Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 280 Five: Treacherous (seeking subscription, asking for a monthly ticket, asking for all kinds!!!)

Xia Yuan Xiong Mi never imagined that the Chinese army, which in his eyes was more cowardly and cowardly than rabbits, would turn into wolves and tigers after suffering a devastating blow, which made Xia Yuan Xiong Mi both shocked and angry.

The battle is still going on, and the Japanese imperial army, which is seriously stronger than Shimomoto Kumaya, has been repulsed every time, and the Chinese army will launch counter-charges from time to time.This is the craziest Chinese army he has seen since Xiayuan Xiongmi led the 108th Division to invade China. He can't imagine how many people will be left in the 6 army. At the same time, he is also worried about his troops here. How much is left after the first battle.

The war ended at 10 am on the 10th, when the 38th Army finally broke through the Gaoshu Regiment between the 38th Army and the remnants of the 47th Army, and rescued the 47th Army. There were less than 1000 people left. Army commander Li Jiayu was seriously injured, deputy army commander Luo Zezhou was shot twice in the arm, the army chief of staff died in battle, two division commanders were seriously injured, two deputy division commanders died and the other was injured, and eight chief and deputy brigade commanders There are only 8 left, and only 2 of the 22 heads and deputy heads left. The 3th Army is considered disabled, and it can even be said that the entire army has been wiped out.

Without saying a word, Sun Weiru ordered the remnants of the 47th Army to immediately withdraw to Luliang to rest and wait for the replenishment of the theater.However, all the officers and soldiers of the 47th Army who were not injured refused to retreat. They wanted to fight the little devils to the end. A guard company was formed to escort the wounded officers and soldiers back to Luliang for treatment. [

I saw the Chinese army fighting to the death without retreating.He was not caught by the powerful front of the Imperial Japanese Army at all, but became more and more courageous as he fought. Thinking of the Taiyuan City that was at stake, Xiayuan Xiongmi was terrified. He was really worried that his recklessness would lead to irreparable consequences. As a soldier He is not afraid of death, but he is not afraid of dying on the battlefield, he is even more afraid of dying with shame.

Thinking of the harshly worded telegram from His Excellency the Commander, Shimomoto Kumiya finally couldn't hold it anymore, and ordered the 15th Brigade to be independently formed as the rear.The 108th Division played forward.Trying to return to Gujiao.

But how could Sun Weiru, who was determined to entangle them, let them go easily? He immediately ordered Zhao Shoushan's 38th Army to press on them regardless of everything, and at the same time ordered Liu Enmao's No.15 Army to stand in front. See you later.For Xiayuan Xiongya.The situation at this time took a sharp turn for the worse.The offensive and defensive posture of the two sides has been reversed.The Japanese army changed from encirclement to breakout.The Chinese army has become the side of the encirclement.

Since the 15th Army had the advantage in the ground, and the aircraft in the Eighth Theater had not been interrupted, Xia Yuan's troops did not break through the encirclement smoothly.At 55 o'clock in the afternoon, the army had advanced less than [-] kilometers in a straight line, and it was still [-] kilometers away from Gujiao.

While Xiayuan's troops were struggling, the Eighth and Tenth Regiments of the Japanese Army at Yanmenguan fell into an unprecedented crisis.From the morning of the 10th, the Chinese army dispatched a large number of heavy artillery to bombard Chengguan, and the gap that had not yet been closed widened again. By [-]:[-] noon, even the gate of Yanmen Pass had completely collapsed. They actually sent heavy chariots to join the battle, and with the assistance of those behemoths, the Chinese army finally broke into Yanmen Pass.

Even so, Shigeru Sawada did not allow the Japanese army to retreat. Instead, he ordered the two major regiments to continue to defend the Yanmen Pass and start street fighting with the Chinese army. Reinforcements must arrive.

The line from Ningwuguan to Yanmenguan is the most important line of defense against the Eighth War Zone of China. Once this line of defense collapses, the only thing left is the line of Xinkou.But without the important pass of Yanmen Pass, can the thin line of defense in the Xinkou area alone be able to stop the crazy attack of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops?

The answer is obvious. Without the protection of the two important natural barriers of Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass, Xinkou is just a stripped naked woman. Let Yokoyama Taketaro retreat, even if the order to retreat should not be given by Shigeru Sawada, because he, a lieutenant general, cannot bear this responsibility.

Li Yifeng was a little surprised that the Japanese army did not retreat, but that was all. Regardless of whether Yanmen Pass could be defeated, he said that it was good if they could be defeated, but if they could not be defeated, the army could still approach the city of Taiyuan.Besides, the chief executive also said that this time the capture of Taiyuan was mainly based on the troops of Commander Yan in the World War II area, and the troops in the Eighth Theater were just there to meet the occasion, and their battlefield was in Hebei.

The battle at Yanmen Pass was going smoothly, the Japanese army was at the end of its strength, and even with reinforcements, it was impossible to last for a long time.The situation at Ningwuguan is also very good. Under the strong attack of aircraft and heavy artillery tanks in the eighth theater, the Japanese troops guarding Ningwuguan suffered heavy casualties. Li Wensheng's troops seized the citygate many times. Persist for half a day at most, and I'm afraid it won't work any more.

Under the sudden turn of the situation, General Umezu Yoshijiro was at a loss. Fortunately, the No.20 division of Kawagishi Fumisaburo was fast enough, and finally occupied Jinzhong County before Wei Lihuang's troops arrived in Jinzhong, and was on the front line of Niuguling After setting up the defensive position, it must be no problem to guard the front line of Jinzhong with the combat effectiveness of the 20th Division.

The Qingxu side is also doing well. Umezu Yoshijiro has withdrawn all the defenders from Taigu and Qingxu to Qingxu. Now there are more than 3000 defenders on the Qingxu defense line, plus more than [-] imperial alliance troops. Reached the small million people.Besides, he had already inquired clearly that the Chinese army commanded by Yang Aiyuan was a motley army with very limited combat power, and it was impossible to break through the Qingxu defense line within three to five days.

Three to five days is enough for the 40th brigade to withdraw to Taiyuan. In addition, the independent and mixed third brigade of the front army is already on its way to Shimen. Five days is enough time for this unit to arrive in Taiyuan from Shimen. If there are two more brigades With a mobile force of more than 10 troops, he will not lose Taiyuan City no matter how bad it is.As long as Taiyuan City is not lost, it will be easy to deal with. As for other places, they will be lost.

However, blessings and misfortunes never come singly. Just when Umezu Yoshijiro rejoiced that the No.20 Division entered Jinzhong County in time, a very bad news came from the direction of Yanmen Pass. The Eighth and Tenth Regiments were captured by the Chinese Army Destroyed across the board and surrounded by the Chinese on the way to retreat, the remnants had surrendered to the Chinese at this time.

Then news came from the direction of Ningwuguan that a brigade of the Chinese people had set off from Yanmenguan to Ningwuguan. If the defenders of Ningwuguan did not retreat, they would be flanked by the Chinese army at that time. It was too late.In desperation, Umezu Yoshijiro had no choice but to order the defenders of Ningwuguan and Daixian to withdraw to Yuanping immediately, and telegraphed Shigeru Sawada, commander of the Japanese Fourth Division Division, that if Yuanping could not be defended, the troops could still withdraw to Xinkou.

At the same time, General Umezu Yoshijiro authorized Shigeru Sawada to be in charge of the front line defensive operations in Xinkou, but General Umezu Yoshijiro also gave Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada a death order. Xinkou is the last line of defense of the Fourth Division. If they cannot withstand the attack of the Chinese, Then everyone, including him, Sawada Shigeru, should leave their lives there.

Umezu Yoshijiro finally stabilized the battle line again by relying on iron and blood methods, but he also knew that if he didn't find a way to counterattack, his first army might fall into the hands of the Chinese this time.For this reason, he had to pull down his face and ask General Binshan Yuan for help, asking him to send an army to help immediately.

Bin Shanyuan, who was far away in Beiping, knew that simple reinforcements could not solve the problem in Shanxi. The Chinese people were determined to take back Taiyuan, and the lack of reinforcements would not be enough to dissuade them from this concern, so they had to think of other ways.

Major General Naozaburo Kobe, Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army, has been serving as Chief of Staff of the Front Army for a year and a half, so he has a much clearer view of the situation in North China than General Binshan Yuan.He analyzed that the reason why the second war zone launched the second Taiyuan battle at this time was not only to contain the imperial army in northern China, but also to create a favorable opportunity for the Chinese government to concentrate on blocking the imperial army in central China in Wuhan. [

More importantly, the Second World War Zone has the support of the Eighth Theater of China. If you want to prevent the Second World War Zone of China from conquering Taiyuan, you must let the Eighth Theater withdraw its troops.In this way, the second theater of China, which has lost the cooperation of the eighth theater, will withdraw without a fight, so all the sticking points are still in the eighth theater of China.

In the end, Major General Naozaburo Okabe proposed a countermeasure, which was to open up another battlefield against the Eighth War Zone of China, forcing him to immediately withdraw his troops from the Shanxi battlefield.

After the high-level decision of the North China Front Army of the Japanese Army, the Front Army immediately transferred the 10th Division in Shandong to go north, together with the 32nd and 33rd Divisions and the Yamashita Division, which had been supplemented by the Front Army from China not long ago, formed an army with a strength of more than [-]. , with the assistance of aircraft and cannon battlefields, launched a full-line attack from Yuxian, Yangyuan, Tianzhen, and Zhangjiakou to the Eighth War Zone of China, forcing the Eighth War Zone of China to return to these places and take time to take care of the Shanxi battlefield.

Once the eighth war zone withdraws troops, the second war zone in China alone will be unable to support it alone. As long as the first army turns back at that time, it is still unknown who will wipe out who.

The Japanese army moved extremely quickly, and the order had just been issued, and the Tenth Division stationed in Dezhou began to gather overnight.The 33rd Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Tianjin also began to hand over the defense area to the Tianjin Garrison Brigade, actively preparing to go north.In addition, the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Handan also began to shrink its troops urgently, ready to go north at any time.With the issuance of orders by the North China Front Army, the battle became turbulent again, and the situation became turbulent for a while. (to be continued...)