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Chapter 366 Endless Glory Begins Here!
For the Jinsui army, the current war situation is not optimistic. With the bankruptcy of the carefully planned Datong battle, the fall of Laiyuan, Guangling and Lingqiu counties is a foregone conclusion. The areas outside the Great Wall basically fell into the hands of the Japanese army. In an instant, it reached the inner Great Wall defense line composed of Yanmen Pass and Pingxing Pass.

There is a saying in later generations that if you want to conquer Shanxi, you must first occupy Taiyuan, and if you want to occupy Taiyuan, you must first conquer Yanmen.

How to conquer Yanmen?

The answer is to go around from Pingxing Pass on the east side to the back of Yanmen Pass, forming a front and rear pincer attack.

However, a new question arises, why is it a flat pass?

The reason is very simple, the degree of danger is important, Pingxingguan is not as good as the natural danger Yanmen.

From the perspective of the Japanese army, the Yanmen natural barrier located on Gouzhu Mountain is by no means in vain. It is basically impossible to attack and break through the Yanmen defense line. The only way to do it is to take the Pingxing Pass and threaten the Yanmen Pass. Disintegrate the entire Inner Great Wall defense line.

Secondly, there is another reason why Pingxingguan must be attacked, and that is the Weidai Highway, which is a crucial logistics supply line.

Yan Xishan also understood this point, and ordered the defenders of the inner Great Wall to step up construction of fortifications, and the information on the war situation tended to be clear. Now the key point of this inner Great Wall defense battle is the Pingxing Pass, which can be defended, and the Japanese army is blocked in the Taiyuan Basin. In addition, unable to defend, the whole line collapsed, so they had to retreat and move south.

From a geographical point of view, Pingxingguan is actually a very interesting mountain range. The Hengshan Mountain in the north and the Wutai Mountain in the south are both northeast-southwest. Only the Pingxing Ridge where Pingxingguan is located runs north-south between the two mountains, forming a natural barrier. .

Itagaki Seishiro said with a smile: "If the Jinsui Army allows us to stand firm in Daying Town, it is not impossible to break through Pingxing Pass in three days."

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The pass itself is condescending, and it is a classic place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is still not enough compared to the natural danger of Yanmen.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please give the order!" Hearing this sentence, Sakurada Takeshi was stunned for a second, then immediately took a step back, bowed his head, his eyes were full of enthusiasm.

Endless glory begins here!
"Order, Toshiji Miura immediately leads the remaining three brigades and the artillery brigade to approach Pingxingguan for frontal combat. The rice and millet unit departs from Hunyuan, goes south through Xihekou, and goes straight to Daying Town. Takeshi Sakurada, you contact Lu Hang Troops, I want the Millet Wing to arrive at Daying Town, dispatch bombers to carry out coordinated operations, capture Pingxing Pass in one fell swoop, and destroy the Sixth Army headquarters of the Jinsui Army."

"Sakurata Takeshi, Lingqiu County has been taken, do you think we can take Pingxingguan in a few days?" In the operation room of the headquarters, Itagaki Seishiro stood in front of the high-precision war sand table, a pair of eyes full of traces of time, quietly watching The Pingxingguan defense line located on the sand table said to Takeshi Sakurada, the chief of staff of the division beside him.

The war is approaching, and the two sides dispatched troops and generals, which kicked off the prelude to the defensive battle of the Inner Great Wall.

Next, is the crucial battle.

……

Chief of Staff Sasakata Takeshi, who was born in the mainland, had a calm face and a calm mind. He quickly explained the information about the enemy and us, and then picked up the baton and pointed directly at Pingxingguan on the sand table; "This is the internal contradiction of the opponent. There are three routes in total, one is the Weidai Highway, the second is the East Paochi-West Paochi, and the third is Tuanchengkou. The Weidai Highway is the frontal battlefield, and the terrain is dangerous, which is not conducive to the spread of our army's tank troops. The route of the pool is the same, but the entrance of Tuancheng is different. The terrain here is relatively flat, which is conducive to the attack of tank troops and heavy weapons."

On September 21, Yu County, the headquarters of the Fifth Division was established here.

As the main force that completed the assembly and reorganization first, most of the weapons and ammunition produced by the Military Industry Bureau were given priority to the 115th Division, which raised the army's weaponry to a higher level and reached the mainstream level.

At this moment, the Japanese army's communications staff quickly entered the war room and handed over a top-secret message.

"After the team is equipped with regular rifles and 200-type mortars, the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. This time there are 50 light and heavy machine guns and [-] rounds of ammunition. I believe we can compete with the Japanese invaders." Staff officer Chang nodded, speaking firmly.

For a time, Pingxingguan became the focus of confrontation between China and Japan.

The defense line of the Inner Great Wall was strengthened and stabilized. The Japanese troops marched southward in two ways. The Fifth Division of the Right Route Army successively occupied Hunyuan, Guangling and Laiyuan. Forming a left and right encirclement of the inner Great Wall defense line.

Itagaki Seishiro received the top-secret telegram, and after seeing the content of the telegram, a look of joy flashed across his eyes, looking at Daying Town on the sand table, he couldn't help sighing: "Sakurata-kun, even the Chinese gods are helping us , The Sixth Army Headquarters of the Jinsui Army is in Daying Town."

"Sakurata-kun, your battle plan is very good, but it is not perfect. A good general will not put his hope of victory on the intention that the enemy will not support the friendly army. Also, if the 84th Division's defensive will is very tenacious What? Three days is too little time, so don't underestimate the Jinsui Army."

"Hi!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, I think it will only take three days." Chief of Staff Sakurada Takeshi replied without any hesitation.

"I want to see if the Japanese army is really invincible."

"Report, Urgent Telegram from Special High School!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the troops in charge of defending Pingxing Pass are the 84th Division and the 33rd Army. The 84th Division belongs to Gao Guici, which belongs to the battle order of the Qin Army in Shaanxi. Its identity is a guest army. This unit has just participated in the Battle of Nankou and has not yet been repaired and supplemented. There are about 4300 troops, and the combat effectiveness is very poor. The defense area is Tuanchengkou. The No.30 army is commanded by Zhang Chu and belongs to the Jinsui Army's battle sequence. Watching the tiger fight, refusing to support the 84th Division, which is a guest army."

Confirmed by the Special High School, Yang Aiyuan's Sixth Army headquarters was established in Daying Town.

"Your Excellency, Head of Division, is really powerful! Once this army has gained a firm foothold in Daying Town, then the Pingxingguan garrison will be destroyed without attack and collapse in an instant." Looking at Daying Town on the sand table, Takeshi Sakurada stared wide-eyed. Eye.

Although such a firepower configuration and weaponry are still inferior to the Japanese army, they are much better than before.

"It is reported that the total strength of the Japanese army has exceeded [-] after the increase of troops. On the left is Hideki Tojo, and on the right is Seishiro Itagaki. Of course Yan Laoxi is under great pressure, but even so, he is still very wary of us. "The middle-aged man sitting in the back row smiled, and his voice was calm and powerful: "No matter what Yan Laoxi thinks, we must achieve results in this battle."

Winning Lingqiu County means that all the peripheral obstacles leading to Pingxing Pass will be cleared.

At the same time, a miscellaneous troop with the designation of the Northeast Army arrived in Taiyuan. After receiving 50 rounds of ammunition and [-] machine guns from Yan Xishan, they were rushing to the front line of Pingxingguan in a car.

The number of official rifles in the 115th Division has reached 700, and the heavy firepower has shown a qualitative leap. Counting the old and new mortars, the average number of mortars in the regiment is as high as 8.

"It can be seen that the situation on the front line is indeed very urgent. Otherwise, Yan Laoxi, a rich landlord who is searching for money, would not have given us 50 bullets and [-] light and heavy machine guns, and let us take a car." On the road, sitting in a jeep The chief of staff, looking at Taiyuan City that is gradually going away through the rearview mirror, joked softly.

"Very good, please continue." Itagaki Seishiro gave a positive attitude after listening to the analysis.

Break through Pingxingguan, you can enter the Taiyuan Basin, take Xinkou, you can occupy Taiyuan, capture Taiyuan, and the Fifth Division can invade Sichuan from Shanxi to the south, realizing the perfect replica of Mongolia's route of destroying the Southern Song Dynasty.

Itagaki Seishiro listened to the entire combat plan, nodded with a smile, and after giving his evaluation, he took over the baton and aimed at the north side of the Pingxingguan defense line: "Look, this place is called Xihekou. My idea is to send an additional force from Hunyuan set out secretly, went straight to Daying Town via Xihekou, and made a detour to the back of Pingxing Pass, do you still remember the Tiancun regiment who secretly detoured to attack Xuanhua?"

A series of combat orders were issued, and the fifth division, which took a short rest to recover its strength, showed its ferocious face again and started a new round of attack.

"Based on the above situation, I made the following deployment. First, arrange three brigades and one artillery brigade to attack the front of Pingxingguan and the entrance of Tuancheng in two routes, pretending to attack the Pingxingguan position of the 33rd Army, and mainly attacking the entrance of Tuancheng where the 84th Division is stationed. Second, Seize the possibility that the Jinsui Army will not support friendly forces in the early stage, and cooperate with the Army Aviation Force to attack quickly and break through the Pingxingguan defense line in one fell swoop." Sakurada Takeshi performed a combat deployment demonstration.

Seishiro Itagaki was a little surprised. He didn't expect Takeshi Sakurada to be so radical. He said with a smile, "Oh? Can you tell me why it only takes three days? You must know that this is a natural danger for the Jinsui Army to defend heavily. Due to the dangerous terrain, most of our army Weapons and tanks cannot fight."

……

In the autumn of September, the sky was overcast and cloudy, and the cloud of war shrouded the land in northern Shanxi. The sound of guns and explosions became the main theme between heaven and earth, resounding over Pingxingguan.

"Boom!" As the sound of propellers tearing the air in the sky faded away, a [-]kg aerial bomb slammed into the main position of Pingxingguan. Explosive way to vent around.

The shock wave containing a high amount of energy spread to the surroundings, the flames soared into the sky, and countless irregular metal fragments flew at high speed, destroying any objects that stood in the way, or... the human body.

(End of this chapter)