Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

After the Japanese army successfully crossed the river from Hejin, they first rested and regrouped in Hancheng for two days, and then marched south for one day. On the morning of the fourth day, they fought with the 36nd Division of the 52th Army. In the afternoon, the main forces of both sides met. Finally, the National Army launched a charge against the encirclement. horn.

Zhou Weiguo, the command post located at the rear, quickly received the battlefield situation from the front line. When he learned that the main force of the Japanese army had not crossed the river, Zhou Weiguo was shocked and immediately realized the true intention of the Japanese army.

"It's bad, we have all been deceived by the little devils. The Japanese army's goal is not to cross the river and march westward, but to reach Zhongtiao Mountain!"

"Send a report to Chief Hu immediately, no, directly send an emergency telegram to the Chief of the First War Zone to warn you. I hope it's not too late!"

At this time, the first war zone commander's department had been flooded with telegrams from the front line, and the front line continued to report defeat, but it was unknown where the Japanese army had hit. The national army in the central and western parts of Zhongtiao Mountain was in chaos.

"Sir, there is a call from the 9th Army. Hengling Pass has been captured and is currently occupied by the Japanese army!"

"Impossible. Hengling Pass is in the hinterland. How could it be occupied by the Japanese army so quickly? Where is Pei Changhui?" Li Mo'an roared.

"After receiving the battle report from the front line, General Pei has already rushed to the ferry from his residence, but it may be too late!" the adjutant replied.

"It's over, the 9 soldiers of the [-]th Army are all over!" Li Mo'an looked ashen. He knew the strategic position of Hengling Pass very well.

Hengling Pass is located at the southernmost end of Jiangxian County. It was a checkpoint for the Chinese army to resist the Japanese army. However, as the defense zone expanded northward, Hengling Pass gradually lost its original role.

The north of Hengling Pass was garrisoned by the 9th Army, and the south of Hengling Pass was garrisoned by the 5rd Army and 3th Army under the command of Zeng Wanzhong of the 14th Group Army along Hengyuan Avenue.

Due to the barren land and complex and changeable terrain in the middle part of Zhongtiao Mountain, only three troops, the 3rd Army, the 9th Army, and the 14th Army, were stationed. However, a few days ago, the Chief of the First Theater Zone was worried that a heavy Japanese army group would attack the Yuncheng area. Move the 14th Army westward to support.

If Hengling Pass is occupied by the Japanese army and the Japanese army defends the pass, the 9th Army will be in the north-south pincer attack of the Japanese army. On the other hand, the Japanese army can follow Hengyuan Avenue directly to Yuanqu County, where the 5th Army Headquarters is located.

By then, the Japanese troops on the east and west sides of Zhongtiao Mountain will be completely separated, and the Chinese army will also lose the opportunity to retreat from Yuanqu Crossing River.

In fact, as early as a few months before the war began, the Japanese army conducted a detailed investigation of the defense of the Nakatōyama area, and the military discipline of the Central Army was the most corrupt. This also made Ishihara Kanji determined to break through from the center. , thereby isolating the connection between the Liu Maoen Department of the 14th Army Group in the West and Sun Tongxuan Department of the 4th Group Army in the East.

Just as Matsunaga Junpei led the Japanese troops crossing the river and moved south from Hancheng on the third day, the main force of the Japanese troops that had been hiding in the Jishan and Jiangxian mountainous areas remained stationary.

However, a plainclothes team composed of puppet troops disguised as small businessmen and hawkers opened the way ahead and sneaked into the vicinity of the National Army garrison, but the National Army soldiers did not become wary of this.

On the evening of the third day, Ishihara Kanji, who stayed in Taiyuan to take command, received a telegram from Matsunaga Junpei.

"Yo Xi, Matsunaga-kun is a well-deserved warrior. They created opportunities for the victory of the Imperial Japanese Army!" Ishihara smiled brightly. After all, this battle was carefully prepared by him. Once the goal is achieved, the North China Dispatch can be saved. The army's crisis.

Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was present, immediately echoed: "Your Excellency, General, the 80th Army and the 98th Army of the National Army currently stationed in the Yuncheng area have gathered south early this morning. According to our personnel lurking in the Chief of the National Army's First Theater Area, According to the intelligence, the national army is ready to move, and it seems that it intends to retake Hejin and block the retreat of our troops crossing the river!" "I feel that the opportunity for the Imperial Japanese Army to capture Nakatō Mountain is ripe. Please give the general the order to attack!"

When Ishihara Wanji saw Yoshio Iwamatsu's request to fight, he waved his hand first: "Iwamatsu-kun, please be patient. If Matsunaga-kun doesn't fight the national army of Shaanxi province for a day, the national army in Yuncheng area will not go north. We still need to wait for the opportunity!"

In the middle of the night on the fourth day, the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops, about [-] people located in the mountainous area of ​​Jiangxian County, took the lead in dispatching. Under the leadership of North China Expeditionary Army Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake, they took advantage of the darkness and moved southward.

After dawn on the fourth day, the commander of the First Theater Command realized that the Japanese army had taken over the 34th Group Army, and Hu Zhongnan sent telegrams one after another requesting the First Theater Command to provide support.

Therefore, Li Mo'an ordered that the 14th Division under the 93rd Army of the 166th Group Army stationed in Vangrong be stationed in place, and the 10th Division and the newly formed 8th Division would send troops north to regain the Hejin area as a priority and seize the ferry to cut off the Japanese army's retreat. Ying should slowly expand eastward and capture Jishan, Jiangxian and other places.

For the Japanese spies, the Commander's Department of the First War Zone was completely undefended. Once the order was issued, the deployment of the national army's troops would be known to the Japanese army.

When the 93rd Army moved north, there were more than [-] Japanese puppet troops hidden in the Jishan Mountains. They were led southward by the Chief of Staff of the First Army Hua Guzheng. Two armies, one east and one west, marched north and south respectively.

When the 93rd Army arrived at the junction of Vang Vieng and Hejin, the Japanese army led by Hana Guzheng arrived at the junction of Vang Vieng and Wenxi.

The first to launch the attack was not the two main Japanese forces, but an airborne force specially reorganized by Yoshio Iwamatsu and modeled after the Yamamoto special agent team.

This Japanese airborne force only has more than [-] people. Its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Yamamoto special agent team, but it still has the combat capability to destroy the command center and perform beheading missions.

In the early morning of the fourth day, when the sky was bright and dim, under the guidance of plainclothes soldiers on the ground, this group of Japanese troops parachuted onto the terraces of a mountain forest near Hengling Pass.

Although the villagers living nearby noticed the anomaly, they were controlled by lurking plainclothes early in the morning. Therefore, the nearby national troops did not know that the Japs had arrived.

Under the leadership of plainclothes, the little devils wiped out several national army garrison points near Hengling Pass with lightning speed. Many junior officers of the national army were still sleeping in the brothels. When they opened their eyes, the little devils Already holding a gun to his head.

After sweeping several garrison points in the core area of ​​Hengling Pass, several surrendered National Army soldiers were pressed in by plainclothes and sneaked in from the south entrance of Hengling Pass.

"The Chinese army has poor military discipline. Most of the officers and soldiers stayed away all night. The camp defenses are empty. The soldiers can come and go freely. How can they be invincible?" Seeing the signal from the city gate, Mitani Mikio, who was in charge of commanding the operation this time, immediately ordered: "Gentlemen, follow me to take Hengling Pass!"

Stationed at Hengling Pass was the 9st Regiment of the 47th Division of the 141th Army. When the little devil rushed into the regiment headquarters, he found that the supreme commander was just a battalion commander.

After questioning, I found out that all the officers in the regiment were at the house of a woman in a nearby town. This small Japanese army, led by dozens of plainclothes troops, occupied Hengling Pass without any effort and captured three people. More than a hundred national army soldiers stationed in the pass. (End of chapter)