Age of Rebirth

Chapter 660 Three Soldiers Send to Jidong

Tong Batu incorporated the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry Brigade before the formation, and his strength increased greatly. Hearing that there were only a few Japanese troops stationed in Chengde, he decided not to wait for the follow-up main force of the infantry to follow up, and took Chengde first. More than [-] cavalrymen raised their The dust in the sky was rolling towards Chengde, and the Japanese and puppet strongholds along the way were ignored at all. These Japanese and puppet troops defending, seeing the cavalry with no head and tail, how could they have the courage to fight? The Sixth Cavalry Brigade hadn't had time to change their outfits, and they couldn't figure out whether it was an enemy or a friendly army, so they turned a blind eye and pretended to be confused.

Tongbatu's cavalry unit arrived at the city of Chengde smoothly. Bagenna's team swaggered and called the gate. The Japanese soldiers guarding the city gate recognized that the uniform was a friendly army. After a few interrogations, they let them go. , I realized that something was wrong, I just picked up the [-] guns in my hand, and when it was too late, a few sharp sabers cut off their heads unceremoniously. Kill, kill the scattered Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers, and the corpses are scattered all over the streets and alleys of Chengde.

Six or seven hundred Japanese soldiers and military police retreated into a barracks, and took advantage of the favorable terrain to launch a tenacious counterattack. The cavalry of Bagna, who had no experience in this kind of street fighting, charged forward on horseback and were knocked off their horses by the heavy rain. There were more than a hundred casualties, and the cavalry retreated like a tidal wave. Ba Genna cursed angrily, this is the first battle in the independent division, if it doesn't work well, where will I lose face?He mounts his horse with a knife and organizes the cavalry to charge, but is pulled back by Tong Batu who rushed over after hearing the news.

Ba Gen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Tong Batu: "Brigade Commander Tong, cavalry is not a strong point in such a tough battle. Let's surround the little devils here first, and wait for the infantry behind to come up!" Tong Batu was mysterious With a smile, the soldiers of the Second Cavalry Brigade have fought this kind of battle against the city many times. They are very experienced and know how to fight such a battle without the order of the brigade commander. [

Get off the horse, and the mortars will immediately set up a firing position. What's more, the throwers don't even get off the horse. The throwers stand on the saddle, and they can be fired by talking. There are more than 100 mortars and more than 200 throwers. , in a uniform formation, not counting hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, Bagenna and the soldiers of the Sixth Cavalry Brigade were immediately dumbfounded.

Ba Genna swallowed, and asked Tong Batu with difficulty: "Brigade Commander Tong, is this the equipment of your brigade?" Tong Batu didn't think so, but he didn't think so. , and eight [-]-type infantry guns, which can be disassembled and carried by four horses. Tong Batu disliked being too heavy and wasting horses. He didn't know how shocking these things were to Ba Genna.

Seeing that the artillery was ready, Tong Batu ordered lightly: "Full shelling, no one will be left alive!" Just these two sentences were equivalent to the death sentence of six or seven hundred Japanese soldiers. The Japanese camp immediately fell into a sea of ​​flames and gunpowder smoke. Pieces flew horizontally, and the flames were shining. The Japanese soldiers couldn't stand the bombing.

Twenty minutes later, the shelling stopped, and the light and heavy machine guns stopped firing. Not a single Japanese soldier rushed out, and the smoke cleared. Dozens of soldiers dismounted and went to clean the battlefield in low spirits. According to their experience, there was nothing inside. There will be leftovers. As for those three or eight shots, the soldiers still don't pay attention to them. It's just to check the bloody corpse of the little devil and give a few shots to the wounded little devil who has not yet died. This job is extremely boring. up.

This is the end?Bagen's mouth was wide open, there were six or seven hundred Japanese soldiers. If he let his own troops fight, it would not cost more than 100 lives. After coming down, but it took more than 20 minutes, Tong Batu looked at Ba Genna's appearance and grinned, he guessed Ba Genna's mind, patted his shoulder and said: "Brother, don't be greedy, Soon your brigade will be full of such equipment."

Ba Genna wakes up like a dream, and the path he chose seems to be on the right track. That Mr. Tang, who has not met, is so generous. The Second Cavalry Brigade continues to eliminate the remnants of the enemy in Chengde, arresting traitors and puppet soldiers. By the time Yu Guanghan led three brigades of infantry to Chengde, Tong Batu had already managed Chengde in an orderly manner.

Yu Guanghan complained to Tong Batu, "Brigade Commander Tong, you can't wait until I arrive to fight Chengde, you have to leave a mouthful for me anyway, you are good, you can eat all your brains, and you are not afraid that you will not be able to digest it." An old acquaintance, when Yu Guanghan was the Chief of Staff of the Independent Division, he had a lot of dealings with the brigade commanders, and Tong Batu was not polite, "Chief Yu, who made your infantry slow down? Whoever catches up with you Take a bite, there are too few little devils, I'm sorry, let's take care of it all!"

Chengde was successfully conquered. After the troops rested for a day, according to the plan, they went south to Zunhua and Tangshan, and occupied Tangshan, an important town in eastern Hebei, at the end of April. The cavalry troops of Tongbatu and Bagenna went out to Shanhaiguan to monitor the movements of the Kwantung Army. , Along the way, the troops of the Puppet Hebei Anti-Communist Autonomous Government were launched a brutal attack, fighting all the way, besieging cities and breaking villages, invincible.

Under the momentum of more than 9000 cavalry, the patched-up security forces of the Eastern Hebei Anti-Communist Autonomous Government fled in the face of the wind. They saw the dust covering the sky, and before seeing the shadow of the cavalry, they had already abandoned the city and fled like birds and beasts. The big traitor, Yin Rugeng, fled to Tianjin City a long time ago. He said to himself unwillingly, how could he be so unlucky to offend Tang Qiuli, the big devil, and come here every now and then on his own territory.

If this tossing continues, even the emperor of Eastern Jidong can't stop, he has to escape. Eastern Jidong is between Pingjin and Northeast, and it has always been the safest place for the Japanese army. * people take care of it, the Japanese army did not put troops in the eastern Jidong area at all, it was some military police and other troops, who were wiped out by Tong Batu's light sweep, without the * * people's escort, Yin Rugeng could not urinate pants?

When Yu Guanghan entered Tangshan, he immediately divided his troops to control the large coal mines in Luandong, Luanxian, Zhaogezhuang, and Tangshan. According to the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, all the mines that could not be used by the independent division were not left to the army. People, also in order to cut off the channels for the Communists to plunder China's resources, put tons of explosives in the mines of various coal mines, and the sound of explosions rang out for two days and two nights. The coal mines in eastern Jidong were all reduced to ruins. If you want to resume normal production, it will not take two or three years, and the Communists don't want to take a piece of coal from Jidong.

All the machinery and equipment have long been transported away by Zhou Yushan's transportation team. He loves to do this kind of work the most. He has searched the coal mines to the point that people shed tears when they see them. Those coal miners and their families also Those who have been properly arranged and are willing to join the independent division will be recruited immediately. Those who bring their families will be paid travel expenses by the logistics department of the independent division.

This time, Yu Guanghan made a fortune. He recruited more than 4 coal miners who were strong, well-organized, and disciplined, and organized them into three brigades of recruits. They trained on the spot and temporarily followed the army. After the operation, Yu Guanghan's troops moved covertly to the outskirts of Tianjin, waiting for the order to attack Tianjin.

When the Sulu Mobile Corps swept across Rehe, North Hebei, Pingbei, and East Hebei, it attacked the three brigades in Baoding. At the same time, it launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army in Baoding. Another important strategic point outside of Shijiazhuang is an important corner of the Pingjin Baojiao triangle area, which protects the security of the Pingjin South Gate.

This is a key fortified city of the Japanese army in North China. The Japanese defensive force was originally organized as a garrison team, which is equivalent to strengthening the brigade level, with a force of about 8000. Due to the military operation to mop up the Taihang Mountains carried out by Neiji Okamura, the force used is relatively large. Many, part of it was taken away, and later, in order to recapture Shijiazhuang, most of the troops were transferred, and the Japanese army in Baoding had only less than 5000 defensive forces left, which can be said to be relatively empty.

Tang Qiusheng used three main brigades to attack Baoding. It can be said that he used a sledgehammer to kill chickens. The target of the Sulu Mobile Corps was Tianjin. He did not want to waste too much time in Baoding. On the neck, the battle of Baoding was fierce from the very beginning.

The resistance of the Japanese garrison was beyond imagination. The battle was fought from the outside to the inside of the city, from street fighting to point-by-point scramble. Every step of the Sulu Mobile Corps’ attack had to pay a considerable price. The strongholds held by the Japanese soldiers often Fighting to the last person, even the wounded soldiers blew their grenades, and died together with the surrounding soldiers.

The original plan was to capture Baoding in one day and one night, but after fighting for three days and three nights, they still could not completely capture Baoding. There were gunshots everywhere in Baoding City. Tang Qiusheng was extremely anxious. The second stage of the Shijiazhuang Battle and several other battlefields were carried out extremely It went well, except that Baoding, an important point in the Jizhong Plain, had an unexpected situation. The most important thing was that if Baoding could not be conquered, his troops would not be able to let go and fight Tianjin. This is a battle involving the overall situation.

Tang Qiusheng was in the Anguo headquarters, listening to the fierce gunshots in the direction of Baoding, carefully thinking about every operational detail, and according to the routine, with three brigades of nearly 4 troops, he attacked Baoding, which had less than [-] defenders. It is eight times that of the Japanese army. How could it be the current situation? [

As for the way of attacking the Baoding troops, he has nothing to criticize. The only way now is to increase the attacking force. However, Tang Qiusheng has already adjusted his troops to attack 10,000+ Japanese troops in Xianxian and Suning. His troops are already doing their best. What he fears most is that the Japanese army's only heavy-armed group in North China will react and launch a counterattack from the front lines of Xianxian and Suning.

This kind of situation is not impossible. The longer the battle of Baoding drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for him. The entire strategic intention will be exposed sooner or later. If he is not careful, he will lose everything. But where is the problem in Baoding?Tang Qiusheng had no answer.

(To be continued)