Age of Rebirth

Chapter [-]: The Japanese Chieftain’s Broken Wings

The 7000 remnants of Taiyuan and Okamura Ningji were surrounded. Tang Qiuli commanded the troops to attack for two days. After paying slight casualties, he stopped the attack, and the Kwantung Army, which went south from Tianjin, desperately attacked Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps. Blocking the defense line, Tang Qiusheng's corps suffered heavy casualties, with as many as [-] casualties in one day. Although Tang Qiu was heartbroken, he had to order Tang Qiusheng to stand firm to ensure the smooth progress of the Taiyuan Campaign.

It's not that he didn't think about sending the Kwantung Army's southward troops into the Taihang Mountains to fight again, but the risk of doing so is too great. With the Kwantung Army's strong combat effectiveness, it is easy to break through the second blocking line of the Eighth Route Army and Yuan Jinghao's troops. It is a danger that no army can bear, and Tang Qiuli is no exception.

Should he deal with the Japanese army in Taiyuan first, or deploy most of his troops from the periphery of Taiyuan, march eastward to southern Hebei, join forces with the Sulu Mobile Corps to kill the troops of the Kwantung Army going south, and then face the next wave of Kwantung Army troops going south? Decisive, and General Jiang Baili's suggestions on priorities gave him determination.

The reason is very simple. Taiyuan cannot be defeated in a few days. Even if it is defeated, it will have to pay a heavy price. If the troops are disabled, the Sulu Mobile Corps alone and the morale that has been exhausted after a long battle cannot be stopped. In the second wave, the Kwantung Army units that entered the customs to reinforce the Japanese army of Ning Okamura, if not done well, the Sulu Mobile Corps may be encircled by the Japanese army in the Pingjin area. [

However, it is different to suspend the attack on Taiyuan. Neiji Okamura and his [-] remnant soldiers are already the turtles in the urn. They are short of food and grass, and rescue soldiers from outside. If they besiege him for a few days, the morale of the Japanese army will inevitably be low, and it will be much easier to attack again. Therefore, The main point of General Jiang Baili's suggestion is that Taiyuan can not be fought for the time being. The Kwantung Army's southward troops who fought bloody battles with the Sulu Mobile Corps must be resolved as soon as possible.

Therefore, Jiang Baili's finishing touch prompted Tang Qiuli to make up his mind to eat the troops of the Kwantung Army going south first. He immediately issued an order that Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps would send the main force of a brigade to cooperate with Tang Qiuquan's special warfare detachment. The areas of Shuozhou and Ningwu in the north of Shanxi were swept away, and a small number of Japanese troops who had pursued Yan Xishan's Jin army were wiped out on the spot.

The Changfeng Taihang Mountain Field Corps immediately marched eastward to Pingjin, together with the Tang Qiusheng Corps, wiped out the Kwantung Army's southward troops in Xiongxian, Renqiu, and Hejian, and then rested on the spot to prepare for the Kwantung Army's southward march again. The troops, as for Okamura Ningji, let him live a few more days, and he can't escape anyway.

Think about it, in order to end the fighting around Pingjin as soon as possible and give the troops more time to rest, Feng Jiwu was ordered to attack the four brigades in Jinzhong, and the rest of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps would be led by him to join immediately. In the battle to encircle and annihilate the troops of the Kwantung Army going south, Tang Qiuli came down ruthlessly. In the Pingjin area, with nearly three regiments, he fought head-to-head with the Kwantung Army troops that went south again to wipe out the arrogance of the Kwantung Army. won Tianjin for the first time.

Tang Qiusheng, Feng Jiwu, and Chang Feng formed the campaign headquarters, with Tang Qiusheng as the commander-in-chief, Feng Jiwu and Chang Feng as the deputy commanders, and unified command of the troops to fight. The nature of the Japanese army in North China, except for the heavy group of more than 40 troops on the front line of Cangzhou, has no troops to mobilize. The Japanese garrison in Beiping is only more than 2 people in a division.

Tang Qiuli assembled three regiments of nearly 28 troops around Pingjin, plus the 30 troops of Liu Tiehan Dongzhi, who restrained the Japanese army on the front line in Cangzhou. The target of the first step of the battle is the more than [-] Japanese troops entrenched in Cangzhou to deal with the attack of Liu Tiehan's Dongzhi troops. If this battle goes smoothly, the Japanese army will be heavily armed in North China, Peiping will be within easy reach, and North China will be completely recovered!

Although Chang Feng's troops have been transferred away, the troops surrounding Taiyuan still have nearly 18 troops, which is more than double that of the Japanese Taiyuan defenders. However, their combat effectiveness is inferior to other troops, except for Feng Jiwu who attacked Jinzhong. The four brigades of the corps are the main force of the old brand. Sun Zhenbang's Yellow River Defense Corps is the second-line force. Tang Qiuli is commanding the newly formed six field brigades. He is not worried. It can crush [-] Japanese soldiers in the city.

Neji Okamura didn't know this. He huddled in Taiyuan City in desolation. What he saw was the independent division troops all over the mountains and plains outside the city, waiting impatiently for the Kwantung Army troops to come to rescue them. He was startled. He didn't know how many days he could hold Taiyuan. More than 8 people squeezed into Taiyuan City. In addition, the citizens in the city became nervous about everything, especially medicine. Every shot was short, and all the soldiers, including himself, felt that their lives were counting down and their morale was low. Yesterday, several junior officers committed suicide by caesarean section, which made the soldiers' morale even more unstable.

After everything was deployed, the general attack on Taiyuan began again. Tang Qiuli adopted layer-by-layer skinning tactics, first concentrated artillery, and attacked the outer strongholds of Taiyuan. After a fierce battle for a day, he first took down Taigu, Qingxu, Yangqu and other outer areas. The key point of defense, shrinking the encirclement one step further, except that Jinzhong has not yet been conquered, the battle has achieved the expected goal.

The next day, Tang Qiuli commanded the troops to concentrate on attacking Jinzhong and take Jinzhong. Taiyuan lost the last outer barrier. Tang Qiuli, who was in a state of affairs, suddenly heard the sound of a plane's motor coming from the sky, and he frowned. The Japanese army sent planes to bomb our army's positions, or to drop supplies and medicines into Taiyuan City.

However, the Japanese seldom engage in this kind of thing. He stepped out of the headquarters, and sure enough, seven planes flew over from the east. In the binoculars, dazzling plaster flags were painted on the underside of the plane's wings. They were approaching and could be seen Out came six fighter jets and a transport plane, circling over Taiyuan, and several guards quickly surrounded Tang Qiuli, watching the movements of the Japanese army vigilantly.

Tang Qiuli was a little confused. What the hell is the kid doing? He was talking about bombing. Without bombers, what is the use of just a few fighter jets? Hey, after a few weeks of circling over Taiyuan, the Japanese plane landed at Taiyuan Airport, and he thought, could it be that he wanted to pick up some important person?Or send confidential documents?

He immediately ordered Tong Le Yiqin to be called, and personally issued the order: "Commander Le Yiqin, seven Japanese planes landed in Taiyuan City, including six fighter jets and one transport plane. All the people's planes were shot down, I want to see who is the important person, it is worth using the plane, even if they come to pay birthday wishes, they have to stay alive!"

Le Yiqin, who received the order from the division commander, was so excited that his face was flushed with excitement. The Air Force of the Independent Division had no combat missions recently. The Japanese aircraft in North China had nothing to fly in the sky after the last devastating blow. The Japanese military planes, except for the occasional one or two, sneaked over Pingjin to check their brains, and did not make any big moves at all.

After the air team's planes took off and intercepted them, these Japanese planes ran faster than rabbits. There was a strict order from the division commander not to pursue them to the northeast airspace, so they could only watch the Japanese planes slip away. It's broken, watching the success reports from various units, and panicking like grass, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang have already formulated a combat plan against the Kwantung Army Air Force, and they will implement it after reporting to the division commander for approval.

Finally got a chance to do it, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang did their part, put on their own clothes, and took twelve planes into the air. He also learned Tang Qiuli's tactics, concentrating superior forces, two against one, never letting go However, Tang Qiuli watched the Japanese planes fly away, turned around and returned to the headquarters, he didn't have to worry about the affairs of the sky, and left them to Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang.

Ten minutes later, news came from Le Yiqin that all the Japanese planes had been shot down in the airspace around Liaoyang. Tang Qiuli nodded with satisfaction, and said to Shan Hu, "Huzi, send someone to Liaoyang to see Le Yiqin. If Qin shoots something, focus on searching the transport plane," he had a premonition that this time, he might be able to catch a big fish.

In the evening, the sent person came back and brought back a lot of things. Among them, a command knife with a gold handle caught his attention. Jin Juhua, at least a major general, and a heavyweight who received a sword from the emperor, was worthwhile. She put down her command sword, looked at a few cowhide document packages with half of them burnt, and opened one casually.

Inside were some incoming and outgoing telegrams, not about the current crisis in Taiyuan, requests for reinforcements, and other telegrams. I opened a few more, but they were all rubbish. Tang Qiuli was a little discouraged. When he opened the last one, his eyes lit up. It is a map of Taiyuan's city defense and troop deployment, which shows the deployment of troops, firepower points, bunker groups, minefields, artillery positions, etc. This is a generous gift. With this map, how many casualties can be reduced when fighting Taiyuan! [

Putting down the picture, he picked up a certificate on the table, and opened it. Tang Qiuli was shocked. Although the photo on the certificate was a little blurred, he could still see it at a glance. The photo is the same, and the name on the certificate is also Neiji Okamura, and there is also a position. If you don't explain it, the owner of this certificate is the famous Japanese general, the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, General Neiji Okamura.

Tang Qiuli was a little stunned, God, Okamura Ningji died like this, he couldn't believe it, in history, this old devil was in North China, in order to eradicate the CCP's Eighth Route Army and turn North China into a model security area, the Japanese army Stabilizing the rear base, but he often came up with vicious and ruthless ideas, and played a lot of new tricks. Just like that, he was killed by an accidental order of his own. Isn't it a dream?

(To be continued)