Age of Rebirth

Chapter 660

Tang Qiusheng's Sulu mobile corps carried out the second phase of the battle plan for the Shijiazhuang campaign. Other directions went smoothly, especially the troops led by Yu Guanghan, chief of staff of the corps, had captured Tangshan, an important town in eastern Hebei. In the eastern part of Tianjin, Tong Batu's Second Cavalry Brigade and Bagna's Sixth Cavalry Brigade reached Shanhaiguan and wiped out the traitorous troops of Yin Rugeng, the Eastern Hebei Anti-Communist Autonomous Government. In fact, they had cut off the connection between North China and Northeast China.

Only in Baoding on the Jizhong Plain, Tang Qiusheng used three main brigades to attack for three days and three nights, but he failed to capture it, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. This was completely beyond his expectations. So where is the problem?He couldn't figure it out, could it be that the Japanese army in Baoding was extremely powerful?This is the only reason that can explain Baoding's unsatisfactory attack.

Let Tang Qiusheng guess right. Since Shijiazhuang was captured by the Sulu Mobile Corps, the Baoding Japanese Army, which is not far from Shijiazhuang, felt a personal threat. In addition to reporting their own situation to Commander Neiji Okamura, They also asked the Japanese army in Beiping for help, but Ningji Okamura was beyond his reach. The Japanese army commander in Peiping was very intelligent, knowing that Baoding was doomed, and Peiping would not be much better.

In this way, the number of defenders in Baoding increased to about 1. The captain of the Japanese garrison defending Baoding, Mitsu Shiro, with the rank of major general, graduated from Tokyo Imperial University of Political Affairs, Japan. He is a typical Japanese soldier. , a fanatical militant, with a strategic vision, he felt that something was wrong with the fierce battles around Pingjin, and when Shijiazhuang fell, the bursts of murderous aura made his heart tighten. [

Baoding will definitely become the next target of Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, but the emptiness of the defense forces makes him feel uncertain. To be honest, for Commander Neiji Okamura, regardless of the safety of Pingjin, he wholeheartedly sweeps up the Taihang Mountains How to do this, I have some complaints in my heart. I just muttered this in my heart, but I dare not tell the Commander, who is in high spirits, that it is not easy to get a mouthful, and it is possible to lose the official post.

Although the boss in his heart is dissatisfied, Baoding has to be defended. Losing Baoding, he also has no good fruit to eat. He stated his interests and finally asked for reinforcements from Peiping. Mitsu Shiro immediately stepped up his battle preparations in Baoding. Many people want to keep the Chinese army out of the city, it is a dream, so Mizushiro worked hard inside the city.

Every street and every private house is built as a solid firepower point, and the defensive troops are also divided into several combat teams according to the requirements of street fighting. Each team ranges from 30 to [-] people. In the battle, there is only one order. Fight to the last person. Unless all the jade is broken, otherwise, you must not give up the position. If he wants the Chinese soldiers to not move forward, he will have to pay a heavy price.

After finishing this, Mitsu Shiro went deep into each combat team. In the popular saying, he did political and ideological work, mobilized before the war, and cheered up the soldiers. However, this guy's political and ideological work is full of lies. He scares these people Soldiers, Chinese people like to chop off people's heads, especially when they treat captives, they torture them in various ways, then chop off their heads and hang them on trees.

Japanese soldiers didn't care much about death in combat, but they were afraid of losing their heads. It is said that a headless person can't return to his hometown or enter the police station. For many Japanese soldiers, the hatred of the enemy increased greatly, and they all held the mortal heart that they would rather die than be captured. They fought to their last breath and devoted themselves to His Majesty the Emperor.

After pumping up the soldiers and fooling around, Mizushiro returned to the headquarters and waited anxiously for the independent division's attack. The reason why he held the idea of ​​sticking to Baoding was that he still had hope and sustenance in his heart. The Japanese army in the Suning area was his greatest hope. No commander wanted to see Baoding lost. In the passive situation in Pingjin, if he defended Baoding by himself, wouldn’t it be a single one, with a collar badge? A gold star is possible.

When Tang Qiusheng's troops met confused Japanese soldiers and Mitsu Shiro, a sinister and cunning guy, and the Japanese army more than doubled their strength, the difficulty of the attack can be imagined. In reason, Tang Qiusheng reported the battle situation in Baoding to Tang Qiuli, the teacher who was rushing to Shijiazhuang.

In the telegram, Tang Qiusheng first reviewed himself. The battle in Baoding did not go smoothly, which was directly related to his command. If it affected the battle to capture Tianjin, he was willing to take full responsibility. In the call back, not only did he not blame him at all, he also said that the best way to fight in Baoding is to fight like this. The troops should not rush to capture Baoding, but fight steadily to avoid heavy casualties.

After arriving in Shijiazhuang, he invited the division to make important deployment adjustments. From Tang Qiuli's telegram, Tang Qiusheng vaguely saw some tricks. Attacking Baoding should be a clever move by his cousin. Shunli's guilt and self-blame have also been alleviated a lot. In fact, Tang Qiuli ordered the Sulu Mobile Corps to attack Baoding just to see how Neiji Okamura would react.

Losing Shijiazhuang, Okamura Neji formed a heavy army group to fight for it. After many days of fighting, the Japanese army repeatedly retreated. Okamura Neji did not respond. He still wanted to kill the Huangyadong base with all his heart. Well, I will clean up the periphery of Pingjin** * Human strength, attack Baoding, it depends on what you do, Baoding is lost, Beiping and Tianjin are two isolated cities, you can choose a target at will, or attack two targets together, this time, Okamura Ningji is still in the Taihang Mountains Can you stay?

The battle in Baoding lasted three days and three nights. All the information from the Taihang Mountains showed that Ningji Okamura, who had besieged Huangyadong, continued to attack Huangyadong. All Japanese troops in the Taihang Mountains, except reinforcements, Except for Heshun's troops, there was no sign of any mobilization. According to statistics on April 28, Okamura Ningji used troops above the size of the brigade to launch four attacks on the core position of Huangyadong. Cun Ningci, the old devil, had a deadly fight with Huangyadong.

This situation made Tang Qiuli, who was on the march, tense. The telegram sent by Chang Feng was quite optimistic. So far, neither the third line of defense nor the core area of ​​Huangyadong suffered any losses. In addition, the recruits who are being trained are also participating in the battle in batches. Please rest assured, the commander, the Huangyadong garrison will fight for another year and a half without any problems.

Tang Qiuli knew that it would be no problem to hold on to the medicines and supplies hoarded in Huangya Cave for three years. I understand, Neiji Okamura has committed that evil spirit, clinging to Huangyadong, he must get rid of it and then quickly, even ignoring his own rear, is he desperate or does he have another plan?

Tang Qiuli thought about it, but he didn't know where Okamura Ningji's nerve was going wrong. If the Kwantung Army was his second move, protecting the safety of Pingjin's rear for him, but the outskirts of Shijiazhuang were full of fireworks. Seeing the Japanese army retreating in a row, there is no information about the large-scale southward movement of the Eastern Army troops?If the Huangyadong base must be killed, it may not be successful in the short term?

Since he couldn't figure it out, Tang Qiuli didn't bother to waste his brain cells. Okamura Ningji admitted that he was dead, so let him compete with the iron walnut in Huangyadong. As soon as he arrived in Shijiazhuang, he immediately formed the Tianjin Campaign Headquarters and personally served as the general manager. Commanding and ordering those who have already rushed to the Shijiazhuang area, Liu Tiehan Dong pointed to the four brigades of the troops, and replaced the three brigades of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps that attacked Baoding. The order was limited to five hours, and Baoding must be taken.

The cutting-edge troops of the four brigades had already suffered more than half of their casualties as soon as they entered the battle. The exhausted Japanese army was immediately out of support. Moreover, Tang Qiuli assigned two artillery brigades to the attacking troops. Wasting time with these miscellaneous things, Baoding City was full of artillery fire, and the various firepower points and strongholds guarded by the Japanese army, under the fierce artillery fire, together with the soldiers who still wanted to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, turned into dust and pieces of meat all over the sky.

Mitsu Shiro, who was hiding in a private house, surrounded by a dozen staff officers and guards, looked at the explosion spots blooming everywhere, closed his eyes in despair, everything was over, there was no reinforcements he was looking forward to, but reinforcements from the Chinese army came, Commander Your Excellency, this is your mistake. How can you be worthy of more than 1 warriors of the empire? He drew out his command knife and prepared to commit suicide by disembowelment. , the private house, together with Mizushiro and his men, became a pile of ruins, with bloodstains on the broken bricks and tiles.

The Battle of Baoding was over in less than three hours. More than 1 Japanese soldiers survived their lives, and the Dongzhi troops suffered less than 300 casualties. The three brigade commanders under Feng Jiwu, who attacked Baoding first, were very worried. Why is it uncomfortable, Dongzhi's troops are more powerful than our Niangziguan Garrison Corps?They are all the main corps of the independent division, how can the gap be so big?

In fact, there is no need. The Japanese army in Baoding has been attacked for three days and three nights. It is already ripe fruit. The three brigade commanders with lumps in their hearts suddenly felt relieved, and felt that they were narrow-minded. [

"The Battle of Baoding was successfully concluded in less than three hours. The troops of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps contributed a lot. Without their continuous attack regardless of casualties, the Dongzhi troops would not be able to complete the task so smoothly, so , we want to notify the Niangziguan garrison troops." This was announced by Tang Qiuli himself at the conference on the attack on Tianjin.

Now that Baoding has been conquered, there is no longer any factor that can threaten the safety of the troops attacking Tianjin on the outskirts of Pingjin. Yu Guanghan's troops, from the Tangshan area in the east of Tianjin, and Tang Qiusheng's troops, starting from Baoding, carried out assaults in the northwest of Tianjin. Two troops, east and west Facing each other, like two sharp knives, straight into Tianjin.

(To be continued)