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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 669 Targeting Taiyuan

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    Chapter 669: Targeting Taiyuan

    After capturing Tianjin, the situation in North China was absolutely favorable to the army. They could attack at will without any worries. Tang Qiuli, who had a deep strategic vision, did not set his eyes on the isolated city of Peiping or Zhangjiakou, but  They were targeting the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops who were beaten dizzyingly by six brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps in the Xianxian and Suning areas.

    It is unbelievable to say that the six brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps only have a strength of more than 80,000 people, while the Japanese army on the opposite side has 130,000 people and is in a state of hard defense. This is also the commander of the Sulu Mobile Corps.  Tang Qiusheng made a dangerous move. He bet on taking over Tianjin quickly before the Japanese army could react. Tang Qiusheng won the bet. After the war, even Tang Qiuli was careful about using troops, and he was calm and confident.  Brother Qiu Sheng was impressed.

    The Kwantung Army did not go south in time. This was a rare opportunity. Of course Tang Qiuli would not miss it. On the day the Tianjin Campaign ended, Tang Qiuli issued an order to the troops to immediately carry out the Xianxian and Suning campaigns. The freed troops  Quickly moving south and outflanking the Japanese army, hundreds of thousands of troops surged towards southern Hebei like a torrent.

    In the Battle of Tianjin, for the participating troops of the ** Division, it was not even a superficial injury. The soldiers with high fighting spirit, carrying the residual power of the Battle of Tianjin, were eager to fight. I heard that there was going to be another big battle, and there were still hundreds of thousands of them.  Little devil, all the troops started a fast marching competition. The brigade that arrived on the battlefield first was the main attacking force. The more than 40,000 recruits from coal miners recruited by Yu Guanghan in eastern Hebei were also added to each unit. Sulu  The strength of the mobile corps has increased by several more brigades.

    There was no way, Huangyadong was clung to by Okamura Neji, and the distance between the two sides was far away. For the first time, Tang Qiuli violated his principles and used untrained recruits. Let them be trained in actual battles. He used  Going south to Xian County and Suning, this ruthless move was a heavy blow to Okamura Neiji. He didn't believe that Okamura Neiji could watch his hundreds of thousands of troops being wiped out and remain indifferent and still bite him.  Staying at the Huangyadong base, Tang Qiuli underestimated Okamura Neji this time. The subsequent development of things was completely out of line with the norm and far beyond Tang Qiuli's expectations.

    The fall of Tianjin in less than twenty-four hours was completely beyond Okamura Neiji's judgment. According to his plan, as long as Tianjin held on for three days, the Kwantung Army's southward troops would appear at Shanhaiguan. Tang Qiuli only had two  The first choice is to withdraw from Tianjin immediately, and the second is to fight the Kwantung Army southward in a decisive battle around Tianjin and use Tianjin to attract Tang Qiuli's main force. This is also part of Okamura Neji's plan.

    No matter which choice he made, it would be extremely detrimental to Tang Qiuli's troops gathered around Pingjin. This was one of the reasons why he did not rush back to Pingjin. The other reason was that it was beyond his reach. Waiting for him to rush back to Pingjin, I am afraid that  Tang Qiuli's troops had already retreated triumphantly with their spoils of war.

    But now, all judgments are biased. The root of everything is in Tianjin. The Kwantung Army's southward troops are gathering. Ono Ichiro's farewell telegram weighs more than a thousand pounds in the hands of Neji Okamura, "Commander  Your Excellency, the city of Tianjin is about to be destroyed. The shouts of killing by the Chinese soldiers can be heard clearly. They tried their best despite their humble duty and failed to ensure that Tianjin is safe. They failed to fulfill the great trust of the commander. When I sent you the power, a fierce battle was taking place outside the headquarters building. "

    "Reviewing the gains and losses of this Tianjin battle, our army's weak garrison strength and poor command should be the main reasons. However, Your Excellency, Commander, sent heavy troops to sweep the Taihang Mountains and ignored the foundation of our empire in North China. This is actually your fault.  A major mistake, Tianjin fell, Peiping will be an isolated city, Zhangjiakou, which is isolated in northern Hebei, will not be protected, and the strategic rear area of ??North China will be lost. Your mistake will endanger the fundamental interests of our Japanese Empire. "

    "The little savage spoke softly and spoke from the bottom of his heart. I hope your Excellency, Commander, will think twice about exchanging the desolate Taihang Mountains for our rich land of Pingjin. There is no need to say more about which is more important. The fall of Tianjin is irreversible. The responsibility for losing the city and the land is extremely difficult.  To shirk, Ono had no choice but to commit suicide to apologize. Long live the Empire of Japan, His Majesty the Emperor, Ono¡¯s masterpiece."

    Okamura Neiji read this telegram many times. Every time he read it, his heart felt like a heavy hammer. The war situation in North China has deteriorated to this point. Who is responsible?  Kwantung Army?  The rescue was not timely when we went south, was it Ono?  Is it disadvantageous for you to stick to Tianjin?  They insist on going their own way, insisting on the strategy of sweeping the Taihang Mountains, and insisting on attacking Huangya Cave, but no one seems to be responsible.

    From the beginning of April, when the troops entered the Taihang Mountains, Tang Qiuli's two moves disrupted Okamura Neji's steps. First, he avoided the truth and turned to the weak. He did not fight heavy Japanese troops in the Taihang Mountains and did not send troops to solve the problem of Huangya Cave.  After the siege, the second wave of false attacks was launched, and the troops sent out to Jingxing Pass, captured Shijiazhuang and Baoding and went straight to Tianjin. Okamura Ningji only managed to capture a Huangya Cave, but he still could not capture it for a long time, losing his troops and generals, and was in a dilemma.

    On the other hand, the ** division troops were galloping around Pingjin, and the autumn wind swept away the Japanese troops in North China like fallen leaves.The forces of the Japanese army fought in the first battle at Jingxingguan, the second battle in Shijiazhuang, and the third battle in Tianjin. They annihilated 150,000 to 160,000 Japanese troops. In this way, Okamura Ningji suffered a huge loss and lost all the rear areas in North China. He no longer struggled with Huang.  The principle of Yadong and the normal approach are to return to Pingjin immediately, join the troops on the front line of Xianxian and Suning, and recapture Tianjin. This also relieves the crisis in Peiping and restores the situation in North China.

    Not only Tang Qiuli, but also all the generals of the Japanese Army thought so. Therefore, Tang Qiuli ordered the Japanese troops to encircle the front lines of Xianxian and Suning. They should take no more than five days at the latest to deal with hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops on the spot.  Then, the entire army immediately turned to the Jidong area, preparing to fight the Kwantung Army's southward troops.

    Five days is the fastest time for the Kwantung Army's southward troops to reach the outskirts of Tianjin. As for Okamura Neji's troops in the Taihang Mountains, they will not be able to climb back to Tianjin in less than ten days. First of all, Sun Zhenbang's regiment and the Eighth Route Army troops will not be able to return to Tianjin.  Tang Qiuli now has 14 infantry brigades and nearly 180,000 troops in his hands to completely annihilate the Japanese troops in Xian County and Suning. He is fully capable of allowing the Japanese troops to escape easily.

    After dealing with this Japanese army, Okamura Neiji had no large-scale heavy force group to use in North China. The troops also deployed their forces according to this plan. Tang Qiuli, like Okamura Neiji, used the forces in his hands to the limit.  , there is no large-scale force that can be mobilized. Therefore, the time when the Kwantung Army's southward troops enter the pass is the key to Tang Qiuli's victory. By seizing this time gap, it may not be impossible for the army to gain a foothold in the Pingjin area. Tang Qiuli even  Optimistically estimate the best case scenario.

    Tianjin was lost, 50,000 troops were lost, and the war situation in North China was completely passive. Okamura Neji suffered the first defeat in his military career. Although it was not a complete defeat, it was irreversible. For the man who had thought that the Japanese Empire would expand its territory and serve the emperor all his life,  For Neji Okamura, the blow was not unbearable.

    The attack on Huangya Cave was still the same. The results of each attack had made him numb. The scorched earth around Huangya Cave seemed to be laughing at his incompetence. Unfavorable rumors about him had been secretly circulating in the headquarters.  Everything made Okamura Neji feel exhausted mentally and physically, and he couldn't even think about it for the time being.

    Returning to Pingjin like this, with Okamura Neiji's character, he absolutely cannot return empty-handed. Another worrying issue is that the hundreds of thousands of troops fighting hard against the ** division troops on the front lines of Xianxian and Suning, according to  According to the intelligence, Tang Qiuli has commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Tianjin and rush south urgently. The purpose is very obvious. He wants to eat up his last capital in the Pingjin area. This is something Okamura Neji cannot afford to lose, and he cannot lose it.  After losing these hundreds of thousands of troops, Okamura Neji probably had no choice but to run to Manchuria for refuge.

    Okamura Neiji locked himself in the tent and did not allow anyone to disturb him. All night long, senior staff gathered outside the tent. They were worried that the Commander would be distracted and commit suicide by caesarean section. When the sky dawned, the Commander came out.  He and his staff discovered that he had a few more gray hairs on his temples, and there seemed to be more wrinkles on his face. No one knew what Okamura Neji was thinking or doing that night.

    I just saw that Okamura Neji's eyes were shining with a cold light as fierce as a lone wolf. This was a man with a typical gambler's character. He thought hard all night to find a way to solve the current crisis. The huge military map of North China  , magnified infinitely before his eyes, Huangya Cave, an insignificant black dot on the map, once again stung his heart. All passivity started from here.

    Taiyuan fell into his eyes, and he was shocked. It was like a ray of sunshine shining through the gloomy sky. This was the only point to solve the current crisis. Tang Qiuli's main troops were all in the Pingjin area, Taihang Mountain and even the entire Shanxi Province.  , only the Jin army, for Yan Xishan's Jin army, Okamura Neiji did not pay attention at all.

    Gambling, this is a typical gamble, ignoring Pingjin and sweeping the troops in the Taihang Mountains, and marching north to attack Taiyuan. The fighting power of Yan Xishan's Jin army cannot stop the attack of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops. After taking Taiyuan  , march eastward along Yangquan, Niangziguan, and Jingxingguan, regain Shijiazhuang and Tianjin, join the Kwantung Army's southward troops, and encircle Tang Qiuli's main force in the Pingjin area. Tang Qiuli has only two roads to go. One is in the Pingjin area and our  The main force of the imperial army fought decisively, and the second was to retreat to the Taihang Mountains. In this way, it not only occupied Shanxi but also recovered Tianjin.

    This was the key point of the Shanxi campaign plan that Okamura Neiji formed after a night of hard thinking. He was betting that Tang Qiuli's troops would not be able to rush back to Shanxi in time. The Kwantung Army moved south and quickly entered the pass. This was his biggest gamble.  In one fell swoop, Okamura Neiji decided to gamble with his capital and reverse the situation in North China, and the odds of winning were extremely high. In his plan, annihilating or defeating the Jin army was just a sideshow.

    Seeing that almost all of his subordinates were looking at him worriedly outside the tent, Okamura Neiji bowed slightly: "Gentlemen, I've made you worried." With a gentle tone and infinite apology, the Japanese generalWe all breathed a sigh of relief. At least for now, it seemed that the Commander was in good mental condition and had no intention of committing suicide by caesarean section.

    (To be continued)
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