Age of Rebirth

Chapter 630 Overcoming Jingxing Pass

Chapter 630 Overcoming Jingxing Pass

On April 32, Okamura Ningji divided his [-]-strong army into six groups, with Changzhi in southern Shanxi as the base, and swept the base areas of the Taihang Mountains from south to north.

Seeing that the time had come, Tang Qiuli issued a battle order to attack Jingxing Pass in the early morning of April [-]. The Tang Qiusheng Corps and Feng Jiwu Corps, which had already been ready to go, pretended to attack Jingxing Pass from the front with two brigades. The main force split into two groups from Jiuguan on the right wing and Chakou on the left wing, and took a pincer-shaped offensive to pounce on the left and right wings of Jingxing Pass.

26 troops rushed to the Japanese army like a tide. At this time, the Jingxing Pass, the Japanese garrison force, was almost empty. At the beginning, Xiangyue Qingji mobilized 21 troops and personally commanded the onslaught of Niangziguan, intending to open the east gate to Taiyuan. , Stopped by Feng Jiwu's rushing aid troops, and stopped in front of Niangziguan.

After several fierce battles, the Japanese army was unable to break through the Niangziguan defensive position, and Feng Jiwu was unable to repel the Japanese army. The two sides formed a confrontation, but it was easier for Feng Jiwu. With five brigades as the backbone, the Niangziguan Garrison Corps with more than 12 troops has been formed. Today, it can finally take the initiative to attack. [

One after another, the Japanese army attacked the troops at Niangziguan, and they were repeatedly dispatched to support other places. One division was transferred today, and one brigade was removed tomorrow. With less than 4 troops, under the attack of the two main corps of the independent division with 26 horses, divided into two directions, the strength is not enough at all, and the independent division that has to deal with the frontal attack is not available, stretched and struggling to support state.

The Tang Qiusheng Corps and the Feng Jiwu Corps are the two main corps of the Independent Division. Their firepower is so strong that only a few field brigades directly under Tang Qiuli can surpass him. Under the careful training of the Japanese army at Jingxingguan, they used the Japanese troops at Jingxingguan as sparring partners to train them well. The Niangziguan garrison regiment belongs to the independent division sequence and can be compared with Liu Tiehan's East Pointing Troop and Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps. corps.

Regarding the battle of Jingxing Pass, Tang Qiusheng and Feng Jiwu planned for a long time. Since receiving the division commander’s battle order, the reconnaissance of Jingxing Pass has not stopped for a day. They were all clearly traced. In the hands of each artillery commander, there was a detailed map of the deployment of the Japanese army's fortifications. Before the war, the coordinates of the Japanese army's bunkers, bunkers, and fortifications had been marked on the map.

To fight such a battle, Tang Qiusheng and Feng Jiwu had the same views. They used the absolutely superior firepower to destroy the forts and fortifications of the Japanese army. There are many, not counting the artillery regiments directly under the brigades. Thousands of cannons are lined up, and the muzzles spit out flames. The sound of the cannons is earth-shattering. It smashed hard on the Japanese position.

Zheng Yong, commander of the [-]st Artillery Brigade of the Independent Division who temporarily served as the commander-in-chief of the artillery, when he gave tasks to the artillery brigades and regimental leaders, he covered all aspects with one sentence. The fortifications, bunkers, and bunkers in the city were bombarded like locusts, bricks and stones flew around and collapsed, and the Japanese soldiers inside followed them into the sky.

The Japanese army position at Jingxingguan was covered in a sea of ​​flames, flying horizontally, billowing gunpowder smoke, and the rising sun was covered by the pillars of smoke. Under such artillery fire, the infantry of the independent division had not yet been seen. *** Lost more than a fifth.

For two hours, the bombardment of thousands of artillery pieces, 10,000+ cannon shots, and tons of steel fell on the positions of the Japanese army. Barbed wire, deer firewood, trenches, fortifications, open and dark bunkers, all disappeared, only piles of With the new soil turned up, under the cover of artillery fire, the infantry of the independent division moved to the front of the Japanese position.

The shelling stopped, and the Japanese soldiers came out of the soil, with buzzing tinnitus, dizzy and trembling, and climbed up to the position. This fierce shelling made the Japanese soldiers, from the officers to the soldiers, terrified. , have never been subjected to so many guns, the Chinese are going crazy.

The squadron's charge horn blew, and the Japanese soldiers clenched their weapons tightly and stared at the front. At this time, the artillery fire that had stopped began to roar again, and the Japanese soldiers exposed in the fortifications were shot. The bombing was scattered, and the broken limbs and arms flew around with the mud. After three to 10 minutes of bombardment, the Japanese soldiers on the front line were almost wiped out. The Japanese commander took out reserve troops and replenished them to the front line.

The trumpet of the squadron's charge sounded again, and the Japanese soldiers were looking forward to the Chinese soldiers appearing in the front sight of the guns. As long as they were no longer bombarded, it would be a kind of happiness to die immediately. This is the Battle of Jingxingguan Afterwards, the hundreds of Japanese officers and soldiers who escaped by chance, went through untold hardships and fled back to Peiping. When Okamura Neiji summoned them in person, what they said to the Commander, the shelling, gave these comrades A permanent shadow was left in the hearts of soldiers.

The expected Chinese soldiers did not appear, what was waiting was the mortars flying from the sky like meteors, the Japanese soldiers closed their eyes in pain, and here they come again, God Amaterasu, where did the Chinese get the artillery, they are in the army Is it popular?This tactic was the idea of ​​Zheng Yong, the temporary artillery commander. He wanted to give full play to his superiority in firepower, and before the infantry launched an attack, he would eliminate as many of the Japanese troops as possible and reduce casualties.

The two rounds of large-caliber artillery covered the bombardment in all directions, and the mortars moved to the front of the Japanese positions. This tactic was very effective. The Japanese commander invested in the reserve troops in the front line and suffered heavy casualties. This time, the infantry of the Independent Division really launched There were only a few Japanese soldiers who charged and could shoot, and they often received raindrops from light and heavy machine guns as soon as they fired a shot.

The Japanese army collapsed across the board, and the speed of the collapse exceeded their own expectations. The troops on the battlefield were almost wiped out by the despicable methods of the Chinese. They fled the trenches one after another and retreated in depth. It took only three In half an hour, the Jingxingguan first-line and second-line positions fell into the hands of the independent division. More than 4 Japanese soldiers left more than 5000 corpses here.

The head of the Japanese division, who had retreated to the core position, was reporting to Neiji Okamura in a hoarse voice, "Your Excellency, at dawn today, we were suddenly attacked by the main force of the independent division. The second-line positions are all lost, please send reinforcements quickly, otherwise, the Jingxingguan position will not be guaranteed!"

In front of the map, Neiji Okamura, who was looking at the Taihang Mountains, shivered suddenly, and the pencil in his hand was broken into two pieces. He asked suspiciously, "Are you sure it is the main force of the Independent Division?" I was about to cry, "Your Excellency, Commander, it must be the main force of the Independent Division, with a strength of no less than 20 troops, and 10,000+ cannons fell on my head!" Needless to say, the intense gunfire sounded clearly through the earphones. The news reached Neiji Okamura's ears.

Neiji Okamura was pacing back and forth in Changzhi's headquarters, his eyes were shining. The staff and staff under his command looked at the commander-in-chief who was like a donkey pulling a mill, and Neiji Okamura was now in a dilemma In a dilemma, the main force of Tang Qiuli, who was hard to find, suddenly appeared in the direction of Jingxingguan and launched an attack. This Chinese devil chose a good time!

Neji Okamura secretly lamented that his own forces are now scattered throughout the Taihang Mountains, and it will take two or three days to gather them back. It is too late to rescue Jingxing Pass. Jingxing Pass is lost. The important southern Hebei area will fall into Tang Qiuli's hands, and the Pingjin area with weak troops will be threatened.

Give up the plan to sweep Tang Qiuli's lair in the Taihang Mountains and return to Pingjin as quickly as possible. His strategic intentions that he had planned for many days will come to naught. If you don't kill a tiger, you will suffer from it. The Taihang Mountains are still a poisonous thorn in North China, making it difficult for you to sleep and eat.

Okamura Ningji sighed deeply, the empire's troops in North China are still small, if he has 150 million troops in his hands, why is it so far, compared to China with a population of hundreds of millions, the strength of the empire Human resources cannot be exhausted by a lack. In fact, it is more than just people. That shit island country lacks everything, including animalism, lust, and aggression and greed in its bones. [

When Neji Okamura lamented, he didn't know that Tang Qiuli's available troops were still less than those of the Japanese army. However, the Japanese had too much appetite and wanted to swallow North China in one go, occupying so many places, Big cities are not afraid of being overwhelmed, guarding everywhere separately, and can't give up on that point, and the mobile force is relatively insufficient.

Okamura Ningji's current mood is more than a "difficult" word. The sweep of the Taihang Mountain base is about to be accomplished, but Tang Qiuli is fighting in his backyard. Jingxingguan and Shijiazhuang cannot be lost, and the Taihang Mountains will be swept away. The district's plan cannot be changed. This is the conclusion that Okamura Ningji came to after painful thinking.

"Order, the No. 11 Division and the Seventh Division on the front line of Datong, each retain a regiment of troops, continue to monitor the opposing Jin army troops, and the main force immediately rush to support Jingxing Pass, Hongjing, and Shiyao. , Via Liaoyang, Heshun, and Yangquan, rushed to Niangziguan, and solved the siege of Jingxingguan from behind. After that, they immediately raided Taiyuan, Beiping, and Tianjin. Help, execute this order immediately!" Okamura Neiji gritted his teeth and issued a series of orders.

This is a typical emergency method of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. Moreover, Neji Okamura also had the idea of ​​Taiyuan, but when Neji Okamura dispatched troops, the battle at Jingxing Pass was coming to an end. , The remaining 5000 Japanese troops were compressed in the core positions, like a small fire in a strong wind, which would be extinguished at any time.

(To be continued)

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