Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 1013: Guiyang falls

Touichi Terauchi has seen the fatal telegram of Yamashita Tomoe many times. Every time he watched it, he felt more sad in his heart. He tried to find out the reason for the destruction of the 15th Army from this telegram. As the saying goes, "A man is about to die."

His words are also kind," I hope this arrogant guy can provide something of value at the last moment of his life. (_--)

"Since the attack on the southern Guizhou area of ​​China under your command, from Dushan to Duyun, the Chinese army has been destroyed like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves. However, the Xiyun Peak in Duyun can be said to be the turning point in the fate of our 15th Army.

, this battle

Our opponent is the 19th Group Army of the China Government Army. Using Xiyun Peak alone, they blocked our 90,000-strong imperial army from Duyun City for more than 20 days. It can be seen that among the China Government Army, there are also some

A force with quite strong combat effectiveness.”

"Although the Chinese soldiers resisted stubbornly, under the superior firepower of our imperial army and the heroic fighting of the warriors, the Ministry of Staff is confident that in five days, they will be able to capture Duyun City and completely annihilate the Chinese government troops, together with the other two

The troops of the Imperial Army will meet at the foot of Guiyang City."

"However, the battle process suddenly took a major turn. The troops of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli suddenly appeared behind our army. Since then, the battlefield situation has reversed in a direction that is not conducive to the imperial army. If the 15th Army stands firm and waits for reinforcements,

With the careful deployment of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the two armies of our Imperial Army can also form a counter-encirclement against the ** Division troops in Duyun."

"However, God forbid our Fifteenth Army. The equipment of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli's troops surprised me. He mobilized hundreds of aircraft and the firepower of at least five artillery brigades to carry out a devastating blow to me. Among them

What is particularly frightening is that artillery that has never been seen appeared in the China ** Division. From then on, the fate of the 15th Army was sealed."

"My humble suggestion is that when fighting against the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli's troops in the future, we must concentrate our absolutely superior troops and firepower, concentrate our aviation units, and gain air supremacy. Only then can we have any hope of victory. Since there is no hope of breaking through, I, Yamashita Fengwen, am determined to commit suicide by caesarean section. I vow not to

Being a prisoner of the inferior Chinese people, God bless our Japanese Empire, and long live His Majesty the Emperor! Yamashita Fengwen’s last words.”

Shouichi in the temple was already in tears, and it was Tang Qiuli, the China devil. From the disastrous defeat of Hongshuihe by Masaharu Honma to the annihilation of Duyun by Fengwen Yamashita, two lieutenant generals and commanders of the Imperial Army had fallen.

This manpower

Here, one death and one resignation, from Manchuria in North China to North China, from East China to South China, how many outstanding generals and brave soldiers of the empire died in the hands of this man. Could it be that he was the nemesis of our Imperial Japanese Army?

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Terauchi Shouichi suddenly remembered something and broke out in a cold sweat. The troops mobilized from Taiwan and Hainan Island, after landing in Beibu Gulf, went north to rescue Yamashita Fengfumi. Now, the 15th Army has been wiped out, and Yamashita Fengfumi has died in the battle.

, rescue is not necessary, but the troops are still on the front line of Wuming.

Judging from the situation on the western front of Duyun, where the ** Division troops fought desperately to block the imperial troops advancing eastward from Guiyang, Tang Qiuli obviously did not want to fight on both sides. Could it be that his vicious eyes were focused on the troops from Nanning again?

The Imperial Army troops heading north to Duyun and agents lurking in Guangzhou sent intelligence a few days ago that a regiment of the ** Division stationed in Guangzhou has left Guangzhou and marched westward to the Wuzhou line. The goal of this regiment should be me heading north.

Rescue Corps.

Thinking of this, Shouyi in the temple could no longer sit still and immediately issued an order, "The rescue corps that goes north to Duyun will immediately withdraw from Wuming to Nanning. There will be no delay along the way. Pay attention to search for the enemy within 50 kilometers on both wings. If you encounter a small China

If the troops are harassing us, we can disperse them and do not entangle them. This order is extremely urgent and must be carried out immediately."

He also ordered the aviation force of the dispatched army to immediately dispatch reconnaissance planes to continuously conduct reconnaissance on the situation of the Chinese army, especially the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli's troops, within a few hundred kilometers around the retreat route of the northern troops to Nanning.

Is there any attempt to approach Nanning?

Temple Shouichi was indeed cunning. He anticipated the possible crisis and judged that if Tang Qiuli wanted to attack this unit, outflanking it with two wings would be a necessary tactical method. Then, he continued to desperately attack the four troops.

Troops in a channel issued orders.

"The rescue forces marching eastward from Guiyang immediately stopped attacking key defensive points of the ** division. The entire army returned to Guiyang and continued to implement the Guiyang campaign plan." In fact, the more than 300,000 troops of Shouichi in the temple were busy, Jiangzhou, Ping

There were waves and Kaikou everywhere, and the fight was very hard.

In this generation, the terrain is very complex, with rugged mountain roads, rolling mountains, and dense jungles. In the mountains, hunters and herb farmers have to tread a path. In some places, it is difficult for two people to walk side by side.

The troops occupy several dangerous passes and are commanding from a high position. With two or three light machine guns, they can block a mountain road. The natural caves are also good bunkers.

It is conducive to defense but not offensive. Fighting under such natural conditions, the hardships suffered by the Japanese army can be imagined. Heavy equipment cannot be transported at all. Only shoulder-mounted mortars can be regarded as heavy weapons to support the attack, but they can't destroy the division's

The number of troops and mortars was more than double that of the Japanese army. During the fight, the Japanese artillery was blown to pieces, and corpses and broken parts rolled all over the hillside. An attack could only deploy the strength of one squadron.

More than a hundred soldiers climbed up each time. When they came back, they were either dragging bloody corpses or wounded people with broken hands and feet on stretchers, moaning and wailing. After several days of fighting, the Japanese commander who attacked from all directions was also discouraged.

Well, the key is that this battle is impossible to fight, more people are useless, and in the end, we only attack two or three times a day.

The number of casualties has been reduced. Logistics and supplies have become a problem for the Japanese army. There are more than 300,000 people. Just eating dumplings every day is an astonishing number. Fortunately, there are gurgling streams everywhere. Otherwise, 30

Tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers could die of thirst in the mountains.

There is also an unspoken reason. For passing hundreds of kilometers through such dangerous terrain to rescue Yamashita Fengfumi, these Japanese generals are not very active in their hearts, and even some are passive and sabotage. Yamashita Fengfumi is usually arrogant.

Nostrils turned upward, getting along with these people is definitely not friendly.

As for Yamashita Fengfumi, he is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and does his best for the Empire of Japan. Others and other troops are dispensable. With such a mentality, can his popularity be improved? When the task was originally assigned, this guy himself

Taking one direction alone, for fear that others would share the credit for his efforts. Now he was surrounded and needed our rescue again. Finally, the Japanese were united enough and did not openly express gloating. As for what they thought in their hearts, they were the only ones.

Know.

After spending more than twenty days in the barren mountains, the exhausted Japanese troops received orders from Juichi Terauchi. As if they were granted amnesty, they did not want to stay for a minute longer and immediately began to return to Guiyang. It only took most of the day.

In the meantime, more than 300,000 Japanese troops were able to move away cleanly.

In the headquarters of the Southeast Mobile Corps in Mashan, Tang Qiuli was looking at Yang Ketian's telegram from the Western Front in Duyun. In addition to reporting in detail the news of the Japanese retreat, Yang Ketian also conveyed the opinions of the brigade commanders, immediately

The troops were busy dispatching, and Jiangzhou, Pinglang, and Kaikou followed the Japanese troops retreating westward from Guiyang, looking for opportunities to annihilate some of them.

Tang Qiuli immediately responded with a telegram, rejecting the suggestions of Yang Ketian and others. The natural conditions were the same for both sides. The heavy weapons of his own troops could not be transported. Once they left the mountain, they might be attacked by the superior Japanese army.

The danger was too great to take advantage of, not to mention that the Japanese army was not in retreat.

At the same time, intelligence was obtained that the Japanese troops staying on the front line of Wuming began to retreat to Nanning. According to the intelligence, the Japanese troops retreated very nervously and at an extremely fast speed. Tang Qiu left the intelligence in Yangyang's hands and said to Ma Chaoyang: "

Commander Ma, Terauchi Touichi has begun to shrink his troops. Your big fish is about to run away, so I will watch yours."

After saying that, with his hands behind his back, Shi Shiran left the headquarters. The battle plan was fixed, and he didn't need to worry about the next thing. On the way back to the room, Tang Qiuli asked Chen Feng to go to the Western Front in Duyun.

The eight brigades of the corps directly under the corps issued this order, "Each unit will stay in place and must find or open roads that can transport medium-sized equipment."

He also ordered Chang Feng to lead four brigades of troops. While pursuing and annihilating the remnants of the Japanese Fifteenth Army, they deployed along the Guiding, Zunyi, and Nanchuan lines to be ready to coordinate the actions of Tang Qiusheng's regiment near Chongqing. He started from the temple

As soon as Shou's troops attacked Duyun, they hurriedly withdrew to the direction of Guiyang and judged that Guiyang would become the main attack target of the Japanese army again.

By encircling and annihilating the Fifteenth Army of Yamashita Fengwen, and attracting the main force of the Japanese army besieging Guiyang to advance eastward, they have created more than twenty days of precious time for the Central Army on the front line in Guiyang. As for whether they can take this opportunity to defend Guiyang, then

It is no longer within his ability.

The Japanese army retreated, and Guiyang became the target of Juichi Terauchi's attack again. It is incredible to say that the Japanese army outside Guiyang only had one Seventh Army with only more than 70,000 troops, while the Central Army troops on the Guiyang defense line numbered more than 40

With tens of thousands of people, the number of troops is more than six times that of the Japanese army.

But during these precious twenty days, the Guiyang garrison did nothing. Without Yamashita Fengwen's concern, Temple Shouichi would no longer be distracted. He urgently needed a victory to encourage the fifteenth

The Japanese army was completely wiped out, which caused low morale. The day after the main force returned to the outskirts of Guiyang, they launched a large-scale attack on Guiyang.

On July 27, the Japanese army besieged Guiyang from three sides. On that day, the fighting was fierce. The Central Army lost all its peripheral positions and was forced to retreat into the city. On the 28th, the Japanese army invaded Guiyang City. After three days of fierce street fighting, the Central Army

The army lost more than 50,000 troops and was gradually compressed to the northwest of Guiyang City.

On the evening of July 31st, Guiyang fell. The Central Army's Guiyang defenders were forced to retreat to Xifeng. The Zunyi area was re-defended. The south gate of Chongqing suddenly opened, and more than 300,000 Japanese troops were directed towards Chongqing.

(To be continued)