Age of Rebirth

Chapter 670

Neiji Okamura walked out of the tent with the plan he got after a night of hard thinking, and the worried eyes of his subordinates outside made him feel touched. He was not moved, but deeply felt the great responsibility on his shoulders. There is an unwritten rule that if the supreme commander of an army is killed, the other senior generals are safe. He has committed a great sin.

After Okamura Ningji apologized slightly, just as the senior generals did not have to worry about their own misfortune, His Excellency the Commander looked serious and said in a hoarse voice: "Order, the Xian County of Pingjin and the first-line troops of Suning, immediately Leaving the battlefield, regardless of the entanglement of the independent division troops, we immediately retreated to the Cangzhou area, and together with the Cangzhou defenders, we took advantage of the favorable fortifications to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and after the Kwantung Army troops went south, we jointly recovered Tianjin."

After Okamura Ningji finished speaking, the Japanese generals were all surprised, but they also understood what the commander did. If the troops of Xianxian County and Suning did not get close to the troops of Cangzhou, they would be in danger of being eaten by the Chinese troops. The troops are gathered together, and the strength reaches more than 36. Even if Tang Qiuli has a big appetite, it is impossible to swallow so many imperial troops in one go. This is the safest plan, but it is too late More importantly, whether the troops can successfully leave the battlefield, the result cannot be predicted. If it was three days ago, the effect would be much better. Tang Qiuli's main force is still preparing to attack Tianjin!

Next, it was time to withdraw the order to Pingjin. The Japanese generals felt relieved to be out of the sea of ​​suffering. In this continuous mountain, wandering around for a month, apart from marching every day, it was to deal with the sneak attack of the ubiquitous small group of Chinese troops. , There are a large number of elite soldiers in the sky, but they can't find their opponents, and they are powerful enough to use their opponents by their side, which is enough to drive these senior Japanese officers crazy. [

Especially in the recent period, Commander, you don’t know which tendon is going the wrong way. Two 10,000+ troops compete with a broken cave, attack every day, be repelled, attack again, be repelled again, and talk repeatedly. In addition to the rising number of casualties and the consumption of medicines, nothing has been obtained. Several generals once proposed to evacuate Huangya Cave, but they were all severely reprimanded by the Commander.

Now, Your Excellency the Commander has finally woken up. Apart from being fortunate, probably these senior Japanese officers at this time would not have any other thoughts in their hearts, "Order, sweep up the troops in the Taihang Mountains, and immediately march towards Wuxiang to attack Taiyuan , and the troops in the Shun direction will break away from the entanglement with the Chinese army, and immediately pass through Mafang to Jinzhong to attack Taiyuan, and all orders will be issued to the troops for execution!"

The senior generals of the Japanese army standing at attention did not react for a while. Your Excellency the Commander went crazy. Instead of attacking Huangya Cave, he attacked Taiyuan instead. At the beginning, the 10,000+ troops in Shankou met Yan Xishan at the foot of Wuxiang City. The army resisted tenaciously, but could not move forward. They were stranded in the Taihang Mountains for more than [-] days, and finally ended up with a broken ending. The shadow of failure has not been completely eliminated in the heart. Your Excellency, Commander, is going to repeat the same mistakes?Also chose the direction of Wuxiang as the attack point, crazy!

Okamura Ningji saw that the generals did not respond, his face immediately turned ugly, and he asked in a cold voice: "Why, didn't you hear my order clearly?" Hear it clearly, verbatim, and don't return to Pingjin to fight Taiyuan , What are the chances of winning in the face of the Jin army, which is even stronger than the imperial army, and the more than 8 independent division troops fighting the imperial army in Heshun?From Changzhi to Taiyuan, the logistics supply line has been extended by more than several times. Have you considered it, Commander?

Seeing Okamura Ningji's demeanor of cannibalism, and the posture of drawing his sword and cutting people when he heard the word "no", all the Japanese generals dared not talk too much, and shouted with all their strength: "Hai! !" Trot went to carry out the order they couldn't figure out, and they were full of unwillingness. No wonder the Japanese generals were dumbfounded. Okamura Ningji's plan was only made by a lunatic. Perhaps, on the Chinese battlefield of World War II, they didn't have Okamura Cun Ningci is famous, but what he lacks is his vigor and gambler character.

As for Huangya Cave, we had to give up the key siege for the time being. This was not a few days' work. Okamura Ningji was full of regrets. He felt that Tang Qiuli's logistics supply base could not be completely destroyed. He thought it was a big failure in his military career. However, it cannot be easily let go, this hateful cave that swallowed the lives of more than 2 imperial soldiers.

Neji Okamura ordered all the artillery units to bomb wildly, pouring the cannons on all the land around Huangyadong, leaving a division of troops and continuing to besiege Huangyadong. He believes that after more than ten days The uninterrupted bombardment and attack, the Chinese army guarding Huangyadong, should pay more than the imperial army. The strength of a division is enough. Slowly consume their strength and morale, and wait until they take Taiyuan and occupy Shanxi. Then, go back and deal with this hateful place.

Ningji Okamura made a fatal mistake. He only noticed the guards inside Huangya Cave, but ignored the attack on the Japanese army by small groups of troops in various corners of the Taihang Mountains outside Huangya Cave. Sun Zhenbang's corps had more than 5 troops, and there were three divisions of the Eighth Route Army with more than 3 horses. The division he left behind immediately became a lone army after the main force of the Japanese army withdrew, and the fate of collapse was inevitable.

Tang Qiuli was busy eating fat in Pingjin, Okamura Ningji was planning a big gamble in the Taihang Mountains, and the commanders-in-chief of both China and Japan in North China were dispatching troops according to their own ideas and styles of play, and they were extremely busy Lehu, Yan Xishan, who sits in Taiyuan and sits on the mountain to watch the tigers fight, is naturally not idle. It may be profitable, or because he thinks he has grasped the pulse of the situation, Chief Yan's abacus is starting to pull again. stand up.

Tang Qiuli's series of victories around Pingjin dazzled Chief Yan and made him salivate. He never expected that this young man would succeed in winning Shijiazhuang, Baoding, and Tianjin one after another. Ah, there is a lot of oil and water, and it all falls into the hands of that kid, and it makes my eyes hot when I look at it.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese could not help fighting like this. Ningji Okamura's hundreds of thousands of troops wandered around the Taihang Mountains, and he couldn't take care of going north for a while. That Huangya Cave was enough for him to eat for half a year, and it couldn't be cheap. Falling into the hands of the young man surnamed Tang, Chief Yan paced around, weighing carefully, his eyes fixed on Zhangjiakou, it was time to make a move, Zhangjiakou only has about [-] people, where is it? There are also two infantry brigades and one cavalry brigade from Tang Qiuli.

The Communists in Zhangjiakou have already scared Tang Qiuli's troops. 6 people did not dare to go out, and sent troops to capture Zhangjiakou. The rich products in the Bashang area alone are a huge windfall. The more Yan Xishan calculated, the more he felt that it was worthwhile to send troops to attack Zhangjiakou.

Chief Yan began to mobilize troops in full swing. The troops that were originally on the front line of Datong were transferred to most of Wuxiang by him, and they returned to their original places immediately. This is not counted. For the sake of safety, he increased the force to attack Zhangjiakou to 28. He doesn't have Tang Qiuli's courage. He dares to fight the Japanese one-on-one, four-on-one, to maximize the odds of winning. The old man doesn't do things he is not sure about.

As a result, the Jin army on the defense line in Wuxiang only has about 8 people left. When the army was raised, Tang Qiuli was not notified. The old man thought cunningly that Tang Qiuli would definitely stop it. Zhangjiakou was his next target. , Raw rice and cooked rice, when the time comes, the young man surnamed Tang will not grab it from him, will he?

Tang Qiuli was kept in the dark about all Yan Xishan's military operations. He commanded troops to encircle 10,000+ Japanese troops soon. He seemed to have smelled the smell of meat, but he got reports that the Japanese troops on the front lines of Xianxian County and Suning, Suddenly, they voluntarily withdrew from the battlefield and retreated towards Cangzhou. The Japanese army in Cangzhou, which was fighting with Liu Tiehan's troops, disregarded the oppression they were facing, and sent some troops westward to Botou, seemingly intending to meet the retreating Japanese army.

My front-line troops are chasing closely. Because of the limited strength, I can't completely delay the Japanese army's retreat to Cangzhou. Commander, please indicate the specific combat strategy. After Tang Qiuli received the telegram, he slapped himself on the head with remorse. , less than six hours away, the pockets and mouths were tightened, and 18 troops surrounded 12 Japanese troops. Even if they couldn't swallow it in one bite, they could still tear off a large piece of meat and bones.

There was no other way, Tang Qiuli immediately issued an order that the vanguard troops that had approached Xianxian County and Suning from Tianjin to the south should immediately target Botou and try to intercept the Japanese troops retreating to Cangzhou in the Botou area. Pursue in parallel, the next best thing to retreat, and eat as many as you can catch.

For the loss of the most favorable opportunity to wipe out the enemy this time, Tang Qiuli felt very regretful in his heart. It was a perfect and perfect plan. The 10,000+ Japanese army was already the meat in the pot. It was impossible to imagine that the cooked ducks flew away. , what went wrong?It was the troops going south from Tianjin who exposed their intentions prematurely. The Japanese army was afraid of being encircled, so they took countermeasures?

He immediately reversed his own conclusions. The southward troops moved quickly and acted on the day they occupied Tianjin. It was impossible for the Japanese army to detect it so early. Moreover, it was much more convenient and easier to attack Beiping than to go southward. Tang Qiuli vaguely felt that the situation was a bit complicated when using troops. As for the complexity, he hadn't figured it out yet. [

Just after dealing with the matter of retreating the Japanese army in Cangzhou after the pursuit, Feng Jiwu from the Heshun front line sent an urgent telegram. Today, the Japanese reinforcements on the Heshun front line have arrived at the outskirts of Heshun. , and successfully entered Heshun City. After the Japanese army reunited, their strength was more than 8 people, which was equal to the strength of our troops.

The Japanese army did not continue to attack Guanshan in the north, but turned to Mafang and marched westward in the direction of Jinzhong. According to my preliminary judgment, this Japanese army has the intention of attacking Taiyuan. Our army is entangled with the Japanese army along the line from Mafang to Jinzhong. Dou, please clarify the direction of our department's next action.

(To be continued)