Age of Rebirth

Chapter 750 Recovering North China

The Battle of Shanhaiguan, which lasted more than ten days, ended. The North China Independent Division and the Kwantung Army invested more than 80 troops on this piece of land in western Liaoning that was only a few hundred square kilometers. It can be said that this is Tang Qiuli and the Kwantung Army. Looking at the entire battle situation, except for Feng Jiwu's corps' Liuguhe blocking battle, which was a head-on confrontation, the rest were all masterpieces of Tang Qiuli's superb strategy.

In this battle, Tang Qiuli's North China Independent Division invested three corps with a total of more than 32 troops. With the addition of cavalry and aviation, the Kwantung Army invested ten divisions and five brigades with a total of 38 troops. , and attached a large number of armored units and heavy artillery units, as well as the fleet to assist in the battle. In the first battle, the Kwantung Army was seriously injured, and the mobile forces that could be mobilized were almost lost.

In the bloody battle that lasted more than ten days, the Independent Division severely damaged the troops of the Kwantung Army going south at the cost of more than 12 casualties. The Kwantung Army troops that were able to escape back to the hinterland of the Northeast lost only about [-] people, with a loss of more than two-thirds. They were all incomplete, with five division commanders and four brigade commanders killed. As for the officers below the rank of chief officer, the Kwantung Army General Headquarters will never reveal the exact number. Of course, there was not a single prisoner. In other words, the grain of our Chinese people will not be used to raise a bunch of animals.

Jinzhou, a strategically important place in western Liaoning, fell into the hands of Tang Qiuli, and his forward troops captured Linghai on July [-]. Afterwards, the independent division, with six cavalry brigades and five infantry brigades, moved like autumn leaves. In just two days, more than [-] county towns were captured, and the Kwantung Army's garrison troops were stationed in various places, with more than [-] people. In the face of the flood-like offensive, the resistance was extremely weak. , Yixian County to Fuxin, to Kulun in the east, and the land west of Chifeng, all belong to Tang Qiuli. [

The Kwantung Army's largest field airport in western Liaoning, Songshan Airport, was occupied intact. In the airport, more than [-] fighter jets, more than [-] bombers, and more than ten transport planes were parked. The trophy of this regiment is another generous gift from Liu Chun to Tang Qiuli.

As for other weapons, medicines and materials seized, there are even more. Major General Zhang Quan, the logistics director of the Independent Division and the commander of the Joint Service Command of the Yellow River Basin Theater, personally led the logistics personnel from the Huangyadong base. The spoils of war, his eyes were shining, he kept rubbing his hands, and kept muttering: "I've made a fortune, I've made a fortune!" Seeing Tang Qiuli felt a chill.

On the day when the Linghai battle ended, Tang Qiuli ordered Le Yiqin Air Force to station all of them at Jinzhou Songshan Airport. The extra planes immediately drove back to Dingbian. All air defense forces immediately entered a state of first-level combat readiness. Immediately mobilize key technical personnel to set up a frontier radar station in Jinzhou. The requirement is that the surveillance range of the radar includes the entire Northeast, Liaodong Bay and Liaodong Peninsula, as far as the Yellow Sea.

Eleven field brigades directly under the Independent Division, Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps, and Sun Zhenbang's Yellow River Defense Garrison Corps were deployed along the lines of Jinzhou, Yixian, Fuxin, Kulun, and Chifeng, preparing to counterattack the Kwantung Army's attack on western Liaoning and eastern China. The repeated scrambles in the ** area and the preparations for the battle have been done very solidly. It will take a certain amount of time for the Kwantung Army to gather their troops again, and it is still unknown whether they can gather their troops.

Tang Qiuli's feet finally stepped into the Northeast land. The Northeast, which was occupied by the Kwantung Army for decades and regarded as the strategic rear area, forcibly cut off the throat of Liaoxi, which leads to North China and the interior of the Pass. The posture of a big fight, come, don't leave, and tell the Communists with a tough posture that there can be another decisive battle.

In this battle, Tang Qiuli was limited by the lack of troops. On the Niuxinshan battlefield, he could not completely surround the Kwantung Army's southward troops. He could only use step-by-step attacks and volleys of surprise soldiers to wipe out the Kwantung Army's vital forces to the greatest extent. , From ambushes to air strikes, to flank attacks and cavalry head-on attacks, this series of strategies and deployments is dazzling.

If Tang Qiuli had enough troops, he would definitely take this opportunity to attack the Northeast and take advantage of the situation to recover the entire Northeast. However, he could not. Even if the Kwantung Army defeated Liaoxi, there would still be more than 50 troops in the Northeast , there are still hundreds of thousands of Manchurian soldiers who obey the orders of the Communists. The troops have been fighting for a long time, and the losses are huge. Jinzhou.

Tang Qiuli very much hoped that the Kwantung Army would launch another attack on the front line of Jinzhou. With the troops he put together hastily, he would be sure to wipe them out. When the comparison reached a certain level, he really wanted to send troops to attack the hinterland of the Northeast.

Contrary to his wishes, the Kwantung Army Air Force did not wait for the army, but the Kwantung Army Air Force launched a large-scale retaliatory air strike. On July [-], the Kwantung Army Air Force dispatched more than [-] fighter jets and more than [-] bombers. , Carrying out frenzied bombing of the independent division positions from Jinzhou in the south to Fuxin in the north.

Among them, Jinzhou, Linghai, Yixian, Qinghekou, and Fuxin were the key bombing areas, and Jinzhou was the most violently bombed. An unprecedentedly fierce air defense battle broke out in the land of western Liaoning. Tang Qiuli was very concerned about this situation Well, it has long been expected that the Kwantung Army troops will not just sit back and watch Jinzhou fall into their own hands.

Tang Qiuli, who has experience in commanding Nanjing's air defense defense battle, is familiar with all kinds of anti-aircraft firepower, mainly anti-aircraft guns equipped with "Sky Eye" gun sight radar, with anti-aircraft firepower such as anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns. , used as a mobile force, Tang Qiuli has four air defense brigades in his hands. Compared with Nanjing, the firepower is more intense and intensive than it is.

Fighting all day long, the Kwantung Army Air Force did not get any bargains. All the Japanese pilots lamented that they had never encountered such fierce and intensive anti-aircraft artillery fire, and never encountered such accurate anti-aircraft guns. What was released was a deadly film, the blossoming fireworks were fragments of Japanese aircraft exploding in the air. In the evening, the Kwantung Army Air Force ended in shock with the loss of more than [-] fighter jets and more than [-] bombers.

During this period, Le Yiqin's air team made eight sorties, and at the cost of losing seven fighters, achieved the results of shooting down 21 Japanese fighters and [-] bombers. Because of these losses, Le Yiqin was so distressed that he almost vomited blood. Qiuli expressed satisfaction with the record of the air team. After the air battle, the Kwantung Army Air Force, which was hurt, never launched a large-scale air raid. Jinzhou has a firm foothold on the front line.

Any battle does not exist in isolation. If the Kwantung Army had not insisted on going south to pre-empt the dangerous situation of more than [-] troops in North China in Tianjin, it would not have suffered a devastating blow in Western Liaoning, and it would not have been occupied by Tang Qiuli. Jinzhou, going deep into the hinterland of the Northeast, cut off the opportunity for land transportation between the Northeast and the Kannai. This alone was enough to make the Japanese army base camp go crazy, and Emperor Hirohito's blood pressure increased, and he shouted to kill.

There was also a more serious blow to Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese base camp. When the Battle of Shanhaiguan was in full swing, the Battle of Tianjin was also in full swing. Liu Tiehan and Tang Qiusheng commanded four corps with nearly 50 troops, from eight directions, at the same time. More than 40 Japanese troops stormed Tianjin.

The Japanese army in North China, the last heavy-armed group that had retreated, launched a desperate resistance in despair. Every street and alley in Tianjin became a battlefield. The intensity of the battle exceeded Liu Tiehan and Tang Qiusheng's expectations. Every step forward, the troops have to pay a considerable price. It can be said that the troops attacking Tianjin blasted every step forward with artillery and grenades.

On June 29, Liu Tiehan and Tang Qiusheng, together with Chang Feng, commander of the Taihang Mountain Field Corps, and Yuan Jinghao, the Shaanxi local police commander who went out of Henan to join the Tianjin battlefield, sent a telegram to the division commander Tang Qiuli, "Mr. The battle was extremely fierce, and the extent of the Japanese army's tenacious resistance was beyond imagination, especially in the street fighting in the urban area. Because the Japanese army had already built fortifications, the troops retreated slowly and suffered a lot of casualties. There are more than 28 people. In view of this, the original plan to capture Tianjin within two days is really difficult to complete. Please forgive me, the division commander. After our department adjusts the deployment, we will report the plan to the entire Tianjin Frontline Command of the Independent Division."

Tang Qiuli, who was organizing troops to set up an ambush in the Niuxin Mountain area, sighed slightly. What can he say? He limited the capture of Tianjin to two days because he was afraid that the [-] Kwantung Army troops who came across the Bohai Sea would reinforce Tianjin. The army was very passive. Even Liu Tiehan and Brother Qiusheng complained about the battle, even if he personally commanded it, the result was not much better.

He sent a telegram back to the headquarters of the attacking troops in Tianjin, with only thirteen words, "The war in Tianjin can be dealt with according to the circumstances, and there is no need to report it again!" He completely delegated power and left the attack on Tianjin to the two veterans, Liu Tiehan and Tang Qiusheng, to do it. Not necessarily worse than myself. [

The Kwantung Army went south to rescue the besieged Japanese army in North China. The disastrous defeat caused a dramatic change in the battle situation in Tianjin. In view of the fact that the war situation cannot be reversed, in order to save the Japanese army from being wiped out in Tianjin, the Japanese army base camp and the Kwantung Army headquarters decided to send A large number of ships withdrew from the besieged troops in Tianjin. The first batch of ships arrived, which immediately disintegrated the will of the Japanese army in Tianjin. With a chance to escape, who is still stupid?

The 16 Kwantung Army reinforcements that had already been seen at Tianjin Port received an order to transfer to Qingdao. The Kwantung Army commanders were puzzled by such a strange order. The number of Japanese troops who evacuated from Tianjin was only about 20. The remaining [-] people were all wiped out in Tianjin.

On July [-]th, the Independent Division fully occupied Tianjin. This was the third time since the July [-]th Incident that the Independent Division occupied Tianjin. This time, Tianjin will not give up. On July [-]th, more than [-] Japanese troops in Beiping won Knowing the news of the fall of Tianjin, he was ready to fight. Tang Qiusheng sent troops to Beiping and attacked with light infantry.

On July [-]th, the war in North China came to an end. At this point, on the land of North China, there was another revolutionary soldier. On the first anniversary of the July [-]th Incident, Tang Qiuli fulfilled his promise and North China was restored.

(To be continued)