Age of Rebirth

Chapter 630

With two corps, Tang Qiuli suddenly launched an attack on the gate of Shijiazhuang and Jingxing Pass after Okamura Ningji's sweeping troops penetrated into the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains. With the superior force and firepower, only three corps were used. In half an hour, the remaining 2 Japanese troops were compressed into the core positions. The final general attack was about to be launched, but suddenly received an urgent order from the division commander, requesting to suspend the annihilation of the remaining Japanese troops at Jingxing Pass. No matter what kind of medicine they sell, take this opportunity to adjust their deployment, the final blow will definitely kill the Japanese army.

The progress of the battle at Jingxing Pass, as expected by Tang Qiuli, mobilized more than 20 troops, but could not achieve the expected results. He had no chance to mix in North China for a long time. He gave orders to Tang Qiusheng and Feng Jiwu just to use Jingxing Close the remaining Japanese troops to observe Neiji Okamura's response, so as to plan the next battle plan according to the situation.

Neji Okamura moved. The information from the Beiping and Tianjin intelligence stations indicated that the Japanese troops in Pingjin and Tianjin are gathering, and the specific purpose is being verified. The Japanese troops from Datong are coming to Jingxingguan for reinforcements, sweeping up the Taihang Mountain base area. Two of the six routes of the Japanese army near Jingxingguan also changed their direction and gathered in the Liaoyang area.

Tang Qiuli's action basically disrupted Ningji Okamura's overall deployment. Half of the garrison troops in Pingjin and Tianjin were taken away. His troops were all on the outside. Shijiazhuang had only one regiment on defense, and the independent division had an advantage. Under the attack of troops, Shijiazhuang was like an undefended city, and Neji Okamura could not afford to lose Shijiazhuang. [

Tang Qiuli mobilized the Japanese army to disrupt the deployment of Ningji Okamura, which was basically achieved. According to the latest enemy situation, he made a new deployment, and the task of capturing Jingxing Pass was completed by Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps. The Japanese army came to aid from Datong. After the corps completed the Jingxingguan combat mission, the main force immediately marched westward to Yangquan, preparing to meet the Japanese reinforcements from two routes. Four brigades were assigned to the command of the Tang Qiusheng corps to strengthen the combat capabilities in the plains. troops.

Tang Qiusheng's Sulu mobile corps immediately went to Shijiazhuang to stop the Japanese army from Pingjin and seize Shijiazhuang. Liu Tiehan's troops in the direction of Cangzhou took the offensive against the Japanese army in Cangzhou and maintained corresponding pressure so that they could not send troops to reinforce Shijiazhuang. , around the battle of Jingxingguan, the entire North China region, the independent division and the Japanese army have adjusted their deployment. In contrast, Okamura Ningji still suffered a big loss.

When he entered the Taihang Mountains, he failed to capture the main force of the Independent Division, and did not annihilate Tang Qiuli's vital forces. Instead, he killed more than 4 people at Jingxing Pass. Will he be able to solve the Jingxing Pass by reinforcing the troops at Jingxing Pass in two ways? The purpose of attacking Taiyuan is still unknown. In Tang Qiuli's hands, there are five brigades directly under the division headquarters, as well as [-] workers from the first and second anti-Japanese brigades of the independent division who participated in the battle ahead of time. With a total of more than a thousand troops, Tang Qiuli still had a strategic reserve of more than [-] troops that he did not use.

At the same time, Tang Qiuli ordered Yan Xishan, the main force of the Jin army in the direction of Datong, to launch a full-line general attack on the Japanese army in front of them when the Japanese army divided up to reinforce Jingxing Pass, and captured Zhangjiakou. This is a golden opportunity. The Japanese army in Datong, There are only two regiments with a strength of more than 30 people. With nearly [-] Jin troops under the command of Zhao Chengshou, they can drown thousands of Japanese troops without any effort, and Zhangjiakou is almost empty.

With this trick, Okamura Ningci never withdrew his troops from the Taihang Mountains to return to aid. Tang Qiusheng's corps attacked Beiping from Shijiazhuang in the east and Yan Xishan's Jin army from Zhangjiakou in the northwest. Okamura Ningci's lair was really about to be destroyed Hollowed out, if Okamura Ningji ordered more than 30 Japanese troops in the direction of Cangzhou to rescue Shijiazhuang, Liu Tiehan's East Pointing troops could take the opportunity to besiege Cangzhou and threaten Tianjin. Okamura Ningji's strategic layout in North China would be instantly He was beaten to pieces.

What's more, Yuan Jinghao's corps in the direction of Anyang, Henan Province, took the opportunity to go straight to Handan, and Ningji Okamura's retreat was also cut off. The key point is whether Yan Xishan's Jin army can capture Zhangjiakou. Big and cheap, presumably the scheming Officer Yan, must be happy to accept it, right?

Yan Xishan quickly called back, and saw Yan Xishan's flashing and vague telegrams, and Tang Qiuli's seven orifices were full of smoke. In the telegram, Yan Xishan emphasized a lot of difficulties. The trend of going out of the Taihang Mountains to attack Taiyuan has been urgently transferred the troops from Datong to the front line of Wuxiang for defense. The troops are on the way. Now, the troops from Datong are only the strength of a division. Vice Chairman Tang forgive me.

This is tantamount to refusing to carry out Tang Qiuli's order, full of excuses, the Jin army moved south to Wuxiang, it is justifiable, to prevent Okamura Neji's mopping up troops from rushing out of Taihang Mountain, it is also reasonable to attack Taiyuan, killing Tang Qiu Li also didn't believe that Yan Xishan only left one division in Datong, which was not Yan Xishan's style.

Moreover, in the telegram, Yan Xishan was still bargaining and crying poorly. If Vice Chairman Tang's troops were responsible for the front-line defense of Wuxiang and ensured that the Japanese army would not cross Wuxiang to attack Taiyuan, his troops could attack the Zhangjiakou area, but only after a long time. Due to daily combat consumption, the army's medical supplies are seriously insufficient. Vice Chairman Tang is requested to supply them appropriately.

After Tang Qiuli finished reading the telegram, he didn't even feel angry anymore. He only needed three or four divisions of troops, and Zhangjiakou, which was empty and well-off, was at his fingertips. The war situation in North China would be completely changed. It will fall into his own hands. It is a famous granary in North China. Neiji Okamura can only guard the big cities and along the railways and highways.

If it was the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party of China, if there was such an opportunity, it would never let it go. It is a pity that the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army, together with Sun Zhenbang's regiment, were entangled with the Japanese army in the Taihang Mountains. Yan Xishan's fundamental psychology, It's still his calculating character that is at work, getting the most benefit with the smallest investment.

However, this time he miscalculated, taking Zhangjiakou, Northwest Hebei and Northeast Shanxi will be connected together, Yan Xishan's influence will also expand to Northwest Hebei, and there will be ample strategic buffer space in the direction of Datong. He couldn't see anything, but it could only prove that this person was short-sighted and used to speculating, and keeping him in North China was good for the overall situation. Stained with blood, that's the moment for him to do it.

After receiving the order from the division, Tang Qiusheng's corps quickly left the Jingxingguan battlefield and deployed troops on the front lines of Dingzhou, Anguo, Raoyang, and Wuqiang, preparing to block the Japanese reinforcements in Shijiazhuang from the direction of Pingjin, and attacked Shijiazhuang with two brigades. That's right, the Japanese army has more than 16 people, which exceeds the entire strength of his corps. The battle outside Shijiazhuang is destined to be a difficult blocking battle.

However, Tang Qiusheng knew that there were more than 5 people in the four brigades of Feng Jiwu Corps, and they would soon reach the outskirts of Shijiazhuang. After receiving the order, Zhang Hansheng, Chief of Staff of the Corps, was sent to lead seven brigades with more than 20 troops to the front lines of Fuping and Pingyang. The Japanese army that was preparing to block the aid from Datong was less than two divisions.

His order to Zhang Hansheng was to stop the Japanese army and at the same time, look for opportunities to severely damage most of the Japanese army. If they were wiped out, he would personally give credit to Zhang Hansheng. If you want to surpass the Japanese army, if you can't get the results you deserve, you will be really unwilling.

Commanding the rest of the troops, Feng Jiwu launched the final general attack on the core position of the Japanese army at Jingxing Pass. The artillery rained down on the Japanese army position. In an area of ​​only a few square kilometers, more than 2 people gathered and were frightened. No matter how strong the fortifications were, they couldn't withstand the fierce artillery fire. Once a cannon fell, it would always kill more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.

The division commander of the Japanese army saw that the troops suffered heavy casualties. Under the fierce shelling, his underground headquarters was like a small boat in the wind and rain. It is conceivable what happened to the soldiers on the exposed positions. At the core position, tens of thousands of soldiers had to be here. He begged Okamura Neiji to allow the troops to break through, but was severely reprimanded by Okamura Neiji, and told him that reinforcements from all walks of life were approaching around Jingxing Pass. However, as long as he sticks to it for another five hours and attacks the independent division troops at Jingxingguan, he will only be encircled.

In fact, Okamura Ningji himself didn’t quite believe this. The troops leaving Pingjin were going to Shijiazhuang to set up defenses. The two reinforcements in the Taihang Mountains were climbing the rugged mountain road. The only thing they could count on was the reinforcements from the direction of Datong. However, the cunning of Yizhina devil Tang Qiuli would not fail to think of this. I am afraid that Datong's reinforcements will be stopped by the troops of the Independent Division before they reach Jingxing Pass.

Ningji Okamura did this to buy time for the troops in the direction of Pingjin. The longer Jingxing Pass persisted, the longer Tang Qiuli's troops were held back, the troops in the direction of Pingjin would enter Shijiazhuang for defense earlier and Jingxing Pass would be lost. , can no longer lose Shijiazhuang. [

The commander of the Japanese division dropped his walkie-talkie. He didn't understand the commander's intentions. He only knew that such an order would bury more than 2 imperial soldiers in this area of ​​only a few square kilometers. With the help of artillery fire, he could blow up his own position. In his memory, this was the first time he encountered such a violent bombardment, and it was extremely terrifying.

He asked everyone in the division headquarters to go out, meditated for a while, picked up the phone, and gave an order for all the troops to break out in the direction of Shijiazhuang. The military map, the phone fell to the ground, he looked at the portrait of the emperor on the wall, dripping a few muddy tears, the division chief of staff and guards came in, ready to protect the division commander to break through, a cannon flew in, several guards fell In a pool of blood.

(To be continued)