Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 280 IX: The Panic Japanese Army

The news spread like wildfire that the Eighth War Zone conquered Shimen, which surprised Lao Jiang in Wuhan and Old Man Yan in Shanxi while being ecstatic.The importance of Shimen to the Japanese army is very clear to these two. If Shimen is lost, not only the Zhengtai Railway will be interrupted, but the Pinghan Railway will also stop at Shimen. This problem is no less than a disaster for the Japanese army.

Immediately, Lao Jiang personally sent a congratulatory message to the eighth war zone, and at the same time ordered the eighth war zone to guard Shimen for one month.Chen Feng smiled disdainfully after reading the telegram, one month, thanks to him, Jiang Guangtou was able to think of it.If he guards Shimen for a month and does not withdraw, then the main force of the entire North China Front Army will all open fire on him, which is not a good thing for the eighth theater that continues to develop and practice.

What's more, I know my own situation well, the enemies he, Mr. Chen has to face are not only the Japanese.If Japan is just a country, Chen Feng can deal with it calmly, and he must be able to kill all these guys 45 years ago.But the problem is that he still needs to take back large tracts of land including Outer Mongolia, Sakhalin Island and the east of Lake Balkhash from the Soviets, Hong Kong from the British, Macau from Portugal, and France and the United States. To take back the major concessions in the interior, so he must establish his own industrial system before conflicting with these countries, otherwise he will get stuck in the neck and fight a fart war.

Therefore, Shimen must be guarded, but not always. After Taiyuan is conquered, the troops will have to withdraw, if they do not withdraw.The consequences are dire. [

For Chen Feng's move, Yan Laoxi was also very surprised.Secretly thought that this kid is indeed the God of War in China, and he is so skillful in using the method of "one-hit-hit-hit-hit-kill-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-with-hit-hit-hit-with-his-to-hit-kill-method-with-the-bad-bad-for-eight-life-bad-bad-for-the-Japanese.At the same time, the old man was full of confidence in regaining Taiyuan. Without the Zhengtai Railway, the First Army would be weaned. If they couldn't beat these bastards to death, it would take them a few more days to kill them all.The old man was worried about whether Shimen's troops could hold that strategic point, and how long they would be able to do so, so the old man even sent a report to Chen Feng himself.Ask if he needs to send an army for reinforcements.

Chen Feng really hoped that the old man would send an army to relieve the pressure on Yang Yi and the others.But the problem is that Shimen is hoarding a large amount of supplies and equipment, and these things cannot fall into the hands of others, let alone let others get their hands on them.So after thinking about it again and again, Chen Feng still rejected Yan Laoxi's kindness.

Although he rejected Yan Laoxi's kindness, Chen Feng still didn't dare to be careless about the defense task in the Shimen area.In addition to ordering the entire army of the Fuping Independent Brigade to station in Shimen.Build fortifications.At the same time, Chen Feng ordered the Laiyuan Independent Brigade and Yi County Independent Brigade to immediately stop harassing the Baoding area.The army immediately went south to Shimen, captured Luquan, Lingshou, Pingding and other counties, and cooperated with Fuping's independent travel operation.

The airborne brigade immediately escorted some valuables back to Datong.This carefully trained airborne elite team is the treasure in Chen Feng's hands. It is absolutely necessary to attack the city, but it is completely unnecessary to use it to defend the city.

At the same time, Chen Feng ordered the two armies of Li Wensheng and Li Yifeng to intensify their offensive efforts, and they must break through the Xinkou line within three days to give the Taiyuan enemy a strong shock.

After the Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass were breached, General Umezu Yoshijiro knew that his opportunity had been lost, and he was lucky to be able to stick to Xinkou and reach the front line of Taiyuan.But now that Shimen is lost, especially after the batch of arms transported from Peiping to Taiyuan fell into the hands of the Chinese, General Umezu Yoshijiro felt that death was approaching. They will be eaten alive by hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops.

Knowing that nothing could be done, Umezu Yoshijiro wisely ordered the defenders in various places to immediately shrink their troops. To the north of Xinkou, only the defenders of Yuanping and Jingle were kept. Together with Xinkou, they formed an iron triangle, hoping to stop the Chinese army. go south.

In the direction of Gujiao, General Umezu Yoshijiro ordered Shimomoto Kumaya to break through the interception of the 15th Chinese Army at all costs, and must return to Gujiao before the 12th, and at least one division should be drawn back to defend Taiyuan.The same is true for Jinzhong and Qingxu directions. If you can't defend the defenders, you can immediately move closer to Taiyuan.

Both Chen Feng and Yan Laoxi could see the thoughts of General Umezu Yoshijiro clearly. Yan Laoxi is not good at fighting against the wind, but he is still very good at beating dogs in the water. He didn't dare to work too hard at first, but now seeing that the first army has become a When he saw a toothless tiger, the old man showed his power.Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, with the strongest combat effectiveness under his command, was transferred to the front line of Gujiao and put into the siege of the 108th Division.

Xiayuan Xiong Mi is also considered a strange flower. Knowing that the general trend is over, the entire Shanxi war situation will be dragged down by himself. The strong man broke his wrist and ordered the independent 15th brigade and the first Shanpao regiment to block the Chinese army on the spot. And he personally Leading the main force of the 108th Division to launch a fierce attack on Liu Enmao's troops in the north.

Although the 15th Army also desperately resisted, it was finally torn open by Xia Yuan Xiongya's troops, and the main force of the [-]th Division was able to break through.

Although the 108th Division escaped, the independent and mixed 15th Brigade of Major General Yuhara Seiichiro was not so lucky. Except for Major General Yuhara Seiichiro who led a lucky brigade to break through, all others were wiped out. The battle from Yan to Gujiao has finally come to an end temporarily.

In this battle, the three armies commanded by Sun Weiru suffered heavy losses, especially Li Jiayu's 47th army, with a total of more than 2 men and less than 1000 men left, and more than 100 of them were carried off the battlefield. 38% of the seriously wounded, the entire army is over.Zhao Shoushan's 4000th Army also lost a lot, with more than 15 of the 6 men left, and more than 5000 casualties.As for the lucky 66th Army, the result was also miserable. The two divisions each suffered more than half of the casualties, with more than [-] casualties.At the time of departure, there were more than [-] troops in the three armies. At this time, there were less than [-] soldiers available for battle, and the casualty rate reached [-]%. If you look at it by international standards, Sun Weiru's troops are considered disabled.

Sun Weiru's unit suffered heavy losses, and the Japanese army was not feeling well either. Before Xia Yuan Xiong Mi came, there was a division, a brigade, an artillery regiment and a chariot regiment.But after withdrawing to Gujiao and counting the number of people, Xia Yuanxiong almost vomited blood. Except for his 108th division, the whole army is still complete, and the 2 brigades are still complete, but there are only 2 troops left. To 4000, this has to count the [-] wounded, and the other [-] people were either killed or disappeared.In that case, once contact with the main force is lost, there is little hope of surviving.

As for the independent mixed 15th brigade, it would be much worse. A mixed brigade with more than 500 people has less than 7 people left, and the loss of troops has reached 15%. If Major General Seiichiro and the Brigade Banner are all right, I am afraid that the independent and mixed [-]th Brigade will be wiped out by the Chinese from the battle order of the Imperial Japanese Army.

And the two technical arms wing basically did not exist, less than 5000 of the more than 1000 troops came back, and the rest were all killed.Therefore, the Japanese army also paid a loss of more than 3000 people in this battle. This was something that no one expected before the war. Such a huge loss made the First Army, which was already stretched, even worse.

Despite this, Sun Weiru still commanded the army to continue attacking in the direction of Gujiao. He knew the importance of Taiyuan to Chief Yan.If you can't beat Taiyuan, Chief Yan will at most give him some money, maybe some weapons and equipment, but definitely not too much, don't think about the soldiers, the Jinsui army suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, considering how stingy the old man is , It is simply impossible to replenish him with soldiers.

But if Taiyuan was captured, that would be a different matter. After capturing Taiyuan, all the troops participating in the war would definitely be rewarded for their merits. His Fourth Army paid a huge price for this battle.

So even if you are gritting your teeth, you must take down Taiyuan. This is not only about the honor of the World War II zone, but also about whether the army left by Marshal Yang can survive.The commander-in-chief trusted him, and he handed over his family fortune to him before going abroad, so how could he live up to his trust. [

For the Japanese army, the disaster has not yet passed. The 12th Brigade, which returned to Shimen on the afternoon of the 40th, was ambushed by the Chinese army not far from Jingxing County. Landmines were placed on the mountain road, and the telegraph machine in Jingxing County was used to send a message to the 40th Brigade to lure it into being fooled.

When the No.40 brigade entered the ambush circle of the Chinese, it was attacked by the Chinese frantically, and the sudden explosion of tens of thousands of explosives and mines caused the cliff to collapse, and a complete infantry brigade was buried alive in the Down the cliff road.

The sudden destruction of the 40th Brigade caused the Japanese army in Shanxi to fall into panic. At this time, there were less than 6 people left in the 6 army, and these [-] people would face the threat of lack of medicine at any time. Day and night, their positions were violently bombed, and an atmosphere of uneasiness permeated the entire First Army.

The Japanese army was like this, but the puppet army was even worse. With Shimen's lesson, the First Army has learned its lesson this time.The puppet army will only distribute weapons when they are forced to fight, and there is very little medicine.In normal times, they were all imprisoned in barracks by the Japanese army, and heavy soldiers were sent to guard them to guard against the puppet army's rebellion.

Even so, General Umezu Yoshijiro knew that the First Army was really in danger, so telegrams asking for help were sent to Peiping one after another.

Umezu Yoshijiro knew very well how important the First Army was to the North China Front Army, and how important it was to Commander His Excellency Bin Shanyuan.General Shouyi in the temple lost his official position because of an army stationed in Mongolia. If the first army is wiped out by the Chinese army, I am afraid that His Excellency Bin Shanyuan's life will be better than that of His Excellency Shouyi in the temple.

General Bin Shanyuan was in a hurry. On the one hand, he ordered the 32nd Division to go north as soon as possible, and at the same time ordered the 10th Division to divert to Shimen.In addition, General Bin Shanyuan also called Yan Junliu, commander of the Central China Front Army, to forcibly transfer back the two flying wings transferred to the Central China Front Army.

Just in case, General Binshan Yuan called Umezu Yoshijiro and ordered him to shrink immediately and make preparations for transfer to Hebei.At the same time, in order to appease the soldiers of the First Army, Bin Shanyuan ordered the commander of the Provisional Air Corps, Tokugawa Haomin, to drop supplies for the First Army at all costs. (to be continued...)