Age of Rebirth

Chapter 410 Surrounding Beiping

The artillery commander of the Japanese army sent a telegram to the Supreme Commander, Kiyoshi Kazuki, requesting your Excellency, Commander, to quickly mobilize the artillery troops to support the reinforcements. Under the attack of the squadron artillery, there was no further battle. The power of their artillery is several times that of ours.

If things go on like this, the artillery unit of the imperial army will exist in name only. Kiyoshi Kazuki replied with only four words: "Continue to attack!" The artillery commander of the Japanese army took the reply from His Excellency Commander, his hands were trembling, and asked him what to use to continue the attack. ?Use the few dozen remaining artillery pieces?Or let the artillery hold the cannon and charge?He felt that your Excellency, Commander, was simply unreasonable!

The same is true for the orders given to the infantry divisions, continue to attack, and at any cost, the siege of Tianjin must be broken.

Beiping, the headquarters of the Japanese Garrison in North China, Kiyoshi Kazuki scolded the artillery commander in his heart, doesn't this bastard know?In the establishment of the imperial army, there has never been an independent artillery unit. You, the commander, were temporarily appointed to concentrate the artillery fire of the reinforcements. [

Let me go there and redeploy artillery for you?This is how in the telegram, if you were face to face, Your Excellency, Commander, would slap him severely and curse at the pig's head.

After sending reinforcements, Xiangyue Qingsi no longer worried about gains and losses. Tianjin must be saved. It was just a process of making up his mind, which was more painful. Until now, he still believes that Tang Qiuli's ultimate goal is to regain Beiping and fight Tianjin. Mobilize the defenders of Beiping.

However, there is no room for loss in Tianjin. If Tianjin is lost, Beiping will fall into an isolated city. Tashiro Kanichiro's chair has not yet warmed his buttocks. He doesn't want to leave in a hurry like Tashiro did.

The arrogance and arrogance of the Japanese commander who received the order to die, and the fierceness in his bones, were aroused. When did the army of the Great Japanese Empire sweep across Manchuria and occupy North China? fear?

Therefore, in front of the blocking position on the front line of Langfang, there was a frantic scene. The Japanese army, with the unit as the unit, launched a wave-like assault on the independent division's blocking position on a front more than ten kilometers wide.

Officers at all levels of the Japanese army, holding their command swords high, led the soldiers and rushed over like desperadoes under the cover of artillery fire and armored vehicles, braving the fierce artillery fire of the Independent Division.

The artillery fire that greeted the Japanese army was the artillery fire of the Independent Division's volcanic eruption. On the flat field, the explosion points of the artillery were connected into jumping lightning bolts, and each lightning bolt was an insurmountable place of death.

The waves of the Japanese army's charge were like encountering a hard rock, and were smashed by the impact. One wave disappeared, and another surged up, and was smashed again.

Tang Qiuli was in the command post, witnessed the spectacular scene of shelling, half of the sky was red, and he felt so happy and addicted. This is exactly the way he wants to fight, let the Japanese fight with my cannon with their bodies. , Let's see if your bushido is better or my cannon is better.

The history is surprisingly similar. When the Japanese army fought against the Chinese army, it relied on fierce artillery fire. The army's position has been bombed to be riddled with holes and fragments. Facing the tide of Japanese troops, there are few undefeated ones!

Tonight's artillery battle left a deep impression on Tang Qiuli, and prompted him to change the firepower structure of each unit. Later, the ratio of all units, infantry and artillery, reached two to one. Each field brigade, Including four infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, and one air defense regiment, the division headquarters formed the artillery command.

After four o'clock in the morning, the Japanese commander stopped in shock. In just two hours, the Eighth Division and the No.11 Division that participated in the attack had already lost more than 1 troops. Encounter, the two divisions have more than 7 troops, and have lost more than 8000 people. The brutality of Bushido is vulnerable to the overwhelming firepower.

They can't take it anymore, and if they continue to fight like this, they put all their troops into it, and they can't fill the bottom hole. The guns of the Chinese army are like stones that don't cost money. They never stop. gun?

The reinforcements of the Japanese army, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Garrison and the heads of the two divisions cursed secretly, the artillery of the independent division brought the despicable insidiousness and cunning of the Chinese to the extreme, and the large-caliber artillery cut off the second echelon and the first echelon. Get in touch, the best way to retreat.

Small-caliber artillery and mortars, blocking fire in front, covering firepower, Japanese soldiers, like suckling pigs put into an oven, with scorched skin and rotten flesh, many soldiers were bombarded before they heard the gunshots In mid-air, those who broke through the fire net by chance were greeted by the roar of light and heavy machine guns, and occasional rifle fire, which was the precise killing of the Japanese commander by the sniper.

They jointly sent a telegram to Xiangyue Qingsi: "On the front line of Langfang, the artillery fire of the Chinese army is extremely fierce. The front more than ten kilometers wide is controlled by the enemy's artillery fire. After many assaults, none of them worked. The casualties of our troops are close to one-third. , if it continues, not only Tianjin will not be rescued, but our department will also be in a catastrophe, please make a decision early, Commander, and allow our department to return to Beiping!"

The Japanese generals were frightened by the huge casualties, and rarely asked to retreat. Historically, the Japanese generals pursued an offensive and then an offensive. Commanders who asked the front line to retreat were regarded as cowards and would be ridiculed by their colleagues.

The No. 15 Division of the Japanese Army who reinforced Tianjin from the direction of Chaichangtun and Hexiwu did not please. The terrain here is not as flat as the Langfang area, and the terrain is relatively dangerous, suitable for blocking or ambush warfare.

When the No.15 Division of the Japanese Army entered this area, it was beaten badly by sudden and violent artillery fire, and then ate a dense meal, and quickly retreated to a safe area. Looking at the terrain in front of me, I feel hairy. [

However, the head of the No.15 division is smarter. He didn't launch an assault on the scale of the regiment. He only conducted multiple assaults in multiple directions on the scale of the squadron. Although there was no benefit at all, the casualties of the troops were much smaller. Much, he also sent a telegram to the commander.

Xiangyue Qingsi received the telegram and started a cold war. He had an ominous premonition in his heart that Tianjin could not be kept. Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, suddenly launched a campaign to attack Tianjin this time. The purpose was not only to capture Tianjin and consume our Beiping defense Strength is probably his real purpose.

If we continue to reinforce Tianjin, [-] troops will be consumed on the way of reinforcements, and the remaining [-] troops will defend Beiping. How can we ensure that Beiping is lost?Losing Tianjin, and losing Peiping, I am afraid that I will really go to a military court.

He sent a telegram to the two reinforcements, ordering them to leave the battlefield immediately and quickly withdraw to a defensive point in Beiping to prevent the independent division from attacking Beiping.

In fact, Xiangyue Qingji really thought about Tang Qiuli's thoughts in a complicated way. Tang Qiuli had no idea of ​​fighting Beiping at all. cheap.

Kiyoshi Kazuki farted in the middle of the night and woke himself up with fright. After arranging for the reinforcements to withdraw to Beiping, he sent a telegram to Takashima, who was trapped in Tianjin, truthfully explaining that the reinforcements were blocked on the front line of Langfang and Hexiwu, and suffered heavy losses. Due to the situation, it is impossible to move forward, and they have all returned to Peiping to rescue the situation in Tianjinwang.

Wang Takashima-kun carried forward the Bushido spirit of the Emperor of Japan, resisted the attack of the Chinese army alone, and attracted the Chinese army under the city of Tianjin, waiting for the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army's Southward Corps. Jinmen, Takashima-kun made the first contribution, long live His Majesty the Emperor!

Xiangyue Qingji himself didn't believe this telegram. Tang Qiuli won't give up if he doesn't win Tianjin after spending such a large sum of money. The implication is, brothers and compatriots in Tianjin, please ask for blessings, I I really can't help, this is a mess!

The No.15 Division of the Japanese Army in the area of ​​Chaichangtun heard that the troops on the South Road had suffered heavy losses. Come on, why don't you make dumplings for me?

The two reinforcements were sent back to Beiping. Tang Qiuli also vaguely guessed Xiangyue Qingsi's thoughts. He was afraid that I would take the opportunity to retake Beiping, so he would make a fake show and encircle Beiping to gain stability for Tianjin. time.

He took out a brigade from the blocking force at Langfang, and from the direction of Wuqing in the northern suburbs of Tianjin, he suddenly rushed towards the urban area of ​​Tianjin, and stabbed the stubborn Japanese army in the back.

The rest of the troops, following the shadow of the Japanese army, rushed to Peiping like a tsunami. The law of war said: "surround them five times, attack them ten times." Under the situation with the Japanese army, Beiping was surrounded, and what he saw was the fear of Qingyue Qingji's fear of taking back Beiping.

The troops chased after the heels of the Japanese army, and swept away the small strongholds controlled by the Japanese army along the way. The Japanese army retreated in such a panic that no blocking troops were left behind. It seemed that they were frightened. The Independent Division and the 29th Army The pursuit troops, as if entering the territory of the people, quickly reached the outskirts of Peiping.

This move really worked. Commander Xiang Yueqing quickly abandoned the outer strongholds of Beiping and retracted all the troops back to the urban area. Even Wanping City was abandoned, intending to rely on the strong city wall of Beiping to defend.

At around 29 a.m. on July 38, [-], the Japanese army provoked a full-scale war of aggression against China. Wanping City, where the first shot was fired, changed hands again and fell into the hands of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division of the [-]th Army. According to the July [-]th Incident, just ten days have passed.

And the [-]th Regiment was originally the Jixing Cultural Regiment stationed in Wanping. I don't know if it was a historical coincidence or Tang Qiuli's intentional arrangement. At that time, the Battle of Tianjin had come to an end.

Tang Qiuli's troops from a brigade that entered the city from the northern suburbs of Tianjin became the deadly straw that crushed the Japanese army. The Japanese army, which was already on the verge of extinction and was fighting a desperate battle, faced this sudden blow with the last ounce of will to resist. , completely collapsed, and it was only a matter of time before their demise.

(To be continued)