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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 701 Japanese Chief Broken Wings

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    Chapter 701: The Japanese Chief Broken Wings

    Taiyuan and Okamura Neji's 80,000 remnant troops were surrounded. Tang Qiuli commanded the troops to attack for two days. After suffering slight casualties, he stopped the attack. The Kwantung Army, which left Tianjin and headed south, desperately attacked Tang Qiu Sheng's Sulu Mobile Corps.  Blocking the defense line, Tang Qiusheng's regiment suffered heavy casualties, with as many as 7,000 casualties in one day. Although Tang Qiuli was distressed, he had to order Tang Qiusheng to defend the position to ensure the smooth progress of the Taiyuan battle.

    It's not that he has never thought about sending the Kwantung Army troops southward into the Taihang Mountains before fighting, but the risk of doing so is too high. With the strong combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army troops, it is easy to break through the second blocking line of the Eighth Route Army and Yuan Jinghao's troops. In a few days  You can reach Taiyuan City within a short time. Being attacked from both sides is a danger that no army can bear, and Tang Qiuli is no exception.

    It was really hard for him to decide whether to deal with the Japanese troops in Taiyuan first, or to mobilize most of the troops from the periphery of Taiyuan, march eastward to southern Hebei, and join forces with the Sulu Mobile Corps to kill the Kwantung Army's southward troops, and then face the next wave of Kwantung Army's southward attacks.  General Jiang Baili's advice on priorities gave him determination.

    The reason is very simple. Taiyuan cannot be captured in a few days. Even if it is captured, a heavy price will be paid. The troops are crippled. The Sulu Mobile Corps alone, with its exhausted morale after a long period of fighting, cannot stop it.  In the second wave, the Kwantung Army troops entered the border to reinforce the Japanese army of Okamura Neiji. It was possible that the Sulu Mobile Corps was surrounded by the Japanese army in the Pingjin area.

    The postponement of the attack on Taiyuan is different. Okamura Neiji and his 80,000 remnant troops are already trapped in a urn, lacking food and grass inside, and no reinforcements outside. After besieging him for a few days, the morale of the Japanese army will inevitably be low, and it will be much easier to attack again, so  , the main point of General Jiang Baili's suggestion is that Taiyuan can be temporarily suspended. The Kwantung Army's southward troops, who fought a bloody battle with the Sulu Mobile Corps, must be resolved as soon as possible. This can relieve the Taiyuan frontline troops from worries and also cut off Okamura Neji's hope.

    Therefore, Jiang Baili's finishing words prompted Tang Qiuli to make up his mind to kill the Kwantung Army's southward troops first. He immediately issued an order. Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps sent the main force of a brigade to cooperate with Tang Qiuquan's special operations detachment.  The Shuozhou and Ningwu areas in northern Shanxi were cleared, and the small number of Japanese troops who originally pursued Yan Xishan's Jin army were eliminated on the spot.

    Chang Feng's Taihang Mountain Field Corps immediately marched eastward to Pingjin. Together with Tang Qiusheng's regiment, they completely annihilated the Kwantung Army's southward troops in the Xiong County, Renqiu, and Hejian areas. They then rested on the spot and prepared to face the Kwantung Army's southward march again.  Troops, as for Okamura Neji, just let him live a few more days, since he can't run away anyway.

    Think about it, in order to end the fighting around Pingjin as soon as possible and give the troops more time to rest and recuperate, Feng Jiwu was ordered that in addition to the four brigades attacking Jinzhong, the rest of the Niangziguan garrison, led by him personally, would join immediately  In the battle to encircle and annihilate the Kwantung Army's troops heading south, Tang Qiuli was ruthless. In the Pingjin area, with nearly three regiments of troops, he fought head-on with the Kwantung Army's troops moving south again, wiping out the Kwantung Army's arrogance.  He won Tianjin for the first time.

    Tang Qiusheng, Feng Jiwu, and Chang Feng formed the battle headquarters, with Tang Qiusheng as the commander-in-chief, and Feng Jiwu and Chang Feng as the deputy commanders-in-chief. They unified the command of the troops to fight. This battle that will take place soon will have a decisive battle.  Due to the nature of the situation, the Japanese army in North China, except for the heavy force group of more than 400,000 people on the Cangzhou front line, no longer had any troops to mobilize. The Japanese garrison in Peiping only had more than 20,000 people in one division, so it could not achieve much success.

    Tang Qiuli assembled three regiments with nearly 280,000 troops around Pingjin. In addition, Liu Tiehan's East Command troops of 300,000 people were on the Cangzhou front line to suppress the Japanese army. Almost all of the ** division's wealth was in the Pingjin area.  Tang Qiuli's next target is to fight against the more than 400,000 Japanese troops entrenched in Cangzhou to deal with the attack of Liu Tiehan's East Command troops. If this battle goes smoothly, there will be no heavy Japanese army groups in North China, Peiping will be easily accessible, and all North China will be recovered

    Although Chang Feng's troops were transferred, the troops surrounding Taiyuan still had nearly 180,000 troops, more than double the Japanese Taiyuan defenders. However, their combat effectiveness was inferior to other troops, except for Feng who attacked Jinzhong.  The four brigades of the Jiwu Corps are the main force of the veteran troops. Sun Zhenbang's Yellow River Defense Corps is the second-line force. Tang Qiuli commands the six newly formed field brigades. He is not worried. The morale of the troops alone will  It can crush the 80,000 Japanese soldiers in the city to death.

    Okamura Neiji didn't know this. He huddled in Taiyuan City in infinite desolation. What he saw was the Japanese Army troops in the mountains and plains outside the city. They were waiting eagerly for the Kwantung Army troops to come to rescue. There were trenches and gun muzzles.  , which frightened him. He didn't know how many days he could hold Taiyuan. More than 80,000 people crowded into Taiyuan City, and the citizens in the city were nervous about everything, especially ammunition, which could not be supplied.  Every shot was fired, and every shot was missed. All the soldiers, including himself, felt that their lives were counting down and their morale was low. Yesterday,Several junior officers committed suicide by caesarean section, which further destabilized the military.

    After everything was deployed, the general attack on Taiyuan began again. Tang Qiuli adopted a layer-by-layer peeling tactic. He first concentrated his artillery and attacked the outlying strongholds of Taiyuan. After a day of fierce fighting, he first captured the outlying areas such as Taigu, Qingxu, and Yangqu.  The defensive key points were further reduced and the encirclement was further reduced. Except for the fact that Jinzhong had not yet been conquered, the battle achieved the expected goal.

    The next day, Tang Qiuli commanded the troops to focus on attacking Jinzhong and captured Jinzhong. Taiyuan lost the last peripheral barrier. This battle was much easier to fight. The troops could choose attack points at will and pay attention to the battlefield in the headquarters.  Tang Qiuli, who was in a state of shock, suddenly heard the sound of a plane's motor in the air. He frowned. Was it the Japanese army that sent planes to bomb our positions, or to airdrop supplies and ammunition into Taiyuan City.

    However, the Japanese rarely do this. He stepped out of the headquarters, and sure enough, seven planes flew over from the due east. Through the telescope, dazzling plaster flags were painted on the underside of the wings of the planes. As they were approaching, it could be seen that it was  Six fighter jets and a transport plane were hovering over Taiyuan. Several guards quickly gathered around Tang Qiuli, watching the movements of the Japanese army vigilantly.

    Tang Qiuli was a little confused. What were the little devils up to? They were here for bombing. Without bombers, what's the use of a few fighter jets? If they were here to drop ammunition and supplies, what could a transport plane do?  Son, after a few weeks of hovering over Taiyuan, the Japanese military plane landed at Taiyuan Airport. He thought: Could it be that they wanted to pick up some important person?  Or send confidential documents?

    He immediately ordered Tong Le Yiqin to be called and personally issued the order: "Commander Le Yiqin, seven Japanese aircraft have landed in Taiyuan City, including six fighter jets and one transport aircraft. The air force immediately took off to intercept and intercept the Japanese aircraft in Shanxi.  All the planes were shot down. I want to see who are the important people who are worthy of using the plane. Even if they come to pay homage to their birthdays, they still have to survive."

    After receiving the order from the division commander, Le Yiqin's face glowed with excitement. The ** Division Air Force had no combat missions recently. The Japanese aircraft in North China, after the last devastating blow, were no longer flying in the sky.  The Japanese aircraft in the Northeast did not make any big moves at all, except for the occasional one or two that snuck over Pingjin to have a look.

    After the air force planes took off to intercept, these Japanese planes were running faster than rabbits. The division commander had strict orders not to pursue them into the northeastern airspace. They could only watch the Japanese planes slip away. Everyone was so angry that they cursed, but the pilots were held back.  Broken, looking eagerly at the good news coming from each unit, feeling panic in their hearts, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang have already formulated a combat plan against the Kwantung Army Air Force, and will implement it after reporting it to the division commander for approval.

    Finally getting a chance to take action, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang did their part and went into battle in person, taking twelve planes into the air. He also learned Tang Qiuli's tactics, concentrating superior forces, two against one, and not letting anyone go.  Afterwards, Tang Qiuli watched the Japanese planes fly away and turned back to the headquarters. He didn't have to worry about the matters in the sky and left them to Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang.

    Ten minutes later, news came from Le Yiqin that all Japanese aircraft had been shot down in the airspace around Liaoyang. Tang Qiuli nodded with satisfaction and said to Shan Hu: "Huzi, send someone to Liaoyang to check on Le Yi."  "Qin shot down something, focus on searching the transport plane," he had a hunch that this time, he might be able to catch a big fish.

    In the evening, the person who was sent came back and really got back a lot of things. One of them, a gold-handled command sword, caught his attention. It was a general's sword. The handle was inlaid with gold that symbolized the Japanese royal family.  Juhua, at least a major general, was also a heavyweight who received a sword from the Emperor. It was a worthwhile trip. He put down his command sword, looked at several cowhide file bags with half-burnt edges, and opened one at random.

    There were some telegrams in it, which were nothing more than the crisis of Taiyuan's current situation, requests for reinforcements, etc. He opened a few more, but they were all rubbish. Tang Qiuli was a little discouraged. When he opened the last one, his eyes lit up.  It is a Taiyuan city defense and troop deployment map. It is marked with troop deployment, firepower points, bunker groups, minefields, artillery positions, etc. This is a generous gift. With this map, how many casualties can be reduced in the attack on Taiyuan?

    Putting down the picture, he picked up a document on the table and opened it. Tang Qiuli was shocked. Although the photo on the document was burnt and blurred, he could still see at a glance that it was the same as Okamura Neji's in the historical data.  The photo is the same, and the name on the certificate is also Okamura Neiji, as well as his position, all indicating that the owner of this certificate is the famous Japanese general, General Okamura Neiji, commander of the North China Expeditionary Force.

    Tang Qiuli was a little stunned. God, Okamura Neji was killed like this. He couldn't believe that historically, this old devil was in North China. In order to eradicate the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army and turn North China into a model security area, the Japanese army  Stabilizing the rear base, but often coming up with vicious ideas and playing many new tricks?, he was killed by an accidental order of his own. Wasn't he dreaming?

    (To be continued)
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