Age of Rebirth

Chapter 540 Strategic Landscape

When he woke up, the sun was shining outside. Tang Qiuli rubbed his drowsy head and got out of bed. He didn't rest well that night. Everyone consciously took care of the teacher's body. There was nothing particularly important. It is not easy to disturb him in the middle of the night.

Opening the door, the snow-covered mountains spread out like waves. The unique clear air of the Taihang Mountains in winter instantly filled his lungs and refreshed his drowsy brain. The soldiers of the special guard saw The teacher woke up and hurriedly informed the cooking team to deliver the meal. Today's breakfast was sumptuous, with sticky millet porridge, golden buns, crispy pickles, and what was even more appetizing was a plate of fried pickles made from hare meat.

He looked in surprise at the old squad leader of the cooking squad who was over half a century old with a silly smile on his face. The old squad leader knew what the teacher was thinking and told him that it was Captain Huang who went to the mountain to beat him early in the morning, saying it was to make up for the teacher. Qiuli smiled knowingly, and buried his head in eating, saying that Shan Hu was a rough man, but in fact, he still didn't understand him. These Tang Qiuli's favorite meals, he felt a little unwilling to eat today.

He knew in his heart that Su Jingfeng's troops suddenly lost contact. He was worried about that big man Su, and he didn't think about eating at all. He hurriedly filled his stomach and rushed to the headquarters. The first thing he said was to ask Chen Feng, the director of communications. , Is there any news about Su Jingfeng's troops? Chen Feng silently shook his head. [

Tang Qiuli was taken aback. If it was said that Su Jingfeng's troops were all wiped out by the Japanese army, he wouldn't believe it even if he was killed. He was not reconciled, and asked Chen Feng why. According to Chen Feng's analysis, a radio station that might communicate with the teacher was broken. However, this possibility is extremely small. The troops are equipped with multiple radio stations, which can be replaced. Another possibility is that the headquarters of the Yellow River Henan Garrison Corps was suddenly attacked, all personnel died, the radio station was destroyed, and the contact code was lost.

Afterwards, looking at the teacher's increasingly gloomy face, Chen Feng didn't go any further. Tang Qiuli didn't know that anything could happen on the battlefield, but he didn't want to think about the worst. Silently waving his hand at Chen Feng, Chen Feng saluted, and hurriedly seemed to want to escape from this place.

Tang Qiuli forced himself to free himself from worrying about Su Jingfeng's troops, and stared at the large military map on the wall. The suspected soldiers sent by Isoya Rensuke, the Kagezuo cavalry regiment and a brigade of Japanese troops, entered the iron gate area west of Luoyang It is ridiculous to say that from Zhengzhou to Luoyang, there was no resistance at all along the way, and Yingzuo used such a small force to occupy Luoyang, another important town in Henan, without bloodshed.

The troops of a division of the Eighth Army Corps defending here had already heard the wind and fled. The sun flag was raised over Luoyang. Please serve as the commander of the Luoyang occupation army and lead your troops to defend the Luoyang area.

Isoya Rensuke, who received Kagezuo's telegram, was so angry that he wanted to laugh. What was this guy thinking? With his little force, he wanted to occupy the vast land around Luoyang. It was a daydream. Kagezuo this guy I still don't understand, he is just a suspicious soldier, if he stays too long in Luoyang, can Tang Qiuli let him go?

He ordered Yingzuo, your mission has been completed, and immediately led the team back to Zhengzhou to serve as the security mission for Zhengzhou. After receiving the telegram, Yingzuo was recruited. He was full of displeasure, so he had to give up his dream of being a local emperor and prepare to execute it. Commander His Excellency's order, in fact, he still has a lot of opinions in his heart.

Yingzuo wanted to leave, but Tang Qiuli didn't want to let him go. The bait released by Isotani Rensuke deceived himself greatly, and all the troops he could use were used to block the opening of Xijin. It was a false alarm. Thinking about it, it made his teeth itch with hatred. Tang Qiuli ordered Tong Batu's second cavalry brigade to go south immediately. Before the Yingzuo cavalry unit returned to Zhengzhou, he must be completely eliminated. Tong Batu's combat method Decide for yourself, as long as the result.

Tong Batu, who received the order, looked up to the sky and smiled happily. Since entering the Taihang Mountains, he has always adopted the tactic of taking a bite and running. I was so aggrieved, now, the opportunity came, and it was the cavalry of the opposing Japanese, Tong Batu was like a wolf who smelled blood, and all the cells in his body boiled.

At the combat meeting of the whole brigade, he said this: "Everyone, are you in a hurry? We dignified cavalry, we hide from little devils every day, are we useless?" It exploded, and everyone shouted, suggesting that the brigade commander send a telegram to the division commander to ask for a fight. If you continue to idle like this, you will grow fat and your saber will be rusted!

Seeing the reaction of his subordinates, Tong Batu nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Sit down, why are you arguing! Before I finished speaking, the division commander came with an order to go south to fight in Henan immediately. This time, the opponent is my colleague. A cavalry regiment of the little devil, the division commander’s request is that there should be no one left, and all of them should be killed, how about it, is it a hard nut to crack?”

These officers don't like to hear it anymore, don't the little devil's cavalry also have a head?Can it hold the saber of our Mongolian cavalry?The four regiment leaders asked for the battle one after another. In order to fight for the position of the first regiment, they quarreled redly and refused to give in. Tong Batu decided that the first regiment of the cavalry was the first regiment. Although the other regiment leaders were not happy, they had no choice.

Tong Batu finally said: "I let you say all the cruel words, that's good, the whole brigade will set off immediately, people will not undress, horses will not take off their saddles, and go straight to Gongyi at the fastest speed, and there, the little devil's cavalry will be killed." Get rid of it, let's act now!" The second cavalry brigade, with more than 8000 horses, immediately left the Taihang Mountains overnight, and the smoke and dust billowed all the way to Gongyi, Henan. Yingzuo was still slowly gathering troops to Luoyang. He rushed towards him viciously.

The cavalry unit recruited by Yingzuo was handed over to Tongbatu's second cavalry brigade. Since the Japanese army had no intention of attacking Xi'an, they defended the Sun Zhenbang Department of the Yellow River Defense Command in the Shangluo area, and defended the Shanxi region on the line from Tongguan to Lingbao. Yuan Jinghao's Department of the Garrison and Zhou Yushan's Department of the Transportation Command of the Independent Division, with a total of more than [-] troops, immediately drove to Zhengzhou.

Isoya Rensuke's first army is eager to go south to the Songhu area. On the line from Zhengzhou to Anyang, there is only one regiment left to defend. This guy doesn't plan to come back again. Tang Qiuli can't miss this good opportunity. He planned to use these troops to recapture all the lost places along the line from Zhengzhou to Anyang, and to block the holes in the Anyang defense line to prevent the Japanese army from increasing troops from this opening to Xuzhou.

Yuan Jinghao, Sun Zhenbang, and Zhou Yushan formed the Zhengzhou Campaign Headquarters to unify the command of the battle to recover the lost ground in Henan. Yuan Jinghao was the commander-in-chief, and Sun Zhenbang and Zhou Yushan were the deputy commanders. Here is a consideration. Yuan Jinghao was the first independent division to form an army One of the four veteran brigade commanders, Sun Zhenbang is considered a junior. Zhou Yushan has been doing logistics work, and commanding wars is not his strong point.

As soon as the order was issued, the three troops immediately rushed towards Zhengzhou. The division commander's order was very clear. Before the start of the Xuzhou battle, the entrance to Anyang must be blocked. Sun Zhenbang and Zhou Yushan had no objection to the division commander's arrangement. Speaking of it, Sun Zhenbang was still the person who went out of the Independent Fourth Brigade when Yuan Jinghao was the brigade commander, and Zhou Yushan was an old man of the Independent Division. The three of them cooperated without any obstacles. , one of the reasons for trusting them.

After deploying the battle plan, Tang Qiuli shook his head with a wry smile. This time, he really used all his property on the front line. The only troops he had were Liu Chun's cavalry brigade, and Ma Chaoyang's independent first brigade. The second brigade, Jiang Yanming's Huangyadong garrison brigade, has less than 3 horses, but also keeps an eye on the Jin army in Wuxiang and Yan Xishan, and the 10,000+ Japanese army in the lively mountain pass. Once there is an emergency in any direction, I have already Soldiers can be sent.

What Tang Qiuli is thinking now is that as long as Liu Tiehan, Tang Qiusheng's Dezhou, and Feng Jiwu's wife, Guan, let them go in any direction, the war situation in the north will be complete. Now, there are two Japanese troops that can be eaten up, one is In the Yamaguchi Group in Wuxiang, one was the first army of Isoya Rensuke who was in a hurry to attack Xuzhou and went south.

Killing Shankou requires the full cooperation of Yan Xishan, but Tang Qiuli really has no foundation in dealing with this man. When the battle is most intense, this man will stand by and put his limited troops first. In the end, he came out to pick up a bargain, and based on his understanding of Yan Xishan, it was absolutely possible. [

Then, only the direction of Xuzhou has all the conditions to wipe out the Japanese army all the way. Li Zongren went out for the first time, and if he didn’t fight well, he would lose face. From all aspects, Li Zongren’s mood to win this battle is stronger than anyone else , plus the force under his command, more than twice that of the Japanese First Army, all of which are elite troops of the Guangxi Army and the Sichuan Army.

Historically, with Xuzhou as the center, in the Taierzhuang area in the northeast of Xuzhou, it was indeed the burial place of the Japanese army under the command of Isoya Rensuke. Li Zongren was also famous for this battle. , there is a possibility of calling back to the Taihang Mountains. As for Shandong's defense, Tang Qiuli can't hand it over to others.

It was finally taken from Han Fuju's hands, and so many troops were used to fight the Japanese army to the death, how could they allow others to get their hands on it?Shandong has always been Tang Qiuli's primary consideration for expanding his strategic space for the next step, and it is also the most important part of his entire northern strategy. Shandong's strategic location is so important that it can be said to take advantage of the location.

After dealing with the Japanese army in Xuzhou, we can deal with the Japanese army in Wuxiang and restore the normal state of the Taihang Mountain base. In his mind, he quickly thought about the direction of the next battle, encircling and annihilating the troops in Mountain Pass and Dezhou, and at least transferred back to the Sulu Mobile Corps. In addition, Zhang Zizhong's Sulu Garrison Corps and Su Jingfeng's Yellow River Henan Garrison Corps, combined with the existing troops in the Taihang Mountains, can make dumplings for 10,000+ Japanese troops.

Thinking of Su Jingfeng, Tang Qiuli gave a "thump" in his heart and woke up from his contemplation. He was too absorbed in thinking about the future battle situation. Why is there no news of Su Jingfeng's troops yet?

(To be continued)