Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 1034 I want to take a bite

Tang Qiuli had already issued an order to Ma Chaoyang's Southeast Mobile Corps, the main assault force in the Nanning Battle, to launch a general attack on the 120,000 Japanese troops besieged in Nanning in the early morning of September 7. It didn't matter how many days the Nanning Battle lasted.

, these Japanese troops

, it is already a matter of catching a turtle in a urn, and it is a ripe melon. As long as Ma Chaoyang exerts a little effort, the battle will be over within three days, no problem. Since there is so much time, there is no need to put pressure on the Southeast Mobile Corps and cause unnecessary casualties. -

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Temple Shouyi's main force on the Loushanguan line has never moved. Tang Qiuli has lost patience with them. He originally thought that the actions of Ma Chaoyang's regiment outside Nanning would stimulate Temple Shouyi, but this old devil was sure.

Xue Yue's Central Army held on and refused to let go. Nanning was in danger and did not look back.

In this case, Nanning, as a decoy, has lost its effect. If it is eliminated in advance, all the troops of the division on the Nanning battlefield can be mobilized to Loushanguan to fight a head-on battle of annihilation. As for Shouyi in the temple, on the way back to Nanning,

, the plan to ambush along the way could only fail. Tang Qiuli just couldn't figure it out. The situation of Shouyi in the temple was obvious and he was absolutely passive, but he was just wasting his time at Loushanguan. Why?

On the Nanning battlefield, Ma Chaoyang's regiment had already begun preparations for the general offensive. At this moment, the ninth detachment of Chutian's special operations detachment received intelligence that the Japanese troops on the Loushanguan line had left Loushan on the afternoon of September 6.

Passing the battlefield and moving the entire army southward, this is not important. The most important thing is the route Shouyi in the temple took to go south, which Tang Qiuli never expected.

"The division pointed out that when our detachment was monitoring the Japanese troops on the front line of Loushanguan, we discovered that the Japanese troops had made some moves. On the afternoon of September 6, all their troops took the route of Zunyi, and then turned to Bijie to determine their intentions. It seemed that they were moving into Guizhou.

Our detachment is closely monitoring the purpose of the west, and will report the specific situation at any time," this is the intelligence of the ninth special operations detachment.

After reading the information, Tang Qiuli rushed to the map and punched him hard at Bijie. The old fox in the temple, Shouyi, had fooled everyone. Where did he turn into Qianxi? To the south of Bijie was Liupanshui.

, the shortest road from western Guizhou to northern Yunnan, the real purpose is the same as the purpose of the previous four divisions of the Japanese army, which is to go straight to Yunnan.

This was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, including Tang Qiuli, who thought he could control everything. To do this requires a lot of determination and courage for Juichi Templeuchi to give up Guiyang, which he had fought so hard to win, give up the established goal of capturing Chongqing, and even give up the city of Nanning.

A strategic location and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, whether a strong man cut off his arm or a ruthless man, in short, the departure of Touichi Terauchi was a good move that no one expected.

First of all, returning to Nanning thousands of miles away was a last resort. Regardless of whether there was enough time, Tang Qiuli's troops besieged Nanning without attacking. His true intention may have aroused the vigilance of Shouichi in the temple, and he rushed more than a thousand times.

Here, from northern Guizhou to southern Guangxi, more than 200,000 troops rushed to Nanning exhausted. What awaited them was probably a situation where the city was destroyed and the army was in mourning, and more than 100,000 imperial soldiers were wiped out.

The troops of the ** Division, which had just won a great victory, came overwhelmingly with the power of the victory in Nanning. Temple Shoichi had no confidence and sent more than 200,000 long-distance reinforcements to return. The exhausted troops faced the enemy who were full of vigor and waiting for work.

With hundreds of thousands of troops in the division, the result of barely fighting a battle was that the main force of the Southern Expeditionary Army was completely annihilated.

Terauchi Shouichi was not Yamashita Hobumi. He knew that the combat effectiveness and equipment level of the Imperial Army's troops exceeded those of the Imperial Japanese Army. This frustrated Terauchi Shouichi, who had always been proud of the powerful force of the Imperial Army. Secondly, during the dispatch

On the way back to Nanning to aid the main force of the army, the Chinese army was indispensable to block and ambush along the way. After fighting all the way, how much combat power and attack power the army still had to break the siege and rescue people, and not to get involved in it, would be lucky.

Night falls on the mountains, jungles and undulating hills of western Guizhou. It is already early September. The evening wind blowing from the valleys is not cool at all. The air is humid and muggy, which makes people feel depressed and always feels...

There is a turbid air in my heart that cannot be dissipated, just like the mood of Shouichi in the temple at that time.

Shouichi in the temple looked at the soldiers who looked low in morale and walked slowly in the night, like ghostly shadows, disappearing and appearing in the dark night. Looking back at Loushanguan, which was as silent as a giant, he couldn't tell the bitter feeling in his heart.

This long pass blocked the Imperial Japanese Army's way north to Chongqing and swallowed up the lives of tens of thousands of imperial soldiers.

For more than 20 days, Shouyi in the temple poured countless artillery shells on the Loushanguan position every day. It was not until the logistics supply line was cut off by the ** division troops that the intensity of the artillery fire decreased. For more than 20 days, it was difficult to move even an inch and the overwhelming force was overwhelming.

The empire's southern dispatched troops stopped here. Temple Shouichi remembered this majestic pass, remembered Xue Yue, and remembered the different soldiers of the Central Army.

It has been several hours since the troops set off, but Juichi Terauchi still kept his original command position. He seemed to be waiting for something. In the tent, the atmosphere was dull and depressing. More than a dozen senior staff officers and staff were silently accompanying the clay-carved wooden figures.

The statue-like Commander-in-Chief seems to be in a bad mood. In front of Loushang Pass, every officer and soldier of the Japanese Expeditionary Force to the South is a helpless place.

That night, around eleven o'clock, a major combat staff officer entered the tent, breaking the dull air. His eyes brightened, "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Seventh Army 102, 104 serving as rearguard"

Reported to the 105th Division that there was no action taken by the Chinese government troops to discover the Loushanguan defense line. The enemy position was silent. The division commander asked for instructions whether to evacuate according to the original plan?"

The light in Terauchi's eyes dimmed, and he muttered very lonely, "Let's go." With a deep sense of frustration, Terauchi left Loushanguan, which he had been attacking for more than twenty days, and turned to the direction of Bijie. Behind him, three people

Japanese soldiers from three divisions crawled out of their hidden positions and followed their commander-in-chief southward, embarking on a new path of killing.

Even if Temple Shouichi was defeated and escaped from Loushanguan, he would not let go of the Chinese government troops and Xue Yue who hated him to the core at the last moment. The evacuation was carried out with great fanfare, and all the officers and soldiers of the Central Army in the Loushanguan position were

They all saw that the Japs had withdrawn. When the night just fell, the soldiers of the three divisions of the Seventh Army quietly ambush on the way back. Even if they left, they would bite Xue Yue hard. Temple Shouyi hated it.

think.

Unfortunately, Juichi Terauchi's wishful thinking failed once again. Xue Yue, the commander of the Chinese government forces, seemed to have an insight into his plot and did not move. There was an accidental process here. The Japanese troops evacuated, and Xue Yue had already received the news.

After hanging on for more than twenty days, he finally settled down. He knew that he had won. Not only had he saved the Loushanguan defense line, but he had also eliminated the biggest threat to Chongqing. At this moment, he was already a hero.

But Xue Yue was still unwilling to give in. The murderous intention in his heart had not been released. He was suppressed and beaten by the Japanese for more than 20 days, and tens of thousands of soldiers were injured or killed. Now, the little Japanese left as soon as he said it. How can there be such a cheap thing? He immediately

Emergency deployment was made, and troops from two armies were sent to pursue the Japanese troops retreating south. If they could not hold back the large Japanese troops, they had to bite their tails and bite off a piece of meat.

Xue Yue and Terauchi Juichi had the same idea. They would not let go of their opponents at the last moment. Of course, Xue Yue also considered that the Japanese army might have an ambush, so he sent a fourth force behind the two armies, about fifteen kilometers away.

The Group Army and the Seventh Group Army, as the second echelon, once the troops in front exchange fire with the Japanese army or fall into an ambush, the second echelon will rush out to counter the encirclement.

For this reason, Xue Yue transferred almost more than half of the troops on the Loushanguan defense line, hoping to have a beautiful final battle. The battle plan was reported to Chongqing. Xue Yue and a group of Central Army generals were gearing up, waiting for Chairman Chiang's order to arrive.

, let’s get rid of the bird spirit that has lasted for more than twenty days.

However, Chairman Chiang's reply was like a basin of cold water poured on everyone's heads, "Bo Ling, the call was received, the Japanese army immediately retreated, and we won a complete victory in the Battle of Loushanguan. At this time

, we must not act too hastily and be blindly optimistic.

The army is insidious and cunning, and the purpose of the sudden withdrawal is not yet known. The top priority is to defend the Loushan Pass defense line as the first priority. Remember to aim high and incur unnecessary losses. Therefore, the battle plan is not approved. This order, Chiang Kai-shek."

Xue Yue was full of passion, and he was boiling in his heart. But there was nothing he could do. The old man personally ordered not to act rashly. Xue Yue didn't even dare to send out a single soldier. He could only watch the little devil disappear from sight, and the feeling in his heart was

Angry, speaking of it, he was as disappointed as Juichi Terauchi.

Chairman Chiang's strict order inadvertently changed the battle situation in northern Guizhou. If Xue Yue sent troops to pursue him according to the plan, the three ambushed Japanese divisions would never let go of this good opportunity, and the two armies of the Central Army surrounded them.

The Japanese Seventh Army would be unable to escape, and Juichi Terauchi would definitely not allow the Central Army to destroy the Seventh Army.

If the main force of the dispatched army turns back to rescue, it will definitely be a big melee between Loushanguan and Zunyi. In the end, it is unknown who will win. Xue Yue has backup at the Loushanguan defense line, and can also mobilize second-line troops at any time to supplement the strength.

Therefore, Loushanguan was still a solid line of defense that the Japanese army could not overcome.

However, the losses of the Central Army will definitely be very heavy. It is estimated that not many people can retreat to Loushanguan. Shouichi Terauchi cannot escape from northern Guizhou, and the plan to march into Yunnan will come to nothing. Tang Qiuli's troops ended the Nanning Campaign and all fronts

Pressure came over, and Juichi Templeuchi was the result of being surrounded.

After Xue Yue's great victory, he lost troops and generals. Those big bosses in the government who did not do anything but only dealt with people were jealous of Xue Yue's achievements and would not miss this good opportunity to impeach him. In order to calm down the public anger and appease all parties, Chairman Chiang must

It is not impossible that Xue Yue will be dealt with and Xue Boling will turn from a hero to a sinner.

Perhaps this is the fickleness of fate. I don’t know whether it was the luck or misfortune of Xue Yue and Juichi Terauchi. In short, Chairman Chiang’s order allowed the war situation in the south to continue on its original track.

(To be continued)