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Text Chapter 184 The Battle of Guisui (4)

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    It's just that Nishihara Issei knows that there is no use in regretting it now. The only chance left for him now is to hold on for as long as possible, adjust the deployment of the front army headquarters, mobilize reinforcements to buy time, and check the 26th Division in the east.  He knew he couldn't count on the regiment.

    The only hope now is to see how much the front army attaches importance to Guisui and how many reinforcements can be mobilized from northern Shanxi. However, Xiyuan Yice knows that the prerequisite for waiting for the reinforcements to arrive is how long he can hold on in Guisui and how long he can hold on.  , maybe there is still a glimmer of hope, but if you don¡¯t hold on to it, then don¡¯t mention anything.

    After hesitating for a long time, Xiyuan Yice finally decided to abandon Guihua City in the south, shrink the defense, concentrate his limited forces, and rely on the Daqing Mountains to defend Suiyuan City in the north. At least he could concentrate his forces and hold on to it.  The entire core area of ??Guisui.

    And unlike Suiyuan City, which has a complete city wall system, all the city walls in Guihua City have been demolished except for the north city gate tower that has been preserved as a landmark. Although the role of the city walls in modern warfare has been different from that of the cold war.  The Age of Weapons cannot be compared, but having a city wall is much better than not having one.

    Although his final hesitation was not long, it was this hesitation that caused him to miss his last opportunity. During the period of his hesitation, all south of Guisui City were attacking Guihua City.  The 1st Cavalry Brigade used the entire main force of the Guisui garrison to leave the city and take the initiative to fight. It was a rare opportunity for the Guihua City garrison to have a small number of defenders.

    Guihua City, which had already invaded Gui Suinan City, was entangled with the defenders. At the same time, a force was inserted between Suiyuan City, known as Suiyuan New City, and Guihua City, cutting off the two cities.  There is direct contact with the garrison between them, and along the East Street in Guihua City, it is developing in depth towards Guihua City.

    The two armies were entangled. Although the cavalry brigade could not escape for the time being and was engaged in fighting in other directions, Nishihara Issei wanted to concentrate his limited forces to defend the city's defenses more firmly. He concentrated on airports, train stations, and warehouses where a large amount of supplies were stored.  The idea of ??Suiyuan City also turned into a pile of bubbles.

    After receiving the report from the 71st Regiment, Nishihara Yice dropped the telephone in his hand directly to the ground. At this moment, the sound of artillery on the head of Suiyuan City became more and more intensive. In his headquarters, he could even hear it clearly.  There was a violent explosion when the anti-Union artillery shells collided with the city wall.

    Faced with the already precarious city defense, Nishihara Issei did not hesitate at all this time. He immediately issued an order to Major General Mori Shigeki of Baotou, asking him to immediately hand over the defense task of Baotou to the army of the Mongolian Autonomous Government and lead it.  All the Japanese troops in Baotou took trains, led by an armored train currently staying in Baotou, and forcibly retreated back to Sui.

    At the same time, he ordered the 71st Cavalry Regiment in Guihua City to get rid of the entanglement with the enemy at all costs, immediately abandon Guihua City, and take advantage of the opportunity that the enemy troops have not yet appeared in the west of Suiyuan City to detour to the west of the city and retreat into Suiyuan City. He would mobilize  At present, there are only three Type 91 road and railway dual-purpose armored vehicles left in the group's direct combat fleet, which have entered the Xishaliang line for support.

    After issuing two orders in succession, Lieutenant General Nishihara Issei, who was born in the cavalry, finally lowered his proud head as a cavalry general and should have been the pride of heaven, and presented himself to the commander of the Mongolian garrison in Zhangjiakou, Ichiro Nanada.  will, and continuously sent emergency telegrams for help.

    Lieutenant General Ichiro Nanada's reply was quick, but the result was that he was very frustrated. In the telegram, Lieutenant General Ichiro Nanada directly told him that the 26th Division had been surrounded by the enemy, and the 110th Division was fighting with the enemy.  The army is engaged in a full-scale battle. As for the 69th Division added by the North China Front Army, it needs reinforcements in the more difficult Chadong battlefield.

    In the short term, the Mongolian garrison has been unable to mobilize any reinforcements to return to the Sui front line. The only thing the Mongolian garrison can do now is to forward his telegram for help to the North China Front Army, hoping that the commander of the North China Front Army can  The First Army stationed in Shanxi was mobilized to send troops for reinforcements.

    In the telegram, Ichiro Nishida clearly told Nishihara Issei that even if the North China Front agreed to mobilize reinforcements from Shanxi, it would not be possible to arrive in a short time as the railway from Datong to Jining on the Pingsui Line had been interrupted.  If he wants to defend Guisui City, it is best to abandon the outer strongholds and shrink the entire army to the front line of Suiyuan City to resist the enemy's harassing attack.

    Although the content of the original telegram was not satisfactory to Issaku Nishihara, it was at least quite satisfactory. However, Lieutenant General Ichiro Shichida added a sentence at the end, asking him not to exaggerate the enemy's superiority in the Daqingshan or Hetao areas. For Guisui  The garrison was well aware of the surrounding enemy forces, and had its cavalry group ready to reinforce the Chahar and Suidong battlefields.

    It is obvious that Lieutenant General Nishihara Issaku¡¯s direct superior, Lieutenant General Nanada Ichiro, does not trust the war situation he reported and stubbornly believes that the world?There are no tanks that can avoid the Japanese positions on the front line in Suidong and cross the Daqing Mountains directly into Guisui. The Daqing Mountain area is considered by the Japanese army to be unsuitable for tanks to cross.

    Therefore, the paragraph at the end of the telegram can be said to be actually Lieutenant General Nanada Ichiro, pointing out that he was panicking in the face of the inferior enemy forces. Facing the accusations from his superiors, Nishihara Issaku, in a furious situation, could not do anything.  Any way, because he can't provide it now, in fact, it's mainly because he can't provide evidence to make his superiors believe that there are a large number of enemy tanks around Guisui.

    Looking at this telegram, there was no big difference between the presence and absence of the telegram, Nishihara Issei's frustration reached its peak. The entire 4th Cavalry Brigade was destroyed, and part of the 1st Cavalry Brigade was still in Baotou, and was later merged into  Part of the 71st Regiment of the First Cavalry Brigade was defeated in Wuchuan, and the rest was entangled in Guihua City.

    With only one cavalry regiment, four cavalry squadrons left, plus two motorized infantry squadrons, and one division of the Puppet-Mongolian Army, the Suiyuan garrison could hold on for a long time in the face of a superior enemy force. Lieutenant General Nishihara Yice asked.  There was really no confidence in his heart. To deal with such an enemy, Nishihara Issaku, who had completely calmed down, began to become realistic.

    Before Nishihara Yice could recover from the angry and frustrated reply forwarded from his superiors, he was stunned by a telegram from the defenders of Baotou. A large number of enemy troops appeared around Baotou, and the return of the Pingsui Railway  The section from Sui to Baotou has been cut off, and the road for the Baotou defenders to retreat to Guisui is blocked. There is an urgent need for the group to mobilize reinforcements.

    Looking at the telegram from the Baotou garrison, Lieutenant General Nishihara Issaku, who was already quite depressed, could not help but become even more dejected. However, as he was unable to save himself, where could he go to find reinforcements for Major General Shigeki Mori? The only way he could help the Baotou garrison was to  The army only had the order to retreat to Guisui at all costs.

    Lieutenant General Xiyuan Yice inside the city was extremely frustrated, but Mu Changqiu outside the city was also a little unhappy. Putting down the telescope in his hand, Mu Changqiu picked up the phone and directly ordered the troops to suspend the attack. The walls of Suiyuan City were so high.  It's so thick that a 75mm artillery shell can only blast a crater.

    If we blow up a city wall and open a channel for the troops to attack, how many artillery shells will be needed? If we continue to fire at this consumption, even if all the artillery shells carried by our troops are used up, it may not be enough. The troops are currently carrying out operations without a rear.  If the artillery shells are used up in roundabout operations, only God knows when they will be replenished. This type of fighting must be stopped immediately.

    But without the support of artillery fire, if you want to capture Suiyuan City, the price paid is unbearable for the detour troops. It is obvious that Mu Changqiu does not intend to pay too many casualties here. He put down the phone in his hand and looked at  Seeing the thick city wall in front of him, Mu Changqiu's frown always relaxed.

    After solving the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, Mu Changqiu knew very well that it would be difficult for the remaining Japanese troops in the city to come out to fight with him. In other words, he had basically no hope of annihilating the enemy troops in the field.  The troublesome thing is how to capture this damn turtle-shell Guisui City at the minimum cost.

    His grandma, when was this city wall built? It is much stronger than the city walls in the northeastern cities. Almost all of the city walls are covered with blue bricks, and some parts are even made of stone. I don¡¯t carry heavy artillery.  Artillery with a caliber of less than 100 mm can hardly pose any threat to the city wall.

    This is like a fucking hard-shelled turtle. I have sophisticated equipment, but I have almost nowhere to go. Is it really possible for the troops to climb ladders and storm the city wall to break open this turtle shell, even though I know this is the only way?  method, but Mu Changqiu was very reluctant to use this tactic that would bring him a lot of casualties.

    The sky was gradually getting dark, and Mu Changqiu felt a little anxious. Of course, he also knew that facing such a large city with strong Japanese defenses, it was unrealistic to capture it in one day, even though this city was only comparable to some in the mainland.  It is a larger county, but its geographical location is quite important.

    Guisui is actually composed of two parts, Suiyuan City and Guihua City. The name of the city is also derived from one word for each of the two cities. As early as the Ming Dynasty, this was the hinterland and the imperial court, which controlled and entered the Mongolian kingdoms.  The bridgehead of the tribes. In the Qing Dynasty, in order to prevent the rebellion of the Mongolian tribes and the harassment of bandits, the Suiyuan City Wall as the New City of Guisui was built extremely tall and strong.

    Unlike the southern city wall, which was demolished in the early years of the Republic of China and left a bare Guihua City, the city wall of Suiyuan City, which is the political and economic center of the entire Suiyuan City, has not been weakened, but has been further strengthened. The entire city wall was shot flat by ordinary mountain cannons.  , it won¡¯t have much effect at all.

    Looking at Mu Changqiu¡¯s frown, the captain of the Daqingshan guerrilla detachment, who had been paying close attention to the battle situation and knew what he was thinking very clearly, hesitated for a moment, turned around and said:??Commander Mu, let me see if we can dig tunnels and use explosives to blow open the city walls.  "

    "In this way, you will use your tanks and large-caliber machine guns to provide fire cover. My troops will dig several tunnels directly under the city wall, and then place explosives to blow up the city wall and open a channel for the troops to break into the city wall. Although this will delay some time,  But it¡¯s better than wasting shells here.¡±

    "And by blasting a passage, the troops can directly

    "The loess here is very sticky. As long as you choose the right direction, I don't think there is much difficulty. In this way, let's divide the work and cooperate. Your troops will launch a feint attack to attract the attention of the Japanese troops on the wall and clear out the Japanese troops under the city wall.  Fortifications, my troops, start moving now.¡±

    Mu Changqiu was slightly startled by the detachment leader's suggestion, but shook his head and said: "This is a way, but it depends on the time. The battle situation is changing rapidly, and my troops cannot stay here for too long.  After returning to Guishui, my troops will go east to join the main force. "

    "You have to know that most of the infantry in the entire roundabout force are here with me. I can't afford to delay, but the commander can't afford to delay. They are poking a hornet's nest of the Japanese army. They are not just facing the Japanese and puppets in Suinan.  Army, as well as a Japanese independent mixed brigade in northern Shanxi, and the entire Shanxi First Army, Lao Yao, I can't stay here for too long. "
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