Glorious Mission 1937

() In the middle of the night, Yan Xishan and a group of senior officers of the Zhongyang Army of the Jinsui Army were called up, but no one from the Zhongyang Army faction or the officers from the Jinsui Army faction dared to complain. No one in the position is an idiot. Knowing this point, it must be a big deal to call them up.

Seeing that everyone who could come has come, Yan Laoxi got up and said, "I called you here so late because the situation in Datong has changed, so I asked you to come over to discuss countermeasures."

As soon as Yan Xishan's voice fell, the meeting room erupted into a quarrel. Most of the officers believed that Datong had fallen. It was not wise to let Chen Feng's 222nd Division and the former Li Fuying's No.60 First Army defend Datong. The decision was made, because in the eyes of many people, these two armies are remnants of long-term battles. How can they be the opponents of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army's Hundred-Fighting Division? .

Seeing that the conference room had turned into a vegetable market, Yan Laoxi's expression suddenly fell, and he said loudly: "Cheng He is decent, so that the generals can be calm and calm in danger, look at each of you, and you are not afraid of being caught when you speak out." people joke."

"Marshal, what happened, did the Japanese army capture Datong?" Yang Aiyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army, stood up and said, he knew very well that letting Marshal Yan scold him for half an hour would not solve the problem.

"It's like this. I just received a telegram from the No. 60 Army. That boy Chen Feng launched a counterattack against the Japanese army tonight, annihilating more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops, and regaining Zhangbei, Xinghe, Jining, Fengzhen, Tianzhen and other counties, and the Japanese army suffered heavy losses one after another under the city of Datong. Since the start of the war, more than [-] people have been killed and injured, so this kid thinks that the time to counterattack has come, and he hopes that the World War II zone can cooperate with them in the final counterattack. I don't know what you guys think about completely expelling the little devil's forces from Shanxi?" Yan Xishan said.

"Brother Baichuan, is this news reliable? It is said that with the strength of the 61st Army, it is already lucky to be able to defend Datong. How could it be possible to launch a major counterattack in the encirclement of more than [-] Japanese troops, and even wiped out more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops? Could it be the conspiracy of the little devil?" Huang Shaohong, the deputy commander of the World War II zone, frowned and said.

"Shao Hong, the news is still being verified, but this telegram was sent from the No. This coach knows very little. Although this man has not studied in a military academy, he is a good hand in leading troops and fighting. The soldiers can completely annihilate the Japanese army du li and combine them into the second brigade, and kill the Japanese lieutenant general Kihide Abe. Now that he has an army of soldiers, it is possible to fight a beautiful counterattack." After Yan Xishan was surprised twice His nerves have been trained to be very tenacious, and he has no doubts about the results reported by Chen Feng. Compared with the record of the second brigade that wiped out the Japanese du li mixed brigade and killed Lieutenant General Kihide Abe, how many times he recovered? A small county town occupied by the Japanese army is nothing at all.

"If this is the case, then the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army and the No. The 20th Division and the 20th Division are now in place, plus the Japanese army is stationed at various passes. If it is organized properly, it is still very good to fight a counterattack, but I am afraid that the Fifth Division and the No.109 Sixth Division of the Mongolian Army Abandon No.20 and go south, and the battle situation will be troublesome." Wei Lihuang, the deputy commander of the World War II area, also said.

"Commander, Deputy Commander Huang and Deputy Commander Wei, no matter it is dangerous or not, as long as the No. 60 First Army really hits the Fifth Division and the Mongolian Army, then we must cooperate with them in counterattacking, so that even if we In the end, it is impossible to completely expel the Japanese army from Shanxi, and it is also possible to maintain the initiative in strategy. As long as the Japanese army cannot concentrate its forces in a short time to wipe out No. The regiment and the 60th Division are always under attack from both sides of our army, and if they want to concentrate their forces to attack Taiyuan or Datong in the future, they will be attacked from both sides by our army. Strategically, our army is in an invincible position, so This battle must be fought no matter what." Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army, got up and said.

"Yisheng is right. Besides, the vanguard of the Japanese army has already reached the outskirts of Taiyuan. The battle is imminent. It is not something we can avoid if we want to. Now it is not a question of whether to fight or not, but who will fight first The reason why the Japanese army has not launched an offensive for a long time is probably because they were waiting for the fifth division. Now it is good for our army to launch a counterattack before the fifth division goes south. As far as the situation of the enemy and ourselves is concerned, we are There are more than 20 divisions of five group armies and six du li brigades concentrated in the direction of Taiyuan, while the Japanese army has only two divisions. If our army launches a full-scale counterattack, the Japanese army may not be able to resist it." The sixth group army chief Commander Yang Aiyuan also got up and said.

Yan Xishan thought for a while and said: "In this case, we will cooperate with the 61st Army to fight a counterattack, but the scale should not be too large. We must ensure the safety of Taiyuan. In this way, the 7th Army and the 14th Army will take the lead this time. , the Sixth Army stayed in Taiyuan, the First Corps and the 20th Corps moved towards Taiyuan, ready to reinforce Taiyuan at any time. At the same time, the No. 18th Army 120th Division was ordered to attack Shuozhou, where the Japanese Army was stationed, and its surrounding counties and towns, to cooperate with the World War II zone. Strategic counterattack."

Now that Yan Xishan has decided to fight back, the generals no longer object. After all, the Taiyuan battle is imminent, and it doesn't really matter if it is one day later. Launch an attack on Taiyuan City.

With the gradual issuance of orders from the World War II zone chief's department, the squadrons stationed around Taiyuan began to move. At the same time, Seishiro Itagaki and others who had worked hard all night received even worse news before they had time to rest. - Kulun, where the headquarters of the Mongolian Army is located, was attacked by the Chinese army. The city was destroyed, the defenders were wiped out, and Lieutenant General Lian Zhaopan, the commander of the Mongolian Army, was captured alive.

This news dealt a severe blow to the Japanese army on the front line of Datong. The headquarters of the garrisoned Mongolian army was attacked and the commander was captured. When they were showing off their power on the front line of Datong, their lair was taken away by others, and they took it so thoroughly.

After receiving the telegram from the North China Front Army, Itagaki Seishiro urgently ordered all the troops to withdraw from the battle, waiting for the order from the base camp, and at the same time strictly guarded against the Chinese army's counterattack.

On the morning of the 26th, the Japanese army on the front line of Datong retreated 61 kilometers in an emergency. Withdrew from the battle and withdrew in the direction of Datong County.

On the same day, the Chinese army on the front line in Taiyuan launched a large-scale counterattack. The two sides entered a fierce battle from the very beginning.

Then the 18th Division of the No.120 Group Army led by the Communist Party also sent troops to Northwest Shanxi to attack Shuozhou, where a part of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army was stationed, and surrounding counties and towns. The 129th and 115th Divisions also moved separately. The military front is in a hurry.

Most importantly, on the morning of the 26th, the 200th, 224th, and 223th Brigades under Chen Feng's command, as well as the Jingwei Regiment directly under the military headquarters, marched to Datong in a mighty manner. The 3rd Brigade also dispatched troops to Yanggao County, heading towards Datong. With the stance of a showdown with the Japanese army, plus a supplementary team of more than [-] miners behind him, when the Japanese army's reconnaissance plane reported the detected information to the North China Front Army, Terauchi Shou was really shocked. Jump.

After consulting the base camp, General Toshiichi Terauchi urgently ordered the troops on the front line of Datong to immediately turn on the defensive, and the main force retreated to Huairen to avoid the main force of the Jina army.

At the same time, the 20th Division on the front line of Taiyuan was urgently ordered to retreat, temporarily abandoning the attack on Taiyuan, and the 108th Division was transferred to reinforce the Xinkou Niangziguan line.

On November 11th, the base camp sent instructions to rebuild the headquarters of the garrisoned Mongolian army. The commander of the No. 27 Sixth Division, ** Chun, served as the headquarters. In addition, the troops on the front line of Datong were immediately withdrawn to Zhangjiakou via Hunyuan, Lingqiu, and Yuxian County. , and finally went north via Zhangjiakou, and returned to Kulun to maintain the order of the Great Japanese Empire in the Saibei grassland.

On November 11, the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army withdrew from Huairen and Ying counties and re-camped in Dai County. On the same day, after paying a certain price, the 28th Division also withdrew from the outskirts of Taiyuan and retreated to Xinkou.

The siege of Datong by the Japanese army with more than 60 troops seems a bit anticlimactic to many people, but it has aroused great repercussions within the Japanese army and the squadron.Especially within the Japanese army, in the telegram submitted by the North China Front Army to the base camp, the danger level of Chen Feng and No. [-]'s first army was directly changed to a strategic level, and it was suggested that the base camp treat Chen Feng and the army that Chen Feng was in as a strategic group army.

And the repercussions within the squadron were not small. At least the World War II District Chief's Department and the National Government's Military and Political Department had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of Chen Feng's troops. The Ministry annihilated and injured more than 12 Japanese and puppet troops this time, and also successfully destroyed the headquarters of the Japanese Army Garrisoned in Mongolia, captured the Lieutenant General Lian Zhaopan of the Japanese Army alive, and directly appointed Chen Feng as the director of the Suinan Administrative Office and Datong City Commander of defense, in charge of the military and political power of 60 counties in a city in Suinan, Jinbei.At the same time, the No. 30 First Army will be rewarded with 60 yuan and some weapons and equipment, and we will ask the national government for credit for the No. [-] First Army.