Age of Rebirth

Chapter [-]: On the Taihang Mountains

After receiving a telegram from Feng Jiwu, reinforcements from a division of the Jin Army rushed to the front line of Niangziguan this afternoon to join the ranks of the defenders. Tang Qiuli would not even give a sneer to Yan Xishan's little trick, so he went to send a telegram , asked Feng Jiwu straightforwardly, "With the current strength of the Jin army, can we ensure that Niangziguan will not be lost?"

Feng Jiwu's reply was very straightforward, "No, the current strength of the Jin army is only more than [-], and the combat effectiveness, tactics, weapons and equipment of the Jin army are far inferior to our army. Their opponents in the Japanese army."

Obviously, Feng Jiwu still couldn't withdraw, and the work of making wedding clothes for Yan Xishan was settled, and the matter had come to an end, so Feng Jiwu had to be nailed to the front line of Niangziguan. In the name of the military branch and the highest military chief of the Yellow River Basin Theater, an order was issued.

With the Niangziguan Defense Force of the Independent Division and the Niangziguan Garrison Force of the Jin Army, the Niangziguan Garrison Corps of the Yellow River Basin Theater was formed. To command all the troops, we must resist the enemy in front of Niangziguan to ensure that the east gate of Shanxi is lost. [

The enemy is at present, and it is not a serious military order. On the condition of certain victory, Feng Jiwu, the commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, is specially authorized to decide the course of the battle by himself. , In terms of the unit to which it belongs, the level of position, the size of the military rank, it can be dealt with on the spot, and there is no need to report to the theater headquarters.

This move is very powerful. With the fighting style of the Jin army, if Feng Jiwu intends to make life difficult for them and make them look good, wouldn't you, Yan Xishan, hold on tightly to the troops and not let go? Well, let me make a mix , The troops belong to the theater headquarters. It is said that after reading this order, Commander Yan stamped his feet and beat his chest, his face full of pain. He had five divisions and more than [-] people. up.

As long as it is within the scope of the northern theater, it is normal to transfer there. If it is off the ground in Shanxi, is it still your own soldier?Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli, you baby is really scheming, but you can't jump out to object, you have no reason to hold your ground, you think you are unlucky, and he is not willing, so Chief Yan feels distressed , Thanking guests behind closed doors for several days in a row, losing his temper from time to time, even his favorite fifth sister was scolded.

He still doesn't know that Tang Qiuli gave Feng Jiwu a secret mission to find an opportunity to get rid of the senior officers loyal to Yan Xishan while ensuring the safety of Niangziguan, and take the five divisions of the Jin Army into his own hands. Grasp the transformation, and then mix them into the various units of the independent division.

Yan Xishan used my Tang Qiuli's army as a human shield, and I dug your heart out from behind. Take your time, your Yan Xishan's family fortune will be mine sooner or later. I don't know it, and it will come back from the hands of the Japanese. Rob, Tang Qiuli has already made a plan, Shanxi and Shandong must be controlled by the independent division.

Tang Qiuli was not worried at all that Yan Xishan would blatantly fall to the Japanese. With the situation in North China in [-], the appetite of the Japanese army was obviously not limited to the province of Shanxi. When self-confidence is bursting, they all focus on the offensive, and disdain to use the policy of Huairou, divide and disintegrate the various local forces, and attack the central army as the main strategy.

At this time, Tang Qiuli was already in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains. Around him, there were only more than 1000 troops and 10,000+ Japanese troops. After entering the Taihang Mountains, under the command of the new chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army, Yamaguchi, he absorbed the previous lone army and stood out. Being caught by the independent division, it became a lesson of the annihilation of the formed troops. With close contact and steady progress, we worked step by step, spread a big net, and gradually compressed to the central area of ​​Taihang Mountain.

Shankou had enough confidence and patience. The troops of the independent division were pinned down in various battlefields, and no one could save the squadron in Taihang Mountain. He had an intuition that Tang Qiuli was in his net. However, the scope of the net is relatively large at present, and he has not surfaced yet.

There is absolutely no room for loss in this battle. Can you stand firm in the army and put a gold star on your shoulder? In one fell swoop, Yamaguchi will control the troops, and it will be specific to the brigade level. Every two hours, the communications department will ask each of them one by one. Regarding the specific location of the brigade, there were traces of the independent division troops and Tang Qiuli. Yamaguchi was not too tired and panicked, and worked in front of the map himself. Tang Qiuli was his primary target.

The deployment of the mountain pass did cause great difficulties for Tang Qiuli. Several times, when a fighter opportunity finally appeared, Ma Chaoyang's second brigade had already marched to the predetermined area, only to find that this seemingly isolated Japanese army was behind. It was the strength of a division. Maybe if the Japanese army didn't eat it, Ma Chaoyang's brigade would fall into the anti-siege of the Japanese army, but there was no army to rescue him, so he had to cancel the combat order.

Several times of fighters were lost in this way. After the two divisions of Japanese troops chasing Liu Chun and Tong Batu's cavalry troops joined the battle sequence of the Japanese army in the Taihang Mountains, the large net at the mountain pass was woven more thickly. The Japanese army moved from east to west. Step by step, pressing forward like a thick wall.

Wherever they went, the villages were turned into ruins, scorched earth and ruins everywhere. The people in the base area, before the arrival of the Japanese army, under the organization of the local government and local troops, gradually retreated southward in an orderly manner. All valuables that could not be taken away , Bury them on the spot, and take away only a few days' worth of food, and the rest will be hidden on the spot with the village as the unit.

This was in accordance with the order of Tang Qiuli, the Special Commissioner of the Administrative Commissioner's Office of the Taihang Mountains, to fortify the walls and clear the fields in the entire base area, without leaving a grain of food for the Japanese army.

After several years of construction and recuperation in the Taihang Mountain base area, coupled with a large number of people immigrating, new planting methods have been introduced, and farmland infrastructure construction has been carried out, it is already a prosperous scene. The lives of ordinary people are hundreds of times better than those outside the mountain. , there is no richness from landlords, oppression from hooligans, no exploitation and oppression at the gate of the yamen in the past, eating a full stomach is no longer a dream. Many people have built bright and bright houses through their hard work and thrifty housekeeping. Here, it has been integrated into the atmosphere of this land.

After receiving the government's order to evacuate, they were all very reluctant. But thinking of who gave them this good day, they reluctantly packed up their things. Then, they went around their house and looked over and over again. They also knew that the government would not let them go. Those who are at a disadvantage, as stated in the notice, after the Japanese devils are beaten back, the government will pay for the actual losses to build new houses for everyone.

The common people believe this. The yamen here are all good officials who work for the common people. Six to seven million common people, together with numerous government agencies, industrial and mining enterprises, have formed a mighty army to retreat southward. What lay there were empty cities and villages. The Japanese army could destroy the towns, but they couldn't massacre the Chinese people.

Feeling that the troops in the Taihang Mountains were weak and unable to achieve the combat intention of annihilating the enemy under the circumstances of the concentrated Japanese army, Tang Qiuli issued an order to immediately upgrade the Huangyadong Guard Brigade to the main force of the independent division. A small number of troops defended the Huangyadong base area, and most of them immediately left Huangyadong to form the Taihang Mountain Combat Corps with the Ma Chaoyang Department of the Second Independent Brigade, the Liu Chun Department of the First Cavalry Brigade, and the Tongbatu Department of the Second Cavalry Brigade. Division commander Tang Qiuli served as the commander and was responsible for the combat mission against the Japanese army invading the Taihang Mountain base.

The local garrison troops in the counties of the base area were immediately upgraded to the Huangyadong garrison brigade to undertake the original combat missions. In this way, Tang Qiuli had two infantry brigades and two cavalry brigades with 3 troops. What the army with many people lacked was the artillery unit, which could fight head-to-head with a division of the Japanese army. However, Tang Qiuli was not going to do this. What he was facing was not a division of the Japanese army.

After the Guangyuan Division of the Japanese Army entered the Taihang Mountains from the direction of Maling Pass, its vanguard, the Seto Regiment, was eager to advance. The distance from the main force of the division was far greater than that of other troops. The Yuling area, which is the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, is a typical mountain with complex terrain. [

The main peak, Yangqu Mountain, is 58 meters above sea level, surrounded by several peaks, with green pines and cypresses, deep gullies and dense forests, and caves abound. To get together for a day is extremely detrimental to the large corps movement.

After Tang Qiuli received the information, he immediately locked the Segu United Team as the first battle in the Taihang Mountain base area, the target that must be wiped out. He ordered the intelligence chief Yu Deshui to bring the topographic map of Hanyuling and look at the map for a long time , I feel more and more that this is an ideal battlefield. As long as the few dry ditches entering Hanyuling are blocked, the Segu United Team inside will not be able to get out, and the Guangyuan Division outside will not be able to enter.

The key to this battle is whether the peripheral blocking forces can withstand the attack of the main force of the Guangyuan Division. As long as they can withstand the attack of the main force of the Guangyuan Division for six hours, they can completely kill the Japanese army by attacking the troops of the Seko Alliance. However, the cavalry units could not play a big role, so they stayed on the periphery to contain other Japanese troops.

In Tang Qiuli's hands, there were only two infantry brigades at his disposal. The strength was a little low. , he decided to use Ma Chaoyang's independent second brigade as the blocking mission.

Jiang Yanming's Huangyadong Garrison Brigade was tasked with attacking the Seto Regiment. He knew very well that in this battle, the troops on the blocking mission were under several times more pressure than the troops on the attacking mission. Facing the desperate attack of the Japanese army several times its size, the Japanese army has a tradition that when one army is besieged, the rest will desperately rescue them, regardless of the price they have paid.

This point is much stronger than that of the Japanese troops who focus on preserving their own strength. The chief of staff, Yu Guanghan, quickly formulated the Han Yuling battle plan according to the division commander's intention, and then issued it to the participating troops.

After receiving the order, Ma Chaoyang's Brigade and Jiang Yanming's Brigade immediately set off from the hidden station overnight and rushed to the predetermined location. In the mountains and mountains of Taihang Mountain in the winter night, the two troops, like pliers, bit the unaware Setu United Brigade.

(To be continued)