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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 560 Yamaguchi¡¯s Dilemma

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    Chapter 560

    Yamaguchi¡¯s Dilemma

    In Gu County, Shanxi Province, at the temporary headquarters of the Army Division, Tang Qiuli held a telegram and was checking the map and checking it from time to time. When he learned that Yamaguchi wanted to slip away, he smiled coldly. Enough of rampaging through the Taihang Mountain base area.  , want to slip away, how can such a cheap good thing, stay in Taihang Mountain, isn't it just asking for death?

    Tang Qiuli was puzzled by the fact that the Japanese troops under Yamaguchi and Yan Xishan's Jin troops were locked in a stalemate on the front line of Wuxiang for more than 20 days, doing nothing but not evacuating.  What are the plans? If Isotani Rensuke's First Army is not wiped out, Yamaguchi is in Wuxiang and can contain the Chinese *** team, which makes sense.

    However, Isoya Rensuke's First Army had been completely wiped out for three or four days before Yamaguchi took any action. At this time, it was too late to prepare to evacuate Wuxiang. I really don't know what the Japanese commander thought. Anyway,  Tang Qiuli did not intend to let go of this mad dog in Yamaguchi. Now, he could free up his hands to mobilize troops. Tang Qiusheng's troops arrived in the Changzhi area yesterday.

    On January 1, 1938, amidst the raging war, all Chinese ushered in a new year. On the same day, Tang Qiuli issued the No. 1 combat order to encircle the Japanese troops at Yamaguchi and ordered Sulu to maneuver.  There are five field brigades under the command of Tang Qiusheng in the Corps, with a strength of more than 63,000 men, and four brigades under Sun Zhenbang of the Yellow River Defense Corps, with a strength of more than 36,000 men.

    The Niangziguan Garrison Corps of the ** Division mobilized three brigades with 40,000 troops and entered the Taihang Mountains. After supplementation and reinforcement, the Yellow River and Henan Defense Line Garrison Corps Chief of Staff Wang Dongshan (acting commander) led four brigades and four  More than 16,000 troops immediately ended their rest and marched out of Huangya Cave.

    Liu Chun's 1st Cavalry Brigade had its original combat mission canceled and immediately assembled in the direction of Licheng. Tong Batu's 2nd Cavalry Brigade continued its mission of attacking the Japanese transport lines. Currently, it is destroying all the bridges on the mountain pass retreat route.  For the Lord, take all measures to keep the mountain pass in the Taihang Mountains.

    The above ministries, plus Ma Chaoyang's Second Army Brigade, Jiang Yanming's Huangyadong Garrison Brigade of more than 35,000 people, and two cavalry brigades, a total of more than 230,000 people, form the field battle in the Taihang Mountain Base Area  The Corps was responsible for the combat mission of encircling and annihilating the Japanese troops at Yamaguchi. The ** Division Commander Tang Qiuli served as the commander-in-chief, the deputy division commander Tang Qiusheng served as the deputy commander-in-chief, and the commander of the Yellow River Defense Corps Sun Zhenbang served as the chief of staff.

    With Licheng as the assembly point, all ministries must arrive at the designated location on January 3. Among them, Tang Qiusheng's troops left Xiangyuan in front of Changzhi to take on the task of guarding the regiment.

    The reason why Tang Qiuli mobilized a large number of troops was based on his consistent principle of using troops. He must concentrate superior troops and firepower to deal a devastating blow to the Japanese army. He strived to make every battle a battle of annihilation rather than defeat. Kaifeng and Shangqiu  Unless it was a forced battle, Tang Qiuli would rather not fight and find another opportunity to fight.

    The encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese army at Yamaguchi followed this principle. After the Japanese army was consumed in the Taihang Mountain base area and fought against the Jin army in Wuxiang for many days, the strength of the Japanese army dropped sharply from more than 110,000 to the current more than 80,000.  Moreover, the long-term stay in the mountainous area greatly reduced the combat effectiveness and morale of the soldiers. In addition, the cavalry units of Liu Chun and Tong Batu continued to attack the Japanese supply line, which made the mountain pass even worse. There was an extreme shortage of supplies and ammunition.  .

    There was a lack of food, grass and ammunition inside, the soldiers were exhausted, and there were no reinforcements nearby. The fate of Yamaguchi and the tens of thousands of Japanese troops he led was already doomed. If he had started to retreat five days ago, there would still be a glimmer of hope. At that time, Tang Qiuli  The deployment has not yet been completed, but it is already too late. Armies three times the strength of Yamaguchi have already surrounded him. Unless Yamaguchi grows wings and flies out of the Taihang Mountains, he will have to leave tens of thousands of his men here.

    There is another main reason why Tang Qiuli is so determined to kill Yamaguchi, and that is the Matsushita Seiichi Regiment that caused the Sucheng massacre, and the Japanese spy Xu Fu who sent more than 3,000 innocent Sucheng people into the tiger's mouth.  They were all in the army of three. If they were let go, Tang Qiuli would be condemned in his heart for the rest of his life. He could not forget the tragic scene in Sucheng. The three thousand innocent souls tortured him all the time.

    Orders were issued one after another, and all units of the temporarily formed Taihang Mountain Base Field Corps, in accordance with the requirements of the headquarters, rushed to the designated areas. A large net was cast towards the mountain pass where something was already feeling wrong.

    In the evening, the leaden clouds hung low, and the cold wind stopped howling, but the weather became even colder. In the middle of the night, heavy snow suddenly fell, and the sky and the earth were completely white. The wind picked up, and the strong wind rolled up the snowflakes, flying all over the sky, like a jade dragon tearing its scales.  A, it¡¯s falling from the sky. This heavy snowfall is coming fiercely. The wind is strong and the snow is dense. It¡¯s difficult to walk in the snow. There is no one on the other side. The thousands-mile-long Taihang Mountain is completely shrouded in a world of white.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? She?sitting?silently?around?a?fireside?at?the?mountain?kou?under?Wuxiang?city,?a?pair?of?triangular?eyes?looked?at?it?from?time?to?time.He was turning rapidly and seemed restless. There was a stove in his tent, but he didn't feel cold yet. However, other ordinary Japanese soldiers did not receive such good treatment. There were not enough tents, and many of them slept in the ice and snow.  Fortunately, we found a cave where dozens of people were crowded together. Everything that could be burned had already been burned away.

    The strong wind carried snowflakes and poured them in from the entrance of the cave. The inside of the cave was as cold as an ice cellar. In addition, they had endless rations, no food in their stomachs, and no fire around them. On such a windy and snowy day, these Japanese soldiers  The soldiers were cold from the inside out. Only the little warmth in their hearts seemed to prove that they were alive. The cold wind penetrated their already cold bodies pervasively, making their joints feel frozen.

    Yamaguchi is a very cunning guy. Ever since he was blocked at Wuxiang City, he felt that the momentum was not right. Isoya Rensuke's first army was besieged in Xiao County. He was even more frightened. He looked around and saw that the nearest reinforcements were not far away from him.  Hundreds of kilometers away, they were still blocked by the Jin Army's troops and Yan Xishan's troops, unable to move forward. Isn't this an obvious situation of a lonely army going deep? The more Yamaguchi thought about it, the more unsure he became.

    He originally tried his best to implement the plan to sweep the Taihang Mountains. It was based on the background of the Japanese army in North China launching a full-line offensive at that time, and Tang Qiuli's lack of troops in the Taihang Mountains, that he dared to take this strange move. However, to this day,  Everything has changed. The Japanese offensive was blocked across the board, and Isoya Rensuke's First Army was completely wiped out. Yamaguchi knew very well that the longer he stayed in Wuxiang, the greater his danger.

    He sent several telegrams to the commander of the dispatched army, Koyuki Kiyoshi, requesting permission for the troops to evacuate Wuxiang and return to Shijiazhuang. However, he was not approved. Instead, he was ordered to carry out a hopeless attack. This was delayed for several days.  This heavy snowstorm caused him even greater difficulties. Putting aside the supplies of the troops, the road conditions alone could make Yamaguchi anxious to death.

    He pricked up his ears and listened to the howling cold wind outside the tent, which rolled up snowflakes and hit the tent. He became more and more restless and secretly complained to Xiangyue Qingsi for not ordering a retreat. After spending several days, Tang Qiuli didn't need Tang Qiuli's help.  If the army comes to fight, more than half of the tens of thousands of your own soldiers will be reduced by cold and hunger.

    Before receiving the order to retreat, this guy had already designed a retreat route for himself. There are two routes to choose from. One is to leave Wuxiang via Yushe and arrive at Xingtai, Hebei Province. This is a relatively short route. One is to leave Wuxiang via Licheng.  To Handan, Hebei, this route is relatively far, but no matter which route you take, you have to pass through the Taihang Mountains.

    Thinking of the Taihang Mountains made Yamaguchi's heart tremble and chills ran down his spine. Those days in the mountains were a nightmare experience in Yamaguchi's life. The feeling of being chased and beaten all the way through the Taihang Mountains made him reluctant to cross the Taihang Mountains.  There is an instinctive fear, but you can only go to mountainous areas unless you don¡¯t want to go back.

    Now the heavy snow has undoubtedly added more difficulties to him. He also knows very well that the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli will not let him easily return to Shijiazhuang. He does not know how many hard battles he will have to go through along the way.  I don't know how many ** division troops are waiting for me.

    In order to safely evacuate Wuxiang and return to Shijiazhuang, Yamaguchi used a strategy. He called it "building a plank road in the open and crossing Chencang secretly."  Along the route, roads and bridges were built with great fanfare in preparation for the evacuation of the troops.

    In fact, he planned to take the route from Licheng to Handan. Although it was a bit far, the terrain was not too complicated in comparison. There were far fewer dangerous terrains where he could be easily ambushed, and it was much safer. Not to mention, it was also much safer.  As for the plank road that was being built, the soldiers of the four regiments had to be thrown out as bait to attract Tang Qiuli's troops to focus on that route.

    He has no psychological burden on him. It is worth sacrificing thousands of soldiers to save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers. The soldiers of the empire can show up for His Majesty the Emperor at any time. Their sacrifices are very valuable. Although I think so,  But Yamaguchi himself felt that this move was too underhanded and contrary to nature, and he did not even disclose it to the most trusted senior officers around him, including his chief of staff.

    The poor Japanese troops of the three regiments were still faithfully executing the orders of the dispatched army chief of staff Yamaguchi, braving the wind and snow, working hard to repair bridges that would never be used. They had no idea that they had been used as pawns by their superiors.  Their fate was sealed. Three regiments and thousands of Japanese soldiers were lined up like sheep dung eggs along a route hundreds of kilometers long. At each point, there was less than the strength of a squadron.

    Not to mention, Yamaguchi¡¯s plan really deceived Tang Qiuli. He sent Tong Batu¡¯s Second Cavalry Brigade specifically to deal with the Japanese troops of these three regiments, and the main force was also deployed around Wuxiang.  The route to Yushe was started, but because of heavy snowfall, the troops were still stranded in Licheng.

    Yamaguchi had arranged the retreat route, and with an order, all the troops could set off immediately. However, without an order from the commander, Kozuki Kiyoshi, he did not dare to move. YamaguchiThe more he thought about it, the more troubled he became. He greeted all the female relatives in Xiangyue Qingji's family countless times, and had to wait. As a result, the heavy snow came. He didn't know that at the same time, there was also the 23rd Medical Master.  Ten thousand troops.

    Yamaguchi's heart felt like a cat scratching him, and he kept pacing in the tent. The tent curtain was wide open, and the strong wind blew the snowflakes straight in. Yamaguchi shivered, and when he saw a snowman walking in, he couldn't help but get angry.

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