before, and their overall combat effectiveness has increased by at least one-third.

Rather, if this huge batch of luggage is successfully transported to the 14th Division, the division that is attacking Yu Province will have a fighting capacity without supplies for a month, and may even counterattack Eastern Jin at any time.

Jin Province is an extremely important strategic location for both China and Japan. If Jin Province can be defended, China can counterattack the Ji Province Plain from this at any time. In addition to guarding against the counterattack of the Chinese army, the Japanese army also hopes to attack Guanzhong from this place. , to deter the southwest and northwest of China.

The best protection for oneself is to weaken the enemy as much as possible. The division chief of the 921 Division has an extraordinary vision.

"Besides, the Japanese army is not as powerful as it looks!" The commander of the 921 Division glanced at the information collected from various cities on the table, facing the staff, and said with a faint smile: "Perhaps, this is what they want us to see. "

The commander of the 921 division can be said to be right.

On March 3, two days have passed since the end of the Taierzhuang War.

Japanese North China Front Army Command.

"Your Excellency, Commander, Xiong Yuan from the 108th Division has called, saying that the 108th Division has just been hit hard not long ago, and is unable to fully guarantee the safety along the Hanchang Highway. Recently, the first part of the friendly army's logistics unit will pass through this section. I hope the headquarters will give us some tactics. Support." Saburo Okabe, chief of staff of the Japanese North China Front, bit the bullet and reported to the indoor shroud that was a little depressed.

"Xiaxiong Yuan, this bastard, led an imperial division. He had nothing to do with tens of thousands of Chinese. He even asked the headquarters for help. It's really shameless, shameless!" , stood up and yelled at the lieutenant general who was ordered to be reprimanded by the headquarters, regardless of the face of his colleagues.

Saburo Okabe could only keep his head down and let the boss blaze. Although he had some personal friendship with Xia Xiongyuan, he had already helped him to submit the request to the commander, and he had to help him again. That person explained, that is absolutely impossible.

"Which division's baggage needs to march on the Hanchang Highway?" After scolding Xiong Yuan with a red complexion, the indoor shroud gradually calmed down, and asked himself coldly, the chief of staff with a deep background and a deep mind.

Saying that Saburo Okabe has a deep background is not because he was born in a noble family, but because he is from the Kwantung Army.

That is the stronghold of the young and strong faction of the Japanese Army Department, which is known for its radicalism. It is their masterpiece that they launched the September 918 Incident without the permission of the Army Headquarters and achieved great success. Because of this success, they have a very heavy weight in the hearts of the royal family. Even veteran soldiers like Indoor Shroud don't want to easily offend these lunatics.

In fact, in time and space, Saburo Okabe returned to the Kwantung Army as the head of the First Division after serving as the chief of staff of the North China Front Army for a year. Because of his meritorious service in suppressing the anti-Japanese forces in the three eastern provinces, he was promoted to the rank of general And succeeded Gang Cunci as the commander of the Sixth Front Army, and his status in the army has surpassed that of the indoor shroud.

Speaking of deep scheming, it is natural that this person not only did not choose the responsibility for the defeat of Taierzhuang, but also took the initiative to submit a statement of guilt to the army headquarters jointly with the indoor shroud.

The responsibility for the defeat must be borne by someone else, just like hitting a board, if two people are beaten together, let's not even say it is divided equally!It's better than being beaten by one person, and the others squatting next to watch, isn't it?
This is also human nature, but it doesn't matter how high an official you are.

Originally, the shroud in the room was a little moved, thinking that this colleague who was second only to him in the headquarters was able to advance and retreat with him at this time, and he was a good brother.

But two days later, some voices from the army headquarters made the shroud in the room gradually come back, because he has always been domineering, and many military orders issued to the divisions did not go through the staff at all, just like the fifth division and the tenth division. The two detachments rushed all the way to Xuzhou, he personally ordered it, and the two divisions executed it.

As Saburo Okabe, who didn't even act as a sounding board, but only as a bystander, there was no need to play any iron shoulders to shoulder the responsibility with him, but he just did it.

Well done!In order to find out the tactical mistakes of the two, the army headquarters checked the signatures of the telegrams sent by the headquarters submitted by the two divisions, and almost all of them belonged to his indoor shroud.

Now, who doesn't know that he, an imposing commander, completely regards his chief of staff as nothing. Although the position of chief of staff has always been a kind of mascot, and it has long been a secret among the various ministries of the Japanese army, but that Didn't they get it on the stage and say it!

Then, when this mascot took the initiative to stand up and take responsibility for the defeat together with his commander, you said, is this character only noble and clean?
Dare to be affectionate, in the end the joke was only left to me, and the indoor shroud who still had a good reputation and heard the rumors from the country almost didn't hold back internal injuries.

But he still has nothing to do with this one, but if he wants to wear a pair of shoes for this one, if the base camp judges him to be narrow-minded, it might be smoke from his ancestral grave.

After all, he had already decided to leave his job this time, but it wouldn't mean that he still had to hang around in the base camp after all. It was necessary to have a good reputation.

Therefore, the shroud in the room could only press down the bad breath in his chest first, and breaking the sky was just taking the opportunity of scolding Xiong Yuan to point at Sang and scold Huai.

If Tang Dao knew that his "black-box operation" had made this majestic commander so different, he would have laughed so much.

"It's the baggage of the 14th Division for the entire month of April, so all the trucks of its logistics wing have to be used to transport it! Now it's loaded in HD and ready to go." Saburo Okabe replied with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye.

Of course he knew that his Excellency, the commander, was not interested in him, but according to the information sent to him by the Kwantung Army, the commander's resignation had been decided, and he didn't need to do anything to provoke him. He needs to stay in peace and stability until the second half of the year, and then he can return to the Kwantung Army as division commander.

"Oh? From the 14th Division." Indoor Shroud paced back and forth in the office with his hands behind his back, fighting fiercely in his mind.

If it was another division, he could let him spend half a month at night, wait for him to straighten out the Xuzhou battlefield, and then mobilize troops to solve the problems in Jindong. However, Tu Feiyuan of the 14th division is not a simple person. The imperial intelligence system is also intertwined. The last time an infantry regiment was ambushed by the Chinese army on the north bank of the Yellow River and was severely damaged, it was only reprimanded by the headquarters, which made the indoor shroud fearful of it. If he ordered to stop its supply troops If you set off, once that guy makes a fuss, it may cause another trouble.

The life that is not rich can't be made worse!

The moment in the indoor shroud was really full of sadness. Originally, the Battle of North China was going smoothly and well, but why did it suddenly go unsatisfactory, not to mention the loss of soldiers, and there is no one in this gang who can worry about it? Who is it?

"Where is the 109th Division?" The commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front Army, who was full of sadness, was not an ordinary person after all, and he put away his thoughts and asked solemnly.

"The 109th Division is not far from the 108th Division's defense area, but what they are facing is a part of the enemy's Central Army with a strength of up to 5. I am afraid of them." Naozaburo Okabe was slightly startled and replied.

"Our army is now on the offensive. It's good for the Chinese to protect themselves, but there is no possibility of counterattacking our army. Besides, I don't need them to draw out too many troops." The indoor shroud waved his hand. "Order them to place a brigade headquarters in Shecheng, with no less than two infantry brigades.

In addition, in the name of the staff department, an order was given to the 108th Division, ordering them to have no less than an infantry regiment in Licheng defenders. "

Damn it, this is not reconciled to not pulling me on!Naozaburo Okabe twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, complaining wildly in his heart, but his face turned serious, "What does your Excellency Commander mean? To deter the Chinese army in the mountains by stationing heavy troops in each city?"

"Exactly." The indoor shroud nodded. "The last time Jindong lost, it was only because the Chinese saw that the cities along the road were short of troops, so they gathered heavy troops to besiege the cities and fight for reinforcements. The idiot Xia Xiongyuan underestimated the Chinese people's determination, which led to the big defeat.

This time, more than 5000 imperial troops are stationed in two big cities that are only tens of miles apart, and they can support each other at any time. I don't believe that the Chinese still have the guts to provoke again. "

The indoor shroud is naturally confident in saying this. After fighting the Chinese army for so long, he has already estimated the strength of the Chinese army. One infantry brigade of the Imperial Army is fully capable of competing with the two infantry regiments of the Chinese army. Coupled with the attached artillery, it can almost compete with the two regular infantry divisions of the Chinese.

And the most active infantry division in Eastern Jin belonged to the [-]th Army Group, a miscellaneous brand among miscellaneous brands, and its weapons were also old. Apart from being extremely cunning and fond of sneak attacks, it was useless.

In the view of the indoor shroud, as long as the Chinese people's heads are not broken, they will not dare to launch a large-scale attack on the traffic line when such heavy troops are stationed in the two cities.

Because, even if the supply unit of the 14th Division is a second-line soldier, a transport team composed of trucks plus supply troops and guards will have at least 800 people. It is impossible to eat them without sending out thousands of troops. Yes, let alone swallow it in one gulp in a short time.

In the battle that broke out at Parallel Pass half a year ago, the 1000th Division's supply team was only [-] people, but it was defeated in a bloody battle with an infantry division of the [-]th Army Group for a day.

"Your Excellency, Commander, have you forgotten that there is another four-element regiment there?" Slightly hesitating, Saburo Okabe still planned to persuade himself, the commander whose mind was not so clear.

After all, the military order was signed by him, the chief of staff, and he didn't want to be contaminated with some indescribable bad luck of this hapless army general.

In short, the soldier's intuition told him that the Chinese troops there were not so easily frightened.

"It's just an infantry regiment. It's just some people's stupidity that created their reputation. Don't take it too seriously. If they really dare to come, then they are ready to be defeated by the imperial army." In the eyes of the indoor shroud A cold light flashed.

"I will order the army aviation to keep in touch with the 108th and 109th divisions. If necessary, they will fully support them. Okabe-kun don't have to worry!"

"Hi!" Naozaburo Okabe nodded, feeling a little relieved.

The strength of the 5000 army lies there. If the army and aviation fully support it, even if the Chinese use three infantry divisions, they can at least remain undefeated.

Moreover, although the troops of the 108th Division are scattered, Xia Xiongyuan is not just for nothing. With the lessons learned from last time, this time the reaction must be much faster. A decisive battle is also possible.

It can be said that the indoor shroud has been prepared with both hands. It did not hesitate to transfer a brigade headquarters from the 109th Division, at least two infantry brigades and an artillery brigade, plus an infantry regiment from the 108th Division. The Chinese army was frightened , the line of communication can be kept safe. If the Chinese army dares to come, sufficient troops, firepower and air supremacy are enough to cause a lot of damage to the Chinese army.

Wishful thinking dialed 'bang bang ring', but after all, he still underestimated the determination of the Chinese commander and the strength of the infantry regiment, the Four Elements Regiment.

Today's Four Elements Regiment has the strength to defeat a Japanese infantry regiment in an offensive battle, and can counter a Japanese infantry brigade in a defensive battle.

Therefore, when the head of the 921 Division decided to fight this battle, the 921 Brigade and the Four Elements Regiment, the main force of the 683 Division, once again mobilized the entire army.

The 683 brigade will dispatch two main regiments and a supplementary regiment under its command!They are responsible for the reinforcement of the Japanese army from the direction of Licheng and the huge Japanese convoy.

The Four Elements Regiment is naturally the main force of the main force in this battle. According to the tactical arrangement, the Four Elements Regiment will block the reinforcement of the Japanese army in the direction of Shecheng.

Because, according to intelligence, the 109th Division not only placed the headquarters of the 31st Infantry Brigade in Shecheng, but also an infantry wing, a tank squadron, and an artillery brigade under its command followed.

Obviously, it was a Japanese invader with a total strength of more than 4000 people, and its strength far exceeded any opponent of the Four Elements Regiment.

The 685 Regiment under the 769 Brigade will not participate in the ambush this time, but they will be stationed in the mountains 10 kilometers away from Shecheng. It will attack Shecheng, which is empty of troops, and put the Japanese army in a dilemma.

30pm on the 8th!
The three infantry battalions, two artillery companies, two supply companies, engineering companies, guard companies, secret service companies, and special squadrons of the Four-row Regiment all quietly left the station.

Two days in advance, head to the battlefield.

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PS: I recommend a new book "Bright Sword: Falling Out of Ping'an County at the Beginning" by a military writer friend. Brothers who like Liangjian can go and read it.

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