Age of Rebirth

Shouyi in the temple wanted to make a time difference. After the capture of Chongqing, he had time to return to Nanning. He had to do so. It was definitely not a good thing for a main field army of the devil Tang Qiuli to move towards Nanning. He sniffed out that Dangerous breath.

Terauchi Shouyi secretly scolded those bastards in the intelligence headquarters of the base camp for providing the information to the southern dispatched army in China. They agreed that when the Imperial Japanese Army troops attacked the Chinese government troops, Tang Qiuli would not reach out to rescue them at all. Information from the capital, Chongqing, shows that the conflict between Chiang Kai-shek and Tang Qiuli has risen to the point of legal reconciliation.

Previously, Tang Qiuli had escaped an assassination attempt by Chiang Kai-shek's confidants against him, and the situation in the southern battlefield seemed to prove this point. There was no information showing that there was any coordinated action between the Chinese government army and Tang Qiuli's troops. Even the most basic coordination is out of the question, and the two sides seem to have no contact with each other.

However, Shouichi Terauchi saw it with his experienced experience. Whenever the Japanese imperial army attacked the Chinese government army, Tang Qiuli's troops would appear on another battlefield. No.15 of Yamashita Bongwen in the Battle of Duyun The end of the army was the sudden result. At that time, the main force of the dispatched army was besieging the Chinese government troops in Guiyang.

This time, just as he was commanding more than 30 Imperial Army troops, attacking all the way to the north and approaching the temporary capital of China, Chongqing, Tang Qiuli’s troops happened to appear in Nanning again. The target was Nanning’s 10,000+ Imperial Army troops. Shouyi is not optimistic that this is just a coincidence, the Chinese devil appears on too occasional occasions, and every time he appears.Both will cause great losses to the imperial army, and the two sides seem to have a tacit understanding. [

Terauchi Shouichi had even deeper considerations.The base camp regards the Chinese government as its main opponent.Did they mistake the target? They should first eliminate the army of the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli, and then attack Chongqing.This idea, since the No.15 army was wiped out, Terauchi Shouichi has had.

Of course, he didn't dare to submit this suggestion to the base camp. According to his old friend in the base camp, Terauchi Shouichi told him in private, to attack Chongqing.It was a strategic decision made by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and even gave up the occupation of Guangzhou for this reason, in order to avoid fighting with Tang Qiuli's troops as much as possible.First destroy the Chinese government, then deal with Tang Qiuli, and then occupy the southern part of China as a forward base for attacking Southeast Asia.

But this is completely unrealistic, the China devil, like a ghost, hovers over the southern China, and does not know when.It will jump out and bite the dispatched army hard.In other words, tens of thousands of imperial soldiers died.To avoid fighting, but unable to avoid it, Shouichi Terauchi could only ask for help from the mainland.

He is very clear that doing so is already weakening his own prestige. Since the No.15 Army was destroyed and Yamashita Fengwen died in the post, there have been heavyweights in the base camp who proposed to start the procedure of impeaching himself. If the 10,000+ imperial army in Nanning, were Tang Qiuli was wiped out, and the Leizhou Peninsula, southern Guangxi and even the Beibu Gulf were lost, and his official position was over, so he just waited to go home and retire.

Therefore, Shouyi in the temple telegraphed several times a day to inquire about the situation in the direction of Nanning, and the answer he received was that there was no major incident. Tang Qiuli's troops continued to march towards Nanning, and there was no Chinese army on the Leizhou Peninsula. This made him feel at ease, and felt that a large net was covering Nanning.

Terauchi Shouichi, who was in a state of anxiety, was almost forcing the troops of the Japanese army marching northward to defeat the Chinese government troops who dared to stop them in the shortest time and at the fastest speed. He fought for three days, but he was not satisfied. In Zunyi, the order of his vanguard is that within 48 hours, Zunyi must be captured.

In Zunyi, Xue Yue was relieved to learn that the Fourth Army and the [-] troops that had gone to reinforce them had safely withdrawn from the Xifeng line of defense. How could a few remnants of the army and a half-dead Fourth Army stop the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops who were attacking like a rainbow?

The reason why he stayed in Zunyi and did not retreat to the Loushanguan defense line was entirely to boost the morale of the troops and play a reassuring role. The commander-in-chief did not leave, and the incomplete troops would not panic. Gu Zhutong was in the same retreat situation as when he was there.

After the remnants of the Fourth Army, the Seventh Army, the No.13 Army, and the No.20 First Army passed through Zunyi, it was already early morning, and Xue Yue was by his side, leaving only one guard regiment. For the last time, he took a car tour Take a look at the ancient city of Zunyi, which is already empty, and then go out of the city and climb a mountain in the south of the city, looking in the direction of Xifeng.

The eyes are full of verdant green, the mountains and lush jungles in northern Guizhou, and a round of gushing sun rises. Thousands of rays of light dye the distant mountains and jungles into a light golden yellow. Hearing the sound of the cannon, the head of the guard beside him reminded: "Commander, the troops have all evacuated, shouldn't we go too?"

Amidst the increasingly clear gunfire of the Japanese army, Xue Yue, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Defense Line of the Central Army, left Zunyi and headed towards Loushanguan. Before leaving, he kept looking back at the ancient city of Zunyi, whether it was the guards around him or the staff None of the personnel knew what he was thinking. An hour later, the vanguard of the Japanese army, led by tanks, appeared in the south of Zunyi.

In the eyes of the commander of the vanguard of the Japanese army and the head of the [-]th Division Suzuki Saburo, the terrain of Zunyi is much more steep than that of Xifeng. The strange thing is that the gate of Zunyi is closed, like a tired old man , standing silently among the mountains, without any shadow of Chinese soldiers and fortifications, the entire ancient city is undefended!

Such a situation made Suzuki Saburo suspicious. If he saw the fortifications and bunkers in Zunyi, and the soldiers of the Chinese government army waiting in full battle, Suzuki would not hesitate to order the chariot troops to cover the infantry and launch an attack immediately. The situation in front of him was too abnormal, too quiet, so quiet that Suzuki didn't know what to do.

Suzuki Saburo issued an order, and the artillery regiment immediately set up a position and prepared to bombard the positions of the Chinese government army. After receiving the order from the commander of the division, the artillery regiment leader stared at the bull's-eye and carefully looked at the terrain in the south of Zunyi City with a high-powered telescope. , until his eyes were dazed, and he didn't see where the Chinese government army's position was mentioned by the head of the division. He only saw tall trees all over the mountain, dense jungle, and no targets. Where did the artillery fire?

The captain of the Japanese Artillery Corps was confused for a while. After working for more than an hour, he finally built a field artillery position. Suzuki telegraphed what he saw to the Commander-in-Chief, Hisashi Terauchi. Soon, he received a call back, "According to the original plan Attack, don't be fooled by the Chinaman's tricks, and remember, you only have 48 hours."

Suzuki was relieved, and ordered, "Order, Artillery Regiment, shell immediately, tank detachment, enter the attack position," but the call from the Artillery Regiment Captain almost made him gasp, "Your Excellency, Commander, ask for instructions on the target of the bombardment." ?” “Baga, the idiot’s work, that’s your business, to blow up the hidden Chinese soldiers.”

The Japanese artillery fired fiercely on all the highlands and mountain peaks in the south of Zunyi City. The gunpowder smoke rose in groups, and the big tree with a thick waist fell to the ground. After fighting for more than an hour, the so-called targets were covered. Dispersed, in the binoculars of Suzuki and the captain of the Japanese artillery regiment, not a single soldier of the Chinese government army was seen.

The commander of the Suzuki division couldn't believe it. Where did the Chinese soldiers hide?Under such fierce artillery fire, they still haven't shown their traces. What kind of people are they?Just at this time, the captain of the artillery regiment called to ask for instructions, whether to continue the shelling?Suzuki thought about it, and ordered decisively: "Immediately adjust the target of the bombardment. The focus is on Zunyi City. We must blow up the hidden Chinese soldiers. Otherwise, when the infantry attacks, they will be attacked suddenly."

The artillery fire of the Japanese army hit from outside Zunyi City to the inside of the city, and then from inside the city back to the outside of the city. Cannons fell in almost every suspicious corner. After such a toss, most of the day passed, and it was more than three o'clock in the afternoon. At that time, the commander of the Suzuki division woke up a little bit. [

Not to mention the soldiers of the Chinese government army. Before the arrival of the Imperial Japanese Army, they had already abandoned the city and fled, leaving an empty city. This kind of thing has never been encountered before. After a few fights, it can be regarded as a battle. The Suzuki Division Long can also make a general judgment, what's going on in the current situation?

At around [-] o'clock in the afternoon, Japanese tanks covered the soldiers of the two regiments, and rushed into Zunyi City from a section of the city wall that had collapsed. Suzuki Division Commander's premonition became a reality. I can't see it, only the destroyed houses are still emitting lingering smoke, and the smoke is misty, floating calmly into the sky.

At [-]:[-], Terauchi Shouichi received a telegram from Suzuki Saburo, the head of the former guard division, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, our division has already occupied Zunyi." With just two simple sentences, Terauchi Shouichi was full of suspicion. Suzuki Saburo's character, this guy can fight for real, but he does his part when he brags about the results of the battle. A simple battle can turn into a big battle in his mouth.

Something was wrong, and with doubts, Terauchi Shouichi drove into Zunyi City under the protection of the guards. What he saw along the way made him more suspicious. Why didn't he see the dead bodies of Chinese government soldiers or the destroyed fortifications? After entering the city and the trenches, there was not a single Chinese civilian, and there were soldiers from the Suzuki Division saluting him everywhere.

After seeing Suzuki, Terauchi Shouichi understood everything. The Suzuki Division, armed with cannons and chariots, fought against an empty city for most of the day. Blocked for almost a whole day.

(To be continued)