Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 262 The Battle of Xiaowutai Mountain (8)

Badar looked dejectedly at the large group of bandits, which surged in three directions like a tide. They seemed to be blocked by a hard rock and retreated in pieces, returning to the place where they started.

After two attacks, the bandits left more than a thousand corpses behind and returned without success. Fortunately, Badalhu's Japanese army did not suffer any losses behind these bandits, but he knew very well that they would be destroyed sooner or later.

After all their efforts, they were still surrounded in this narrow valley. Judging from the sound of artillery fire coming from all around, the Army Division used at least three artillery regiments of firepower. Tang Qiuli was ruthless enough. For the sake of thousands of Japanese emperors,

The army actually invested so much money.

Badalhu was completely desperate. His retreat turned into a breakout, which had already thrown him into chaos. He was unable to break through, and even had no chance of survival. It was a mystery how the main force of the ** division was able to attack them so quickly.

There is still no news about the two squads of soldiers he sent to the perimeter for security and reconnaissance. They should all be in pieces, and the murderer is none other than the main force of the Army Division that surrounded them.

The morning sunshine shrouded the small town of Dongnuanquan in a peaceful atmosphere. The chimneys of each house emitted smoke. The town that had slept all night woke up under the spring sunshine.

, started a normal daily life, and there was no sign of the chaotic scene of thousands of troops stationed here.

Tang Qiuli just woke up from a sweet sleep. He didn't rest until very late last night. It wasn't until the 113th Brigade of the 29th Army received the telegram of weapons and ammunition that he went to sleep with peace of mind. Everything else happened.

Let Liu Tiehan handle it.

A telegram was delivered to him by the excited combat staff, dispelling his sleepiness. The contents of the telegram detailed the situation on the Xiaowutai Mountain battlefield, especially the two bandits' breakouts. Instead, it was the Japanese army here.

He did not show his usual combat effectiveness and desperate intention to break out.

At the end of the telegram, Liu Tiehan asked if he would immediately launch a full-line attack to deal with these bandits and Japanese troops as soon as possible. Looking at the telegram and comparing it with the map on the wall, Tang Qiuli had a new idea in his mind.

He ordered the combat staff to immediately send a telegram back to the deputy division commander, which was just eight words: "Surround but do not attack, wait and see what happens." The combat staff did not understand what he meant. Just a few bandits were eliminated with a single shot of artillery.

It's easy to eat a plate of tofu, but the division commander asked tens of thousands of troops to work there with bandits and imps. I don't know what the division commander thought.

Liu Tiehan, who received the telegram, did not understand Tang Qiuli's intention at first. He thought for a long time, vaguely figured out some clues, and ordered the brigade troops to immediately build fortifications on the spot. As long as the bandits did not break through, the troops would not attack.

Any bandits or Japanese soldiers who dare to break out of the encirclement will be killed without mercy, and we will resolutely surround these guys here.

Afterwards, he asked Zhao Dengyu's brigade to immediately withdraw its defensive positions, and the fourth regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Communist Party of China would take over the defense, escort the weapons and ammunition, and immediately return to Peiping without any delay along the way. Distribute this batch of equipment as quickly as possible

The troops of the 29th Army quickly formed combat effectiveness to prepare for the provocation of the Japanese army.

Zhao Dengyu and the entire brigade officers and soldiers said goodbye to their comrades in the ** division with great reluctance. This battle left a deep impression on them. No matter the ferocity of the firepower, the individual quality of the soldiers, and the strategies and tactics, they had never experienced it before.

I have seen these soldiers of the 29th Army envious of everything about the *** Division.

Tang Qiuli's thinking has jumped out of the Xiaowutai Mountain battlefield and considered the overall situation of North China.

In North China and Tianjin, Tianjin is where the Japanese North China Garrison is stationed with heavy troops. Peiping is surrounded on three sides and is on the absolute defensive. Moreover, the front line of Shanhaiguan is completely controlled by the Japanese army. East Hebei is the territory of the traitor Yin Rugeng. The Kwantung Army can move along this

A passage to quickly send more troops to North China.

Whether to fight or not, when to start the war, and on what scale to start the war, these initiatives are all in the hands of the Japanese. This kind of constant fear is really uncomfortable. I don’t know when these lunatics will have a whim.

Tang Qiuli couldn't swallow the feeling of starting a war and being treated with such cowardice in his own country.

Before the ** Division came to North China, the only defense force in North China, especially in the Ping-Tianjin area, was the 29th Army. Without support from the National Government, it was unable to support itself and was forced to go on the defensive. It was also forced by the situation.

Now, the total strength of the Japanese army in North China is only over 50,000, which are dispersed and garrisoned at various key points. The Japanese Division plus the troops of the 29th Army have a total strength of more than 120,000, giving them an absolute advantage.

Regarding the thousands of Japanese troops surrounded by the Xiaowutai Mountain battlefield, the commander of the North China Garrison Army, Tashiro Anichiro, would not sit idly by and ignore them. He would definitely take action. If he openly sent out the organized Japanese troops to rescue the siege, it would be an end to the war.

The Nationalist Government broke its skin and prepared for an all-out war with China. This was also the instruction from the Japanese base camp.

This means that the all-out war between China and Japan has arrived a year early. He took advantage of this opportunity to gather two troops and use his absolute superiority to kill the 50,000 Japanese troops in North China first. Even if the Kwantung Army quickly entered the pass for reinforcements, it would be too late.

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When the Japanese mobilize a large number of troops to enter the North China region, their own troops will entangle them in the North China region and use the vast strategic space in the North China region to deal with the Japanese so that they have no time to go south. Even if all the troops are exhausted, they will surely

It will arouse the Nationalist Government to be highly vigilant against the Japanese ambitions, and also buy the Nationalist Government time to prepare for war.

If Anichiro Tashiro stood still and would rather abandon these thousands of Japanese troops and let them be destroyed by themselves, it means that Japan is not ready for a full-scale war with China, or is unwilling to fight for this extraneous incident.

Disrupt your overall deployment.

The clever thing is that the surrounded Japanese troops disguised themselves as bandits and did not appear in public. They also pretended to be confused and took these little devils as hostages to see what the Japanese would do next.

If the Japanese take into account the current balance of military power in North China and feel fear, the Japanese army's strategy of advancing northward will prevail among the mainstream in Japan, and the strategic direction and target of the attack will be directed at the vast Siberia of the Soviet Union.

area, that would be so dramatic.

Just let Japan, this fat little fighting dog in a crazy state, fight with the Soviet polar bear until it is bruised and exhausted, and it will have no energy to realize its arrogant dream of invading all of China. Perhaps, the suffering Chinese nation

, will survive a war imposed on itself. Because of the decline in national power, Japan may abandon Manchuria and withdraw from China. Wouldn't it be a blessing for the people?

Of course, this is the best wish, and it is not impossible. In the Japanese military circles, there are two mainstream consciousnesses, divided into the army faction and the navy faction. The army advocates advancing northward and attacking the Soviet Union, and joining forces with Nazi Germany to carve up Europe.

The Soviet Union and Japan acquired the Asian part of the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany acquired the European part of the Soviet Union.

When the German-Japanese-Italian fascist axis was established, it was the consensus of Germany and Japan. Japan's ambition to occupy the Soviet Union has never stopped. The Battle of Nomenhan and the Battle of Zhanggufeng that later occurred on the Sino-Mongolian border were the result of the Japanese Army's

An offensive force test against the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union, on the other hand, never gave up its vigilance against Japan's ambition to advance northward. Otherwise, under the Soviet walls of Stalingrad and Moscow, the Soviet army and the Nazi German army were inextricably linked to each other.

One million Kwantung Army troops faced off against nearly one million troops from the Far East Military Region.

Of course Tang Qiuli hopes that this ideal ending will happen according to his own wishes. He did this because he also had other considerations. He also used this to verify the attitude of the local powerful factions in North China, especially the local emperor in Shanxi.

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Of course, necessary procedures are indispensable for the Chairman of the National Committee. He immediately dictated a dazzlingly long message to the Chairman, explaining that the *** division was suppressing bandits in North China. Now, the war has reached a stalemate and the troops are scattered.

Fierce fighting is going on in various areas of the Taihang Mountains. All units of the ** division will live up to the Chairman's high expectations and fight bravely to wipe out the bandits as soon as possible.

In the telegram, he did not mention the fact that there were more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers surrounded by him. That was fine. Now, the last thing the Chairman wanted to provoke was the Japanese. The Red Army in northern Shaanxi was enough to keep him busy and

I have a headache. Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng and Yang are not trying their best. The chairman of the committee is worried!

If he knew that more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers were surrounded by him, and he was ready to eat them at any time, according to the old man's temper, he might fly to Peking in person, order him to release them face to face, and maybe even curse a few words, Niang Xipi, you are young and don't understand

Politics only causes trouble for me!

I have plenty of time, I have the initiative in my own hands, and I have to wait and see the attitudes and actions of all the forces. The Japanese pretend to be dumb and they themselves play riddles. It is best for the Japanese to be blatant and use the military power of North China, and they will have an excuse to fight.

The troops are now in an extremely favorable position. They can overlook the North China Plain and the important areas of Beijing and Tianjin when entering. When retreating, they can rely on the dangerous terrain in the Taihang Mountains to engage in long-term dealings with the Japanese.

He sent another telegram to Liu Tiehan, reminding the troops to pay attention to air defense. If the Japanese did not dispatch army troops, they would definitely dispatch planes. When the time comes, if there is an accidental bombing, he would suffer a loss. This is the logic of power.

Decades later, the United States used this method against the Chinese Embassy on the territory of Yugoslavia.

Tang Qiuli sometimes feels strange that many of the practices of the United States in later generations are exactly the same as what the Japanese do today. They are all the actions of rogues and gangsters. The defeat of the Japanese taught the students of the United States that sometimes, history

Very good at making jokes.

The army transferred some Communist Party members to lead a small unit to form a capable work team, with Huangyadong as the center, to carry out extensive base construction work. There was not much time left for itself. If the direction of history did not change, in 193

On July 7th of the seventh year, the fuse that will be lit is still one year away from now.

The news that the army had surrounded 20,000 bandits in Xiaowutai Mountain spread quickly. As Tang Qiuli expected, all forces responded.